Bill Text: MI SB0060 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Worker's compensation; other; appointments to the workers' compensation qualifications advisory committee; require advice and consent of the senate. Amends sec. 209 of 1969 PA 317 (MCL 418.209).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-27 - Referred To Committee On Commerce And Tourism [SB0060 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0060-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 60

 

 

January 27, 2009, Introduced by Senators JANSEN, KAHN, BIRKHOLZ, GILBERT and GARCIA and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1969 PA 317, entitled

 

"Worker's disability compensation act of 1969,"

 

by amending section 209 (MCL 418.209), as added by 1985 PA 103.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 209. (1) The governor shall appoint a 6-member 10-member

 

qualifications advisory committee. Effective February 1, 2009, an

 

appointee to the qualifications advisory committee is subject to

 

the advice and consent of the senate. The committee shall consist

 

of persons who have experience in the area of worker's workers'

 

compensation. Employer interests and employee interests shall be

 

equally represented on the committee.

 

     (2) Members shall be appointed for terms of 4 years. except

 

that of the members first appointed, 2 shall be appointed for terms

 

of 2 years, 2 shall be appointed for terms of 3 years, and 2 shall

 

be appointed for terms of 4 years. Of the 2 members appointed for

 

the 2-year, 3-year, and 4-year terms, 1 member representing

 

employer interests and 1 member representing employee interests

 

shall be appointed. A member shall not serve beyond the expiration

 

of his or her term. The initial members shall be appointed not

 

later than October 1, 1985. A vacancy on the qualifications

 

advisory committee shall be filled by the governor so that employer

 

and employee interests continue to be equally represented on the

 

committee and shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term.

 

     (3) A quorum shall consist of 4 6 members. All business of the

 

committee shall be conducted by not less than a quorum. The

 

governor shall appoint a member of the committee to serve as the

 

committee's chairperson at the pleasure of the governor.

 

     (4) Members of the qualifications advisory committee shall

 

serve without compensation, but shall may be reimbursed for all

 

necessary expenses in connection with the discharge of their

 

official duties as members of the committee, subject to available

 

appropriations.

 

     (5) Staff and offices for the committee shall be provided by

 

the bureau workers' compensation agency.

 

     (6) The committee shall have the powers and perform the duties

 

provided for under sections 210, 212, and 274.