November 27, 2012, Introduced by Senator JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 192, entitled
"Forbes mechanical contractors act,"
by amending section 10 (MCL 338.980), as amended by 2008 PA 372.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10. (1) Subject to subsection (8), the examination fee
for
a contractor's license is $25.00 if paid after September 30,
2012
and $100.00. if
paid on or before September 30, 2012. Except
as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (4), the initial and
per-year
fee for the issuance of a contractor's license is $75.00
if
paid after September 30, 2012 and $100.00. if
paid on or before
September
30, 2012.
(2) An initial or renewal contractor's license issued under
this act expires on August 31 every third year and is renewable by
filing an application and paying the license fee not later than
October
31. upon application and payment of the license fee. For a
person
If an individual applying for an initial or reinstatement
contractor's license at a time other than between August 31 and
October 31 of the year in which the department issues renewal
licenses, the department shall compute and charge the license fee
on a yearly pro rata basis beginning in the year of the application
until
the last year of the 3-year license cycle. All licenses A
license
that is not renewed are is void
and may be reinstated only
upon
application by applying for reinstatement and the payment of
paying
the license fee. A person An individual who renews his or
her
license within 3 years after the license is voided pursuant to
under this section is not subject to reexamination for the license.
(3)
Beginning July 23, 2004, the The
department shall issue an
initial or renewal license under this act not later than 90 days
after
the applicant files a completed application. Receipt The date
of filing of the application is considered the date the application
is
received by any agency or department of the this state. of
Michigan.
If the application is considered
incomplete by the
department, the department shall notify the applicant in writing,
or make the information electronically available to the applicant,
within
30 days after receipt the
date of filing of the incomplete
application, describing the deficiency and requesting the
additional
information. The 90-day period is tolled upon from the
date of notification by the department of a deficiency until the
date the requested information is received by the department. The
determination of the completeness of an application does not
operate as an approval of the application for the license and does
not confer eligibility of an applicant determined otherwise
ineligible for issuance of a license.
(4) If the department fails to issue or deny a license within
the
time required by under this section, the department shall
return the license fee and shall reduce the license fee for the
applicant's next renewal application, if any, by 15%. The failure
to issue a license within the time required under this section does
not allow the department to otherwise delay the processing of the
application,
and the department shall place that application, upon
completion,
shall be placed when
completed, in sequence with other
completed applications received at that same time. The department
shall not discriminate against an applicant in the processing of
the
application based upon on the fact that the license fee was
refunded or discounted under this subsection.
(5)
Beginning October 1, 2005, the The
director of the
department shall submit a report by December 1 of each year to the
standing committees and appropriations subcommittees of the senate
and house of representatives concerned with occupational issues.
The director shall include all of the following information in the
report concerning the preceding fiscal year:
(a) The number of initial and renewal applications the
department received and completed within the 90-day time period
described in subsection (3).
(b) The number of applications denied by the department.
(c) The number of applicants that were not issued a license
within the 90-day time period and the amount of money returned to
licensees under subsection (4).
(6)
All fees and money received by the department for the
licensing
of persons under this act, The
department shall pay all
licensing
fees, examination fees, and any other
income received
under
this act , shall be paid into the state construction code
fund
created by in section 22 of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single
state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1522.
(7) The department shall annually submit to the members of the
legislature a comprehensive report detailing the expenditure of
additional money resulting from the 1989 amendatory act that
increased the fees contained in this section.
(8) As used in this section, "completed application" means an
application that is complete on its face and submitted with any
applicable
licensing fees as well as and
any other information,
records, approval, security, or similar item required by law or
rule from a local unit of government, a federal agency, or a
private
entity but not from another department or agency of the
this
state. of Michigan.