HOUSE BILL No. 6103


     November 9, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Brewer and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Local Government and
Urban Policy.


        A bill to amend 1945 PA 246, entitled

   "An act to authorize township boards to adopt ordinances and reg-
   ulations to secure the public health, safety and general welfare;
   to provide for the establishment of a township police department;
   to provide for policing of townships by certain law enforcement
   officers and agencies; to provide for the publication of ordi-
   nances; to prescribe powers and duties of township boards and
   certain local and state officers and agencies; to provide sanc-
   tions; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with
   the act,"

   by amending section 7 (MCL 41.187), as added by 1989 PA 78.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 7.  (1) The township board of a township may employ an

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      attorney to represent the township in civil matters and in the

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      prosecution of violations of township ordinances.  The attorney

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      shall receive the compensation determined by the township board.

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      In prosecution of a violation of a township ordinance, the

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      township attorney shall countersign the certificates of jurors

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      and witnesses.


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           (2) NOT LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT

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      FOR LEGAL SERVICES, A TOWNSHIP BOARD SHALL PUBLISH IN A NEWSPAPER

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      OF GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE TOWNSHIP NOTICE THAT IT IS ACCEPT-

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      ING PROPOSALS FOR LEGAL SERVICES AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGAL

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      SERVICES FOR WHICH THE TOWNSHIP PROPOSES TO CONTRACT.














































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