HOUSE BILL No. 4868


     June 5, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Reeves, Lipsey, Waters, Kilpatrick, Raczkowski, Thomas, Daniels, Kowall, Toy, Richner, Garza, Stallworth,
Hale, Rivet, Clarke, Jamnick and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.


        A bill to amend 1909 PA 279, entitled

   "The home rule city act,"

   by amending sections 5i and 35a (MCL 117.5i and 117.35a), section

   5i as added by 1994 PA 431.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 5i.  (1) Whether or not authorized by its charter, a

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      city with a population of more than  1,000,000  750,000 may pro-

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      vide by ordinance a procedure to finance by special assessments

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      the provision by private contractors of snow removal from

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      streets, mosquito abatement, and security services.  The ordi-

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      nance shall authorize the use of petitions to initiate the estab-

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      lishment of a special assessment district.  The record owners of

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      not less than 51% of the land comprising the actual special

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      assessment district must have signed the petitions.




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           (2) A service instituted under this section may be

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      discontinued upon petition by the record owners of 51% of the

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      land comprising the special assessment district.

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           Sec. 35a.  Any municipality  now or hereafter having  WITH a

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      population of  one million  750,000 or more may issue general

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      obligation bonds and other evidences of debt for all lawful pur-

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      poses in accordance with  the provisions of  state law, but

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      subject to the overall debt limitations provided by state law or

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      THE charter of  any such city  THE MUNICIPALITY.  No charter

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      shall allocate the debt limitation or any part  thereof  OF THE

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      DEBT LIMITATION to specific purposes.


































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