SENATE BILL No. 627

September 19, 2001, Introduced by Senator HAMMERSTROM and referred to the Committee

on Education.

A bill to amend 1997 PA 16, entitled

"The playground equipment safety act,"

by amending section 4 (MCL 408.684), as amended by 1998 PA 137.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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

2 compensation manufactures or assembles public playground equip-

3 ment , that fails to comply with the following standards is

4 subject to a 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 F1487-97

3 F1487-98", published by the American society for testing and

4 materials, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

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