HB-5458, As Passed House, March 16, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5458

                                                                             A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

"The revised school code,"                                                  

by amending section 624 (MCL 380.624), as amended by 1995 PA                

289.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 624.  (1) Not later than April 1 of each year, the                     

2   intermediate school board shall prepare an annual general fund              

3   operating budget, which shall be in the form prescribed by the              

4   county tax allocation board, and shall file the budget with the             

5   county clerk of each county in which the intermediate school                

6   board is situated except a county that has established separate             

7   tax limitation millage rates pursuant to sections 5a to 5l of the           

8   property tax limitation act,  Act No. 62 of the Public Acts of              

9   1933, being sections 211.205a to 211.205l of the Michigan                   

10  Compiled Laws 1933 PA 62, MCL 211.205a to 211.205l.  Each county           

1   clerk receiving the budget shall deliver it to the county tax               

2   allocation board in the same manner as other school district                

3   budgets are handled.                                                        

4       (2)  Not later than June 1 of each year, the board shall                    

5   submit the budget, for review, to a meeting of 1 board member               

6   named from each constituent district to represent the district.             

7   At the meeting the president of the intermediate school board               

8   shall preside, and the intermediate secretary shall keep the                

9   minutes. An intermediate school board shall have its proposed              

10  budget reviewed and approved by its constituent districts each              

11  year as follows:                                                            

12      (a) Not later than May 1 of each year, the intermediate                     

13  school board shall submit its proposed budget for the next school           

14  fiscal year to the board of each constituent district for                   

15  review.                                                                     

16      (b) Not later than June 1 of each year, the board of each                   

17  constituent district shall review the proposed intermediate                 

18  school district budget and shall submit to the intermediate                 

19  school board any specific objections and proposed changes the               

20  constituent district board has to the budget.  If an intermediate           

21  school board receives any specific objections or proposed                   

22  changes, the intermediate school board shall consider the                   

23  proposed budget changes.                                                    

24      (c) Not later than June 15 of each year, the intermediate                   

25  school board shall submit the proposed budget for review and                

26  approval to a meeting consisting of 1 board member from each                

27  constituent district to represent the constituent district.  At             

1   the meeting, the president of the intermediate school board shall           

2   preside and the secretary of the intermediate school board shall            

3   keep the minutes.  Approval of the proposed intermediate school             

4   district budget shall be by majority vote of the representatives            

5   of the constituent districts present at the meeting.

6       (3) The tax allocation board shall receive the budget from                  

7   its county clerk and shall allocate a tax rate to the                       

8   intermediate school district.  Not later than September 1 of each           

9   year, or not later than 5 days after the election if taxes are              

10  authorized at an election held pursuant to section 36(2) of the             

11  general property tax act,  Act No. 206 of the Public Acts of                

12  1893, being section 211.36 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1893 PA           

13  206, MCL 211.36, the secretary of the intermediate school board             

14  shall file a certified copy of the resolution of the intermediate           

15  school board certifying the taxes to be levied on the taxable               

16  property within the intermediate school district with the clerk             

17  of each city and township in which the district is situated.                

18      (4) As used in this section, "general fund operating budget"                

19  means the budget that includes revenues from the intermediate               

20  school district's share of mills as determined by the tax                   

21  allocation board or by referendum and state school aid.                     

22  Disbursements from the general fund operating budget shall apply            

23  to those expenditures required for the operation of all                     

24  intermediate school district programs except cooperative                    

25  education, special education, and vocational education, and may             

26  apply to any expenditures from the general fund to assist with              

27  the costs of cooperative education, special education, and                  

1   vocational education.