HB-4825, As Passed House, June 19, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4825

 

June 10, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Steil, Hummel, Farhat, Brandenburg, Garfield, Drolet, Hoogendyk, Amos, Casperson, Emmons, Wenke, Tabor, Palsrok, Sheen, Stahl, Vander Veen, Acciavatti, LaJoy, Walker, Pastor, Stakoe, Meyer, Voorhees, Taub, Ward, Ruth Johnson, Rocca, Kooiman, Robertson, Moolenaar and Richardville 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 3, 8, 11, 21, 25, 26, and 29 (MCL 117.3,               

                                                                                

    117.8, 117.11, 117.21, 117.25, 117.26, and 117.29), section 3 as            

                                                                                

    amended by 2002 PA 201, section 25 as amended by 1982 PA 200, and           

                                                                                

    section 29 as amended by 1994 PA 17.                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 3.  Each city charter shall provide for all of the                     

                                                                                

2   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

3       (a) The election of a mayor, who shall be the chief executive               

                                                                                

4   officer of the city, and of a body vested with legislative power,           

                                                                                

5   and for the election or appointment of a clerk, a treasurer, an             

                                                                                

6   assessor or board of assessors, a board of review, and other                

                                                                                

7   officers considered necessary.  The city charter may provide for            

                                                                                

8   the selection of the mayor by the legislative body.  Elections              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   may be by a partisan, nonpartisan, or preferential ballot, or by            

                                                                                

2   any other legal method of voting.  Notwithstanding  any other               

                                                                                

3   another law or charter provision to the contrary, a city having a           

                                                                                

4   1970 official population of more than 150,000, whose charter                

                                                                                

5   provides for terms of office of less than 4 years, and in which             

                                                                                

6   the term of office for the mayor and the governing body are of              

                                                                                

7   the same length, may provide by ordinance for a term of office of           

                                                                                

8   up to 4 years for mayor and other elected city officials.  The              

                                                                                

9   ordinance shall provide that the ordinance shall take effect 60             

                                                                                

10  days after it is enacted unless within the 60 days a petition is            

                                                                                

11  submitted to the city clerk signed by not less than 10% of the              

                                                                                

12  registered electors of the city requesting that the question of             

                                                                                

13  approval of the ordinance be submitted to the electors at the               

                                                                                

14  next regular election or a special election called for the                  

                                                                                

15  purpose of approving or disapproving the ordinance.                         

                                                                                

16      (b) The nomination of elective officers by partisan or                      

                                                                                

17  nonpartisan primary, by petition, or by convention.                         

                                                                                

18      (c) The time, manner, and means of holding elections and the                

                                                                                

19  registration of electors, subject to section 26 and other                   

                                                                                

20  applicable requirements of law.                                             

                                                                                

21      (d) The qualifications, duties, and compensation of the                     

                                                                                

22  city's officers.  If the city has an appointed chief                        

                                                                                

23  administrative officer, the legislative body of the city may                

                                                                                

24  enter into an employment contract with the chief administrative             

                                                                                

25  officer extending beyond the terms of the members of the                    

                                                                                

26  legislative body unless the employment contract is prohibited by            

                                                                                

27  the city charter.  An employment contract with a chief                      


                                                                                

1   administrative officer shall be in writing and shall specify the            

                                                                                

2   compensation to be paid to the chief administrative officer, any            

                                                                                

3   procedure for changing the compensation, any fringe benefits, and           

                                                                                

4   any  other conditions of employment.  The contract shall state             

                                                                                

5   if the chief administrative officer serves at the pleasure of the           

                                                                                

6   legislative body, and the contract may provide for severance pay            

                                                                                

7   or other benefits in the event the chief administrative officer's           

                                                                                

8   employment is terminated at the pleasure of the legislative                 

                                                                                

9   body.                                                                       

                                                                                

10      (e) The establishment of 1 or more wards, and if the members                

                                                                                

11  of the city's legislative body are chosen by wards, for equal               

                                                                                

12  representation for each ward in the legislative body.                       

