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).