May 2, 2017, Introduced by Senators JONES, MACGREGOR, MARLEAU, SCHMIDT, HANSEN, BRANDENBURG, NOFS, HILDENBRAND and EMMONS and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to prohibit municipalities from lowering or raising age
requirements provided for in state law; to prescribe the powers and
duties of certain local officers and officials; and to provide that
certain local ordinances or resolutions are void and unenforceable.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "local
government age preemption act".
Sec. 3. As used in this act:
(a) "Governing body" means the body in which the legislative
powers of a municipality are vested.
(b) "Municipality" means a county, city, village, or township.
Sec. 5. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the
governing body of a municipality shall not adopt or enforce an
ordinance or resolution that lowers or raises an age requirement
provided for in state law.
Sec. 7. Any provision in an ordinance or resolution adopted by
the governing body of a municipality on or after the effective date
of this act that lowers or raises an age requirement provided for
in state law is void and unenforceable.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
date it is enacted into law.