HB-4213, As Passed House, June 23, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4213

                                                                             A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

"The revised school code,"                                                  

by amending section 626 (MCL 380.626).                                      

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 626.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), not                    

2   later than July 1 of each odd-numbered year, the intermediate               

3   school board shall prepare and file a map of the intermediate               

4   school district as of that July 1,  1977, and biennially on July            

5   1 thereafter,  showing by district lines the boundaries of each             

6   constituent district.  In the period intervening between                    

7   publication dates, the intermediate school board shall report               

8   each boundary change to the principal officers of the affected              

9   municipalities and townships, the state board, and the secretary            

10  of state.  One copy of the map shall be filed  biennially,                  

11  beginning July 1, 1977, or as soon as possible thereafter,  with            

House Bill No. 4213 (H-1) as amended June 23, 2004

1   each of the clerks of the respective townships and cities, 1 copy           

2   with the secretary of each constituent district, 1 copy with the            

3   state board, and 1 copy with the secretary of state.                        

4       (2) An intermediate school board  shall not be is not

5   required to prepare or file a new map of the intermediate school            

6   district if the boundaries of its constituent districts have not            

7   changed subsequent to the last filing.                                      

8   (3) If there is a dispute concerning the boundaries of its                  

9   constituent districts for any reason, including, but not limited            

10  to, a dispute concerning the constituent district in which a                

11  particular parcel of taxable property is located, the                       

12  intermediate school board, after consulting with the assessor of            

13  the local tax collecting unit, shall decide the dispute.  If                

14  there is a dispute concerning the boundaries of 2 intermediate              

15  school districts for any reason, including, but not limited to, a           

16  dispute concerning the intermediate school district in which a              

17  particular parcel of taxable property is located, the                       

18  intermediate school boards of the affected intermediate school              

19  districts meeting jointly, after consulting with the assessor of            

20  the local tax collecting unit, shall decide the dispute by a                

21  majority vote.  [However, if 1 of the affected intermediate school boards has more members than the other affected intermediate school board, the intermediate school board that has more members shall be represented at the joint meeting by the same number of members as the number of members on the intermediate school board that has fewer members.]  The decision of the intermediate school board or      

22  intermediate school boards meeting jointly, as applicable, is               

23  final.  [

(4) A] boundary change under section 701, 702, or 703                       

24  or part 9, 10, 10A, or 11 is governed by the applicable section             

25  or part.