April 13, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Bledsoe and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 72, entitled
"Local government fiscal responsibility act,"
(MCL 141.1201 to 141.1291) by adding section 45.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 45. (1) The joint committee on financial manager
oversight is created and consists of 5 members of the senate and 5
members of the house of representatives. All of the following apply
to the membership of the committee:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the
members shall be appointed in the same manner as standing
committees are appointed for terms of 2 years.
(b) Of the 5 members appointed from each house, 3 shall be
from the majority party and 2 shall be from the minority party.
(c) The chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the standing
committees on education of each house shall serve as members of the
committee.
(d) The chairperson of the committee shall alternate between
houses each year.
(e) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation
but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the business of
the committee. The expenses of the members of the senate shall be
paid from appropriations to the senate and the expenses of the
members of the house of representatives shall be paid from
appropriations to the house of representatives.
(2) The joint committee on financial manager oversight may
meet during a session of the legislature and during an interim
between sessions. The committee may hold hearings and take
testimony on any matter related to the activities of an emergency
financial manager appointed for a school district under this
article. The committee may make recommendations to the legislature
on legislation intended to further the purposes of this act. An
action by the committee shall be by concurring majorities of the
members from each house. The committee shall report its activities
and recommendations to the legislature at each regular session.
(3) The committee may hire staff to assist the committee under
this section. However, the supervision of staff, budgeting,
procurement, and related functions of the committee shall be
performed by the council administrator appointed under the
legislative council act, 1986 PA 268, MCL 4.1101 to 4.1901.