Bill Text: MI SB1374 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Occupations; electricians; license and examinations; fees for electricians and electrical contractors; revise. Amends sec. 3 of 1956 PA 217 (MCL 338.883).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-27 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB1374 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB1374-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 1374
November 27, 2012, Introduced by Senator JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled
"Electrical administrative act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 338.883), as amended by 2008 PA 371.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 3. (1) The department of energy, labor, and economic
2 growth licensing and
regulatory affairs shall grant licenses
and
3 certificates under this act to qualified applicants, issue orders
4 and promulgate rules necessary for the enforcement and
5 administration of this act, and enforce and administer this act.
6 The rules shall be promulgated pursuant to the administrative
7 procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
8 (2) The examination fee for licensure of any of the
9 following is $25.00 if paid after September 30, 2012 and $100.00:
1 if paid on or before September 30, 2012:
2 (a) Master electrician.
3 (b) Electrical contractor.
4 (c) Electrical journeyman.
5 (d) Fire alarm contractor.
6 (e) Fire alarm specialty technician.
7 (f) Sign specialty contractor.
8 (g) Sign specialist.
9 (3) The fee for initial licensure, an initial license, an
10 apprentice electrician registration, or renewal of a license
11 relating to electricians is as follows:
12 (a) If paid after September 30, 2012:
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16 (b) If paid on or before September 30, 2012:
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Master electrician....................... $50.00 |
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Electrical journeyman.................... 40.00 |
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Apprentice electrician................... 15.00 |
20 (4) The fee for an initial fire alarm specialty technician
21 licensure, license, a
fire alarm specialty apprentice
technician
22 registration, or renewal of a license or registration is as
23 follows:
24 (a) If paid after September 30, 2012:
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4 (b) If paid on or before September 30, 2012:
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Fire alarm specialty technician.......... $50.00 |
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Fire alarm specialty apprentice |
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technician............................... 15.00 |
8 (5) The fee for an initial sign specialist licensure license
9 or renewal of a sign specialist license is $20.00 if paid after
10 September 30, 2012 and $40.00. if
paid on or before September 30,
11 2012.
12 (6) An apprentice electrician or specialty apprentice
13 technician registration expires on August 31 of each year and is
14 renewable within 30 days after that date upon payment of if a
15 renewal fee of $10.00 if paid after September 30, 2012 and a
16 $15.00 renewal fee if is
paid. on or before September
30, 2012.
17 An applicant shall submit proof of a sponsoring employer for
18 initial or renewal registration.
19 (7) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (8), a
20 license issued under this act expires on December 31 of each year
21 and is renewable not more than 60 days after that date upon if an
22 application is submitted and payment of the appropriate fee is
23 paid. After March 1 of each year or after March 1 of the renewal
24 year in the case of electrical contractors, fire alarm
25 contractors, and or
sign specialty contractors, a license that is
1 not renewed is void and may only
be reinstated only upon if an
2 application for reinstatement is
submitted and payment of the
3 appropriate license fee for
the appropriate class is paid.
4 (8) The A license for an electrical contractor, fire alarm
5 contractor, and or
sign specialty contractor expires
December 31
6 of every third year. The A license for an electrical
contractor,
7 fire alarm contractor, and or sign specialty contractor
is
8 renewable not later than on March 1 every third year upon if an
9 application is submitted and payment of $200.00 if paid after
10 September 30, 2012 and $300.00
if is paid on or before September
11 30, 2012 by the electrical
contractors and contractor
or fire
12 alarm contractors and contractor
or an application and payment of
13 $120.00 if paid after September 30, 2012 is submitted and $200.00
14 if is paid on or before September 30, 2012 by a sign
specialty
15 contractors. In the case of contractor. If a person is applying
16 for an initial or reinstatement contractor's license at a time
17 other than between December 31 and March 1 of the year in which
18 the department issues renewal licenses, the department of
19 licensing and regulatory affairs shall compute and charge the 3-
20 year license fee described in this subsection on a yearly pro
21 rata basis beginning in the year of the application until the
22 last year of the 3-year license cycle.
23 (9) Beginning July 23, 2004, the The department
of energy,
24 labor, and economic growth licensing
and regulatory affairs shall
25 issue an initial or renewal license for an electrical
26 contractors, contractor,
fire alarm contractors, and contractor,
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or sign specialty contractors contractor not later than 90 days
1 after the applicant files a completed application. Receipt The
2 date of filing of the application is considered the date the
3 application is received by any agency or department of the this
4 state. of Michigan. If the application is
considered incomplete
5 by the department of energy, labor, and economic growth,
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licensing and regulatory affairs, the
department of energy,
7 labor, and economic growth shall
notify the applicant in writing,
8 or make the information electronically available to the
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applicant, within 30 days after receipt
the date of filing of the
10 incomplete application, describing the deficiency and requesting
11 the additional information. The 90-day period is tolled upon from
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the date of notification by the
department of energy, labor, and
13 economic growth licensing
and regulatory affairs of a deficiency
14 until the date the requested information is received by the
15 department. of energy, labor, and economic growth. The
16 determination of the completeness of an application does not
17 operate as an approval of the application for the license and
18 does not confer eligibility of an applicant determined otherwise
19 ineligible for issuance of a license.
