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Michigan Statutes, Title 408

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Title 408, LABOR

56 chapters · 325 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 408325 Ch 154-of-1974, MICHIGAN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEA…60 Ch 10-of-2023, PREVAILING WAGES ON STATE PROJECTS28 Ch 199-of-1962, SKI AREA SAFETY ACT OF 196225 Ch 227-of-1967, ELEVATOR SAFETY BOARD25 Ch 390-of-1978, PAYMENT OF WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS22 Ch 337-of-2018, IMPROVED WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY WAGE ACT19 Ch 138-of-2014, WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY WAGE ACT18 Ch 225-of-1966, CARNIVAL-AMUSEMENT SAFETY ACT OF 196617 Ch 338-of-2018, EARNED SICK TIME ACT15 Ch 491-of-2006, MICHIGAN WORKS ONE-STOP SERVICE CENT…13 Ch 219-of-1994, MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION12 Ch 72-of-1937, DIVISION ON DEAF, DEAFBLIND, AND HAR…10 Ch 98-of-2011, FAIR AND OPEN COMPETITION IN GOVERNM…9 Ch 609-of-1978, FULL EMPLOYMENT PLANNING ACT OF 19789

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.801 Elevators; applicability of definitions in American standard safety code.
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Sec. 1. The definitions in section 3 of the standard are applicable to this act, except where they conflict with definitions in this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.802 Definitions.
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Sec. 2. (1) "Approved" means that which the director designates as acceptable to the department. (2) "Board" means the elevator safety board. (3) "Department" means the department of labor. (4) "Director" means the director of labor or his duly designated representative. (5) "Div…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.803 Definitions; E.
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Sec. 3. (1) "Elevator" means the machinery, construction, apparatus, and equipment of an incline lift, escalator, moving walk, or device serving 2 or more landings used in raising and lowering a car, cage, or platform which is guided. The term includes a passenger elevator, freig…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.804 Definitions; G to S.
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Sec. 4. (1) "General inspector" means an individual who holds a general certificate of competency and is employed by this state as an elevator inspector or in an elevator inspection supervisory capacity. (2) "Incline lift" means an elevator that is designed and operated to transp…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.805 Inapplicability of act to certain municipalities.

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Sec. 5. This act does not apply to or in any city, village or township having elevator inspection regulations under ordinances comparable to this act.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.806 Elevators; compliance with American standard safety code; adoption by rule; conflicts; applicability to residential incline elevator for use by members of homeowners association accessing shoreline of Great Lake or connecting waterway; "homeowners association" defined.

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Sec. 6. (1) An elevator shall be constructed, equipped, maintained, repaired, and used with respect to the supporting members, car or platform, hoistways, guides, cables, doors and gates, safety stops and mechanisms, electrical apparatus and wiring, mechanical apparatus, counterw…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.807 Elevator safety board; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; compensation and expenses.

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Sec. 7. (1) The elevator safety board consisting of 11 members is created, 1 of whose members is the director. The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, the other 10 members for terms of 4 years. The governor shall fill a vacancy on the board for the …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.808 Elevator safety board; powers and duties generally; rules establishing fee schedules; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting.

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Sec. 8. (1) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To promulgate rules for the inspection, design, construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, and use of elevators in this state pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sect…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.809 Enforcement of act and rules.

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Sec. 9. The director shall enforce the provisions of this act and the rules promulgated by the board pursuant to this act and where, owning to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of these rules will result in unnecessary hardship or involve practical diffi…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.810 General and special inspectors; qualifications; application requirements for examination as elevator inspectors; acceptance or rejection of applications; issuance of certificates of competency; reexamination.

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Sec. 10. (1) A person is not authorized to serve as a general inspector unless he has had 3 years' experience in elevator construction or the equivalent as determined by the board, and holds a general certificate of competency issued by the director. A person is not authorized to…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.811 Special inspectors; designation by insurers or local units; commissions; renewal fees; compensation.

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Sec. 11. From the holders of special certificates of competency in the inspection of elevators, a company authorized to insure elevators in this state, may designate persons who are commissioned by the state to inspect elevators in the state covered by such company's policies. A …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.812 Elevator contractors' licenses; applications, qualifications, expiration; exemptions.

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Sec. 12. A person, firm or corporation who is to install, construct, repair, alter and maintain an elevator shall secure from the director an elevator contractor license. The license shall be issued by the director, after his receipt of an acceptable application in writing and of…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.813 Certificates of competency, commissions and licenses; reissuance when lost or destroyed.

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Sec. 13. A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license shall be reissued upon receipt of an application by the director and payment of the renewal fee without another examination, when it is proven to the director's satisfaction that the document is lost …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.814 Certificates of competency, commissions and licenses; suspension or revocation; grounds, hearing, notice.

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Sec. 14. A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license may be suspended or revoked by the director upon recommendation of the board for incompetence, neglect, misrepresentation or failure to comply with the requirements of this act, or with the rules made…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.814a Residential chairlift or residential stairway platform lift; installation, construction, repair, alteration, or maintenance; requirements.

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Sec. 14a. (1) An individual shall not install, construct, repair, alter, or maintain a residential stairway chairlift or residential platform lift unless that individual meets all of the following: (a) He or she is 1 of the following: (i) Certified by the manufacturer of the resi…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.815 Permit for installation or alteration; plans and specifications; approval; form; fee; emergency alterations; issuance by municipality; receipt of completed application; time period for issuance; report; “completed application” defined.

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Sec. 15. (1) A person shall not install or alter an elevator without first obtaining a permit from the department. The department shall only issue a permit to a person that is licensed by the director as an elevator contractor. Elevator hoistway enclosures shall meet the requirem…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.816 Fees for services; determination; payment; deposits.

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Sec. 16. (1) Fees for the following matters shall be determined by the board subject to section 15: (a) Commission. (b) Certificate of competency examination. (c) Elevator contractor license. (d) Contractor examination. (e) Permit, each elevator or device. (f) Certificate of oper…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.817 Inspections; entry on premises, assistance.

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Sec. 17. The director and his inspectors during reasonable hours may enter any premises within this state without hindrance for the purpose of examining equipment covered by this act in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board. The holder of a certificate of operation s…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.818 Certificates of operation; annual issuance.

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Sec. 18. The director shall issue a certificate of operation annually in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.819 Sealing elevator out of service; grounds.

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Sec. 19. A general inspector may seal an elevator out of service in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board or when any of the following conditions exist: (a) When in case of emergency, in the opinion of the general inspector, the elevator is in such condition as to re…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.820 Smoking or carrying lighted tobacco in passenger elevators prohibited; posting sign; receptacles.

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Sec. 20. (1) A person shall not smoke or carry lighted tobacco in any form in a passenger elevator in any building, structure, or premises in this state. A person who has control or management of any building, structure, or premises equipped with a passenger elevator shall not pe…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.821 Violations of act or rules; penalties.

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Sec. 21. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person, firm, or corporation who violates this act or a rule promulgated by the board, or who fails or neglects to pay the fees authorized in this act, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than $50.00, …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.822 Saving clause.

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Sec. 22. A prosecution arising from a violation of the act repealed herein pending at the time this act becomes effective, or a prosecution which may be started within 1 year after the effective date of this act in consequence of any violation of the repealed act which was commit…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.823 Repeals.

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Sec. 23. Act No. 82 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 408.351 to 408.374 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.824 Elevator safety board; membership, rules and fees, continuation.

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Sec. 24. The membership of the board as now constituted shall continue to serve in accordance with their terms of office and the rules and fees heretofore established in Act No. 360 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being sections 408.364 and 408.365 of the Compiled Laws of…