Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.402
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Employee of state classified civil service; permissible political activities; leave of absence.
Official statutory text
Sec. 2.
An employee of the state classified civil service may:
Become a member of a political party committee formed or authorized under the election laws of this state.
Be a delegate to a state convention, or a district or county convention held by a political party in this state.
Become a candidate for nomination and election to 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 in the executive or legislative branches of the state or for the supreme court or court of appeals, the person shall request and shall be granted 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.
Engage in other political activities on behalf of a candidate or issue in connection with partisan or nonpartisan elections.
History: 1976, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976
An employee of the state classified civil service may:
Become a member of a political party committee formed or authorized under the election laws of this state.
Be a delegate to a state convention, or a district or county convention held by a political party in this state.
Become a candidate for nomination and election to 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 in the executive or legislative branches of the state or for the supreme court or court of appeals, the person shall request and shall be granted 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.
Engage in other political activities on behalf of a candidate or issue in connection with partisan or nonpartisan elections.
History: 1976, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1976
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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