March 19, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Johnson and referred to the Committee on Labor.
A bill to amend 1999 PA 212, entitled
"An act to restrict certain governmental entities from requiring
individuals to reside within certain geographic areas or specified
distances or travel times from their place of employment as a
condition of employment or promotion,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 15.602).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a public
employer
shall not may require, by collective bargaining agreement
or
otherwise, that a person an
individual reside within a specified
geographic area or within a specified distance or travel time from
his or her place of employment as a condition of employment or
promotion by the public employer.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not prohibit a public employer from
requiring,
by collective bargaining agreement or otherwise, that a
person
reside within a specified distance from the nearest boundary
of
the public employer. However, the specified distance shall be 20
miles
or another specified distance greater than 20 miles.
(2) (3)
A requirement described in
subsection (2) (1) does not
apply
to a person an individual if the person he or she is married
and both of the following conditions are met:
(a)
The person's individual's spouse is employed by another
public employer.
(b)
The person's individual's spouse is subject to a condition
of employment or promotion that, if not for this section, would
require
him or her to reside a distance of less than 20 miles from
the
nearest boundary within the
boundaries of the public employer.
(4)
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is a volunteer
or
paid on-call firefighter, an elected official, or an unpaid
appointed
official.