Bill Text: MI HB6368 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Local government; other; sale of certain land by a local government while under an emergency manager; require voter approval. Amends 2012 PA 436 (MCL 141.1541 - 141.1575) by adding sec. 19a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-09-26 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/25/2018 [HB6368 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6368-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6368

 

 

September 25, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Howrylak and Gay-Dagnogo and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     A bill to amend 2012 PA 436, entitled

 

"Local financial stability and choice act,"

 

(MCL 141.1541 to 141.1575) by adding section 19a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 19a. In addition to any other requirement under this act,

 

before an emergency manager sells 2 acres or more of land owned by

 

the local government, the clerk of the local government, or the

 

school district election coordinator of the school district if the

 

local government is a school district, shall submit the question of

 

whether to sell the land to a vote of the electors of the local

 

government at the next general election or special election called

 

for that purpose and conducted in accordance with the Michigan

 

election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. If the question to

sell the land is approved by a majority of the electors in the

 

local government voting on the question, the land is authorized to

 

be sold by the emergency manager. If the question to sell the land

 

is not approved by a majority of the electors in the local

 

government voting on the question, the land is not authorized to be

 

sold by the emergency manager.