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MI Comp L § 15.512 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512)|Section 15.512 - Duties of Department of Civil Service.

15.512 Duties of department of civil service.  Sec. 12.  The department of civil service shall:  (a) Assist any employee, receiving agency, or sending agency which is participating or attempting to participate in a temporary assignment pursuant to this act.   (b) Make rules to implement this act.  (c) Take any action it deems necessary to implement this act.  (d) Make an annual report of its actions, operations, and recommendations to the governor and the legislature. History: 1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
MI Comp L § 15.521 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 288 of 2008 - Legal Defense Fund Act (15.521 - 15.539)|Section 15.521 - Short Title.

15.521 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "legal defense fund act". History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
MI Comp L § 15.525 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 288 of 2008 - Legal Defense Fund Act (15.521 - 15.539)|Section 15.525 - Statement of Organization; Filing; Information; Amended Statement; Late Filing Fee; Failure to File Statement; Dissolution.

15.525 Statement of organization; filing; information; amended statement; late filing fee; failure to file statement; dissolution.Sec. 5.  (1) An elected official who is the beneficiary of a legal defense fund shall file a statement of organization with the secretary of state within 10 days after the earlier of the date the legal defense fund first receives a contribution or first makes an expenditure of a contribution.  (2) A statement of organization required by this section shall include all of the following information:  (a) The name, street address, and telephone number of the legal defense fund. The name of the legal defense fund shall include the first and last names of the elected official who is the beneficiary of the legal defense fund and the words "legal defense fund".  (b) The name, street address, and telephone number of the individual designated as the treasurer of the legal defense fund.  (c) The name and address of the financial institution in which money of the legal defense fund is or is intended to be deposited.  (d) The full name of and office held by the elected official who is the beneficiary of the legal defense fund.  (e) A description of the criminal, civil, or administrative action arising directly out of the conduct of the elected official's duties for which a contribution to or expenditure from the legal defense fund was made.  (3) If any of the information required in a statement of organization under this section changes, the legal defense fund shall file an amended statement of organization when the next transaction report under section 7 is required to be filed.  (4) An elected official who fails to file a statement of organization as required by this section shall pay a late filing fee of $10.00 for each business day the statement remains unfiled. A late filing fee shall not exceed $300.00. An elected official who fails to file a statement of organization under this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.  (5) When a legal defense fund is dissolved, the elected official shall file a statement of dissolution with the secretary of state, in the form required by the secretary of state, and shall return any unexpended funds to the contributor of the funds or forward the unexpended funds to the state treasurer for deposit into the general fund of the state or to the state bar of Michigan for deposit into the state bar of Michigan client protection fund. History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
MI Comp L § 15.529 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 288 of 2008 - Legal Defense Fund Act (15.521 - 15.539)|Section 15.529 - Transaction Report; Late Filing Fee; Failure to File or Filing Incomplete Transaction Report as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

15.529 Transaction report; late filing fee; failure to file or filing incomplete transaction report as misdemeanor; penalty.Sec. 9.  (1) If a report required by section 7 is filed late, the legal defense fund or the elected official shall pay a late filing fee. If the legal defense fund has received contributions of $10,000.00 or less during the previous 2 years, the late filing fee shall be $25.00 for each business day the report remains unfiled, but not to exceed $500.00. If the legal defense fund has received contributions of more than $10,000.00 during the previous 2 years, the late filing fee shall be determined as follows, but shall not exceed $1,000.00:  (a) Twenty-five dollars for each business day the report remains unfiled.  (b) An additional $25.00 for each business day after the first 3 business days the report remains unfiled.  (c) An additional $50.00 for each business day after the first 10 business days the report remains unfiled.  (2) A treasurer who fails to file 2 transaction reports required by section 7, if both of the reports remain unfiled for more than 30 days, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.  (3) A treasurer who knowingly files an incomplete transaction report is subject to a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00. History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
MI Comp L § 15.533 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 288 of 2008 - Legal Defense Fund Act (15.521 - 15.539)|Section 15.533 - Contributions.

