HB-4828, As Passed House, June 19, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4828

 

June 10, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Drolet, Hummel, Farhat, Brandenburg, Garfield, Hoogendyk, Amos, Casperson, Emmons, Wenke, Tabor, Palsrok, Sheen, Stahl, Vander Veen, Acciavatti, LaJoy, Steil, Walker, Pastor, Stakoe, Meyer, Voorhees, Taub, Ward, Ruth Johnson, Rocca, Kooiman, Robertson, Moolenaar and Richardville and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1966 PA 331, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Community college act of 1966,"                                            

                                                                                

    by amending sections 2, 12, 16, 17, 21, 32, 34, 34a, 36, 37, 38,            

                                                                                

    39, 42, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 83, 84, 86, 105, 107,           

                                                                                

    122, 144, and 152 (MCL 389.2, 389.12, 389.16, 389.17, 389.21,               

                                                                                

    389.32, 389.34, 389.34a, 389.36, 389.37, 389.38, 389.39, 389.42,            

                                                                                

    389.51, 389.52, 389.54, 389.55, 389.56, 389.57, 389.58, 389.59,             

                                                                                

    389.62, 389.83, 389.84, 389.86, 389.105, 389.107, 389.122,                  

                                                                                

    389.144, and 389.152), section 2 as added by 1998 PA 153,                   

                                                                                

    sections 17, 21, 34, 37, 42, 54, 57, and 62 as amended and                  

                                                                                

    section 86 as added by 2000 PA 488, section 34a as amended by               

                                                                                

    1982 PA 381, section 83 as amended by 1992 PA 20, section 122 as            

                                                                                

    amended by 2002 PA 72, section 144 as amended by 2002 PA 73, and            

                                                                                

    section 152 as amended by 1990 PA 11; and to repeal acts and                

                                                                                

    parts of acts.                                                              

                                                                                


                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 2.  A petition under section 83 or 152, including the                  

                                                                                

2   circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to  section             

                                                                                

3   488 of  the Michigan election law.  , 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488.             

                                                                                

4   A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law  ,           

                                                                                

5   1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992,  applicable to a petition                

                                                                                

6   described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed            

                                                                                

7   for that violation in the Michigan election law.  , 1954 PA 116,            

                                                                                

8   MCL 168.1 to 168.992.                                                       

                                                                                

9       Sec. 12.  (1)  When  If approval of a proposed community                    

                                                                                

10  college district is filed with the appropriate county clerks at             

                                                                                

11  least  75  77 days but not more than 6 months  prior to  before             

                                                                                

12  the next general state election, the clerks shall include the               

                                                                                

13  necessary community college propositions with the proceedings for           

                                                                                

14  the general election.                                                       

                                                                                

15      (2)  When  If approval of a proposed community college                      

                                                                                

16  district is filed with the appropriate county clerks more than 6            

                                                                                

17  months  prior to the holding of  before the next general state              

                                                                                

18  election, each county clerk shall call a special election for the           

                                                                                

19  purpose of submitting to the electors the propositions relating             

                                                                                

20  to the establishment of the community college district to be held           

                                                                                

21  on the next regular election day that is not less than 77 days              

                                                                                

22  after the approval is filed.                                                

                                                                                

23      Sec. 16.  The general election laws, including the voting of                

                                                                                

24  absent voters,  and all laws of the state relating to  the days             

                                                                                

25  on which elections are held, the hours for the opening and                  

                                                                                

26  closing of the polls at elections, and provisions for preserving            


                                                                                

1   the purity of elections and for preventing fraud and corruption,            

                                                                                

2   shall  govern all elections under this act so far as the same              

                                                                                

3   are applicable and not inconsistent with  the provisions of  this           

                                                                                

4   act.   All county  County and local election officials shall                

                                                                                

5   perform their election duties for  all  regular and special                 

                                                                                

6   elections held in accordance with  the provisions of  this                  

                                                                                

7   chapter, including the proper giving of notices of registration             

                                                                                

8   and election.                                                               

                                                                                

9       Sec. 17.   Except as otherwise provided in this chapter                     

                                                                                

10  Subject to section 24a of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.24a,           

                                                                                

11  the county board of canvassers shall conduct  a  the canvass of             

                                                                                

12  the results of  any  an organizational election or other election           

                                                                                

13  of  the  a community college district organized under this                  

                                                                                

14  chapter If the election area involves more than 1 county, the            

                                                                                

15  county board of canvassers of the county containing the highest             

                                                                                

16  valuation of the community college district or proposed community           

                                                                                

17  college district shall conduct the canvass.                                 

                                                                                

18      Sec. 21.  (1)  The  By adoption of a resolution, the board                  

                                                                                

19  of trustees of a community college district  comprised of a                 

                                                                                

20  county or counties by resolution may annex  organized under this            

                                                                                

21  chapter may initiate annexation to the community college                    

                                                                                

22  district, in the manner provided in this act,  any  of a                    

                                                                                

23  contiguous county, contiguous township, contiguous intermediate             

                                                                                

24  school district, or contiguous local school district not already            

                                                                                

25  included within the area of a community college district, subject           

                                                                                

26  to the following:                                                           

                                                                                

27      (a) A community college district located in the Upper                       


                                                                                

1   Peninsula may annex a county, township, intermediate school                 

                                                                                

2   district, or local school district that is not contiguous.                  

                                                                                

3       (b) A community college district that has been offering                     

                                                                                

4   classes at a federal military installation located in a                     

                                                                                

5   noncontiguous county for a period of at least 20 years may annex            

                                                                                

6   that noncontiguous county or that portion of the noncontiguous              

                                                                                

7   county that is not within another community college district.               

                                                                                

8       (2)  Prior to the  Before an annexation election, the board                 

                                                                                

9   of trustees shall obtain approval of the proposed annexation from           

                                                                                

10  the superintendent of public instruction.  Upon receipt of the              

                                                                                

11  approval, the secretary of the board of trustees shall file                 

                                                                                

12  certified copies of the annexation resolution and the approval              

                                                                                

13  with the clerk of the county or township to be annexed, or the              

                                                                                

14  secretary of the board of the intermediate school district or               

                                                                                

15  local school district to be annexed, as applicable.                         

                                                                                

16      (3)  If  After the resolution and approval are filed  more                  

                                                                                

17  than 90 days before the date of the next general state election,            

                                                                                

18  then  under subsection (2), the county board of commissioners,              

                                                                                

19  the township board, or the board of the intermediate or local               

                                                                                

20  school district, as applicable, shall call a special election for           

                                                                                

21  the purpose of voting on the question of annexation to the                  

                                                                                

22  community college district and of approving the maximum tax rate            

                                                                                

23  existing in the community college district.   If the resolution             

                                                                                

24  and approval are filed less than 90 days but more than 20 days              

                                                                                

25  prior to the next general state election, then the propositions             

                                                                                

26  shall be presented at that election.  A special election called             

                                                                                

27  under this subsection shall be held on a regular election day               


                                                                                

1   that is not less than 49 days after the special election is                 

                                                                                

2   requested.                                                                  

                                                                                

3       (4)  Annexation becomes  An annexation is effective on the                  

                                                                                

4   date of the election if both propositions receive majority                  

                                                                                

5   approval of the electors voting on the propositions.  The final             

                                                                                

6   results of the annexation election shall be canvassed  as                   

                                                                                

7   follows:  by the appropriate board of canvassers as provided in             

                                                                                

8   section 24a or 30a of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.24a and            

                                                                                

9   168.30a.                                                                    

                                                                                

10      (a) If a county is the subject of annexation, the county                    

                                                                                

11  board of canvassers shall conduct the canvass as provided in                

                                                                                

12  section 17.                                                                 

                                                                                

13      (b) If a township is the subject of annexation, the township                

                                                                                

14  board of canvassers shall conduct the canvass.                              

