Bill Text: MI HB5121 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Construction; safety; buildings constructed of lightweight materials; require sign or symbol to notify firefighters. Amends 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1501 - 125.1531) by adding sec. 4g.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-12 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [HB5121 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5121-Engrossed.html

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HB-5121, As Passed House, March 24, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1972 PA 230, entitled

 

"Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act,"

 

(MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531) by adding section 4g.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4g. (1) Subject to subsection (3), to warn individuals

 

conducting fire suppression or other emergency operations of

 

lightweight building construction, the owner of an affected

 

building shall install an approved symbol as provided in subsection

 

(2).

 

     (2) The approved symbol shall be installed at each main

 

entrance to the affected building within 24 inches to the left of

 

the door or set of doors and in compliance with 1 of the following:

 

     (a) Permanently attached to the exterior surface of the

 

structure on a contrasting background.

 

     (b) Mounted on a contrasting base material that is permanently

 

attached to the exterior surface of the structure.

 

     (3) The owner of an affected building shall comply with

 

subsections (1) and (2) by the completion of construction or by 1

 

year after the effective date of this section, whichever is later.

 

     (4) A person who violates this section may be ordered to pay a

 

state civil fine of not more than $100.00. The prosecuting attorney

 

of the county in which the affected building is located or the

 

attorney general may enforce this section. A state civil fine

 

collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the state

 

general fund. If a governmental subdivision has the responsibility

 

of administering and enforcing this act, the governmental

 

subdivision may by ordinance designate a violation of this section

 

as a municipal civil infraction and specify a civil fine for the

 

violation. Fines and costs imposed for a municipal civil infraction

 

shall be allocated as provided in section 8379 of the revised

 

judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.8379. The sanctions

 

provided under this subsection are in addition to those provided

 

under section 23.

 

     (5) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Affected building" means any of the following the

 

construction of which is completed on or after the affective date

 

of this section:

 

     (i) A multifamily dwelling of 3 or more stories.

 

     (ii) A commercial building.

 

     (iii) An industrial building.

 

     (b) "Approved symbol" means a Maltese cross that meets all of

 

the following requirements:

 

     (i) Measures 8 inches horizontally and 8 inches vertically.

 

     (ii) Is bright red and reflective.

 

     (iii) Includes within the center circle 1 of the following

 

designations:

 

     (A) For a structure with a light-frame truss roof, the letter

 

"R".

 

     (B) For a structure with a light-frame truss floor system, the

 

letter "F".

 

     (C) For a structure with a light-frame truss floor and roof

 

system, the letters "RF".

 

     (c) "Lightweight building construction" means construction of

 

any part of the roof or floor supporting systems from engineered or

 

lightweight prefabricated materials made from wood, composite

 

lumber, wood by-products, or cold-formed steel.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.