No city or town may enjoy any benefits under this article unless it has passed a suitable ordinance approved by the State Fire Marshal providing a building and inspection code for the proper erection and inspection of all buildings in the city or town so as to eliminate, as far as may be possible, the danger of fires arising from defective construction or the presence and existence of inflammable and combustible material and conditions.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 155, Section 5 (derived from 1976 Code former Section 38-57-50 [1947 (45) 322; 1952 Code Section 37-1155; 1962 Code Section 1155; 1978 Act No. 585, Section 5]).