ENTITLED, An Act to
revise certain provisions regarding the standards for fire-resistant state
buildings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section
1.
That
§
5-14-11
be amended to read as follows:
5-14-11.
It is a Class 6 felony for any board or person to design, construct, or use any
No
state
building
may be designed or constructed
for the permanent housing of human beings that is not
fire resistant. This section does not apply to the use of buildings constructed or renovated prior to
July 1,
1993
2007
, or to one-family or two-family dwellings used for employees' housing at
institutions under the control of the executive branch
or the Board of Regents
.
A fire resistant building within the meaning of this section is a building with appropriate fire
detection devices as approved by the Department of Public Safety and constructed in compliance
with the provisions of the
Uniform
International
Building Code utilizing fire resistive construction
throughout and equipped with an automatic fire-extinguishing system. The
bureau of
administration
Bureau of Administration
shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to
establish the edition of the
Uniform
International
Building Code which would be applicable to this
section. Nothing in this section prevents the application of more restrictive conditions by
individual agencies. The
bureau of administration
Bureau of Administration
shall identify those
buildings which are subject to this section and make all determinations of compliance with these
requirements.