Bill Text: MI HB5955 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Occupations; individual licensing and regulation; authority of political subdivisions to enforce or impose occupational fees or licensing requirements or to regulate certain professions; limit. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - Presented To The Governor 12/21/2018 @ 3:06 Pm [HB5955 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5955-Engrossed.html
HB-5955, As Passed House, June 12, 2018
HOUSE BILL No. 5955
May 9, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Lower and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to limit the authority of political subdivisions to
impose licensing regulation.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "local
government occupational licensing act".
Sec. 3. As used in this act:
(a) "Licensing" means any training, education, or fee required
for an individual to perform work in a specific occupation in a
political subdivision, in this state, or in any other governmental
unit in this state.
(b) "Licensing authority" means an agency, examining board,
credentialing board, or other office of a political subdivision or
other governmental unit that has the authority to impose fees or
other licensing requirements on an individual as a condition to
performing work in a specific occupation in that governmental unit.
(c) "Political subdivision" means a city, township, village,
or county of this state.
Sec. 5. (1) Beginning on the effective date of this act, a
political subdivision shall not impose any licensing requirements
on any individuals who perform a specific occupation if the
political subdivision does not already impose licensing
requirements on that occupation. However, a political subdivision
may continue to regulate any occupation that is subject to
licensing requirements in that political subdivision on or before
that date.
(2) If an occupation is subject to licensing requirements
imposed by the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or
any other licensing authority of this state, a political
subdivision of this state shall not impose any regulations on that
occupation that add additional licensing requirements to those
already imposed by the licensing authority of this state.
(3) Beginning on the effective date of this act, if the
department of licensing and regulatory affairs or any other
licensing authority of this state imposes any new licensing
requirements on any occupation that was previously unregulated by
the state, and if the political subdivision has licensing
requirements that regulate that occupation in effect at the time
the new state licensing requirements take effect, the political
subdivision may not continue to enforce its licensing requirements
for that occupation on or after the date when the state licensing
requirements take effect.
Sec. 11. This act does not apply to any licensing requirements
that are subject to any of the following laws of this state:
(a) Sections 733 and 735 of the skilled trades regulation act,
2016 PA 407, MCL 339.5733 and 339.5735.
(b) Section 2 of 1976 PA 333, MCL 338.2152.
(c) Section 6 of the security alarm systems act, 2012 PA 580,
MCL 338.2186.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This act does not take effect unless all
of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are enacted into
law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5960 (request no.
04503'17).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5961 (request no.
04504'17).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5959 (request no.
04505'17).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5958 (request no.
04506'17).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5956 (request no.
04507'17).
(f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5957 (request no.
04517'17).
(g) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5963 (request no.
04518'17).
(h) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5964 (request no.
04519'17).
(i) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5962 (request no.
04520'17).
(j) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5965 (request no.
04521'17).
