Section 409.305 - Work training programs; nature and content of work experience. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 22 of 1984

409.305 Work training programs; nature and content of work experience.

Sec. 5.

(1) Work training programs conducted under this act shall provide corpsmembers with work experience related to the conservation, improvement, or development of natural resources and the enhancement, preservation, and maintenance of public lands and waters. Work experience may include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Planting, pruning, and cutting of trees.

(b) Development of lakes, ponds, and waterways to be used as hunting and fishing sites and for other recreational purposes.

(c) Wildlife habitat development.

(d) Urban parks and recreational site development.

(e) Trail development.

(f) Flood and drainage control programs, such as the cleaning and repair of ditches and streams.

(g) Prevention of shore and soil erosion.

(h) Highway and community beautification.

(i) Litter removal.

(j) Assistance in fire prevention and suppression.

(k) Assistance in times and places of natural disasters.

(l) Reclamation of strip-mined land.

(m) Insect and pest control.

(2) Work training programs shall be undertaken in both urban and rural areas and shall be selected on the basis of the environmental and natural resource benefits each offers, the opportunities for public use each offers, and the on the job training value of each.

(3) Work experience shall not include work on any project for removal or cleaning up of any toxic waste or other hazardous substance.

History: 1984, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 1984