REPEAL HOTEL REQUIREMENTS - H.B. 5592 & 5593: FLOOR ANALYSIS
House Bills 5592 and 5593 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Jerry Vander Roest (House Bill 5592)
Representative Judith Scranton (House Bill 5593)
House Committee: Great Lakes and Tourism
Senate Committee: Government Operations
CONTENT
House Bills 5592 and 5593 would repeal Sections 4 and 5, respectively, of Public Act 188 of 1913, which contains various requirements for hotels, inns, and public lodging houses.
Under Section 4, each hotel that is not over two stories high and does not have a fire escape must provide in every bedroom or sleeping apartment on the second floor a manila rope that meets certain specifications. The hotel also must maintain in every second-floor bedroom or sleeping apartment a notice calling attention to the rope and giving directions for its use.
Section 5 requires each hotel to be well drained and maintained according to sanitary principles; kept clean and in a sanitary condition and free from effluvia (vapors) from any sewer, drain, privy, or other source within the control of the owner or manager; and provided with water closets or privies properly screened for the separate use of males and females and disinfected as often as necessary to keep them sanitary at all times.
MCL 427.4 (H.B. 5592) - Legislative Analyst: N. Nagata
427.5 (H.B. 5593)
FISCAL IMPACT
The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Date Completed: 5-12-00 - Fiscal Analyst: M. TyszkiewiczFloor\hb5592 - Bill Analysis @ http://www.state.mi.us/sfa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.