Occupations: mechanical contractors; appointment to board of mechanical rules; modify. Amends sec. 805 of 2016 PA 407 (MCL 339.5805).

Senate Bill 231 amends Michigan's Skilled Trades Regulation Act to modify the Board of Mechanical Rules. The bill reduces the number of appointed board members from 14 to 12 and revises the specific qualifications for those appointments, affecting various mechanical trades, public utilities, and inspectors. It also changes the quorum requirement for board meetings from eight members to a simple majority of members. Furthermore, the bill alters the approval threshold for board decisions from two-thirds of attending members to a simple majority of attending members.