ASBESTOS WORKERS - S.B. 895: FLOOR ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 895 (as reported with amendment)

Sponsor: Senator Dale L. Shugars

Committee: Human Resources, Labor and Veterans Affairs

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Asbestos Workers Accreditation Act to provide that if an application were for reaccreditation, the application and annual fee would have to be submitted not earlier than 90 days before, but not later than 30 days after, the accreditation expired. An application that was submitted later than this time period would have to be treated as an initial application for accreditation, and would require payment of the accreditation fee, rather than the reaccreditation fee.

Currently, the Act provides that a person desiring accreditation or reaccreditation must submit an application and the appropriate annual fee. The fees are as follows:

In addition, the Act requires training course sponsors to issue a numbered certificate of course completion to a student who meets the Act's requirements and successfully completes the training and passes the course's examination. The certificate must contain information specified in the Act. The bill also would require the certificate to include the student's Social Security number.

MCL 338.3402 et al. - Legislative Analyst: N. Nagata

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed: 2-26-98 - Fiscal Analyst: M. Tyszkiewicz

floor\sb895 - Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.