Bill Text: MI HB4874 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Cities; home rule; population requirement for eligibility to finance certain services by special assessment; revise. Amends sec. 5i of 1909 PA 279 (MCL 117.5i).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-12-28 - Assigned Pa 287'11 With Immediate Effect [HB4874 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB4874-Engrossed.html

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HB-4874, As Passed Senate, December 14, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1909 PA 279, entitled

 

"The home rule city act,"

 

by amending section 5i (MCL 117.5i), as amended by 2001 PA 173.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5i. (1) Whether or not authorized by its charter, a city

 

with a population of more than 750,000 600,000 may provide by

 

ordinance a procedure to finance by special assessments the

 

provision by private contractors of snow removal from streets,

 

mosquito abatement, and security services. The ordinance shall

 

authorize the use of petitions to initiate the establishment of a

 

special assessment district. The record owners of not less than 51%

 

of the land comprising the actual special assessment district must

 

have signed the petitions.

 

     (2) A service instituted under this section may be

 

discontinued upon petition by the record owners of 51% of the land

 

comprising the special assessment district.