November 6, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Condino and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1968 PA 15, entitled
"Correctional industries act,"
by amending sections 4 and 7 (MCL 800.324 and 800.327), as amended
by 1996 PA 537.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 4. The department of corrections may do any of the
following:
(a) Construct, use, equip, and maintain buildings, machinery,
boilers, and equipment that may be necessary to provide for the
employment of inmate labor in the state correctional institutions
for the manufacture of goods, wares, and merchandise and the
operation of services.
(b) Purchase new material to be used in the manufacture of
goods, wares, and merchandise, and the operation of services.
(c) Dispose of the manufactured products or provide services
in the manner provided by law.
(d) Accept from a natural person, sole proprietorship,
partnership, corporation, association, or legal entity, other than
an institution, governmental agency, private vendor, tax-exempt
organization, or private business or individual or business
described in section 6, items that are labeled as obsolete to
disassemble for sale as scrap or for disposal. The department may
charge a fee for accepting items described in this subdivision and
may refuse to accept any items. Materials recovered after
disassembly or demanufacturing shall not be used in any form or for
any purpose other than sale for scrap value or disposal. Any
proceeds from a sale for scrap value shall be credited to the
correctional industries revolving fund.
(e) (d)
Continue to use and maintain the
buildings, machinery,
boilers, and equipment in the manufacture of goods, wares, and
merchandise in the manner in the operation on April 5, 1968 and use
the facilities in the operation of service programs.
(f) (e)
Recruit and employ agents and
assistants through the
department of civil service as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this act and recommend to the department of civil
service classes and selection procedures that recognize the unique
needs of correctional industries in this state.
(g) (f)
Establish an advisory council for
correctional
industries in this state, which shall include representatives of
organized labor, private industry, state government, and the
general public.
(h) (g)
Enter into any agreements necessary
for assigning
inmates to employment in private manufacturing or service
enterprises under section 7a.
Sec. 7. The department of corrections shall provide as fully
as practicable for the employment of inmates in tasks consistent
with the penal and rehabilitative purposes of their imprisonment
and with the public economy. The types of employment shall be as
follows:
(a) Routine maintenance and operation of correctional
institutions.
(b) Educational and rehabilitation activities, whether formal
or through productive or socialized activities, determined on the
basis of individual needs and educability.
(c) Productive or maintenance labor on or in connection with
the institution farms, or other land rented or leased by the
department of corrections, factories, shops, or other available
facilities for the production and distribution of correctional
industries products and services.
(d) Labor assignments on state public works, ways, or
properties when and as requisitioned by the governor or on county,
township, or district roads when requested by the county board of
commissioners
pursuant to section 1 of Act No. 181 of the Public
Acts
of 1911, being section 800.101 of the Michigan Compiled Laws
1911 PA 181, MCL 800.101.
(e) Labor assignments in private manufacturing or service
enterprises established under section 7a.
(f) Labor assignments in connection with the disassembly or
disposal of items and scrap material as described in section 4(d).