Bill Text: MI HB5602 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Construction: permits; low-voltage electric fence requirements; modify. Amends sec. 28a of 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1528a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-10-14 - Assigned Pa 223'20 With Immediate Effect [HB5602 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5602-Chaptered.html
Act No. 223
Public Acts of 2020
Approved by the Governor
October 16, 2020
Filed with the Secretary of State
October 16, 2020
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2020
state of michigan
100th Legislature
Regular session of 2020
Introduced by Reps. Wakeman and Griffin
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5602
AN ACT to amend 1972 PA 230, entitled “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,” by amending section 28a (MCL 125.1528a), as amended by 2018 PA 332.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
(2) As used in this section:
(a) “Business monitoring system” means a device or an assembly of equipment and devices, less than 50 volts, that allows a business to remotely monitor its business premises through audio, video, or sensor detection systems. A business monitoring system does not include a fire alarm system or a life safety system designed to protect and evacuate building occupants in the event of emergencies such as fire, smoke, or power outages.
(b) “Home monitoring system” means a device or an assembly of equipment and devices that allows an individual to remotely monitor his or her home through audio, video, or sensor detection systems and that may allow the individual to remotely control the home’s environment, including, but not limited to, temperature, humidity, lighting, doors, or locks.
(c) “Low-voltage electric fence” or “fence” means an alarm system that consists of a fence structure and an energizer that produces an electric charge on contact with the fence structure and meets all of the following:
(i) The fence structure is 10 feet in height or 2 feet greater in height than the perimeter nonelectric fence or wall required under subparagraph (vii), whichever is taller.
(ii) The fence is installed in a location that is zoned for nonresidential use.
(iii) The energizer is powered by a commercial
storage battery that does not exceed 12 volts.
(iv) The electric charge produced by the fence upon contact does not exceed energizer characteristics set forth in “International Standard IEC 60335-2-76”, 2018 edition, published by the International Electrotechnical Commission.
(v) The fence is identified using warning signs attached to the fence at intervals of not more than 60 feet. Each sign must include the international symbol for shock and the warning must be written in English and Spanish.
(vi) If applicable, and if required and approved by a fire code official, a key switch for the fence is installed at the main entry point to the property to provide secure access to the fence’s electrical power disconnect switch.
(vii) The fence structure is laterally enclosed by a nonelectric fence, or a wall, that is not less than 5 feet in height.
(d) “Provider” means any of the following:
(i) A system provider that is registered under the security alarm systems act, 2012 PA 580, MCL 338.2181 to 338.2187.
(ii) A security alarm system contractor licensed under the private security business and security alarm act, 1968 PA 330, MCL 338.1051 to 338.1092.
This act
is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
