March 30, 2017, Introduced by Senators HORN, JONES, CASPERSON, ZORN and NOFS and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 2016 PA 407, entitled
"Skilled trades regulation act,"
by amending sections 201, 701, and 731 (MCL 339.5201, 339.5701, and
339.5731).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 201. (1) A person shall apply for a license under this
act on an application form provided by the department and must
include with the application the appropriate fees established by
rules promulgated by the department under section 207. Subject to
the exceptions described in section 203, the department shall issue
a license to a person that meets the licensure requirements set
forth in a specific article of this act and in rules promulgated
under this act.
(2) The department shall establish the expiration date of
licenses issued under this act by rule promulgated by the
department under section 207. However, the department shall not
issue, and the rules shall not permit, the issuance of a permanent
license.
(3) At the request of a building official, inspector, or
employee of an enforcing agency, an individual who is licensed
under this act must present to that building official, inspector,
or employee proof of licensure and a government-issued photo
identification. As used in this subsection:
(a) "Building official" means that term as defined in section
1001.
(b) "Inspector" means that term as defined in section 1003.
Sec. 701. As used in this article:
(a) "Apprentice electrician" means an individual other than an
electrical contractor, master electrician, or electrical
journeyman, who is engaged in learning about and assisting in the
installation or alteration of electrical wiring and equipment under
the direct personal supervision of an electrical journeyman or
master electrician.
(b) "Board" means the electrical administrative board
described in section 705.
(c) "Electrical contractor" means a person that is engaged in
the business of erecting, installing, altering, repairing,
servicing,
or maintaining electrical wiring.
, devices, appliances,
or
equipment.
(d) "Electrical journeyman" means an individual other than an
electrical contractor who, as his or her principal occupation, is
engaged in the practical installation or alteration of electrical
wiring. An electrical contractor or master electrician may also be
an electrical journeyman.
(e) "Electric sign" means fixed, stationary, or portable self-
contained, electrically illuminated equipment that has words or
symbols designed to convey information or attract attention.
Electric sign includes outline lighting. Electric sign does not
include those signs that are indoor or outdoor portable
applications or recognized holiday residential signs listed with a
recognized testing and approval agency and that use a cord cap-110
volt plug as the electrical energizing attachment method.
(f) "Electrical wiring" means all wiring, generating
equipment, fixtures, appliances, devices, and appurtenances in
connection with the generation, distribution, and utilization of
electrical energy, in or on a building, residence, structure, or
properties, regardless of whether or not the electrical wiring is
energized at the time of installation. The term includes service
entrance wiring as defined in the Michigan electrical code.
(g) "Fire alarm contractor" means a person that is engaged in
the business of erecting, installing, altering, repairing,
servicing, or maintaining wiring, devices, appliances, or equipment
of a fire alarm system.
(h) "Fire alarm specialty apprentice technician" means an
individual other than a fire alarm contractor or a fire alarm
specialty technician who is engaged in learning about and assisting
in the installation or alteration of fire alarm system wiring and
equipment under the direct personal supervision of a fire alarm
specialty technician.
(i) "Fire alarm specialty licensure" means licensure as a fire
alarm contractor or a fire alarm specialty or apprentice
technician.
(j) "Fire alarm specialty technician" means an individual
other than a fire alarm contractor who, as his or her principal
occupation, is engaged in the design and practical installation or
alteration of fire alarm systems. An individual who is a fire alarm
contractor may also be a fire alarm specialty technician.
(k) "Fire alarm system" means a system that is designed to
detect and annunciate the presence of fire, or by-products of fire,
installed in a building or structure. Fire alarm system does not
include a single station smoke detector.
Sec.
731. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 737, a
person
shall not only an individual
who is licensed under this
article
shall install any electrical
wiring. , devices, appliances,
or
appurtenances for the generation, distribution, and utilization
of
electrical energy, in or on any building, structure, or
property,
without a license. In a
municipality where inspection
service is provided, a person shall obtain a permit from the board
or municipality that has jurisdiction.
(2)
If electrical wiring , devices, appliances, or
appurtenances
described in subsection (1) are is
installed without
compensation by a person that is licensed under this article for or
on behalf of a charitable organization, the owner of the property
on which the work is performed may obtain the permit required under
subsection (1). However, the charitable organization exception
under this subsection applies only to the reconstruction,
renovation, or remodeling of 1- to 4-family dwellings.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in section 737, a person
shall not erect, install, alter, repair, service, or maintain fire
alarm system wiring, devices, appliances, or equipment in a
building or structure without a license.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in section 737, a person
shall not install, connect, repair, or maintain electric signs and
related wiring without a license.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article and
after a proper application is submitted and the appropriate fees
paid, the board and department shall issue a license without
examination to an individual seeking sign specialty licensure if he
or she is licensed, registered, or otherwise regulated in another
state and the board determines that the standards in the other
state meet or exceed the standards imposed in this article.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.