Bill Text: MI SB1025 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Occupations; alarm systems; definition of fire alarm service technician in the electrical administrative act; modify. Amends sec. 1a of 1956 PA 217 (MCL 338.881a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-30 - Assigned Pa 0406'16 With Immediate Effect 12/30/16 Addenda [SB1025 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB1025-Enrolled.html
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Senator Booher
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1025
AN ACT to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled “An act to safeguard persons and property; to provide for licensing and regulation of electricians and electrical contractors concerning the construction, alteration, installation of electrical wiring and equipment and for the inspection of electrical wiring; to create an electrical administrative board; to create certain committees for certain purposes; to provide certain powers and duties for certain departments; to provide for the assessment of certain fees and for the promulgation of rules; and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act,” by amending section 1a (MCL 338.881a), as added by 1992 PA 130.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1a. (1) “Fire alarm system” means a system that is designed to detect and annunciate the presence of fire, or by-products of fire, installed within a building or structure. Fire alarm system does not include a single station smoke detector.
(2) “Fire alarm contractor” means an individual or legal entity that is engaged in the business of erecting, installing, altering, repairing, servicing, or maintaining wiring, devices, appliances, or equipment of a fire alarm system.
(3) “Fire alarm specialty technician” means an individual who, as his or her principal occupation, is engaged in the design and practical installation or alteration of fire alarm systems. An individual who is a fire alarm contractor may also be a fire alarm specialty technician.
(4) “Fire alarm specialty apprentice technician” means an individual, other than a fire alarm contractor or a fire alarm specialty technician, who is engaged in learning about and assisting in the installation or alteration of fire alarm system wiring and equipment under the direct personal supervision of a fire alarm specialty technician.
(5) “Fire alarm specialty licensure” means licensure as a fire alarm contractor or a fire alarm specialty or apprentice technician under this act.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
