HOUSE BILL No. 6464

 

September 21, 2010, Introduced by Reps. McMillin, Agema, Genetski and Lund and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1968 PA 2, entitled

 

"Uniform budgeting and accounting act,"

 

by amending section 2d (MCL 141.422d), as amended by 2000 PA 493,

 

and by adding section 15a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2d. (1) "Depository library" means a depository library

 

designated under section 10 of the library of Michigan act, 1982 PA

 

540, MCL 397.20.

 

     (2) "Legislative body" means any of the following:

 

     (a) The council, commission, or other entity vested with the

 

legislative power of a village.

 

     (b) The council or other entity vested with the legislative

 

power of a city.

 


     (c) The board of education of a local school district.

 

     (d) The board of education of an intermediate school district.

 

     (e) The township board of a township.

 

     (f) The county board of commissioners of a county.

 

     (g) The board of county road commissioners of a county.

 

     (h) The board of directors of a public school academy

 

established under part 6a of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451,

 

MCL 380.501 to 380.507.

 

     (i) The official body to which is granted general governing

 

powers over an authority or organization of government established

 

by law that may expend funds of the authority or organization. As

 

used in this act, legislative body does not include an

 

intermunicipality committee established under 1957 PA 200, MCL

 

123.631 to 123.637.

 

     (3) "Library of Michigan" means the library of Michigan

 

created under section 3 of the library of Michigan act, 1982 PA

 

540, MCL 397.13.

 

     (4) "Local unit" does not include an intermunicipality

 

committee established under 1957 PA 200, MCL 123.631 to 123.637.

 

Except as used in sections 14, 15, and 16 to 20a, local unit means

 

a village, city, or township or an authority or commission

 

established by a county, village, city, or township resolution,

 

motion, ordinance, or charter. As used in sections 14, 15, and 16

 

to 20a, local unit means any of the following:

 

     (a) A village.

 

     (b) A city.

 

     (c) A school district.

 


     (d) An intermediate school district.

 

     (e) A public school academy established under part 6a of the

 

revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.501 to 380.507.

 

     (f) A township.

 

     (g) A county.

 

     (h) A county road commission.

 

     (i) An authority or organization of government established by

 

law that may expend funds of the authority or organization.

 

     (5) "Revenue" means an addition to the assets of a fund that

 

does not increase a liability, does not represent the recovery of

 

an expenditure, does not represent the cancellation of a liability

 

without a corresponding increase in any other liability or a

 

decrease in assets, and does not represent a contribution of fund

 

capital in enterprise or in internal service funds.

 

     (6) "Surplus" means an excess of the assets of a fund over its

 

liabilities and reserves.

 

     Sec. 15a. (1) Within 30 days after a local unit adopts its

 

annual operating budget for the following fiscal year, or within 30

 

days after a local unit adopts a subsequent revision to that

 

budget, the local unit shall make all of the following available

 

through a link on its website homepage in a form and manner

 

prescribed by the department of treasury:

 

     (a) The annual operating budget and subsequent budget

 

revisions.

 

     (b) Using data that have already been collected and submitted

 

to the department of treasury, a summary of local unit expenditures

 

for the most recent fiscal year for which they are available,

 


expressed in the following 2 pie charts:

 

     (i) A chart of personnel expenditures, broken into the

 

following subcategories:

 

     (A) Salaries and wages.

 

     (B) Employee benefit costs, including, but not limited to,

 

medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and long-term care

 

benefits.

 

     (C) Retirement benefit costs.

 

     (D) All other personnel costs.

 

     (ii) A chart of all local unit expenditures, broken into the

 

following subcategories:

 

     (A) Support services.

 

     (B) Business and administration.

 

     (C) Operations and maintenance.

 

     (c) Links to all of the following:

 

     (i) The current collective bargaining agreement for each

 

bargaining unit.

 

     (ii) Each health care benefits plan, including, but not limited

 

to, medical, dental, vision, disability, long-term care, or any

 

other type of benefits that would constitute health care services,

 

offered to any bargaining unit or employee in the local unit.

 

     (iii) The audit report of the local unit for the most recent

 

fiscal year for which it is available.

 

     (d) The total salary and a description and cost of each fringe

 

benefit included in the compensation package for the chief

 

administrative officer and for each employee of the local unit

 

whose salary exceeds $100,000.00.

 


     (e) The annual amount spent on dues paid to associations.

 

     (f) The annual amount spent on lobbying or lobbying services.

 

As used in this subdivision, "lobbying" means that term as defined

 

in section 5 of 1978 PA 472, MCL 4.415.

 

     (2) A local unit that does not comply with the requirements of

 

subsection (1) is subject to a reduction in revenue sharing as

 

provided in section 17c of the Glenn Steil state revenue sharing

 

act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.917c.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 6465(request no.

 

07095'10 a) of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.