Section 29.2b - Delegation of authority to enforce fire safety rules; certification of individuals; rules; ordinances; fire inspectors; duration, renewal, and revocation of delegated authority; review - Michigan Statutes

FIRE PREVENTION CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 207 of 1941

29.2b Delegation of authority to enforce fire safety rules; certification of individuals; rules; ordinances; fire inspectors; duration, renewal, and revocation of delegated authority; review of decisions.

Sec. 2b.

(1) On request by resolution of a governing body of an organized fire department, the bureau may delegate to 1 or more individuals employed as full-time fire inspectors by the organized fire department and certified under subsection (2) the authority to enforce 1 or more of the fire safety rules promulgated under this act.

(2) The bureau shall promulgate rules as provided in this section establishing qualifications for certification of an individual described in subsection (1). The state fire marshal shall certify an individual who meets the qualifications established by the bureau. The delegation of authority under subsection (1) does not prohibit a city, village, or township from adopting fire safety ordinances or a city, village, township, or other governmental entity otherwise authorized from employing persons as fire inspectors.

(3) The authority delegated under subsection (1) may be delegated for not more than 2 years, but may be renewed under subsection (1) for subsequent 2-year periods. The authority shall be revoked by the bureau, if the bureau finds that the employee is not in compliance with subsection (1) or if the governing body of the employing city, village, or township, by resolution, requests the revocation.

(4) The board shall review all decisions of the bureau delegating or revoking authority under subsection (1) and may overrule a decision if it is made contrary to subsection (1).

History: Add. 1980, Act 247, Eff. Oct. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Compiler's Notes: For transfer of powers and duties of the fire marshal division programs relating to coordination of fire inspector training programs, including state certified fire inspector school and the biennial recertification of fire inspectors, from the department of state police to the department of consumer and industry services, see E.R.O. No. 1997-2, compiled at MCL 29.451 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.For transfer of certain authority, powers, functions, and responsibilities of the state fire marshal and the fire marshal division of the department of state police to the director of the 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.
Admin Rule: R 28.101 et seq.; R 29.1 et seq.; R 29.501 et seq.; R 29.551 et seq.; R 29.601 et seq.; R 29.1101 et seq.; R 29.2201 et seq.; R 29.2301 et seq.; R 29.2501 et seq.; R 29.2801 et seq.; R 29.3101 et seq.; and R 29.3801 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.