HOUSE BILL No. 5166


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


        A bill to amend 1951 PA 33, entitled

   "An act to provide police and fire protection for townships and
   for certain areas in townships, certain incorporated villages,
   and cities under 15,000 population; to authorize contracting for
   fire and police protection; to authorize the purchase of fire and
   police equipment, and the maintenance and operation of the equip-
   ment; to provide for defraying the cost of the equipment; to
   authorize the creation of special assessment districts and the
   levying and collecting of special assessments; to authorize the
   issuance of special assessment bonds in anticipation of the col-
   lection of special assessments and the advancement of the amount
   necessary to pay such bonds, and to provide for reimbursement for
   such advances by reassessment if necessary; to authorize the col-
   lection of fees for certain emergency services in townships and
   other municipalities; to authorize the creation of administrative
   boards and to prescribe their powers and duties; to provide for
   the appointment of traffic officers and to prescribe their powers
   and duties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,"

   (MCL 41.801 to 41.813) by amending the title, as amended by 1990

   PA 102, and by adding section 1a.








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               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to provide police and fire protection for townships

 3    and for certain areas in townships, certain incorporated vil-

 4    lages, and cities under 15,000 population; to authorize contract-

 5    ing for fire and police protection; to authorize the purchase of

 6    fire and police equipment, and the maintenance and operation of

 7    the equipment; to provide for defraying the cost of the equip-

 8    ment; to authorize the creation of special assessment districts

 9    and the levying and collecting of special assessments; to autho-

10    rize the issuance of special assessment bonds in anticipation of

11    the collection of special assessments and the advancement of the

12    amount necessary to pay such bonds, and to provide for reimburse-

13    ment for such advances by reassessment if necessary; to authorize

14    the collection of fees for certain emergency services in town-

15    ships and other municipalities; to authorize the creation of

16    administrative boards and to prescribe their powers and duties;

17    to provide for the appointment of traffic officers and to pre-

18    scribe their powers and duties; TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES AND PRO-

19    VIDE REMEDIES; and to repeal  certain  acts and parts of acts.

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

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

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

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

24    116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION DESCRIBED IN

25    THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED FOR THAT





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 1    VIOLATION IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO

 2    168.992.

 3         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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

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

 6    law.












































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