Title 29, FIRE PREVENTION

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "fire safety standard and firefighter protection act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Agent" means a stamping agent, as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422. (b) "ASTM" means ASTM international, formerly the American society for testing and materials. (c) "Cigarette" means that term as defined in secti…

Sec. 5. (1) Except as provided in subsection (12), a person shall not sell cigarettes in this state or sell cigarettes to a person located in this state unless the cigarettes are tested in accordance with the test method described in subsection (2), the cigarettes meet the perfor…

Sec. 7. (1) A manufacturer shall certify cigarettes for the purposes of this act by submitting a written certification to the department attesting that each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in compliance with section 5 and that each cigarette listed in the ce…

Sec. 9. (1) At the time it submits a written certification or recertification under section 7, a manufacturer shall pay to the department a fee of $1,250.00 for each brand family of cigarette listed in the certification. A fee paid for a brand family under this subsection applies…

Sec. 11. (1) A manufacturer shall mark any cigarettes certified by the manufacturer under section 7 to indicate compliance with the requirements of section 5. The marking shall be in 8-point type or larger and consist of 1 of the following: (a) Modification of the product UPC to …

Sec. 13. (1) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or any other person other than a retail dealer that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of section 5 of this act is subject to a civil fine of not more than $100.00 for ea…

Sec. 15. The department may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, necessary to implement and enforce this act.

Sec. 17. To enforce the provisions of this act, the attorney general, the department of treasury, the department, or their duly authorized representatives; the state fire marshal; the commanding officer, or a uniformed firefighter acting under the orders and direction of the comm…

Sec. 19. This act does not prohibit any person from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of section 5 if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States and that person has taken r…

Sec. 21. This act is repealed on the date that the director notifies the secretary of state in writing that a federal reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard that preempts this act has been adopted and is in effect.

Sec. 23. A city, county, township, or village may not adopt or enforce a local law, ordinance, resolution, or rule that duplicates, extends, revises, or conflicts with any provision of this act or purports to regulate the subject matter of this act.

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any fireman while responding to or returning from a fire alarm or while actually engaged in fighting a fire shall be exempt from carrying on his person any certificate, license or any paper or writing required by law t…

Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "smoke alarm battery standard act".

Sec. 3. (1) Except as provided under subsection (4), beginning 18 months after the effective date of this act, a person shall not distribute, sell, offer for sale, or import a smoke alarm device that fails to meet the battery and power source standards under subsection (3). (2) A…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "hazardous materials transportation act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Base state" means the state selected by a motor carrier according to the procedures established by the uniform program. (b) "Base state agreement" means the agreement between participating states electing to register or permit motor carriers. (c)…

Sec. 3. (1) A motor carrier shall determine its base state designation in the following manner: (a) A motor carrier that has its principal place of business in this state shall designate this state as its base state. (b) A motor carrier that has its principal place of business ou…

Sec. 4. The apportioned vehicle registration fee required under section 3 shall be equal to the percentage of transportation in this state multiplied by the percentage of all hazardous materials transportation, multiplied by the total number of power units operated, multiplied by…

Sec. 5. The registration and permit fees collected under this act shall be deposited into the fund. Any balance in the hazardous materials transportation permit fund on October 1, 2013 shall not lapse to the general fund but shall be transferred to the fund and the hazardous mate…

Sec. 6. (1) The department may enter into agreements with federal agencies, a national repository, or other participating states as needed to allow for the reciprocal registration and permitting of motor carriers. The agreements may include procedures for determining base states,…

Sec. 7. (1) The department or the department of state police may inspect or examine any motor vehicle or facility operated by a motor carrier, or conduct investigations, audits, or compliance reviews as necessary to determine compliance with this act and the uniform program, or t…

Sec. 8. (1) A registration issued under this act is valid for 1 year from the date a notice of registration form is issued and a permit issued under this act is valid for 3 years from the date issued or until a motor carrier fails to renew its registration, whichever occurs first…

Sec. 9. (1) The department shall immediately suspend or revoke a registration or permit, or deny an application for a registration or permit, upon determination of any of the following conditions: (a) The motor carrier made a materially false or misleading statement in an applica…

Sec. 10. (1) This act preempts and supersedes hazardous materials transportation registration or permitting programs administered by any city, village, township, county, or other political subdivision of this state. (2) Motor vehicles owned and operated by a local, state, or fede…

