HOUSE BILL No. 6384


     September 24, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Shackleton and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training and Safety.


        A bill to amend 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, entitled

   "Michigan employment security act,"

   (MCL 421.1 to 421.75) by adding section 28b.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             SEC. 28B.  (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS

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        ACT, AN INDIVIDUAL IS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS IF THE INDIVIDUAL

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        ESTABLISHES TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMMISSION THAT ALL OF THE

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        FOLLOWING APPLY:

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             (A) THE INDIVIDUAL WAS AN ENROLLEE IN THE OCTOBER 2001

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        DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CENTRAL TRAINING ACADEMY FOR THIS STATE

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        AS DESCRIBED IN THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS' TRAINING ACT OF 1982,

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        1982 PA 415, MCL 791.501 TO 791.517.

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             (B) THE INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT ADMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF

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        CORRECTIONS CENTRAL TRAINING ACADEMY BECAUSE THE POSITION CREATED

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        FOR HIM OR HER WAS ELIMINATED BY BUDGET REDUCTIONS.


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             (C) THE INDIVIDUAL QUIT HIS OR HER JOB TO BECOME AN ENROLLEE

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        IN THE OCTOBER 2001 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CENTRAL TRAINING

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        ACADEMY FOR THIS STATE.

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             (2) IF AN INDIVIDUAL MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION

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        (1) AND IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED UNDER THIS ACT, THE INDIVIDUAL IS

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        ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE BENEFITS AND SHALL HAVE THE SAME STATUS AS IF

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        HE OR SHE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CORREC-

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        TIONS FOR THIS STATE.  BENEFITS SHALL BE CALCULATED AS IF THE

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        INDIVIDUAL HAD ACTUALLY BEEN AN ENROLLEE OF THE OCTOBER 2001

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        DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CENTRAL TRAINING ACADEMY FOR THIS STATE

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        USING THE PAY RATE THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE RECEIVED AND THE

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        NUMBER OF HOURS THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD HAVE WORKED.  BENEFITS SHALL

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        BE CALCULATED FROM THE TIME PERIOD BEGINNING THE DAY AFTER THE

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        LAST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S EMPLOYER FROM WHICH

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        THE INDIVIDUAL QUIT EMPLOYMENT TO BE AN ENROLLEE OF THE OCTOBER

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        2001 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CENTRAL TRAINING ACADEMY FOR THIS

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        STATE.























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