                                                                                

13      (f) That the subjects of taxation for municipal purposes are                

                                                                                

14  the same as for state, county, and school purposes under the                

                                                                                

15  general law.                                                                

                                                                                

16      (g) The annual laying and collecting taxes in a sum, except                 

                                                                                

17  as otherwise provided by law, not to exceed 2% of the taxable               

                                                                                

18  value of the real and personal property in the city.  Unless the            

                                                                                

19  charter provides for a different tax rate limitation, the                   

                                                                                

20  governing body of a city may levy and collect taxes for municipal           

                                                                                

21  purposes in a sum not to exceed 1% of the taxable value of the              

                                                                                

22  real and personal property in the city.  As used in this                    

                                                                                

23  subdivision, "taxable value" is that value determined under                 

                                                                                

24  section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206,                   

                                                                                

25  MCL 211.27a.                                                                

                                                                                

26      (h) An annual appropriation of money for municipal purposes.                

                                                                                

27      (i) The levy, collection, and return of state, county, and                  


                                                                                

1   school taxes in conformance with the general laws of this state,            

                                                                                

2   except that the preparation of the assessment roll, the meeting             

                                                                                

3   of the board of review, and the confirmation of the assessment              

                                                                                

4   roll may be at the times provided in the city charter.                      

                                                                                

5       (j) The public peace and health and for the safety of persons               

                                                                                

6   and property.  In providing for the public peace, health, and               

                                                                                

7   safety, a city may expend funds or enter into contracts with a              

                                                                                

8   private organization, the federal or state government, a county,            

                                                                                

9   village, or township, or another city for services considered               

                                                                                

10  necessary by the legislative body.  Public peace, health, and               

                                                                                

11  safety services may include the operation of child guidance and             

                                                                                

12  community mental health clinics, the prevention, counseling, and            

                                                                                

13  treatment of developmental disabilities, the prevention of drug             

                                                                                

14  abuse, and the counseling and treatment of drug abusers.                    

                                                                                

15      (k) Adopting, continuing, amending, and repealing the city                  

                                                                                

16  ordinances and for the publication of each ordinance before it              

                                                                                

17  becomes operative.  Whether or not provided in its charter,                 

                                                                                

18  instead of publishing a true copy of an ordinance before it                 

                                                                                

19  becomes operative, the city may publish a summary of the                    

                                                                                

20  ordinance.  If the city publishes a summary of the ordinance, the           

                                                                                

21  city shall include in the publication the designation of a                  

                                                                                

22  location in the city where a true copy of the ordinance can be              

                                                                                

23  inspected or obtained.   Any  A charter provision to the contrary           

                                                                                

24  notwithstanding, a city may adopt an ordinance punishable by                

                                                                                

25  imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than           

                                                                                

26  $500.00, or both, if the violation substantially corresponds to a           

                                                                                

27  violation of state law that is a misdemeanor for which the                  


                                                                                

1   maximum period of imprisonment is 93 days.  Whether or not                  

                                                                                

2   provided in its charter, a city may adopt a provision of  any  a            

                                                                                

3   state statute for which the maximum period of imprisonment is 93            

                                                                                

4   days, the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to                  

                                                                                

5   257.923, or a law, code, or rule that has been promulgated and              

                                                                                

6   adopted by an authorized agency of this state pertaining to fire,           

                                                                                

7   fire hazards, fire prevention, or fire waste, and a fire                    

                                                                                

8   prevention code, plumbing code, heating code, electrical code,              

                                                                                

9   building code, refrigeration machinery code, piping code, boiler            

                                                                                

10  code, boiler operation code, elevator machinery code, or a code             

                                                                                

11  pertaining to flammable liquids and gases or hazardous chemicals,           

                                                                                

12  that has been promulgated by this state, by a department, board,            

                                                                                

13  or other agency of this state, or by an organization or                     

                                                                                

14  association that is organized and conducted for the purpose of              

                                                                                

15  developing the code, by reference to the law, code, or rule in an           

                                                                                

16  adopting ordinance and without publishing the law, code, or rule            

                                                                                

17  in full.  The law, code, or rule shall be clearly identified in             

                                                                                

18  the ordinance and its purpose shall be published with the                   

                                                                                

19  adopting ordinance.  Printed copies of the law, code, or rule               

                                                                                

20  shall be kept in the office of the city clerk, available for                

                                                                                

21  inspection by, and distribution to, the public at all times.  The           

                                                                                

