SB 478

Under this bill, certain buildings on fairgrounds are not required to have

automatic fire suppression systems. Current law allows the Department of Safety

and Professional Services (DSPS) to impose requirements on buildings for fire safety

purposes. This bill prohibits DSPS from requiring a county or organized agricultural

society, association, or board to install or maintain an automatic fire suppression

system for a building on fairgrounds that satisfies the following two requirements.

First, the building must be open to the public only for seasonal or temporary event

use for fewer than 500 hours per year. Second, public access to the building must be

provided by garage style doors that remain open when the building is open to the

public.

The bill also prohibits a city, village, or town from enacting or enforcing an

ordinance that requires a county or organized agricultural society, association, or

board to install or maintain an automatic fire suppression system for a building on

county fairgrounds that satisfies the above requirements. If a city, village, or town

has in effect on the effective date of the bill an ordinance with such a requirement,

the bill provides that the requirement does not apply and may not be enforced.