HB-4065, As Passed House, November 29, 2017

HB-4065, As Passed Senate, November 29, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4065

 

 

January 24, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Pagel and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled

 

"Corrections code of 1953,"

 

by amending section 5a (MCL 791.205a), as added by 1996 PA 140.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5a. (1) Beginning on the effective date of this section,

 

Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual who has

 

been convicted of a felony, or who is subject to any pending felony

 

charges, shall not be employed by or appointed to a position in the

 

department.

 

     (2) If records available to the department show that an

 

applicant for employment or appointment has been convicted of a

 

felony or is subject to pending felony charges, the department

 

shall inform the applicant of that fact and of his or her resulting

 

ineligibility for employment or appointment. At the request of the

 

applicant, the department shall permit the applicant to review the


relevant portion of the records. If the applicant disputes the

 

accuracy of the records, the department shall allow the applicant a

 

reasonable period of time to contact the responsible agency or

 

agencies in order to correct the alleged inaccuracies, and shall

 

allow the applicant to reapply for employment or appointment if the

 

records, as corrected, would remove the ineligibility imposed by

 

this section.

 

     (3) The department shall establish a policy allowing for the

 

employment or appointment of an individual who has been convicted

 

of a felony to a position within the department if the individual's

 

employment or appointment will not negatively impact public safety

 

or the operation of the department.

 

     (4) The policy developed under subsection (3) shall require an

 

extensive background investigation of the applicant and the written

 

approval of the director before the department may employ or

 

appoint an applicant to a position in the department under

 

subsection (3).

 

     (5) An individual who is employed by or appointed to a

 

position in the department under subsection (3) shall not be

 

dismissed from his or her employment by or appointment in the

 

department solely due to a felony conviction that he or she

 

disclosed to the department prior to his or her employment by or

 

appointment to a position in the department.

 

     (6) (3) This section Subsection (1) does not apply to a person

 

an individual employed by or appointed to a position in the

 

department before the effective date of this section.March 25,

 

1996.


     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.