                                                                                

15      (c) If a local or intermediate school district is the subject               

                                                                                

16  of annexation, the board of canvassers of the local or                      

                                                                                

17  intermediate school district shall conduct the canvass.                     

                                                                                

18      (5) By virtue of annexation, unless otherwise provided in the               

                                                                                

19  approved annexation propositions,  any  territory annexed to a              

                                                                                

20  community college district is subject to taxes levied for                   

                                                                                

21  principal and interest of outstanding bonded indebtedness of the            

                                                                                

22  community college district.                                                 

                                                                                

23      (6) If  any  a portion of a county, township, or intermediate               

                                                                                

24  or local school district to be annexed lies within a community              

                                                                                

25  college district at the time of the annexation election, then the           

                                                                                

26  electors residing in that territory are not eligible to vote on             

                                                                                

27  the propositions and that territory does not become a part of the           


                                                                                

1   community college district.                                                 

                                                                                

2       Sec. 32.  (1)  In the case of  If 2 or more school districts                

                                                                                

3   file resolutions to organize a community college district, the              

                                                                                

4   secretary of the board of education of the intermediate school              

                                                                                

5   district shall file a copy of the approval specified in section             

                                                                                

6   31 with the secretary of the board of education of each component           

                                                                                

7   school district.   When  If the filing with each component school           

                                                                                

8   district, or receipt of approval from the state board of                    

                                                                                

9   education by the secretary of the board of education of a single            

                                                                                

10  school district, occurs at least 60 days but not more than 6                

                                                                                

11  months  prior to  before the next annual school election, the               

                                                                                

12  secretaries shall include the necessary community college                   

                                                                                

13  propositions in the proceedings for the annual election.                    

                                                                                

14      (2)  When  If the approval is filed with the secretaries of                 

                                                                                

15  the component school districts or approval is received by the               

                                                                                

16  secretary of the board of education of a single school district             

                                                                                

17  more than 6 months  prior to  before the date of the annual                 

                                                                                

18  school election, each board of education shall call a special               

                                                                                

19  election to be held  on a date  in not less than 60 days on a               

                                                                                

20  regular election day as designated by the secretary of the                  

                                                                                

21  intermediate board of education of the school district having the           

                                                                                

22  highest valuation within the proposed community college district,           

                                                                                

23  for the purpose of submitting the propositions relating to the              

                                                                                

24  establishment of a community college district, or  in the case              

                                                                                

25  of  for a single school district, the board of education shall              

                                                                                

26  call a special election to be held in not less than 60 days on a            

                                                                                

27  date it determines  regular election day.  A majority of the               


                                                                                

1   electors of the school district voting  thereon  on the                     

                                                                                

2   propositions shall approve the organization of the community                

                                                                                

3   college district.                                                           

                                                                                

4       Sec. 34.  (1) If the community college district consists of                 

                                                                                

5   a single school district, the community college district is                 

                                                                                

6   directed and governed by a board of trustees consisting of 7                

                                                                                

7   members, elected at large in the territory of the district or               

                                                                                

8   proposed district on a nonpartisan basis.  At the organizational            

                                                                                

9   election, the electors shall elect 3 members for 6-year terms, 2            

                                                                                

10  for 4-year terms, and 2 for 2-year terms.  After the initial                

                                                                                

11  terms, at the next regular community college election immediately           

                                                                                

12  preceding the expiration of a member's term of office, the                  

                                                                                

13  electors shall elect the member's successor for a term of 6                 

                                                                                

14  years.                                                                      

                                                                                

15      (2) If an organizational election is held at the same time as               

                                                                                

16  an annual  a regular school election in May, the term of office            

                                                                                

17  of each member elected shall commence on July 1 following the               

                                                                                

18  organizational election.   However, if  If the  annual  regular             

                                                                                

19  school election is held in November, the term of each member                

                                                                                

20  elected shall commence on the January 1 following the                       

                                                                                

21  organizational election.                                                    

                                                                                

22      (3)  When  If an organizational election is held on a date                  

                                                                                

23  other than the date of  an annual  a regular school election,               

                                                                                

24  each board member shall take office on the fifteenth day                    

                                                                                

25  following the date of the organizational election.  Regular terms           

                                                                                

26  of office shall commence on July 1 following the next  annual               

                                                                                

27  regular school election in May However, if  If the next                  


                                                                                

1   annual  regular school election is held in November, the regular           

                                                                                

2   terms of office shall commence on the January 1 following the               

                                                                                

3   annual school election.  If the organizational election is held             

                                                                                

4   on a date other than the  annual  regular election date of the              

                                                                                

5   component school district, the first year of the term of office             

                                                                                

6   of each of the members elected to the first board of trustees               

                                                                                

7   shall extend for the period of time remaining until July 1 or               

                                                                                

8   January 1, whichever is applicable under this subsection,                   

                                                                                

9   following the date of the  annual  regular election of the                  

                                                                                

10  component district held not less than 1 year nor more than 2                

                                                                                

11  years after the date of the organizational election.                        

                                                                                

12      Sec. 34a.  (1) If the community college district consists of                

                                                                                

13  2 or more school districts, the community college district shall            

                                                                                

14  be directed and governed by a board of trustees consisting of 7             

                                                                                

15  members, elected at large in the proposed community college                 

                                                                                

16  district on a nonpartisan basis.  At the organizational election,           

                                                                                

17  there shall be elected 3 members for 6-year terms, 2 members for            

                                                                                

18  4-year terms, and 2 members for 2-year terms.  Thereafter, at the           

                                                                                

19  next regular community college election immediately preceding the           

                                                                                

20  expiration of their terms of office, their successors shall be              

                                                                                

21  elected for terms of 6 years.                                               

                                                                                

22      (2)  When  If the organizational election is held at the same               

                                                                                

23  time as the  annual  regular school election in May, the term of            

                                                                                

24  office of each member elected shall commence on July 1 following            

                                                                                

25  the organizational election.   However, if  If the  annual                  

                                                                                

26  regular school election is held in November, the term of each               

                                                                                

27  member elected shall commence on the January 1 following the                


                                                                                

1   organizational election.                                                    

                                                                                

2       (3)  When  If the organizational election is held on a date                 

                                                                                

3   other than the date of the  annual  regular school election, each           

                                                                                

4   board member shall take office on the fifteenth day following the           

                                                                                

5   date of the organizational election.  Regular terms of office               

                                                                                

6   shall commence on July 1 following the next  annual  regular                

                                                                                

7   school election in May However, if  If the next  annual                  

                                                                                

8   regular school election is held in November, the regular terms of           

                                                                                

9   office shall commence on the January 1 following the  annual                

                                                                                

10  regular school election.   When  If the organizational election             

                                                                                

11  is held on a date other than the  annual  regular school                    

                                                                                

12  election, the first year of the term of office of each of the               

                                                                                

13  members elected to the first board of trustees shall extend for             

                                                                                

14  the period of time remaining until July 1 or January 1, whichever           

                                                                                

15  is applicable under this subsection, following the date of the              

                                                                                

16  annual  regular school election.                                           

                                                                                

17      (4) In the case of an existing community college district                   

                                                                                

18  consisting of 2 or more school districts, the board of trustees             

                                                                                

19  as presently constituted shall continue to serve until the next             

                                                                                

20  regular community college election which occurs after April 5,              

                                                                                

21  1978.  At that time, additional members shall be elected in                 

                                                                                

22  numbers and for terms so that, together with existing board                 

                                                                                

23  members whose terms are not expiring, there will be 2 members               

                                                                                

24  whose terms expire 2 years after the election, 3 members whose              

                                                                                

25  terms expire 4 years after the election, and 2 members whose                

                                                                                

26  terms expire 6 years after the election.                                    

