House Introduced Bill 5998

HOUSE BILL No. 5998


     September 27, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Birkholz, Stamas, Jelinek, Jellema, Geiger, Jansen, Rick Johnson, Howell, Caul,
Scranton, LaForge, Kelly, Pestka, Byl and Godchaux and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.


        A bill to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled

   "Community college act of 1966,"

   by amending sections 54, 57, 61, 62, and 63 (MCL 389.54, 389.57,

   389.61, 389.62, and 389.63).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 54.  (1)  The  A community college district  shall be
   

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      IS directed and governed by a board of trustees, consisting of

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      7 members EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (5), elected at large

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      in the  proposed community college area  TERRITORY OF THE DIS-

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      TRICT OR PROPOSED DISTRICT on a nonpartisan basis.  At the orga-

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      nizational election,  there shall be elected  THE ELECTORS SHALL

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      ELECT 3 members for 6-year terms, 2 for 4-year terms, and 2 for

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      2-year terms.  Thereafter, their successors shall be elected to

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      serve  AFTER THE INITIAL TERMS, THE ELECTORS SHALL ELECT MEMBERS

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      for 6-year terms.


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           (2)  When the  IF AN organizational election is held at the

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      same time as  the  AN annual school election, the term of office

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      of each member elected shall commence on July 1 following the

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      organizational election.

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           (3) When  the  AN organizational election is held on a date

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      other than the date of  the  AN annual school election, each

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      board member shall take office on the fifteenth day following the

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      date of the organizational election.  Regular terms of office

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      shall commence on July 1 following the next annual school

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      election.  When  IF the organizational election is held on a

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      date other than the annual election date of the component school

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      districts, the first year of the term of office of each of the

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      members elected to the first board of trustees shall extend for

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      the period of time remaining until July 1 following the date of

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      the annual election of the component districts held not less than

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      1 year nor more than 2 years from the date of the organizational

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      election.

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            (4) The term of office of the members of the board of

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      trustees of a community college district organized in the manner

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      provided in this chapter before April 22, 1965 shall be until

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      July 1 following the first regular community college election at

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      which there shall be elected 2 members for 2 years, 2 for 4 years

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      and 3 for 6 years; thereafter, their successors shall be elected

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      to serve for 6-year terms.  In a community college district orga-

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      nized in the manner provided in this chapter before the effective

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      date of this act, and having 6 members on the board of trustees,





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      an additional member shall be elected at the next regular

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      community college election for a term of 6 years. 

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           (4) IF A CONTIGUOUS COUNTY IS ANNEXED TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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      DISTRICT UNDER THIS CHAPTER, THE ELECTORS OF THE ANNEXED COUNTY

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      SHALL ELECT 2 ADDITIONAL MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE

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      COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, ELECTED AT LARGE IN THE ANNEXED

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      COUNTY ON A NONPARTISAN BASIS FOR A TERM OF 6 YEARS.  THE TERM OF

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      OFFICE OF AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER SHALL COMMENCE 15 DAYS AFTER THE

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      DATE OF HIS OR HER ELECTION, AT EITHER A GENERAL ELECTION OR A

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      SPECIAL ELECTION OF THE ANNEXED COUNTY HELD WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF

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      THE ELECTION APPROVING OF THE ANNEXATION.  EACH ADDITIONAL

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      MEMBER, AND HIS OR HER REPLACEMENT IF A VACANCY OCCURS DURING THE

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      6-YEAR TERM, SHALL BE AN ELECTOR OF THE ANNEXED COUNTY.  AFTER

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      THE INITIAL 6-YEAR TERM, THE 2 ADDITIONAL BOARD POSITIONS ARE

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      ABOLISHED, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL CONSIST OF 7 MEMBERS,

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      ELECTED AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (1).

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           Sec. 57.  The results of any election from the several

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      school districts shall be canvassed  THE BOARDS OF CANVASSERS OF

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      THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHOSE ELECTORS ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN AN

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      ELECTION SHALL CONDUCT A CANVASS OF THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION

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      within 3 days of the election.  by the boards of canvassers of

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      the districts.  The final canvass of the results of the  FOR AN

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      organizational election,  shall be made by  the board of canvass-

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      ers of the intermediate school district having the highest valua-

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      tion within the proposed community college district SHALL CONDUCT

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      THE FINAL CANVASS.  The final canvass of the results of any  FOR

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      A community college district election  except the  OTHER THAN AN



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      organizational election,  shall be made by  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE

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      PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER, the board of canvassers appointed by

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      the board of trustees of the community college SHALL CONDUCT THE

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      FINAL CANVASS.

