Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

SENATE BILL NO. 496
     September 14, 2023, Introduced by Senator ALBERT and referred to the Committee on Labor.
          A bill to require certain bonus payments to certain qualified
    employees; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain
    state and local governmental officers and entities.
                     THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
       Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "state employee critical
 shortage retention program act".
       Sec. 3. As used in this act:
       (a) "Qualified employee" means any of the following:
       (i) A conservation officer as that term is defined in section
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 1b of the state employee's retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.1b.
       (ii) A position in the classified civil service with a
 classification of any of the following:
       (A) A position described in section 45(a)(i) or (iv) of the
 state employee's retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.45.
       (B) Corrections resident representative.
       (C) Corrections transportation officer.
       (D) Special alternative incarceration officer.
       (iii) A state police motor carrier or Michigan state police
 properties securities officer.
       (b) "Qualified employer" means any of the following, as
 applicable:
       (i) The department of state police.
       (ii) The department of corrections.
       (iii) The department of health and human services.
       (iv) The department of natural resources.
       (v) The department of environment, Great Lakes, and energy.
       Sec. 5. (1) A qualified employer shall pay, as a bonus
 payment, to a qualified employee as follows:
       (a) Five thousand dollars if the qualified employee completes
 2 years of service during the period that begins on the effective
 date of this act and before September 30, 2026.
       (b) If the qualified employee completes 2 years of service as
 described in subdivision (a), an additional $5,000.00 if the
 qualified employee completes an additional 2 years of service
 before September 30, 2028.
       (2) A bonus payment made by a qualified employer under this
 act must not exceed $10,000.00.
       Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless
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 Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no. 04198'23) of
 the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
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