Act No. 419

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

June 5, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 5, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Senator Hammerstrom

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 627

AN ACT to amend 1997 PA 16, entitled "An act to regulate the manufacturing and assembling of public playground equipment; and to provide penalties," by amending section 4 (MCL 408.684), as amended by 1998 PA 137.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 4. A person who for compensation manufactures or assembles public playground equipment that fails to comply with the following standards is subject to a state civil infraction under this act:

(a) The "handbook for public playground safety" published for the U.S. consumer products safety commission, which is incorporated by reference and is based upon recommendations provided to the commission by the COMSIS corporation in March 1990 in "development of human factors criteria for playground equipment safety" by Donna Rattle, Melanie Morrison, and Neil Lerner.

(b) The "standard consumer safety performance specification for playground equipment for public use, ASTM F1487-01", published by the American society for testing and materials, which is incorporated by reference.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.