SENATE BILL No. 392

 

 

April 19, 2005, Introduced by Senators CLARKE, CLARK-COLEMAN, THOMAS and SCOTT and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1990 PA 72, entitled

 

"Local government fiscal responsibility act,"

 

by amending section 11 (MCL 141.1211).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 11. As used in this article:

 

     (a) "Chief administrative officer" means any of the following:

 

     (i) The manager of a village or, if a village does not employ a

 

manager, the president of the village.

 

     (ii)  The city manager of a city or, if a city does not employ

 

a city manager, the mayor of the city.

 

     (iii)  The manager of a township, the superintendent of a

 

charter township, or, if the township does not employ a manager or

 

superintendent, the supervisor of the township.

 


     (iv)  The elected county executive or appointed county manager

 

of a county  ;  or, if the county has not adopted the provisions of

 

either  Act No. 139 of the Public Acts of 1973, being sections

 

45.551 to 45.573 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or Act No. 293 of

 

the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 45.501 to 45.521 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws  1973 PA 139, MCL 45.551 to 45.573, or 1966

 

PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, the chairperson of the county board

 

of commissioners of the county.

 

     (v)  The chief operating officer of an authority or a public

 

utility owned by a city, village, township, or county.

 

     (b) "Emergency financial manager" means the emergency

 

financial manager appointed under section 18.

 

     (c) "Local government" means a city, a village, a township, a

 

county, an authority established by law, or a public utility owned

 

by a city, village, township, or county. Local government does not

 

include a city with a population of 750,000 or more.

 

     (d) "Review team" means the review team designated under

 

section 13.