SB-0337, As Passed House, March 11, 2004                                    

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 337

                                                                             A bill to amend 1917 PA 167, entitled                                             

"Housing law of Michigan,"                                                  

(MCL 125.401 to 125.543) by adding section 82a.                             

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1   Sec. 82a.  (1) Each dwelling unit contained within a class                  

2   "A" multiple dwelling shall be equipped with a single-station or            

3   multiple-station smoke alarm that complies with the standards set           

4   forth in the state construction code promulgated under section 4c           

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

6   1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504c.                                                 

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

8   6, 1974 has 1 year after the effective date of the rules                    

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

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

11  comply with subsection (1).                                                 

1       (3) An existing building that is converted to a class "A"                   

2   multiple dwelling shall comply with the requirements that may be            

3   imposed by the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction              

4   code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.                            

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

6   comply with this section.                                                   

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

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

9   imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both.                             

10      (6) As used in this section:                                                

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

12  independent living facilities for 1 or more persons, including              

13  permanent provisions for cooking, living, sanitation, and                   

14  sleeping.                                                                   

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

16  alarm responsive to smoke and not connected to a system.                    

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

18  incorporating a detector, the control equipment, and the alarm              

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

20  in the unit or obtained at the point of installation.                       

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

22  single-station alarm devices that are capable of interconnection            

23  such that actuation of 1 causes all integral or separate audible            

24  alarms to operate.

25      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

26  effect unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. ____                   

27  (request no. 04012'03) of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into              

1   law.