Bill Text: MI SB0679 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor; arbitration; compulsory arbitration for local police and firefighters; include corrections officers. Amends sec. 2 of 1969 PA 312 (MCL 423.232).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-16 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0679 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0679-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 679
December 16, 2015, Introduced by Senators HORN, CASPERSON, ZORN, GREGORY, KNOLLENBERG, JONES and COLBECK and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1969 PA 312, entitled
"An act to provide for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in
municipal police and fire departments; to define such public
departments; to provide for the selection of members of arbitration
panels; to prescribe the procedures and authority thereof; and to
provide for the enforcement and review of awards thereof,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 423.232), as amended by 2011 PA 116.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2. (1) As used in this act, "public police or fire
department employee" means any employee of a city, county, village,
or township, or of any authority, district, board, or any other
entity created in whole or in part by the authorization of 1 or
more cities, counties, villages, or townships, whether created by
statute, ordinance, contract, resolution, delegation, or any other
mechanism,
who is engaged as a police officer
, or in fire fighting
firefighting or who is subject to the hazards thereof; a
corrections officer employed by a county sheriff in a county jail,
work camp, or other facility maintained by a county and that houses
adult prisoners; emergency medical service personnel employed by a
public police or fire department; or an emergency telephone
operator, but only if directly employed by a public police or fire
department. Public police and fire department employee does not
include any of the following:
(a) An employee of a community college.
(b) An employee of a metropolitan district created under 1939
PA 147, MCL 119.51 to 119.62.
(c) An emergency telephone operator employed by a 911
authority or consolidated dispatch center.
(d) An employee of an authority that is in existence on June
1, 2011, unless the employee is represented by a bargaining
representative on that date or a contract in effect on that date
specifically provides the employee with coverage under this act. An
exclusion under this subdivision terminates if the authority
composition changes to include an additional governmental unit or
portion of a governmental unit. This subdivision does not apply to
terminate an exclusion created under subdivisions (a) to (c).
(2) "Emergency medical service personnel" for purposes of this
act includes a person who provides assistance at dispatched or
observed medical emergencies occurring outside a recognized medical
facility including instances of heart attack, stroke, injury
accidents, electrical accidents, drug overdoses, imminent
childbirth, and other instances where there is the possibility of
death or further injury; initiates stabilizing treatment or
transportation of injured from the emergency site; and notifies
police or interested departments of certain situations encountered
including criminal matters, poisonings, and the report of
contagious diseases. "Emergency telephone operator" for the purpose
of this act includes a person employed by a police or fire
department for the purpose of relaying emergency calls to police,
fire, or emergency medical service personnel.
(3) This act does not apply to persons employed by a private
emergency medical service company who work under a contract with a
governmental unit or personnel working in an emergency service
organization whose duties are solely of an administrative or
supporting nature and who are not otherwise qualified under
subsection (2).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
