HOUSE BILL No. 6364

 

December 2, 2004, Introduced by Rep. Ward and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1986 PA 54, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "Building officials and inspectors registration act,"                       

                                                                                

    by amending the title and sections 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, and            

                                                                                

    13 (MCL 338.2302, 338.2303, 338.2304, 338.2306, 338.2307,                   

                                                                                

    338.2308, 338.2310, 338.2312, and 338.2313), section 3 as amended           

                                                                                

    by 1998 PA 50, and by adding sections 2a, 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e, 8f,           

                                                                                

    and 8g; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.                               

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1                                 TITLE                                         

                                                                                

2                                                                                An act to regulate and register building officials, plan                           

                                                                                

3   reviewers, building inspectors, electrical inspectors, mechanical           

                                                                                

4   inspectors, and plumbing inspectors; to prescribe  the  certain             

                                                                                

5   powers and duties of  the  certain state  construction code                 

                                                                                

6   commission  agencies and departments; to create  a building                 

                                                                                

7   officials advisory board  certain boards; to require the approval           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   of educational and training programs for building officials, plan           

                                                                                

2   reviewers, and inspectors; to provide for the establishment and             

                                                                                

3   disposition of certain fees; to provide for the promulgation of             

                                                                                

4   rules; and to prescribe remedies, sanctions, and penalties.                 

                                                                                

5       Sec. 2.  As used in this act:                                               

                                                                                

6       (a) "Adopted" means a properly passed rule or ordinance.                    

                                                                                

7       (b) "Advisory board" means the building officials advisory                  

                                                                                

8   board created pursuant to section 3.                                        

                                                                                

9       (c) "Approved" means reviewed and found acceptable by the                   

                                                                                

10  commission.                                                                 

                                                                                

11      (d) "Building official" means a  construction  code                         

                                                                                

12  enforcement person working as an inspector  ,  or plan reviewer,            

                                                                                

13  or actively engaged in the administration and enforcement of                

                                                                                

14  adopted building, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing codes, or             

                                                                                

15  any combination of these codes.                                             

                                                                                

16      (e) "Censure" means an expression of disapproval of a                       

                                                                                

17  registrant's professional conduct, which conduct is not                     

                                                                                

18  necessarily a violation of this act or a rule promulgated or an             

                                                                                

19  order issued under this act.                                                

                                                                                

20      (f)  (e)  "Code" means the state construction code provided                 

                                                                                

21  for in section 4 of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state                  

                                                                                

22  construction code act,  of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts             

                                                                                

23  of 1972, being section 125.1504 of the Michigan Compiled Laws               

                                                                                

24  1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1504, or a part of that code  which  that is           

                                                                                

25  of limited application.  , and includes a modification of or                

                                                                                

26  amendment to the code, or a nationally recognized model building            

                                                                                

27  code or other nationally recognized model code adopted by a                 


                                                                                

1   governmental subdivision pursuant to section 8 of the state                 

                                                                                

2   construction code act of 1972, being section 125.1508 of the                

                                                                                

3   Michigan Compiled Laws.                                                     

                                                                                

4       (g) "Code change cycle" means the publication by a nationally               

                                                                                

5   recognized code writing body of a new edition of a basic code               

                                                                                

6   that includes all approved changes to the basic code since the              

                                                                                

7   previous edition.  Code change cycle does not include changes to            

                                                                                

8   the basic code approved and published in periodic supplements to            

                                                                                

9   the code.                                                                   

                                                                                

10      (h)  (f)  "Commission" means the state construction code                    

                                                                                

11  commission as established in section  3  3a of the                          

                                                                                

12  Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act,  of               

                                                                                

13  1972, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, being                         

                                                                                

14  section 125.1503 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1972 PA 230, MCL            

                                                                                

15  125.1503a.                                                                  

                                                                                

16      (i) "Competence" means a degree of expertise that enables a                 

                                                                                

17  person to engage in an occupation at a level meeting or exceeding           

                                                                                

18  minimal standards of acceptable practice for the occupation.                

                                                                                

19      (j) "Complaint" means an oral or written grievance.                         

                                                                                

20      (k) "Complainant" means a person who has filed a complaint                  

                                                                                

21  with the department alleging that a person has violated this act            

                                                                                

22  or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act.  If a              

                                                                                

23  complaint is made by the department, the director of the                    

                                                                                

24  department shall designate 1 or more employees of the department            

                                                                                

25  to act as the complainant.                                                  

                                                                                

26                                                                               (l) "Department" means the department of labor and economic                         

                                                                                

27  growth.                                                                     


                                                                                

1       (m) "Disciplinary board" means the disciplinary board created               

                                                                                

2   pursuant to section 8b.                                                     

                                                                                

3       (n)  (g)  "Education or training program" means formal or                   

                                                                                

4   informal courses, seminars, correspondence programs, and other              

                                                                                

5   teaching aids for building officials, plan reviewers, and                   

                                                                                

6   inspectors  which  that have been approved.  by the commission.             

