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The local fire official may submit, subsequent to performing such inspection, his findings and recommendations including a list of corrective actions necessary to ensure that such structure is reasonably safe from the hazards of fire to the appropriate official of such agency, commission or institution, the Director of the Department of General Services, and the State Fire Marshal. Such agency, commission or institution shall notify, within sixty days of receipt of such findings and recommendations, the Director of the Department of General Services, the State Fire Marshal, and the local fire official of the corrective measures taken to eliminate the hazards reported by the local fire official. The State Fire Marshal shall have the same power in the enforcement of this section as is provided for the enforcement of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":226153,"text":"Any agency, commission or institution of the Commonwealth engaging in the construction or renovation of a structure, the cost of which exceeds $25,000, shall submit, prior to the initiation of such construction or renovation, preliminary and working plans and specifications to the governing body, or its designee, of the political subdivision in which the structure is or will be located, provided that such governing body has submitted a written request for such plans and specifications to the Director of the Department of General Services and to such agency, commission or institution.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":226154,"text":"Every agency, commission or institution of the Commonwealth shall permit, at all reasonable hours, a local fire official reasonable access to existing structures or a structure under construction or renovation, for the purposes of performing an informational and advisory fire safety inspection. The local fire official may submit, subsequent to performing such inspection, his findings and recommendations including a list of corrective actions necessary to ensure that such structure is reasonably safe from the hazards of fire to the appropriate official of such agency, commission or institution, the Director of the Department of General Services, and the State Fire Marshal. Such agency, commission or institution shall notify, within sixty days of receipt of such findings and recommendations, the Director of the Department of General Services, the State Fire Marshal, and the local fire official of the corrective measures taken to eliminate the hazards reported by the local fire official. 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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 197 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 258.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65870,"section_number":"27-94","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-94\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190013,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61951,"identifier":"27-5.5","token":"27\/1\/27-5.5","url":"\/27-5.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-5.5\/","token":"27\/1\/27-5.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Plans of certain state structures to be submitted to local governing bodies; access of local fire officials to state structures; corrective actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-5.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any agency, commission or institution of the Commonwealth engaging in the construction or renovation of a structure, the cost of which exceeds $25,000, shall submit, prior to the initiation of such construction or renovation, preliminary and working plans and specifications to the governing body, or its designee, of the political subdivision in which the structure is or will be located, provided that such governing body has submitted a written request for such plans and specifications to the Director of the Department of General Services and to such agency, commission or institution. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every agency, commission or institution of the Commonwealth shall permit, at all reasonable hours, a local fire official reasonable access to existing structures or a structure under construction or renovation, for the purposes of performing an informational and advisory fire safety inspection. The local fire official may submit, subsequent to performing such inspection, his findings<\/span> and recommendations including a list of corrective actions necessary to ensure that such structure is reasonably safe from the hazards of fire to the appropriate official of such agency, commission or institution, the Director of the Department of General Services, and the State Fire Marshal. Such agency, commission or institution shall notify, within sixty days of receipt of such findings<\/span> and recommendations, the Director of the Department of General Services, the State Fire Marshal, and the local fire official of the corrective measures taken to eliminate the hazards reported by the local fire official. The State Fire Marshal shall have the same power in the enforcement of this section as is provided for the enforcement of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§ 27-94<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLANS OF CERTAIN STATE STRUCTURES TO BE SUBMITTED TO LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES;\nACCESS OF LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS TO STATE STRUCTURES; CORRECTIVE ACTIONS (\u00a7\n27-5.5)\n\nA. Any agency, commission or institution of the Commonwealth engaging in the\nconstruction or renovation of a structure, the cost of which exceeds $25,000,\nshall submit, prior to the initiation of such construction or renovation,\npreliminary and working plans and specifications to the governing body, or its\ndesignee, of the political subdivision in which the structure is or will be\nlocated, provided that such governing body has submitted a written request for\nsuch plans and specifications to the Director of the Department of General\nServices and to such agency, commission or institution.\n\nB. Every agency, commission or institution of the Commonwealth shall permit, at\nall reasonable hours, a local fire official reasonable access to existing\nstructures or a structure under construction or renovation, for the purposes of\nperforming an informational and advisory fire safety inspection. The local fire\nofficial may submit, subsequent to performing such inspection, his findings and\nrecommendations including a list of corrective actions necessary to ensure that\nsuch structure is reasonably safe from the hazards of fire to the appropriate\nofficial of such agency, commission or institution, the Director of the\nDepartment of General Services, and the State Fire Marshal. Such agency,\ncommission or institution shall notify, within sixty days of receipt of such\nfindings and recommendations, the Director of the Department of General\nServices, the State Fire Marshal, and the local fire official of the corrective\nmeasures taken to eliminate the hazards reported by the local fire official. The\nState Fire Marshal shall have the same power in the enforcement of this section\nas is provided for the enforcement of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§\n27-94 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 197; 1989, c. 258.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}