Public Act 371 of 2008

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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 recurring and initial licensure fees for electricians and alarm technicians. The bill would immediately increase the fees by various amounts, from $10 for apprentices to $100 for contractors.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on May 24, 2007.
    • Reported in the House on December 2, 2008, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
    • Substitute offered in the House on December 4, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that allows the Department of Labor and Economic Growth to raise the license fees without further legislative approval by indexing them to the salary and compensation levels of department employees. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on December 4, 2008.
• Passed 60 to 46 in the House on December 4, 2008, to give the Department of Labor and Economic Growth the authority to increase without additional legislative authorization the recurring and initial licensure fees for electricians and alarm technicians. These future fee hikes would be indexed to the salary and compensation levels of department employees. The bill would immediately increase the fees by various amounts, from $10 for apprentices to $100 for contractors.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on December 10, 2008.
  • Substitute offered in the Senate on December 10, 2008, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that does not authorize automatic future fee hikes indexed to bureaucrats' salaries, but instead just imposes "temporary" fee hikes through 2012 (unless the legislature extends the higher fees later on). The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on December 10, 2008.
• Passed 30 to 8 in the Senate on December 10, 2008, to increase the recurring and initial licensure fees for electricians and alarm technicians by various amounts, from $10 for apprentices to $100 for contractors.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the House on December 10, 2008.
• Passed 57 to 48 in the House on December 11, 2008, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which does not authorize automatic fee hikes.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 23, 2008.