February 24, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Lipsey and Hoogendyk and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1973 PA 139, entitled
"An act to provide forms of county government; to provide for
county managers and county executives and to prescribe their
powers and duties; to abolish certain departments, boards,
commissions, and authorities; to provide for transfer of certain
powers and functions; to prescribe powers of a board of county
commissioners and elected officials; to provide organization of
administrative functions; to transfer property; to retain
ordinances and laws not inconsistent with this act; to provide
methods for abolition of a unified form of county government; and
to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,"
by amending section 12 (MCL 45.562).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 12. (1) Upon the date an optional unified form of
2 county government becomes effective, the following officials
3 shall exercise the powers and functions as provided by law,
4 unless other powers or functions are delegated to an official by
5 the board of county commissioners:
6 (a) The sheriff.
7 (b) The clerk-register or clerk and the register of deeds.
1 (c) The treasurer.
2 (d) The prosecuting
attorney. Where If a county employs an
3 attorney pursuant to
Act No. 15 of the Public Acts of 1941, as
4 amended, being
sections 49.71 and 49.72 of the Michigan Compiled
5 Laws under 1941 PA 15, MCL 49.71 to 49.73, the
prosecuting
6 attorney shall not act relative
thereto for the county in civil
7 matters.
8 (e) The drain commissioner.
9 (f) The boards of county road commissioners. Members of the
10 county road commission shall be appointed as provided under
11 section 6 of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.6.
12 (2) The officials named in subsection (1) shall be elected or
13 appointed in such the
manner and for such a term as provided
14 by law.