31-132.
Fire safety and prevention; definitions.
As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation or other association.
(b) "Nationally recognized code" or "nationally recognized fire prevention code" means any published compilation of rules and regulations relating to fire prevention which have been prepared by a nationally recognized technical trade or service association. For the purposes of this act, the fire prevention codes of the national fire protection association and standards of the American national standards institute shall constitute examples of nationally recognized fire prevention codes.
(c) "Municipality" means any incorporated city, any county or any other political subdivision of this state.
(d) "Nationally recognized building code" means any published compilation of rules and regulations relating to building construction which have been prepared by a nationally recognized technical trade or service association.
History:
L. 1972, ch. 157, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 120, § 1; July 1.
Notes of Decisions
State Ex Rel. Schneider v. City of Kansas City, 612 P.2d 578 (Kan. 1980).
· cites it 4× “K.S.A. 31-132 et seq. K.S.A. 31-144( a ) provides: "( a ) As used in this act, `school building' means any building or structure operated or used for any purpose by, or located upon the land of, any school district, community junior college district, area vocational-technical…”
Pullen v. West, 92 P.3d 584 (Kan. 2004).
“He contends that the Kansas Fire Safety and Prevention Act, K.S.A. 31-132 et seq., creates a cause of action based upon a violation of statutes governing the handling of fireworks.”
Esrey v. Dibbern, 620 P.2d 827 (Kan. 1980).
“31-137 provides for the enforcement of the fire safety and prevention act, K.S.A. 31-132 et seq., as amended and supplemented.”
Bd. of Johnson Cnty. Comm'rs v. Jorgensen (Kan. Ct. App. 2024).
“Johnson County has argued the group homes should not be treated as care facilities regulated under the Kansas Fire Safety and Prevention Act (state fire code), K.S.A. 31-132 et seq., so the safety features the Fire Marshal found lacking would be unnecessary.”
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