                                                                                

27      (5) The term of any member serving on the effective date of                 


                                                                                

1   this subsection, in a district which elects members in November,            

                                                                                

2   shall terminate on January 1 of the calendar year in which the              

                                                                                

3   member's term otherwise would have expired, but for this                    

                                                                                

4   subsection.                                                                 

                                                                                

5       Sec. 36.   (1) The provisions of sections 531 to 540 of Act                 

                                                                                

6   No. 269 of the Public Acts of 1955, as amended, being sections              

                                                                                

7   340.531 to 340.540 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, shall govern the           

                                                                                

8   conduct and procedures of the community college election                    

                                                                                

9   conducted by local school boards under this chapter.  (2) Where             

                                                                                

10  If part of a local school district is in another community                  

                                                                                

11  college district, only those electors residing in  the remainder            

                                                                                

12  that part of the school district  shall be  not in the other                

                                                                                

13  community college district are eligible to vote in the                      

                                                                                

14  organizational election or in subsequent community college                  

                                                                                

15  elections.                                                                  

                                                                                

16      Sec. 37.  The appropriate board of canvassers  of the local                 

                                                                                

17  or intermediate school districts whose electors are eligible to             

                                                                                

18  vote in an election  under section 24a or 30a of the Michigan               

                                                                                

19  election law, MCL 168.24a and 168.30a, shall conduct a canvass of           

                                                                                

20  the results of  the  an election under this chapter.  The board             

                                                                                

21  of canvassers shall conduct the canvass within 3 days of the                

                                                                                

22  election.   For an organizational election, the board of                    

                                                                                

23  canvassers appointed by the secretaries of the boards of the                

                                                                                

24  component school districts meeting jointly shall conduct the                

                                                                                

25  final canvass.  For a community college district election, other            

                                                                                

26  than an organizational election, except as otherwise provided in            

                                                                                

27  this chapter, the board of canvassers appointed by the board of             


                                                                                

1   trustees of the community college district shall conduct the                

                                                                                

2   final canvass.  In the case of a community college district                 

                                                                                

3   consisting entirely of 1 school district, the board of canvassers           

                                                                                

4   for elections in that school district shall conduct the final               

                                                                                

5   canvass.                                                                    

                                                                                

6       Sec. 38.  (1) The regular community college election shall                  

                                                                                

7   be held at the same time as the  annual  regular school elections           

                                                                                

8   of the constituent school districts held  in the odd numbered               

                                                                                

9   years on the date prescribed for annual school elections in                 

                                                                                

10  sections 34, 72 and 108 of Act No. 269 of the Public Acts of                

                                                                                

11  1955, as amended  on the day determined under section 642b of the           

                                                                                

12  Michigan election law, MCL 168.642b.  If any component school               

                                                                                

13  district holds its annual school election on a different date,              

                                                                                

14  the board of such district shall call a special election to be              

                                                                                

15  held on the same day as that  above prescribed.  The election               

                                                                                

16  shall be conducted in the same manner provided by sections 531 to           

                                                                                

17  540 of Act No. 269 of the Public Acts of 1955, as amended.                  

                                                                                

18  prescribed by this subsection.                                              

                                                                                

19      (2) At the regular elections separate propositions may be                   

                                                                                

20  submitted to the electors in addition to the election of trustees           

                                                                                

21  of the community college district when authorized by the board of           

                                                                                

22  trustees.                                                                   

                                                                                

23      Sec. 39.  (1)  Special elections of the community college                   

                                                                                

24  district may be called by the  The board of trustees of a                   

                                                                                

25  community college district organized under this chapter may                 

                                                                                

26  request that the appropriate clerk under the Michigan election              

                                                                                

27  law call a special election.  The secretary of the board shall              


                                                                                

1   file a copy of the resolution of the board  calling the                     

                                                                                

2   requesting the call of a special election with the secretaries of           

                                                                                

3   the  each component local and intermediate school  districts               

                                                                                

4   district and the clerk of each component county, as applicable,             

                                                                                

5   at least 60 days  prior to  before the date of the election.  The           

                                                                                

6   request to the appropriate local clerk and the resolution of the            

                                                                                

7   board shall contain a statement of the propositions to be                   

                                                                                

8   submitted to the electors.                                                  

                                                                                

9       (2) The board of education of each component local and                      

                                                                                

10  intermediate school district and the clerk of each component                

                                                                                

11  county, as applicable, shall request that the appropriate clerk             

                                                                                

12  under the Michigan election law call the special election on the            

                                                                                

13  date  regular election day specified in the resolution of the              

                                                                                

14  board of trustees.                                                          

                                                                                

15      Sec. 42.  (1) In the annexation of a local school district,                 

                                                                                

16  if the resolution and approval are filed with the secretary more            

                                                                                

17  than 90 or less than 21 days before the date of  the annual  a              

                                                                                

18  regular school election,  of the district to be annexed,  the               

                                                                                

19  board of education of the district shall request that the                   

                                                                                

20  appropriate clerk under the Michigan election law call a special            

                                                                                

21  school election for voting on the annexation on  a date  the                

                                                                                

22  regular election day specified by the secretary of the board of             

                                                                                

23  trustees of the community college district.  If the resolution              

                                                                                

24  and approval are filed more than 20 days but less than  90  91              

                                                                                

25  days  prior to  before the date of the  annual  regular school              

                                                                                

26  election,  of the district to be annexed,  the board of education           

                                                                                

27  of the local school district shall request that the appropriate             


                                                                                

1   clerk under the Michigan election law submit the annexation                 

                                                                                

2   proposition to the electors at the  annual  regular school                  

                                                                                

3   election.                                                                   

                                                                                

4       (2) In the annexation of an intermediate school district, the               

                                                                                

5   secretary of the intermediate school board of the intermediate              

                                                                                

6   school district in writing shall direct the board of education of           

                                                                                

7   each component local school district to submit the annexation               

                                                                                

8   propositions to the electors of the school district.  Each school           

                                                                                

9   district shall call and hold the election at the time of the                

                                                                                

10  annual school elections  regular school election if notification           

                                                                                

11  is given more than 20 but less than  90  91 days before the                 

                                                                                

12  annual  date of the regular school election.  date.  Otherwise,            

                                                                                

13  each board of education shall request that the appropriate local            

                                                                                

14  clerk under the Michigan election law call a special election  ,            

                                                                                

15  to consider the annexation propositions.  , on a date specified             

                                                                                

16  by the secretary of the intermediate school board.                          

                                                                                

17      (3) In the annexation of a county, if the resolution and                    

                                                                                

18  approval are filed more than 90 days  or more, or 20 days  or               

                                                                                

19  less  ,  than 21 days before the date of the next general                   

                                                                                

20  election,  then  the county  board of commissioners  clerk shall            

                                                                                

21  call a special election within the county to consider the                   

                                                                                

22  annexation propositions.  If the resolution and approval are                

                                                                                

23  filed less than  90  91 days but more than 20 days before the               

                                                                                

24  next general election, then the annexation propositions shall be            

                                                                                

25  submitted to the electors of the county at that election.                   