15.533 Contributions.Sec. 13.  (1) An elected official, or a person on behalf of an elected official, shall not solicit or accept a contribution for the purpose of defending the elected official in a criminal, civil, or administrative action that arises directly out of the conduct of the elected official's governmental duties unless the contribution is included in a legal defense fund that complies with the requirements of this act.   (2) A person shall not make and the elected officer or treasurer of a legal defense fund shall not accept an anonymous contribution. An anonymous contribution to a legal defense fund shall not be deposited into the account the legal defense fund maintains with a financial institution, but shall be given to a person that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501. The person receiving the contribution from the legal defense fund shall provide the legal defense fund with a receipt, which shall be retained by the legal defense fund's treasurer.  (3) A contribution shall not be made by a person to another person with the agreement or arrangement that the person receiving the contribution will then transfer that contribution to a particular legal defense fund.  (4) Contributions to a legal defense fund that are received as or converted to the form of money, checks, or other negotiable instruments shall be deposited in a single account in a financial institution for all contributions to the legal defense fund. The treasurer of the legal defense fund shall designate the financial institution that is the official depository of the legal defense fund. A contribution that is received and retained by a legal defense fund shall be maintained in a separate account at the official depository and shall not be deposited in or commingled with any other account of the elected official.  (5) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as follows:  (a) If the person is an individual, by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.  (b) If the person is other than an individual, by a fine of not more than $10,000.00. History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
MI Comp L § 15.535 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 288 of 2008 - Legal Defense Fund Act (15.521 - 15.539)|Section 15.535 - Expenditures; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

15.535 Expenditures; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.Sec. 15.  (1) Except for expenditures upon dissolution that are made as prescribed in section 5 or as provided for an anonymous contribution under section 13, a person shall make expenditures from a legal defense fund only for administration of the fund, attorney fees, or related legal costs, which shall not include direct or indirect payments for media purchases, media consulting, or mass mailings. An expenditure from a legal defense fund shall be made for the legal defense of only the 1 elected official for whom the fund was established.  (2) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as follows:  (a) If the person is an individual, by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.  (b) If the person is other than an individual, by a fine of not more than $10,000.00. History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
MI Comp L § 15.537 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 288 of 2008 - Legal Defense Fund Act (15.521 - 15.539)|Section 15.537 - Scope of Act; Applicability.

15.537 Scope of act; applicability.Sec. 17.  This act applies to any contribution made, received, or expended after the effective date of this act and to any contribution received before the effective date of this act that has not been returned to the contributor within 90 days after the effective date of this act. History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
MI Comp L § 15.539 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 288 of 2008 - Legal Defense Fund Act (15.521 - 15.539)|Section 15.539 - Rules; Declaratory Rulings.

15.539 Rules; declaratory rulings.Sec. 19.  The secretary of state may promulgate rules to implement this act and may issue declaratory rulings pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
MI Comp L § 15.561 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 152 of 2011 - Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (15.561 - 15.569)|Section 15.561 - Short Title.

15.561 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "publicly funded health insurance contribution act". History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011
MI Comp L § 15.564 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 152 of 2011 - Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (15.561 - 15.569)|Section 15.564 - Public Employer Contribution to Medical Benefit Plan; Limitation on Percentage of Annual Costs; Allocation of Employees' Share of Total Costs.

15.564 Public employer contribution to medical benefit plan; limitation on percentage of annual costs; allocation of employees' share of total costs.Sec. 4.  (1) By a majority vote of its governing body each year, prior to the beginning of the medical benefit plan coverage year, a public employer, excluding this state, may elect to comply with this section for a medical benefit plan coverage year instead of the requirements in section 3. The designated state official may elect to comply with this section instead of section 3 as to medical benefit plans for state employees and state officers.  (2) For medical benefit plan coverage years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, a public employer shall pay not more than 80% of the total annual costs of all of the medical benefit plans it offers or contributes to for its employees and elected public officials. For purposes of this subsection, total annual costs includes the premium or illustrative rate of the medical benefit plan and all employer payments for reimbursement of co-pays, deductibles, and payments into health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, or similar accounts used for health care but does not include beneficiary-paid copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, other out-of-pocket expenses, other service-related fees that are assessed to the coverage beneficiary, or beneficiary payments into health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, or similar accounts used for health care. For purposes of this section, each elected public official who participates in a medical benefit plan offered by a public employer shall be required to pay 20% or more of the total annual costs of that plan. The public employer may allocate the employees' share of total annual costs of the medical benefit plans among the employees of the public employer as it sees fit. History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 271, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013
MI Comp L § 15.565 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 152 of 2011 - Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (15.561 - 15.569)|Section 15.565 - Collective Bargaining Agreement or Other Contract in Effect; Inconsistent Terms.

