Bill Text: MI HB5039 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Civil rights; general discrimination; discrimination ordinances and regulations based on new classifications; prohibit. Amends 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2101 - 37.2804) by adding sec. 706.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-06 - Printed Bill Filed 10/06/2011 [HB5039 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5039-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5039

 

October 5, 2011, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled

 

"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"

 

(MCL 37.2101 to 37.2804) by adding section 706.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 706. (1) A state agency or unit of local government shall

 

not adopt any ordinance, rule, regulation, or policy that includes,

 

as a protected class, any classification not specifically included

 

as a protected class under this act. Any existing ordinance, rule,

 

regulation, or policy that includes, as a protected class, any

 

classification not specifically included as a protected class under

 

this act is void.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "State agency" means a department, board, commission,

 

office, agency, authority, or other unit of state government.

 

     (b) "Unit of local government" means a political subdivision

 

of this state, including a city, village, township, county,

 

authority, school district, community college district,

 

intermediate school district, and public school academy.