Act No. 71

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

May 4, 1998

Filed with the Secretary of State

May 4, 1998

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 1998

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Senators Gast, Conroy, Gougeon, North, Bullard, Vaughn, V. Smith, Peters, A. Smith, DeBeaussaert, Young, Stallings, Byrum, Koivisto and Hart

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 391

AN ACT to amend 1984 PA 22, entitled "An act to establish the Michigan civilian conservation corps; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state officers, agencies, and departments; to create and provide for the use of an endowment fund; and to provide for an appropriation," by amending section 6 (MCL 409.306), as amended by 1985 PA 30.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 6. (1) A person is eligible to become a corpsmember if he or she:

(a) Is a resident of this state.

(b) Except for supervisors, is not less than 18 years of age and not more than 25 years of age on the date of application.

(c) Is not employed at the time of hire.

(d) Is not a son or daughter of an elected or appointed official of this state or of a city, village, county, township, school district, intermediate school district, or other governmental authority.

(e) If employed as a supervisor, was not on the department's or recipient's payroll within 30 days before being hired through a program established with funds received under this act unless he or she was promoted from a general corpsmember to a corps supervisor.

(2) If the number of persons applying for positions in a work training program established under this act exceeds the number of positions created, the chief shall give priority in hiring to recipients of general assistance and aid to families with dependent children. In hiring supervisors, the chief also shall give priority to qualified recipients of general assistance and aid to families with dependent children.

(3) The chief shall ensure that eligible minority persons, eligible persons who are members of households the heads of which are single, eligible persons with disabilities, and equal numbers of eligible males and females, to the extent that these persons apply for the program, are hired as corpsmembers.

(4) The chief shall notify the director of the department of social services of any work training program established under this act. The director of the department of social services shall take any action necessary to notify all employable recipients of general assistance and aid to families with dependent children who are eligible under this act, who are not currently assigned to employment, training, or an educational program, of the work training programs established under this act.

(5) An employable recipient of general assistance or aid to families with dependent children who is eligible for employment under this act and who is not currently assigned to employment, training, or an educational program, who, without good cause, refuses an offer of employment under this act is subject to section 55a of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.55a.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.