15.565 Collective bargaining agreement or other contract in effect; inconsistent terms.Sec. 5.  (1) If a collective bargaining agreement or other contract that is inconsistent with sections 3 and 4 is in effect for 1 or more employees of a public employer on September 27, 2011, the requirements of section 3 or 4 do not apply to an employee covered by that contract until the contract expires. A public employer's expenditures for medical benefit plans under a collective bargaining agreement or other contract described in this subsection shall be excluded from calculation of the public employer's maximum payment under section 4. The requirements of sections 3 and 4 apply to any extension or renewal of the contract.  (2) A collective bargaining agreement or other contract that is executed on or after September 27, 2011 shall not include terms that are inconsistent with the requirements of sections 3 and 4. History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 272, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 272 of 2013 provides:"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act clarifies the original intent of the legislature that September 27, 2011 is the date on and after which a new contract must comply with this act. This amendatory act is curative and applies retroactively."
MI Comp L § 15.566 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 152 of 2011 - Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (15.561 - 15.569)|Section 15.566 - Deduction by Public Employer.

15.566 Deduction by public employer.Sec. 6.  A public employer may deduct the covered employee's or elected public official's portion of the cost of a medical benefit plan from compensation due to the covered employee or elected public official. The employer may condition eligibility for the medical benefit plan on the employee's or elected public official's authorizing the public employer to make the deduction. History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011
MI Comp L § 15.567 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 152 of 2011 - Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (15.561 - 15.569)|Section 15.567 - Applicability of Requirements to Medical Benefit Plans of Public Employees and Elected Public Officials; Scope; Effect of Certain Sections Found to Be Invalid.

15.567 Applicability of requirements to medical benefit plans of public employees and elected public officials; scope; effect of certain sections found to be invalid.Sec. 7.  (1) The requirements of this act apply to medical benefit plans of all public employees and elected public officials to the greatest extent consistent with constitutionally allocated powers, whether or not a public employee is a member of a collective bargaining unit.  (2) If a court finds the requirements of section 3 to be invalid, the expenditure limit in section 4 shall apply to a public employer that does not exempt itself under section 8, except that the requirement for a majority vote of the governing body of the public employer in section 4 shall not apply. If a court finds section 4 to be invalid, the expenditure limit in section 3 shall apply to each public employer that does not exempt itself under section 8. History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011
MI Comp L § 15.568 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 152 of 2011 - Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (15.561 - 15.569)|Section 15.568 - Exemption From Act; Extension; Exceptions.

15.568 Exemption from act; extension; exceptions.Sec. 8.  (1) By a 2/3 vote of its governing body each year, prior to the beginning of the medical benefit plan coverage year, a local unit of government may exempt itself from the requirements of this act for the next succeeding medical benefit plan coverage year.  (2) A 2/3 vote of the governing body of the local unit of government prior to the beginning of each succeeding medical benefit plan coverage year is required to extend an exemption under this section.   (3) An exemption under this section is not effective for a city with a mayor who is both the chief executive and chief administrator, unless the mayor also approves the exemption.  (4) An exemption under this section is not effective for a county with a county executive who is both the chief executive and chief administrator, unless the county executive also approves the exemption.  (5) An exemption under this section is not effective for a city with a population greater than 600,000. History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 273, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 184, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2014
MI Comp L § 15.569 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 152 of 2011 - Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act (15.561 - 15.569)|Section 15.569 - Noncompliance by Public Employer; Penalty.

