Act No. 8

Public Acts of 2005

Approved by the Governor

April 25, 2005

Filed with the Secretary of State

April 25, 2005

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 2005

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

Introduced by Reps. Proos, Sheltrown, Nitz, Caul, Gosselin, Huizenga, Moolenaar, Schuitmaker and Elsenheimer

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4117

AN ACT to amend 1955 PA 133, entitled "An act to provide for the granting of military leaves and providing re-employment protection for officers and enlisted men of the military or naval forces of the state or of the UnitedStates," (MCL 32.271 to 32.274) by adding section 3a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 3a. (1) A local unit of government may provide by ordinance or resolution or through personnel policy a differential pay program or for a specific number of paid days of leave for employees of the local unit of government who request or are required to take a leave of absence to enter into active service in a uniformed service as those terms are defined in section 3.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Differential pay program" means a program through which the local unit of government agrees to pay during the leave of absence all or a part of the difference between the amount the employee is paid by the local unit of government and the amount the employee receives through his or her uniformed service if the amount paid by the local unit of government exceeds the amount paid by the uniformed service.

(b) "Local unit of government" means a city, village, township, or county.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor