May 28, 2008, Introduced by Senators BARCIA and GLEASON and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.
A bill to amend 1968 PA 191, entitled
"An act to create a state boundary commission; to prescribe its
powers and duties; to provide for municipal incorporation,
consolidation, and annexation; to prescribe penalties and provide
remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 17 (MCL 123.1017).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 17. (1) The corporate status of the cities and villages
proposed for consolidation shall not be changed or in any way
affected until the charter takes effect.
(2) If the charter first submitted for adoption is not
approved on the first vote taken by the electors, the charter
commission
may thereupon reconvene and prepare a new charter, or
such
prepare modifications or amendments to the first charter as
may
seem advisable they consider
necessary, and when so prepared
shall submit the revised charter to the electors in the same manner
and on a date to be fixed as in the first instance.
(3) If on submission of the second charter a favorable vote by
a majority of the electors voting separately in the municipalities
proposed for consolidation is not obtained, the consolidation
proceedings
shall be ended end and the charter commission shall
have no further authority to act or to submit another charter to
the electors.
(4) If a charter has not been adopted within 2 3 years
following the date the commission's order became final, or if
within
such 2-year the 3-year period the charter commission does
not reconvene within 90 days after the election at which the first
proposed charter was defeated, the consolidation proceedings shall
be
ended end.