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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512) › Section 15.504 - Status of Employee Participating in Temporary Assignment; Salary, Benefits, and Supervision of Employee on Detail; Rights, Benefits, and Obligations of Employee in Status of Leave of Absence.

15.504 Status of employee participating in temporary assignment; salary, benefits, and supervision of employee on detail; rights, benefits, and obligations of employee in status of leave of absence.
Sec. 4.
(1) An employee who is participating in a temporary assignment shall be considered as being on detail to a regular work assignment of the sending agency or in a status of leave of absence from the sending agency.
(2) An employee who is on detail shall receive at least the same salary and benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled and which shall be paid by the sending agency except as otherwise agreed between the sending and the receiving agencies. A receiving agency shall supervise the duties of an employee who is on detail except as otherwise agreed to by the sending and receiving agencies.
(3) An employee who is on a status of leave of absence shall receive at least the same salary and benefits to which he would otherwise be entitled and which shall be paid by the receiving agency except as otherwise agreed between the sending and the receiving agencies. An employee who is on a status of leave of absence may be granted annual leave or other time off with compensation to the extent authorized by law applicable to the sending agency. Except as otherwise provided in this act, an employee who is in a status of leave of absence has the same rights, benefits, and obligations as other employees of the sending agency who are on a leave of absence status for any other purpose. Notwithstanding any other law an employee may credit the period of the assignment toward any retirement benefit of the sending agency.
History:
1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512) › Section 15.505 - Workmen's Compensation Coverage; Other Benefits and Coverage.

15.505 Workmen's compensation coverage; other benefits and coverage.
Sec. 5.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) a receiving agency shall provide workmen's compensation coverage pursuant to Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 418.101 to 418.941 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for an employee participating in a temporary assignment under this act. A sending agency by agreement may provide workmen's compensation coverage pursuant to Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, for an employee participating in a temporary assignment under this act in place of the receiving agency.
(2) If the sending agency was providing benefits and coverage for the employee before the temporary assignment under a different law and the benefits and coverage to the employee are greater than the benefits and coverage provided under Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, then the benefits and coverage provided by the sending agency shall apply regardless of any law or agreement to the contrary.
History:
1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512) › Section 15.506 - Participant in Temporary Assignment as Employee of Sending Agency.

15.506 Participant in temporary assignment as employee of sending agency.
Sec. 6.
Except as otherwise provided in this act, an employee who participates in a temporary assignment pursuant to this act is and shall remain the employee of the sending agency during the time of the temporary assignment and for 24 hours thereafter.
History:
1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512) › Section 15.507 - Duration of Participation in Temporary Assignment; Extension of Contract.

15.507 Duration of participation in temporary assignment; extension of contract.
Sec. 7.
An employee may not be on detail or on a status of leave in a temporary assignment pursuant to this act for more than 2 years, except that the parties to the contract may agree to extend the contract for not more than 2 years. An extension of a contract does not require approval of the department of civil service.
History:
1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512) › Section 15.508 - Provisions of Contract; Attachment of Rules Applying to Reimbursement for Expenses.

15.508 Provisions of contract; attachment of rules applying to reimbursement for expenses.
Sec. 8.
(1) The contract under which the employee is to be temporarily assigned shall provide:
(a) The terms and conditions of the employee's reimbursement for travel or other necessary expenses.
(b) The name of the agency which is to pay the travel or other necessary expenses.
(2) A copy of any rule or regulation which applies to the employee's reimbursement for expenses shall be attached to each copy of the contract.
History:
1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512) › Section 15.509 - Agreeing to and Signing of Contract; Copies of Contract.

15.509 Agreeing to and signing of contract; copies of contract.
Sec. 9.
(1) The contract shall be agreed to and signed by the affected employee, the sending agency, and the receiving agency.
(2) The affected employee, the sending agency, the receiving agency, and the department of civil service shall receive a true copy of the contract.
History:
1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512) › Section 15.510 - Approval of Contract.

15.510 Approval of contract.
Sec. 10.
Before a contract can be effective under this act, it shall be approved by the department of civil service.
History:
1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 199 of 1976 - Temporary Assignment of Employees (15.501 - 15.512) › Section 15.511 - Participation by Elected Official Prohibited.

