{"data":{"id":"us-de/16-del.-c.-8801","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"16 Del. C. § 8801","heading":"Legislative findings; purpose.","body":"The General Assembly finds and declares that:\n(1) Education plays a vital role in the economic development of the nation and the State by providing the education and training of the work force of the future;\n(2) The safety of students housed in dormitories at boarding schools and at institutions of higher education is a vital concern, as these students represent our State’s and our country’s future;\n(3) Automatic fire suppression systems installed in buildings within the State have been a very effective method of preventing injury, death and widespread property damaged; and\n(4) It shall be deemed to be in the public interest and to have a public purpose to construct, reconstruct or renovate, develop and/or improve dormitory safety facilities, including fire prevention, smoke and fire alarms, and sprinkler systems.","path":["Title 16. Health and Safety","Building and Plumbing","CHAPTER 88. Student Dormitories and Student Residential Housing Fire Suppression Systems"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title16/c088/index.html#8801","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:22Z","sha256":"af80bbb6b1ee16a9f13aa714f1751ab08690c697f71c27dfed14d88bf51e4416","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/16-del.-c.-8702","next":"us-de/16-del.-c.-8802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}