Text of MI HB 5039 (2011)
Civil rights; general discrimination; discrimination ordinances and regulations based on new classifications; prohibit. Amends 1976 PA 453 (MCL 37.2101 - 37.2804) by adding sec. 706.
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HOUSE BILL No. 5039
October 5, 2011,
Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A
bill to amend 1976 PA 453, entitled
"Elliott-Larsen
civil rights act,"
(MCL
37.2101 to 37.2804) by adding section 706.
THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
706. (1) A state agency or unit of local government shall
not
adopt any ordinance, rule, regulation, or policy that includes,
as
a protected class, any classification not specifically included
as
a protected class under this act. Any existing ordinance, rule,
regulation,
or policy that includes, as a protected class, any
classification
not specifically included as a protected class under
this
act is void.
(2)
As used in this section:
(a)
"State agency" means a department, board, commission,
office,
agency, authority, or other unit of state government.
(b)
"Unit of local government" means a political subdivision
of
this state, including a city, village, township, county,
authority,
school district, community college district,
intermediate
school district, and public school academy.