                                                                                

7       (o)  (h)  "Enforcing agency" means an enforcing agency as                   

                                                                                

8   defined in section  2  2a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single               

                                                                                

9   state construction code act,  of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public            

                                                                                

10  Acts of 1972, being section 125.1502 of the Michigan Compiled               

                                                                                

11  Laws  1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1502a.                                           

                                                                                

12      (i) "Inspector" means the person responsible for the                        

                                                                                

13  administration and enforcement of the construction of buildings,            

                                                                                

14  structures, or appurtenances under the requirements of the                  

                                                                                

15  applicable building, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing code               

                                                                                

16  administered and enforced within the jurisdiction of the                    

                                                                                

17  employing enforcing agency employing the person.                            

                                                                                

18      (j) "Practical construction experience" means experience in                 

                                                                                

19  construction related trades or code administration and                      

                                                                                

20  enforcement which is found to be acceptable to the commission.              

                                                                                

21      (k) "Plan reviewer" means a person engaged in the practice of               

                                                                                

22  examining construction documents for the purpose of determining             

                                                                                

23  compliance with applicable codes.                                           

                                                                                

24                                                                               (l) "Provisional registration" means a building official,                           

                                                                                

25  plan reviewer, or inspector who is registered subject to                    

                                                                                

26  attaining the amount of training, education, and experience                 

                                                                                

27  required by the appropriate board and the commission.                       


                                                                                

1       (m) "Registered" means a building official, plan reviewer, or               

                                                                                

2   inspector who is registered under this act.                                 

                                                                                

3       (n) "Test" means a method of determining the qualifications                 

                                                                                

4   of a person seeking registration as a building official, plan               

                                                                                

5   reviewer, or inspector under this act.  Tests may be written,               

                                                                                

6   oral, practical, or a combination of written, oral, and                     

                                                                                

7   practical.  Completion of educational or training programs which            

                                                                                

8   have been approved by the commission may be substituted for                 

                                                                                

9   appropriate tests or portions of tests.                                     

                                                                                

10      (o) "Code change cycle" means the publication by a nationally               

                                                                                

11  recognized code writing body of a new edition of a basic code               

                                                                                

12  which includes all approved changes to the basic code since the             

                                                                                

13  previous edition.  Code change cycle does not include changes to            

                                                                                

14  the basic code approved and published in annual supplements to              

                                                                                

15  the code.                                                                   

                                                                                

16      Sec. 2a.  As used in this act:                                              

                                                                                

17      (a) "General public" means each individual residing in this                 

                                                                                

18  state who is 18 years of age or older other than a person or the            

                                                                                

19  spouse of a person who is registered in the occupation or who has           

                                                                                

20  a material financial interest in the occupation being regulated             

                                                                                

21  by the specific law in which the term is used.                              

                                                                                

22      (b) "Good moral character" means good moral character as                    

                                                                                

23  defined in section 1 of 1974 PA 381, MCL 338.41.                            

                                                                                

24      (c) "Governmental subdivision" means that term as defined in                

                                                                                

25  section 2a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction           

                                                                                

26  code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1502a.                                       

                                                                                

27      (d) "Gross negligence" means the intentional failure to                     


                                                                                

1   perform a manifest duty that affects the life or property of                

                                                                                

2   another, or both.                                                           

                                                                                

3       (e) "Incompetence" means a departure from, or a failure to                  

                                                                                

4   conform to, minimal standards of acceptable practice for the                

                                                                                

5   occupation.                                                                 

                                                                                

6       (f) "Inspector" means the person responsible for the                        

                                                                                

7   administration and enforcement of the construction of buildings,            

                                                                                

8   structures, or appurtenances under the requirements of the                  

                                                                                

9   applicable building, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing code               

                                                                                

10  administered and enforced within the jurisdiction of the                    

                                                                                

11  enforcing agency employing the person.                                      

                                                                                

12      (g) "Knowledge and skill" means the information, education,                 

                                                                                

13  practical experience, and the facility in applying that                     

                                                                                

14  information, education, and practical experience.                           

