Michigan § 421.6a Unemployment insurance agency; writings subject to certain acts; record retention requirements; admissibility of reproduction as evidence.

Michigan Statutes

§ 421.6a — Unemployment insurance agency; writings subject to certain acts; record retention requirements; admissibility of reproduction as evidence.

Michigan § 421.6a

Ch. 421EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.)MICHIGAN EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ACT (421.1-421.75)

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.6a (2026).

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MICHIGAN EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ACT (EXCERPT) Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) 421.6a Unemployment insurance agency; writings subject to certain acts; record retention requirements; admissibility of reproduction as evidence. Sec. 6a.

(1)Except as otherwise provided in section 11, a writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the unemployment insurance agency in the performance of an official function is subject to all of the following:

(a)The freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(b)Sections 284 to 292 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1284 to 18.1292.

(c)The Michigan history center act, 2016 PA 470, MCL 399.801 to 399.812.

(2)Electronically stored records must be retained for the same minimum retention period as required for

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MICHIGAN EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ACT (EXCERPT) Act 1 of 1936 (Ex. Sess.) 421.6a Unemployment insurance agency; writings subject to certain acts; record retention requirements; admissibility of reproduction as evidence. Sec. 6a. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 11, a writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the unemployment insurance agency in the performance of an official function is subject to all of the following: (a) The freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. (b) Sections 284 to 292 of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1284 to 18.1292. (c) The Michigan history center act, 2016 PA 470, MCL 399.801 to 399.812. (2) Electronically stored records must be retained for the same minimum retention period as required for the original record. If an original document is destroyed or disposed of under this section, a reproduction of the document reproduced in a medium pursuant to the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.406, is admissible in evidence in the same manner as the original in any proceeding before the unemployment insurance agency, an administrative law judge, the unemployment insurance appeals commission, and in all courts. Information contained on printouts prepared by automatic data processing equipment is also admissible in evidence, if the original documents from which the information was obtained would have been admissible.

Legislative History

Add. 1941, Act 364, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 421.6a ;-- Am. 1951, Act 251, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1951 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1967 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 269 , Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 240 , Eff. Apr. 2, 2025 Compiler's Notes: For the abolishment of the Michigan compensation appellate commission and establishment of the new unemployment insurance appeals commission and the transfer of certain powers and duties of the Michigan compensation appellate commission to the unemployment insurance appeals commission, see E.R.O. No. 2019-3, compiled at MCL 125.1998.