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HOUSE BILL NO. 6141
 November 14, 2024, Introduced by Reps. Wilson and Tsernoglou and referred to the Committee
   on Labor.
      A bill to amend 1973 PA 139, entitled
"An act to provide forms of county government; to provide for
county managers and county executives and to prescribe their powers
and duties; to abolish certain departments, boards, commissions,
and authorities; to provide for transfer of certain powers and
functions; to prescribe powers of a board of county commissioners
and elected officials; to provide organization of administrative
functions; to transfer property; to retain ordinances and laws not
inconsistent with this act; to provide methods for abolition of a
unified form of county government; and to prescribe penalties and
provide remedies,"
by amending section 4a (MCL 45.554a), as amended by 2017 PA 205.
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                    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
       Sec. 4a. (1) Beginning September 30, 2014, each county road
 agency shall annually certify to the department that it satisfies 1
 of the following conditions with respect to transportation
 employees :
       (a) The the county road agency has developed and publicized a
 transportation employee compensation plan that the county road
 agency intends to implement with any new, modified, or extended
 contract or employment agreements for transportation employees not
 covered under contract or employment agreement. The transportation
 employee compensation plan that each county road agency plans to
 achieve must be posted on a publicly accessible internet site and
 must be submitted to the department. Subject to section 22a, at a
 minimum, the transportation employee compensation plan must include
 all of the following:
       (a) (i) New transportation employee hires who are eligible for
 retirement plans are placed on retirement plans that cap annual
 employer contributions at 10% of base salary for transportation
 employees who are eligible for social security benefits. For
 transportation employees who are not eligible for social security
 benefits, the annual employer contribution is capped at 16.2% of
 base salary.
       (b) (ii) For defined benefit pension plans, a maximum
 multiplier of 1.5% for all transportation employees who are
 eligible for social security benefits, except, if postemployment
 health care is not provided, the maximum multiplier is 2.25%. For
 all transportation employees who are not eligible for social
 security benefits, a maximum multiplier of 2.25%, except, if
 postemployment health care is not provided, the maximum multiplier
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 is 3.0%. This subparagraph subdivision does not apply to years of
 service accrued before September 30, 2013, or to contracts entered
 into before September 30, 2013.
       (c) (iii) For defined benefit pension plans, final average
 compensation for all transportation employees is calculated using a
 minimum of 3 years of compensation and must not include more than a
 total of 240 hours of paid leave. Overtime hours must not be used
 in computing the final average compensation for a transportation
 employee. This subparagraph subdivision does not apply to years of
 service accrued before September 30, 2013, or to contracts entered
 into before September 30, 2013.
       (d) (iv) Health care premium costs for new transportation
 employee hires must include a minimum transportation employee share
 of 20%; or, an employer's share of the local health care plan costs
 must be cost competitive with the new state preferred provider
 organization health plan, on a per-transportation-employee basis.
       (b) The county road agency complies with 1 of the following:
       (i) A county road agency that offers medical benefits to its
 transportation employees or elected public officials shall certify
 to the department by September 30, 2014 that it is in compliance
 with the publicly funded health insurance contribution act, 2011 PA
 152, MCL 15.561 to 15.569. For purposes of this subparagraph,
 dental and vision coverages are not considered medical benefits.
 The department shall develop a certification process and method for
 county road agencies to follow.
       (ii) A county road agency that does not offer medical benefits
 to its transportation employees or elected public officials shall
 certify to the department by September 30, 2014 that it does not
 offer medical benefits to its transportation employees or elected
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 public officials. For purposes of this subparagraph, dental and
 vision coverages are not considered medical benefits. The
 department shall develop a certification process and method for
 county road agencies to follow.
       (2) If a county road agency does not make the certification
 required under subsection (1), the department may withhold all or a
 part of the distributions to the county road agency from the
 Michigan transportation fund under 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to
 247.675. A withholding under this subsection must continue for the
 period of noncompliance with subsection (1) by the county road
 agency.
       (3) A county road agency shall maintain a searchable website
 accessible by the public at no cost that includes, but is not
 limited to, all of the following:
       (a) Current fiscal year budget.
       (b) The number of active transportation employees of the
 county road agency by job classification and wage rate.
       (c) A financial performance dashboard that contains
 information on revenues, expenditures, and unfunded liabilities.
 The county road agency may link to financial information provided
 by the Michigan transportation asset management council created
 under section 9a of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.659a.
       (d) The names and contact information for the governing body
 of the county road agency.
       (e) A copy of the certification required by subsection (1).
       (4) A county road agency may develop and operate its own
 website to provide the information required under subsection (3),
 or the county road agency may reference this state's central
 transparency website as the source for the information required
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 under subsection (3). If a county road agency does not have a
 website, the county road agency may post the information required
 under subsection (3) on the website for the county within which the
 county road agency is located or on the website of a statewide road
 association of which the county road agency is a member.
       (5) As used in this section:
       (a) "County road agency" means a county road commission in a
 county that adopts an optional unified form of county government
 under this act. In addition, if a board of county road
 commissioners of a county is dissolved as provided in section 6 of
 chapter IV of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.6, county road commission
 includes the county board of commissioners of that county.
       (b) "Department" means the state transportation department.
       (c) "Transportation employee" means an employee paid in whole
 or in part through revenues distributed under sections 12 to 13 of
 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.662 to 247.663, or an employee who is engaged
 primarily in work funded through revenues distributed under
 sections 12 to 13 of 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.662 to 247.663.
       Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
 unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6136 (request no.
 02062'23) of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
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Statutes affected: 
House Introduced Bill: 45.554