Act No. 197

Public Acts of 1999

Approved by the Governor

December 20, 1999

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 20, 1999

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 1999

STATE OF MICHIGAN

90TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

Introduced by Reps. Vander Roest, DeRossett, Gosselin, Tabor, Jamnick, Lockwood, Bishop, Ehardt, Garcia and Scranton

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4628

AN ACT to amend 1959 PA 168, entitled "An act to provide for township planning; for the creation, organization, powers and duties of township planning commissions; for the regulation and subdivision of land; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies," by amending section 9 (MCL 125.329).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 9. (1) Before the adoption of the plan or any part, amendment, extension, or addition to the plan, the planning commission shall hold at least 1 public hearing thereon. Notice of the hearing shall be given by 2 publications in a newspaper of general circulation in the township, the first not more than 30 days or less than 20 days and the second not more than 8 days before the date of the hearing.

(2) Following the adoption of the basic plan or any part thereof by the planning commission, the planning commission shall transmit copies of the plan to the township board and to the county planning commission of the county of which the township is a part, or, if there is no county planning commission, to the regional planning commission that is exercising planning jurisdiction over the township.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.