Bill Text: MI HB4119 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Libraries; policies and practices; reestablishment of free public libraries; provide for in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 13a of 1947 PA 359 (MCL 42.13a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-18 - Assigned Pa 24'19 With Immediate Effect [HB4119 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB4119-Engrossed.html
HB-4119, As Passed House, March 5, 2019
HOUSE BILL No. 4119
January 29, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Meerman and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance.
A bill to amend 1947 PA 359, entitled
"The charter township act,"
by amending section 13a (MCL 42.13a), as amended by 2012 PA 191.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
13a. (1) In The township
board of a charter township may
do either of the following:
(a) Establish and maintain a free public library if the
charter township is in a county with a population of more than
750,000
but less than 2,000,000 that and
has not been located
within the service area of an established free public library for
the
previous 3 years. , the township board may establish and
maintain
a free public library.
(b) Reestablish and maintain under this act a free public
library established as a township library under a repealed act that
served the charter township.
(2) The board shall establish or reestablish a free public
library under subsection (1) by adopting an ordinance or passing a
resolution as provided by law. The board shall file a copy of the
ordinance or resolution with the department of education within 10
days after adoption or passage.
(3) The township board shall serve as board of directors for
the library with final authority over all library matters. The
township board shall appoint a library advisory committee
consisting of 7 members holding staggered 3-year terms to advise
the township board with regard to development, operation, and
maintenance of the library. The township board may fill vacancies
on the library advisory committee and may remove a member with or
without cause.
(4) The township board shall establish the rules and
regulations for the operation of the library, appoint a library
director and authorize the hiring of qualified assistants,
establish a separate and dedicated library fund, and pass any
necessary ordinances governing the operations of the library.
(5) A free public library established or reestablished and
operated under this section is a public library for the purposes of
the state aid to public libraries act, 1977 PA 89, MCL 397.551 to
397.576.