                                                                                

26      Sec. 51.   (1) The board of education of an intermediate                    

                                                                                

27  school district or the boards of 2 or more adjoining intermediate           


                                                                                

1   school districts acting as a single board may direct that the               

                                                                                

2   question of coming under the provisions of this act be submitted            

                                                                                

3   to the school electors of the territory affected at the annual              

                                                                                

4   school elections or at special school elections held in the local           

                                                                                

5   school districts of such territory.  If any school district holds           

                                                                                

6   its annual election on a different date, it shall call a special            

                                                                                

7   election to be held on the same day of the annual elections.                

                                                                                

8       (2) The board of education of the intermediate school                       

                                                                                

9   district or the joint board of 2 or more intermediate school                

                                                                                

10  districts shall designate the territory to be included in the               

                                                                                

11  proposed community college district and a uniform property tax              

                                                                                

12  question for the support of the community college, both                     

                                                                                

13  propositions being subject to the approval of the state board of            

                                                                                

14  education.  The board of an intermediate school district or the             

                                                                                

15  boards of 2 or more contiguous intermediate school districts                

                                                                                

16  acting as a single board may form a community college district              

                                                                                

17  under this chapter.  The board of the intermediate school                   

                                                                                

18  district or joint board of the contiguous intermediate school               

                                                                                

19  districts shall designate the territory of the proposed community           

                                                                                

20  college district and refer the questions of organizing the                  

                                                                                

21  community college district and the proposed annual tax rate to              

                                                                                

22  the superintendent of public instruction for approval.  If the              

                                                                                

23  superintendent of public instruction approves, he or she shall              

                                                                                

24  notify the board of the intermediate school district or joint               

                                                                                

25  board, which shall request that the appropriate clerk under the             

                                                                                

26  Michigan election law include the necessary propositions for                

                                                                                

27  forming the community college district to the electors in the               


                                                                                

1   designated territory at the regular school election or at a                 

                                                                                

2   special election called for that purpose.                                   

                                                                                

3       Sec. 52.  (1) The secretary of the board of  education of                   

                                                                                

4   the intermediate school district, or the secretary of the board             

                                                                                

5   of the intermediate school district having the highest valuation            

                                                                                

6   in the proposed community college district for a community                  

                                                                                

7   college formed by 2 or more contiguous intermediate school                  

                                                                                

8   districts, shall file a copy of the approval of the                         

                                                                                

9   superintendent of public instruction, specified in section 51               

                                                                                

10  together with the propositions to be submitted to the electors,             

                                                                                

11  with the secretary of the board of education of each component              

                                                                                

12  local school district.   When                                               

                                                                                

13      (2) If the secretary of a local school board receives the                   

                                                                                

14  filing  is made  described in subsection (1) at least 60 days but           

                                                                                

15  not more than 6 months  prior to  before the next  annual                   

                                                                                

16  regular school election,  each  that secretary shall request that           

                                                                                

17  the appropriate clerk under the Michigan election law include the           

                                                                                

18  necessary community college propositions for forming the                    

                                                                                

19  community college district with the proceedings for the  annual             

                                                                                

20  November school election.                                                   

                                                                                

21      (3)  (2) When the approval is filed with  If the secretary of               

                                                                                

22  each  a component  district  local school district receives the            

                                                                                

23  filing described in subsection (1) more than 6 months  prior to             

                                                                                

24  or less than 60 days before the date of the  annual  regular                

                                                                                

25  school election,  each board of education  the board of that                

                                                                                

26  district shall request that the appropriate clerk under the                 

                                                                                

27  Michigan election law call a special election.  , to be held on a           


                                                                                

1   date designated by the secretary of the intermediate board of               

                                                                                

2   education of the school district having the highest valuation               

                                                                                

3   within the proposed community college district for the purpose of           

                                                                                

4   submitting  At the special election, the propositions relating to           

                                                                                

5   the establishment of the community college district shall be                

                                                                                

6   submitted to the electors.                                                  

                                                                                

7       Sec. 54.  (1) A community college district is directed and                  

                                                                                

8   governed by a board of trustees, consisting of 7 members except             

                                                                                

9   as provided in subsection (4), elected at large in the territory            

                                                                                

10  of the district or proposed district on a nonpartisan basis.  At            

                                                                                

11  the organizational election, the electors shall elect 3 members             

                                                                                

12  for 6-year terms, 2 for 4-year terms, and 2 for 2-year terms.               

                                                                                

13  after the initial terms, the electors shall elect members for               

                                                                                

14  6-year terms.                                                               

                                                                                

15      (2) If an organizational election is held at the same time as               

                                                                                

16  an annual  a regular school election in May, the term of office            

                                                                                

17  of each member elected shall commence on July 1 following the               

                                                                                

18  organizational election.                                                    

                                                                                

19      (3) When an organizational election is held on a date other                 

                                                                                

20  than the date of  an annual  a regular school election, each                

                                                                                

21  board member shall take office on the fifteenth day following the           

                                                                                

22  date of the organizational election.  Regular terms of office               

                                                                                

23  shall commence on July 1 following the next  annual  regular                

                                                                                

24  school election.  If the organizational election is held on a               

                                                                                

25  date other than the  annual  regular election date of the                   

                                                                                

26  component school districts, the first year of the term of office            

                                                                                

27  of each of the members elected to the first board of trustees               


                                                                                

1   shall extend for the period of time remaining until July 1                  

                                                                                

2   following the date of the  annual  regular election of the                  

                                                                                

3   component districts held not less than 1 year nor more than 2               

                                                                                

4   years from the date of the organizational election.                         

                                                                                

5       (4) If a contiguous county is annexed to a community college                

                                                                                

6   district under this chapter, the electors of the annexed county             

                                                                                

7   shall elect 2 additional members to the board of trustees of the            

                                                                                

8   community college district, elected at large in the annexed                 

                                                                                

9   county on a nonpartisan basis for a term of 6 years.  The term of           

                                                                                

10  office of an additional member shall commence 15 days after the             

                                                                                

11  date of certification of his or her election, at either a general           

                                                                                

12  election or a special election of the annexed county held within            

                                                                                

13  6 months  of  after the election approving of the annexation.               

                                                                                

14  Each additional member, and his or her replacement if a vacancy             

                                                                                

15  occurs during the 6-year term, shall be an elector of the annexed           

                                                                                

16  county.  After the initial 6-year term, the 2 additional board              

                                                                                

17  positions are abolished, and the board of trustees shall consist            

                                                                                

18  of 7 members, elected as provided in subsection (1).                        

                                                                                

19      Sec. 55.  (1) A community college district  shall be                        

                                                                                

20  established if a  is established under this chapter only if both            

                                                                                

21  of the following occur:                                                     

                                                                                

22      (a) A majority of the electors voting in the proposed                       

                                                                                

23  community college district area approve the organization of the             

                                                                                

24  district.  and elect a                                                      

                                                                                

25      (b) A board of trustees in the proper number is elected by a                

                                                                                

26  majority of the voting electors.                                            

                                                                                

27      (2) A majority of the electors  of  voting in the community                 


                                                                                

1   college district shall approve  the establishment  of the                   

                                                                                

2   proposition establishing the maximum annual tax rate for the                

                                                                                

3   community college district.  If the proposition to establish the            

                                                                                

4   maximum annual tax rate  fails to  does not receive  approval of            

                                                                                

5   a proper majority of the electors voting in the proposed                    

                                                                                

6   community college district area and a community college district            

                                                                                

7   is established under the provisions of this section  the required           

                                                                                

8   vote of the electors, the proposition to establish the maximum              

                                                                                

9   annual tax rate may be resubmitted at a regular election or at a            

                                                                                

10  special election called by the appropriate clerk under the                  

                                                                                

11  Michigan election law at the request of the board of trustees.              

                                                                                

12  for that purpose.  If the proposition to establish the maximum             

                                                                                

13  annual tax rate fails after being submitted 3 times, the                    

                                                                                

14  community college district is dissolved.                                    

                                                                                

15      Sec. 56.   (1) The provisions of sections 531 to 540 of Act                 

                                                                                

16  No. 269 of the Public Acts of 1955, as amended, shall govern the            

                                                                                

17  conduct and procedures of the community college election                    

                                                                                

18  conducted by local school boards under this chapter.  (2) In                

                                                                                

19  those instances where  If part of a local school district is in             

                                                                                

20  another community college district, only those electors residing            

                                                                                

21  in  the remainder  that part of the school district  shall be               

                                                                                

22  not in the other community college district are eligible to vote            

                                                                                

23  in the organizational election and in subsequent elections of the           

                                                                                

24  community college district.                                                 

                                                                                

25      Sec. 57.  The  boards of canvassers of the school districts                 

                                                                                

26  whose electors are eligible to vote in an election  appropriate             

                                                                                

27  board of canvassers prescribed in section 24a or 30a of the                 


                                                                                

1   Michigan election law, MCL 168.24a and 168.30a, shall conduct a             

                                                                                

2   canvass of the results of the election within 3 days  of the                

                                                                                

3   after an election under this chapter For an organizational               

                                                                                

4   election, the board of canvassers of the intermediate school                

                                                                                

5   district having the highest valuation within the proposed                   

                                                                                

6   community college district shall conduct the final canvass.  For            

                                                                                

7   a community college district election other than an                         

                                                                                

8   organizational election, except as otherwise provided in this               

                                                                                

9   chapter, the board of canvassers appointed by the board of                  

                                                                                

10  trustees of the community college shall conduct the final                   

                                                                                

11  canvass.                                                                    

                                                                                

12      Sec. 58.  (1)  The first regular election of a community                    

                                                                                

13  college district shall be held at the time of the annual                    

                                                                                

14  elections of the component school districts held not less than 2            

                                                                                

15  years nor more than 3 years from the date of the organizational             

                                                                                

16  election.  The date of the annual school elections referred to in           

                                                                                

17  this chapter is the date prescribed for annual school elections             

                                                                                

18  in sections 34, 72 and 108 of Act No. 269 of the Public Acts of             

                                                                                

19  1955, as amended.  If any school district holds its annual                  

                                                                                

20  election on a different date, the board of this district shall              

                                                                                

21  call a special election for the community college district to be            

                                                                                

22  held on the same day as prescribed in this chapter.  The period             

                                                                                

23  of time between the annual election dates shall be construed as             

                                                                                

24  being 1 year.  A regular community college election is held at              

                                                                                

25  the same time as the regular school election.  A constituent                

                                                                                

26  county shall call a special election to be held on the date of              

                                                                                

27  the regular school election.                                                


                                                                                

1       (2) Subsequent regular elections of the community college                   

                                                                                

2   district shall be held biennially thereafter on the annual school           

                                                                                

3   election dates, unless the board of trustees determines to hold             

                                                                                

4   its election at the same time and in conjunction with a city                

                                                                                

5   election as provided in section 644k of Act No. 116 of the Public           

                                                                                

6   Acts of 1954, as added, being section 168.644k of the Compiled              

                                                                                

7   Laws of 1948.                                                               

                                                                                

8       (2)  (3)  At  the regular elections  a regular election, in                 

                                                                                

9   addition to the election of trustees, special propositions may be           

                                                                                

10  submitted to the electors  in addition to the election of                   

                                                                                

11  trustees  when authorized by the board of trustees.                         

                                                                                

12      Sec. 59.   (1) Special elections of the community college                   

                                                                                

13  district may be called by the  The board of trustees of a                   

                                                                                

14  community college district organized under this chapter may                 

                                                                                

15  request that the appropriate clerk under the Michigan election              

                                                                                

16  law call a special election.  The secretary of the board shall              

                                                                                

17  file a copy of the resolution of the board calling  the  a                  

                                                                                

18  special election with the secretary of each  of the  component              

                                                                                

19  local and intermediate school  districts  district and the clerk            

                                                                                

20  of each component county, as applicable, at least 60 days  prior            

                                                                                

21  to  before the date of the election.  The resolution shall                  

                                                                                

22  contain a statement of the proposition to be submitted to the               

                                                                                

23  electors.   (2)  The board of education of each component local             

                                                                                

24  and intermediate school district and the clerk of each component            

                                                                                

25  county, as applicable, shall request that the appropriate clerk             

                                                                                

26  under the Michigan election law call the special election.  on              

                                                                                

27  the date specified in the resolution.                                       


                                                                                

1       Sec. 62.  (1) In an annexation of 1 or more local school                    

                                                                                

2   districts, if the resolution and approval are filed with each               

                                                                                

3   secretary more than 90 or less than 21 days before the date of              

                                                                                

4   the  annual  regular school election,  of the districts to be               

                                                                                

5   annexed,  the board of education of each district shall request             

                                                                                

6   that the appropriate clerk under the Michigan election law call a           

                                                                                

7   special election for voting on the propositions of annexation.              

                                                                                

8   If the resolution and approval are filed more than 20 days but              

                                                                                

9   less than  90  91 days  prior to  before the date of the  annual            

                                                                                

10  regular school election,  of each district to be annexed,  the              

                                                                                

11  board of education of each district shall request that the                  

                                                                                

12  appropriate clerk under the Michigan election law submit                    

                                                                                

13  annexation propositions to  its  the electors at the  annual                

                                                                                

14  regular school election.                                                    

                                                                                

15      (2) In an annexation of an intermediate school district, the                

                                                                                

16  secretary of the intermediate school board of the intermediate              

                                                                                

17  school district in writing shall direct the board of education of           

                                                                                

18  each component local school district to submit the annexation               

                                                                                

19  propositions to the electors of that component school district.             

                                                                                

20  Each school district shall request that the appropriate clerk               

                                                                                

21  under the Michigan election law call and hold the election at the           

                                                                                

22  time of  its annual school elections  the regular school election           

                                                                                

23  if notification is given to each school district more than 20 but           

                                                                                

24  less than  90  91 days before the  annual election  date of the             

                                                                                

25  November school election.  Otherwise, each board of education               

                                                                                

26  shall request that the appropriate clerk under the Michigan                 

                                                                                

27  election law call a special election  ,  to consider the                    


                                                                                

1   annexation propositions.  , on a date specified by the secretary            

                                                                                

2   of the intermediate school board.                                           

                                                                                

3       (3) In an annexation of a county, if the resolution and                     

                                                                                

4   approval are filed more than 90  days or more, or 20 days  or               

                                                                                

5   less  ,  than 21 days before the date of the next general                   

                                                                                

6   election,  then  the county  board of commissioners  clerk shall            

                                                                                

7   call a special election within the county to consider the                   

                                                                                

8   annexation propositions.  If the resolution and approval are                

                                                                                

9   filed less than  90  91 days but more than 20 days before the               

                                                                                

10  next general election, then the annexation propositions shall be            

                                                                                

11  submitted to the electors of the county at that election.                   

