Act No. 64

Public Acts of 2004

Approved by the Governor

April 20, 2004

Filed with the Secretary of State

April 20, 2004

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 20, 2004

STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

Introduced by Senator Johnson

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 337

AN ACT to amend 1917 PA 167, entitled "An act to promote the health, safety and welfare of the people by regulating the maintenance, alteration, health, safety, and improvement of dwellings; to define the classes of dwellings affected by the act, and to establish administrative requirements; to prescribe procedures for the maintenance, improvement, or demolition of certain commercial buildings; to establish remedies; to provide for enforcement; to provide for the demolition of certain dwellings; and to fix penalties for the violation of this act," (MCL 125.401 to 125.543) by adding section 82a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 82a. (1) Each dwelling unit contained within a class "A" multiple dwelling shall be 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.

(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).

(3) An existing building that is converted to a class "A" multiple dwelling shall comply with the requirements that may be imposed by the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.

(4) A person owning a class "A" multiple dwelling shall comply with this section.

(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.

(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 does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 742 of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor