HB-6338, As Passed House, November 30, 2004                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                              SUBSTITUTE FOR                                    

                                                                                

                           HOUSE BILL NO. 6338                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1951 PA 33, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "An act to provide police and fire protection for townships and             

    for certain areas in townships, certain incorporated villages,              

    and cities under 15,000 population; to authorize contracting for            

    fire and police protection; to authorize the purchase of fire and           

    police equipment, and the maintenance and operation of the                  

    equipment; to provide for defraying the cost of the equipment; to           

    authorize the creation of special assessment districts and the              

    levying and collecting of special assessments; to authorize the             

    issuance of special assessment bonds in anticipation of the                 

    collection of special assessments and the advancement of the                

    amount necessary to pay such bonds, and to provide for                      

    reimbursement for such advances by reassessment if necessary; to            

    authorize the collection of fees for certain emergency services             

    in townships and other municipalities; to authorize the creation            

    of administrative boards and to prescribe their powers and                  

    duties; to provide for the appointment of traffic officers and to           

    prescribe their powers and duties; and to repeal certain acts and           

    parts of acts,"                                                             

                                                                                

    by amending the title and sections 10 and 11 (MCL 41.810 and                

                                                                                

    41.811), the title as amended by 1990 PA 102 and section 11 as              

                                                                                

    amended by 1989 PA 81.                                                      

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1                                 TITLE                                         


                                                                                

1                                                                                An act to provide police and fire protection for townships                         

                                                                                

2   and for certain areas in townships, certain incorporated                    

                                                                                

3   villages, and certain cities;  under 15,000 population;  to                 

                                                                                

4   authorize contracting for fire and police protection; to                    

                                                                                

5   authorize the purchase of fire and police equipment, and the                

                                                                                

6   maintenance and operation of the equipment; to provide for                  

                                                                                

7   defraying the cost of the equipment; to authorize the creation of           

                                                                                

8   special assessment districts and the levying and collecting of              

                                                                                

9   special assessments; to authorize the issuance of special                   

                                                                                

10  assessment bonds in anticipation of the collection of special               

                                                                                

11  assessments and the advancement of the amount necessary to pay              

                                                                                

12  such bonds, and to provide for reimbursement for such advances by           

                                                                                

13  reassessment if necessary; to authorize the collection of fees              

                                                                                

14  for certain emergency services in townships and other                       

                                                                                

15  municipalities; to authorize the creation of administrative                 

                                                                                

16  boards and to prescribe their powers and duties; to provide for             

                                                                                

17  the appointment of traffic officers and to prescribe their powers           

                                                                                

18  and duties; and to repeal  certain  acts and parts of acts.                 

                                                                                

19      Sec. 10.  (1)  The provisions of this act shall apply  This                 

                                                                                

20  act applies to townships  ,  and adjoining townships and                    

                                                                                

21  incorporated villages and qualified cities  under 15,000                    

                                                                                

22  inhabitants  acting jointly.   Whenever  If reference is made in            

                                                                                

23  this act to townships,  such  that reference shall  be deemed to            

                                                                                

24  mean and  apply to townships and incorporated villages and                  

                                                                                

25  qualified cities.  under 15,000 inhabitants, and whenever  If               

                                                                                

26  reference is made in this act to township boards,  such  that               

                                                                                

27  reference shall  be deemed to mean and  apply to township boards            


                                                                                

1   and the legislative bodies of incorporated villages and qualified           

                                                                                

2   cities.  under 15,000 inhabitants.  No  A township, incorporated            

                                                                                

3   village, or qualified city  under 15,000 inhabitants  shall  in             

                                                                                

4   any way  not use this act to lessen the number of paid  full time           

                                                                                

5   firemen in their respective communities  full-time firefighters             

                                                                                

6   in that township, incorporated village, or qualified city.                  

                                                                                

7       (2) As used in this act, "qualified city" means a city with a               

                                                                                

8   population of less than 70,000 located in a county with a                   

                                                                                

9   population of more than 200,000 and less than 250,000.                      

