HOUSE BILL No. 5262

 

October 6, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Lemmons, III and Lemmons, Jr. and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 390, entitled

 

"Emergency management act,"

 

(MCL 30.401 to 30.421) by amending the title, as amended by 1990 PA

 

50, and by adding section 12a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

TITLE

 

     An act to provide for planning, mitigation, response, and

 

recovery from natural and human-made disaster within or outside of

 

this state; to create the Michigan emergency management advisory

 

council and prescribe its powers and duties; to prescribe the

 

powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and

 

officials; to prescribe immunities and liabilities; to provide for

 

the acceptance of gifts; and to repeal  certain  acts and parts of


 

acts.  ; and to repeal certain parts of the act.

 

     Sec. 12a. (1) A municipality may grant an employee leave with

 

pay to provide disaster or emergency relief services within or

 

outside of this state. For purposes of this section, "disaster or

 

emergency relief services" means services to alleviate the effects

 

of an officially declared national disaster, such as a flood,

 

earthquake, or act of terrorism.

 

     (2) A municipality shall not penalize, require the use of

 

accumulated leave time, or otherwise take adverse action against an

 

employee who takes a leave of absence that the municipality grants

 

under this section to provide disaster or emergency relief

 

services.