Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 31-140

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation or other association. See Kansas Statutes 31-132
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Any person aggrieved by any order or ruling issued pursuant to the provisions of this act may appeal such order or ruling to the state fire marshal within 15 days from the date of the service of such order by filing a notice of such appeal in the office of the state fire marshal. The state fire marshal or a presiding officer from the office of administrative hearings shall hear such person within 30 days after the receipt of such notice of appeal, and the hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act. The state fire marshal shall file a decision thereon and, unless by authority of the state fire marshal the order is revoked or modified, the order shall be complied with within the time fixed in such decision.