HOUSE BILL No. 5153


     September 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Dobronski and Brackenridge and referred to the Committee on Local Government.


        A bill to amend 1965 PA 246, entitled

   "An act to establish and provide a civil service system in cer-
   tain townships; to create a civil service commission, and to pre-
   scribe the duties thereof; to provide certain exemptions from and
   classifications in civil service; to prescribe penalties for the
   violation of the provisions of this act; and to prescribe the
   manner of adoption of this act by townships,"

   (MCL 38.451 to 38.470) by adding section 1a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 1A.  A PETITION UNDER SECTION 1, INCLUDING THE CIRCULA-

 2    TION AND SIGNING OF THE PETITION, IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 488 OF

 3    THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488.  A PERSON

 4    WHO VIOLATES A PROVISION OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA

 5    116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION DESCRIBED IN

 6    THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED FOR THAT VIO-

 7    LATION IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO

 8    168.992.



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 1         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

 2    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

 3    (request no. 02378'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into

 4    law.
















































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