SENATE BILL No. 605

 

 

October 3, 2017, Introduced by Senator ZORN and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1968 PA 317, entitled

 

"An act relating to the conduct of public servants in respect to

governmental decisions and contracts with public entities; to

provide penalties for the violation of this act; to repeal certain

acts and parts of acts; and to validate certain contracts,"

 

by amending section 3a (MCL 15.323a), as amended by 2011 PA 106.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3a. Section 2 shall does not be construed to do any of

 

the following:

 

     (a) Prohibit a public servants servant of a city, village,

 

township, or county with a population of less than 25,000 40,000

 

from serving, with or without compensation, as an emergency medical

 

services personnel as defined in section 20904 of the public health

 

code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20904.

 


     (b) Prohibit a public servants servant of a city, village,

 

township, or county with a population of less than 25,000 40,000

 

from serving, with or without compensation, as a firefighter in

 

that city, village, township, or county if that firefighter is not

 

any of the following:

 

     (i) A full-time firefighter.

 

     (ii) A fire chief.

 

     (iii) A person who negotiates with the city, village,

 

township, or county on behalf of the firefighters.

 

     (c) Limit the authority of the governing body of a city,

 

village, township, or county with a population of less than 25,000

 

40,000 to authorize a public servant to perform, with or without

 

compensation, other additional services for the unit of local

 

government.

 

     (d) Prohibit a public servants servant of this state from

 

purchasing at a tax sale lands returned as delinquent for taxes

 

under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to

 

211.155, unless otherwise prohibited by the rules of the Michigan

 

civil service commission or the department or agency of which that

 

public servant is an employee.

 

     (e) Prohibit a superintendent of an intermediate school

 

district from serving simultaneously as superintendent of a local

 

school district, or prohibit an intermediate school district from

 

contracting with another person to serve as superintendent of a

 

local school district, even if the local school district is a

 

constituent district of the intermediate school district. As used

 

in this subdivision, "constituent district" means that term as


defined in section 3 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL

 

380.3.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.