January 22, 2004, Introduced by Senators GEORGE, PATTERSON, CASSIS and McMANUS and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.
A bill to amend 1947 PA 359, entitled
"The charter township act,"
by amending section 8 (MCL 42.8).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 8. (1) The proceedings of the township board shall be
2 published at least once each month. The publication of a
3 synopsis of such the
proceedings, prepared by the township
4 clerk and approved by the supervisor, showing the substance of
5 each separate proceeding
of the said board shall be a
6 sufficient is in compliance with the requirements of this
7 section.
8 (2) The said
board shall determine the method of
9 publication of all
notices, ordinances, and proceedings. for
10 which a mode of
publication is not prescribed by this act or
11 ordinance. The said
board shall determine that such publication
1 shall be made in a
newspaper, as defined by state law, which is
2 published and circulated
in the township, if there be one so
3 published and
circulated, or in the event that there be no such
4 newspaper, then in one
published in the county in which the
5 township is located,
or that such publication shall be made by
6 posting in the office
of the clerk and in 5 other public places
7 in the township. In
case publication is made by posting, a
8 notice of such
posting, setting forth by a descriptive phrase the
9 purpose or nature of
the notice, ordinance, or proceeding posted,
10 and location of the
places where posted, shall be published at
11 least once in a
newspaper, as above required, within 7 days after
12 such posting was done.
The method of publication may
include,
13 but is not limited to, publication by newspaper, website, or
14 posting in the office of the township clerk.
15 (3) The publication shall include a description of the
16 purpose or nature of the notice, ordinance, or proceeding.