POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Act 169 of 1976
15.403 Employee of political subdivision of state; permissible political activities; resignation; leave of absence.
Sec. 3.
(1) An employee of a political subdivision of the state may:
(a) Become a member of a political party committee formed or authorized under the election laws of this state.
(b) Be a delegate to a state convention, or a district or county convention held by a political party in this state.
(c) Become a candidate for nomination and election to any state elective office, or any district, county, city, village, township, school district, or other local elective office without first obtaining a leave of absence from his employment. If the person becomes a candidate for elective office within the unit of government or school district in which he is employed, unless contrary to a collective bargaining agreement the employer may require the person to request and take a leave of absence without pay when he complies with the candidacy filing requirements, or 60 days before any election relating to that position, whichever date is closer to the election.
(d) Engage in other political activities on behalf of a candidate or issue in connection with partisan or nonpartisan elections.
(2) However, a public employee of a unit of local government or school district who is elected to an office within that unit of local government or school district shall resign or may be granted a leave of absence from his employment during his elected term.
History: 1976, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976
Notes of Decisions
Int'l Union, United Auto., Aerospace & Agric. Implement Workers v. Cent. Michigan Univ. Trs., 295 Mich. App. 486 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 2× “LEGAL STANDARDS MCL 15.403 of the Act provides, in relevant part: (1) An employee of a political subdivision of the state may: (c) Become a candidate for nomination and election to any state elective office, or any district, county, city, village, township, school district, or…”
Forster v. Delton Sch. Dist., 440 N.W.2d 421 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989).
“1702(2) and MCL 15.403; MSA 4.1702(3). However, this act puts some restrictions on this political freedom.”
Hatch v. Maple Valley Twp., 17 N.W.2d 735 (Mich. 1945).
“§§ 15.403, 15.404), as in effect at the-time the present situation arose, were as follows: “Seo.”
Beth Bauer v. Cnty. of Saginaw (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
· cites it 6× “Section 3 of the Act, MCL 15.403, applies to employees of political subdivisions of the state and defines permissible political activities.”
Beth Bauer v. Cnty. of Saginaw (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
“” MCL 15.403(1)(d). The act also includes a remedy provision, as follows: (1) An employee of a political subdivision of this state whose rights under this act are violated or who is subjected to any of the actions prohibited by section 5 may make a complaint to that effect with…”
Noa Airscrew Howden, Inc. v. Dep't of the Army, 622 F. Supp. 984 (E.D. Mich. 1985).
· cites it 2× “Section 15.403 of 48 C.F.R. provides that solicitation mailing lists for negotiated acquisitions shall be used in accordance with the provisions of 48 C.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.403(1)(d) — 2 cases
Beth Bauer v. Cnty. of Saginaw (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
“Section 3 of the Act, MCL 15.403, applies to employees of political subdivisions of the state and defines permissible political activities.”
Beth Bauer v. Cnty. of Saginaw (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
“” MCL 15.403(1)(d). The act also includes a remedy provision, as follows: (1) An employee of a political subdivision of this state whose rights under this act are violated or who is subjected to any of the actions prohibited by section 5 may make a complaint to that effect with…”
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