22  publication shall contain a notice stating that a complete copy             

                                                                                

23  of the law, code, or rule is made available to the public at the            

                                                                                

24  office of the city clerk in compliance with state law requiring             

                                                                                

25  that records of public bodies be made available to the general              

                                                                                

26  public.  A city shall not enforce  any  a provision adopted by              

                                                                                

27  reference for which the maximum period of imprisonment is greater           


                                                                                

1   than 93 days.                                                               

                                                                                

2                                                                                (l) That the business of the legislative body shall be                              

                                                                                

3   conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the open              

                                                                                

4   meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.  All records of            

                                                                                

5   the municipality shall be made available to the general public in           

                                                                                

6   compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442,                

                                                                                

7   MCL 15.231 to 15.246.                                                       

                                                                                

8       (m) Keeping in the English language a written or printed                    

                                                                                

9   journal of each session of the legislative body.                            

                                                                                

10      (n) A system of accounts that conforms to a uniform system of               

                                                                                

11  accounts as required by law.                                                

                                                                                

12      Sec. 8.  (1)  Said petition  Subject to subsections (2) and                 

                                                                                

13  (3), a petition filed under section 6 shall be addressed to the             

                                                                                

14  county board of  supervisors  commissioners of the county in                

                                                                                

15  which the territory to be affected by  such  the proposed                   

                                                                                

16  incorporation, consolidation, or change of boundaries is located,           

                                                                                

17  and shall be filed with the clerk of  said board  the county                

                                                                                

18  board of commissioners not less than 30 days before the convening           

                                                                                

19  of  such  the board in regular session, or in any special session           

                                                                                

20  called for the purpose of considering  said  the petition.  , and           

                                                                                

21  if, before final action thereon, it shall appear to said board or           

                                                                                

22  a majority thereof that said petition or the signing thereof does           

                                                                                

23  not conform to this act, or contains incorrect statements, no               

                                                                                

24  further proceedings pursuant to said petition shall be had, but,            

                                                                                

25  if it shall appear that said petition conforms in all respects to           

                                                                                

26  the provisions of this act, and that the statements contained               

                                                                                

27  therein are true, said board of supervisors  The county board of            


                                                                                

1   commissioners shall by resolution determine whether the petition            

                                                                                

2   complies with the requirements of this act and whether the                  

                                                                                

3   statements contained in the petition are correct.  If the board             

                                                                                

4   determines that the petition does not comply with the                       

                                                                                

5   requirements of this act or that the statements contained in the            

                                                                                

6   petition are not correct, the board shall not conduct further               

                                                                                

7   proceedings on the petition.  Subject to subsection (4), if the             

                                                                                

8   board determines that the petition complies with the requirements           

                                                                                

9   of this act and that the statements contained in the petition are           

                                                                                

10  correct, the board shall, by resolution, provide that the                   

                                                                                

11  question of making the proposed incorporation, consolidation, or            

                                                                                

12  change of boundaries  shall  be submitted to the qualified                  

                                                                                

13  electors of the district to be affected at the next general                 

                                                                                

14  election  , occurring in not less than 40 days after the adoption           

                                                                                

15  of such resolution, and if no general election is to occur within           

                                                                                

16  90 days, said resolution may fix a date preceding said general              

                                                                                

17  election for a special election on such question:  Provided,                

                                                                                

18  however, That whenever  or at a special election before the next            

                                                                                

19  general election.  The question shall not be submitted at an                

                                                                                

20  election to be held less than 60 days after the adoption of the             

                                                                                

21  resolution.                                                                 

                                                                                

22      (2) If it is proposed to incorporate an incorporated village                

                                                                                

23  as a city without change of boundaries,  the  both of the                   

                                                                                

24  following apply:                                                            

                                                                                

25      (a) The initiatory petition  herein  provided for under                     

                                                                                

26  section 6 shall be addressed to the village council or other                

                                                                                

27  legislative body of  such  the village and shall be filed with              


                                                                                

1   the village clerk at least 30 days before final action is taken             

                                                                                

2   thereupon and in such case all acts and duties provided in this            

                                                                                

3   act to be performed by the board of supervisors shall be                    

                                                                                

4   performed by the common council of such village and all acts and            

                                                                                

5   duties provided in this act to be performed by the clerk of the             

                                                                                

6   board of supervisors shall be performed by the village clerk:               

                                                                                

7   Provided further, That a  on the petition.                                  

                                                                                

8       (b) The powers and duties of the county board of                            

                                                                                

9   commissioners and county clerk under subsection (1) are assigned            

                                                                                

10  to the village council and village clerk, respectively.                     

