February 2, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Farrah, Bieda, Vagnozzi, Gleason, Condino, Clack, Murphy, Brown and Gonzales 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 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:
TITLE
An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state
through the establishment of an unemployment compensation fund, and
to provide for the disbursement thereof; to create certain other
funds;
to create the Michigan employment security commission
unemployment insurance agency, and to prescribe its powers and
duties; to provide for the protection of the people of this state
from the hazards of unemployment; to levy and provide for
contributions from employers; to provide for the collection of such
contributions; to enter into reciprocal agreements and to cooperate
with agencies of the United States and of other states charged with
the administration of any unemployment insurance law; to furnish
certain information to certain governmental agencies for use in
administering public benefit and child support programs and
investigating and prosecuting fraud; to provide for the payment of
benefits; to provide for appeals from redeterminations, decisions,
and
notices of assessments; and to
provide for referees and a
board of review to hear and decide the issues arising from
redeterminations, decisions, and notices of assessment; to provide
for the cooperation of this state and compliance with the
provisions of the social security act and the Wagner-Peyser act
passed by the Congress of the United States of America; to provide
for the establishment and maintenance of free public employment
offices; to provide for the transfer of funds; to make
appropriations for carrying out the provisions of this act; to
prescribe remedies and penalties for the violation of the
provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
Sec.
5b. (1) The bureau of worker's and unemployment
compensation
unemployment insurance agency
is created within the
department
of consumer and industry services labor and economic
growth.
(2)
The bureau agency shall be headed by a director. who
shall
be appointed by the governor.
(3) All of the authority, powers, functions, duties, and
responsibilities of the unemployment agency provided under this act
are
transferred to the bureau unemployment
insurance agency as
provided
in Executive Order No. 2002-1 2003-18.
(4) All of the powers, functions, duties, and responsibilities
of the director of the unemployment agency, defined as the director
of employment security in Executive Order No. 1997-12, provided
under this act are transferred to the director of the unemployment
insurance
agency as provided in Executive Order
No. 2002-1 2003-
18.
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. 4175(request no.
01677'05).
(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).