Bill Text: MI HB4632 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; reorganization; procedures for annexation; revise to allow optional vote within annexing school district. Amends sec. 901 of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.901).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-21 - Printed Bill Filed 05/21/2015 [HB4632 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4632-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4632
May 20, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Driskell and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 901 (MCL 380.901), as amended by 1992 PA 140.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 901. (1) A school district shall be annexed to another
school
district if the either of
the following occurs:
(a) The board of the annexing school district adopts a
resolution approving the annexation and a majority of the school
electors of the school district to be annexed voting on the
question
approve the annexation. The
(b) Both of the following occur:
(i) The board of the annexing school district adopts a
resolution calling for the submission of the question of approval
of the annexation to the school electors of the annexing school
district under section 11a(9) and that question is approved by a
majority of the school electors of the annexing school district
voting on the question.
(ii) The annexation is approved by a majority of the school
electors of the school district to be annexed voting on the
question.
(2) A resolution under subsection (1) may specify an effective
date
for the annexation. The vote on the a question presented to
school electors under subsection (1) shall be by ballot.
(3) Before the an election under subsection (1) is held, the
board of the annexing school district shall obtain the approval of
the
state board of the proposed annexation. The An election
under
subsection
(1) shall be held within 120 days after
passage of the a
resolution by the board of the annexing school district.
(4) (2)
Within 10 days after the an election
under subsection
(1)(a),
the secretary of the board of the
school district in which
the
election was held to be
annexed shall file a certified
statement
of the vote for on the
question of annexation with the
secretary of the board of the annexing school district. Within 10
days after an election under subsection (1)(b), the secretary of
the board of the annexing school district shall file a certified
statement of the vote in the annexing school district on the
question of annexation with the secretary of the board of the
school district to be annexed and the secretary of the board of the
school district to be annexed shall file a certified statement of
the vote in the school district to be annexed on the question of
annexation with the secretary of the board of the annexing school
district.
(5) (3)
Within 15 days after the effective
date of the
annexation, the officers of the board of the annexed school
district shall account to the board of the annexing school district
for funds and property of the district. Property and money
belonging to the annexed school district shall be the property of
the annexing school district. Outstanding indebtedness of the
annexed school district shall become the liability of the annexing
school district. Upon receipt of the funds and property by the
board of the annexing school district, the officers of the annexed
school district shall be released from liability for the funds and
property and their offices terminated.
(6) (4)
The annexation is effective on the
date of the
annexation election or the date specified in the board resolution
as the effective date of the annexation, whichever is later, except
that if an election is required in the annexing school district
under subsection (1)(b) or section 904, the annexation is effective
on the date of the official canvass in the annexing school district
or the date specified in the board resolution as the effective date
of the annexation, whichever is later.
(7) (5)
Except as provided in this section,
the annexation of
2 or more school districts may be by concurrent proceedings.
Elections in the annexed school districts may be held on the same
or different days.
(8) (6)
If the annexing school district and
1 or more of the
school districts to be annexed have bonded indebtedness that is to
be mutually assumed at the time of annexation under section 907,
the annexation of each school district having bonded debt shall be
by separate proceedings that shall not be concurrent with the
proceedings for annexation of another school district.
(9) (7)
If a school district to be annexed
has bonded debt
that is to be assumed by an annexing school district, annexation of
the school district shall be by separate proceedings that shall not
be concurrent with proceedings by which another school district is
annexed.
