September 12, 2012, Introduced by Senators HANSEN, GREEN, PAVLOV and WARREN and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 22, entitled
"Michigan civilian conservation corps act,"
by amending sections 2, 3, and 4 (MCL 409.302, 409.303, and
409.304), sections 2 and 3 as amended by 1994 PA 394 and section 4
as amended by 1985 PA 30, and by adding a heading for chapter I.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
CHAPTER I MICHIGAN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS STATE PROGRAM
Sec.
2. As used in this act:chapter:
(a)
"Chief" means the chief administrator of the Michigan
civilian
conservation corps appointed pursuant to section 4.
(b)
"Commission" means the Michigan jobs commission or its
successor
agency.
(a) (c)
"Corps" means the
Michigan civilian conservation corps
established under this chapter.
(b) (d)
"Corpsmember" means a
participant in the corps.
(c) (e)
"Department" means the department
of natural
resources.
(d) "Director" means the director of the department.
(e) (f)
"Endowment fund" means
the Michigan civilian
conservation corps endowment fund created in section 12a.
(g)
"Minority" means a person who is black, hispanic,
oriental,
eskimo, or an American Indian who is not less than 1/4
quantum
Indian blood as certified by the person's tribal
association
and verified by the Indian affairs commission.
(h)
"Recipient" means a city, village, county, township,
school
district, or intermediate school district of this state.
(f) "Guideline" means that term as it is defined in section 3
of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL
24.203.
(g) (i)
"Resident" means an
individual who has in this state
the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal
establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever
absent. An individual is a resident until the individual
establishes a permanent establishment outside this state.
(h) "Rule" means that term as it is defined in section 7 of
the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.207.
Sec. 3. (1) The Michigan civilian conservation corps is
established
jointly within the department and the commission for
the
purpose of conserving, doing
all of the following:
(a) Conserving, improving, and developing this state's
natural, cultural, and recreational resources.
, and for enhancing,
(b) Enhancing, preserving, and maintaining public lands and
waters through the employment of residents of this state in work
training
programs. The department may administer on a contractual
basis
a grant program that dispenses funds to recipients.
(c) Providing field experience and training to residents of
the state who are interested in pursuing natural, cultural, or
recreational resource related careers.
(2)
The work training programs required by this section and
section
5 conducted by the corps shall provide work experience for
certain residents of this state that will increase their likelihood
of obtaining future employment or enhancing their future
educational opportunities, or both.
Sec.
4. The governor by and with the advice and consent of the
senate
shall appoint a chief to administer the corps. The chief The
department shall administer the corps. In administering the corps,
the department shall do all of the following:
(a) Recruit and employ corpsmembers who meet the requirements
of
section 6 6a. The level of corpsmember participation and
enrollment
in fiscal year 1985-86 shall not exceed 500
corpsmembers.
In fiscal year 1986-87 and thereafter the level of
corpsmember
participation and enrollment shall not exceed 850
corpsmembers.
(b) Select work training programs for the corps that meet the
requirements of section 5.
(c) Execute employment contracts containing terms and
conditions as are considered necessary and desirable for the
employment of corpsmembers.
(d)
Execute contracts with the federal government and
recipients
for the implementation of this act.
(e) Apply for and accept grants or contributions of funds,
when appropriate, from any public or private source.
(f) Purchase, rent, or otherwise acquire or obtain necessary
property, supplies, instruments, tools, and equipment necessary for
the implementation of this act.
(g)
Appoint supervisors, Employ
instructors, mentors,
trainers,
safety officers, and such medical
and other personnel as
he
or she the department considers appropriate.
(h) Establish rules of conduct designed to maintain order and
discipline in each corps program.
(i) Adopt guidelines, promulgate rules, and take any other
action necessary to implement this act.
(j) Contact universities in the state with natural, cultural,
or recreational resource related curricula to facilitate
university-based programs that will do 1 or more of the following:
(i) Provide credit to corpsmembers for their participation in
the corps.
(ii) Recognize participation in the corps for field experience.
(iii) Recognize participation in the corps as an internship.
(k) Collaborate with businesses, nonprofit organizations, and
other interested persons to develop funding sources for the corps.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 96th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 1262.
(b) Senate Bill No. 1263.
(c) Senate Bill No. 1264.
(d) Senate Bill No. 1265.