February 24, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Talabi, Banks, Gay-Dagnogo, Rutledge, Garrett, Faris, Hovey-Wright, Byrd, Robinson, Durhal, Love and Townsend and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled
"Elliott-Larsen civil rights act,"
by amending section 602 (MCL 37.2602), as amended by 1992 PA 258.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 602. The department shall:
(a)
Be responsible to the executive director, who shall be is
the
principal executive officer of the department and shall be is
responsible for executing the policies of the commission.
(b) Appoint necessary employees and agents and fix their
compensation in accordance with civil service rules. The attorney
general shall appear for and represent the department or the
commission in a court having jurisdiction of a matter under this
act.
(c) Receive, initiate, investigate, conciliate, adjust,
dispose of, issue charges, and hold hearings on complaints alleging
a violation of this act, and approve or disapprove plans to correct
past
discriminatory practices which that
have caused or resulted in
a denial of equal opportunity with respect to groups or persons
protected by this act.
(d) Require answers to interrogatories, order the submission
of books, papers, records, and other materials pertinent to a
complaint, and require the attendance of witnesses, administer
oaths, take testimony, and compel, through court authorization,
compliance with its orders or an order of the commission.
(e) Cooperate or contract with persons and state, local, and
other agencies, both public and private, including agencies of the
federal government and of other states.
(f) Monitor the awarding and execution of contracts to ensure
compliance by a contractor or a subcontractor with a covenant
entered into or to be entered into pursuant to section 209.
(g) Investigate and issue a report to the legislature and the
employing law enforcement agency as to each incident in which a law
enforcement officer is responsible for the death of an individual
in the course of the law enforcement officer's duties, if the
deceased was a member of a group or had a characteristic that has
been the subject of past discriminatory practices prohibited under
this act.