Bill Text: MI SB0198 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; school districts; salary cap on school emergency financial manager; provide for. Amends sec. 38 of 1990 PA 72 (MCL 141.1238).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-24 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0198 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB0198-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 198
February 24, 2011, Introduced by Senators HUNTER, SMITH, YOUNG, HOOD and SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 72, entitled
"Local government fiscal responsibility act,"
by amending section 38 (MCL 141.1238).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 38. (1) If the superintendent of public instruction
determines under section 35 or 36 that a school district has a
financial emergency, the superintendent of public instruction,
within 30 days after that determination, shall submit to the state
board the names of nominees who shall be considered for appointment
to serve as an emergency financial manager for the school district.
From the list of nominees submitted to the state board, the state
board shall submit to the governor the names of not more than 3
nominees who shall be considered for appointment to serve as an
emergency financial manager for the school district. From the list
of nominees submitted to the governor, the governor shall appoint,
with the advice and consent of the senate, an emergency financial
manager for the school district who shall hold office for a term
fixed by the governor, but not to exceed 1 year. The appointment
shall be by written contract and may be renewed on an annual basis
for not more than 1 year.
(2) An emergency financial manager appointed under this
article shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her
competence in fiscal matters and shall not have been either an
elected or appointed official or employee of the school district
for which he or she is appointed for not less than 5 years before
the appointment. The emergency financial manager shall not be the
superintendent of public instruction. The emergency financial
manager need not be a resident of the school district for which he
or she is appointed.
(3) Unless the legislature provides special funding, an
emergency financial manager shall receive compensation and
reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses from the school
district as approved by the superintendent of public instruction.
The annual salary for the emergency financial manager shall not
exceed the annual salary for the governor. In addition to staff
otherwise authorized by law, with the approval of the
superintendent of public instruction, the emergency financial
manager may appoint additional staff and secure professional
assistance considered necessary to implement this article.
