HOUSE BILL No. 5596

 

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.