HOUSE BILL No. 5152


     September 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Dobronski and Brackenridge and referred to the Committee on Local Government.


        A bill to amend 1921 PA 50, entitled

   "An act to authorize and empower townships to own and acquire
   land by gift or purchase for the erection of memorials to sol-
   diers and sailors; to authorize the erection of such memorials;
   to provide for the assessment, levy and collection of taxes
   therefor, for the custody, control and management of such memori-
   als and providing for a referendum by the electors thereof,"

   (MCL 35.861 to 35.864) by amending the title and by adding sec-

   tion 5.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to authorize and empower townships to own and acquire

 3    land by gift or purchase for the erection of memorials to sol-

 4    diers and sailors; to authorize the erection of such memorials;

 5    to provide for the assessment, levy and collection of taxes

 6    therefor, for the custody, control and management of such

 7    memorials;  and providing  TO PROVIDE for a referendum by the



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 1    electors thereof; AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES AND PROVIDE

 2    REMEDIES.

 3         SEC. 5.  A PETITION UNDER SECTION 4, INCLUDING THE CIRCULA-

 4    TION AND SIGNING OF THE PETITION, IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 488 OF

 5    THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488.  A PERSON

 6    WHO VIOLATES A PROVISION OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA

 7    116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION DESCRIBED IN

 8    THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED FOR THAT VIO-

 9    LATION IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO

10    168.992.

11         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

12    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

13    (request no. 02378'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into

14    law.





























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