May 4, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Barnett, Geiss, Constan, Roy Schmidt, Hammel, Kennedy, Liss, Womack and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs.
A bill to amend 1851 PA 156, entitled
"An act to define the powers and duties of the county boards of
commissioners of the several counties, and to confer upon them
certain local, administrative and legislative powers; and to
prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this
act,"
by amending section 9 (MCL 46.9), as amended by 1982 PA 344.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 9. (1) The county board of commissioners shall cause to
be made out immediately after each session a report of the
proceedings of the board at that session and shall do 1 of the
following:
(a) Publish the full report as soon as possible after each
session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or,
if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a
newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.
(b) Publish a synopsis of the proceedings of the board as soon
as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established
newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established
newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county
adjacent to that county. A statement shall be included within the
synopsis that a full report is available from the office of the
county clerk upon request.
(c) Make the report available as soon as possible after each
session in the office of the county clerk for public inspection and
copying without charge, electronically mail copies of the report
upon request without charge, mail copies of the report upon request
without charge, post a copy of the report on the county's website,
if available, and advertise that the report is available from the
office of the county clerk in at least 1 well-established newspaper
in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in
the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that
county.
(2) The board shall make available immediately after each
session a report of receipts and expenditures which shall include a
statement of the name of each claimant with the amount claimed and
the amount allowed for that claimant, and a full statement of the
amounts of the treasurer's account on the last settlement as found
on the treasurer's balance sheet or account current to the last
settlement. This report shall be available for public inspection
and copying without charge at the office of the county clerk. The
county clerk shall also send a copy of this report to the news
media.
(3) The board may publish an annual report in pamphlet form
containing the reports described in subsections (1) and (2). The
number of copies as directed by the board shall be prepared and a
copy shall be obtainable by a taxpayer without charge upon demand
from the county clerk. Regardless of whether an annual report is
published in pamphlet form, an annual report shall be prepared and
shall be open to public inspection and copying at the office of the
county clerk.