Act No. 411

Public Acts of 2016

Approved by the Governor

January 3, 2017

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 4, 2017

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 2017

STATE OF MICHIGAN

98TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

Introduced by Senators Knollenberg, Schuitmaker, Horn, MacGregor, Zorn and Schmidt

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 967

AN ACT to amend 1986 PA 135, entitled “An act to provide for the licensing and regulation of asbestos abatement contractors; to create the asbestos abatement contractors licensing board; to prescribe certain powers and duties of the department of consumer and industry services; to establish the powers and duties of the asbestos abatement contractors licensing board; to create an asbestos abatement fund and to provide for expenditures from the fund; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for certain fees; and to provide for penalties and civil fines,” by amending section 207 (MCL 338.3207), as amended by 1998 PA 132.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 207. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), an asbestos abatement contractor shall not engage in any activity involving the demolition, renovation, or encapsulation of friable asbestos materials without first receiving a license from the department.

(2) The licensing requirement of subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following if engaged in an asbestos abatement project that is incidental to the primary licensed trade and involves not more than 160 square feet or 260 linear feet of friable asbestos materials:

(a) A business entity licensed under article 7 of the skilled trades regulation act, MCL 339.5701 to 339.5739.

(b) A business entity licensed under article 8 of the skilled trades regulation act, MCL 339.5801 to 339.5819.

(c) A business entity licensed under article 11 of the skilled trades regulation act, MCL 339.6101 to 339.6133.

(d) A business entity licensed as a residential builder or a residential maintenance and alteration contractor under article 24 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.2401 to 339.2412.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 963 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor