Title 791, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Sec. 5. (1) The council shall designate from among its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson who shall serve for 1-year terms and who may be reelected. (2) The council shall meet at least 4 times in each year at Lansing. The council shall hold special meetings when called …

Sec. 6. A member of the council shall not be disqualified from holding any public office or employment by reason of his or her appointment or membership on the council, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office or employment, by reason of his or her appointment under this act, …

Sec. 7. There shall be an executive secretary of the council who shall be appointed by the council upon recommendations from the director of the department. The executive secretary shall be an employee of the department and shall perform such functions and duties as may be assign…

Sec. 8. Administrative support services for the council and executive secretary shall be provided by the department as provided by separate appropriation for the council.

Sec. 9. Beginning 6 months after the effective date of this act, a person shall not be a state correctional officer unless he or she is certified or recertified by the Michigan commission of corrections as provided in section 10, 11, or 12. The Michigan commission of corrections …

Sec. 10. (1) Beginning September 30, 1983, a person who is employed as a state correctional officer on March 30, 1983, shall automatically be certified and annually recertified by the commission of corrections until December 31, 1985. Beginning January 1, 1986, a person who is em…

Sec. 11. (1) A person who is not employed as a state correctional officer on March 30, 1983, but who becomes employed as a state correctional officer before January 1, 1985, shall not be certified or recertified by the commission of corrections unless he or she has done both of t…

Sec. 12. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4), a person who is not employed as a state correctional officer on March 30, 1983 and who is not employed as a state correctional officer until after December 31, 1984, shall not be certified or recertified by the Mic…

Sec. 13. (1) Not later than June 30, 1983, and as often as necessary after that, the council shall develop minimum standards and requirements for state correctional officers with respect to the following: (a) Recruitment, selection, and certification of new state correctional off…

Sec. 15. The department shall establish a central training academy for use as an employee training center for state correctional officers. Funds necessary for the establishment and use of the training academy shall be provided by the department and supported by separate appropria…

Sec. 15a. (1) Beginning April 1, 2013, and as often as necessary after that, the council shall develop minimum standards and requirements for a certification program for new employee training under section 12(1)(b)(iii) to be offered by community colleges and colleges. Only the c…

Sec. 16. The council shall make an annual report to the governor which includes pertinent data regarding the standards and requirements established and an evaluation on the effectiveness of correctional officer training programs.

Sec. 17. The council shall promulgate rules necessary to implement this act pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.