Sec. 109.
(1) A person that holds a license, registration, or certification issued under a former act on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this act is considered licensed, registered, or certified under this act until that license, registration, or certification expires, and the person may renew that license, registration, or certification in the manner described in this act.
(2) A board created in a former act shall continue as a board under this act, subject to the provisions of this act. The members of a board created under a former act serve as the initial members of the equivalent board under this act until their successors are appointed under this act or until the expiration of their respective terms, whichever occurs first.
(3) Rules promulgated by the department or by a board under a former act and in effect on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this act continue in effect to the extent that they do not conflict with this act. The rules shall be enforced by and may be amended or rescinded by the department or a board under this act.
(4) Any proceedings pending before the electrical administrative board under the authority of former 1956 PA 217, the board of mechanical rules under the authority of former 1984 PA 192, the board of boiler rules under the authority of former 1965 PA 290, the building officials advisory board under the authority of former 1986 PA 54, or the state plumbing board under the authority of former 2002 PA 733 shall be continued and be conducted and determined in accordance with that former act.
(5) A reference in any other law of this state to a former act is considered a reference to this act.
History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017