November 4, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Bieda, Minore, Lipsey, Gleason, Meisner, Whitmer, Vagnozzi, Law, Elkins, Dennis, O'Neil, Sak, Farrah, Hunter, Hood, Drolet, Rocca, Ward, Spade, Pappageorge, Wojno, Anderson and Condino and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training and Safety.
A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled
"Michigan unemployment security act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 421.3), as amended by 2003 PA 174.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 3. (1) The bureau
of worker's and unemployment
2 compensation unemployment insurance agency shall establish
3 policies in conformity with this act to do all of the following:
4 (a) Reduce and prevent unemployment.
5 (b) Promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout
6 this state in every other way that may be feasible.
7 (c) Carry on and publish the results of investigations and
8 research studies.
9 (d) Investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the
10 establishment and operation, by municipalities, counties, school
11 districts, and this state, of reserves for public works to be
1 used in times of business depression and unemployment.
2 (2) As used in this act:
3 (a)
"Bureau", "commission", and "unemployment
agency", and
4 "agency" mean
the bureau of worker's and unemployment
5 compensation created
in section 5b unemployment
insurance
6 agency.
7 (b)
"Director" means the director of the bureau of worker's
8 and unemployment
compensation unemployment
insurance agency.
9 (c) "Experience account" means an account in the unemployment
10 compensation fund showing an employer's experience with respect
11 to contribution payments and benefit charges under this act,
12 determined and recorded in the manner provided in this act. A
13 reference in this act to an employer's "experience record" or
14 "rating account" shall be construed to include reference to the
15 employer's experience account.
16 (d) "Nonchargeable benefits account" and "solvency account"
17 mean the account in the unemployment compensation fund maintained
18 as provided in section 17(2) and (3).
19 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
20 effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature
21 are enacted into law:
22 (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6317 (request
23 no. 07155'04).
24 (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6318 (request
25 no. 07156'04).
26 (c) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6319 (request
27 no. 07157'04).
1 (d) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6320 (request
2 no. 07158'04).