Sec. 19.
The powers and duties vested by law in the board of corrections and charities and transferred to the state welfare commission, in the state welfare department, in the director of the state welfare department, in the state welfare commission and in the state institute commission as relating to the Michigan employment institution for the blind at Saginaw are hereby transferred to and vested in the state department of social welfare herein created. Immediately on the taking effect of this act, the departments, boards, commissions and officers whose powers and duties are hereby transferred shall be abolished, and, whenever reference thereto is made in any law of the state, reference shall be deemed to be intended to be made to the state department of social welfare.
History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 400.19 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 95, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 Popular Name: Act 280
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 280 of 1939 - The Social Welfare Act (400.1 - 400.122)
280-1939-STATE-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - State Department of Social Services (400.1...400.21)
Section 400.1a - Social Welfare Act; Short Title.
Section 400.5 - Divisions Within State Department of Social Welfare; Creation, Abolition.
Section 400.5a - Adverse Action Against Child Placing Agency Prohibited; Basis.
Section 400.8 - Witnesses; Compelled Attendance, Oaths; Jurisdiction of Courts.
Section 400.10e[1] - Repealed. 2013, Act 41, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2013.
Section 400.11e - Failure to Make Report; Liability; Disposition of Fine.
Section 400.12 - Transfer of Funds.
Section 400.13 - Reciprocal Agreements With Other States; Authorization, Exception.
Section 400.14a - State Department; Camps, Purposes.
Section 400.14c - Minimum Housing Standards; Establishment, Annual Review; Use of Relief Grants.
Section 400.14e - Federal Food Stamps; Distribution by Mail; Rules.
Section 400.14g - Pilot Projects.
Section 400.14i - Repealed. 2011, Act 240, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 2011.
Section 400.14j - Issuance of Food Assistance Benefits; Number of Times per Month.
Section 400.14l - Replacement Cost of Electronic Benefits Transfer Card.
Section 400.15 - Gifts; Acceptance by Commission; Duties of Attorney General.
Section 400.16 - Budget; Preparation by Commission, Submission to Governor.
Section 400.18b - Repealed. 1975, Act 280, Eff. Jan. 1, 1976.
Section 400.18e - State Plan for Foster Care; Focus Groups; Establishment; Funds.
Section 400.20 - Powers and Duties as to Social Welfare; Transfer to State Department.
Section 400.21 - Refusal of Access or Information to Social Welfare Commission; Misdemeanor.