Act No. 131

Public Acts of 2016

Approved by the Governor

May 25, 2016

Filed with the Secretary of State

May 26, 2016

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2016

STATE OF MICHIGAN

98TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

Introduced by Reps. Runestad, Bizon, Howrylak, LaVoy, Zemke, Phelps, Sarah Roberts, Cochran, Faris, Brinks, Irwin, Darany, Dianda, Chirkun, Wittenberg, Brunner, Chang, Rutledge, Talabi, Plawecki, Hoadley, Liberati, Greig, Byrd, Gay-Dagnogo, Pagan, Neeley, Smiley, Callton, Graves, Price, Crawford, Hooker, Pagel, Inman, Hughes, Lucido, Vaupel, Garcia, Cox, LaFontaine and Aaron Miller

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5184

AN ACT to amend 1937 PA 72, entitled “An act to establish the division on deafness and the advisory council on deafness within the department of labor; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department, the division, the council, and certain state officers; to establish a fund and provide for expenditures from that fund; and to provide for an appropriation,” by amending section 5 (MCL 408.205), as amended by 1988 PA 434.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 5. (1) An advisory council on deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing is established within the department. The council shall advise the division on matters pertaining to deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing persons.

(2) The council shall consist of 13 members appointed by the governor. The governor shall select members who are knowledgeable in the field of deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing matters. Not less than 7 members of the council shall be deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing persons. The governor shall designate a chairperson of the council who shall serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor. The director of the division or his or her designee shall serve as secretary to the council.

(3) Except for members first appointed, the term of office of each member shall be 3 years. Of the members first appointed, 5 shall serve for 3 years, 4 for 2 years, and 4 for 1 year. A vacancy on the council shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(4) Seven members of the council constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the council. Except as provided by rule, action by the council shall be by vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting. The council shall meet not less than twice a year at the call of the chairperson.

(5) A member of the council may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of an official duty of the council.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor