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LR 1399
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4.__Inspection sticker.__The commissioner shall issue an
inspection sticker to any person who submits a current
Underwriter's Laboratory__certificate indicating that a fire
alarm system is in proper operating condition.__Inspection
stickers are issued annually, are not transferable and must be
affixed to the fire alarm system panel.

 
§1393. Fees

 
The commissioner shall set fees for licensure and inspection
stickers.__The fees must be no more than sufficient to cover the
costs of implementing this chapter.

 
All fees received by the department must be paid to the
Treasurer of State and must be used for carrying out this
chapter.__Any balance of these fees does not lapse but is carried
forward as a continuing account to be expended for the same
purposes in the following fiscal years.

 
§1394. Termination of agreement

 
Within 10 days after terminating a contractual agreement with
a nationally recognized testing company, a licensed fire alarm
system contractor, the company or the person that was party to
the terminated agreement and is subject to this chapter shall
notify the commissioner of that fact.

 
§1395. Plan review

 
Prior to construction of any commercial fire alarm system or
an addition involving more than 20 new devices to a fire alarm
system regulated by the National Fire Protection Association,
Pamphlet No. 72, as amended, a fire alarm system contractor must
obtain a permit from the commissioner, who shall review the plan
for construction or addition and charge a reasonable fee for the
review and permitting process.__All plans to be submitted by a
fire alarm system contractor to the department must be reviewed,
approved and signed by the fire alarm system contractor.

 
All plans for construction of or alteration to fire alarm
systems must prominently display the fire alarm system
contractor's license number, as well as the certification number
and the name and address of the person to install the fire alarm
system.__Each permit issued must be displayed prominently at the
site of construction.__Within 30 days of the completion of a new
fire alarm system or an addition to an existing fire alarm
system, a fire alarm system contractor shall provide to the
commissioner a copy of the Underwriter's Laboratory certificate
representing that the fire alarm system has been installed


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