Bill Text: MI HB5561 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Construction: code; installation of emergency responder radio coverage systems in K-12 educational facilities; require. Amends title of 1937 PA 306 (MCL 388.851 - 388.855a) & adds sec. 1e.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-11-30 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/10/2021 [HB5561 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2021-HB5561-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5561

November 10, 2021, Introduced by Reps. Yaroch, Whiteford and Wozniak and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

A bill to amend 1937 PA 306, entitled

"An act to promote the safety, welfare, and educational interests of the people of this state by regulating the construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of, and the installation of certain security devices at, certain public or private school buildings or additions to those buildings and by regulating the construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of, and the installation of certain security devices at, buildings leased or acquired for school purposes; to define the class of buildings affected by this act; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"

(MCL 388.851 to 388.855a) by amending the title, as amended by 2020 PA 45, and by adding section 1e.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

TITLE

An act to promote the safety, welfare, and educational interests of the people of this state by regulating the construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of, and the installation of certain security devices and certain systems at, certain public or private school buildings or additions to those buildings and by regulating the construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of, and the installation of certain security devices and certain systems at, buildings leased or acquired for school purposes; to define the class of buildings affected by this act; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; to prescribe penalties for the violation of this act; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

Sec. 1e. (1) If a school building does not have an emergency responder radio coverage system that operates and integrates with this state's public safety communications system prior to the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, then the administrative authority of the school building shall have an emergency responder radio coverage system installed that operates and integrates with this state's public safety communications system.

(2) The administrative authority of a school building shall coordinate with the department of technology, management, and budget, the public safety communications interoperability board, the Michigan state police, and local first responders in the installation of the emergency responder radio coverage system required in subsection (1) in the school building to ensure the interoperability of that emergency responder radio with local and state authorities and first responders. The department of technology, management, and budget and the public safety communications interoperability board are responsible for coordinating with wireless service providers to integrate wireless public safety broadband solutions with this state's public safety communications system.

(3) If an addition is added to the school building or the school building is remodeled or reconstructed and that project is covered by a construction bond, the emergency responder radio coverage system required in subsection (1) must have a minimum signal strength of -95 dBm and must be receivable and transmittable from all areas within the facility. The emergency responder radio coverage system required in subsection (1) must be installed, tested, and maintained in accordance with all of the following:

(a) The code. As used in this subdivision, "code" means the state construction code provided for in section 4 of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504, or a part of that code of limited application and includes a modification of or amendment to the code.

(b) The fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 to 29.33.

(c) Section 510 of the International Fire Code, 2018 edition. This subdivision applies only if the school building is a new building.

(4) As used in this section, "administrative authority of a school building" means the superintendent, principal chief administrative officer, or other person having supervisory authority of a school building.

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