15.511 Participation by elected official prohibited.
Sec. 11.
An elected official may not participate in a temporary assignment pursuant to this act.
History:
1976, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1976
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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."
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 15.585 - Applicability to Public Employees; Extent.

15.585 Applicability to public employees; extent.
Sec. 5.
The requirements of section 3 apply to all public employees to the greatest extent consistent with constitutionally allocated powers.
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.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 212 of 1999 - Residency of Public Employees (15.601 - 15.603) › Section 15.601 - Definitions.

15.601 Definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Public employer" means a county, township, village, city, authority, school district, or other political subdivision of this state and includes any entity jointly created by 2 or more public employers.
(b) "School district" means a school district, local act school district, or intermediate school district as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, or a public school academy established under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852.
History:
1999, Act 212, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 212 of 1999 - Residency of Public Employees (15.601 - 15.603) › Section 15.602 - Residency Requirements of Public Employees.

15.602 Residency requirements of public employees.
Sec. 2.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a public employer shall not require, by collective bargaining agreement or otherwise, that a person reside within a specified geographic area or within a specified distance or travel time from his or her place of employment as a condition of employment or promotion by the public employer.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prohibit a public employer from requiring, by collective bargaining agreement or otherwise, that a person reside within a specified distance from the nearest boundary of the public employer. However, the specified distance shall be 20 miles or another specified distance greater than 20 miles.
(3) A requirement described in subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the person is married and both of the following conditions are met:
(a) The person's spouse is employed by another public employer.
(b) The person's spouse is subject to a condition of employment or promotion that, if not for this section, would require him or her to reside a distance of less than 20 miles from the nearest boundary of the public employer.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is a volunteer or paid on-call firefighter, an elected official, or an unpaid appointed official.
History:
1999, Act 212, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 212 of 1999 - Residency of Public Employees (15.601 - 15.603) › Section 15.603 - Applicability to Certain Employment Contracts.

15.603 Applicability to certain employment contracts.
Sec. 3.
This act applies only to employment contracts entered into, renewed, or renegotiated after the effective date of this act, in accordance with the prohibition against impairment of contracts provided by section 10 of article I of the state constitution of 1963.
History:
1999, Act 212, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 427 of 2018 - Public Employee Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Check Act (15.651 - 15.654) › Section 15.651 - Short Title.

15.651 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public employee fingerprint-based criminal history check act".
History:
2018, Act 427, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 427 of 2018 - Public Employee Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Check Act (15.651 - 15.654) › Section 15.653 - Safeguards for Protecting Federal Tax Information; Current and Prospective Employees; Criminal History Check; Results Exempt From Disclosure; Exceptions.

15.653 Safeguards for protecting federal tax information; current and prospective employees; criminal history check; results exempt from disclosure; exceptions.
Sec. 3.
(1) Each agency in this state that determines it must do so to comply with publication 1075 shall develop a written policy that ensures that its current and prospective employees who may have access to federal information databases in the course of his or her employment undergo the fingerprint-based criminal history check required by publication 1075.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (3), (4), and (5), the results of a criminal history check conducted under this act are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(3) The results of a fingerprint-based criminal history check may be provided to the Internal Revenue Service or other federal governmental entity as required by federal regulation or law.
(4) The results of a fingerprint-based criminal history check conducted under this act may only be provided to an agency and must not be shared with a vendor or contractor providing employees to an agency under a contract between a vendor or contractor and an agency. However, the results may be shared between a requesting agency and another agency in this state.
(5) In circumstances in which the civil service manages human resource functions for an agency under an executive order, the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history check may be shared between the agency and the civil service staff providing human resource services to the agency.
History:
2018, Act 427, Eff. Mar. 20, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 39 of 2019 - Administration of Opioid Antagonists Act (15.671 - 15.677) › Section 15.671 - Short Title; Definitions.

