Introduced
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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 Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
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
Passed in the House 60 to 46 (details)
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.
Substitute offered
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
Passed in the Senate 30 to 8 (details)
To increase the recurring and initial licensure fees for electricians and alarm technicians by various amounts, from $10 for apprentices to $100 for contractors.
Passed in the House 57 to 48 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which does not authorize automatic fee hikes.
