2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 230 of 1972

STILLE-DEROSSETT-HALE SINGLE STATE CONSTRUCTION CODE ACT
Act 230 of 1972
AN ACT to create a construction code commission and prescribe its functions; to authorize the director to promulgate rules with recommendations from each affected board relating to the construction, alteration, demolition, occupancy, and use of buildings and structures; to prescribe energy conservation standards for the construction of certain buildings; to provide for statewide approval of premanufactured units; to provide for the testing of new devices, materials, and techniques for the construction of buildings and structures; to define the classes of buildings and structures affected by the act; to provide for administration and enforcement of the act; to create a state construction code fund; to prohibit certain conduct; to establish penalties, remedies, and sanctions for violations of the act; to repeal acts and parts of acts; and to provide an appropriation.

History: 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973 ;--Am. 1978, Act 442, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 1978 ;--Am. 1980, Act 371, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1980 ;--Am. 1989, Act 135, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989 ;--Am. 1994, Act 22, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;--Am. 1995, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1996 ;--Am. 1999, Act 245, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999
Compiler's Notes: Enacting sections 1 and 2 of Act 245 of 1999 provide:"Enacting section 1. The title and sections 2a, 3a, 8a, 8b, and 9b of the state construction code act of 1972, 1972 PA 230, the title as amended and sections 2a, 3a, 8a, 8b, and 9b as added by this amendatory act, are effective upon enactment but apply only to 1 or more of the following codes only upon the effective date of the particular code update promulgated after October 15, 1999:"(a) The plumbing code, R 408.30701 to 408.30796 of the Michigan administrative code. [Effective July 31, 2001]"(b) The electrical code, R 408.30801 to 408.30873 of the Michigan administrative code. [Effective December 7, 1999]"(c) The mechanical code, R 408.30901a to 408.30995a of the Michigan administrative code. [Effective July 31, 2001]"(d) The building code, R 408.30401 to 408.30499 of the Michigan administrative code. [Effective July 31, 2001]"Enacting section 2. The title and sections 2, 3, 8, 9, and 9a of the state construction code act of 1972, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1502, 125.1503, 125.1508, 125.1509, and 125.1509a, the title and sections 2 and 8 as amended by this amendatory act, apply to 1 or more of the following codes until the rules for the code update promulgated after October 15, 1999 for the specific code become effective, at which time each section does not apply to the particular code. Sections 2, 3, 8, 9, and 9a of the state construction code act of 1972, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1502, 125.1503, 125.1508, 125.1509, and 125.1509a, are repealed on the effective date of the last of the rules updating the following codes promulgated after October 15, 1999:"(a) The plumbing code, R 408.30701 to 408.30796 of the Michigan administrative code. [Effective July 31, 2001]"(b) The electrical code, R 408.30801 to 408.30873 of the Michigan administrative code. [Effective December 7, 1999]"(c) The mechanical code, R 408.30901a to 408.30995a of the Michigan administrative code. [Effective July 31, 2001]"(d) The building code, R 408.30401 to 408.30499 of the Michigan administrative code." [Effective July 31, 2001] Rules updating the electrical code (R 408.30801 et seq.) were promulgated November 19, 1999, and became effective December 7, 1999.
Popular Name: Act 230
Popular Name: Uniform Construction Code

