SENATE BILL No. 358
March 27, 2001, Introduced by Senator HAMMERSTROM and referred to the Committee
on Human Resources and Labor.
A bill to amend 1937 PA 306, entitled
"An act to promote the safety, welfare and educational interests
of the people of the state of Michigan by regulating the con-
struction, reconstruction and remodeling of certain public or
private school buildings or additions thereto, by regulating the
construction, reconstruction and remodeling of buildings leased
or acquired for school purposes, and to define the class of
buildings affected by this act; to prescribe the powers and
duties of the superintendent of public instruction, the state
fire marshal, architects, engineers and school board members with
respect thereto; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this
act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts, general, local and
special, inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this
act,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 388.851) and by adding section 1b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1. No
A school building,
public or private, or ANY
2 additions thereto
TO A SCHOOL
BUILDING, shall NOT be erected,
3 remodeled, or reconstructed in
the
THIS state except it be in
4 conformity with ALL OF the following provisions:
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1 (a) All plans and specifications for buildings shall be
2 prepared by, and the construction supervised by, an architect or
3 engineer who is registered in
the THIS
state. of Michigan.
4 Before the construction,
reconstruction
or remodeling of any
5 school building or
addition thereto is
commenced, the written
6 approval of the plans and
specifications
by the superintendent of
7 public instruction or his
authorized
agent shall be obtained.
8 The superintendent of
public instruction
or his authorized agent
9 shall not issue such
approval until he
has secured in writing the
10 approval of the state fire
marshal, or
the appropriate municipal
11 official when
certification as described
in section 3 has been
12 made, relative to factors
concerning
fire safety and of the
13 health department
having jurisdiction
relative to factors affect-
14 ing water supply,
sanitation and food
handling.
15 The superintendent of
public
instruction shall publish an
16 informative bulletin
which shall set
forth good school building
17 planning procedures and
interpret
clearly the provisions of this
18 act. The bulletin shall
be prepared in
cooperation with the
19 state fire marshal and
the state health
commissioner and, insofar
20 as requirements for
approval of plans
are concerned, shall be
21 consistent with
recognized good practice
as evidenced by stan-
22 dards adopted by
nationally recognized
authorities in the fields
23 of fire protection and
health.
24 (b) All walls, floors, partitions, and roofs shall be con-
25 structed of fire-resisting materials such as stone, brick, tile,
26 concrete, gypsum, steel, or similar fire-resisting material. All
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1 steel members shall be protected by at least 3/4 of an inch of
2 fire-resisting material.
3 (c) No wood
WOOD lath or wood
furring shall NOT be used IN
4 THE CONSTRUCTION. These regulations shall not be construed as
5 prohibiting the use of finished wood flooring, wood door and
6 window frames, wood sash, or wood furring and grounds, for the
7 purpose of installing wood trim, panelling, acoustical units, or
8 similar facing materials on masonry walls, structural steel, or
9 concrete ceiling members.
10 (d) Every room enclosing a heating unit shall be enclosed by
11 walls of fire-resisting materials and shall be equipped with
12 automatically closing fire doors.
; and
said ALL heating unit
13 UNITS shall not be located directly beneath any portion of a
14 school building or addition
thereto
which THAT is constructed
15 or reconstructed after the effective
date of this THE act THAT
16 ADDED SECTION 1B. This regulation shall not be construed to
17 require the removal of an existing heating plant from beneath an
18 existing building when an addition
to
such THE building is con-
19 structed unless the state
superintendent of public instruction
20 or his authorized agent,
acting jointly
with the state fire
21 marshal , shall so
require REQUIRES
SUCH LOCATION in the inter-
22 ests of the public safety. In any school where natural gas or
23 any other kind of gas is used for heating purposes, the gas shall
24 be chemically treated before being used in such a manner as to
25 give a very distinguishable odor if any leak should develop in
26 the heating system.
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1 (e) In gymnasiums, fire-proofings may be omitted from the
2 trusses and purlins if they are more than 16 feet off the main
3 floor level. The architect or engineer shall provide adequate
4 exits from all parts of school buildings. In all cases, there
5 shall be at least 2 stairways and the distance from the door of
6 any class or assembly room to a stairway or exit shall not exceed
7 100 feet.
8 (f) Provisions in subdivisions (b) to (e) may be waived in
9 writing by the state fire marshal.
10 (G) COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 1B.
11 SEC. 1B. (1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (3), THE
12 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION CODES WITHIN THE
13 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND
14 ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT AND THE STILLE-DEROSSETT-HALE SINGLE
15 STATE CONSTRUCTION CODE ACT, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 TO
16 125.1531, IN EACH SCHOOL BUILDING IN THIS STATE.
17 (2) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (3), THE BUREAU OF CON-
18 STRUCTION CODES SHALL PERFORM FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS ALL PLAN
19 REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS REQUIRED BY THE CODE AND SHALL BE THE
20 ENFORCING AGENCY FOR THIS ACT. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
21 SUBSECTION (3), A SCHOOL BUILDING SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUCTED,
22 REMODELED, OR RECONSTRUCTED IN THIS STATE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
23 DATE OF THE AMENDATORY ACT THAT ADDED THIS SECTION UNTIL WRITTEN
24 APPROVAL OF THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS IS OBTAINED FROM THE
25 BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION CODES INDICATING THAT THE SCHOOL BUILDING
26 WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CODE.
27 THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY SCHOOL BUILDING FOR WHICH
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1 CONSTRUCTION HAS COMMENCED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
2 AMENDATORY ACT THAT ADDED THIS SECTION.
3 (3) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL DELEGATE THE RESPONSIBILITY
4 FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT TO THE APPLI-
5 CABLE AGENCY IF BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE GOVERNING BODY OF
6 THE GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVISION HAVE ANNUALLY CERTIFIED TO THE CON-
7 STRUCTION CODE COMMISSION, IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMIS-
8 SION, THAT FULL-TIME CODE OFFICIALS, INSPECTORS, AND PLAN REVIEW-
9 ERS REGISTERED UNDER THE BUILDING OFFICIALS AND INSPECTORS REGIS-
10 TRATION ACT, 1986 PA 54, MCL 338.2301 TO 338.2313, WILL CONDUCT
11 PLAN REVIEWS AND INSPECTIONS OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
12 (4) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
13 (A) "CODE" MEANS THE STATE CONSTRUCTION CODE PROVIDED FOR IN
14 SECTION 4 OF THE STILLE-DEROSSETT-HALE SINGLE STATE CONSTRUCTION
15 CODE ACT, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504.
16 (B) "COMMISSION" MEANS THE STATE CONSTRUCTION CODE COMMIS-
17 SION CREATED BY SECTION 3 OF THE STILLE-DEROSSETT-HALE SINGLE
18 STATE CONSTRUCTION CODE ACT, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1503.
19 (C) "CONSTRUCTION" MEANS THE CONSTRUCTION, ERECTION, RECON-
20 STRUCTION, ALTERATION, CONVERSION, DEMOLITION, REPAIR, MOVING, OR
21 EQUIPPING OF BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES.
22 (D) "EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR" MEANS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF
23 CONSTRUCTION CODES AS SET FORTH UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE
24 STILLE-DEROSSETT-HALE SINGLE STATE CONSTRUCTION CODE ACT, 1972 PA
25 230, MCL 125.1507.
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