15.671 Short title; definitions.
Sec. 101.
(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "administration of opioid antagonists act".
(2) As used in this act:
(a) "Agency" means a governmental agency.
(b) "Employee or agent" means any of the following:
(i) An individual who is employed by, or under contract with, an agency.
(ii) An individual who serves on the governing body of an agency.
(iii) An individual who volunteers with an agency.
(c) "Governmental agency" means this state or a political subdivision but does not include a person licensed under part 209 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20901 to 333.20979.
(d) "Municipal corporation" means a city, village, or township or a combination of 2 or more of these when acting jointly.
(e) "Opioid antagonist" means naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly acting and equally safe drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of drug overdose.
(f) "Opioid-related overdose" means a condition, including, but not limited to, extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, coma, or death, that results from the consumption or use of an opioid or another substance with which an opioid was combined or that a reasonable person would believe to be an opioid-related overdose that requires medical assistance.
(g) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, county, county road commission, school district, community college district, public library, port district, metropolitan district, or transportation authority or a combination of 2 or more of these when acting jointly; a district or authority authorized by law or formed by 1 or more political subdivisions; or an agency, department, court, board, or council of a political subdivision.
(h) "State" means this state and its agencies, departments, commissions, courts, boards, councils, and statutorily created task forces. State includes a public university or college of this state, whether established as a constitutional corporation or otherwise.
History:
2019, Act 39, Eff. Sept. 24, 2019.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 39 of 2019 - Administration of Opioid Antagonists Act (15.671 - 15.677) › Section 15.673 - Purchase, Possession, and Distribution of Opioid Antagonist.

15.673 Purchase, possession, and distribution of opioid antagonist.
Sec. 103.
An agency may purchase and possess an opioid antagonist for purposes of this act and distribute that opioid antagonist to an employee or agent who has been trained in the administration of that opioid antagonist for purposes of this act.
History:
2019, Act 39, Eff. Sept. 24, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 39 of 2019 - Administration of Opioid Antagonists Act (15.671 - 15.677) › Section 15.675 - Administering Opioid Antagonist; Conditions.

15.675 Administering opioid antagonist; conditions.
Sec. 105.
An employee or agent may possess an opioid antagonist distributed to that employee or agent under section 103 and may administer that opioid antagonist to an individual if both of the following apply:
(a) The employee or agent has been trained in the proper administration of that opioid antagonist.
(b) The employee or agent has reason to believe that the individual is experiencing an opioid-related overdose.
History:
2019, Act 39, Eff. Sept. 24, 2019
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 39 of 2019 - Administration of Opioid Antagonists Act (15.671 - 15.677) › Section 15.677 - Immunity From Civil Liability or Criminal Prosecution.

15.677 Immunity from civil liability or criminal prosecution.
Sec. 107.
(1) An agency that purchases, possesses, or distributes an opioid antagonist under section 103 is immune from civil liability for injury, death, or damages arising out of the administration of that opioid antagonist to an individual under this act, if the conduct does not amount to gross negligence that is the proximate cause of the injury, death, or damages. As used in this subsection, "gross negligence" means that term as defined in section 7 of 1964 PA 170, MCL 691.1407.
(2) An employee or agent that possesses, administers, or fails to administer an opioid antagonist under section 105 is immune from civil liability for injury, death, or damages arising out of the administration or failure to administer that opioid antagonist to an individual under this act, if the conduct does not amount to willful or wanton misconduct that is the proximate cause of the injury, death, or damages.
(3) An agency that purchases, possesses, or distributes an opioid antagonist under section 103, and an employee or agent that possesses, administers, or fails to administer an opioid antagonist under section 105, is not subject to criminal prosecution for purchasing, possessing, or distributing an opioid antagonist under this act or for administering or failing to administer an opioid antagonist to an individual under this act.
(4) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that may be available under the laws of this state.
History:
2019, Act 39, Eff. Sept. 24, 2019 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 321, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 281 of 2023 - Public Officers Financial Disclosure Act (15.701.new - 15.715.new) › Section 15.701.new - Short Title; Expectation of Transparency.

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15.701.new Short title; expectation of transparency.
Sec. 1.
(1) This act may be cited as the "public officers financial disclosure act".
(2) The financial disclosures required by this act represent a minimum expectation of transparency, and individuals subject to this act are encouraged to make financial disclosures in addition to those required by this act.
History:
2023, Act 281, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 281 of 2023 - Public Officers Financial Disclosure Act (15.701.new - 15.715.new) › Section 15.703.new - Definitions.