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Document	Description
Section 125.1501	Short title.
Section 125.1502	Repealed. 1999, Act 245, Eff. July 31, 2001.
Section 125.1502a	Additional definitions.
Section 125.1503	Repealed. 1999, Act 245, Eff. July 31, 2001.
Section 125.1503a	State construction code commission; creation; membership; quorum; meetings; designation of chairperson; exercise of authority; rules; compliance with open meetings act and freedom of information act.
Section 125.1504	State construction code; rules; promulgation; contents; purposes, objectives, and standards; availability of code to public.
Section 125.1504a	Repealed. 1985, Act 220, Eff. Jan. 13, 1988.
Section 125.1504b	Bed and breakfast.
Section 125.1504c	Installation of smoke alarms in existing buildings or structures; promulgation of rules required.
Section 125.1505	Powers of commission.
Section 125.1506	Rules; promulgation; copies; exceptions.
Section 125.1507	Director, subordinate officers, employees, experts, consultants, technical advisers, and advisory committees; appointment; duties; compensation; effectuating objectives of act; federal cooperation, funds, and grants.
Section 125.1508	Repealed. 1999, Act 245, Eff. July 31, 2001.
Section 125.1508a	Applicability of act and state construction code.
Section 125.1508b	Administration and enforcement of act and state construction code.
Section 125.1509, 125.1509a	Repealed. 1999, Act 245, Eff. July 31, 2001.
Section 125.1509b	Performance evaluation of enforcing agency.
Section 125.1510	Application for building permit; form; fee; contents; statement; site plan; affidavit; filing written instrument designating agent, attorney, architect, engineer, or builder; additional information required for residential builder or residential maintenance and alteration contractor, master or journeyman plumber, electrical contractor or master or journeyman electrician, or mechanical contractor; statement required in building application form; filing application; availability of application and other writings to public; custody of application; imposition of requirements for additional permits; buildings for which permit not required.
Section 125.1511	Building permit; examination and approval of application; issuance; changes in plans; commencement of construction; compliance with application; suspension, revocation, or cancellation.
Section 125.1512	Inspection of construction; consent; time; inspectors; notice of violation; stop order; injunction.
Section 125.1513	Certificate of use and occupancy; issuance; contents; application; fee; temporary certificate; notice of final inspection.
Section 125.1513a	Definitions; prohibited appliances; exceptions; promulgation date.
Section 125.1513b	"Lead free" defined; pipes, pipe fittings, solder, or flux to be lead free; exception.
Section 125.1513c	Definitions; minimum standards for board and room facilities; inspection; noncompliance; order; penalty; hearing; payment and recovery of civil penalty; applicability of section.
Section 125.1513d	Requirements for stairwell geometry.
Section 125.1513e	Sharing elevator between 2 buildings.
Section 125.1514	Construction board of appeals; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; appeal to board; hearing; decision; statement of reasons for decision; appeal to commission; copy of decision; additional powers or duties; procedures; conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of certain writings to public.
Section 125.1515	Specific variance from code; requirements; breach of condition; permissible variance.
Section 125.1516	Appeal to commission; time; hearing; quorum; effect of decision; copy of decision and statement of reasons; record of decisions; public inspection; referral of certain appeals to appropriate board; review of board's decision; petition.
Section 125.1517	Effect of appeal on orders, determinations, decisions, and actions.
Section 125.1518	Filing claim of appeal or petition to review.
Section 125.1519	Premanufactured units; certificate of acceptability; rules; building permit; fee; objections; hearing.
Section 125.1520	Examination of plans and specifications; assistance in inspection of construction or performance of duties.
Section 125.1521	Petition for approval of materials, products and methods; testing and evaluation; certificate of acceptability.
Section 125.1521a	Installation or use of heating cable; application for approval; "heating cable" defined; construction of section.
Section 125.1522	Fees; state construction code fund; fund for purchase and sale of codes and standards.
Section 125.1523	Unlawful conduct; penalty; separate offenses; retention of fine by governmental subdivision; designation of violation as municipal civil infraction.
Section 125.1523a	Civil violation; penalty; enforcement.
Section 125.1524	Effect of existing construction regulations and permits.
Section 125.1525	Effect of act on functions of state plumbing and electrical administrative boards.
Section 125.1526	Transfer of state plumbing and electrical administrative boards to commission.
Section 125.1528	Inconsistent or conflicting provisions; construction of act.
Section 125.1529	Enforcement of code or construction regulations by governmental subdivision or enforcing agency.
Section 125.1530	Saving clause; pending or subsequent prosecutions.
Section 125.1531	Effective date.

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