HB-4317, As Passed Senate, December 7, 2005
SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4317
A bill to amend 1973 PA 139, entitled
"An act to provide forms of county government; to provide for
county managers and county executives and to prescribe their powers
and duties; to abolish certain departments, boards, commissions,
and authorities; to provide for transfer of certain powers and
functions; to prescribe powers of a board of county commissioners
and elected officials; to provide organization of administrative
functions; to transfer property; to retain ordinances and laws not
inconsistent with this act; to provide methods for abolition of a
unified form of county government; and to prescribe penalties and
provide remedies,"
by amending section 12 (MCL 45.562).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 12. (1) Upon the date an optional unified form of county
government becomes effective, the following officials shall
exercise the powers and functions as provided by law, unless other
powers or functions are delegated to an official by the board of
county commissioners:
House Bill No. 4317 as amended December 7, 2005
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The clerk-register or clerk and the register of deeds.
(c) The treasurer.
(d)
The prosecuting attorney. Where If a county employs an
attorney
pursuant to Act No. 15 of the Public Acts of 1941, as
amended,
being sections 49.71 and 49.72 of the Michigan Compiled
Laws
under 1941 PA 15, MCL 49.71 to 49.73, the prosecuting
attorney
shall not act <<relative thereto relative to 1941 PA 15,
MCL 49.71 to 49.73.>>
(e) The drain commissioner.
(f) The boards of county road commissioners. Members of the
county road commission shall be appointed as provided under section
6 of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.6. <<in a county with a population of 1,000,000
or more, the board of county road commissioners shall not exceed 3 members.>>
(2) The officials named in subsection (1) shall be elected or
appointed
in such the manner and for such a term
as provided by
law.