Bill Text: MI HB4612 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Townships; other; approval of township name change by township electors; require. Amends 1846 RS 16 (MCL 41.1a - 41.110c) by adding sec. 2a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-22 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/22/2019 [HB4612 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4612-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4612

 

 

May 21, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Cherry and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance.

 

     A bill to amend 1846 RS 16, entitled

 

"Of the powers and duties of townships, the election and duties of

township officers, and the division of townships,"

 

(MCL 41.1a to 41.110c) by adding section 2a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2a. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a township board may

 

by resolution adopted by 2/3 of the members elected to and serving

 

on the township board change the name of the township. The

 

resolution must include the new name of the township.

 

     (2) A resolution adopted under subsection (1) does not take

 

effect unless the resolution is approved by a majority of the

 

electors of the township voting on the question at an election to

 

be held on the next August regular election date or November

 

regular election date, whichever occurs first, that is not less

than 60 days after the date the resolution is adopted.

 

     (3) If a majority of the electors of the township voting on

 

the question approve the resolution, the name of that township is

 

authorized to be changed by the township to the new name in the

 

resolution.

 

     (4) A township does not have the authority to change its name

 

more than once every 25 years.