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15.703.new Definitions.
Sec. 3.
As used in this act:
(a) "Blind trust" means a qualified blind trust or qualified diversified trust as those terms are defined in 5 CFR 2634.403.
(b) "Department" means the department of state.
(c) "Earned income" means salaries, wages, tips, bonuses, commissions, or other compensation or earnings from employment earned during the reporting period.
(d) "Form" means the financial disclosure form created by the department in accordance with section 11.
(e) "Gift" means that term as defined in section 7 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.207.
(f) "Honorarium" means that term as defined in section 7 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.207.
(g) "Liabilities" means what a person owes to another person, including, but not limited to, mortgages or other debts. For purposes of this act, a debt does not include a revolving debt, an unsecured debt that is from a financial institution or the federal government, or a debt owed by a business entity.
(h) "Lobbyist" means that term as defined in section 5 of 1978 PA 472, MCL 4.415.
(i) "Lobbyist agent" means that term as defined in section 5 of 1978 PA 472, MCL 4.415.
(j) "Spouse" means an individual who is lawfully married to a public officer as described under 26 CFR 30.7701-18.
(k) "Public officer" means all of the following:
(i) A state representative.
(ii) A state senator.
(iii) The attorney general.
(iv) The governor.
(v) The lieutenant governor.
(vi) The secretary of state.
(l) "Report" means the financial disclosure report required under section 10 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963.
(m) "Reporting period" means the preceding calendar year.
(n) "Unearned income" means income that is not earned from employment, including, but not limited to, financial prize, unemployment benefits, annuities, stock dividends, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing, or retirement income. Unearned income does not include inheritance money or a familial gift.
History:
2023, Act 281, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 281 of 2023 - Public Officers Financial Disclosure Act (15.701.new - 15.715.new) › Section 15.705.new - Annual Financial Disclosure Report; Filing Requirement; Timing; Notice; Corrections.

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15.705.new Annual financial disclosure report; filing requirement; timing; notice; corrections.
Sec. 5.
(1) A public officer shall file an annual financial disclosure report with the department.
(2) The report required under this section must first be filed by April 15, 2024, and by May 15 of each year thereafter. This subsection does not apply to an individual who was a public officer only on the first day of the calendar year.
(3) If a public officer who is required to file a report under this act receives notice from the secretary of state under section 13(1)(g), the public officer shall, within 9 business days after receiving the notice, file corrections to the errors or omissions or file the report, as applicable.
History:
2023, Act 281, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 281 of 2023 - Public Officers Financial Disclosure Act (15.701.new - 15.715.new) › Section 15.708.new - Future Employment Agreement or Arrangement; Report to Department.

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15.708.new Future employment agreement or arrangement; report to department.
Sec. 8.
A public officer who is not reelected or seeking reelection to public office must report to the department within 10 days after entering into any agreement or arrangement described in section 7(1)(k) the date, identity of the parties to, and the general terms of any agreement or arrangement with respect to future employment that the public officer is to begin within 1 year after the end of the public officer's term of office.
History:
2023, Act 281, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 281 of 2023 - Public Officers Financial Disclosure Act (15.701.new - 15.715.new) › Section 15.709.new - Permissible Omissions From Report.

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15.709.new Permissible omissions from report.
Sec. 9.
A public officer filing a report under section 5 may omit any of the following:
(a) Information an individual is required to report under the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282.
(b) An item otherwise required to be reported under section 7(1)(i) or (j) if all of the following apply:
(i) The item represents the exclusive financial interest and responsibility of the public officer's spouse about which the public officer does not have control.
(ii) The item is not in any way derived from the income, assets, or activities of the public officer.
(iii) The public officer does not derive, or expect to derive, financial benefit from the item.
(c) An item that concerns a spouse who is living separate and apart from the public officer with the intention of terminating the marriage or maintaining a legal separation.
(d) An item that concerns income of the public officer arising from dissolution of the public officer's marriage or a permanent legal separation from the public officer's spouse.
History:
2023, Act 281, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 15 - Public Officers and Employees › Act 281 of 2023 - Public Officers Financial Disclosure Act (15.701.new - 15.715.new) › Section 15.711.new - Standard Financial Disclosure Form; Accessibility.

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15.711.new Standard financial disclosure form; accessibility.
Sec. 11.
(1) Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the department shall create a standard financial disclosure form that incorporates the requirements of section 7 for use by a public officer to file the financial disclosure report required under this act.
(2) The department shall, no later than March 15, 2024, make the form created under this section easily accessible on its website.
History:
2023, Act 281, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024.