Bill Text: MI HB4017 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; local; Michigan election law; amend to allow nonresident owners of real property the right to vote on millage issues. Amends secs. 10, 11 & 492 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.10 et seq.).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-27 - Printed Bill Filed 01/23/2009 [HB4017 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4017-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4017
January 22, 2009, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 10, 11, and 492 (MCL 168.10, 168.11, and
168.492), section 492 as amended by 1989 PA 142.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10. The term "qualified elector", as used in this act,
shall
be construed to mean any means
a person who possesses the
qualifications of an elector as prescribed in section 1 of article
2
II of the state constitution of 1963
and who has either resided
in the city or township 30 days or, for an election or special
election on the question of imposing a new millage or increasing or
renewing an existing millage on real property only, who owns real
property located in the political subdivision to be affected by the
result of that election.
Sec. 11. (1) "Residence", as used in this act, for
registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person
habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a
regular place of lodging. If a person has more than 1 residence, or
if
a wife person has a residence separate from that of the
husband
his or her spouse, that place at which the person resides the
greater part of the time shall be his or her official residence for
the
purposes of this act. This section shall not be construed to
does not affect existing judicial interpretation of the term
residence.
(2)
An elector shall not be deemed to have gained or lost does
not
gain or lose a residence by reason
of being while employed in
the service of the United States or of this state, while engaged in
the
navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United
States, or of the high seas, while a student at an institution of
learning, while kept at any state facility or hospital at public
expense, or while confined in a jail or prison. Honorably
discharged members of the armed forces of the United States or of
this
state and who reside in the veterans' facility established by
this state may acquire a residence where the facility is located.
The residence of a person who is a patient receiving treatment at a
hospital
or other facility pursuant to Act No. 258 of the Public
Acts
of 1974, as amended, being sections 330.1001 to 330.2106 of
the
Michigan Compiled Laws under the mental health code, 1974 PA
258, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106, is the village, city, or township
where the person resided immediately before admission to the
hospital or other facility.
(3) A member of the armed forces of the United States
shall is
not
be deemed a resident of this state in consequence of due to
being
stationed in a military or naval place facility within the
this state.
(4) For purposes of registering to vote and voting at an
election or special election on the question of imposing a new
millage or increasing or renewing an existing millage on real
property only, a person is considered a resident of any political
subdivision to be affected by the result of that election in which
that person owns real property.
Sec.
492. Every Each person who has the following
qualifications of an elector, or who will have those qualifications
at
the next election or primary election, shall be is
entitled to
be
registered register as an elector in the township, city, or
village in which he or she resides. The person shall be a citizen
of the United States; not less than 18 years of age; a resident of
the state for not less than 30 days; and a resident of the
township, city, or village on or before the thirtieth day before
the next regular or special election or primary election. For
purposes of registering to vote and voting at an election or
special election on the question of imposing a new millage or
increasing or renewing an existing millage on real property only, a
person is considered a resident of any political subdivision to be
affected by the result of that election in which that person owns
real property.
