October 18, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Kooiman, Kahn, Vander Veen, Stahl, Green and Taub and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 389, entitled
"An act to provide for the prevention and treatment of domestic
violence; to develop and establish policies, procedures, and
standards for providing domestic violence assistance programs and
services; to create a domestic violence prevention and treatment
board and prescribe its powers and duties; to establish a domestic
violence prevention and treatment fund and provide for its use; to
prescribe powers and duties of the family independence agency; to
prescribe immunities and liabilities of certain persons and
officials; and to prescribe penalties for violations of this act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 400.1502).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) The domestic violence prevention and treatment
board is created in the department. The board shall consist of 7
members, all of whom shall have experience in an area related to
the problems of domestic violence. The members shall be appointed
by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Of the
members appointed after the effective date of the amendatory act
that added this sentence, at least 4 members shall be appointed as
follows:
(a) One member from the Upper Peninsula.
(b) One member from that part of the Lower Peninsula
consisting of Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta, Isabella, Midland, and Bay
counties and the area north of those counties.
(c) One member from Huron, Tuscola, Saginaw, Shiawassee,
Livingston, Washtenaw, and Lenawee counties and the area south and
east of those counties.
(d) One member from Hillsdale, Jackson, Ingham, Clinton,
Gratiot, Montcalm, Kent, and Muskegon counties and the area south
and west of those counties.
(2) The term of office of a member shall be 3 years, except
that: of the members first appointed, 2 shall serve for a term of 1
year, 2 shall serve for a term of 2 years, and 1 shall serve for a
term of 3 years; and of the 2 additional members appointed under
this 1979 amendatory act, 1 shall serve for a term of 2 years and 1
shall serve for a term of 3 years. A member appointed to fill a
vacancy occurring other than by expiration of a term shall be
appointed for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(3) The governor shall designate 1 member of the board to
serve as chairperson. A majority of the members shall constitute a
quorum.
(4) The per diem compensation of the board and the schedule
for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the
legislature.