Bill Text: MI HB6011 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Local government; authorities; public notice for establishing a zoological authority; revise to make reference to the local government public notice act. Amends sec. 7 of 2008 PA 49 (MCL 123.1167). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5560'14

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-03 - Printed Bill Filed 12/03/2014 [HB6011 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB6011-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6011

 

December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 2008 PA 49, entitled

 

"Zoological authorities act,"

 

by amending section 7 (MCL 123.1167).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7. (1) To initiate the establishment of an authority,

 

articles of incorporation shall be prepared by a majority of the

 

members of the county board of commissioners of the county

 

establishing the authority. The articles of incorporation shall

 

include all of the following:

 

     (a) The name of the authority.

 

     (b) The size of the board of the authority, which shall be

 

composed of an odd number of members and shall not exceed 15

 

members; the qualifications and terms of office of board members;

 

the manner of appointing the members of the board of the authority;

 

and the filling of vacancies in the office of board member.

 

     (c) The purpose of the authority.

 

     (d) The method of dissolution of the authority.

 

     (e) Any other matters considered advisable.

 

     (2) The articles shall be adopted and may be amended by an

 

affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the county board

 

of commissioners of the county establishing the authority.

 

     (3) Before January 1, 2015, before the articles or amendments

 

to the articles are adopted, the articles or amendments to the

 

articles shall be published not less than once in a newspaper

 

generally circulated within the county. Beginning January 1, 2015,

 

before the articles or amendments to the articles are adopted, tier

 

B public notice with a link of the articles or amendments to the

 

articles shall be provided as set forth in the local government

 

public notice act. The adoption of articles or amendments to the

 

articles by the county shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the

 

articles or amendments by the clerk of the county.

 

     (4) Upon adoption of the articles or amendments to the

 

articles by the county, a printed copy of the articles or the

 

amended articles shall be filed with the secretary of state by the

 

clerk of the county.

 

     (5) The authority's articles of incorporation, or amendments

 

to the articles, take effect upon filing with the secretary of

 

state.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5560 (request no.

 

03796'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.