HOUSE BILL No. 5209

 

October 28, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Garfield, Nofs, Ruth Johnson, Meyer, Brandenburg, Plakas, Stahl, Acciavatti, Robertson, Palmer and Milosch and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1895 PA 3, entitled                                               

                                                                                

    "The general law village act,"                                              

                                                                                

    by amending section 4 of chapter III (MCL 63.4), as added by 1998           

                                                                                

    PA 255.                                                                     

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1                              CHAPTER III                                      

                                                                                

2       Sec. 4.  An individual who is a registered elector of the                   

                                                                                

3   township in which the village is located and who is a resident of           

                                                                                

4   the village may vote at any election in the village.  For                   

                                                                                

5   purposes of registering to vote and voting at an election,                  

                                                                                

6   special election, or primary election on a real property tax                

                                                                                

7   issue or a village proposal or village question that affects real           

                                                                                

8   property only, a person is considered to reside in the village to           

                                                                                

9   be affected by the result of that election if that person owns,             

                                                                                

10  and has paid all assessed ad valorem property taxes on, real                

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   property located in that village.                                           

                                                                                

2       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

3   effect unless Senate Joint Resolution _____ or House Joint                  

                                                                                

4   Resolution P    (request no. 02159'03) of the 92nd Legislature              

                                                                                

5   becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in             

                                                                                

6   section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963.