§ 50. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. “Public building” means any building or portion thereof, other than a privately owned residential structure, public housing structure, police, fire or correction structure, constructed wholly or partially with state or municipal funds, whether tax funds, funds obtained through bond issues or grants or loans under any […]
§ 51. Construction of public buildings. 1. (a) In addition to any other requirements respecting the construction of a public building and facilities thereof, the new construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or improvement of all such buildings and facilities shall conform to the requirements of the state building construction code relating to facilities for the physically […]
§ 52. Compliance. The official, governing body or board having design approval authority for state or municipal building construction shall determine whether a proposed structure is a “public building” within the meaning of this article and shall ensure that the design of any such building complies with the requirements hereby imposed.
§ 53. Assistive listening systems. 1. All new public buildings, construction of which commences after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, containing an auditorium, theater, meeting hall, hearing room, amphitheater, or room used in any similar capacity which are so designated by the appropriate building and fire code shall have equipped and installed an assistive listening […]
