HOUSE BILL No. 5867

 

March 14, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Farrah, Farhat, Kolb, Taub, Brown, Hood, Marleau, Hansen, Caswell, Gaffney, Hildenbrand, LaJoy, Schuitmaker, Kahn, Polidori, Nofs, Sheltrown, Caul, Baxter, Whitmer, Byrnes, Huizenga, Stahl, Proos, Rocca, Wenke, Garfield, Sak, Gleason, Pastor, Angerer, Stewart, Jones, Booher, Gillard, McDowell, Byrum, Zelenko, Vagnozzi, Alma Smith, Lipsey, Nitz, Mortimer, Ball, Amos, Brandenburg, Bieda, Moolenaar, Stakoe, David Law, Mayes, Pavlov, Palsrok and Cheeks and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 1967 PA 227, entitled

 

"An act to regulate the inspection, construction, installation,

alteration, maintenance, repair and operation of elevators and the

licensing of elevator contractors; to prescribe the functions of

the director of labor; to create, and prescribe the functions of,

the elevator safety board; to provide penalties for violations of

the act; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

 

by amending section 20 (MCL 408.820).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 20. (1)  It is unlawful for a  A person  to  shall not

 

smoke or  to  carry lighted tobacco in any form in a passenger

 

elevator in any building, structure, or premises in this state. A

 

person  having  who has control or management of any building,

 

structure, or premises equipped with a passenger elevator shall not

 

permit smoking or the carrying of lighted tobacco in any form in  

 


any such  the elevator.

 

     (2) The owner, occupant, firm, or corporation  having  that

 

has control or management of a building, structure, or premises

 

equipped with 1 or more passenger elevators shall do both of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Post in each elevator a sign reading, "Smoking prohibited

 

by law violators subject to fine of $50.00 or 90  days  days'

 

imprisonment".

 

     (b) Provide and locate near each elevator entrance at each

 

floor a noncombustible receptacle approved by the  state fire

 

marshal  bureau of fire services created in section 1b of the fire

 

prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, for the proper disposal of

 

cigar and cigarette stubs, pipe ash, or lighted tobacco in any

 

form.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 1133 or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

03197'05 ***) of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.