                                                                                

11      (3) A petition covering the same territory, or part  thereof                

                                                                                

12  of the same territory, shall not be considered by the county                

                                                                                

13  board of  supervisors oftener  commissioners more often than once           

                                                                                

14  in every 2 years, unless  such  the petition  shall have been  is           

                                                                                

15  signed by  a number  not less than 35% of taxpayers  assessed for           

                                                                                

16  real property taxes within the area proposed to be annexed  whose           

                                                                                

17  names appear on the latest assessment rolls  therein  under the             

                                                                                

18  requirements of the general property tax  , equal to 35% of the             

                                                                                

19  total number of names which appear on the assessment rolls                  

                                                                                

20  prepared pursuant to said  act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to                   

                                                                                

21  211.157, as being assessed for real property taxes within the               

                                                                                

22  area proposed to be annexed.  , and it shall be the duty of the             

                                                                                

23  The assessing officers who are charged with the duty of assessing           

                                                                                

24  real property within the area proposed to be annexed  to  shall             

                                                                                

25  report as of the date on which the petition is filed the total              

                                                                                

26  number of names on  such  the rolls, within  such  that area, to            

                                                                                

27  the clerk of the  board of supervisors  county board of                     


                                                                                

1   commissioners not more than 14 days after  said  the filing date.           

                                                                                

2   :  Provided, That no vote shall be required                                

                                                                                

3       (4) A vote is not required if the city owns the land sought                 

                                                                                

4   to be annexed.                                                              

                                                                                

5       (5) After the adoption of  such  a resolution under                         

                                                                                

6   subsection (1) submitting a question to a vote of the electors,             

                                                                                

7   neither the sufficiency nor legality of the petition  on which it           

                                                                                

8   is based  under section 6 may be questioned in any proceeding.              

                                                                                

9       Sec. 11.  (1)  When  If the territory to be affected by                     

                                                                                

10  any  a proposed incorporation, consolidation, or change of                 

                                                                                

11  boundaries is situated in more than 1 county, the petition                  

                                                                                

12  hereinbefore provided  under section 6 shall be addressed and              

                                                                                

13  presented to the secretary of state.  , with  The petition shall            

                                                                                

14  be accompanied by 1 or more affidavits  attached thereto sworn              

                                                                                

15  to  by 1 or more of the signers of  said  the petition  ,                   

                                                                                

16  showing  that  all of the following:                                        

                                                                                

17      (a) That the statements contained in  said  the petition are                

                                                                                

18  true.  , that                                                               

                                                                                

19      (b) That each signature affixed  thereto  to the petition is                

                                                                                

20  the  genuine  actual signature of a qualified elector residing in           

                                                                                

21  a city, village, or township to be affected by the carrying out             

                                                                                

22  of the purposes of the petition.  and that                                  

                                                                                

23      (c) That not less than 25 of  such  the petition signers                    

                                                                                

24  reside in each city, village, or township to be affected.                   

                                                                                

25  thereby.                                                                   

                                                                                

26      (2) The secretary of state shall examine  such  the petition                

                                                                                

27  and the accompanying affidavit or affidavits.  annexed, and if he           


                                                                                

1   shall find that the same conforms to the provisions  If the                 

                                                                                

2   secretary of state finds that the petition and accompanying                 

                                                                                

3   affidavit or affidavits comply with the requirements of this act,           

                                                                                

4   he or she shall so certify  ,  and shall transmit the certificate           

                                                                                

5   and a certified copy of  said  the petition and the accompanying            

                                                                                

6   affidavit or affidavits to the clerk of each city, village, or              

                                                                                

7   township to be affected by the  carrying out of the purposes of             

                                                                                

8   such petition  proposal, together with  his certificate as above            

                                                                                

9   provided, and  a notice directing that  at the next general                 

                                                                                

10  election occurring not less than 40 days thereafter  the question           

                                                                                

11  of making the incorporation, consolidation, or change of                    

                                                                                

12  boundaries petitioned for  ,  shall be submitted to the electors            

                                                                                

13  of the district to be affected.  , and if no general election is            

                                                                                

14  to be held within 90 days the resolution may fix a date preceding           

                                                                                

15  the next general election for a special election on the                     

                                                                                

16  question.  If he shall find that said  The notice shall provide             

                                                                                

17  that the question shall be submitted at the next general election           

                                                                                

18  or at an election before the next general election.  However, the           

                                                                                

19  question shall not be submitted at an election to be held less              

                                                                                

20  than 60 days after the date of transmittal of the certificate.              

                                                                                

21      (3) If the secretary of state finds that the petition and the               

                                                                                

22  accompanying affidavit or affidavits  annexed thereto  do not               

                                                                                

23  conform to the provisions  comply with the requirements of this            

                                                                                

24  act, he or she shall certify to that fact  ,  and shall return              

                                                                                

25  said  the petition and affidavits to the person from whom they             

                                                                                

26  were received,  together  along with  such  the certificate.                

                                                                                

27      (4) The  several  city, village, and township clerks who                    


                                                                                

1   shall  receive from the secretary of state the copies and                  

                                                                                

2   certificates  above  provided for in subsection (2) shall give              

                                                                                

3   notice of the election to be held on the question of making the             

                                                                                

4   proposed incorporation, consolidation, or change of boundaries as           

                                                                                

5   provided for in section 10.  of this act.                                   

                                                                                

6       Sec. 21.  (1)  Any  An amendment to an existing city                        

                                                                                

7   charter, whether  passed pursuant to the provisions of  the                 

                                                                                

8   charter was adopted under this act or  heretofore  formerly                 

                                                                                

9   granted or passed by the legislature for the government of a                

                                                                                

10  city,  may from time to time be amended in the manner following:            

                                                                                

11  An amendment  may be proposed by the legislative body of a city             

                                                                                

12  on a 3/5 vote of the members-elect or by an initiatory petition.            

                                                                                

13  as herein provided, and in case the same  If the amendment is              

                                                                                

14  proposed by the legislative body of the city,  then the same  the           

                                                                                

15  amendment shall be submitted to the electors of  such  the city             

                                                                                

16  at the next regular municipal or general state election, or at a            

                                                                                

17  special election,  to be held in such city  held not less than 60           

                                                                                

18  days after the proposal of  such  the amendment.  , and in case             

                                                                                

19  If the amendment is proposed by an initiatory petition,  as                 

                                                                                

20  herein provided, then the same  the amendment shall be submitted            

                                                                                

21  to the electors of  such city as herein provided  the city at the           

                                                                                

22  next regular municipal or general state election held in  such              

                                                                                

23  the city  which shall occur  not less than 90 days  following               

                                                                                

24  after the filing of  such petitions  the petition.                          

                                                                                

25      (2) Proposed charter amendments and other questions to be                   

                                                                                

26  submitted to the electors shall be published in full with                   

                                                                                

27  existing charter provisions  which  that would be altered or                


                                                                                

1   abrogated  thereby  by the proposed charter amendment or other              

                                                                                

2   question.  The purpose of  any such  the proposed charter                   

                                                                                

3   amendment or question shall be designated on the  ballots  ballot           

                                                                                

4   in not more than 100 words, exclusive of caption,  which  that              

                                                                                

5   shall consist of a true and impartial statement of the purpose of           

                                                                                

6   the amendment or question in  such  language  as shall  that does           

                                                                                

7   not create  no  prejudice for or against  such  the amendment or            

                                                                                

8   question.  , and the  The text of  such  the statement shall be             

                                                                                

9   submitted to the attorney general for approval as to compliance             

                                                                                

10  with this requirement before being printed.  :  Provided, That              

                                                                                

11  In addition, the proposed charter amendment in full shall be                

                                                                                

12  posted in a conspicuous place in each polling place.  The form in           

                                                                                

13  which  any  a proposed charter amendment or question shall appear           

                                                                                

14  on the ballot, unless provided for in the initiatory petition,              

                                                                                

