Bill Text: MI HB4658 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Libraries; district; summary of ballot language regarding district library millages; require on notice of close of registration. Amends secs. 18 & 21 of 1989 PA 24 (MCL 397.188 & 397.191).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Printed Bill Filed 05/03/2013 [HB4658 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4658-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4658

 

May 2, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Johnson and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.

 

     A bill to amend 1989 PA 24, entitled

 

"The district library establishment act,"

 

by amending sections 18 and 21 (MCL 397.188 and 397.191), section

 

21 as amended by 2005 PA 60.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 18. (1) If an election for board members or a

 

districtwide tax is to be held in conjunction with a general

 

election or a state primary election immediately preceding before a

 

general election and none of the participating municipalities are

 

school districts, the notices of close of registration and election

 

shall be published as provided for by the state election laws.

 

Otherwise, if none of the participating municipalities are school

 

districts, the county clerk of the largest county shall publish the

 

notices of close of registration and election. The notice of close

 

of registration shall include the ballot language of the proposal.a

 

caption or brief description of the ballot proposal along with the

 

location where an elector can obtain the full text of the ballot

 

proposal.

 

     (2) If none of the participating municipalities are school

 

districts, the results of an election for board members or a

 

districtwide tax shall be canvassed by the board of county

 

canvassers of each county in which a participating municipality is

 

located. The board of county canvassers of a county in which a

 

participating municipality is located and which is not the largest

 

county shall certify the results of the election to the board of

 

county canvassers of the largest county. The board of county

 

canvassers of the largest county shall make the final canvass of an

 

election for board members or a districtwide tax based on the

 

returns of the election inspectors of the participating

 

municipalities in that county and the certified results of the

 

board of county canvassers of every other county in which a

 

participating municipality is located. The board of county

 

canvassers of the largest county shall certify the results of the

 

election to the district library board and issue certificates of

 

election.

 

     Sec. 21. (1) If an election for district board members or a

 

districtwide tax is conducted by a participating school district

 

under section 20(a), the school district election coordinator

 

required by law to publish notices of the close of registration and

 

election for a school district election in that school district

 

shall publish the notices for the election for board members or a

 

districtwide tax in that school district.

 

     (2) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is

 

conducted in a participating municipality or a portion of a

 

participating municipality by a nonparticipating school district,

 

under section 20(b), the school district election coordinator

 

required by law to publish the notices of close of registration and

 

election for a school district election in that school district

 

shall publish the notices for the election for board members or a

 

districtwide tax for the participating municipality or portion of a

 

participating municipality located within that school district. The

 

notices of close of registration and election shall designate the

 

participating municipality for all or a portion of which the

 

election is being conducted under section 20(b).

 

     (3) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is

 

conducted by a participating municipality under section 20(c), the

 

clerk of the participating municipality shall publish notices of

 

close of registration and election for the participating

 

municipality or that portion of the participating municipality

 

located in the nonparticipating school district.

 

     (4) A notice of close of registration published under this

 

section shall contain the ballot language of the proposal.a caption

 

or brief description of the ballot proposal along with the location

 

where an elector can obtain the full text of the ballot proposal.