# List of Michigan state agencies

The 1963 Constitution requires that all permanent agencies or commissions, except universities, be assigned to one of a maximum of twenty principal departments. The principal departments are the:
* Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
* Department of Attorney General
* Department of Civil Rights
* Department of Corrections
* Department of Education
* Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
* Department of Health and Human Services
* Department of Insurance & Financial Services
* Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs
* Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (LEAP)
* Department of Military & Veterans Affairs
* Department of Natural Resources
* Department of State (DOS)
* Department of State Police
* Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB)
* Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO)
* Department of Transportation
* Department of Treasury
Type 1 agencies are under the under administration of the agency but operates independently of the principal department in carying out its function and in most cases created by a type 1 transfer.

## Current units

* State Administrative Board (DTMB)
* Civil Service Commission (DTMB)
* Mackinac Bridge Authority (MDOT)
* Mackinac Island State Park Commission
* Michigan Lottery
* Michigan Railroad Commission
* Michigan Volunteer Defense Force
* Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration
* Customer Services Administration (DOS)
* Department Services Administration (DOS)
* Legal and Regulatory Services Administration (DOS)
* Bureau of Branch Office Services (DOS)
* Bureau of Driver and Vehicle Records (DOS)
* Office of Customer Services (DOS)
* Department of State Information Center (DOS)
* Office of Technology and Project Services (DOS)
* Office of Services to the Aging
* Board of State Canvassers
* Center for Educational Performance & Information
* Center for Geographic Information
* Children's Ombudsman
* Community Service Commission
* Economic Development Corporation
* Bureau of Elections
* Gaming Control Board
* Geological Survey
* Office of the Great Seal
* Liquor Control Commission
* Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
* Michigan Employment Relations Commission
* Michigan State Industries
* Office of Retirement Services
* Public Service Commission
* Racing Commissioner
* Records Management Services
* Renewable Fuels Commission
* State Budget Office (DTMB)
* Office of the State Employer (DTMB)
* State Housing Development Authority
* State Office of Administrative Hearings & Rules
* State Purchasing
* State Transportation Commission
* Tax Tribunal
* Unemployment Insurance Agency
* Women's Commission
* Workers' Compensation Agency
* Archives of Michigan
* Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
* Office of Cultural Economic Development
* Library of Michigan
* Mackinac State Historic Parks
* Michigan Film Office
* Michigan Historical Museum
* State Historic Preservation Office
* Veterans Affairs Agency
* State Officers Compensation Commission, responsible for setting salaries for Governor, Lieutenant governor, Supreme court justices, and Legislators with the seven Commissioners appointed by the Governor
* Michigan Family Independence Agency, formerly Department of Social Services
* Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board

## Former departments

* Michigan Department of Career Development
* Michigan Department of Commerce
* Department of Civil Service
* Department of Community Health
* Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries
* Michigan Department of Information Technology
* Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation, abolished by Governor Engler with most of the department transfer to the Department of Commerce until Commerce was split up with the former L&R powers transferred to the Department of Consumer and Industry Services
* Michigan Department of Labor
* Michigan Department of Mental Health
* Department of the Michigan Jobs Commission
* Michigan Department of Public Health
* Michigan Department of Social Services