Substitute for Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 29.
A concurrent resolution relative to secondary road patrol funds for cities and villages in all of Michigan's counties.
Whereas, Section 76 of Chapter 14 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being MCL § 51.76, as added by 1978 PA 416, permits secondary road patrol services to be provided by county sheriff departments to cities and villages. This section also provides that a secondary road patrol agreement is void if the city or village reduces the number of sworn law enforcement officers below the highest number employed at any time within the immediately preceding 36 months, unless the Michigan Legislature, by concurrent resolution, recognizes that the reduction was due to cuts in general services due to economic conditions; and
Whereas, Indeed, subsection (3) of MCL § 51.76 specifically provides, in part, that: "A concurrent resolution adopted by a majority vote of the Senate and the House of Representatives which states that the city or village is required to reduce general services because of economic conditions and is not reducing law enforcement services shall be presumptive that the city or village has not violated the strictures of this subsection"; and
Whereas, In all of Michigan's counties, city and village general services have been reduced as a result of serious economic difficulties. These reductions in services have occurred in direct reaction to economic conditions; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That cities and villages in all of Michigan's counties have been required to reduce general services because of economic conditions and are not reducing law enforcement services as stipulated in section 76 of Chapter 14 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, as added by 1978 PA 416; and be it further
Resolved, That cities and villages in all of Michigan's counties have met the necessary terms of their agreements for secondary road patrol services.