HOUSE BILL No. 5843


     May 25, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Pappageorge, DeVuyst, Tabor, DeRossett, Woodward, Quarles, Price, Bishop, Kowall,
Shulman, Jacobs, Brater, Basham, Raczkowski, Cassis, Sanborn, Mans and Patterson and referred to the Committee on Local
Government and Urban Policy.


        A bill to amend 1965 PA 261, entitled

   "An act to authorize the creation and to prescribe the powers and
   duties of county and regional parks and recreation commissions;
   and to prescribe the powers and duties of county boards of super-
   visors with respect thereto,"

   by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 46.351), section 1 as

   amended by 1990 PA 84.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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                                    TITLE

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           An act to authorize the creation and to prescribe the powers

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      and duties of county and regional parks and recreation commis-

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      sions; and to prescribe the powers and duties of county boards of

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       supervisors with respect thereto  COMMISSIONERS WITH RESPECT TO

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      COUNTY AND REGIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONS.

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           Sec. 1.  (1) The county board of commissioners of a county,

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      by resolution adopted by a 2/3 vote of all its members, may



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      create a county parks and recreation commission, which shall be

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      under the general control of the board of commissioners.

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           (2) The county parks and recreation commission shall consist

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      of THE FOLLOWING 10 members:  , including the 

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           (A) THE chairperson of the county road commission or another

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      road commissioner designated by the board of county road

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      commissioners.  , the 

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           (B) THE county drain commissioner.  , 

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           (C) ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

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           (i) IN A COUNTY THAT HAS A POPULATION OF MORE THAN 1,000,000

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      AND ELECTS A COUNTY EXECUTIVE UNDER SECTION 9 OF 1973 PA 139, MCL

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      45.559, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OR A DESIGNEE OF THE COUNTY

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      EXECUTIVE.

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           (ii) IN A COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF 1,000,000 OR LESS, the

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      chairperson of the county planning commission or another member

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      of the county planning commission designated by the county plan-

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      ning commission.  , and 7 members appointed by the county board

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      of commissioners, not less than 1 and not more than 3 of whom

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      shall be members of the board of commissioners.  In a county that

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      does not have a county planning commission, the chairperson of

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      the regional planning commission shall serve on the county parks

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      and recreation commission if that person is a resident of that

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      county.  If the chairperson of the regional planning commission

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      is not a resident of that county, then the board shall, by a 2/3

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      vote, appoint a member of the regional planning commission who is

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      a resident of that county to serve on the county parks and

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      recreation commission.



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           (D) SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF

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      COMMISSIONERS, NOT LESS THAN 1 AND NOT MORE THAN 3 OF WHOM SHALL

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      BE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

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           (3) Of the members first appointed by the county board of

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      commissioners, 2 shall be appointed for a term ending 1 year from

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      the following January 1, 2 for a term ending 2 years from the

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      following January 1, and 3 for a term ending 3 years from the

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      following January 1.  Thereafter  FROM THEN ON, each appointed

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      member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years and until his or

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      her successor is appointed and qualified.  Each term shall expire

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      at noon on January 1.  A vacancy shall be filled by the county

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      board of commissioners for the unexpired term.

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           (4)  (3)  The county parks and recreation commission is an

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      agency of the county.  The county board of commissioners may make

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      rules and regulations with respect to the county parks and recre-

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      ation commission as the board of commissioners considers

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      advisable.  The members of the county parks and recreation com-

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      mission  shall not be  ARE NOT full-time officers, and the board

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      of commissioners shall fix the compensation of the members.



















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