Bill Text: MI HB6090 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Counties; boards and commissions; board of review hearings under the county public improvement act of 1939; modify. Amends sec. 6 of 1939 PA 342 (MCL 46.176).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-31 - Assigned Pa 569'18 With Immediate Effect [HB6090 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB6090-Enrolled.html
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Rep. Bellino
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6090
AN ACT to amend 1939 PA 342, entitled “An act to authorize counties to establish and provide water, sewer, or sewage disposal improvements and services within or between cities, villages, townships, charter townships, or any duly authorized and established combinations thereof, within or without the county, and to establish and provide garbage or rubbish collection and disposal facilities and services for such units of government or combinations thereof, and for such purposes to acquire, purchase, construct, own, maintain, or operate water mains and trunk and connecting lines, water pumping and purification plants, sewers, sewage interceptors, sewage disposal plants, settling basins, screens and meters, and incinerators and disposal grounds; to authorize counties to establish, administer, coordinate, and regulate a system or systems of water, sewer, or sewage disposal improvements and services, and garbage and rubbish collection and disposal facilities and services, within or between such units of government; to provide methods for obtaining money for the aforesaid purposes; to authorize counties to extend by laterals and connections, and to construct, improve, repair, manage, or operate water, sewer, or sewage disposal improvements and garbage and rubbish collection and disposal facilities and services of and situated within such cities, villages, townships, charter townships, or any duly authorized and established combination thereof, and provide for the loan of money to such units of government for the purposes and the repayment thereof by agreements therefor; to provide methods for collection of rates, charges, or assessments; to authorize counties to enter into contracts with any unit of government providing for the acquisition, construction, and financing of improvements or facilities and for the pledge of the full faith and credit of each unit of government for the payment of their respective shares of the cost thereof; to authorize each unit of government having power to tax to impose taxes without limitation as to rate or amount for the payment of contract obligations in anticipation of which bonds are issued; to authorize counties to issue bonds secured by the full faith and credit pledges of each unit of government; to authorize counties to pledge their full faith and credit as additional security on such bonds and to impose taxes without limitation as to rate or amount to the extent necessary for the payment of such bonds; to authorize counties to issue revenue bonds and to pledge their full faith and credit as additional security for the payment of such revenue bonds; to validate action taken and bonds issued; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,” by amending section 6 (MCL 46.176).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 6. The county board of commissioners shall designate either a committee selected from its membership or the board of auditors, if a county has a board of auditors, to be constituted as a board of review for the purpose of hearing and reviewing rates, charges, or assessments. At the request of any unit of government, person, firm, or corporation charged for services rendered by any county acting under this act, and on sufficient cause being shown, or upon information presented to or obtained by the board of review of the respective county, the action of the county agency in fixing or adjusting charges or assessments must be reviewed and finally determined by the board of review. The charges or assessments must in all cases be sufficient to pay the operating expenses of the system and to meet sinking fund and interest requirements on bonds and to meet principal and interest payments on notes if any, and any other requirements under which the bonds or notes may be issued. The board of review shall adjust and correct rates, charges, or assessments in order that the rates, charges, or assessments are just and equitable. The board of review shall meet at the room of the county board of commissioners in the county building within 60 days of a written request to review rates, charges, or assessments. The board of review shall allow sufficient time for the hearing. Notice of hearings to be held by the board of review must be prepared by the board and posted at 2 public places in each municipality where rates, charges, or assessments are charged or assessed under this act at least 7 days before the scheduled hearing.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