                                                                                

15      (h) "Limitation" means a condition, stricture, constraint,                  

                                                                                

16  restriction, or probation attached to a registration relative to            

                                                                                

17  the scope of practice, including, but not limited to, the                   

                                                                                

18  following:                                                                  

                                                                                

19                                                                               (i) A requirement that the registrant perform only specified                        

                                                                                

20  functions of the registrant's occupation.                                   

                                                                                

21      (ii) A requirement that the registrant perform the                           

                                                                                

22  registrant's occupation only for a specified period of time.                

                                                                                

23      (iii) A requirement which reasonably assures a registrant's                  

                                                                                

24  competence to perform the registrant's occupation.                          

                                                                                

25      (iv) A requirement that the registrant be directly supervised                

                                                                                

26  in the performance of registrant's duties for a specified period            

                                                                                

27  of time.                                                                    


                                                                                

1       (v) A requirement that a registrant file reports with the                   

                                                                                

2   department at intervals as determined by the department.                    

                                                                                

3       (i) "Negligence" means a failure to exercise that degree of                 

                                                                                

4   care rendered appropriate by the particular circumstances and               

                                                                                

5   that an individual of ordinary prudence in the same situation and           

                                                                                

6   with equal experience would not have omitted.                               

                                                                                

7       (j) "Practical construction experience" means approved                      

                                                                                

8   experience in construction related trades or code administration            

                                                                                

9   and enforcement conforming to this act and the code.                        

                                                                                

10      (k) "Plan reviewer" means a person engaged in the examination               

                                                                                

11  of construction documents for the purpose of determining                    

                                                                                

12  compliance with applicable codes.                                           

                                                                                

13                                                                               (l) "Provisional registration" means a building official,                           

                                                                                

14  plan reviewer, or inspector who is registered subject to                    

                                                                                

15  attaining the amount of training, education, and experience                 

                                                                                

16  required by the appropriate board and the commission.                       

                                                                                

17      (m) "Published interpretation" means an article or technical                

                                                                                

18  bulletin on the meaning an application of the code, a section or            

                                                                                

19  subsection of the code, or a referenced standard within the code            

                                                                                

20  published either in print form or electronic media by the bureau            

                                                                                

21  of construction codes.  Published interpretation includes a                 

                                                                                

22  formal decision by the commission on the meaning and application            

                                                                                

23  of the code, a section or subsection of the code, or a referenced           

                                                                                

24  standard within the code.  Published interpretation does not                

                                                                                

25  include an interpretation issued by the international code                  

                                                                                

26  council, the national fire protection association or its                    

                                                                                

27  component organizations, or any other organizations or                      


                                                                                

1   individuals that develop or comment on codes or standards for               

                                                                                

2   public or private use.                                                      

                                                                                

3       (n) "Registered" means a building official, plan reviewer, or               

                                                                                

4   inspector who is registered under this act.                                 

                                                                                

5       (o) "Respondent" means a person against whom a complaint has                

                                                                                

6   been filed and may be a person required to be registered.                   

                                                                                

7       (p) "Test" means a method of determining the qualifications                 

                                                                                

8   of a person seeking registration as a building official, plan               

                                                                                

9   reviewer, or inspector under this act.  Tests may be written,               

                                                                                

10  oral, practical, or a combination of written, oral, and                     

                                                                                

11  practical.  Completion of educational or training programs that             

                                                                                

12  have been approved may be substituted for appropriate tests or              

                                                                                

13  portions of tests.                                                          

                                                                                

14      Sec. 3.  (1) The building officials advisory board is                       

                                                                                

15  created in the department  of labor  to assist the commission in            

                                                                                

16  establishing standards and criteria for the training and                    

                                                                                

17  qualifications of building officials.                                       

                                                                                

18      (2) The advisory board shall consist of 9 members appointed                 

                                                                                

19  by the commission.   Of those members first appointed, 3 shall be           

                                                                                

20  appointed for a term of 1 year, 3 shall be appointed for a term             

                                                                                

21  of 2 years, and 3 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.  The            

                                                                                

22  advisory board shall consist of the following:                              

                                                                                

23      (a)  A  Three building  official  officials who  enforces                   

                                                                                

24  enforce the code.  building officials and code administrators               

                                                                                

25  basic building code.                                                        

                                                                                

26      (b) A building official who enforces the uniform building                   

                                                                                

27  code.                                                                       


                                                                                

1       (c) A building official who enforces the Michigan building                  

                                                                                

2   code.                                                                       

                                                                                

3       (b)  (d)  Two members of the general public, 1 of whom shall                

                                                                                

4   be a person with 1 or more disabilities.                                    

