388.851 School buildings; construction and remodeling requirements; rules; "department" defined.

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Sec. 1.

(1)A school building, public or private, or any additions to a school building, must not be constructed or remodeled in this state unless all plans and specifications for buildings are prepared by any of the following:

(a)An architect or a professional engineer who is licensed in this state.

(b)An architect or a professional engineer who is licensed in this state working in conjunction with a design-builder. The architect or professional engineer and the design-builder described under this subdivision may form a design-build team.

(2)A school building, or any addition to the school building, constructed or remodeled in accordance with subsection

(1)must comply with the Stille-DeRosett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531, and the rules promulgated under section 4 of the Stille-DeRosett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504.

(3)The director of the department shall promulgate rules that establish standards and requirements for the relocation and reuse of used modular classrooms. The rules shall require an inspection of a relocated used modular classroom at its original location, at its new location, or at any location where repairs are made to the used modular classroom.

(4)As used in this section, "department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

History: 1937, Act 306, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1937 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 148, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 388.851 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 231, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1949 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 175, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1962 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 239, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 628 , Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 254 , Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2003 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 510 , Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 67 , Eff. Apr. 2, 2025

Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of state fire marshal to department of labor and economic growth, bureau of construction codes and fire safety, by type II transfer, see E.R.O. No. 2003-1, compiled at MCL 445.2011.