                                                                                

12      Sec. 83.  (1)  In the November, 1984 general election and                   

                                                                                

13  every 4 years after that election until the November, 1992                  

                                                                                

14  general election, 9 members of the board of trustees of a                   

                                                                                

15  community college district established under this chapter shall             

                                                                                

16  be elected for a term of 4 years.  Each member shall represent a            

                                                                                

17  trustee district described in section 82.  (2) For the members  A           

                                                                                

18  member of the board of trustees of a community college                      

                                                                                

19  established under this chapter  elected in the November, 1992               

                                                                                

20  general election, the members receiving the 3 highest number of             

                                                                                

21  votes in the election each shall be elected for a term of 6                 

                                                                                

22  years, the members receiving the 3 next highest number of votes             

                                                                                

23  in the election each shall be elected for a term of 4 years, and            

                                                                                

24  the members receiving the 3 lowest number of votes each shall be            

                                                                                

25  elected for a 2-year term.  A member elected after the November,            

                                                                                

26  1992 term  shall be elected for a term of 6 years unless he or              

                                                                                

27  she is elected to fill a vacancy for the unexpired term under               


                                                                                

1   subsection  (6)  (5).                                                       

                                                                                

2       (2)  (3) Each  A candidate for trustee shall be nominated at                

                                                                                

3   a nonpartisan primary election conducted  pursuant to  under the            

                                                                                

4   Michigan election law.  , Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954,           

                                                                                

5   being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.              

                                                                                

6   The nominating petitions shall contain not less than 250  ,  or             

                                                                                

7   more than 500 signatures of registered school electors of the               

                                                                                

8   appropriate trustee district  ; shall meet the requirements of              

                                                                                

9   section 544c of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being               

                                                                                

10  section 168.544c of the Michigan Compiled Laws;  and shall be               

                                                                                

11  filed with the clerk of the county in which the community college           

                                                                                

12  district is located on or before 4 p.m. of the twelfth Tuesday              

                                                                                

13  before the primary election.  A signature on a nominating                   

                                                                                

14  petition  shall  is not  be  valid unless the petitioner is a               

                                                                                

15  registered school elector of the trustee district in which the              

                                                                                

16  candidate is running for election.  The county clerk may compare            

                                                                                

17  the signatures on the petitions with the signatures appearing on            

                                                                                

18  the registration records or in some other proper manner determine           

                                                                                

19  whether the signatures appearing on the petition are genuine and            

                                                                                

20  comply with the requirements of this section.  Not more than 2              

                                                                                

21  candidates shall be nominated at the primary election for each              

                                                                                

22  trustee district.                                                           

                                                                                

23      (3)  (4)  Each of the 9 trustees shall commence his or her                  

                                                                                

24  term of office on January 1 following his or her election.                  

                                                                                

25      (4)  (5)  A candidate for the office of board member                        

                                                                                

26  representing a trustee district or a person elected or appointed            

                                                                                

27  to fill a vacancy pursuant to subsection  (6)  (5) shall be 18              


                                                                                

1   years of age or older at the time of his or her election or                 

                                                                                

2   appointment and shall be  a registered school  an elector                   

                                                                                

3   residing in the trustee district in which the person becomes a              

                                                                                

4   candidate or which the person is appointed to represent.  If a              

                                                                                

5   member representing a trustee district ceases to reside in the              

                                                                                

6   trustee district during the trustee's term of office, it  shall             

                                                                                

7   constitute  is a vacating of office.                                        

                                                                                

8       (5)  (6)  If a vacancy occurs on the board of trustees, the                 

                                                                                

9   vacancy shall be filled from among  registered school  electors             

                                                                                

10  of the trustee district by majority vote of the remaining board             

                                                                                

11  members.  If a person is appointed to fill a vacancy in a trustee           

                                                                                

12  district for which the unexpired term is more than 1 year and 8             

                                                                                

13  months, that person shall serve until January 1 following the               

                                                                                

14  next general election.  At that next general election the vacancy           

                                                                                

15  shall be filled for the unexpired term.  A vacancy shall not be             

                                                                                

16  filled later than 60 days before a primary election at which                

                                                                                

17  voting district board members are to be nominated.                          

                                                                                

18      (6)  (7)  Special elections may be called  by the board of                  

                                                                                

19  trustees pursuant to  in the same manner as in chapters 1 and 2.            

                                                                                

20  , except that the county or the constituent school districts               

                                                                                

21  shall pay for the cost of those elections until such time as the            

                                                                                

22  authorization to levy a tax is established.                                 

                                                                                

23      Sec. 84.  The board of trustees of a community college                      

                                                                                

24  district formed under this chapter shall submit to the electors             

                                                                                

25  of the community college district the proposition to establish              

                                                                                

26  the maximum annual tax rate.  If the proposition to establish the           

                                                                                

27  maximum annual tax rate fails to receive a proper majority of the           


                                                                                

1   electors voting in the community college district at the first              

                                                                                

2   election held for that purpose, the proposition to establish the            

                                                                                

3   maximum annual tax rate may be resubmitted at a regular election            

                                                                                

4   or at a special election called by the appropriate clerk under              

                                                                                

5   the Michigan election law at the request of the board of trustees           

                                                                                

6   for that purpose.   In no event shall such an election be called            

                                                                                

7   by the  The board of trustees shall not request that the                    

                                                                                

8   appropriate clerk under the Michigan election law call an                   

                                                                                

9   election for that purpose more often than once in any 9-month               

                                                                                

10  period.                                                                     

                                                                                

11      Sec. 86.  (1) In the annexation of a local school district,                 

                                                                                

12  if the resolution and approval are filed with the secretary more            

                                                                                

13  than 90 or less than 21 days before the date of the  annual                 

                                                                                

14  regular school election,  of the district to be annexed,  the               

                                                                                

15  board of education of the district shall request that the                   

                                                                                

16  appropriate clerk under the Michigan election law call a special            

                                                                                

17  election for voting on the propositions of annexation.  If the              

                                                                                

18  resolution and approval are filed more than 20 days but less than           

                                                                                

19  90  91 days  prior to  before the date of the  annual  regular             

                                                                                

20  school election,  of the district to be annexed,  the board of              

                                                                                

21  education of the district shall request that the appropriate                

                                                                                

22  clerk under the Michigan election law submit the annexation                 

                                                                                

23  propositions to the electors at the  annual  regular school                 

                                                                                

24  election.                                                                   

                                                                                

25      (2) In the annexation of an intermediate school district, the               

                                                                                

26  secretary of the intermediate school board of the intermediate              

                                                                                

27  school district in writing shall direct the board of education of           


                                                                                

1   each component local school district to submit the annexation               

                                                                                

2   propositions to the electors of  the  that component school                 

                                                                                

3   district.  Each school district shall request that the                      

                                                                                

4   appropriate clerk under the Michigan election law call and hold             

                                                                                

5   the election at the time of the  annual school elections  regular           

                                                                                

6   school election if notification is given more than 20 but less              

                                                                                

7   than  90  91 days before the  annual election  date of the                  

                                                                                

8   regular school election.  Otherwise, each board of education                

                                                                                

9   shall request that the appropriate clerk under the Michigan                 

                                                                                

10  election law call a special election  ,  to consider the                    

                                                                                

11  annexation propositions.  , on a date specified by the secretary            

                                                                                

12  of the intermediate school board.                                           

                                                                                

13      Sec. 105.   (1) A community college means an educational                    

                                                                                

14  institution providing, primarily for all persons above the                  

                                                                                

15  twelfth grade age level and primarily for those within commuting            

                                                                                

16  distance, collegiate and noncollegiate level education including            

                                                                                

17  area vocational-technical education programs which may result in            

                                                                                

18  the granting of diplomas and certificates including those known             

                                                                                

19  as associate degrees but not including baccalaureate or higher              

                                                                                

20  degrees.                                                                    

                                                                                

21      (2) An area vocational-education program means a program of                 

                                                                                

22  organized systematic instruction designed to prepare the                    

                                                                                

23  following individuals for useful employment in recognized                   

                                                                                

24  occupations:                                                                

                                                                                

25      (a) Persons who have completed or left high school and who                  

                                                                                

26  are available for full-time study in preparation for entering the           

                                                                                

27  labor market.                                                               


                                                                                

1       (b) Persons who have already entered the labor market and                   

                                                                                

2   who need training to achieve stability or advancement in                    

                                                                                

3   employment.                                                                 

                                                                                

4       (c) Persons enrolled in high school.                                        

                                                                                

5       (3) When programs or courses are provided for persons                       

                                                                                

6   enrolled in high school, the provision of the programs or courses           

                                                                                

7   shall be requested for each of the individuals by the                       

                                                                                

8   superintendent or his designated representative of the school               

                                                                                

9   district in which the person is enrolled.                                   

