HOUSE BILL No. 5555


     April 11, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Hansen, Bogardus, Clark, Dennis, Gieleghem, Wojno, Sheltrown, Rivet, Switalski,
Neumann, Thomas, Jamnick, Minore, Cherry, Clarke, LaForge, Bob Brown and Brater and referred to the Committee on
Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to permit employers to encourage employees to seek

   and to serve in local elective office.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1.  An employer may encourage and may provide reason-

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      able accommodations for an employee to seek and to serve in local

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      elective office.

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           Sec. 2.  As used in this act:

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           (a) "Elective office" means a public office filled by an

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      election.

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           (b) "Employee" means a person who performs a service for

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      wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, written or

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      oral, express or implied.

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           (c) "Employer" means a person who has 1 or more employees.

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           (d) "Local elective office" means an elective office at the

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      local unit of government level.  Local elective office does not


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      include an elective office that is considered a full-time

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      position.

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           (e) "Local unit of government" means a district, authority,

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      county, city, village, township, board, school district, interme-

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      diate school district, or community college district.

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           (f) "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, part-

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      nership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity.










































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