Bill Text: MI HB4494 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Occupations; licensing fees; home inspection services; establish, and provide for deposit of proceeds into occupational fund. Amends sec. 3 of 1979 PA 152 (MCL 338.2203) & adds sec. 32.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/24/2019 [HB4494 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4494-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4494

 

 

April 23, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Schroeder and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1979 PA 152, entitled

 

"State license fee act,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 338.2203), as amended by 2012 PA 308 and

 

by adding section 32.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) The licensing and regulation occupational fund is

 

created in the state treasury. All of the following apply to the

 

licensing and regulation occupational fund:

 

     (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 11, 37, 38, and

 

39, the fees collected under this act shall be deposited into the

 

fund.

 

     (b) Money in the fund shall be used only to offset the cost of

 

operating the department.

 

     (c) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the

fund and shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund

 

investments.

 

     (d) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall

 

remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

 

     (e) The department is the administrator of the fund for

 

auditing purposes.

 

     (2) The department shall expend money from the occupational

 

fund, on appropriation, only for the operation of the corporations,

 

securities, and commercial licensing bureau and indirect overhead

 

expenses of the department that include, but are not limited to,

 

the purchase and sale to the general public of printed laws and

 

rules.

 

     Sec. 32. (1) Subject to subsection (2), fees for an individual

 

who is licensed or seeking licensure as a home inspector under

 

article 14 of the occupational code, MCL 339.1401 to 339.1407, are

 

as follows:

 

     (a) Nonrefundable application processing fee, $100.00.

 

     (b) Per year license fee, $100.00.

 

     (c) Examination fee, if applicable, $200.00.

 

     (d) Examination review fee, if applicable, $20.00.

 

     (2) Fees established under this section are intended to bear a

 

reasonable relation to the department's cost, including overhead,

 

of the service or action for which the fee is charged and shall be

 

deposited into the occupational fund to offset those costs. The

 

department shall adjust on an annual basis the license fees

 

prescribed under this section by an amount determined by the state

 

treasurer to reflect the cumulative annual percentage change in the

Detroit Consumer Price Index, subject to a maximum adjustment of 5%

 

in any 1 year. As used in this subsection, "Detroit Consumer Price

 

Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices

 

available for the Detroit area from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

of the United States Department of Labor. 

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 1 year

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.

 

01925'19) of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.