HOUSE BILL NO. 6385

November 12, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Coleman and Steven Johnson and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

"An act authorizing and empowering the boards of supervisors of counties to purchase, acquire by condemnation, accept gifts and devises of real estate for, and to improve and maintain public parks and zoological gardens, airports and landing fields, and to contribute to the improvement and maintenance of public parks and public zoological gardens, airports and landing fields, owned or held in trust by cities, villages or townships or used for the benefit of the public; to authorize the making of reasonable rules and regulations relative to the public use of park property; and to provide penalties for violations of such rules and regulations,"

by amending section 6 (MCL 123.66).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 6. (1) Whenever If the county board of supervisors commissioners of any county shall have adopted adopts a resolution to purchase, condemn, or to accept certain lands for park purposes, and make an appropriation therefor under the provisions of sections 1 and 2, of this act, there shall must be created a board of 3 members to be known and designated as "county park trustees." the county park trustees. In counties operating under the county road system, the board of county road commissioners is hereby designated and shall then act as the county park trustees. In all other counties, the county board of supervisors, commissioners, at the time of making the appropriation above provided for, shall name and appoint from their number 3 members to be known and designated as the county park trustees. Said

(2) The board of county park trustees shall have the management, control, and expenditure of such the funds when collected and shall hold in trust for the county the title to any real estate so purchased, acquired by condemnation, or accepted by way of gift or devise for park purposes, and shall supervise the improvement of any such property so purchased, acquired, or accepted as authorized by the county board of supervisors. Said commissioners. The board of county park trustees shall have has the power to impound water on any property so purchased, acquired by condemnation, or accepted for park purposes and to form a lake thereon whenever on that property if they deem consider it necessary in the course of improving such the property for park purposes. Such

(3) The county park trustees shall also have the care and control of such the park property and may make reasonable rules and regulations and enforce the same when made respecting the use by the public of such the park property. : Provided, That no such Before January 1, 2022, a rule or regulation shall does not become effective until (1) it the rule or regulation has been approved by resolution of the county board of supervisors, (2) such commissioners, the resolution containing such the rule or regulation has been published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the county, and (3) such the rule or regulation has been posted in at least 3 conspicuous places in such the park property, the posters to be not less than 10 inches by 12 inches in size and printed in legible type. Such Beginning January 1, 2022, a rule or regulation does not become effective until the rule or regulation has been approved by resolution of the county board of commissioners, public notice of the rule or regulation has been posted as set forth in the local government public notice act, and the rule or regulation has been posted in at least 3 conspicuous places in the park property, the posters to be not less than 10 inches by 12 inches in size and printed in legible type. The posting shall of a rule or regulation as required in this subsection must be continuously maintained. They

(4) The county park trustees shall elect a chairman chairperson and secretary from among their number. All expenditures of funds so money appropriated shall must be paid only by the county treasurer on the warrant or voucher of the chairman chairperson and 1 other member of such the board of county park trustees. The trustee so trustees appointed shall make a full report to the county board of supervisors commissioners at each October session as to the condition of the property and the expenditure of funds. the money. The members of such the board of county park trustees shall continue to act until their successors have been duly elected or appointed. In all counties of this state operating under the county road system when this act takes effect, the board of "county park trustees" heretofore county park trustees appointed before the effective date of this act shall be immediately dissolved and cease to exist, and the board of county road commissioners shall take the place thereof and thereafter exercise the powers and perform the duties of the board of county park trustees, taking possession of all books, records, and office equipment of such the former board.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6440 (request no. 02449'19) of the 100th Legislature is enacted into law.