List of Michigan state agencies

The 1963 Constitution requires that all permanent agencies or commissions, except universities, be assigned to one of a maximum of twenty principal departments.[1] The principal departments are the:[2][3]

Type 1 agencies are under the under administration of the agency but operates independently of the principal department in caring out its function and in most cases created by a type 1 transfer.[5]

Current units

Former departments

  • Michigan Department of Career Development
  • Michigan Department of Commerce
  • Department of Civil Service
  • Department of Community Health
  • Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries [6]
  • Michigan Department of Information Technology[7]
  • Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulation, abolished by Governor Engler with most of the department transfer to the Department of Commerce until Commerce was split up with the former L&R powers transferred to the Department of Consumer and Industry Services[1]
  • Michigan Department of Labor
  • Michigan Department of Mental Health
  • Department of the Michigan Jobs Commission
  • Michigan Department of Public Health
  • Michigan Department of Social Services[1][8]

References

  1. "Chapter 2: About State Government". Michigan in Brief: 1998–99 (PDF). Public Sector Consultants. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2004.
  2. MCL 16.104
  3. "Executive Branch". State of Michigan.
  4. Lawler, Emily (March 16, 2015). "New State of Michigan Department Officially Formed, Will Focus on Talent". MLive. Booth Newspapers. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  5. "T". Glossary. Michigan State Budget Office. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  6. Welch, Sherri Begin (July 13, 2009). "Governor Eliminates Michigan Dept. of History, Arts and Libraries". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  7. Nelson, Gabe (November 17, 2009). "Granholm to Merge DMB with IT in Wake of Lisa Webb Sharpe's Departure for Lansing Community College". Crains Detroit Business.
  8. Michigan Legislature. "Executive Organization Act of 1965 (Excerpt) Act 380 of 1965". Michigan Compiled Laws. State of Michigan.
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