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MI HB4575
Bill
Status
9/28/2022
Primary Sponsor
Michele Hoitenga
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AI Summary
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Prohibits local units of government from adopting, maintaining, or enforcing ordinances that ban the use of gas appliances in new or existing commercial or residential buildings or structures.
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Requires the state construction code to include provisions prohibiting installation of new appliances with continuously burning pilot lights, including central furnaces (225,000 BTU/hour or less), clothes dryers, and certain household cooking gas appliances.
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Exempts mobile homes, modular homes, appliances designed exclusively for liquefied petroleum gas, and appliances meeting federal energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
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Changes statutory language from "shall" to "must" throughout the section for consistency in legal drafting.
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Specifies that code provisions on pilot light prohibition were to be promulgated by October 18, 1980.
Legislative Description
Construction: housing; ordinance prohibiting the use of energy-efficient appliances in new or existing residential buildings; prohibit local units of government from enacting. Amends sec. 13a of 1972 PA 230 (MCL 125.1513a).
Construction: safety
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform
10/13/2022