Bill Text: MI HB4478 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Occupations; plumbers; providing plumbing services while serving as local inspector; allow. Amends secs. 1111 & 1123 of 2016 PA 407 (MCL 339.6111 & 339.6123).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/23/2019 [HB4478 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4478-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4478

 

 

April 18, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Steven Johnson, Slagh, Calley and Yaroch and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 407, entitled

 

"Skilled trades regulation act,"

 

by amending sections 1111 and 1123 (MCL 339.6111 and 339.6123).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1111. (1) To qualify for a plumbing contractor license,

 

the applicant must either hold a master plumber license or employ

 

the holder of a master plumber license as his or her

 

representative.

 

     (2) Only an individual who is a sole proprietor, a partner in

 

a partnership, an officer of a corporation, or a member of a

 

limited liability company may apply for licensure as a plumbing

 

contractor.

 

     (3) The department shall issue a plumbing contractor's license

 

to an individual who does all of the following:

 

     (a) Files a completed application on a form provided by the

 

department that includes the following information:

 

     (i) A statement listing the complete address of each place

 

where the applicant has resided and has been engaged in business

 

during the last 5 years including the length of time at each

 

residence and types of businesses engaged in or employments. If the

 

applicant is registered as a plumbing inspector under article 10

 

and engaged in business as a plumbing contractor, the statement

 

must also include that address.

 

     (ii) The name of the individual who is applying for the

 

license, the name of the business, and the location of the place

 

for which the license is desired.

 

     (iii) The name of the business owner, president of the

 

corporation, or a member or manager of the limited liability

 

company and the name of the individual who is applying, if

 

different from the name of the business owner, president, or member

 

or manager and his or her title.

 

     (iv) The name, residence address, and license number of the

 

licensed master plumber who represents the person.

 

     (b) Pays the applicable examination fee established under

 

section 207 and passes an examination provided for by the board and

 

the department.

 

     (c) Pays the license fee described in article 4.

 

     (4) A licensed plumbing contractor may operate 1 or more

 

branch offices in this state under the same business if a licensed

 

master plumber is in charge and has the responsibility of

 

supervision at each branch.

     (5) If a license is issued to a plumbing contractor

 

represented by a master plumber, the plumbing contractor and the

 

master plumber are jointly and severally responsible for exercising

 

the supervision or control of the plumbing operations necessary to

 

secure full compliance with this article, the rules promulgated

 

under this article, and all other laws and rules related to the

 

installation of plumbing.

 

     (6) Both a person, unless the person is a plumbing contractor,

 

and the master plumber are jointly and severally responsible for

 

exercising the supervision or control of the plumbing operations

 

necessary to secure full compliance with this article, the rules

 

promulgated under this article, and all other laws and rules

 

related to the installation of plumbing.

 

     (7) If a plumbing contractor is represented by a licensed

 

master plumber who ceases to represent the plumbing contractor, the

 

plumbing contractor has 30 days after the date the master plumber

 

no longer represents the plumbing contractor in which to designate

 

another licensed master plumber as the representative of the

 

plumbing contractor. The plumbing contractor shall notify the

 

department in writing of the change.

 

     (8) A licensed plumbing contractor shall display in a

 

conspicuous place at the entrance of the place of business a sign

 

that states the name of the business and the name of the licensed

 

master plumber and license number in letters that are at least 3

 

inches high.

 

     Sec. 1123. An individual who is licensed under this article

 

and employed or acting is registered under article 10 as a plumbing

inspector shall not engage in, or be directly or indirectly

 

connected with, the plumbing business, including, but not limited

 

to, the furnishing of labor, materials, or appliances for the

 

construction, alteration, or maintenance of a building or the

 

preparation of plans or specifications for the construction,

 

alteration, or maintenance of a building, and shall not engage in

 

any work that conflicts with his or her official duties.is not

 

prohibited from engaging in the business of plumbing.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.