2014 Senate Bill 882 / Public Act 301

Repeal local road agency fringe benefit reporting mandate

Introduced in the Senate

March 20, 2014

Introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson (R-38)

To repeal a law that mandates local road agencies certify to the Department of Transportation that they have adopted specified employee health insurance limits and pension reforms.

Referred to the Committee on Transportation

May 21, 2014

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 4, 2014

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Morris Hood (D-3)

To postpone the benefit reporting mandate by one year.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 35 to 1 (details)

To require county road commissions, instead of local road agencies, to certify to the Department of Transportation that they have adopted specified employee health insurance limits and pension reforms, starting Oct. 1 2015.

Received in the House

June 4, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Sept. 23, 2014

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Sept. 24, 2014

Substitute offered by Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-104)

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance as previously described.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-104)

To clarify that the required disclosures are not limited to county road agency employees who are "transportation" workers.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Oct. 2, 2014

Amendment offered by Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R-104)

To also require the county commission to disclose whether two thirds of its members have cast a record roll call vote to exempt these employees from the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-7">2011 law</a> that established government employee insurance caps, which that law allows.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 107 to 2 (details)

To require county road commissions, instead of local road agencies, to certify to the Department of Transportation that they have adopted specified pension reforms and employee health insurance limits, starting Oct. 1 2015 (or that two thirds of the commission members have cast a record roll call vote to exempt these employees from the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-7">2011 law</a> that established government employee insurance caps, which that law allows.

Received in the Senate

Oct. 2, 2014

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

Oct. 9, 2014