HOUSE BILL No. 5341

 

October 23, 2007, Introduced by Reps. McDowell, Miller, Meadows, Young, Gonzales, Lahti, Lindberg, Hood, Cushingberry, Byrnes, Gaffney, Amos and Ball and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     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 4d.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4d. (1) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of the

 

amendatory act that added this section and until rules promulgated

 

under subsection (2) become effective, the builder of a new

 

residential building or structure shall install at least 1 carbon

 

monoxide alarm in each new residential building or structure.

 

     (2) The director shall promulgate rules that establish

 

standards and requirements for the installation of carbon monoxide

 

alarms in a new residential building or structure. The rules shall

 

provide that at least 1 carbon monoxide alarm be installed in each

 

dwelling unit of a single-family dwelling, 1- or 2-family detached

 

dwelling, or multiple-family dwelling.

 

     (3) Beginning the code cycle after the effective date of the


 

rules promulgated under subsection (2), the director shall include

 

in the code provisions requiring the installation of carbon

 

monoxide alarms. Under such circumstances, the provisions in the

 

code shall supersede this section.

 

     (4) This section shall be known and may be cited as "the

 

Overbeck law".