April 28, 2010, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
by amending section 48 (MCL 400.48), as amended by 1996 PA 423.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
48. (1) The director of the family independence agency
department may organize 2 or more counties into a single
administrative unit for purposes of administrative efficiency. The
director of the single administrative unit shall be appointed by
the
family independence agency department
from among persons
certified
as eligible and recommended by the family independence
agency
department and by all of the affected county boards. If the
affected county boards are unable to reach agreement on recommended
candidates within 3 months after being notified of a vacancy, the
director of the single administrative unit shall be appointed by
the
family independence agency department
from among persons
certified
as eligible and recommended by the family independence
agency
department and by 1 or more of the affected county boards.
(2)
The director of the family independence agency may
establish
a pilot project combining Lapeer, Huron, and Tuscola
counties
into a single administrative unit. The director of the
single
administrative unit shall be appointed in accordance with
subsection
(1). Not later than 2 years after the effective date of
the
amendatory act that added this subsection, the department shall
submit
a report to the legislature on the effect of the pilot
project.