HOUSE BILL No. 5681

May 24, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Glenn and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1917 PA 167, entitled

 

"Housing law of Michigan,"

 

by amending section 82a (MCL 125.482a), as added by 2004 PA 64.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 82a. (1) Each The owner of a class "A" multiple dwelling

 

shall ensure that each dwelling unit contained within a class "A"

 

the multiple dwelling shall be is equipped with a single-station or

 

multiple-station smoke alarm that complies with the standards set

 

forth in the state construction code promulgated under section 4c

 

of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act,

 

1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504c, and rules promulgated thereunder. A

 

smoke alarm must have photoelectric detection technology as

 

required under that section if the smoke alarm is installed on or


after the effective date of the 2016 act that amended this section.

 

     (2) A class "A" multiple dwelling constructed before November

 

6, 1974 has 1 year after the effective date of the rules

 

promulgated under section 4c of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single

 

state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504c, to comply

 

with subsection (1).

 

     (2) (3) An The owner of an existing building that is converted

 

to a class "A" multiple dwelling shall comply with the requirements

 

that may be imposed by of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state

 

construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531, and

 

rules promulgated thereunder.

 

     (4) A person owning a class "A" multiple dwelling shall

 

comply with this section.

 

     (3) (5) A person who violates this section is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or

 

imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both.

 

     (4) (6) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Dwelling unit" means a single unit providing complete

 

independent living facilities for 1 or more persons, including

 

permanent provisions for cooking, living, sanitation, and sleeping.

 

     (b) "Smoke alarm" means a single-station or multiple-station

 

alarm responsive to smoke and not connected to a system.

 

     (c) "Single-station smoke alarm" means an assembly

 

incorporating a detector, the control equipment, and the alarm

 

sounding device into 1 unit, operated from a power supply either in

 

the unit or obtained at the point of installation.

 

     (d) "Multiple-station smoke alarm" means 2 or more single-

 


station alarm devices that are capable of interconnection such that

 

actuation of 1 causes all integral or separate audible alarms to

 

operate.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5680 (request no.

 

05395'16) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.