May 22, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 315b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 315b. (1) This state shall reimburse a first class school
district for the costs incurred by the first class school district
for holding a regular or special school election from January 1,
1999 through December 31, 2007. The reimbursement shall not exceed
the verified account of actual costs incurred by the first class
school district for holding its regular or special school election.
(2) Payment shall be made upon presentation and approval of a
verified account of actual costs incurred to the department of
treasury, local government audit division, after the department of
treasury and the secretary of state agree as to what constitutes
valid costs of holding a regular or special school election.
Reimbursable costs do not include salaries of permanent local
officials, the cost of reusable supplies and equipment, or costs
attributable to local or special elections held in conjunction with
the regular or special school election.
(3) The legislature shall appropriate from the general fund of
this state an amount necessary to implement this section.
(4) To qualify for reimbursement, a first class school
district shall submit its verified account of actual costs incurred
to the department of treasury no later than 120 days after the
effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.
(5) Not later than 90 days after the department of treasury
receives the verified account of the actual costs incurred, the
department of treasury, after consultation with the department of
state, shall pay or disapprove the verified account.
(6) If this state disapproves all or a portion of a verified
account of actual costs incurred under this section, this state
shall send a notice of disapproval along with the reasons for the
disapproval to the first class school district. Upon request of a
first class school district whose verified account was disapproved
under this section, this state shall review the disapproved costs
with the first class school district.
(7) As used in this section, "first class school district"
means a school district organized as a school district of the first
class under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to
380.1852.