HOUSE BILL No. 4593


     April 17, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Ruth Johnson, Toy, Julian, Raczkowski, Pappageorge, Shulman, Rocca, Gosselin and
Bishop and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.


        A bill to amend 1923 PA 116, entitled

   "Township and village public improvement and public service act,"

   by amending section 6a (MCL 41.416a), as added by 1989 PA 82.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 6a.  (1)  Upon the filing of an application with a

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      township board pursuant to section 6, the board shall determine

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      if the application meets the requirements of section 6.  If the

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      township board determines that the requirements of section 6 are

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      met, the board shall by resolution provide for the submission of

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      the proposition to the electors of the township at the NEXT REGU-

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      LARLY SCHEDULED PRIMARY ELECTION OR general election.  or a spe-

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      cial election to be held within 90 days after the adoption of the

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      resolution.  The township board shall prescribe in the resolution

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      the form of ballot to be used in voting upon the proposition  ,

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      whether the proposition shall be voted upon at a special election


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      to be called by the township board for that purpose or at the

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      general election,  and that the township clerk of the township

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      give notice of the proposition and of the vote by posting notices

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      signed by the clerk in not less than 3 public and conspicuous

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      places in each election district of the township.  Notice shall

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      be given not less than 20 days before the  general or special 

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      election and shall set forth the form of the ballot to be used.

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            (2) In addition to the other provisions of the resolution

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      specified in subsection (1), if the proposition is to be voted

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      upon at a special election, the township board shall call the

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      special election. 

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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 4592

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      (request no. 00271'01) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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      law.



























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