§ 18-08-12 — Periodic fire inspection of state buildings and institutions

1. The state fire marshal, or the state fire marshal's designee, shall inspect annually the
state penitentiary, the James River correctional center, the Missouri River correctional
center, the North Dakota youth correctional center, the life skills and transition center,
the state veterans' home, and the state hospital. The inspection of all other state
institutions and occupied state-owned buildings, except residential buildings, must be
made by the state fire marshal, or the state fire marshal's designee, at least once
every three years. The officer in charge of the institution or building shall prepare a
response to the report based upon the findings of the fire inspection. Inspection and
reporting under this section for residential buildings must be performed annually. The
report, which must contain specifications of any violations, must be submitted to the
responsible board, agency, or commission and a copy of the response to the report
must be submitted to the state fire marshal by the officer in charge of the state
institution or building. All violations in the report must be corrected within the current
budget of the responsible board, agency, or commission, and action to correct the
violations, unless good cause can be demonstrated to the attorney general, must be
initiated within thirty days of receipt of the report by the responsible board, agency, or
commission.
2. For purposes of this section, a "fire inspection" is a procedure performed in
accordance with standards set forth in the state building code, the fire protection code
of the local jurisdiction, or the rules set forth in North Dakota Administrative Code
chapter 10-07-01.
3. For purposes of this section, "residential building" includes all state-owned buildings
used in whole or in part for providing overnight sleeping accommodations to one or
more persons on a regular or occasional basis, except for single-family dwellings.