Bill Text: MI HB4575 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Construction: housing; ordinance prohibiting the use of energy-efficient appliances in new or existing residential buildings; prohibit local units of government from enacting. Amends sec. 13a of 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1513a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-10-13 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [HB4575 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4575-Engrossed.html
Substitute For
HOUSE BILL NO. 4575
A bill to amend 1972 PA 230, entitled
"Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act,"
by amending section 13a (MCL 125.1513a), as added by 1980 PA 233.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 13a. (1) As used in this section:
(a) "Central furnace" means a self-contained, gas-burning appliance for heating air by transfer of heat of combustion through metal to the air, and designed to supply heated air through ducts to spaces remote from, or adjacent to, the appliance location.
(b) "Clothes dryer" means a device used to dry wet laundry by means of heat derived from the combustion of fuel gases.
(c) "Household cooking gas appliance" means a gas appliance for domestic food preparation, providing any 1 or combination of the following:
(i) Top or surface cooking.
(ii) Oven cooking.
(iii) Broiling.
(2) The code shall must contain, as a part of the energy conservation provisions, 1 or more provisions prohibiting the installation in a building or structure of any of the following new appliances which requires for its operation the use of a continuously burning pilot light:
(a) A central furnace having an input rate of 225,000 BTU per hour or less.
(b) A clothes dryer.
(c) A household cooking gas appliance having an electrical supply cord.
(3) The provisions of the code required by this section shall must not apply to the following:
(a) A mobile home or modular home.
(b) An appliance that is designed to burn exclusively liquefied petroleum gas.
(c) An appliance which that meets the energy efficiency standards prescribed by the federal regulations promulgated pursuant to the energy policy and conservation act, 42 U.S.C. USC 6201 to 6422.
(4) The provisions of the code required by this section shall must be promulgated not later than 90 days after the effective date of this section.October 18, 1980.
(5) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a local unit of government shall not adopt, maintain, or enforce an ordinance that prohibits the use of an appliance that uses gas in a new or existing commercial or residential building or structure.
