Public Act 373 of 2008

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• Introduced by Rep. Bert Johnson (D) on May 24, 2007, to give the Department of Labor and Economic Growth the authority to increase without additional legislative authorization the annual registration fees for building officials, inspectors, and plan reviewers. The bill would immediately increase the fee from $10 to $25.
  • 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 government employees. The substitute passed in the House by voice vote on December 4, 2008.
• Passed in the House (60 to 46) on December 4, 2008, to give the Department of Labor and Economic Growth the authority to increase without additional legislative authorization the annual registration fees for building officials, inspectors, and plan reviewers. These future fee hikes would be indexed to the salary and compensation levels of government employees. The bill would immediately increase the fee from $10 to $25. [Vote Details and Comments]
• 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 in the Senate by voice vote on December 10, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate (29 to 9) on December 10, 2008, to increase the annual registration fees for building officials, inspectors, and plan reviewers from $10 to $25. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the House on December 10, 2008.
• Passed in the House (58 to 48) on December 11, 2008, to concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which does not authorize automatic fee hikes. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 23, 2008.