SENATE BILL NO. 19

January 15, 2019, Introduced by Senator ZORN and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

"An act relating to the conduct of public servants in respect to governmental decisions and contracts with public entities; to provide penalties for the violation of this act; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; and to validate certain contracts,"

by amending section 3a (MCL 15.323a), as amended by 2011 PA 106.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 3a. Section 2 shall does not be construed to do any of the following:

(a) Prohibit a public servants servant of a city, village, township, or county with a population of less than 25,000 40,000 from serving, with or without compensation, as an emergency medical services personnel as defined in section 20904 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20904.

(b) Prohibit a public servants servant of a city, village, township, or county with a population of less than 25,000 40,000 from serving, with or without compensation, as a firefighter, fire chief, police officer, chief of police, or public safety officer in that the city, village, township, or county if that firefighter is the public servant does not any of the following:

(i) A full-time firefighter.

(ii) A fire chief.

(iii) A person who negotiates negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the city, village, township, or county on behalf of the firefighters, fire chiefs, police officers, chiefs of police, or public safety officers.

(c) Limit the authority of the governing body of a city, village, township, or county with a population of less than 25,000 40,000 to authorize a public servant to perform, with or without compensation, other additional services for the unit of local government.

(d) Prohibit a public servants servant of this state from purchasing at a tax sale lands returned as delinquent for taxes under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, unless otherwise prohibited by the rules of the Michigan civil service commission or the department or agency of which that public servant is an employee.

(e) Prohibit a superintendent of an intermediate school district from serving simultaneously as superintendent of a local school district, or prohibit an intermediate school district from contracting with another person to serve as superintendent of a local school district, even if the local school district is a constituent district of the intermediate school district. As used in this subdivision, "constituent district" means that term as defined in section 3 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.3.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.