                                                                                

10      (4) The word "area"  As used in this act:                                   

                                                                                

11      (a) "Area", in the  phrase  term "area vocational-technical                 

                                                                                

12  education program",  refers to  means the geographical territory            

                                                                                

13  of the district, and  whatever  any territory  without  outside             

                                                                                

14  of the district  as  that is designated as the service area of              

                                                                                

15  the district by the  state board of education  superintendent of            

                                                                                

16  public instruction.  A community college is eligible to receive             

                                                                                

17  such  state aid and assistance  as may be  appropriated by the             

                                                                                

18  legislature for the aid and support of junior colleges or                   

                                                                                

19  community colleges.                                                         

                                                                                

20      (b) "Area vocational-education program" means a program of                  

                                                                                

21  organized systematic instruction designed to prepare the                    

                                                                                

22  following individuals for useful employment in recognized                   

                                                                                

23  occupations:                                                                

                                                                                

24                                                                               (i) An individual who has completed or left high school and                         

                                                                                

25  who is available for full-time study in preparation for entering            

                                                                                

26  the labor market.                                                           

                                                                                

27      (ii) An individual who has already entered the labor market                  


                                                                                

1   and who needs training to achieve stability or advancement in               

                                                                                

2   employment.                                                                 

                                                                                

3       (iii) An individual enrolled in high school.  If a program or                

                                                                                

4   course is provided for an individual enrolled in high school, the           

                                                                                

5   superintendent of the school district in which the individual is            

                                                                                

6   enrolled or his or her designated representative shall request              

                                                                                

7   that the program or course be provided to the individual.                   

                                                                                

8       (c) "Community college" means an educational institution                    

                                                                                

9   providing collegiate and noncollegiate level education primarily            

                                                                                

10  to individuals above the twelfth grade age level within commuting           

                                                                                

11  distance.  The term includes an area vocational-technical                   

                                                                                

12  education program that may result in the granting of an associate           

                                                                                

13  degree or other diploma or certificate, but not an educational              

                                                                                

14  institution or program granting baccalaureate or higher degrees.            

                                                                                

15      (d) "General election" or "general state election" means the                

                                                                                

16  term general election as defined in section 2 of the Michigan               

                                                                                

17  election law, MCL 168.2.                                                    

                                                                                

18      (e) "Michigan election law" means the Michigan election law,                

                                                                                

19  1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.                                          

                                                                                

20      (f) "Regular election" means that term as defined in section                

                                                                                

21  3 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.3.                                  

                                                                                

22      (g) "Special election" means that term as defined in section                

                                                                                

23  4 of the Michigan election law, MCL 168.4.                                  

                                                                                

24      Sec. 107.  (1) An  elector of a community college district                  

                                                                                

25  shall possess the qualifications provided for in article 2 of the           

                                                                                

26  state constitution  election under this act shall be called,                

                                                                                

27  administered, conducted, and canvassed as provided in this act              


                                                                                

1   and the Michigan election law.                                              

                                                                                

2       (2) A special election under this act shall be held on a                    

                                                                                

3   regular election day established under section 641 of the                   

                                                                                

4   Michigan election law, MCL 168.641.                                         

                                                                                

5       Sec. 122.  The board of trustees may do all of the                          

                                                                                

6   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

7       (a) Borrow, subject to the provisions of the revised                        

                                                                                

8   municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, for            

                                                                                

9   community college purposes, including capital expenditures, money           

                                                                                

10  on the terms it considers desirable and give notes of the                   

                                                                                

11  district for those purposes.  If a newly organized community                

                                                                                

12  college district borrows in anticipation of the collection of the           

                                                                                

13  first tax levy of the district, the loan shall not exceed 50% of            

                                                                                

14  the estimated amount of the first tax levy.                                 

                                                                                

15      (b) Borrow, subject to the revised municipal finance act,                   

                                                                                

16  2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, money as it considers                 

                                                                                

17  necessary and issue bonds of the community college district, to             

                                                                                

18  purchase sites for buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields, or              

                                                                                

19  agricultural farms; to purchase or erect and equip any building             

                                                                                

20  or buildings that it is authorized to purchase and erect; or to             

                                                                                

21  make any permanent improvement that it is authorized to make.  A            

                                                                                

22  loan shall not be made and bonds shall not be issued for any sum            

                                                                                

23  that, together with the total outstanding bonded indebtedness of            

                                                                                

24  the district, including bonds voted but not issued, exceeds the             

                                                                                

25  total of 1-1/2% of the first $250,000,000.00 plus 1% of the                 

                                                                                

26  excess over $250,000,000.00 of the last confirmed state equalized           

                                                                                

27  valuation of all taxable property in the district unless the                


                                                                                

1   proposition of making the loan or of issuing bonds has been                 

                                                                                

2   submitted first to a vote of the qualified electors of the                  

                                                                                

3   district, at a  general  regular or special election, and                   

                                                                                

4   approved by the majority of the electors voting at the election,            

                                                                                

5   in which event loans may be made or bonds may be issued in an               

                                                                                

6   amount not to exceed 15% of the total state equalized valuation             

                                                                                

7   of the district.                                                            

                                                                                

8       (c) Provide for energy conservation improvements to be made                 

                                                                                

9   to community college facilities and  may  pay for the                       

                                                                                

10  improvements from operating funds of the district or from the               

                                                                                

11  savings that result from the energy conservation improvements.              

                                                                                

12  Energy conservation improvements may include, but are not limited           

                                                                                

13  to, heating system improvements, fenestration improvements, roof            

                                                                                

14  improvements, the installation of any insulation, the                       

                                                                                

15  installation or repair of heating or air conditioning controls,             

                                                                                

16  and entrance or exit way closures.  The board of trustees may               

                                                                                

17  acquire 1 or more energy conservation improvements by installment           

                                                                                

18  contract or may borrow money and issue notes for the purpose of             

                                                                                

19  securing funds for the improvements or may enter into contracts             

                                                                                

20  in which the cost of the energy conservation improvements is paid           

                                                                                

21  from a portion of the savings that result from the energy                   

                                                                                

22  conservation improvements.  These contractual agreements may                

                                                                                

23  provide that the cost of the energy conservation improvements are           

                                                                                

24  paid only if the energy savings are sufficient to cover their               

                                                                                

25  cost.  An installment contract or notes issued pursuant to this             

                                                                                

26  subdivision shall extend for a period of time not to exceed 10              

                                                                                

27  years.  Notes issued pursuant to this subdivision shall be full             


                                                                                

1   faith and credit, tax limited obligations of the community                  

                                                                                

2   college district, payable from tax levies and the general fund as           

                                                                                

3   pledged by the board of trustees.  The notes are subject to the             

                                                                                

4   revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to                  

                                                                                

5   141.2821.  This subdivision does not limit in any manner the                

                                                                                

