HOUSE BILL No. 4175

February 2, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Bieda, Gonzales, Farrah, Vagnozzi, Gleason, Condino, Clack, Murphy and Brown and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training, and Safety.

 

     A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled

 

"Michigan employment security act,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 421.3), as amended by 2003 PA 174.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) The  bureau of worker's and unemployment

 

compensation  unemployment insurance agency shall establish

 

policies in conformity with this act to do all of the following:

 

     (a) Reduce and prevent unemployment.

 

     (b) Promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout

 

this state in every other way that may be feasible.

 

     (c) Carry on and publish the results of investigations and

 

research studies.

 

     (d) Investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the

 


establishment and operation, by municipalities, counties, school

 

districts, and this state, of reserves for public works to be used

 

in times of business depression and unemployment.

 

     (2) As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Bureau", "commission",  and  "unemployment agency", and

 

"agency" mean the  bureau of worker's and unemployment compensation

 

created in section 5b  unemployment insurance agency.

 

     (b) "Director" means the director of the  bureau of worker's

 

and unemployment compensation  unemployment insurance agency.

 

     (c) "Experience account" means an account in the unemployment

 

compensation fund showing an employer's experience with respect to

 

contribution payments and benefit charges under this act,

 

determined and recorded in the manner provided in this act. A

 

reference in this act to an employer's "experience record" or

 

"rating account" shall be construed to include reference to the

 

employer's experience account.

 

     (d) "Nonchargeable benefits account" and "solvency account"

 

mean the account in the unemployment compensation fund maintained

 

as provided in section 17(2) and (3).

 

     Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4174(request no.

 

01676'05).

 

     (b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4176(request no.

 

01678'05).

 

     (c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4177(request no.

 


01679'05).

 

     (d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4178(request no.

 

01680'05).