REVISE COMPOSITION OF COUNTY PARKS AND REC COMMISSION
House Bill 5900
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Switalski
Committee: Local Government and Urban Policy
Complete to 4-19-02
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 5900 AS INTRODUCED 4-16-02
House Bill 5900 would amend Public Act 261 of 1965, which deals with county and regional parks and recreation commissions, to revise certain requirements concerning the composition of, and membership on, the commission. Currently, the act specifies that a commission is to consist of ten members, including the chairperson, or another member, of the county road commission, the county drain commissioner, seven members appointed by the county board of commissioners, and one other person (as determined according to conditions set forth in the act). The bill would eliminate the specification that a commission consist of ten members. The bill would add, as a member of a commission, the chief elected official of each city, village, or township in which the park is located-i.e., the mayor of a city, the president of a village, the supervisor of a township, or his or her designee. (If a park is located in more than one city, village, or township, each of the chief elected officials would be members of the commission.) The bill would also require that at least one of the seven members appointed by the county board of commissioners be a resident of a city, village, or township in which the park was located.
MCL 46.351
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.