HOUSE BILL No. 5631

 

March 10, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Smith, McConico, Waters, Reeves, Daniels, Stallworth, Tobocman, Hunter, Cheeks, Rivet, Howell, Brandenburg, Gaffney, Wenke, Murphy, Hune, Hood, Lipsey, Gleason, Vagnozzi, Phillips, Plakas, Gieleghem, Jamnick, Garfield, Accavitti, Condino, Wojno, Dennis, Sak, Farrah, Meisner, Adamini, Gillard, Elkins, Whitmer, Williams, Hopgood, Sheltrown, Anderson, Kolb, Zelenko, Clack, Richardville, Byrum, Hardman, DeRoche, Law, Bieda and O'Neil and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1986 PA 54, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "Building officials and inspectors registration act,"                       

                                                                                

    by amending section 10 (MCL 338.2310).                                      

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 10.  (1) Performing instructional duties for                           

                                                                                

2   educational purposes and providing contractual inspection and               

                                                                                

3   consulting services in construction code enforcement shall not be           

                                                                                

4   considered conflicts of interest.                                           

                                                                                

5       (2) An inspector shall not be permitted to inspect his or her               

                                                                                

6   own work in a governmental subdivision.  As used in this                    

                                                                                

7   subsection and subsection (3), "governmental subdivision" means             

                                                                                

8   governmental subdivision as defined in section  2(1)(t)  2a(1)(t)           

                                                                                

9   of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act,            

                                                                                

10  of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, being                     

                                                                                

11  section 125.1502 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1972 PA 230, MCL            

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   125.1502a.                                                                  

                                                                                

2       (3) A governmental subdivision may establish additional                     

                                                                                

3   requirements and restrictions in the selection and hiring of                

                                                                                

4   construction code enforcement officials, inspectors, and plan               

                                                                                

5   reviewers.                                                                  

                                                                                

6       (4) This act shall not be construed to limit or restrict the                

                                                                                

7   type of internal administrative organization an enforcing agency            

                                                                                

8   may choose, or to limit or otherwise affect the authority of the            

                                                                                

9   enforcing agency to dismiss or suspend a building official,                 

                                                                                

10  inspector, or plan reviewer at its discretion.                              

                                                                                

11      (5) The inspection of schools that are operated by a school                 

                                                                                

12  district that is organized as a school district of the first                

                                                                                

13  class under part 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL             

                                                                                

14  380.401 to 380.485, may be conducted by a fire department                   

                                                                                

15  determined by the commission to be designated as a class A fire             

                                                                                

16  department.  This subsection does not allow individuals                     

                                                                                

17  performing activities other than the inspection of these schools            

                                                                                

18  to engage in the activities other than the inspection of schools            

                                                                                

19  without being appropriately registered under this act.