December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1929 PA 312, entitled
"The metropolitan district act,"
by amending sections 7 and 11 (MCL 119.7 and 119.11), section 7 as
amended by 2012 PA 587.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7. (1) The charter commission shall proceed to adopt a
name for the district and frame a charter for the district as soon
thereafter as practicable. The charter commission shall determine
the rules of its proceedings and keep a journal. A roll call of its
members on any question shall be entered on the journal at the
request of any member.
(2) The charter commission shall fix the date of the first
district election. The first district election shall be held on a
regular election date as established under section 641 of the
Michigan
election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.641. The
(3) Before January 1, 2015, the county clerk of the county in
which the largest number of registered electors of the metropolitan
district reside shall publish the proposed charter in 1 or more
newspapers published in the district at least once and not less
than 2 weeks and not more than 4 weeks before the election,
together
with a notice of the election. , and that on the date
fixed
for the election the question of adopting the proposed
charter
will be voted on, and that the elective officers provided
for
therein will be elected on the same date. Notice Before January
1, 2015, notice of the election shall also be posted in at least 10
public places within each city, village, or township in the
proposed district not less than 10 days before the election.
Beginning January 1, 2015, the county clerk of the county in which
the largest number of registered electors of the metropolitan
district reside shall, not less than 2 weeks and not more than 4
weeks before the election, provide tier A public notice with a link
of the proposed charter, together with a notice of the election, as
set forth in the local government public notice act.
(4) On the date fixed for the election, the question of
adopting the proposed charter will be voted on, and the elective
officers provided for in the metropolitan district will be elected
on the same date.
(5) The charter
commission shall have has authority
to study
the area proposed to be included in the metropolitan district and
submit recommendations to the legislative bodies of any city,
village, or township to amend its original resolution in regards to
same. The charter shall state with certainty the territory proposed
to be included.
Sec.
11. Every district charter or amendment thereto to a
district charter shall be published or posted as the commission or
legislative
body respectively may prescribe. prescribes. There may
be submitted with any charter or amendment independent sections or
propositions, and such
of them as those that receive a 3/5 vote of
the electors of each city, village, or township voting thereon
shall
become a part of such the charter or shall prevail as
amendments or propositions.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 5560 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into
law.