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. The principal departments are the:


 * Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
 * Department of Attorney General
 * Department of Civil Rights
 * Department of Corrections
 * Department of Education
 * Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
 * Department of Health and Human Services
 * Department of Insurance & Financial Services
 * Department of Licensing & Regulatory Affairs
 * Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (LEAP)
 * Department of Military & Veterans Affairs
 * Department of Natural Resources
 * Department of State (DOS)
 * Department of State Police
 * Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB)
 * Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO)
 * Department of Transportation
 * Department of Treasury

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

Current units

 * State Administrative Board (DTMB)
 * Civil Service Commission (DTMB)
 * Mackinac Bridge Authority (MDOT)
 * Mackinac Island State Park Commission
 * Michigan Lottery
 * Michigan Railroad Commission
 * Michigan Volunteer Defense Force
 * Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration
 * Customer Services Administration (DOS)
 * Department Services Administration (DOS)
 * Legal and Regulatory Services Administration (DOS)
 * Bureau of Branch Office Services (DOS)
 * Bureau of Driver and Vehicle Records (DOS)
 * Office of Customer Services (DOS)
 * Department of State Information Center (DOS)
 * Office of Technology and Project Services (DOS)
 * Office of Services to the Aging
 * Board of State Canvassers
 * Center for Educational Performance & Information
 * Center for Geographic Information
 * Children's Ombudsman
 * Community Service Commission
 * Economic Development Corporation
 * Bureau of Elections
 * Gaming Control Board
 * Geological Survey
 * Office of the Great Seal
 * Liquor Control Commission
 * Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
 * Michigan Employment Relations Commission
 * Michigan State Industries
 * Office of Retirement Services
 * Public Service Commission
 * Racing Commissioner
 * Records Management Services
 * Renewable Fuels Commission
 * State Budget Office (DTMB)
 * Office of the State Employer (DTMB)
 * State Housing Development Authority
 * State Office of Administrative Hearings & Rules
 * State Purchasing
 * State Transportation Commission
 * Tax Tribunal
 * Unemployment Insurance Agency
 * Women's Commission
 * Workers' Compensation Agency
 * Archives of Michigan
 * Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
 * Office of Cultural Economic Development
 * Library of Michigan
 * Mackinac State Historic Parks
 * Michigan Film Office
 * Michigan Historical Museum
 * State Historic Preservation Office
 * Veterans Affairs Agency
 * State Officers Compensation Commission, responsible for setting salaries for Governor, Lieutenant governor, Supreme court justices, and Legislators with the seven Commissioners appointed by the Governor
 * Michigan Family Independence Agency, formerly Department of Social Services
 * Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board

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
 * Michigan Department of Information Technology
 * 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
 * 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