Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 2 - Fire Prevention
Chapter 55 - General Provisions for 13 AAC 50 - 13 AAC 55
13 AAC 55.030 - Application

(a) 13 AAC 50 - 13 AAC 55 apply equally to new and existing conditions except that existing conditions not in strict compliance with the terms of those chapters are permitted to continue where the exceptions do not constitute a distinct hazard to life and property in the opinion of the state fire marshal.

(b) Nothing contained in 13 AAC 50 - 13 AAC 55 may be construed to apply to the transportation of an article or thing shipped under the jurisdiction of and in compliance with the regulations prescribed by the United States Department of Transportation, or as applying to the military forces of the United States.

(c) No local political subdivision may set minimum standards that are less stringent than those set out in 13 AAC 50 - 13 AAC 55 unless that action is approved in writing by the state fire marshal after receipt of justification from the local jurisdiction. All proposed revisions to the codes relating to fire and life safety, to be adopted by a local jurisdiction, must be submitted to the state fire marshal.