Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth

Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth
Agency overview
Preceding agencies	Michigan Department of Commerce Michigan Department of Labor
Jurisdiction	Government of Michigan
Agency executive	Stanley "Skip" Pruss, Director
Child agencies	Bureau of Commercial Services Commission on Spanish-Speaking Affairs Bureau of Construction Codes Council for Labor & Economic Growth Bureau of Employment Relations Bureau of Energy Systems Office of Financial & Insurance Regulation Bureau of Fire Safety METRO Authority Michigan Commission for the Blind Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns Michigan Employment Security Board of Review Michigan Liquor Control Commission Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administration Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Rehabilitation Services Michigan State Housing Development Authority Michigan Tax Tribunal State Office of Administrative Hearings & Rules Unemployment Insurance Agency Wage & Hour Division Workers' Compensation Agency Bureau of Workforce Transformation
Website
http://www.michigan.gov/dleg

The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth, formerly the Department of Labor & Economic Growth, oversees energy, employment, professional licensing, construction, and commerce.

History

The Department, as Department of Commerce, was formed in 1965 by Section 225 of the Executive Organization Act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.325. Renamed Department of Consumer and Industry Services by executive order issued in 1996 by Governor Engler merging most of the Department of Labor within the Department.^[1]

In 2006, Governor Granholm issued an executive order renaming the Department, the Department of Labor and Economic Growth, transfer a few boards from the Family Independence Agency, and some function of the Fire Marshal Division of the Department of the State Police were transfer to its Bureau of Construction Codes and Fire Safety. With that same Executive order, the Brownfield Redevelopment Single Business Tax Credits and a mergered Metropolitan Extension Telecommunications Rights-of-Way Oversight Authority and Michigan Broadband Development Authority were moved from the Department of Treasury to the Department. From the Department of Management and Budget, Michigan Next Energy Authority, Michigan Strategic Fund were transfer. The Department of Career Development was also merged with the Department under this executive order.^[2]

In 2008, Governor Granholm move various energy related programs from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and elsewhere to the Department and renamed the Department to "Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth". The various programs transferred were: the No Worker Left Behind green jobs training initiatives, Michigan's new energy efficiency building code, the Public Service Commission and energy efficiency programs, the Office of Sustainability, the Renewable Fuels Commission and the State Energy Office.^[3]

References

1. ^ Executive Order 1996-2, MCL 445.2001
2. ^ EXECUTIVE ORDER No.2003 - 14
3. ^ Denise Kennedy (Nov 04, 2008). "Michigan's Governor Moves Energy into Labor Department's Role". AmericanGreenJobs.net. http://www.americangreenjobs.net/wiki/michigan-s-governor-moves-energy-into-labor-department-s-role. Retrieved 1 September 2009.