Introduced
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To give the Department of Labor and Economic Growth the authority to increase without additional legislative authorization the examination fee for mechanical contractors. The bill would immediately increase the fees for various types of licence by amounts from $25 to $100.
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 mechanical contractors. These future fee hikes would be indexed to the salary and compensation levels of department employees. The bill would immediately increase the fees for various types of licence by amounts from $25 to $100.
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 28 to 9 (details)
To increase the recurring and initial licensure fees for various types of mechanical contractors licences by amounts from $25 to $100.
Passed in the House 57 to 49 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which does not authorize automatic fee hikes.