                                                                                

5       (c)  (e)  A  registered  licensed architect or professional                 

                                                                                

6   engineer.                                                                   

                                                                                

7       (d)  (f)  A  building contractor  licensed residential                      

                                                                                

8   builder.                                                                    

                                                                                

9       (e)  (g)  A building trades journey worker from a recognized                

                                                                                

10  apprentice course.                                                          

                                                                                

11      (f)  (h)  A representative of small business.                               

                                                                                

12      (3) Of the 3 building officials appointed pursuant to                       

                                                                                

13  subsection (2)(a),  (b), and (c),  1 shall represent a county,              

                                                                                

14  1 shall represent a city, and 1 shall represent a township or               

                                                                                

15  village.                                                                    

                                                                                

16      Sec. 4.  (1) The commission shall promote effective and                     

                                                                                

17  uniform enforcement of  construction  codes in the state by                 

                                                                                

18  improving the competence of building officials, plan reviewers,             

                                                                                

19  and inspectors.                                                             

                                                                                

20      (2) The advisory board, barrier free design board, the                      

                                                                                

21  electrical administrative board, the board of mechanical rules,             

                                                                                

22  and the state plumbing board shall participate in and work with             

                                                                                

23  the commission to establish both of the following:                          

                                                                                

24      (a) Minimum training and experience standards,                              

                                                                                

25  qualifications, and classifications of responsibility applicable            

                                                                                

26  to persons engaged in the enforcement of codes  ,  and plan                 

                                                                                

27  reviews.                                                                    


                                                                                

1       (b) Minimum criteria for the approval of  educational                       

                                                                                

2   education or training programs and tests.                                   

                                                                                

3       (3) The commission may review and approve prepared                          

                                                                                

4   educational and  education or training programs, tests, and                

                                                                                

5   instructors.  The examination and evaluation of  training and               

                                                                                

6   educational  education or training programs, instructors, and               

                                                                                

7   tests shall include, but not be limited to:                                 

                                                                                

8       (a)  Construction code  Code administration.                                

                                                                                

9       (b) Specialty aspects of code program parts, including all of               

                                                                                

10  the following:                                                              

                                                                                

11                                                                               (i) Prohibited appliances.                                                          

                                                                                

12      (ii) Premanufactured units.                                                  

                                                                                

13      (iii) Approval of materials, products, and methods.                          

                                                                                

14      (iv) Barrier free design.                                                    

                                                                                

15      (v)  Energy conservation  Michigan uniform energy code.                     

                                                                                

16      (c) Inspection techniques.                                                  

                                                                                

17      (d) Communication skills.                                                   

                                                                                

18      (e) Human and public relations.                                             

                                                                                

19      (f) Report writing.                                                         

                                                                                

20      (g) Plans and specifications reading.                                       

                                                                                

21      (h) Pertinent laws, ordinances, rules, published                            

                                                                                

22  interpretations, and policies.                                              

                                                                                

23      (i) Construction practices.                                                 

                                                                                

24      (4) If the commission finds that the proposed  educational                  

                                                                                

25  education or training  courses or  programs are  acceptable                 

                                                                                

26  approved under minimum requirements established under this                  

                                                                                

27  section, the commission shall  give approval to  approve the                


                                                                                

1   courses or  education or training programs for a limited period            

                                                                                

2   of time and with appropriate qualifications as the commission               

                                                                                

3   prescribes.                                                                 

                                                                                

4       (5) A board listed in  section 4(2)  subsection (2) shall                   

                                                                                

5   recommend to the commission criteria for approval  which  that              

                                                                                

6   relate to the board's function and  are  as required by  section            

                                                                                

7   4(2)  subsection (2).  The commission shall give consideration to           

                                                                                

8   any submission by a board  ,  but  the commission shall have  has           

                                                                                

9   final responsibility for the approval of education or training              

                                                                                

10  standards and  programs.                                                   

                                                                                

11      Sec. 6.  (1) Application for registration as a building                     

                                                                                

12  official, plan reviewer, or inspector shall be  made  submitted             

                                                                                

13  to the appropriate board listed in section 4(2) and to the                  

                                                                                

14  commission along with the fee prescribed in section 13.                     

