HB-6338, As Passed Senate, December 7, 2004                                 

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                          SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR                                 

                                                                                

                           HOUSE BILL NO. 6338                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1951 PA 33, entitled                                              

                                                                                

    "An act to provide police and fire protection for townships and             

    for certain areas in townships, certain incorporated villages,              

    and cities under 15,000 population; to authorize contracting for            

    fire and police protection; to authorize the purchase of fire and           

    police equipment, and the maintenance and operation of the                  

    equipment; to provide for defraying the cost of the equipment; to           

    authorize the creation of special assessment districts and the              

    levying and collecting of special assessments; to authorize the             

    issuance of special assessment bonds in anticipation of the                 

    collection of special assessments and the advancement of the                

    amount necessary to pay such bonds, and to provide for                      

    reimbursement for such advances by reassessment if necessary; to            

    authorize the collection of fees for certain emergency services             

    in townships and other municipalities; to authorize the creation            

    of administrative boards and to prescribe their powers and                  

    duties; to provide for the appointment of traffic officers and to           

    prescribe their powers and duties; and to repeal certain acts and           

    parts of acts,"                                                             

                                                                                

    by amending section 11 (MCL 41.811), as amended by 1989 PA 81.              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 11.  (1) The governing bodies of 2 or more contiguous                  

                                                                                

2   townships, villages, or qualified cities may, acting jointly,               

                                                                                

3   create a joint police administrative board, fire administrative             


                                                                                

1   board, or police and fire administrative board.  A joint                    

                                                                                

2   administrative board shall consist of 2 members from each                   

                                                                                

3   participating township, village, or qualified city.  The members            

                                                                                

4   of a joint administrative board shall be appointed by their                 

                                                                                

5   respective governing bodies for terms of 6 years.  However, of              

                                                                                

6   the first members appointed, 1 member from each participating               

                                                                                

7   township, village, or qualified city shall be appointed for a               

                                                                                

8   term of 4 years.  A member of a joint administrative board shall            

                                                                                

9   not be an employee of a police or fire department of a                      

                                                                                

10  participating township, village, or qualified city.  A member of            

                                                                                

11  a joint administrative board may be compensated for each meeting,           

                                                                                

12  not to exceed 52 per year, at a rate not to exceed $30.00 by the            

                                                                                

13  joint administrative board for each meeting the member attends              

                                                                                

14  and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses                   

                                                                                

15  incurred in the performance of board duties.  A vacancy on a                

                                                                                

16  joint administrative board shall be filled by the original                  

                                                                                

17  appointing governing body for the remainder of the unexpired                

                                                                                

18  term.                                                                       

                                                                                

19      (2) At its first meeting, a joint administrative board shall,               

                                                                                

20  by resolution approved by a majority of its members, select an              

                                                                                

21  additional member who shall be a resident of a participating                

                                                                                

22  township, village, or qualified city.  The members shall annually           

                                                                                

23  elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from the board                   

                                                                                

24  membership.  A joint administrative board shall hold 4 regular              

                                                                                

25  quarterly meetings a year and special meetings as necessary at              

                                                                                

26  times as it determines.  A joint administrative board shall adopt           

                                                                                

27  its own rules of procedure and shall keep a record of its                   


                                                                                

1   proceedings.  A majority of the members constitute a quorum for             

                                                                                

2   the transaction of business and the affirmative vote of a                   

                                                                                

3   majority of all the members is necessary for the adoption of a              

                                                                                

4   motion or resolution.  The members of a joint administrative                

                                                                                

5   board shall be residents of the townships, villages, or qualified           

                                                                                

6   cities from which they were appointed.  The members of a joint              

                                                                                

7   administrative board may be removed by the appointing governing             

                                                                                

8   body.                                                                       

                                                                                

9       (3) A joint administrative board created pursuant to this                   

                                                                                

10  section shall prepare an annual police department budget or fire            

                                                                                

11  department budget, or both, for the police department, fire                 

                                                                                

12  department, or police and fire departments of each participating            

                                                                                

13  township, village, or qualified city.  The proposed budgets shall           

                                                                                

14  be submitted to and reviewed by the respective governing bodies             

                                                                                

15  and may be amended, adopted, or rejected by them.  A joint                  

                                                                                

16  administrative board shall have other powers and duties as                  

                                                                                

17  considered necessary by the participating governing bodies.  A              

                                                                                

18  joint administrative board, if authorized to employ and appoint a           

                                                                                

19  police chief, fire chief, or other police or fire officers,                 

                                                                                

20  including detectives, shall only employ and appoint such officers           

                                                                                

21  on behalf of an individual township, qualified city, or village             

                                                                                

22  and does not constitute a new employer.                                     

                                                                                

23      (4) The business  which  that a joint administrative board                  

                                                                                

24  may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board             

                                                                                

25  held in compliance with the open meetings act,  Act No. 267 of              

                                                                                

26  the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to               

                                                                                

27  15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to            


                                                                                

1   15.275.  Public notice of the time, date, and place of the                  

                                                                                

2   meeting shall be given in the manner required by  Act No. 267 of            

                                                                                

3   the Public Acts of 1976, as amended  the open meetings act, 1976            

                                                                                

4   PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.                                               

                                                                                

5       (5) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or               

                                                                                

6   retained by the board in the performance of an official function            

                                                                                

7   shall be made available to the public in compliance with the                

                                                                                

8   freedom of information act,  Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of              

                                                                                

9   1976, as amended, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan           

                                                                                

10  Compiled Laws  1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.                           

                                                                                

11      (6) As used in this section,  :  (a) "City" means a city with               

                                                                                

12  a population of not more than 15,000.  (b) "Governing  "governing           

                                                                                

13  body" means the body in which the legislative powers of a                   

                                                                                

14  township, village, or qualified city are vested.                            

                                                                                

15      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

16  effect unless Senate Bill No. 1485 of the 92nd Legislature is               

                                                                                

17  enacted into law.