HOUSE BILL No. 4740

 

June 18, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Cox, Lucido, Webber, Garcia, Sheppard, McCready, Cochran and Yanez and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1941 PA 207, entitled

 

"Fire prevention code,"

 

by amending section 3e (MCL 29.3e), as amended by 2006 PA 189.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3e. (1) The bureau shall promulgate rules as provided

 

under section 2a pertaining to uniform fire safety requirements for

 

the operation and maintenance, but not the construction, of

 

commercial buildings, industrial buildings, and residential

 

buildings, excluding 1- and 2-family dwellings and mobile homes.

 

     (2) By 1 year after the enactment date of the 2015 amendatory

 

act that added this subsection, the bureau shall promulgate rules

 

as provided under section 2a requiring the owner of any commercial

 

or industrial building, or of a residential structure of 3 units or

 

more, with light-frame truss-type construction to mark the

 

structure with a sign or symbol approved by the bureau warning


 

persons conducting fire suppression or other emergency operations

 

of the light-frame truss-type construction. The bureau may approve

 

different signs or symbols to indicate whether the light-frame

 

truss-type construction is in the roof, floor, or both. The rules

 

shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

 

     (a) The dimensions and color of each sign or symbol.

 

     (b) The time within which affected structures shall be marked.

 

     (c) The location on each affected structure where the sign or

 

symbol shall appear.

 

     (3) (2) The state fire marshal shall consult with the board

 

with respect to developing rules for the delegation of authority to

 

firefighters and fire chiefs.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.