                                                                                

15      (2) Any person who on the effective date of this act has                    

                                                                                

16  been engaged in the business of a building official, plan                   

                                                                                

17  reviewer, or inspector for a period of 3 years shall, upon                  

                                                                                

18  furnishing the appropriate board listed in section 4(2) with                

                                                                                

19  satisfactory evidence of having been so engaged, be registered if           

                                                                                

20  the person makes application to the commission within 6 months              

                                                                                

21  after the effective date of this act, and pays the fee prescribed           

                                                                                

22  in section 13.                                                              

                                                                                

23      (3) Any person who, on the effective date of this act, has                  

                                                                                

24  been engaged in the business of a building official, plan                   

                                                                                

25  reviewer, or inspector for a period of less than 3 years shall,             

                                                                                

26  upon furnishing the board with satisfactory evidence of having              

                                                                                

27  been so engaged, be provisionally registered if the person makes            


                                                                                

1   application to the commission within 6 months after the effective           

                                                                                

2   date of this act and pays the fee prescribed in section 13.                 

                                                                                

3       (4) Any person who, on the effective date of this act, has                  

                                                                                

4   been engaged in the business of a building official, plan                   

                                                                                

5   reviewer, or inspector for 3 of the 5 years immediately preceding           

                                                                                

6   the date of application shall, upon furnishing the appropriate              

                                                                                

7   board listed in section 4(2) with satisfactory evidence of having           

                                                                                

8   been so engaged, be registered, if the person makes application             

                                                                                

9   to the commission and pays the fee prescribed in section 13.                

                                                                                

10      (2)  (5)  The commission may issue an initial registration                  

                                                                                

11  for a period of more or less than 3 years for the purpose of                

                                                                                

12  allowing subsequent registration renewal to coincide with the               

                                                                                

13  code change cycle.                                                          

                                                                                

14      Sec. 7.  (1)  A  Except as otherwise provided for in section                

                                                                                

15  6(2), a registered building official, plan reviewer, or inspector           

                                                                                

16  shall renew the registration at periods of not less than 3 years            

                                                                                

17  after the date of initial issue.  The renewal shall coincide with           

                                                                                

18  the code change cycle  of the code which  that the person is                

                                                                                

19  enforcing in that jurisdiction.                                             

                                                                                

20      (2) Reregistration or renewal of an initial registration or                 

                                                                                

21  provisional registration shall be based upon a determination, by            

                                                                                

22  the appropriate board listed in section 4(2), of the applicant's            

                                                                                

23  familiarity with changes to the applicable codes administered and           

                                                                                

24  enforced within the jurisdiction of the enforcing agency                    

                                                                                

25  employing the applicant and pertinent laws, and the presentation            

                                                                                

26  of satisfactory evidence of attending local in-service  training            

                                                                                

27  and  education or training programs on an ongoing basis.                    


                                                                                

1       (3) The commission shall not waive or diminish the experience               

                                                                                

2   requirements established by this act or by rules promulgated                

                                                                                

3   under this act relative to an applicant for registration and                

                                                                                

4   shall not extend any time periods established by this act or by             

                                                                                

5   rules promulgated under this act regarding the filing of an                 

                                                                                

6   application or the completion of the required hours of attendance           

                                                                                

7   of education or training programs.                                          

                                                                                

8       Sec. 8.  This act does not supersede the requirements                       

                                                                                

9   applicable to inspectors contained in  Act No. 266 of the Public            

                                                                                

10  Acts of 1929, being sections 338.901 to 338.917 of the Michigan             

                                                                                

11  Compiled Laws, or Act No. 217 of the Public Acts of 1956, being             

                                                                                

12  sections 338.881 to 338.892 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  the              

                                                                                

13  state plumbing act, 2002 PA 733, MCL 338.3511 to 338.3569, or the           

                                                                                

14  electrical administrative act, 1956 PA 217, MCL 338.881 to                  

                                                                                

15  338.892.                                                                    

                                                                                

16      Sec. 8a.  A person subject to this act who commits 1 or more                

                                                                                

17  of the following is subject to the sanctions or penalties                   

                                                                                

18  prescribed in section 8e:                                                   

                                                                                

19      (a) Practices fraud or deceit to obtain a registration or                   

                                                                                

20  reregistration.                                                             

                                                                                

21      (b) Practices fraud, deceit, or dishonesty in the performance               

                                                                                

22  of his or her duties.                                                       

                                                                                

23      (c) Fails to perform his or her duties in a professional                    

                                                                                

24  manner.                                                                     

                                                                                

25      (d) Fails to perform his or her duties in a timely manner.                  

                                                                                

26      (e) Fails to apply the code in a consistent and uniform                     

                                                                                

27  manner.                                                                     


                                                                                

1       (f) Fails to follow or enforce a published interpretation.                  

                                                                                

2       (g) Demonstrates a lack of good moral character.                            

                                                                                

3       (h) Commits an act that demonstrates incompetence.                          

