Bill Text: MI HB5056 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Townships; boards and commissions; township board to request township name change by the county board of commissioners; authorize. Amends 1846 RS 16 (MCL 41.1a - 41.110c) by adding sec. 2a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5057'17

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-10-05 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/04/2017 [HB5056 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5056-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5056

 

 

October 4, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Phelps and referred to the Committee on Local Government.

 

     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. A township board may, by resolution approved by a

 

majority of the members of the township board, authorize the

 

township to submit an application to the county board of

 

commissioners of the county in which that township is located

 

requesting that the name of the township be changed. The

 

application must include the proposed name of the township.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5057 (request no.

04215'17 a) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.