HOUSE BILL No. 6005

 

December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 2004 PA 378, entitled

 

"Public body law enforcement agency act,"

 

by amending section 8 (MCL 28.588).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 8. (1) The governing board of a public body that is a

 

multicounty metropolitan district may do the following:

 

     (a) Adopt and amend all necessary rules, regulations, and

 

ordinances for the management, government, and use of any property

 

under its control, establish penalties for the violation of the

 

rules, regulations, and ordinances, and enforce the penalties.

 

     (b) Adopt and enact rules, regulations, and ordinances

 

designed to safeguard the public peace and health and for the


 

safety of persons and property upon or within the limits of the

 

properties under its control. The subjects of the rules,

 

regulations, and ordinances may include, but not be limited to, the

 

proper policing and supervision of persons and property, the

 

regulation or prohibition of parking, and the regulation of signs

 

and other things which may impede or make dangerous the use of

 

roads, lanes, or thoroughfares, within the limits of the properties

 

under the governing board's control.

 

     (2) The governing board of the public body that adopts an

 

ordinance under this section shall provide in each ordinance a

 

sanction for violation of the ordinance. Violations may be

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of

 

not more than $500.00, or both, if the violation substantially

 

corresponds to a violation of state law that is a misdemeanor for

 

which the maximum period of imprisonment is 93 days. To the extent

 

permitted by state law, the governing board may adopt an ordinance

 

that designates a violation of the ordinance as a state civil

 

infraction and provides a civil fine for that violation.

 

     (3) An ordinance passed by the governing board of a public

 

body under this section shall be published once in a newspaper of

 

general circulation within the territory of the public body. An

 

ordinance is effective immediately upon its publication, unless a

 

specific effective date that is subsequent to the date of the

 

publication of the ordinance is provided for in the ordinance. The

 

publication of a summary or a true copy of an ordinance after final

 

passage, as a part of the published proceedings of the governing

 

board, constitutes publication of the ordinance. This subsection


 

applies before January 1, 2015.

 

     (4) Beginning January 1, 2015, an ordinance passed by the

 

governing board of a public body under this section shall be

 

published as provided under the tier B provisions of the local

 

government public notice act. An ordinance is effective immediately

 

upon that publication, unless a specific effective date that is

 

subsequent to the date of the publication of the ordinance is

 

provided for in the ordinance. The publication of a summary or a

 

true copy of an ordinance after final passage, as a part of the

 

published proceedings of the governing board, constitutes

 

publication of the ordinance if that publication meets the

 

requirements of tier B of the local government public notice act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. ___ or House Bill No. 5560 (request no.

 

03796'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.