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