HOUSE BILL No. 5210

 

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 215, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The fourth class city act,"                                                

                                                                                

    by amending section 1 of chapter IV (MCL 84.1).                             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1                 CHAPTER IV--ELECTORS AND REGISTRATION                         

                                                                                

2       Sec. 1.   The inhabitants  Except as otherwise provided in                  

                                                                                

3   this section, the residents of cities  having  who have the                 

                                                                                

4   qualifications of electors under the constitution of  the  this             

                                                                                

5   state and statutes enacted  thereunder  under the constitution of           

                                                                                

6   this state, and no others,  shall be  are electors  therein  in             

                                                                                

7   those citiesFor purposes of registering to vote and voting at            

                                                                                

8   an election, special election, or primary election on a real                

                                                                                

9   property tax issue or a local proposal or local question that               

                                                                                

10  affects real property only, a person is considered a resident of            

                                                                                

11  the city to be affected by the result of that election if that              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   person owns, and has paid all assessed ad valorem property taxes            

                                                                                

2   on, real property located in that city. Registration of electors            

                                                                                

3   and division of the city into precincts shall be conducted in the           

                                                                                

4   manner provided by law.                                                     

                                                                                

5       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

6   effect unless Senate Joint Resolution ______ or House Joint                 

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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