Act No. 180

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

June 25, 1998

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 26, 1998

EFFECTIVE DATE: 91st day after final adjournment of 1998 Regular Session

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Reps. Hammerstrom, Brackenridge, Crissman and Birkholz

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5188

AN ACT to amend 1929 PA 199, entitled "An act to authorize and empower villages and townships of this state having a population not exceeding 10,000 inhabitants, to levy a tax for the maintenance or the purchase of lands and maintenance of property for a community center for the benefit of the public, provided the question of such purchase or maintenance, or both purchase and maintenance, as the case may be, is submitted to the duly qualified voters of such villages or townships and is adopted by a majority vote of those participating in said election," (MCL 123.41 to 123.46) by amending the title and by adding section 1a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

TITLE

An act to authorize and empower villages and townships of this state having a population not exceeding 10,000 inhabitants, to levy a tax for the maintenance or the purchase of lands and maintenance of property for a community center for the benefit of the public, provided the question of such purchase or maintenance, or both purchase and maintenance, as the case may be, is submitted to the duly qualified voters of such villages or townships and is adopted by a majority vote of those participating in said election; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.

Sec. 1a. A petition under section 1 or 6, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5138 of the 89th Legislature is enacted into law.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.