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MI SB0944
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits public employers from requiring employees to reside within specified geographic areas or distances/travel times from their workplace as a condition of employment or promotion, with limited exceptions.
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Allows public employers to require employees to reside within 20 miles or greater distance from the employer's boundary as a residency condition.
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Exempts married employees whose spouse works for another public employer and is subject to a residency requirement of less than 20 miles.
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Excludes volunteer firefighters, paid on-call firefighters, elected officials, and unpaid appointed officials from residency restrictions.
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Allows cities with populations over 500,000 to establish their own residency requirements outside this prohibition.
Legislative Description
Public employees and officers; other; residency requirement for certain public employees to reside in city of employment when population is greater than 500,000; permit certain cities to establish. Amends sec. 2 of 1999 PA 212 (MCL 15.602).
Labor, public service employment
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Reforms, Restructuring And Reinventing
5/15/2014