SB-1223, As Passed House, June 29, 2004                                     

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1223

                                                                             A bill to amend 1986 PA 135, entitled                                             

"Asbestos abatement contractors licensing act,"                             

by amending sections 209 and 211 (MCL 338.3209 and 338.3211),               

section 209 as amended by 1993 PA 55 and section 211 as amended             

by 1998 PA 132.                                                             

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 209.  (1) To apply for or renew a license, an asbestos                 

2   abatement contractor shall do all of the following:                         

3       (a) Submit a completed application to the department on forms               

4   provided by the department.  The asbestos abatement contractor              

5   shall state on the application whether or not the asbestos                  

6   abatement contractor has liability insurance.                               

7       (b) Pay the fee required by subsection (2).                                 

8       (c) Submit proof of Michigan workers' disability compensation               

9   insurance.                                                                  

1       (d) Submit proof that all employees and agents of an asbestos               

2   abatement contractor who are responsible for, or are involved in,           

3   an asbestos abatement project have received training and become             

4   accredited as asbestos abatement workers or asbestos abatement              

5   contractors and supervisors as required under the asbestos                  

6   workers accreditation act,  Act No. 440 of the Public Acts of               

7   1988, being sections 338.3401 to 338.3418 of the Michigan

8   Compiled Laws 1988 PA 440, MCL 338.3401 to 338.3418.                       

9       (2)  A Subject to section 211, a license or renewal fee                    

10  shall be paid as follows:                                                   

11      Number of employees                                                     

12        to be engaged in                                                      

13  asbestos abatement projects License fee License renewal fee

14           4 or less              $200.00            $100.00                  

15           5 or more              $400.00            $300.00                  

16      Sec. 211.  (1) Within 15 working days after receiving a                     

17  license application, the department shall acknowledge receipt of            

18  the application and notify the applicant in writing, or make the            

19  information electronically available, of any deficiency in the              

20  application.  Receipt of the application is considered the date             

21  the application is received by any agency or department of the              

22  state of Michigan. Within 60 calendar days after receiving a                

23  completed application, including all additional information                 

24  requested by the department, the department shall issue a license           

25  or deny the license application.  The 60-day time period is                 

26  tolled upon notification by the department of a deficiency until            

27  the date the requested information is received by the                       

1   department.  The determination of the completeness of an                    

2   application does not operate as an approval of the application              

3   for the license and does not confer eligibility of an applicant             

4   determined otherwise ineligible for issuance of a license. The              

5   license shall contain a statement in bold print that the issuance           

6   of a license does not  infer imply asbestos indemnification                

7   coverage.                                                                   

8       (2) The department shall deny a license application if the                  

9   department determines that the applicant has not demonstrated the           

10  ability to comply with either of the following:                             

11      (a) The applicable requirements and procedures established by               

12  the department and the board under this act.                                

13      (b) Other state and federal law pertaining to the health and                

14  safety aspects of asbestos demolition, renovation, and                      

15  encapsulation.                                                              

16  (3) Beginning the effective date of the amendatory act that                 

17  added this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of            

18  this act, if the department fails to issue or deny a license                

19  within the time required by this section, the department shall              

20  return the license fee and shall reduce the license fee for the             

21  applicant's next renewal application, if any, by 15%.  The                  

22  failure to issue a license within the time required under this              

23  section does not allow the department to otherwise delay the                

24  processing of the application, and that application, upon                   

25  completion, shall be placed in sequence with other completed                

26  applications received at that same time.  The department shall              

27  not discriminate against an applicant in the processing of the              

Senate Bill No. 1223 as amended June 16, 2004                               

1   application based upon the fact that the license fee was refunded           

2   or discounted under this subsection.                                        

3       (4) Beginning October 1, 2005, the director of the department               

4   shall submit a report by December 1 of each year to the standing            

5   committees and appropriations subcommittees of the senate and               

6   house of representatives concerned with asbestos and regulatory             

7   issues.  The director shall include all of the following                    

8   information in the report concerning the preceding fiscal year:             

9       (a) The number of initial and renewal applications the                      

10  department received and completed within the time period                    

11  described in this section.                                                  

12      (b) The number of applications denied.                                      

13      (c) The number of applicants not issued a license within the                

14  <<60-day>> time period and the amount of money returned to licensees        

15  under subsection (3).

16  (5)  (3)  If the department denies a license, the department                

17  shall return to the applicant the application fee, less $25.00              

18  subject to subsection (3).                                                  

19  (6)  (4)  Proceedings for the denial of a license under this                

20  act shall be in accordance with the administrative procedures act           

21  of 1969.                                                                    

22  (7) As used in this section and section 209, "completed                     

23  application" means an application complete on its face and                  

24  submitted with any applicable licensing fees as well as any other           

25  information, records, approval, security, or similar item                   

26  required by law or rule from a local unit of government, a                  

27  federal agency, or a private entity but not from another                    

1   department or agency of the state of Michigan.