Bill Text: MI HB4874 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
Introduced by Rep. Jackson
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4874
AN ACT to amend 1909 PA 279, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for revising and amending their charters; to provide for certain powers and duties; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes by cities, borrowing of money, and issuance of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness; to validate actions taken, bonds issued, and obligations heretofore incurred; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts on specific dates,” 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 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.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
