HOUSE BILL No. 5994

 

December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 39, entitled

 

"An act to authorize local units of government to appropriate funds

for purposes of providing activities or services to older persons,

to authorize local units of government to levy taxes for services

to older persons, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

 

by amending section 4 (MCL 400.574).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. (1) The appropriations of funds for services to an

 

older person shall be approved by the majority of the members of

 

the governing body of the local unit of government. The terms of

 

the appropriation shall be a matter of public record and shall be

 

entered into the journal of the official proceedings of the

 

governing body.

 

     (2) Notification Before January 1, 2015, notification of an

 

appropriation to a private organization shall be published in a

 

newspaper of general circulation within 10 days following approval


 

by the governing body. The notice shall specify the terms of

 

appropriation as required by this act. Beginning January 1, 2015,

 

notification of an appropriation to a private organization shall be

 

published using tier B public notice as provided in the local

 

government public notice act within 10 days following the date of

 

the approval by the governing body and shall specify the terms of

 

the appropriation as required by this act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless House Bill No. 5560 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.