HOUSE BILL No. 4270


     February 15, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Hansen, Sheltrown, Kolb, Spade and Gieleghem and referred to the Committee on
Employment Relations, Training and Safety.


        A bill to permit employers to encourage employees to seek

   and to serve in local elective office.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1.  An employer may encourage and may provide reason-

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      able accommodations for an employee to seek and to serve in local

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      elective office.

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           Sec. 2.  As used in this act:

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           (a) "Elective office" means a public office filled by an

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      election.

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           (b) "Employee" means a person who performs a service for

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      wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, written or

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      oral, express or implied.

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           (c) "Employer" means a person who has 1 or more employees.

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           (d) "Local elective office" means an elective office at the

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      local unit of government level.  Local elective office does not


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      include an elective office that is considered a full-time

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      position.

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           (e) "Local unit of government" means a district, authority,

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      county, city, village, township, board, school district, interme-

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      diate school district, or community college district.

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           (f) "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, part-

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      nership, corporation, association, or any other legal entity.










































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