SB-0297, As Passed Senate, June 8, 2017

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 297

A bill to amend 2016 PA 407, entitled

"Skilled trades regulation act,"

by amending sections 201, 701, 713, and 731 (MCL 339.5201,

339.5701, 339.5713, 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, acting in his or her official

capacity, 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.

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. 713. (1) The department shall issue a master

electrician's license to an individual who is at least 22 years

old, meets the requirements described in article 2, and meets

~~either~~ all of the following:

(a) Has at least 12,000 hours of experience that was obtained

over a period of 6 years or more, is related to electrical

construction, the maintenance of buildings, or electrical wiring or

equipment, and was performed under the supervision of a master

electrician.

(b) Has held an electrical journeyman's license for at least 2

years.

(2) If he or she fails to pass the master electrician

examination 2 times within a period of 2 years, an applicant is

ineligible to sit for another examination for at least 1 year from

the date of failure of the second examination. After that 1-year

period, he or she is again eligible to sit for a master electrician

examination if he or she presents to the board proof of the

successful completion of a course on Michigan electrical code,

electrical fundamentals, or electrical theory approved by the

board.

(3) A holder of a master electrician's license cannot be used

to meet the eligibility requirement described in section 711(a) or

(b) for more than 1 electrical contractor's license.

(4) As a condition of renewal of a master electrician's

license, the master electrician must demonstrate the successful

completion of a course, approved by the board, concerning any

update or change in the state construction code within 12 months

after the update or change in that code. This requirement applies

only during or after those years that the state construction code

is updated or changed.

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.