HOUSE BILL No. 4354


     February 19, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Whyman and referred to the Committee on Labor and Occupational Safety.


        A bill to prohibit governmental entities from requiring

   individuals to reside within certain geographic areas or speci-

   fied distances or travel times from their place of employment as

   a condition of employment or promotion.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1.  As used in this act, "public employer" means this

 2    state or a county, township, village, city, authority, or other

 3    political subdivision of this state and includes any entity

 4    jointly created by 2 or more public employers.

 5         Sec. 2.  A public employer shall not require, by collective

 6    bargaining agreement or otherwise, that a person reside within a

 7    specified geographic area or within a specified distance or

 8    travel time from his or her place of employment as a condition of

 9    employment or promotion by the public employer.  This section




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 1    does not apply if the person is a volunteer or paid on-call, or

 2    an unpaid appointed official.

 3         Sec. 3.  This act applies only to employment contracts

 4    entered into, renewed, or renegotiated after the effective date

 5    of this act, in accordance with the prohibition against impair-

 6    ment of contracts provided by section 10 of article I of the

 7    state constitution of 1963.










































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