Bill Text: MI SB1011 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Occupations; licensing fees; certain occupations related to residential construction; revise fees and distribution of fee proceeds. Amends sec. 39 of 1979 PA 152 (MCL 338.2239). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1012'16
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-12-08 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [SB1011 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB1011-Engrossed.html
SB-1011, As Passed Senate, December 8, 2016
SENATE BILL No. 1011
June 1, 2016, Introduced by Senator O'BRIEN and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1979 PA 152, entitled
"State license fee act,"
by amending section 39 (MCL 338.2239), as amended by 2012 PA 308.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 39. (1) Fees for a person licensed or seeking licensure
2 as a residential builder or residential maintenance and
3 alteration contractor, salesperson, or branch office under
4 article 24 of the occupational code, MCL 339.2401 to 339.2412,
5 are as follows:
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Application processing fee................ $ 15.00 |
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Examination fees: |
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Complete builder or maintenance and |
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alteration contractor examination......... 50.00 |
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Law and rules portion..................... 30.00 |
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Practice or trades portion................ 30.00 |
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Salesperson examination................... 30.00 |
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Examination review........................ 20.00 |
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License fee only for the first license |
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cycle of an initial or renewal licensee |
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beginning after June 1, 2008, |
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per year ................................. 60.00 |
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License fee, per year..................... 50.00 |
11 (2) The builder enforcement fund is created in the state
12 treasury. All of the following apply to the builder enforcement
13 fund:
14 (a) The department shall administer the fund and is the
15 administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.
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department shall make a 1-time-only
$30.00
17 allocation from a each
license fee received by the department
18 under subsection (1)(d) during a single 3-year license cycle
19 shall be deposited and
deposit that money into the builder
20 enforcement fund. The However, the department shall make the only
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one $30.00 allocation only once per
licensee.
22 (c) Five dollars of the $50.00 license fee paid under
23 subsection (1)(e) shall be deposited into allocated to the
24 builder enforcement fund. If
However, if on December 1 of any
25 calendar year the department determines that the balance in the
26 builder enforcement fund is
more than $3,000,000.00, the
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department shall not make the $5.00
allocation to the builder
1 enforcement fund from the
any $50.00 renewal fee described in
2 subsection (1)(e) that is due after January 1 of the following
3 year. shall not be made. If on any subsequent
December 1 the
4 department determines that the balance in the fund is less than
5 $750,000.00, the department shall resume making the $5.00
6 allocation shall resume for any renewal fee due after January 1
7 of the following year.
8 (d) The department shall utilize expend money appropriated
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from the builder enforcement fund
only as follows:
10 (i) Fifty percent of the amount appropriated for the
11 enforcement of article 24 of the occupational code, MCL 339.2401
12 to 339.2412, regarding unlicensed activity as further described
13 in section 601(1) and (2) of the occupational code, MCL 339.601,
14 and to reimburse the attorney general for the reasonable cost of
15 services provided to the department and for expenses incurred in
16 prosecutions of unlicensed activity or prosecuting attorney for
17 expenses incurred in conducting prosecutions of unlicensed
18 practice.
19 (ii) Fifty percent of the amount appropriated to issue grants
20 to a statewide residential building and trade association for
21 workforce development and outreach programs related to the
22 residential building industry.
23 (e) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the
24 fund and shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund
25 investments.
26 (f) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
27 remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
1 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
2 after the date it is enacted into law.
3 Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
4 unless Senate Bill No. 1012
5 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
