SENATE BILL No. 1472

September 26, 2002, Introduced by Senator BYRUM and referred to the Committee on Human

Resources and Labor.

A bill to require public employers to grant public employees

a leave of absence to serve as precinct election inspectors with-

out loss of pay or benefits; to impose certain duties on public

employees who request a leave of absence to serve as precinct

election inspectors; and to impose certain duties on certain

public officials.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

2 "public employee precinct election inspector leave of absence

3 act".

4 Sec. 3. As used in this act:

5 (a) "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, part-

6 nership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity.

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1 (b) "Precinct election inspector" means a person appointed

2 as a precinct election inspector under section 674 of the

3 Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.674.

4 (c) "Public employee" means a person employed by this state

5 or a political subdivision of this state. Public employee

6 includes a member of the state classified civil service system.

7 (d) "Public employer" means this state or a political subdi-

8 vision of this state.

9 Sec. 5. (1) A public employee who is appointed to serve as

10 a precinct election inspector may request a leave of absence

11 under this act from his or her public employer for the entire

12 24-hour period of the election day in which that public employee

13 serves as a precinct election inspector.

14 (2) Subject to any applicable collective bargaining agree-

15 ment, a public employer may grant to each public employee

16 appointed to serve as a precinct election inspector who requests

17 a leave of absence under this act a leave of absence for the

18 entire 24-hour period of the election day in which that public

19 employee serves as a precinct election inspector.

20 (3) Except as otherwise provided in section 7, a public

21 employer shall not reduce the salary, wages, or benefits that a

22 public employee would have received if the public employee had

23 not taken a leave of absence under this act. A public employer

24 shall not impose any penalty on a public employee who requests a

25 leave of absence under this act. A leave of absence under this

26 act shall not reduce a public employee's accrual of seniority or

27 longevity benefits.

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1 (4) A public employee shall request a leave of absence under

2 this act not less than 7 days prior to the election day in which

3 that public employee will serve as a precinct election

4 inspector.

5 (5) The board of election commissioners that appointed a

6 public employee as a precinct election inspector shall provide

7 all of the following in writing upon the request of a public

8 employer:

9 (a) Verification of the public employee's appointment as a

10 precinct election inspector.

11 (b) Confirmation of the public employee's service as a pre-

12 cinct election inspector.

13 (c) Certification of the amount of compensation that the

14 public employee received for his or her service as a precinct

15 election inspector.

16 Sec. 7. Upon receipt of the certification of the amount of

17 compensation that a public employee received for his or her serv-

18 ice as a precinct election inspector under section 5(5)(c), a

19 public employer shall deduct the amount certified from the public

20 employee's salary or wages earned during the public employee's

21 leave of absence under this act.

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