Bill Text: MI HB5229 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Labor; public service employment; residency requirement for certain public employees; authorize. Amends sec. 2 of 1999 PA 212 (MCL 15.602).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-15 - Printed Bill Filed 12/15/2011 [HB5229 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5229-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5229

 

December 14, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Santana, Olumba, Jackson, Durhal, Stapleton, Hobbs, Irwin and Tlaib and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

     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)otherwise

 

provided in this section, a public employer shall not require, by

 

collective bargaining agreement or otherwise, that a person 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.

 

     (3) A requirement described in subsection (2) does not apply

 

to a person if the person is married and both of the following

 

conditions are met:

 

     (a) The person's spouse is employed by another public

 

employer.

 

     (b) The person'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 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.

 

     (5) A public employer in a city with a population greater than

 

500,000 may require a police officer, firefighter, or civil servant

 

employed by the public employer to reside within the city limits.