                                                                                

10      Sec. 11.  (1) The governing bodies of 2 or more contiguous                  

                                                                                

11  townships, villages, or qualified cities may, acting jointly,               

                                                                                

12  create a joint police administrative board, fire administrative             

                                                                                

13  board, or police and fire administrative board.  A joint                    

                                                                                

14  administrative board shall consist of 2 members from each                   

                                                                                

15  participating township, village, or qualified city.  The members            

                                                                                

16  of a joint administrative board shall be appointed by their                 

                                                                                

17  respective governing bodies for terms of 6 years.  However, of              

                                                                                

18  the first members appointed, 1 member from each participating               

                                                                                

19  township, village, or qualified city shall be appointed for a               

                                                                                

20  term of 4 years.  A member of a joint administrative board shall            

                                                                                

21  not be an employee of a police or fire department of a                      

                                                                                

22  participating township, village, or qualified city.  A member of            

                                                                                

23  a joint administrative board may be compensated for each meeting,           

                                                                                

24  not to exceed 52 per year, at a rate not to exceed $30.00 by the            

                                                                                

25  joint administrative board for each meeting the member attends              

                                                                                

26  and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses                   

                                                                                

27  incurred in the performance of board duties.  A vacancy on a                


                                                                                

1   joint administrative board shall be filled by the original                  

                                                                                

2   appointing governing body for the remainder of the unexpired                

                                                                                

3   term.                                                                       

                                                                                

4       (2) At its first meeting, a joint administrative board shall,               

                                                                                

5   by resolution approved by a majority of its members, select an              

                                                                                

6   additional member who shall be a resident of a participating                

                                                                                

7   township, village, or qualified city.  The members shall annually           

                                                                                

8   elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from the board                   

                                                                                

9   membership.  A joint administrative board shall hold 4 regular              

                                                                                

10  quarterly meetings a year and special meetings as necessary at              

                                                                                

11  times as it determines.  A joint administrative board shall adopt           

                                                                                

12  its own rules of procedure and shall keep a record of its                   

                                                                                

13  proceedings.  A majority of the members constitute a quorum for             

                                                                                

14  the transaction of business and the affirmative vote of a                   

                                                                                

15  majority of all the members is necessary for the adoption of a              

                                                                                

16  motion or resolution.  The members of a joint administrative                

                                                                                

17  board shall be residents of the townships, villages, or qualified           

                                                                                

18  cities from which they were appointed.  The members of a joint              

                                                                                

19  administrative board may be removed by the appointing governing             

                                                                                

20  body.                                                                       

                                                                                

21      (3) A joint administrative board created pursuant to this                   

                                                                                

22  section shall prepare an annual police department budget or fire            

                                                                                

23  department budget, or both, for the police department, fire                 

                                                                                

24  department, or police and fire departments of each participating            

                                                                                

25  township, village, or qualified city.  The proposed budgets shall           

                                                                                

26  be submitted to and reviewed by the respective governing bodies             

                                                                                

27  and may be amended, adopted, or rejected by them.  A joint                  


                                                                                

1   administrative board shall have other powers and duties as                  

                                                                                

2   considered necessary by the participating governing bodies.  A              

                                                                                

3   joint administrative board, if authorized to employ and appoint a           

                                                                                

4   police chief, fire chief, or other police or fire officers,                 

                                                                                

5   including detectives, shall only employ and appoint such officers           

                                                                                

6   on behalf of an individual township, qualified city, or village             

                                                                                

7   and does not constitute a new employer.                                     

                                                                                

8       (4) The business  which  that a joint administrative board                  

                                                                                

9   may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board             

                                                                                

10  held in compliance with the open meetings act,  Act No. 267 of              

                                                                                

11  the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to               

                                                                                

12  15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to            

                                                                                

13  15.275.  Public notice of the time, date, and place of the                  

                                                                                

14  meeting shall be given in the manner required by  Act No. 267 of            

                                                                                

15  the Public Acts of 1976, as amended  the open meetings act, 1976            

                                                                                

16  PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.                                               

                                                                                

17      (5) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or               

                                                                                

18  retained by the board in the performance of an official function            

                                                                                

19  shall be made available to the public in compliance with the                

                                                                                

20  freedom of information act,  Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of              

                                                                                

21  1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan           

                                                                                

22  Compiled Laws  1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.                           

                                                                                

23      (6) As used in this section,  :  (a) "City" means a city with               

                                                                                

24  a population of not more than 15,000.  (b) "Governing  "governing           

                                                                                

25  body" means the body in which the legislative powers of a                   

                                                                                

26  township, village, or qualified city are vested.