December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1911 PA 28, entitled
"An act to authorize the board of supervisors of any county to
raise by taxation or borrow money for the purpose of purchasing
real estate for sites for, and constructing or repairing public
buildings and bridges; to limit the amount that can be raised or
borrowed for such purpose by such boards in certain cases; to
authorize such boards to submit the question of raising or
borrowing money for such purposes to the electors of their certain
counties; to provide for the manner of submission; and to repeal
Act No. 41 of the Public Acts of 1909, entitled "An act limiting
the amount which may be raised in any county in any 1 year by the
board of supervisors," approved April twenty-first, 1909,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 141.72).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
2. Whenever If the county
board of supervisors
commissioners of any county shall by resolution vote in favor of
levying a tax or borrowing money in excess of the amounts
prescribed
in section 1, of this act, the question of levying or
borrowing
such the sum shall be submitted to the electors of the
county
at the general November election , or the biennial spring
election,
or at an election to be held on the
first Tuesday after
the
first Monday in April subsequent to May after the passage of
such
the resolution by the county board of supervisors.
commissioners.
A copy of such the resolution
shall be served upon
the
sheriff of the county by the county clerk. It shall be is the
duty
of the sheriff at least 20 days prior to before the date of
the
election , at
which such the question shall be submitted to the
electors , to cause to be delivered to the township clerk in
each
township,
and to the chairman chairperson
of the board of election
inspectors in each ward in any city in his or her county, a notice
in
writing that at such the election there will be submitted to the
electors
of such the county the question of raising the amount
prescribed in the resolution passed by the county board of
supervisors,
and commissioners. Before
January 1, 2015, the sheriff
shall
cause the same notice to
be published in 1 or more newspapers
printed
and circulating in said the
county, if 1 be is printed
and
circulated
therein, in the county, at least 2 consecutive weeks
before
said the election.
Beginning January 1, 2015, at least 20
days before the date of the election, the sheriff shall cause tier
A public notice of the notice to be provided as set forth in the
local government public notice act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 5560 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into
law.