20 (10) If the department of energy, labor, and economic growth
21 licensing and regulatory affairs fails to issue or deny a license
22 within the time required by this section, the department of
23 energy, labor, and economic growth shall return the license fee
24 and shall reduce the license fee for the applicant's next renewal
25 application, if any, by 15%. The failure to issue a license
26 within the time required under this section does not allow the
27 department of energy, labor, and economic growth licensing and
1 regulatory affairs to otherwise delay the processing of the
2 application, and the department shall place that application,
3 upon completion, shall be placed when completed, in sequence
with
4 other completed applications received at that same time. The
5 department of energy, labor, and economic growth licensing and
6 regulatory affairs shall not discriminate against an applicant in
7 the processing of the application based upon on the
fact that the
8 license fee was refunded or discounted under this subsection.
9 (11) Beginning October 1, 2005, the The director
of the
10 department of energy, labor, and economic growth licensing and
11 regulatory affairs shall submit a report by December 1 of each
12 year to the standing committees and appropriations subcommittees
13 of the senate and house of representatives concerned with
14 occupational issues. The director shall include all of the
15 following information in the report concerning the preceding
16 fiscal year:
17 (a) The number of initial and renewal applications the
18 department received and completed within the 90-day time period
19 described in subsection (9).
20 (b) The number of applications denied by the department.
21 (c) The number of applicants that were not issued a license
22 within the 90-day time period and the amount of money returned to
23 licensees under subsection (10).
24 (12) The board shall provide for an examination to be given
25 to an applicant seeking licensure under this act for a specific
26 class of license. the
examinations required under sections 3b to
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3k. The board and department of energy,
labor, and economic
1 growth, licensing and
regulatory affairs, acting jointly, may
2 develop an examination or contract for the use of an examination
3 developed by another governmental subdivision or any other entity
4 including, but not limited to, the national assessment institute,
5 which that the department of energy, labor, and economic
growth
6 and the board, acting jointly, review and determine is designed
7 to test the qualifications and competency of applicants seeking
8 licensure a license under this act.
9 (13) All of the
following apply to the examinations
10 described in this subsection:
11 (a) The examination for electrical journeymen under section
12 3d and master electricians under section 3c shall include, but
13 not be limited to, questions designed to test an individual's
14 knowledge of this act, any rules promulgated under this act, the
15 Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, and any
16 code adopted pursuant to under section 4 of that act, and
MCL
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125.1504, any code adopted pursuant
to under section 8a of that
18 act, as well as MCL 125.1508a, and the
theory relative to those
19 codes. In the case of the
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(b) The examination for an electrical
contractor's license,
21 the examination contractors
under section 3b shall include, but
22 not be limited to, questions designed to test an individual's
23 knowledge of this act, any rules promulgated under this act, the
24 Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, and the
25 administration and enforcement procedures of any code adopted
26 pursuant to under section 8a of that act, MCL 125.1508a.
27 (c) (14) The
board shall provide for an examination to be
1 given to an applicant seeking for fire alarm specialty licensure
2 under this act. The examinations for fire alarm specialty
3 licensure licenses
under section 3f, 3g, or 3h shall
include
4 questions designed to test an individual's knowledge of this act,
5 any rules promulgated under this act, and the Stille-DeRossett-
6 Hale single state construction code act, as relating to fire
7 alarm systems. The board and department of energy, labor, and
8 economic growth, licensing
and regulatory affairs, acting
9 jointly, may require, as a condition for licensure, certification
10 of the applicant in the field of fire alarm systems technology by
11 the national institution for certification in engineering
12 technology or equivalent certification as determined by the
13 board.
14 (d) (15) The
board shall provide for an examination to be
15 given to an applicant seeking sign specialty licensure under this
16 act. The examinations for
sign specialty licensure licenses
under
17 section 3j or 3k shall include, but not be limited to, questions
18 designed to test an individual's knowledge of this act and any
19 rules promulgated under this act relating to electric signs and
20 applicable sections of the code.
21 (e) (16) Examinations
shall be offered at locations
22 throughout the state as determined by the board. The department
23 of energy, labor, and economic growth licensing and regulatory
24 affairs in consultation with the board may designate a person to
25 give the examination at any location. Copies of examinations
26 developed by a governmental subdivision shall be presented for
27 board approval, and shall remain the property of the
governmental
1 subdivision, and shall be returned to that governmental
2 subdivision without having been copied or reproduced in any
3 manner.
4 (13) (17) The
department of energy, labor, and economic
5 growth licensing and
regulatory affairs shall annually
submit to
6 the members of the legislature a comprehensive report detailing
7 the expenditure of the additional money resulting from the 1989
8 amendatory act that increased the fees contained in this section.
9 (14) (18) As
used in this section, "completed application"
10 means an application that is complete on its face and submitted
11 with any applicable licensing fees as well as and any
other
12 information, records, approval, security, or similar item
13 required by law or rule from a local unit of government, a
14 federal agency, or a private entity but not from another
15 department or agency of the this state. of
Michigan.
