HB-5900, As Passed House, June 29, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5900

                                                                             A bill to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled                                             

"Electrical administrative act,"                                            

by amending section 3 (MCL 338.883), as amended by 1997 PA 120.             

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 3.  (1) The board shall grant licenses and certificates                

2   to qualified applicants, issue orders and promulgate rules                  

3   necessary for the enforcement and administration of this act, and           

4   enforce and administer this act.  The rules shall be promulgated            

5   pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA              

6   306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.                                                  

7       (2) The examination fee for licensure of the following is                   

8   $25.00:                                                                     

9       (a) Master electrician.                                                     

10      (b) Electrical contractor.                                                  

11      (c) Electrical journeyman.                                                  

1       (d) Fire alarm contractor.                                                  

2       (e) Fire alarm specialty technician.                                        

3       (f) Sign specialty contractor.                                              

4       (g) Sign specialist.                                                        

5       (3)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (9), the The

6   fee for initial licensure, apprentice electrician registration,             

7   or renewal of a license relating to electricians is as follows:             

8    (a) Electrical contractor..............................$75.00

9   (a)  (b)  Master electrician.............................$25.00           

10  (b)  (c)  Electrical journeyman.......................... 20.00           

11  (c)  (d)  Apprentice electrician.........................  5.00           

12      (4)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (9), the The

13  fee for initial fire alarm specialty technician licensure, fire             

14  alarm specialty apprentice technician registration, or renewal of           

15  a  fire alarm specialty  license or registration is as follows:             

16   (a) Fire alarm contractor..............................$75.00

17  (a)  (b)  Fire alarm specialty technician................$25.00           

18  (b)  (c)  Fire alarm specialty apprentice technician.....  5.00           

19      (5)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (9), the The

20  fee for initial sign  specialty specialist licensure or renewal            

21  of a sign  specialty specialist license is  as follows: $20.00.

22   (a) Sign specialty contractor...........................$40.00           

23    (b) Sign specialist...................................... 20.00           

24      (6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (9), a license               

25  issued under this act expires on December 31 of each year and is            

26  renewable not more than 60 days after that date upon application            

27  and payment of the appropriate fee as described in subsection               

1   (3), (4), or (5).

2   (6)  (7)  An apprentice electrician or specialty apprentice                 

3   technician registration expires on August 31 of each year and is            

4   renewable within 30 days after that date upon payment of a $10.00           

5   renewal fee.  An applicant shall submit proof of a sponsoring               

6   employer for initial or renewal registration.                               

7   (7)  (8) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (8), a                 

8   license issued under this act expires on December 31 of each year           

9   and is renewable not more than 60 days after that date upon                 

10  application and payment of the appropriate fee. After March 1 of            

11  each year or after March 1 of the renewal year in the case of               

12  electrical contractors, fire alarm contractors, and sign                    

13  specialty contractors, a license not renewed is void and may be             

14  reinstated only upon application for reinstatement and payment of           

15  the appropriate license fee for the appropriate class.                      

16  (8)  (9) Beginning January 1, 1998, the The license for an                 

17  electrical contractor, fire alarm contractor, and sign specialty            

18  contractor expires December 31  , 2000, and on December 31 of

19  every third year.  thereafter.  The license for an electrical               

20  contractor, fire alarm contractor, and sign specialty contractor            

21  is renewable not later than  March 1, 2001, and  on March 1 every           

22  third year  thereafter  upon application and payment of $200.00             

23  by electrical contractors and fire alarm contractors and                    

24  application and payment of $120.00 by sign specialty                        

25  contractors.  In the case of a person applying for an initial or            

26  reinstatement contractor's license at a time other than between             

27  December 31 and March 1 of the year in which the department                 

1   issues renewal licenses, the department shall compute and charge            

2   the 3-year license fee described in this subsection on a yearly             

3   pro rata basis beginning in the year of the application until the           

4   last year of the 3-year license cycle.                                      

5   (9) Beginning the effective date of the amendatory act that                 

6   added this subsection, the department of labor and economic                 

7   growth shall issue an initial or renewal license for electrical             

8   contractors, fire alarm contractors, and sign specialty                     

9   contractors not later than 90 days after the applicant files a              

10  completed application.  Receipt of the application is considered            

11  the date the application is received by any agency or department            

12  of the state of Michigan.  If the application is considered                 

13  incomplete by the department of labor and economic growth, the              

14  department of labor and economic growth shall notify the                    

15  applicant in writing, or make the information electronically                

16  available, within 30 days after receipt of the incomplete                   

17  application, describing the deficiency and requesting the                   

18  additional information.  The 90-day period is tolled upon                   

19  notification by the department of labor and economic growth of a            

20  deficiency until the date the requested information is received             

21  by the department of labor and economic growth.  The                        

22  determination of the completeness of an application does not                

23  operate as an approval of the application for the license and               

24  does not confer eligibility of an applicant determined otherwise            

25  ineligible for issuance of a license.                                       

