227.200 Definitions for KRS 227.200 to 227.400.
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As used in KRS 227.200 to 227.400, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)"Commissioner" means the commissioner of housing, buildings and construction;
(2)"Department" means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction;
(3)"Fire investigator" means a deputy fire marshal who has been appointed by the state
fire marshal to be a fire investigator and to exercise peace officer powers in order to
investigate crimes set out in KRS Chapter 513 and other crimes discovered in the
course of investigation;
(4)"Fire loss" means loss of or damage to property, loss of life or personal injury, by
fire, lightning, or explosion;
(5)"Local legislative body" means the chief legislative body of a city, county, urban-
county government, consolidated local government, charter county government, or
unified local government;
(6)"Local government" means a city, county, urban-county government, consolidated
local government, charter county government, or unified local government;
(7)"Order" or "special order" means an order of the state fire marshal, designed for the
prevention of fire loss, that affects or may affect the property rights of a particular
owner or designated property;
(8)"Owner" means any person who owns, occupies, or has charge of any property;
(9)"Property" means property of all types, both real and personal, movable and
immovable; and
(10)"Rule" or "regulation" means a general order of the commissioner, designed for the
prevention of fire loss, which affects or may affect property rights of a designated
class of owners or for the prevention of fire loss by certain indicated hazards.