                                                                                

4       (i) Commits an act that demonstrates negligence in the                      

                                                                                

5   performance of his or her duties.                                           

                                                                                

6       (j) Commits an act of gross negligence in the performance of                

                                                                                

7   his or her duties.                                                          

                                                                                

8       (k) Violates a provision of this act or a rule promulgated                  

                                                                                

9   under this act.                                                             

                                                                                

10                                                                               (l) Violates a provision of the code, the                                           

                                                                                

11  Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA           

                                                                                

12  230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531, or a rule promulgated under the              

                                                                                

13  that act.                                                                   

                                                                                

14      (m) Commits an act that constitutes a conflict of interest as               

                                                                                

15  described in section 10.                                                    

                                                                                

16      (n) Exercises poor judgment in the performance of his or her                

                                                                                

17  duties.                                                                     

                                                                                

18      (o) Accepts a gratuity or other valuable consideration for                  

                                                                                

19  the performance of his or her duty from other than the enforcing            

                                                                                

20  agency that employs him or her.                                             

                                                                                

21      (p) Fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this act.                  

                                                                                

22      (q) Fails to respond to a citation issued under this act.                   

                                                                                

23      (r) Violates or fails to comply with an order issued by the                 

                                                                                

24  disciplinary board, including a stipulation, settlement                     

                                                                                

25  agreement, or a citation.                                                   

                                                                                

26      (s) Performs the duties of a building official, plan                        

                                                                                

27  reviewer, or inspector without a valid registration.                        


                                                                                

1       Sec. 8b.  (1) The disciplinary board is created within the                  

                                                                                

2   department to determine whether an individual has violated this             

                                                                                

3   act, a rule promulgated under this act, or an order issued under            

                                                                                

4   this act and to determine the appropriate discipline for each               

                                                                                

5   violation.                                                                  

                                                                                

6       (2) The disciplinary board shall consist of 33 members                      

                                                                                

7   appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the                

                                                                                

8   senate.  Of those members first appointed, 1 from each                      

                                                                                

9   subdivision shall be appointed for a term of 1 year, 1 from each            

                                                                                

10  subdivision shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, and 1 from            

                                                                                

11  each subdivision shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.  All             

                                                                                

12  subsequent appointments shall be for a term of 3 years.  The                

                                                                                

13  disciplinary board shall consist of the following:                          

                                                                                

14      (a) Three building officials registered under this act.                     

                                                                                

15      (b) Three residential builders licensed under article 24 of                 

                                                                                

16  the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2401 to 339.2412.               

                                                                                

17      (c) Three electrical inspectors registered under this act.                  

                                                                                

18      (d) Three electrical contractors licensed under the                         

                                                                                

19  electrical administrative act, 1956 PA 217, MCL 338.881 to                  

                                                                                

20  338.892.                                                                    

                                                                                

21      (e) Three plumbing inspectors registered under this act.                    

                                                                                

22      (f) Three plumbers licensed under the state plumbing act,                   

                                                                                

23  2002 PA 733, MCL 338.3511 to 338.3569.                                      

                                                                                

24      (g) Three plan reviewers licensed under this act.                           

                                                                                

25      (h) Three architects licensed under article 20 of the                       

                                                                                

26  occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2001 to 339.2014.                   

                                                                                

27      (i) Three mechanical inspectors registered under this act.                  


                                                                                

1       (j) Three mechanical contractors registered under the Forbes                

                                                                                

2   mechanical act, 1984 PA 192, MCL 338.971 to 338.988.                        

                                                                                

3       (k) Three members of the general public with knowledge and                  

                                                                                

4   skill of the code.  Not more than 1 member of the general public            

                                                                                

5   may be affiliated with a labor organization.                                

                                                                                

6       (3) The disciplinary board shall be divided into 5 panels.                  

                                                                                

7   Each panel shall hear complaints relative to its part of the                

                                                                                

8   code.  A member of the general public shall chair each panel.               

