Bill Text: MI HB5848 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Cities; home rule; posting of legal notices as alternative to publishing; provide for. Amends 1909 PA 279 (MCL 117.1 - 117.38) by adding sec. 4t.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-23 - Printed Bill Filed 02/19/2010 [HB5848 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5848-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5848

 

February 18, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Geiss, Tyler, Hammel, Stanley, Barnett and LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1909 PA 279, entitled

 

"The home rule city act,"

 

(MCL 117.1 to 117.38) by adding section 4t.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4t. Notwithstanding any charter provision, a city that is

 

required to publish a legal notice in a newspaper of general

 

circulation in the city may satisfy that requirement by posting the

 

legal notice in the office of the city clerk and on at least 1 of

 

the following:

 

     (a) The city's website.

 

     (b) The website of the newspaper designated by the city as the

 

official newspaper of general circulation in the city.

 

     (c) The public, education, and government channel operated in

 

that city.