May 12, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Brandenburg, Richardville, Shackleton, Stahl, Voorhees, Amos, Palsrok, Taub, Meyer, LaJoy, Garfield, Nitz, DeRoche, Milosch, Pumford, Hummel, Steil, Koetje, Bisbee, Hune, Tabor, Shaffer, DeRossett, Ehardt, Gaffney, Newell, Caswell, Walker, Moolenaar, Acciavatti, Huizenga, Caul, Kooiman, Hoogendyk, Nofs and Sheen and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to amend 2002 PA 733, entitled
"State plumbing act,"
by amending section 31 (MCL 338.3541).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 31. (1) A license or apprentice registration issued
2 under this act must be renewed not more than 60 days after the
3 renewal date. It is the responsibility of a licensee or
4 registrant to renew a license or registration. The department
5 shall send a renewal application to the last known address of a
6 licensee or registrant on file with the department. Every holder
7 of a license or registration issued under this act shall promptly
8 notify the department of a change in his or her business or
9 residence address. The failure of a licensee or registrant to
10 notify the department of a change of address does not extend the
11 expiration date of a license or registration. The department may
1 issue licenses for up to 3 years in duration.
2 (2) The annual fees for initial licensure, apprentice plumber
3 registration, or renewal of a license and registration issued
4 under this act are as follows:
5 (a) Journey plumber.................................. $20.00.
6 (b) Apprentice plumber............................... $ 5.00.
7 (3) All licenses and apprentice registrations not renewed
8 within 60 days of expiration may be reinstated only upon
9 application to the board for reinstatement and the payment of the
10 annual renewal fee and the following reinstatement fee:
11 (a) Journey plumber.................................. $25.00.
12 (b) Apprentice plumber............................... $10.00.
13 (4) A person requesting renewal of a license within 3 years
14 after the license is
expired under subsection (3) shall is not
15 be subject to reexamination for the license but is
required to
16 pay the reinstatement fee and the annual renewal fee for each
17 year not renewed. A person who fails to renew a license for more
18 than 3 consecutive years is required to meet the experience and
19 other requirements and take an examination for the class of
20 license sought requested.
21 (5) Examination fees are as follows:
22 (a) Plumbing contractor.............................. $50.00.
23 (b) Master plumber................................... $50.00.
24 (c) Journey plumber.................................. $50.00.
25 (6) The department shall issue an initial master plumber and
26 plumbing contractor license for a period of up to 3 years. The
27 master plumber and plumbing contractor licenses are renewable for
1 periods of 3 years. In
the case of For a person applying for
2 initial or reinstatement license at a time other than between
3 April 30 and June 30 of the year in which the department issues
4 renewal licenses, the department shall compute and charge the
5 license fee on a yearly prorated basis beginning the year of
6 application until the last year of the 3-year license period.
7 (7) The initial and renewal fee for a master plumber and
8 plumbing contractor license issued under this act are as
9 follows:
10 (a) Plumbing contractor.............................. $200.00.
11 (b) Master plumber................................... $200.00.
12 (8) All plumbing contractor and master plumber licenses not
13 renewed within 60 days of expiration may be reinstated only upon
14 application submitted to the board and payment of the renewal fee
15 and an $85.00 reinstatement fee.
16 (9) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act
17 that added this subsection, the department shall issue an initial
18 or renewal license for a master plumber or a plumbing contractor
19 not later than 6 months after the applicant files a completed
20 application. If the application is considered incomplete by the
21 department, the department shall notify the applicant in writing
22 within 10 days after receipt of the incomplete application,
23 describing the deficiency and requesting the additional
24 information. The 6-month period is tolled upon notification by
25 the department of a deficiency until the date the requested
26 information is received by the department.
27 (10) If the department fails to issue or deny a license
1 within the time required by this section, the department shall
2 return the license fee and shall reduce the license fee for the
3 applicant's next renewal application, if any, by 15%. The
4 department shall not discriminate against an applicant in the
5 processing of the application based upon the fact that the
6 application fee was refunded or discounted under this
7 subsection.
8 (11) Beginning January 31, 2005, the director of the
9 department shall submit a report by January 31 of each year to
10 the standing committees and appropriations subcommittees of the
11 senate and house of representatives concerned with occupational
12 issues. The director shall include all of the following
13 information in the report concerning the preceding calendar
14 year:
15 (a) The number of initial and renewal applications the
16 department received and completed within the 6-month time period
17 described in subsection (9).
18 (b) The number of applications requiring a request for
19 additional information.
20 (c) The average time for an applicant to respond to a request
21 for additional information.
22 (d) The number of applications rejected, categorized by
23 reason for rejection.
24 (e) The amount of money returned to licensees under
25 subsection (10).
26 (f) The number of applications not issued within the 6-month
27 period.
1 (g) The average processing time for initial and renewal
2 applications granted after the 6-month period.