Bill Text: MI HB4019 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections; local; general law village act; amend to allow nonresident owners of real property the right to vote on millage issues. Amends sec. 4, ch. III of 1895 PA 3 (MCL 63.4).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-27 - Printed Bill Filed 01/23/2009 [HB4019 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4019-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4019

 

January 22, 2009, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Tax Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled

 

"The general law village act,"

 

by amending section 4 of chapter III (MCL 63.4), as added by 1998

 

PA 255.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER III

 

     Sec. 4. An individual who is a registered elector of the

 

township in which the village is located and who is a resident of

 

the village may vote at any election in the village. 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 the village to be affected by the result

 

of that election if that person owns real property located in that

 

village.