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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 29.22

  • Board: means the state fire safety board created in section 3b. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Fire hazard: means a building, premises, place, or thing that, because of its nature, location, occupancy, condition, or use, may cause loss, damage, or injury to persons or property by fire, explosion, or action of the elements. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Firm: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • Hazardous material: means explosives, pyrotechnics, flammable gas, flammable compressed gas, nonflammable compressed gas, flammable liquid, combustible liquid, oxidizing material, poisonous gas, poisonous liquid, irritating material, etiologic material, radioactive material, corrosive material, or liquefied petroleum gas. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Owner: means a person with an ownership interest in property, and includes a trustee, a board of trustees of property, and a person with a freehold interest in property. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or voluntary association. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Vehicle: means a tank vehicle or bulk transportation vehicle, excluding the tractor of a tank vehicle or bulk transportation vehicle. See Michigan Laws 29.1
    (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person who violates this act, or who maintains a fire hazard in violation of this act, or rule promulgated pursuant to this act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition, the owner of a firm or vehicle operated in this state which is operated in violation of this act or the rules promulgated under this act shall pay a civil fine of $200.00, if the violation creates a fire hazard or a likelihood that hazardous material will be released. Each civil fine collected must be deposited in the general fund of this state.
    (2) A member of the board who intentionally violates section 3b(6) shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
    (3) If the board arbitrarily and capriciously violates section 3b(9) the board shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
    (4) A labelled fire door assembly with a temporary door locking device or system that is installed under section 1d of 1937 PA 306, MCL 388.851d, does not violate this act.