August 3, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Driskell and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy.
A bill to amend 1994 PA 39, entitled
"Veteran right to employment services act,"
(MCL 35.1091 to 35.1094) by adding section 3a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3a. (1) The workforce development agency shall establish
a workforce development program for veterans that trains veterans
for employment in advanced energy industries. The program
established under this section shall assist veterans both by using
their existing skills and by teaching new skills.
(2) The department of military and veterans affairs shall
assist the workforce development agency to identify and communicate
with veterans who would benefit from the program described in
subsection (1).
(3) As used in this section, "workforce development agency"
means the workforce development agency that was transferred to the
talent investment agency within the department of talent and
economic development under section IV of Executive Reorganization
Order No. 2014-12, MCL 125.1995.