SENATE BILL NO. 943


  February 26, 1998, Introduced by Senator STILLE and referred 
       to the Committee on Families, Mental Health and Human  Services.
     


        A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

   "The social welfare act,"

   (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 57i.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 57I.  UNLESS FEDERAL LAW OR OTHER STATE LAW REQUIRES

 2    OTHERWISE, A PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE BUT NOT OLDER

 3    THAN 50 YEARS OF AGE, AND WHO IS NOT EXEMPT FROM PARTICIPATION IN

 4    WORK FIRST UNDER SECTION 57F(3), IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FOOD

 5    STAMPS UNDER THIS ACT FOR MORE THAN 3 MONTHS IN ANY 36-MONTH

 6    PERIOD UNLESS THAT PERSON MEETS 1 OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

 7         (A) PERFORMS AT LEAST 25 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK

 8    ACTIVITIES DURING EACH CONSECUTIVE 30-DAY PERIOD.

 9         (B) WORKS AT LEAST 80 HOURS OR MORE DURING EACH CONSECUTIVE

10    30-DAY PERIOD.




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 1         (C) PARTICIPATES IN A WORK PROGRAM FOR AT LEAST 80 HOURS

 2    DURING EACH CONSECUTIVE 30-DAY PERIOD.




















































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