26      (10) If the department of labor and economic growth fails to                

27  issue or deny a license within the time required by this section,           

1   the department of labor and economic growth shall return the                

2   license fee and shall reduce the license fee for the applicant's            

3   next renewal application, if any, by 15%.  The failure to issue a           

4   license within the time required under this section does not                

5   allow the department to otherwise delay the processing of the               

6   application, and that application, upon completion, shall be                

7   placed in sequence with other completed applications received at            

8   that same time.  The department shall not discriminate against an           

9   applicant in the processing of the application based upon the               

10  fact that the license fee was refunded or discounted under this             

11  subsection.                                                                 

12      (11) Beginning October 1, 2005, the director of the                         

13  department of labor and economic growth shall submit a report by            

14  December 1 of each year to the standing committees and                      

15  appropriations subcommittees of the senate and house of                     

16  representatives concerned with occupational issues.  The director           

17  shall include all of the following information in the report                

18  concerning the preceding fiscal year:                                       

19      (a) The number of initial and renewal applications the                      

20  department received and completed within the 90-day time period             

21  described in subsection (9).                                                

22      (b) The number of applications denied.                                      

23      (c) The number of applicants not issued a license within the                

24  90-day time period and the amount of money returned to licensees            

25  under subsection (10).

26  (12)  (10)  The board shall provide for an examination to be                

27  given to an applicant seeking licensure under this act for a                

1   specific class of license.  The board and department of  consumer           

2   and industry services labor and economic growth, acting jointly,           

3   may develop an examination or contract for the use of an                    

4   examination developed by another governmental subdivision or any            

5   other entity including, but not limited to, the national                    

6   assessment institute, which the department of  consumer and                 

7   industry services labor and economic growth and the board,                 

8   acting jointly, review and determine is designed to test the                

9   qualifications and competency of applicants seeking licensure               

10  under this act.                                                             

11  (13)  (11)  The examination for electrical journeymen and                   

12  master electricians shall include, but not be limited to,                   

13  questions designed to test an individual's knowledge of this act,           

14  any rules promulgated under this act, the Stille-DeRossett-Hale             

15  single state construction code act,  of 1972,  and any code                 

16  adopted pursuant to section 4 of that act and any code adopted              

17  pursuant to section 8 of that act as well as the theory relative            

18  to those codes.  In the case of the examination for an electrical           

19  contractor's license, the examination shall include, but not be             

20  limited to, questions designed to test an individual's knowledge            

21  of this act, any rules promulgated under this act, the                      

22  Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act,  of               

23  1972,  and the administration and enforcement procedures of any             

24  code adopted pursuant to section 8 or 9 of that act.                        

25  (14)  (12)  The board shall provide for an examination to be                

26  given to an applicant seeking fire alarm specialty licensure                

27  under this act.  The examinations for fire alarm specialty                  

1   licensure shall include questions designed to test an                       

2   individual's knowledge of this act, any rules promulgated under             

3   this act, and the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction           

4   code act,  of 1972,  as relating to fire alarm systems.  The                

5   board and department of  consumer and industry services labor              

6   and economic growth, acting jointly, may require, as a condition            

7   for licensure, certification of the applicant in the field of               

8   fire alarm systems technology by the national institution for               

9   certification in engineering technology or equivalent as                    

10  determined by the board.                                                    

11  (15)  (13)  The board shall provide for an examination to be                

12  given to an applicant seeking sign specialty licensure under this           

13  act.  The examinations for sign specialty licensure shall                   

14  include, but not be limited to, questions designed to test an               

15  individual's knowledge of this act and any rules promulgated                

16  under this act relating to electric signs and applicable sections           

17  of the code.                                                                

18  (16)  (14)  Examinations shall be offered at locations                      

19  throughout the state as determined by the board.  The department            

20  of  consumer and industry services labor and economic growth in            

21  consultation with the board may designate a person to give the              

22  examination at any location.  Copies of examinations developed by           

23  a governmental subdivision shall be presented for board approval            

24  and shall remain the property of the governmental subdivision and           

25  shall be returned to that governmental subdivision without having           

26  been copied or reproduced in any manner.                                    

27  (17)  (15)  The department of  consumer and industry                        

1   services labor and economic growth shall annually submit to the            

2   members of the legislature a comprehensive report detailing the             

3   expenditure of the additional money resulting from the 1989                 

4   amendatory act that increased the fees contained in this                    

5   section.                                                                    

6   (18) As used in this section, "completed application" means                 

7   an application complete on its face and submitted with any                  

8   applicable licensing fees as well as any other information,                 

9   records, approval, security, or similar item required by law or             

10  rule from a local unit of government, a federal agency, or a                

11  private entity but not from another department or agency of the             

12  state of Michigan.