SENATE BILL No.
852



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



        A bill to amend 1846 RS 16, entitled

   "Of the powers and duties of townships, the election and duties
   of township officers, and the division of townships,"

   (MCL 41.1a to 41.110c) by adding section 104b.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 104B.  TERRITORY IN A TOWNSHIP SHALL NOT BE ANNEXED BY

 2    ANY CITY, VILLAGE, TOWNSHIP, OR CHARTER TOWNSHIP, UNLESS THE

 3    QUESTION OF THE ANNEXATION HAS BEEN VOTED UPON BY THE VOTERS IN

 4    THE TERRITORY PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION, IF ANY, AND THE BALANCE OF

 5    EACH CITY, VILLAGE, TOWNSHIP, OR CHARTER TOWNSHIP AFFECTED BY THE

 6    ANNEXATION VOTING INDEPENDENTLY.  THE ANNEXATION SHALL BE CONSID-

 7    ERED DEFEATED IF A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS VOTING ON THE ISSUE

 8    IN THE ANNEXING CITY, VILLAGE, TOWNSHIP, OR CHARTER TOWNSHIP, THE

 9    TERRITORY PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION, OR THE BALANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP





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 1    WITHIN WHICH THE TERRITORY PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION IS LOCATED

 2    VOTE AGAINST THE ANNEXATION.




















































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