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Firefighter" means that term as defined in section 2 of the firefighters training council act, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29.362. (b) "Firefighter training" means that term as defined in section 2 of the firefighters training council act, 1966 PA 291, MCL …

Sec. 2. (1) An organized fire department administering a firefighter I or II course and an examination under the firefighters training council act, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29.361 to 29.377, may establish a boy scouts of America explorer post within its department for the purpose of fire…

Sec. 3. The board of a local or intermediate school district may apply to the state board of education under section 1233b of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1233b, for a permit or annual authorization to engage a full-time or part-time noncertificated, nonendorsed …

Sec. 4. This act does not require the state fire marshal or the office of firefighter training to pay or contribute any funds for the administration of the course or its examinations described in this act that are in addition to any examinations or costs already imposed under the…

Sec. 1. As used in this act: (a) "Bureau" means the bureau of fire services created in section 1b. (b) "Director" means the director of the department of labor and economic growth. (c) "Department" means the department of labor and economic growth. (d) "Building" means a structur…

Sec. 10. Service of an order of the state fire marshal under section 9, or of any other order made by the state fire marshal under this act, may be made in 1 or more of the following ways: (a) By personally delivering a copy of the order to the person or persons to whom it is dir…

Sec. 11. A substantial compliance with the requirements of sections 8 and 9 shall be sufficient to give full force and effect to a order of the state fire marshal and the order shall not be declared invalid, inoperative, or void for an omission or for a reason not affecting the m…

Sec. 12. Each order issued by the state fire marshal under section 9 shall be presumed to be valid and reasonable and shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters and things set forth in the order.

Sec. 13. If at the expiration of the time specified in an order to repair a building, the owner has failed to signify in writing an intention to make the repairs, or if at expiration of the time prescribed in an order to raze or remove a building, or to clear and improve premises…

Sec. 14. The state fire marshal, upon the issuance of the order provided for in section 9, may make and file for record in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the land, building, or premises described in the order is situated a notice of pendency of proceed…

Sec. 15. A mortgagee of record shall be, and any other lien holder, person in possession, other than the owner, and all other persons interested in the lands or premises described in the petition described in section 13, may be brought in as a party defendant to the cause by the …

Sec. 16. (1) The refusal or failure of a defendant to comply with an order or direction of the court issued under section 13, within the time limited for compliance, is contempt of court for which the respondent may be ordered to appear and answer in the same manner as in other c…

Sec. 17. In case the title to any lands upon which a building constituting a fire hazard is situated should become vested in the state or any political subdivision of this state, or any department, board or other agency thereof, either before or after the issuance of the order de…

Sec. 18. An officer of the department may serve an order or process of court issued under the authority of this act, and the officer may make return of service under his certificate in the same manner as is provided by law for return of service of process by the sheriff of a coun…

Sec. 19. (1) The chief administrative officer and the teachers of all schools, including state supported schools, and the owner, or owner's representative, of all school dormitories shall have a fire drill each month and ensure unrestricted emergency egress during school hours an…

Sec. 19a. (1) A postsecondary educational institution shall ensure that all instructional staff are trained in fire drill procedures before the beginning of each academic year. (2) A postsecondary educational institution shall ensure unrestricted emergency egress from each postse…

Sec. 19b. (1) Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, the governing body of a public school or nonpublic school shall develop a cardiac emergency response plan that includes the use of school personnel to respond to a sudden cardiac arrest, or another similar life-threatening e…

Sec. 1a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "fire prevention code".

Sec. 1b. (1) The bureau of fire services is created in the department. (2) The governor shall appoint a state fire marshal to serve as the head of the bureau. The state fire marshal shall possess not less than 10 years' experience in 1 or more of the following areas: (a) Safeguar…

Sec. 1c. (1) The bureau shall do all of the following: (a) Serve as a focal point for matters relating to fire services in this state. (b) Coordinate with the fire investigation unit of the department of state police activities relating to fire investigations, fire investigator t…

Sec. 1d. The state fire marshal shall do all of the following: (a) Oversee and direct fire service programs in this state that are vested in the bureau. (b) Perform the powers and duties of the state fire marshal under this act in a manner that maximizes the effective administrat…

Sec. 1e. (1) The bureau shall provide the state fire marshal and any deputy state fire marshals with suitable uniforms, equipment, and other articles necessary to carry out this act. The state fire marshal shall prescribe the uniforms and equipment for the state fire marshal and …