15.569 Noncompliance by public employer; penalty.Sec. 9.  If a public employer fails to comply with this act, the public employer shall permit the state treasurer to reduce by 10% each economic vitality incentive program payment received under 2011 PA 63 and the department of education shall assess the public employer a penalty equal to 10% of each payment of any funds for which the public employer qualifies under the state school aid act of 1979, 1979 PA 94, MCL 388.1601 to 388.1772, during the period that the public employer fails to comply with this act. Any reduction setoff or penalty amounts recovered shall be returned to the fund from which the reduction is assessed or upon which the penalty is determined. The department of education may also refer the penalty collection to the department of treasury for collection consistent with section 13 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.13. History: 2011, Act 152, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2011
MI Comp L § 15.581 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 297 of 2011 - Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act (15.581 - 15.585)|Section 15.581 - Short Title.

15.581 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public employee domestic partner benefit restriction act". History: 2011, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2011 Constitutionality: The court in Bassett v Snyder, 59 F Supp 3d 837 (ED Mich, 2014), held that sections 3 and 4 of the public employee domestic partner benefit restriction act, 2011 PA 297, MCL 15.583 and 15.584, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. The court granted a permanent injunction against enforcing the act.
MI Comp L § 15.582 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 297 of 2011 - Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act (15.581 - 15.585)|Section 15.582 - Definitions.

15.582 Definitions.Sec. 2.  As used in this act:  (a) "Medical benefits" means medical, optical, or dental benefits, including, but not limited to, hospital and physician services, prescription drugs, and related benefits.  (b) "Public employee" means a person holding a position by appointment or employment in the government of this state; in the government of 1 or more of the political subdivisions of this state; in the public school service; in a public or special district; in the service of an authority, commission, or board of this state or a political subdivision of this state; or in any other branch of the public service. History: 2011, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2011 Constitutionality: The court in Bassett v Snyder, 59 F Supp 3d 837 (ED Mich, 2014), held that sections 3 and 4 of the public employee domestic partner benefit restriction act, 2011 PA 297, MCL 15.583 and 15.584, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. The court granted a permanent injunction against enforcing the act.
MI Comp L § 15.583 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 297 of 2011 - Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act (15.581 - 15.585)|Section 15.583 - Medical or Other Fringe Benefits; Individual Residing in Same Residence as Public Employee; Prohibition.

15.583 Medical or other fringe benefits; individual residing in same residence as public employee; prohibition.Sec. 3.  (1) A public employer shall not provide medical benefits or other fringe benefits for an individual currently residing in the same residence as a public employee, if the individual is not 1 or more of the following:  (a) Married to the employee.  (b) A dependent of the employee, as defined in the internal revenue code of 1986.  (c) Otherwise eligible to inherit from the employee under the laws of intestate succession in this state.  (2) A provision in a contract entered into after the effective date of this act that conflicts with the requirements of this act is void. History: 2011, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2011 Constitutionality: The court in Bassett v Snyder, 59 F Supp 3d 837 (ED Mich, 2014), held that sections 3 and 4 of the public employee domestic partner benefit restriction act, 2011 PA 297, MCL 15.583 and 15.584, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. The court granted a permanent injunction against enforcing the act.
MI Comp L § 15.584 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees|Act 297 of 2011 - Public Employee Domestic Partner Benefit Restriction Act (15.581 - 15.585)|Section 15.584 - Collective Bargaining Agreement or Other Contract; Effect.

15.584 Collective bargaining agreement or other contract; effect.Sec. 4.  If a collective bargaining agreement or other contract that is inconsistent with section 3 is in effect for a public employee on the effective date of this act, section 3 does not apply to that group of employees until the collective bargaining agreement or other contract expires or is amended, extended, or renewed. History: 2011, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2011 Constitutionality: The court in Bassett v Snyder, 59 F Supp 3d 837 (ED Mich, 2014), held that sections 3 and 4 of the public employee domestic partner benefit restriction act, 2011 PA 297, MCL 15.583 and 15.584, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. The court granted a permanent injunction against enforcing the act.