2011 Senate Bill 879

Repeal ban on Detroit employee residency mandate

Introduced in the Senate

Dec. 13, 2011

Introduced by Sen. Coleman Young (D-1)

To exclude Detroit from the state law that prohibits local governments from imposing employee residency mandates. Under current law, a city can prohibit employees from living more than 20 miles away.

Referred to the Committee on Reforms, Restructuring, and Reinventing