Public Act 77 of 2007

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• Introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows (D) on May 24, 2007, to give the Department Of Labor And Economic Growth the authority to increase without additional legislative authorization the annual licensing and other fees for a variety of professions that a person may not practice without acquiring a state license, including barbers, cosmetologists, manicurists, natural hair culturists, estheticians, electrologists, land surveyors, bill collectors, employment agencies and consultants, engineers, landscape architect, community planner, auctioneer, forester, hearing aid dealer, real estate brokers and salespersons, appraisers, builders, morticians, and occularists. In addition the bill would immediately increase the license fees on these professions by various amounts.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on May 24, 2007.
  • Substitute offered by Rep. Steve Tobocman (D) on September 23, 2007, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not give the Department Of Labor And Economic Growth the authority to increase without additional legislative authorization the annual licensing and other fees covered by the bill. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on September 23, 2007.
• Passed 90 to 17 in the House on September 23, 2007, to extend until 2012 the level of annual licensing and other fees for a variety of professions that a person may not practice without acquiring a state license, including barbers, cosmetologists, manicurists, natural hair culturists, estheticians, electrologists, land surveyors, bill collectors, employment agencies and consultants, engineers, landscape architect, community planner, auctioneer, forester, hearing aid dealer, real estate brokers and salespersons, appraisers, builders, morticians, and occularists.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on September 23, 2007.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on September 23, 2007.
    • Reported in the Senate on September 27, 2007, with the recommendation that the bill pass.
• Passed 34 to 3 in the Senate on September 28, 2007, to extend until 2012 the level of annual licensing and other fees for a variety of professions that a person may not practice without acquiring a state license, including barbers, cosmetologists, manicurists, natural hair culturists, estheticians, electrologists, land surveyors, bill collectors, employment agencies and consultants, engineers, landscape architect, community planner, auctioneer, forester, hearing aid dealer, real estate brokers and salespersons, appraisers, builders, morticians, and occularists.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on September 30, 2007.