November 9, 2004, Introduced by Senator SCHAUER and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled
"Michigan employment security act,"
by amending the title and section 5b (MCL 421.5b), the title as
amended by 1991 PA 10, and section 5b as added by 2002 PA 192.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 TITLE
2 An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state
3 through the establishment of an unemployment compensation fund,
4 and to provide for the disbursement thereof; to create certain
5 other funds; to create
the Michigan employment security
6 commission unemployment insurance agency, and to
prescribe its
7 powers and duties; to provide for the protection of the people of
8 this state from the hazards of unemployment; to levy and provide
9 for contributions from employers; to provide for the collection
10 of such contributions; to enter into reciprocal agreements and to
1 cooperate with agencies of the United States and of other states
2 charged with the administration of any unemployment insurance
3 law; to furnish certain information to certain governmental
4 agencies for use in administering public benefit and child
5 support programs and investigating and prosecuting fraud; to
6 provide for the payment of benefits; to provide for appeals from
7 redeterminations,
decisions, and notices of assessments; and to
8 provide for referees and a board of review to hear and decide the
9 issues arising from redeterminations, decisions, and notices of
10 assessment; to provide for the cooperation of this state and
11 compliance with the provisions of the social security act and the
12 Wagner-Peyser act passed by the Congress of the United States of
13 America; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of free
14 public employment offices; to provide for the transfer of funds;
15 to make appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this
16 act; to prescribe remedies and penalties for the violation of the
17 provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts
18 inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
19 Sec. 5b. (1) The bureau
of worker's and unemployment
20 compensation unemployment insurance agency is created
within the
21 department of consumer
and industry services labor and economic
22 growth.
23 (2) The bureau agency
shall be headed by a director. who
24 shall be appointed by
the governor.
25 (3) All of the authority, powers, functions, duties, and
26 responsibilities of the unemployment agency provided under this
27 act are transferred to
the bureau unemployment insurance agency
1 as provided in Executive
Order No. 2002-1 2003-18.
2 (4) All of the powers, functions, duties, and
3 responsibilities of the director of the unemployment agency,
4 defined as the director of employment security in Executive Order
5 No. 1997-12, provided under this act are transferred to the
6 director of the unemployment insurance agency as provided in
7 Executive Order No. 2002-1
2003-18.
8 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
9 effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature
10 are enacted into law:
11 (a) Senate Bill No. 1479.
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13 (b) Senate Bill No. 1481.
14
15 (c) Senate Bill No. 1482.
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17 (d) Senate Bill No. 1483.
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