                                                                                

9   The panels shall be comprised as follows:                                   

                                                                                

10      (a) The building code panel shall consist of the 3 building                 

                                                                                

11  officials, the 3 residential builders, and the 3 members of the             

                                                                                

12  general public.                                                             

                                                                                

13      (b) The electrical code panel shall consist of the 3                        

                                                                                

14  electrical inspectors, the 3 electrical contractors, and the 3              

                                                                                

15  members of the general public.                                              

                                                                                

16      (c) The plumbing panel shall consist of the 3 plumbing                      

                                                                                

17  inspectors, the 3 plumbers, and the 3 members of the general                

                                                                                

18  public.                                                                     

                                                                                

19      (d) The plan review panel shall consist of the 3 plan                       

                                                                                

20  reviewers, the 3 architects, and the 3 members of the general               

                                                                                

21  public.                                                                     

                                                                                

22      (e) The mechanical panel shall consist of the 3 mechanical                  

                                                                                

23  inspectors, the 3 mechanical contractors, and the 3 members of              

                                                                                

24  the general public.                                                         

                                                                                

25      Sec. 8c.  (1) A complaint that alleges that a person has                    

                                                                                

26  violated this act, a rule promulgated under this act, or an order           

                                                                                

27  issued under this act shall be lodged with the department not               


                                                                                

1   later than 18 months after the alleged violation occurs.  The               

                                                                                

2   department of attorney general, the department, a board, or any             

                                                                                

3   other person may file a complaint.  The complaint shall describe            

                                                                                

4   in writing to the department the factual basis for the                      

                                                                                

5   allegation.  The department shall forward a copy of the complaint           

                                                                                

6   to the enforcing agency that employs the respondent.                        

                                                                                

7       (2) The department shall presume the innocence of the                       

                                                                                

8   respondent throughout the proceedings until the appropriate panel           

                                                                                

9   of the disciplinary board as described in section 8b(3) holds a             

                                                                                

10  hearing and makes its findings of fact and conclusions of law.              

                                                                                

11  The respondent has the burden of refuting evidence presented by             

                                                                                

12  the claimant during the process.                                            

                                                                                

13      (3) The enforcing agency that employs the respondent may                    

                                                                                

14  appear as a party of interest at any proceedings resulting from             

                                                                                

15  the complaint.                                                              

                                                                                

16      Sec. 8d.  (1) A panel of the disciplinary board as described                

                                                                                

17  in section 8b(3) shall conduct its hearings in accordance with              

                                                                                

18  the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL                 

                                                                                

19  24.201 to 24.328.                                                           

                                                                                

20      (2) Each panel of the disciplinary board shall render its                   

                                                                                

21  written decision within 30 business days after the hearing.                 

                                                                                

22      Sec. 8e.  (1) The appropriate panel of the disciplinary                     

                                                                                

23  board as described in section 8b(3) may assess 1 or more of the             

                                                                                

24  following sanctions or penalties on an individual who violates              

                                                                                

25  this act, a rule promulgated under this act, or an order issued             

                                                                                

26  under this act:                                                             

                                                                                

27      (a) Censure an individual.                                                  


                                                                                

1       (b) Place limitations on a registration.                                    

                                                                                

2       (c) Suspend a registration.                                                 

                                                                                

3       (d) Revoke a registration.                                                  

                                                                                

4       (e) Deny a future registration or deny reregistration for a                 

                                                                                

5   stated period of time.                                                      

                                                                                

6       (f) Order restitution and costs to a complainant.                           

                                                                                

7       (g) Order a civil fine not to exceed $10,000.00 per                         

                                                                                

8   violation, to be paid to the department.                                    

                                                                                

9       (h) Place an individual on probation with automatic penalties               

                                                                                

10  or sanctions assessed for any subsequent violation.                         

                                                                                

11      (2) After reviewing the decision of the panel of the                        

                                                                                

12  disciplinary board, the director of the department shall enter an           

                                                                                

13  order assessing 1 or more of the penalties described in                     

                                                                                

14  subsection (1) or shall dismiss the complaint.                              

                                                                                

15      (3) A person who acts as a building official, plan reviewer,                

                                                                                

16  or inspector without a valid registration is guilty of a                    

                                                                                

17  misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or              

                                                                                

18  imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or both.                            

                                                                                

19      Sec. 8f.  (1) A party or an interested person may appeal an                 

                                                                                

20  order issued pursuant to a decision of a panel of the                       

                                                                                

21  disciplinary board to the commission within 10 business days                

                                                                                

22  after the director of the department has issued his or her                  

                                                                                

23  order.  The appeal shall be heard de novo by the commission.                

                                                                                

24      (2) The decision of the panel of the disciplinary board is                  

                                                                                

25  considered final if not appealed to the commission within the               

                                                                                

26  time period prescribed in subsection (1) and is considered an               

                                                                                

27  exhaustion of all administrative remedies.                                  


