HOUSE BILL No. 5304


     October 22, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Hammerstrom and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.


        A bill to amend 1997 PA 16, entitled

   "The playground equipment safety act,"

   by amending section 4 (MCL 408.684).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 4.  On and after May 1, 1998, a person, who for compen-

 2    sation manufactures or assembles public playground equipment,

 3    that fails to comply with the following standards is subject to a

 4    state civil infraction under this act:

 5         (a) The "handbook for public playground safety" published

 6    for the U.S. consumer products safety commission, which is incor-

 7    porated by reference and is based upon recommendations provided

 8    to the commission by the COMSIS corporation in March 1990 in

 9    "development of human factors criteria for playground equipment

10    safety" by Donna Rattle, Melanie Morrison, and Neil Lerner.




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 1         (b) The "standard consumer safety performance specification

 2    for playground equipment for public use, ASTM  F1487-93 

 3    1487-95", published by the American society for testing and mate-

 4    rials, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
















































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