April 28, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Brinks, Hovey-Wright, Driskell, Singh, Schor, Townsend, Byrd, Pagan, Chang, Neeley, Plawecki, Phelps, Hoadley, Guerra, Moss, Faris, Dillon, Sarah Roberts, LaVoy, Greig, Darany, Yanez, Chirkun, Wittenberg, Liberati, Rutledge, Garrett, Irwin, Geiss, Howrylak and Lane and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled
"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"
by amending section 602 (MCL 37.2602), as amended by 1992 PA 258.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 602. The department shall:
(a) Be responsible to the executive director, who shall be the
principal executive officer of the department and shall be
responsible for executing the policies of the commission.
(b) Appoint necessary employees and agents and fix their
compensation in accordance with civil service rules. The attorney
general shall appear for and represent the department or the
commission in a court having jurisdiction of a matter under this
act.
(c) Receive, initiate, investigate, conciliate, adjust,
dispose of, issue charges, and hold hearings on complaints alleging
a violation of this act, and approve or disapprove plans to correct
past discriminatory practices which have caused or resulted in a
denial of equal opportunity with respect to groups or persons
protected by this act.
(d) Require answers to interrogatories, order the submission
of books, papers, records, and other materials pertinent to a
complaint, and require the attendance of witnesses, administer
oaths, take testimony, and compel, through court authorization,
compliance with its orders or an order of the commission.
(e) Cooperate or contract with persons and state, local, and
other agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the
federal government and of other states.
(f) Monitor the awarding and execution of contracts to ensure
compliance by a contractor or a subcontractor with a covenant
entered into or to be entered into pursuant to section 209.
(g) Maintain a dedicated telephone line for reporting
violations of this act that allows anonymous reporting.
(h) Maintain a public website that includes all of the
following:
(i) Information about rights under this act.
(ii) A link to an easy-to-use form for electronic reporting of
a violation of this act.
(iii) Prominent display of the telephone number for reporting
a violation of this act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.