SENATE BILL NO. 1168


   May 27, 1998, Introduced by Senator SCHWARZ and referred to the
        Committee on Economic Development, International Trade and
        Regulatory Affairs.



        A bill to amend 1965 PA 290, entitled

   "Boiler act of 1965,"

   (MCL 408.751 to 408.776) by adding section 7c.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 7C.  (1) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTIONS (2) AND (3), THIS ACT

 2    DOES NOT APPLY TO A MINIATURE HOBBY LOCOMOTIVE OPERATING ON

 3    NARROW GAUGE TRACKS LESS THAN 24 INCHES IN WIDTH, WHETHER OR NOT

 4    IT IS OPERATED ON THE OWNER'S PROPERTY.

 5         (2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INSPECT ANNUALLY A MINIATURE HOBBY

 6    LOCOMOTIVE OPERATING IN A PUBLIC DISPLAY OR FOR PUBLIC USE.  THE

 7    INSPECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY A DEPUTY INSPECTOR OR SPECIAL

 8    INSPECTOR.  THE INSPECTOR SHALL FILE A COPY OF THE INSPECTION

 9    REPORT WITH THE CHIEF INSPECTOR AND PROVIDE A COPY OF THE

10    INSPECTION REPORT TO THE OWNER OF THE MINIATURE HOBBY

11    LOCOMOTIVE.


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 1         (3) THE FEE FOR AN INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY A DEPUTY

 2    INSPECTOR IS $15.00.  THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND INDUSTRY

 3    SERVICES, UPON DEMONSTRATION THAT THE MINIATURE HOBBY LOCOMOTIVE

 4    COMPLIES WITH THE APPLICABLE RULES GOVERNING MINIATURE HOBBY

 5    LOCOMOTIVES, SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION TO THE OWNER

 6    OF THAT LOCOMOTIVE.

 7         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

 8    effect unless Senate Bill No. 1167

 9                          of the 89th Legislature is enacted into

10    law.




































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