15  shall be determined by resolution of the legislative body, and              

                                                                                

16  when  if provided for by the initiatory petition, the                      

                                                                                

17  legislative body may add  such  an explanatory caption.  as shall           

                                                                                

18  be deemed advisable.  Any proposed                                          

                                                                                

19      (3) A proposed charter amendment shall be confined to 1                     

                                                                                

20  subject.  and in case a subject should embrace  If the subject of           

                                                                                

21  a charter amendment includes more than 1 related proposition,               

                                                                                

22  each proposition shall be separately stated to afford an                    

                                                                                

23  opportunity for an elector to vote for or against each  such                

                                                                                

24  proposition.  :  Provided, That  If a proposed charter amendment            

                                                                                

25  failing of adoption at any election  is rejected at an election,           

                                                                                

26  the amendment shall not be resubmitted for a period of 2 years.             

                                                                                

27  :  Provided further, That in any city in which a city election             


                                                                                

1   is held in April, the legislative body thereof may amend the                

                                                                                

2   charter of said city by resolution so as to provide that there              

                                                                                

3   shall be nominated on the third Monday in February preceding any            

                                                                                

4   April election, by direct vote of the registered and qualified              

                                                                                

5   voters within such city, candidates for ward and city offices to            

                                                                                

6   be voted for at the next April election:  Provided further, That            

                                                                                

7   any                                                                         

                                                                                

8       (4) A city charter  heretofore  formerly granted by a                       

                                                                                

9   different act of the state legislature,  not pursuant to the                

                                                                                

10  provisions of this act,  including  charters of cities  the                 

                                                                                

11  charter of a city of the fourth class,  amended as herein                   

                                                                                

12  provided, by adopting or coming  that adopts or comes under any             

                                                                                

13  part of this act by amendment under this section, and not by                

                                                                                

14  general revision, adoption, or incorporation under this act, may            

                                                                                

15  again be amended  hereunder  under this section, as to  such  the           

                                                                                

16  part or parts  so  that are amended, by re-enacting  hereunder,             

                                                                                

17  under this section that part or parts of the original act of                

                                                                                

18  incorporation  which  that existed before any amendment was made            

                                                                                

19  hereunder, and such  under this act.  The part or parts of the             

                                                                                

20  original act of incorporation  so  that are re-enacted shall not            

                                                                                

21  be  considered or  construed as operating or coming under the               

                                                                                

22  provisions of this act in any manner, it being the intention to             

                                                                                

23  permit a city  operating under such a charter  described in this            

                                                                                

24  subsection, to adopt by amendment any part of the provisions of             

                                                                                

25  this act permissible  and thereafter  or to withdraw from the               

                                                                                

26  provisions of this act.                                                     

                                                                                

27      (5) Propositions and questions shall be proposed, initiated,                


                                                                                

1   submitted and canvassed in a manner similar to that provided for            

                                                                                

2   charter amendments.                                                         

                                                                                

3       Sec. 25.  (1) An initiatory petition authorized by this act                 

                                                                                

4   shall be addressed to and filed with the city clerk.  The                   

                                                                                

5   petition shall state what body,  or  organization,  if any, or if           

                                                                                

6   no body or organization, then what persons are  or person is                

                                                                                

7   primarily interested in and responsible for the circulation of              

                                                                                

8   the petition and the securing of the amendment.  Each sheet of              

                                                                                

9   the petition shall be verified by the affidavit of the person who           

                                                                                

10  obtained the signatures to the petition.  and  The petition shall           

                                                                                

11  be signed by at least 5% of  those persons residing in  the                 

                                                                                

12  qualified and registered  to vote in  electors of the                       

                                                                                

13  municipality.  , the charter of which is to be amended, as of the           

                                                                                

14  date when they signed the petition.  Each signer of the petition            

                                                                                

15  shall  inscribe upon it  also write, immediately after his or her           

                                                                                

16  signature, the date of signing and his or her street address.               

                                                                                

17  Any signatures  A signature obtained more than 1 year before the           

                                                                                

18  filing of the petition with the city clerk shall not be counted.            