                                                                                

1       Sec. 8g.  The remedies under this act are cumulative and                    

                                                                                

2   independent.  The use of 1 remedy by a person does not bar the              

                                                                                

3   use of other lawful remedies by that person or the use of a                 

                                                                                

4   lawful remedy by another person.                                            

                                                                                

5       Sec. 10.  (1) Performing instructional duties for                           

                                                                                

6   educational purposes and providing contractual inspection and               

                                                                                

7   consulting services in  construction  code enforcement  shall               

                                                                                

8   are not  be  considered conflicts of interest.                              

                                                                                

9       (2) An inspector  shall  is not  be  permitted to inspect his               

                                                                                

10  or her own work in a governmental subdivision.   As used in this            

                                                                                

11  subsection and subsection (3), "governmental subdivision" means             

                                                                                

12  governmental subdivision as defined in section 2(1)(t) of the               

                                                                                

13  state construction code act of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public              

                                                                                

14  Acts of 1972, being section 125.1502 of the Michigan Compiled               

                                                                                

15  Laws.                                                                       

                                                                                

16      (3) A building official or inspector shall not serve on a                   

                                                                                

17  zoning board or planning board in any governmental subdivision in           

                                                                                

18  which he or she performs inspection and consulting services.                

                                                                                

19      (4)  (3)  A governmental subdivision may establish additional               

                                                                                

20  requirements and restrictions in the selection and hiring of                

                                                                                

21  construction  code enforcement building officials, inspectors,             

                                                                                

22  and plan reviewers.                                                         

                                                                                

23      (5)  (4)  This act shall not be construed to limit or                       

                                                                                

24  restrict the type of internal administrative organization an                

                                                                                

25  enforcing agency may choose, or to limit or otherwise affect the            

                                                                                

26  authority of the enforcing agency to dismiss or suspend a                   

                                                                                

27  building official, inspector, or plan reviewer at its                       


                                                                                

1   discretion.                                                                 

                                                                                

2       Sec. 12.   (1) Subject to subsection (2), after 1 year after                

                                                                                

3   the effective date of this act, a person shall not be appointed             

                                                                                

4   or employed as a building official, inspector, or plan reviewer             

                                                                                

5   by an enforcing agency, unless the person is registered under               

                                                                                

6   this act and the rules promulgated under this act.                          

                                                                                

7       (1)  (2)  Any person who  , after the effective date of this                

                                                                                

8   act,  becomes employed by a governmental subdivision as a                   

                                                                                

9   building official, plan reviewer, or inspector shall within 30              

                                                                                

10  days of employment  make application  apply to the commission for           

                                                                                

11  provisional registration.  Upon furnishing  the board with                  

                                                                                

12  satisfactory evidence of being so employed by a governmental                

                                                                                

13  subdivision and upon payment of the fees prescribed in section              

                                                                                

14  13, the  person  commission shall  be provisionally registered              

                                                                                

15  issue a provisional registration to the person.                             

                                                                                

16      (2)  (3)  If the commission determines that an applicant for                

                                                                                

17  registration does not qualify for registration, the applicant               

                                                                                

18  shall be notified of that fact in writing and may appeal an                 

                                                                                

19  adverse decision in the manner provided by  Act No. 306 of the              

                                                                                

20  Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the                 

                                                                                

21  Michigan Compiled Laws  the administrative procedures act of                

                                                                                

22  1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.                                    

                                                                                

23      Sec. 13.  (1) The commission shall charge fees for                          

                                                                                

24  registration and reregistration of building officials,                      

                                                                                

25  inspectors, and plan reviewers and for the examination and                  

                                                                                

26  evaluation of education or training  and educational  programs.             

                                                                                

27  and courses.  An applicant for registration or reregistration              


                                                                                

1   shall pay a per-year registration fee  of $10.00 a year to the              

                                                                                

2   commission for each year the registration covers  equal to the              

                                                                                

3   per-year fee paid by the licensed occupation whose work he or she           

                                                                                

4   is inspecting.                                                              

                                                                                

5       (2)  Fees  Additional fees established by the commission for                

                                                                                

6   the examination and evaluation of education or training programs            

                                                                                

7   shall bear a reasonable relation to the cost for conducting the             

                                                                                

8   education or training  and educational  programs.  and courses.             

                                                                                

9       (3) Fees received by the commission pursuant to this act                    

                                                                                

10  shall be deposited in the state construction code fund created by           

                                                                                

11  section 22 of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction           

                                                                                

12  code act,  of 1972, Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, being           

                                                                                

13  section 125.1522 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1972 PA 230, MCL            

                                                                                

14  125.1522.                                                                   

                                                                                

15      Enacting section 1.  Section 9 of the building officials and                

                                                                                

16  inspectors registration act, 1986 PA 54, MCL 338.2309, is                   

                                                                                

17  repealed.