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| 7 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 9 | 16 | | Section 1. Section 29-292 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011): |
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| 11 | 18 | | (a) (1) The State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall adopt and administer a Fire Safety Code and at any time may amend the same. The code shall be based on a nationally recognized model fire code and shall be revised not later than January 1, 2005, and thereafter as deemed necessary to incorporate advances in technologies and improvements in construction materials and any subsequent revisions to the code not later than eighteen months following the date of first publication of such revisions to the code, unless the State Fire Marshal and the committee certify that a revision is not necessary for such purpose. The regulations in said code shall provide for reasonable safety from fire, smoke and panic therefrom, in all buildings and areas adjacent thereto except in private dwellings occupied by one or two families and upon all premises, and shall include provision for [(1)] (A) carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment in (i) new residential buildings not exempt under regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection and designed to be occupied by one or two families for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued on or after October 1, 2005, and [(2)] (ii) all public or nonpublic school buildings, and (B) smoke detection and warning equipment in [(A)] (i) residential buildings designed to be occupied by two or more families, [(B)] (ii) new residential buildings designed to be occupied by one family for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued on or after October 1, 1978, requiring equipment complying with the Fire Safety Code, and [(C)] (iii) new residential buildings designed to be occupied by one or more families for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued on or after October 1, 1985, requiring equipment capable of operation using alternating current and batteries. |
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| 13 | 20 | | (2) Said regulations shall provide the requirements for markings and literature which shall accompany such equipment sufficient to inform the occupants and owners of such buildings of the purpose, protective limitations and correct installation, operating, testing, maintenance and replacement procedures and servicing instructions for such equipment and shall require that smoke detection and warning equipment which is installed in such residential buildings shall be capable of sensing visible or invisible smoke particles, that the manner and location of installing smoke detectors shall be approved by the local fire marshal or building official, that such installation shall not exceed the standards under which such equipment was tested and approved and that such equipment, when activated, shall provide an alarm suitable to warn the occupants, provided each hotel, motel or inn shall install or furnish such equipment which, when activated, shall provide a visible alarm suitable to warn occupants, in at least one per cent of the units or rooms in such establishment having one hundred or more units or rooms and in establishments having less than one hundred units or rooms, it shall install or furnish at least one such alarm. |
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| 15 | | - | (3) Said regulations shall (A) provide the requirements and specifications for the installation and use of carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment and shall include, but not be limited to, the location, power requirements and standards for such equipment and exemptions for buildings that do not pose a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning due to sole dependence on systems that do not emit carbon monoxide; [. ] (B) provide the requirements for testing and inspecting carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment installed in public or nonpublic school buildings and shall include, but not be limited to, the frequency with which such equipment shall be tested and inspected; (C) require that, for a public or nonpublic school building, (i) any carbon monoxide detection equipment installed in any such building meet or exceed the Underwriter's Laboratories Standard Number 2075, or (ii) any carbon monoxide warning equipment installed in any such building meet or exceed the Underwriter's Laboratories Standard Number 2034; (D) require the installation and maintenance of such detection or warning equipment to comply with the manufacturer's instructions and with the standards set forth by the National Fire Protection Association; and (E) prohibit, for public and nonpublic school buildings for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued on or after January 1, 2012, the installation of any battery-operated carbon monoxide warning equipment or any plug-in carbon monoxide warning equipment that has a battery as its back-up power source. |
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| 22 | + | (3) Said regulations shall provide the requirements and specifications for the installation and use of carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment and shall include, but not be limited to, the location, power requirements and standards for such equipment and exemptions for buildings that do not pose a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning due to sole dependence on systems that do not emit carbon monoxide. Said regulations shall also provide the requirements for testing and inspecting carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment installed in public or nonpublic school buildings and shall include, but not be limited to, the frequency with which such equipment shall be tested and inspected. |
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| 21 | | - | (c) (1) No municipality, local or regional board of education, or supervisory agent of a nonpublic school, and (2) no employee, officer or agent of such municipality, board of education or supervisory agent acting without malice, in good faith and within the scope of his or her employment or official duties shall be liable for any damage to any person or property resulting from the failure to detect carbon monoxide within a public school building, provided carbon monoxide detection equipment is installed and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's published instructions and with the regulations established pursuant to this section. |
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| 28 | + | Sec. 2. Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 29-315 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011): |
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| 30 | + | (2) When any building is (A) to be built as an educational occupancy, (B) eligible for a school building project grant pursuant to chapter 173, and (C) put out to bid on or after July 1, 2004, such building shall have on each floor (i) an automatic fire extinguishing system approved by the State Fire Marshal, [on each floor] and (ii) a carbon monoxide detection and warning system. As used in this subsection, "educational occupancy" has the same meaning as provided in the Fire Safety Code. |
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| 35 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 36 | + | Section 1 July 1, 2011 29-292 |
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| 37 | + | Sec. 2 October 1, 2011 29-315(a)(2) |
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| 39 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 41 | + | Section 1 |
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| 43 | + | July 1, 2011 |
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| 45 | + | 29-292 |
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| 47 | + | Sec. 2 |
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| 49 | + | October 1, 2011 |
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| 51 | + | 29-315(a)(2) |
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| 55 | + | PS Joint Favorable Subst. C/R ED |
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| 57 | + | APP Joint Favorable |
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| 61 | + | Joint Favorable Subst. C/R |
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| 67 | + | Joint Favorable Subst.-LCO |
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| 71 | + | Joint Favorable |
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