1. A fire extinguishing system contractors and alarm systems advisory board is established in the division of state fire marshal of the department of public safety and shall advise the division on matters pertaining to the application and certification of contractors and installers pursuant to this chapter.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 100C.10

  • Alarm system: means a system or portion of a combination system that consists of components and circuits arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of a fire alarm, security alarm, or nurse call or supervisory signal-initiating devices and to initiate the appropriate response to those signals, but does not mean any such security system or portion of a combination system installed in a prison, jail, or detention facility owned by the state, a political subdivision of the state, the department of human services, or the Iowa veterans home. See Iowa Code 100C.1
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The board shall consist of eleven voting members appointed by the commissioner of public safety as follows:

 a. Two full-time fire officials of incorporated municipalities or counties.
 b. One full-time building official of an incorporated municipality or county.
 c. Three fire extinguishing system contractors, certified pursuant to this chapter, of which at least one shall be a water-based fire sprinkler contractor.
 d. Three alarm system contractors, certified pursuant to this chapter, at least one of whom shall have experience with fire alarm systems, at least one of whom shall have experience with security alarm systems, and at least one of whom shall have experience with nurse call systems.
 e. One professional engineer or architect licensed in the state.
 f. One representative of the general public.
 3. The state fire marshal, or the state fire marshal’s designee, and the chairperson of the electrical examining board created in section 103.2 shall be nonvoting ex officio members of the board.
 4. The commissioner shall initially appoint two members for two-year terms, two members for four-year terms, and three members for six-year terms. Following the expiration of the terms of initially appointed members, each term thereafter shall be for a period of six years. No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. If a position on the board becomes vacant prior to the expiration of a member’s term, the member appointed to the vacancy shall serve the balance of the unexpired term.
 5. Six voting members of the advisory board shall constitute a quorum. A majority vote of the board shall be required to conduct business.
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