Bill Text: MI HB6002 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Water; other; public notice; revise to make reference to the local government public notice act. Amends sec. 4 of 1956 (Ex Sess) PA 6 (MCL 486.504). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5560'14
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-03 - Printed Bill Filed 12/03/2014 [HB6002 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB6002-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6002
December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1956 (Ex Sess) PA 6, entitled
"Township water system act of 1956,"
by amending section 4 (MCL 486.504).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
4. (1) It shall be lawful for the The township
board of
any
a township for and on behalf of that township to may contract
with
any such a corporation for the purchase of water for public,
municipal, or
other purposes and to may provide in said that
contract for the time and manner of payment and any and all other
matters
incident thereto. Such to
the provision of water for
public,
municipal, or other purposes. The contract
may further also
provide for the acquisition of all or some of the physical
properties
of any such the corporation at such a time
or times,
upon
such terms, and in such a manner as to the
township board
shall
seem considers just and proper. The township board of any
township,
before
(2)
Before entering into any such a contract
as hereinbefore
provided,
under this section, a
township board shall pass a
resolution
declaring its intent to proceed under the provisions of
this
act and to enter into 1 or more contracts as in this act
contemplated.
Such authorized by this act.
The resolution shall set
forth
substantially the terms and provisions of such the contract
and shall provide for a public hearing upon all matters pertaining
thereto.
Such to the contract. A contract shall be effective for a
period
of not to exceed 50 years. Such A
public hearing shall be
held
within 20 days after the passage of such the resolution.
Notice
Prior to January 1, 2015,
notice of the time and place of
such
the public hearing shall be given at least 10 days prior
thereto
to the public hearing by publication of such the notice
in
a
newspaper of general circulation in such the township and by
posting
such the notice in 3 public places within such the
township. Beginning January 1, 2015, at least 10 days prior to the
public hearing, tier B public notice of the hearing shall be
provided as set forth in the local government public notice act.
After
such the public hearing the township board by the affirmative
vote of a 2/3 majority of its members-elect may pass an ordinance
adopting
the provisions of this act and may by such ordinance
authorize 2 or more of its members on behalf of the township to
enter
into such a contract with such the corporation.
Any Prior to
January
1, 2015, an ordinance adopted hereunder,
together with
under
this section and a notice or
certificate of its adoption ,
shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within
such
the township within 15 days following its passage. and
such
Beginning January 1, 2015, tier B public notice of an ordinance
adopted under this section and a certificate of its adoption shall
be provided within 15 days after its adoption as set forth in the
local government public notice act. An ordinance adopted under this
section
shall become effective within 30 days next
following the
date
of its publication. : Provided, however, That However, if
within
30 days from after the publication of such the ordinance,
a
petition signed by not less than 10% of the registered electors
residing
within the limits of such the
township shall have been is
filed with the township clerk requesting a referendum upon the
effectiveness
of such the ordinance, then such the ordinance
shall
not become effective until approved by vote of a majority of the
electors
of such the township qualified to vote and voting thereon,
on the ordinance at a general or special election. Signatures on
any such petition shall be verified by some person or persons under
oaths as the actual signatures of persons whose names are signed
thereto,
on the petition, and the township clerk shall have the
same power to reject signatures and petitions as city clerks
possess
by law. The number of registered electors in such the
township shall be determined by the township registration books.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 5560 of the 97th Legislature is enacted into
law.
