HOUSE BILL No. 5156


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


        A bill to amend 1973 PA 139, entitled

   "An act to provide forms of county government; to provide for
   county managers and county executives and to prescribe their
   powers and duties; to abolish certain departments, boards, com-
   missions, and authorities; to provide for transfer of certain
   powers and functions; to prescribe powers of a board of county
   commissioners and elected officials; to provide organization of
   administrative functions; to transfer property; to retain ordi-
   nances and laws not inconsistent with this act; and to provide
   methods for abolition of a unified form of county government,"

   (MCL 45.551 to 45.573) by amending the title and by adding sec-

   tion 3a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to provide forms of county government; to provide for

 3    county managers and county executives and to prescribe their

 4    powers and duties; to abolish certain departments, boards,

 5    commissions, and authorities; to provide for transfer of certain

 6    powers and functions; to prescribe powers of a board of county


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 1    commissioners and elected officials; to provide organization of

 2    administrative functions; to transfer property; to retain ordi-

 3    nances and laws not inconsistent with this act;  and  to provide

 4    methods for abolition of a unified form of county government; AND

 5    TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES AND PROVIDE REMEDIES.

 6         SEC. 3A.  A PETITION UNDER SECTION 3 OR 23, INCLUDING THE

 7    CIRCULATION AND SIGNING OF THE PETITION, IS SUBJECT TO SECTION

 8    488 OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488.  A

 9    PERSON WHO VIOLATES A PROVISION OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW,

10    1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION

11    DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED

12    FOR THAT VIOLATION IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL

13    168.1 TO 168.992.

14         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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

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

17    law.























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