AN ACT relating to fire prevention and protection.

Create a new section of KRS 227.200 to 227.400 to allow for the creation of a local appeals board to hear appeals from final orders of fire chiefs and state fire marshals; establish membership, procedures, and jurisdiction when no local appeals board is established; provide for appeal to Circuit Court of jurisdiction; amend KRS 227.200 to define terms; amend KRS 227.210, 227.335, 227.380, and 227.390 to conform.

Introduced: February 18, 2025

Last action: February 26, 2025

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This bill would allow local governments to create appeals boards where people can challenge final decisions made by fire chiefs or the state fire marshal. It sets out how those boards would be structured and how cases would be handled, and allows further appeals to be taken to a Circuit Court. This gives property owners and others a formal process to contest fire code enforcement decisions. Who it may affect: property owners, business owners, and others subject to fire code enforcement decisions.

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