SENATE BILL No. 1325

September 19, 2000, Introduced by Senator BENNETT and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.

A bill to amend 1947 PA 359, entitled

"The charter township act,"

by amending section 23 (MCL 42.23).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 23. The township board may adopt any provision of

2 state law or any detailed technical regulations as a township

3 ordinance or code by citation of such provision of state law or

4 by reference to any recognized standard code, official or

5 unofficial: Provided, That any such provision of state law or

6 recognized official or unofficial standard A STATUTE OR RULE OF

7 THIS STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A STATUTE OR RULE ADOPT-

8 ING BY REFERENCE A CODE PROMULGATED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY OR A

9 PRIVATE ENTITY OR A STATUTE OR RULE CONSTITUTING THE TEXT OF A

10 CODE, OR MAY ADOPT A CODE PROMULGATED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC OR

11 PRIVATE ENTITY, BY REFERENCE IN AN ADOPTING ORDINANCE. IF AN

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1 ORDINANCE ADOPTS BY REFERENCE A STATUTE OR RULE OF THIS STATE,

2 THE ORDINANCE MAY INCORPORATE FUTURE AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS OF

3 THE STATUTE OR RULE BY EXPLICITLY PROVIDING THAT FUTURE AMEND-

4 MENTS OR REVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE WHEN, OR A SPEC-

5 IFIED PERIOD OF TIME AFTER, THEY TAKE EFFECT IN THIS STATE. THE

6 STATUTE, RULE, OR code shall be clearly identified in the

7 ordinance. adopting the same as an ordinance of the township.

8 Where any recognized official or unofficial standard code is so

9 adopted, it may be published by providing to the public not less

10 than 50 copies A STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE OF THE STATUTE, RULE,

11 OR CODE SHALL BE PUBLISHED WITH THE ADOPTING ORDINANCE OR WITH

12 THE SUMMARY OF THE ADOPTING ORDINANCE UNDER SECTION 22. COPIES

13 OF THE STATUTE, RULE, OR CODE in book or booklet form , SHALL

14 BE KEPT IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK available for public

15 distribution at a reasonable charge OR PUBLIC INSPECTION. , and

16 any IF A STATUTE OR RULE OF THIS STATE IS ADOPTED BY THE TOWN-

17 SHIP BY REFERENCE AND THE STATUTE OR RULE ADOPTS BY REFERENCE A

18 CODE PROMULGATED BY ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY OR A PRIVATE ENTITY,

19 COPIES OF THE CODE ITSELF SHALL ALSO BE KEPT IN THE OFFICE OF THE

20 TOWNSHIP CLERK, AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY AND DISTRIBUTION TO

21 THE PUBLIC. THE NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE SHALL

22 CONTAIN A NOTICE THAT A COMPLETE COPY OF THE STATUTE, RULE, OR

23 CODE IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY AND DISTRIBUTION TO THE

24 PUBLIC AT THE OFFICE OF THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. AN amendment to or

25 revision of such adopted code or detailed technical ordinance

26 THE STATUTE, RULE, OR CODE may be published in the same manner.

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