CGS § 29-292. (Formerly Sec. 29-40). Fire Safety Code. Carbon monoxide and smoke detection and warning equipment. Certificate of occupancy. Liability.

History: 1971 act substituted “adopt, promulgate and administer” for “establish”; P.A. 73-95 required that regulations provide reasonable safety from fire, smoke, etc. in areas adjacent to buildings as well as in buildings themselves; P.A. 76-78 added provisions re regulations concerning smoke detection systems in residential buildings and added Subsec. (b) requiring that buildings contain smoke detection systems before certificates of occupancy issued if building permit issued on or after October 1, 1976; P.A. 77-334 substituted “smoke detection and warning equipment” for “smoke detection systems” and required their installation in residential buildings to be occupied by one or more families after October 1, 1978, where previously they were required in buildings to be occupied by two or more families and required that regulations provide requirements for markings and literature which should accompany smoke detection and warning equipment; P.A. 77-604 made technical changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 80-297 added Subsec. (c) re review of plans and specifications of structures subject to fire safety code to determine whether or not the structures comply with code requirements; P.A. 81-381 amended Subsec. (a) to require the installation of smoke detection and warning equipment in student dormitories at all colleges and universities not later than September 1, 1982; P.A. 82-344 repealed mandate for installation of smoke detection devices in student dormitories at all colleges and universities by September 1, 1982; P.A. 82-432 added reference to codes and standards committee in Subsec. (a); P.A. 82-472 attempted to make technical change in section 1 of vetoed public act 82-64 and therefore was without effect; Sec. 29-40 transferred to Sec. 29-292 in 1983; P.A. 84-178 amended Subsec. (a), adding a proviso requiring hotels, motels or inns to install or furnish visible fire alarm signals as specified; P.A. 85-321 amended Subsec. (a) to delete language requiring provision of Level Four Protection and require that smoke detection and warning equipment comply with fire safety code, and to require equipment capable of operation using current and batteries in one-family or multifamily new residential buildings; P.A. 86-327 amended Subsec. (a) to require revision of code not later than January 1, 1987, and every four years thereafter to incorporate certain advances and improvements; P.A. 87-186 amended Subsec. (c), exempting municipalities from payment of fees for plan review to determine fire safety code compliance; July Sp. Sess. P.A. 87-2 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to require smoke detection and warning equipment in all residential buildings designed to be occupied by two or more families by deleting provision which limited requirement to such buildings “for which a building permit is issued on or after October 1, 1976”, amended Subsec. (a)(2) to change “one or more families” to “one family” and amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any residential building designed to be occupied by two or more families, unless it is equipped with smoke detection and warning equipment by deleting provision which limited prohibition to any such building “for which a building permit is issued on or after October 1, 1976”; P.A. 88-364 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 97-25 deleted former Subsec. (c) which authorized submission of plans and specifications of structures subject to State Fire Safety Code to State Fire Marshal for determination re compliance with code requirements; P.A. 04-59 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, require that code be based on a nationally recognized model fire code and be revised not later than January 1, 2005, and thereafter as deemed necessary to incorporate subsequent revisions to the code not later than 18 months following the date of first publication of such revisions to the code, and delete provision requiring revision by January 1, 1987, and every four years thereafter, effective May 10, 2004; P.A. 05-161 amended Subsec. (a) to insert new Subdiv. (1) requiring installation of carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment in certain new residential buildings, designate provisions re smoke detection and warning equipment as Subdiv. (2) and redesignate existing Subdivs. (1) to (3) as Subparas. (A) to (C) of said Subdiv. (2), and to require that regulations provide requirements and specifications for installation and use of carbon monoxide detection and warning 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, and amended Subsec. (b) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and to add Subdiv. (2) prohibiting issuance of certificate of occupancy for certain new residential buildings unless equipped with carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 09-35 amended Subsec. (a) to delete exception re premises used for manufacturing; P.A. 11-248 amended Subsec. (a) to divide existing provisions into Subdivs. (1) to (3), added provisions requiring public and nonpublic schools to have carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment installed and requiring State Fire Marshal and Codes and Standards Committee to include provisions re such schools in regulations, added Subsec. (c) re immunity from liability for failure to detect carbon monoxide within a public school building, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 made technical changes in Subsec. (a)(3)(C); P.A. 16-215 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to add reference to Sec. 29-292a and delete reference to January 1, 2005, effective May 31, 2016; P.A. 21-165 substantially amended Subsec. (a) to add references to model life safety code, add provision re structures, add provision re smoke detection and warning equipment in residential buildings designed to be occupied by 1 or more families and new residential buildings, amend Subdiv. (2) to delete provision re markings and literature and delete Subdiv. (3) re installation and use of carbon monoxide detection and warning equipment, amended Subsec. (b)(1) to delete “two or more families, or any new residential building designed to be occupied by”, delete “for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued on or after October 1, 1978,” and add reference to State Building Code, amended Subsec. (b)(2) to delete provision re certificate of occupancy exemption for new residential building designed to be occupied by 1 or 2 families for which a building permit for new occupancy is issued on or after October 1, 2005, and add reference to State Building Code, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 22-75 amended Subsec. (a) to redesignate Subdivs. (1)(A) and (1)(B) as Subparas. (A)(i) and (A)(ii), redesignate Subdiv. (2) as Subpara. (B) and amend same to delete Subpara. (A) designator, delete provision re when smoke detection and warning system is installed or replaced and delete existing Subpara. (B) re 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 July 1, 2021.