Bill Text: MI HB5832 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature: committees; school and local government financing commission; create. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-24 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/23/2022 [HB5832 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB5832-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5832
A bill to create the school and local government financing commission and prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "school and local government financing commission act".
(a) "Commission" means the school and local government financing commission established in this act.
(b) "Local government" means a county, city, village, or township.
Sec. 5. (1) The school and local government financing commission is created in the department of treasury.
(2) The governor shall appoint the members of the commission. The commission must consist of 11 members who have expertise in state and local finance.
(3) The governor shall appoint the first members of the commission within 60 days after the effective date of this act.
(4) The governor shall appoint each of the first members to 3-year terms. After the first appointments, the term of a member of the commission is 3 years or until a successor is appointed under subsection (2), whichever is later.
(5) If a vacancy occurs on the commission, the governor shall appoint an individual to fill the vacancy for the balance of the term.
(6) The governor may remove a member of the commission for incompetence, dereliction of duty, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office, or any other good cause.
(7) The governor shall call the first meeting of the commission. At the first meeting, the commission shall elect a member as a chairperson and may elect other officers that it considers necessary or appropriate. The commission shall meet at least quarterly, or more frequently at the call of the chairperson or at the request of 6 or more members.
(8) A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for transacting business. Agreement of a majority of the members of the commission serving is required for any action of the commission.
(9) The commission shall conduct its business in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(10) A writing that is prepared, owned, used, possessed, or retained by the commission in performing an official function is subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(11) A member of the commission is not entitled to compensation for service on the commission, but the commission may reimburse a member for actual and necessary expenses incurred in serving.
(12) The commission shall review and investigate all of the following:
(a) The funding for local governments, including the formula for revenue sharing, local tax limitations in the constitution, including, but not limited to, section 29 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 and other statutes or constitutional provisions of this state, and increasing cost burdens of local governments with a focus on if the funding for local governments is adequate, equitable, and stable.
(b) The funding for school districts and intermediate school districts in this state, including, but not limited to, the approval of Proposal A of 1994, related legislation, and other statutes or constitutional provisions of this state that have impacted school districts and intermediate school districts.
(c) The increasing costs of school districts and intermediate school districts with a focus on if the funding for the school districts and intermediate school districts in this state is adequate, equitable, and stable.
(13) Not later than 2 years after the effective date of this act, the commission shall make specific determinations of the items described in subsection (12) and report those determinations to each house of the legislature, the governor, the senate fiscal agency, the house fiscal agency, and the public.
(14) The governor may direct that state agencies subject to the supervision of the governor under section 8 of article V of the state constitution of 1963 provide information to the commission to assist the commission in fulfilling its duties under this section. Upon request of the commission, the commission must be given access to all information, records, and documents in the possession of a state agency that the commission considers necessary to fulfill its duties under this section. The commission may hold hearings and may request that any person appear before the commission, or at a hearing, and give testimony or produce documentary or other evidence that the commission considers relevant to its duties under this section.
(15) This act is repealed effective 3 years after the effective date of this act.
