April 11, 2013, Introduced by Senator BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.
A bill to amend 1951 PA 33, entitled
"An act to provide police and fire protection for townships and for
certain areas in townships, certain incorporated villages, and
certain cities; to authorize contracting for fire and police
protection; to authorize the purchase of fire and police equipment,
and the maintenance and operation of the equipment; to provide for
defraying the cost of the equipment; to authorize the creation of
special assessment districts and the levying and collecting of
special assessments; to authorize the issuance of special
assessment bonds in anticipation of the collection of special
assessments and the advancement of the amount necessary to pay such
bonds, and to provide for reimbursement for such advances by
reassessment if necessary; to authorize the collection of fees for
certain emergency services in townships and other municipalities;
to authorize the creation of administrative boards and to prescribe
their powers and duties; to provide for the appointment of traffic
officers and to prescribe their powers and duties; and to repeal
acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 10 (MCL 41.810), as amended by 2004 PA 463.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10. (1) This act applies to townships and adjoining
townships and incorporated villages and qualified cities. If
reference is made in this act to townships, that reference shall
apply to townships and incorporated villages and qualified cities.
If reference is made in this act to township boards, that reference
shall apply to township boards and the legislative bodies of
incorporated villages and qualified cities. A township,
incorporated village, or qualified city shall not use this act to
lessen the number of paid full-time firefighters in that township,
incorporated village, or qualified city.
(2)
As used in this act, "qualified city" means either of the
following:
(a)
A a city with a population of less than 15,000.70,000,
(b)
A city with a population of 15,000 or more and less than
70,000
located in a county with a population of more than 200,000
and
less than 235,000, if the question
of raising money by special
assessment and the amount of the special assessment to be levied
annually under this act is approved by a majority of the electors
in the special assessment district. The amount of the special
assessment to be levied annually under this act that was approved
under
this subdivision subsection
shall not be increased unless
that increase is first approved by a majority of the electors in
the special assessment district.