SENATE BILL No.
833



   October 20, 1999, Introduced by Senator HAMMERSTROM and referred to the Committee 
        on Judiciary.



        A bill to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled

   "The general law village act,"

   by amending section 4 of chapter VI (MCL 66.4), as amended by

   1998 PA 255.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                CHAPTER VI

 2         Sec. 4.  (1) Within 15 days after  the passage of
              an ordi-

 3    nance IS PASSED, the CLERK SHALL PUBLISH THE ordinance or a syn-

 4    opsis of the ordinance  shall be published  in a
             newspaper circu-

 5    lated in the village.  Immediately after  publication
              THE ORDI-

 6    NANCE OR SYNOPSIS OF THE ORDINANCE IS PUBLISHED, the clerk shall

 7    enter in the record of ordinances, in a blank space to be left

 8    for that purpose under the record of the ordinance, a SIGNED

 9    certificate,  under the clerk's hand,  stating the
              time and

10     places of the publication  DATE ON WHICH AND THE
                       NAME OF THE


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 1    NEWSPAPER IN WHICH THE ORDINANCE WAS PUBLISHED.  The certificate

 2     shall be  IS prima facie evidence of the 
             due  publication of

 3    the ordinance or the synopsis.

 4         (2) A village may adopt a PROVISION OF ANY STATE STATUTE FOR

 5    WHICH THE MAXIMUM PERIOD OF IMPRISONMENT IS 93 DAYS, THE MICHIGAN

 6    VEHICLE CODE, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 TO 257.923, OR A plumbing

 7    code, electrical code, mechanical code, fire protection code,

 8    building code, or other code promulgated by this state, by a

 9    department, board, or other agency of this state, or by an organ-

10    ization or association  which  THAT is organized or
             conducted for

11    the purpose of developing a code, by reference to the LAW OR code

12    in an adopting ordinance and without publishing the LAW OR code

13    in full.  The LAW OR code shall be clearly identified in the

14    ordinance and a statement of the purpose of the LAW OR code shall

15    be published with the adopting ordinance.  Printed copies of the

16    LAW OR code shall be kept in the office of the village clerk

17    available for inspection by or distribution to the public during

18    normal business hours.  The village may charge a fee that does

19    not exceed the actual cost for copies of the LAW OR code distrib-

20    uted to the public.  The publication in the newspaper shall con-

21    tain a notice to the effect that a complete copy of the LAW OR

22    code is available for public use and inspection at the office of

23    the village clerk.











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