Sec. 3j.
(1) Subject to section 5(5) or (7), the department of labor shall issue a sign specialty contractor's license to a person who does all of the following:
(a) Holds a sign specialist's license or has not less than 1 sign specialist residing in this state who is in his or her full-time employ. The sign specialist shall be actively in charge of and responsible for code compliance of all installations, maintenance, connection, and repair of electric signs and related wiring.
(b) Files a completed application on a form provided by the department of labor.
(c) Pays the examination fee prescribed in section 3 and passes an examination provided for by the board and the department of labor.
(d) Pays the license fee prescribed in section 3.
(e) Provides evidence of public liability insurance coverage. The board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, setting limits for the amount of coverage depending upon the type of application being utilized. Not later than 180 days after the 1992 amendatory act that added this section, the board shall submit these rules to the joint committee on administrative rules.
(2) A licensed electrical contractor shall not be required to have a sign specialty contractor's license to perform those installations.
History: Add. 1992, Act 130, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1992
Last modified: October 10, 2016