Section 408.820 - Smoking or carrying lighted tobacco in passenger elevators prohibited; posting sign; receptacles. - Michigan Statutes

ELEVATOR SAFETY BOARD (EXCERPT)
Act 227 of 1967

408.820 Smoking or carrying lighted tobacco in passenger elevators prohibited; posting sign; receptacles.

Sec. 20.

(1) A person shall not smoke or carry lighted tobacco in any form in a passenger elevator in any building, structure, or premises in this state. A person who has control or management of any building, structure, or premises equipped with a passenger elevator shall not permit smoking or the carrying of lighted tobacco in any form in the elevator.

(2) The owner, occupant, firm, or corporation that has control or management of a building, structure, or premises equipped with 1 or more passenger elevators shall do both of the following:

(a) Post in each elevator a sign reading, "Smoking prohibited by law — violators subject to fine of $50.00 or 90 days' imprisonment".

(b) Provide and locate near each elevator entrance at each floor a noncombustible receptacle approved by the bureau of fire services created in section 1b of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, for the proper disposal of cigar and cigarette stubs, pipe ash, or lighted tobacco in any form.

History: 1967, Act 227, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 202, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
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.