SENATE BILL NO. 45


   January 26, 1999, Introduced by Senator BULLARD and referred 
        to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.



        A bill to amend 1905 PA 157, entitled

   "An act to provide for the acquisition, maintenance, management,
   and control of township parks, resorts, bathing beaches, and
   places of recreation; to provide for the creation of a township
   park commission; to provide for a board of commissioners to pro-
   vide for the issuance of bonds and the levy of taxes; to provide
   for the transfer of certain real property for parks; to authorize
   cities and villages to appropriate money for park purposes; to
   provide for the acquisition, construction, and use of wharves,
   piers, docks, and landing places in townships; to provide the
   powers and duties of certain local units of government and cer-
   tain officials; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,"

   by amending section 6 (MCL 41.426), as added by 1989 PA 79.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 6.  On receipt of a written petition signed by not less

 2    than 8% of the registered voters of a township, the township

 3    board of that township, at its first meeting after the receipt of

 4    the petition, shall submit the question of establishing a

 5    township park commission to the registered voters of the township

 6    at the next regular election to be held in the township.  If a


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 1    majority of the  electors  REGISTERED VOTERS voting
             on the

 2    question vote in favor of establishing a TOWNSHIP park commis-

 3    sion, the township board shall appoint a township park commission

 4    of  6  7 members.  The members shall serve until
             the next town-

 5    ship election at which township officers are elected.  At the

 6    next township election at which township officers are elected,

 7     6  7 members of the township park commission shall
             be elected

 8    for terms of 4 years each.  A VACANCY IN THE TOWNSHIP PARK COM-

 9    MISSION SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ORIGINAL

10    APPOINTMENT.




































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