                                                                                

19  The petition is subject to the requirements of section 25a.                 

                                                                                

20      (2) The verification shall state that the petition was                      

                                                                                

21  circulated at the request of and pursuant to the directions of              

                                                                                

22  the association, organization, or persons desiring the amendment            

                                                                                

23  and shall also state that the signatures were obtained by the               

                                                                                

24  person verifying the petition; that the signatures are the                  

                                                                                

25  signatures of the persons purporting to sign the same and that              

                                                                                

26  each of them signed in his or her presence; and that the person             

                                                                                

27  verifying the petition has good reason to believe and verily does           


                                                                                

1   believe that the signers of the petition are duly registered                

                                                                                

2   electors of the municipality and are the identical persons their            

                                                                                

3   signatures purport them to be.                                              

                                                                                

4       (2)  (3) Any  A person who  shall wilfully affix  willfully                 

                                                                                

5   affixes another's signature, or  subscribe and swear  subscribes            

                                                                                

6   and swears to a verification that is false in any material                  

                                                                                

7   particular, is guilty of perjury.  ; and any  A person who  shall           

                                                                                

8   take  takes the oath of another to the petition not knowing him             

                                                                                

9   or her to be the  identical  same person he or she represents               

                                                                                

10  himself or herself to be or knowing that the petition or any part           

                                                                                

11  thereof  of it is false or fraudulent in any material                      

                                                                                

12  particular, or who  shall  falsely  represent  represents that              

                                                                                

13  the proposed amendment is proposed by  parties  persons other               

                                                                                

14  than the true sponsors, is guilty of a felony and  shall be  is             

                                                                                

15  liable  to  for the same punishment as provided for perjury.                

                                                                                

16      (3)  (4)  Upon receipt of the petition, the city clerk shall                

                                                                                

17  canvass it to ascertain if it  has been  is signed by the                   

                                                                                

18  requisite number of registered electors.  For the purpose of                

                                                                                

19  determining the validity of the petition, the city clerk may                

                                                                                

20  cause  check any doubtful signatures  to be checked  against the           

                                                                                

21  registration records of the city.  Within 45 days from the date             

                                                                                

22  of the filing of the petition, the city clerk shall certify the             

                                                                                

23  sufficiency or insufficiency  thereof  of the petition.  If the             

                                                                                

24  petition contains the requisite number of signatures of                     

                                                                                

25  registered electors, the clerk shall  cause  submit the proposed            

                                                                                

26  amendment  to be submitted  to the electors of the city at the              

                                                                                

27  next regular municipal or general state election held in the city           


                                                                                

1   which shall occur not less than 90 days following the filing of             

                                                                                

2   the petition.                                                               

                                                                                

3       (4)  (5) When  If the petition  shall contain  contains the                 

                                                                                

4   number of  signatures  equal to or in excess  of 20%  of those             

                                                                                

5   or more of the persons residing in and registered to vote in the            

                                                                                

6   city as of the date when they signed it, and  when  the petition            

                                                                                

7   shall request that  requests submission of the proposal                    

                                                                                

8   petitioned for shall be submitted  at a special election,  to be           

                                                                                

9   called for the purpose of submitting the same,  the city clerk,             

                                                                                

10  within 90 days  of  after the date of the filing of the petition,           

                                                                                

11  shall call a special election to be held  not less than 120 days            

                                                                                

12  nor more than 130 days after the date of filing the petition                

                                                                                

13  unless a primary or regular election shall occur or a special               

                                                                                

14  election shall have been or shall be called for other purposes to           

                                                                                

15  be held within 150 days after the date of the filing of the                 

                                                                                

16  petition.  In that event the proposal shall be submitted at such            

                                                                                

17  primary, regular, or special election and a special election                

                                                                                

18  shall not be so called.  on the next regular election date that             

                                                                                

19  is not less than 120 days after the petition was filed. Other               

                                                                                

20  proposals, whether initiated by a 5% petition or proposed by the            

                                                                                

21  legislative body within the times within this act provided, may             

                                                                                

22  be submitted at  such special  that election.  A proposal                   

                                                                                

23  submitted to the electors by the initiative and receiving an                

                                                                                

24  affirmative majority of the votes cast  thereon  on the proposal            

                                                                                

25  shall not be held unconstitutional, invalid, or void on account             

                                                                                

26  of the insufficiency of the petition by which  submission of  the           

                                                                                

27  same  proposal was  procured  submitted.                                   


