February 25, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Forlini, Chirkun and Lucido and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1986 PA 54, entitled
"Building officials and inspectors registration act,"
by amending sections 7, 9, and 12 (MCL 338.2307, 338.2309, and
338.2312), section 9 as amended by 2013 PA 150.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7. A registered building official, plan reviewer, or
inspector
shall renew the his or her
registration at periods of not
less than 3 years after the date of initial issue. The renewal
shall
coincide with the code change cycle of the a code
which that
the
person is enforcing. in that jurisdiction. Reregistration or
renewal of an initial registration or provisional registration
shall
be based upon on a determination by the appropriate board
listed in section 4(2) of all of the following:
(a) The applicant's familiarity with any changes to the
applicable codes administered and enforced within the jurisdiction
of
the any enforcing agency employing that employs the applicant.
and
(b)
The applicant's familiarity with other pertinent
laws. ,
and
(c)
Evidence satisfactory evidence of
attending to the
appropriate board that the applicant has attended local in-service
training and education programs on an ongoing basis.
Sec. 9. Upon written notice of hearing, the commission may
revoke or suspend the registration of any building official, plan
reviewer, inspector, fire protection system inspector, or fire
protection system plan reviewer if there is sufficient evidence
showing
that the registered person individual
has violated this act
or
rules promulgated pursuant to under
this act, in the performance
of
his or her duties. In any proceeding under this act, the an
enforcing
agency which that employs the person individual may
appear
as a party in interest. All hearings The hearing shall be
conducted pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969,
1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
Sec.
12. (1) Subject to subsection (2), after 1 year after the
effective
date of this act, a person an
individual shall not be
appointed or employed as a building official, inspector, or plan
reviewer
by an enforcing agency, unless the person individual is
registered under this act and the rules promulgated under this act.
(2)
Any person An individual who , after the effective date of
this
act, becomes employed by a
governmental subdivision as a
building official, plan reviewer, or inspector, if not already
registered, shall within 30 days of employment make
application
apply to the commission for provisional registration. Upon
furnishing
the board with satisfactory evidence of being so
employed
by a governmental subdivision and payment
of the fees
prescribed
in section 13, the person individual
shall be
provisionally registered.
(3) If the commission determines that an applicant for
registration does not qualify for registration, the commission
shall
notify the applicant shall be
notified of that fact in
writing. and
The applicant may appeal an adverse decision in the
manner
provided by Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being
sections
pursuant to the
administrative procedures act of 1969,
1969
PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. of
the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(4) Notwithstanding any provision of this act, employment by
an enforcing agency is not a requirement for registration or
provisional registration as a building official, plan reviewer, or
inspector under this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.