HOUSE BILL No. 5974
June 30, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Hammerstrom and referred to the Committee on Local Government. A bill to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled "The general law village act," by amending section 4 of chapter VI (MCL 66.4), as amended by 1982 PA 346. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 CHAPTER VI 2 Sec. 4. (1) Within 15 days after the passage of an ordi- 3 nance, the CLERK SHALL PUBLISH THE ordinance or a synopsis of the 4 ordinance shall be published in a newspaper circulated in the 5 village. IF THE CLERK PUBLISHES A SYNOPSIS OF THE ORDINANCE, THE 6 CLERK SHALL INCLUDE IN THE PUBLICATION THE LOCATION IN THE VIL- 7 LAGE WHERE A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE CAN BE INSPECTED OR OBTAINED. 8 Immediately after publication THE ORDINANCE OR SYNOPSIS IS 9 PUBLISHED, the clerk shall enter in the record of ordinances, in 10 a blank space to be left for that THIS purpose under the record 03735'97 TLG 2 1 of the ordinance, a SIGNED certificate under the clerk's hand, 2 stating the time and places of the publication DATE ON WHICH 3 AND THE NAME OF THE NEWSPAPER IN WHICH THE ORDINANCE WAS 4 PUBLISHED. The certificate shall be IS prima facie evidence of 5 the due LEGAL publication of the ordinance or the synopsis. 6 (2) A village may adopt a plumbing code, electrical code, 7 or building code which has been promulgated by this state, by a 8 department, board, or other agency of this state, or by an organ- 9 ization or association which is organized or conducted for the 10 purpose of developing a code STATUTE OR RULE OF THIS STATE, 11 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A STATUTE OR RULE ADOPTING BY REFER- 12 ENCE A CODE PROMULGATED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ENTITY OR A 13 STATUTE OR RULE CONSTITUTING THE TEXT OF A CODE, OR MAY ADOPT A 14 CODE PROMULGATED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY OR A PRIVATE ENTITY, by 15 reference to the code in an adopting ordinance and without pub- 16 lishing the STATUTE, RULE, OR code in full. IF AN ORDINANCE 17 ADOPTS BY REFERENCE A STATUTE OR RULE OF THIS STATE, THE ORDI- 18 NANCE MAY INCORPORATE FUTURE AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS OF THE STAT- 19 UTE OR RULE BY EXPLICITLY PROVIDING THAT FUTURE AMENDMENTS OR 20 REVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE WHEN, OR A SPECIFIED 21 PERIOD OF TIME AFTER, THEY TAKE EFFECT IN THIS STATE. The 22 STATUTE, RULE, OR code shall be clearly identified in the ordi- 23 nance, and a statement of the purpose of the STATUTE, RULE, OR 24 code shall be published with the adopting ordinance OR WITH THE 25 SYNOPSIS OF THE ADOPTING ORDINANCE. Printed copies COPIES of 26 the STATUTE, RULE, OR code ADOPTED BY THE VILLAGE BY REFERENCE 27 shall be kept in the office of the village clerk, available for 03735'97 3 1 inspection by and distribution to the public. at all times. IF 2 A STATUTE OR RULE OF THIS STATE IS ADOPTED BY THE VILLAGE BY REF- 3 ERENCE AND THE STATUTE OR RULE ADOPTS BY REFERENCE A CODE PROMUL- 4 GATED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY OR A PRIVATE ENTITY, COPIES OF THE 5 CODE ITSELF SHALL ALSO BE KEPT IN THE OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE 6 CLERK, AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY AND DISTRIBUTION TO THE 7 PUBLIC. The NEWSPAPER publication in the newspaper OF THE 8 ORDINANCE shall contain a notice to the effect that a complete 9 copy of the STATUTE, RULE, OR code is available for INSPECTION BY 10 AND DISTRIBUTION TO THE public use and inspection at the office 11 of the village clerk. 03735'97 Final page. TLG