SB-1485, As Passed House, December 7, 2004

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1485

                                                                             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 section 10 (MCL 41.810), the title as             

amended by 1990 PA 102.                                                     

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1                                 TITLE                                         

2                                                                                An act to provide police and fire protection for townships                         

1   and for certain areas in townships, certain incorporated                    

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

3   authorize contracting for fire and police protection; to                    

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

5   maintenance and operation of the equipment; to provide for                  

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

7   special assessment districts and the levying and collecting of              

8   special assessments; to authorize the issuance of special                   

9   assessment bonds in anticipation of the collection of special               

10  assessments and the advancement of the amount necessary to pay              

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

12  reassessment if necessary; to authorize the collection of fees              

13  for certain emergency services in townships and other                       

14  municipalities; to authorize the creation of administrative                 

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

16  the appointment of traffic officers and to prescribe their powers           

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

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

19  act applies to townships  ,  and adjoining townships and                    

20  incorporated villages and qualified cities.  under 15,000                   

21  inhabitants acting jointly.  Whenever If reference is made in              

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

23  mean and  apply to townships and incorporated villages and                  

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

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

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

27  and the legislative bodies of incorporated villages and qualified

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

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

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

4   firemen in their respective communities full-time firefighters             

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

6   (2) As used in this act, "qualified city" means either of the               

7   following:                                                                  

8       (a) A city with a population of less than 15,000.                           

9       (b) A city with a population of 15,000 or more and less than                

10  70,000 located in a county with a population of more than 200,000           

11  and less than 235,000, if the question of raising money by                  

12  special assessment and the amount of the special assessment to be           

13  levied annually under this act is approved by a majority of the             

14  electors in the special assessment district.  The amount of the             

15  special assessment to be levied annually under this act that was            

16  approved under this subdivision shall not be increased unless               

17  that increase is first approved by a majority of the electors in            

18  the special assessment district.

19      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

20  effect unless House Bill No. 6338 of the 92nd Legislature is                

21  enacted into law.