Bill Text: MI SB1025 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1025

 

 

June 8, 2016, Introduced by Senator BOOHER and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled

 

"Electrical administrative 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 a person, firm, or

 

corporation 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 a person other

 

than a fire alarm contractor an individual who, as his or her

 

principal occupation, is engaged in the design and practical

 

installation or alteration of fire alarm system wiring. A 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.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.