                                                                                

1       (5)  (6)  Except as provided by subsection  (7)  (6), any                   

                                                                                

2   proposal  contemplating  adopted by the electors that                       

                                                                                

3   contemplates increased expenditure of funds by the municipality             

                                                                                

4   shall become effective  , if adopted by the electors,  only at              

                                                                                

5   the beginning of that fiscal year of the municipality commencing            

                                                                                

6   not earlier than 60 days following the election at which the                

                                                                                

7   proposal was approved by the electors.                                      

                                                                                

8       (6)  (7)  If a proposal  which  that increases the city's ad                

                                                                                

9   valorem property tax limitation applies, by its terms, for a                

                                                                                

10  specific year or period commencing before the date the proposal             

                                                                                

11  would otherwise take effect under subsection  (6)  (5), the                 

                                                                                

12  proposal shall be effective both from the date it is approved by            

                                                                                

13  the electors and retroactively for the year or period specified             

                                                                                

14  in the proposal.  Notwithstanding  any  a charter provision to              

                                                                                

15  the contrary, if a proposal is approved by the electors and given           

                                                                                

16  effect under this subsection after the city has levied its ad               

                                                                                

17  valorem property tax levy for the fiscal year and if the adopted            

                                                                                

18  proposal authorizes the levy of a millage rate for the fiscal               

                                                                                

19  year during which the proposal was approved in excess of the rate           

                                                                                

20  the city was authorized to levy before adoption of the proposal,            

                                                                                

21  the city may levy an additional tax.  to  The additional tax                

                                                                                

22  shall be collected either by a supplementary billing by the city            

                                                                                

23  or at the same time and in the same manner the county's ad                  

                                                                                

24  valorem property tax levy is collected.                                     

                                                                                

25      (7)  (8) Any  A person aggrieved by  any  an action, or                     

                                                                                

26  failure of action, of the city clerk may bring an action against            

                                                                                

27  the clerk in the circuit court for writ of mandamus or for other            


                                                                                

1   appropriate relief.                                                         

                                                                                

2       Sec. 26.  (1) All elections held  hereunder  under this act                 

                                                                                

3   shall be paid for by the locality where held.  , and except as              

                                                                                

4   now  Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance,  shall               

                                                                                

5   receive such  the legislative body of the city shall determine              

                                                                                

6   the publication and notice  as the legislative body may                     

                                                                                

7   determine, and shall be arranged for, held and conducted by the             

                                                                                

8   same officers and in the same manner as near as may be as general           

                                                                                

9   biennial fall elections  of the election.                                   

                                                                                

10      (2) Notwithstanding another provision of this act or a                      

                                                                                

11  charter provision, an election under this act is subject to                 

                                                                                

12  section 641 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116,                      

                                                                                

13  MCL 168.641.                                                                

                                                                                

14      Sec. 29.  (1) The district court, a municipal court, or the                 

                                                                                

15  circuit court, as provided by law, may hear, try, and determine             

                                                                                

16  actions and prosecutions for the recovery and enforcing of fines,           

                                                                                

17  penalties, and forfeitures imposed by the charter and ordinances            

                                                                                

18  of the city, and sanction offenders for the violation of the                

                                                                                

19  charter and ordinances, as is prescribed and directed in the                

                                                                                

20  charter or ordinances.                                                      

                                                                                

21      (2) A city with a population of more than 750,000 may                       

                                                                                

22  establish an administrative hearings bureau to hear and try, and            

                                                                                

23  to make a determination regarding, a municipal civil infraction,            

                                                                                

24  as provided by law, for a violation of the charter or an                    

                                                                                

25  ordinance, as is prescribed and directed in the charter or                  

                                                                                

26  ordinance.                                                                  

                                                                                

27      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       


                                                                                

1   January 1, 2005.                                                            

                                                                                

2       Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

3   effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

                                                                                

4   are enacted into law:                                                       

                                                                                

5       (a) Senate Bill No. _______ or House Bill No. 4821                          

                                                                                

6   (request no. 01919'03 *).                                                   

                                                                                

7       (b) Senate Bill No. _______ or House Bill No. 4824                          

                                                                                

8   (request no. 01920'03 *).