HOUSE BILL No. 6027

 

December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 1933 PA 204, entitled

 

"An act to authorize municipalities to call for and accept tenders

of defaulted bonds,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 141.212).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. Whenever If any bonds of any special assessment

 

district or improvement district of any county, city, township,

 

village, or school district of the this state of Michigan shall

 

have been or have remained in default as to principal or interest

 

for a period of longer than 6 months and there shall not be, or

 

have been within said the period of default, sufficient sums of

 

money on hand belonging to said the special assessment district or

 

improvement district to pay the principal and interest of said the


 

bonds so in default, the governing body of such the municipality

 

may by resolution call for tenders of such the defaulted bonds. and

 

Before January 1, 2015, the governing body of the municipality

 

shall advertise such the call for tenders of bonds at least once ,

 

in a newspaper having general circulation in such the municipality.

 

Such Before January 1, 2015, the advertisement shall be published

 

at least 10 days prior to before the time for presentation of such

 

the tenders of bonds. Beginning January 1, 2015, at least 10 days

 

before the time for presentation of the tenders of bonds, the

 

governing body of the municipality shall provide tier B public

 

notice of the call for tenders of bonds as set forth in the local

 

government public notice act.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5560 (request no.

 

03796'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.