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           Sec. 61.  (1) The board of trustees by resolution may annex

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      to  the  A community college district any contiguous intermediate

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      school district,  or  contiguous local school district, OR CONTI-

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      GUOUS COUNTY not already included within a community college

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      district.  area. 

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           (2) The board of trustees shall obtain the approval of the

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      proposed annexation from the  state board of education 

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      SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.  Upon receipt of the

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      approval, the secretary of the board of trustees shall file cer-

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      tified copies of the annexation resolution and the approval with

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      the secretary of the INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL board  of education  of

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      the intermediate school district to be annexed,  or  with the

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      secretary of the board of education of the local school district

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      to be annexed, OR WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF THE COUNTY TO BE

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      ANNEXED, AS APPLICABLE.

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           Sec. 62.  (1) In the annexation of a local school district,

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      if the resolution and approval are filed with the secretary more

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      than 90 days before the date of the annual election of the dis-

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      trict to be annexed, the board of education of the district shall

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      call a special election for voting on the propositions of

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      annexation.  If the resolution and approval are filed more than

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      20 days but less than 90 days prior to the date of the annual

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      election of the district to be annexed, the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF



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      THE DISTRICT SHALL SUBMIT annexation propositions  shall be

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      submitted  to the electors at the annual election.

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           (2) In the annexation of an intermediate school district,

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      the secretary of the INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL board  of education  of

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      the INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL district in writing shall direct the

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      board of education of each component school district to  provide

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      for the submission of  SUBMIT the annexation propositions to the

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      electors of the school district.  The  A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL

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      HOLD THE election  shall be held  at the time of the annual

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      school elections if notification is given more than 20 but less

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      than 90 days  prior to  BEFORE the annual election date.  , oth-

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      erwise, each  OTHERWISE, A board of education shall call a spe-

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      cial election,  for this purpose  TO CONSIDER THE ANNEXATION

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      PROPOSITIONS, on a date specified by the secretary of the inter-

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      mediate SCHOOL board.  of education. 

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           (3) IN THE ANNEXATION OF A COUNTY, IF THE RESOLUTION AND

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      APPROVAL ARE FILED 90 DAYS OR MORE, OR 20 DAYS OR LESS, BEFORE

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      THE DATE OF THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION, THEN THE COUNTY BOARD OF

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      COMMISSIONERS SHALL CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION WITHIN THE COUNTY TO

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      CONSIDER THE ANNEXATION PROPOSITIONS.  IF THE RESOLUTION AND

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      APPROVAL ARE FILED LESS THAN 90 DAYS BUT MORE THAN 20 DAYS BEFORE

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      THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION, THEN THE ANNEXATION PROPOSITIONS SHALL

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      BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY AT THAT ELECTION.

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           Sec. 63.  (1) At  the  AN annexation election, the electors

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      shall vote on the propositions of annexation to the community

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      college district and the adoption of the maximum annual tax rate

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      of the community college district.  Annexation is effective on



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      the date of the election if both propositions receive majority

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      approval of the electors voting  thereon  ON THE PROPOSITIONS.

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       By virtue of annexation, a school district heretofore or hereaf-

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      ter annexed shall be  UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE APPROVED

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      ANNEXATION PROPOSITIONS, A SCHOOL DISTRICT, INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

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      DISTRICT, OR COUNTY ANNEXED IS subject to taxes levied for prin-

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      cipal and interest of outstanding bonded indebtedness of the com-

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      munity college district.

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           (2) If any portion of an intermediate school district,  or

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      of a  local school district, OR COUNTY to be annexed lies within

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      a community college district at the time of the annexation elec-

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      tion, the electors residing in  such  THAT territory  shall be
   

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      ARE excluded from voting on the propositions and  such  THE ter-

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      ritory  shall  DOES not become a part of the community college

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      district.

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           (3)  Final  IN AN ANNEXATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTER-

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      MEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE results of the annexation election

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      shall be canvassed as provided in section 57.  IN AN ANNEXATION

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      OF A COUNTY, THE FINAL RESULTS OF THE ANNEXATION ELECTION SHALL

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      BE CANVASSED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS FOR THAT COUNTY.

















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