Bill Text: MI HB4758 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Construction; safety; requirement for installation of carbon monoxide detectors in public schools; provide for. Amends title & sec. 1a of 1937 PA 306 (MCL 388.851a) & adds sec. 1c.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-15 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/14/2017 [HB4758 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4758-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4758
June 14, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Kosowski and referred to the Committee on Education Reform.
A bill to amend 1937 PA 306, entitled
"An act to promote the safety, welfare, and educational interests
of the people of the state of Michigan by regulating the
construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of certain public or
private school buildings or additions to such buildings, by
regulating the construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of
buildings leased or acquired for school purposes, and to define the
class of buildings affected by this act; to prescribe the powers
and duties of certain state agencies and officials; to prescribe
penalties for the violation of this act; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts,"
by amending the title and section 1a (MCL 388.851a), the title as
amended by 2002 PA 628, and by adding section 1c.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An act to promote the safety, welfare, and educational
interests of the people of the state of Michigan by regulating the
construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of certain public or
private
school buildings or additions to such those buildings, by
regulating the construction, reconstruction, monitoring systems,
and remodeling of buildings leased or acquired for school purposes,
and to define the class of buildings affected by this act; to
prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and
officials; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act;
and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
Sec.
1a. (1) Words and phrases As used in this act: shall
be
defined
as follows:
(a)
"School buildings" shall include all buildings used for
school
purposes.
(a) "Addition" means added space which results in additional
cubic contents to existing building.
(b) "Carbon monoxide device" means a device that detects
carbon monoxide, alerts occupants via a distinct and audible signal
that is either self-contained in the unit or activated via a system
connection, and is certified by a nationally recognized testing
laboratory to conform to the latest standards of the Underwriters
Laboratories standards.
(c) "Operational" means working and in service.
(d) (b)
"Remodeling" shall
mean means the alteration,
construction, or remodeling of partitions, hallways, stairways, and
means
of egress , or
the replacement, relocation, or
reconstruction
of heating, ventilating, and sanitary equipment.
(c)
"Addition" shall mean added space which results in
additional
cubic contents to existing building.
(e) "School buildings" includes all buildings used for school
purposes.
(f) "Source point" means an area where a mechanism is present
that provides a common source of heat from a fossil-fuel-burning
furnace, boiler, or water heater, but does not include only the
presence of a wood or fossil-fuel-burning fireplace or a wood or
fossil-fuel-burning space heater.
(g) (d)
"Total cost" shall be
interpreted to mean means the
monetary worth of the building when ready for occupancy, regardless
of
the source of funds, labor, or material and shall include
includes the cost of general construction, plumbing, heating and
ventilation, electrical work, and all fixed equipment, together
with the cost of architects, engineers, and building superintending
services.
(2) (e)
A building having a basement shall
be is considered to
be
a 2 story 2-story building for the purposes of this act.
Sec. 1c. (1) Beginning October 1, 2017, a school district
shall have installed not less than 1 operational carbon monoxide
device at each source point in each school building within the
school district.
(2) The carbon monoxide device described in subsection (1) may
be battery-powered, plug-in with or without battery backup, wired
into the dwelling's AC power line with secondary battery backup, or
connected to a system by means of a control panel. The carbon
monoxide device required under subsection (1) shall have an alarm
that is audible.
(3) A person who installs, in accordance with the
manufacturer's published instructions in existence at the time of
installation, a carbon monoxide device shall have no liability,
directly or indirectly, to any person with respect to the
operation, maintenance, or effectiveness of the carbon monoxide
device.
