§ 20-26-7-27.5 — Abatement of certain violations

Indiana § 20-26-7-27.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 26: SCHOOL CORPORATIONS: GENERAL
• Ch. 7: Property and Eminent Domain

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5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if:
(1) as a result of an inspection of a school building under IC 22-14-2-11 that is not an inspection to determine compliance with
a legal standard for accreditation, the department of homeland
security determines that there is a violation of a fire safety law at
the school building;
(2) the fire safety law that the department of homeland security
determines has been violated at the school building incorporates
a standard that:
(A) was not a fire safety law at the time of the construction or
renovation of the school building and is being applied
retroactively to the building by an employee of the department
of homeland security; or
(B) previously was not applicable to the building; and
(3) the violation is not a condition that creates an immediate
safety hazard and is monitored under daily maintenance and
supervision;
the school corporation shall abate the violation before the earlier of one
(1) year after the violation determination or six (6) months after the
start of the school corporation's next budget year following the
violation determination.
(b) The expense of the abatement may be paid out of funds
appropriated for such purposes in the budget year following a violation
determination under subsection (a).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.132-2007, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.187-2021, SEC.60.