SB 869 Summary

• Amends MCL 324.8312 to restructure the director's authority to refuse issuing or renewing pesticide applicator certificates by converting conditions from conditional language to a numbered subsection format.

• Extends the validity of all 3-year certificates for commercial applicators, private applicators, and registered applicators that were scheduled to expire on December 31, 2019, making them remain unexpired until June 30, 2020.

• Modifies MCL 324.8317 to waive application fees for private agricultural and private registered applicators who are honorably discharged veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States.

• Clarifies deposit procedures for application, license, registration, administrative fees, civil fines, and investigation costs into the agriculture licensing and inspection fees fund established under the insect pest and plant disease act.

• Changes language references in fee waiver provisions from "armed forces" to "Armed Forces" and restructures punctuation in subsection (9) regarding fee deposits and fund usage.