August 15, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Pscholka and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 2002 PA 733, entitled
"State plumbing act,"
by amending sections 31 and 35 (MCL 338.3541 and 338.3545), as
amended by 2008 PA 370.
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
1 notify the department of a change of address does not extend the
2 expiration date of a license or registration. The department may
3 issue licenses for up to 3 years in duration.
4 (2) The annual fees for initial licensure, apprentice
5 plumber registration, or renewal of a license and registration
6 issued under this act are as follows:
7
(a) If paid after September 30, 2012:
8
(i) Journey
plumber................... $ 20.00.
9
(ii) Apprentice
plumber................ $ 5.00.
10
(b) If paid on or before September 30, 2012:
11
(a) (i) Journey plumber................... $ 40.00.
12
(b) (ii) Apprentice plumber................ $ 15.00.
13 (3) All licenses and A license or apprentice registrations
14 registration that is not renewed within 60 days of expiration may
15 be reinstated only upon application by applying to the board for
16 reinstatement and the payment of paying the annual renewal
fee
17 and the following reinstatement fee:
18
(a) If paid after September 30, 2012:
19
(i) Journey
plumber................... $ 25.00.
20
(ii) Apprentice
plumber................ $ 10.00.
21
(b) If paid on or before September 30, 2012:
22
(a) (i) Journey plumber................... $ 50.00.
23
(b) (ii) Apprentice plumber................ $ 20.00.
24 (4) A person An
individual who is requesting renewal of
a
25 license under subsection (3) within 3 years after the license is
26 expired under subsection (3) is not subject to reexamination for
1 the license but is required to pay the reinstatement fee and the
2 annual renewal fee for each year the license was not renewed.
A
3 person An individual who fails to renew a license for more than 3
4 consecutive years is required to meet the experience and other
5 requirements and take an examination for the class of license
6 requested.
7 (5) Examination fees under this act are as follows:
8
(a) If paid after September 30, 2012:
9
(i) Plumbing
contractor............... $ 50.00.
10
(ii) Master
plumber.................... $ 50.00.
11
(iii) Journey
plumber................... $ 50.00.
12
(b) If paid on or before September 30, 2012:
13
(a) (i) Plumbing contractor............... $ 100.00.
14
(b) (ii) Master plumber.................... $ 100.00.
15
(c) (iii) Journey plumber................... $ 100.00.
16 (6) The department shall issue an initial master plumber and
17
or plumbing contractor license for a
period of up to 3 years. The
18
A master plumber and or plumbing
contractor licenses are license
19
is renewable for periods of 3 years. For
a person If an
20 individual is applying for initial or reinstatement license at a
21 time other than between April 30 and June 30 of the year in which
22 the department issues renewal licenses, the department shall
23 compute and charge the license fee on a yearly prorated basis
24 beginning the year of application until the last year of the 3-
25 year license period.
26 (7) The initial and renewal fee for a master plumber and or
1 plumbing contractor license issued under this act are as follows:
2
(a) If paid after September 30, 2012:
3
(i) Plumbing
contractor............... $ 200.00.
4
(ii) Master
plumber.................... $ 200.00.
5
(b) If paid on or before September 30, 2012:
6
(a) (i) Plumbing contractor............... $ 300.00.
7
(b) (ii) Master plumber.................... $ 300.00.
8 (8) All A plumbing contractor and or master
plumber licenses
9 license that is not renewed within 60 days of expiration may be
10 reinstated only upon application submitted by applying to the
11 board and payment of paying
the renewal fee and ,
if paid after
12 September 30, 2012, an $85.00 a $100.00 reinstatement fee. ,
and
13 $100.00 if paid on or before September 30, 2012.
14 (9) Beginning July 23, 2004, the The department
shall issue
15 an initial or renewal license for a master plumber or a plumbing
16 contractor under this not later than 90 days after the applicant
17 files a completed application. Receipt of The date of filing of
18 the application is considered the date the application is
19 received by any agency or department of the this state. of
20 Michigan. If the
application is considered incomplete by the
21 department, the department shall notify the applicant in writing,
22 or make the information electronically available to the
23
applicant, within 30 days after receipt
the date of filing of the
24 incomplete application, describing the deficiency and requesting
25 the additional information. The 90-day period is tolled upon from
26 the date of notification by the department of a deficiency until
1 the date the requested information is received by the department.
2 The determination of the completeness of an application does not
3 operate as an approval of the application for the license and
4 does not confer eligibility of an applicant determined otherwise
5 ineligible for issuance of a license.
6 (10) If the department fails to issue or deny a license
7 within the time required by under this section, the
department
8 shall return the license fee and shall reduce the license fee for
9 the applicant's next renewal application, if any, by 15%. The
10 failure to issue a license within the time required under this
11 section does not allow the department to otherwise delay the
12 processing of the application, and the department shall place
13 that application, upon completion, shall be placed when
14 completed, in sequence with other completed applications received
15 at that same time. The department shall not discriminate against
16 an applicant in the processing of the application based upon on
17 the fact that the license fee was refunded or discounted under
18 this subsection.
19 (11) Beginning October 1, 2005, the The director
shall
20 submit a report by December 1 of each year to the standing
21 committees and appropriations subcommittees of the senate and
22 house of representatives concerned with occupational issues. The
23 director shall include all of the following information in the
24 report concerning the preceding fiscal year:
25 (a) The number of initial and renewal applications the
26 department received and completed within the 90-day time period
27 described in subsection (9).
1 (b) The number of applications denied by the department.
2 (c) The number of applicants that were not issued a license
3 within the 90-day time period and the amount of money returned to
4 licensees under subsection (10).
5 (12) As used in this section, "completed application" means
6 an application that is complete on its face and submitted with
7 any applicable licensing fees as well as and any
other
8 information, records, approval, security, or similar item
9 required by law or rule from a local unit of government, a
10 federal agency, or a private entity but not from another
11 department or agency of the this state. of
Michigan.
12 Sec. 35. If a license or registration is lost or destroyed,
13
the department shall issue a new
license or registration shall be
14 issued without examination ,
upon payment of a $20.00 fee if paid
15 after September 30, 2012, and if a fee of $30.00 if
paid on or
16 before September 30, 2012. An is paid and an application
for a
17 new license or registration shall be is submitted, accompanied by
18 a written statement made by the licensee or registrant that the
19 license or registration has been was lost or destroyed.