HOUSE BILL No. 4326


     February 21, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Bisbee and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.


        A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled

   "Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"

   by amending section 103 (MCL 37.2103), as amended by 1999 PA

   202.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 103.  As used in this act:

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           (a) "Age" means chronological age except as otherwise pro-

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      vided by law.

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           (B) "COHABITING" MEANS LIVING TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE

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      WITHOUT BEING LAWFULLY MARRIED.

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           (C)  (b)  "Commission" means the civil rights commission

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      established by section 29 of article V of the state constitution

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      of 1963.

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           (D)  (c)  "Commissioner" means a member of the commission.




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           (E)  (d)  "Department" means the department of civil rights

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      or its employees.

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           (F)  (e)  "Familial status" means 1 or more individuals

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      under the age of 18 residing with a parent or other person having

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      custody or in the process of securing legal custody of the indi-

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      vidual or individuals or residing with the designee of the parent

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      or other person having or securing custody, with the written per-

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      mission of the parent or other person.  For purposes of this def-

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      inition, "parent" includes a person who is pregnant.

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           (G) "MARITAL STATUS" MEANS EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

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           (i) BEING LAWFULLY MARRIED.

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           (ii) BEING UNMARRIED AND NOT COHABITING WITH ANOTHER PERSON.

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           (H)  (f)  "National origin" includes the national origin of

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      an ancestor.

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           (I)  (g)  "Person" means an individual, agent, association,

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      corporation, joint apprenticeship committee, joint stock company,

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      labor organization, legal representative, mutual company, part-

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      nership, receiver, trust, trustee in bankruptcy, unincorporated

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      organization, the state or a political subdivision of the state

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      or an agency of the state, or any other legal or commercial

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      entity.

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           (J)  (h)  "Political subdivision" means a county, city, vil-

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      lage, township, school district, or special district or authority

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      of the state.

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           (K)  (i)  Discrimination because of sex includes sexual

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      harassment.  Sexual harassment means unwelcome sexual advances,

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      requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct



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      or communication of a sexual nature under the following

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      conditions:

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           (i) Submission to the conduct or communication is made a

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      term or condition either explicitly or implicitly to obtain

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      employment, public accommodations or public services, education,

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      or housing.

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           (ii) Submission to or rejection of the conduct or communica-

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      tion by an individual is used as a factor in decisions affecting

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      the individual's employment, public accommodations or public

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      services, education, or housing.

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           (iii) The conduct or communication has the purpose or effect

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      of substantially interfering with an individual's employment,

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      public accommodations or public services, education, or housing,

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      or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive employment,

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      public accommodations, public services, educational, or housing

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      environment.

























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