THE 2008 MICHIGAN ELECTRICAL CODE

EFFECTIVE on December 2, 2009

The Rules went through the 15 session days of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Filed with the Office of the Great Seal on October 2nd and take effect after 60 days. The effective date of the 2008 Michigan Electrical Code is December 2nd 2009.

CODE UPDATE CLASS December 3rd-4th

The Michigan Chapter IAEI will be providing a Code Update Class for the New code at their Annual Meeting in Ann Arbor on December 3rd and 4th. More information on the meeting click here

2011 National Electrical Code

The 2011 National Electrical Code ROP meeting are complete you can download the Draft of the code based on the ROP and you can download the ROP. There are two files for the ROP Draft,the first on is from the beginning to Article 500. The second file is from Article 500 to the end. There are three files for the ROP the first is from Articles 90-490, second Articles 500-695, and the last from Article 700 to the end of the document.

2006 Michigan Residential Code (Effective August 1st)

The Michigan Residential Code becomes effective August 1st, 2008. The 2006 Michigan Building Code will also take effect that date.

2005 Code is Adopted in Michigan

The State of Michigan has adopted the 2005 Michigan Electrical Code and will become effective on November 23, 2007. The State Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, JCAR, did not act on the proposed rules and they become adopted by default. We were hoping they would listen to our concerns about the rules exempting the telecom wiring from permits. Since that is now going to make Michigan less safe the Chapter will persue getting telecom wiring back under permit requirements in future codes. The Bureau of Construction Codes had supported the requirement for permits for telecom wiring but the State Office on Administrative Hearing and Rules stated it was in conflict of other statutes. The Bureau and the Michigan Chapter do not believe they were correct.

For the time being, until November 23, 2007 permits are still required. On that date, when the 2005 Michigan Electrical Code becomes effective permits will be exempt. The wiring is still required to be installed in accordance with the Michigan Electrical Code. It is very tough to gain compliance when a permit for the work is not required.

The 2006 Michigan Residential Code will not be effective on November 23, 2007 and the 2003 MRC will be the Residential Code until the 2006 MRC becomes in effect.