HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2006.07.20 - 28155REPORT (MISC. 106132) July 20, 2006
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #06132 - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL
4550 — EMERGENCY RESTROOM ACCESS
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous
Resolution #06132 on July 10, 2006, reports with a recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried on a roll call vote with Hatchett, Wilson and Gregory absent.
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Miscellaneous Resolution # 06132
BY: Commissioner David Coulter, District #25
RE: Board of Commissioners — Support for House Bill 4550 — Emergency Restroom
Access
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS House Bill 4550 was introduced to grant access to employee restrooms within retail
establishments for persons with an eligible medical condition; and
WHEREAS medical conditions, such as inflammatory bowel diseases -- like Crohn's Disease and
ulcerative colitis, present special and extenuating circumstances that warrant granting access to an
otherwise restricted employee restroom; and
WHEREAS House Bill 4550 contains protections against liability for the business owner who grants
emergency access to the employee restroom; and
WHEREAS more than 20 million Americans of all ages and races, from all walks of life suffer from
kidney and urinary tract related diseases; and
WHEREAS such accommodations to easily accessible restroom facilities would be beneficial to the
500,000 Michigan residents who currently suffer from eligible medical conditions; and
WHEREAS retail establishments provide a public service in making employee restrooms available
for those with documented ailments. The increased accessibility would allow Michigan residents
greater opportunity to frequent local retailers with the comfort and security of knowing that their
medical circumstances during a sudden emergency will be accommodated; and
WHEREAS the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America and the American Foundation for
Urologic Disease supports such legislation.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
supports the concept contained in House Bill 4550 to provide restroom access for persons with
certain medical conditions and to provide immunity from liability to retail establishments for
permitting restroom access.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners requests the
Oakland County Clerk to forward copies of this adopted resolution to the House Committee on
Commerce, the Oakland County Delegation to the State Legislature, the Michigan Association of
Counties, and Oakland County's Legislative Lobbyists.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
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Resolution #06132 June 15, 2006
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
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Resolution #06132 July 20, 2006
Moved by Moss supported by Jamian the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda, be
adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Coleman, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gershenson, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, KowaII, Long,
Melton, Middleton, Molnar, Moss, Nash, Palmer, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Wilson, Woodward,
Zack, Bullard. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent Agenda,
were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
MS NOT REQUIRE COUNTY DERE ACTION
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Ruth Johnson, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 20, 2006, with
the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac,
Michigan this 20th day of July, 2006.