6   borrowing or bonding authority of a community college as provided           

                                                                                

7   by law.                                                                     

                                                                                

8       Sec. 144.  (1) The board of trustees of each community                      

                                                                                

9   college district may levy for the purposes specified as within              

                                                                                

10  the power of the board a tax that does not exceed the rate                  

                                                                                

11  previously or subsequently authorized by the qualified electors             

                                                                                

12  of the district or the rate derived through the previous adoption           

                                                                                

13  by the electors of the district of former 1955 PA 188, or the               

                                                                                

14  rate that is allocated to the community college district in                 

                                                                                

15  accordance with the property tax limitation act, 1933 PA 62,                

                                                                                

16  MCL 211.201 to 211.217a.  The funds may be used for all purposes            

                                                                                

17  authorized, except that to the extent permitted under the revised           

                                                                                

18  municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821,                

                                                                                

19  taxes imposed for the payment of principal and interest on bonds            

                                                                                

20  or other evidences of indebtedness or for the payment of                    

                                                                                

21  assessments or contract obligations in anticipation of which                

                                                                                

22  bonds are issued may be imposed without limitation as to rate or            

                                                                                

23  amount.  This limitation may be increased to not more than 5                

                                                                                

24  mills if approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting            

                                                                                

25  on the question at  any general  a regular or special election of           

                                                                                

26  the community college district.                                             

                                                                                

27      (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the board of                      


                                                                                

1   trustees shall determine the total taxes required for any year              

                                                                                

2   and shall certify the approved tax rate to be levied and the                

                                                                                

3   amount of taxes to be raised to the proper assessing officer of             

                                                                                

4   each city and township in which the territory of the community              

                                                                                

5   college district is situated on or before September 1 of each               

                                                                                

6   year, except that the board of trustees may provide by resolution           

                                                                                

7   that taxes to be raised against property within any city or                 

                                                                                

8   township, any portion of which lies within the community college            

                                                                                

9   district boundaries, may be levied and collected in the same                

                                                                                

10  manner and at the same time as the city or township taxes or in             

                                                                                

11  the same manner and at the same time as school district or                  

                                                                                

12  intermediate school district taxes are being collected by the               

                                                                                

13  city or township under part 26 of the revised school code, 1976             

                                                                                

14  PA 451, MCL 380.1611 to 380.1615.                                           

                                                                                

15      (3) By resolution of its board on or before May 15 of the                   

                                                                                

16  year in which it is established, a community college district               

                                                                                

17  established under this act between January 1 and May 1 of any               

                                                                                

18  calendar year may impose a summer property tax levy of either the           

                                                                                

19  total or 1/2 of the community college district property taxes for           

                                                                                

20  that tax year.  The board resolution shall also determine the               

                                                                                

21  total taxes required for that tax year and certify the approved             

                                                                                

22  tax rate to be levied and the amount of taxes to be raised to the           

                                                                                

23  proper assessing officer of each city or township in which the              

                                                                                

24  territory of the community college district is situated.  Upon              

                                                                                

25  receipt of that board resolution, each city and township in which           

                                                                                

26  the community college district is situated that collects a summer           

                                                                                

27  property tax levy  pursuant to  under section 1613 of the revised           


                                                                                

1   school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1613, shall collect the summer            

                                                                                

2   levy for that year.  The reasonable and actual expenses incurred            

                                                                                

3   by a city or township in collecting the community college                   

                                                                                

4   district property taxes under this subsection, to the extent                

                                                                                

5   these expenses are in addition to the expense of collecting and             

                                                                                

6   assessing any other taxes at the same time and exceed the amount            

                                                                                

7   of any fees imposed for the collection of the community college             

                                                                                

8   property taxes, shall be billed to and paid by the community                

                                                                                

9   college district.  For the purposes of this subsection,                     

                                                                                

10  reasonable and actual expenses shall not exceed the current                 

                                                                                

11  collection agreements negotiated with the largest intermediate              

                                                                                

12  school district within the community college district.  This                

                                                                                

13  subsection applies until December 31, 1992.                                 

                                                                                

14      (4) All money collected by  any  a tax collecting officer                   

                                                                                

15  from the tax levied  pursuant to  under this section shall be               

                                                                                

16  returned to the community college district  pursuant to  as                 

                                                                                

17  provided by section 43 of the general property tax act, 1893                

                                                                                

18  PA 206, MCL 211.43, or to the county treasurer who shall pay the            

                                                                                

19  taxes so returned immediately to the community college district.            

                                                                                

20      (5) The subjects of taxation for the community college                      

                                                                                

21  district purposes shall be the same as for state, county, and               

                                                                                

22  other school purposes as provided under the general property tax            

                                                                                

23  act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157.                                     

                                                                                

24      Sec. 152.  (1) Candidates for members of the first and                      

                                                                                

25  succeeding boards shall be nominated by petition signed by not              

                                                                                

26  less than 50 or more than 200 qualified and registered electors             

                                                                                

27  residing within the geographic area of the community college                


                                                                                

1   district.  All nominating petitions in community college                    

                                                                                

2   districts organized under chapter 1 shall be filed not later than           

                                                                                

3   4 p.m. on the one hundred-tenth day  prior to  before the date of           

                                                                                

4   any election.  All nominating petitions in community college                

                                                                                

5   districts organized under chapters 2 and 3 shall be filed not               

                                                                                

6   later than 4 p.m. on the ninth Monday  prior to  before the date            

                                                                                

7   of any election.  If the last day for filing nominating petitions           

                                                                                

8   falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the nominating               

                                                                                

9   petitions shall be filed not later than 4 p.m. on the next day              

                                                                                

10  that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.                           

                                                                                

11      (2) Nominating petitions for the first  board  and succeeding               

                                                                                

12  boards of trustees of a community college district organized                

                                                                                

13  under chapter 1 shall be filed with the county clerk or clerks.             

                                                                                

14  Nominating petitions for the first  board  and succeeding boards            

                                                                                

15  of trustees organized under chapters 2 and 3 shall be filed with            

                                                                                

16  the  secretary of the board of education of the intermediate                

                                                                                

17  school district of the county having the highest valuation within           

                                                                                

18  the community college district  appropriate clerk under the                 

                                                                                

19  Michigan election law Nominating petitions for succeeding                

                                                                                

20  boards of trustees shall be filed with the secretary of the board           

                                                                                

21  of trustees of the community college district, except that when             

                                                                                

22  candidates are elected from separate school districts within the            

                                                                                

23  college district as provided in chapter 2, nominees from school             

                                                                                

24  district areas shall file nominating petitions with the                     

                                                                                

25  secretaries of school districts for the first and succeeding                

                                                                                

26  boards of trustees.  In a community college district organized              

                                                                                

27  under chapter 1, the names of all candidates and the terms of               


                                                                                

1   office shall be certified to the county clerk or clerks by the              

                                                                                

2   secretary of the board of trustees of the community college                 

                                                                                

3   district within 5 days after the last day for filing petitions.             

                                                                                

4       (3) Upon the filing of nominating petitions with the                        

                                                                                

5   appropriate official, he or she shall canvass them to ascertain             

                                                                                

6   if they have been signed by the requisite number of qualified               

                                                                                

7   and registered  electors and  for the purpose of determining the           

                                                                                

8   validity thereof may cause  may check any doubtful signatures  to           

                                                                                

9   be checked  against the registration records of the clerk of any            

                                                                                

10  political subdivision in which the petitions were circulated, or            

                                                                                

11  may use any other method he or she deems proper for determining             

                                                                                

12  the validity of the doubtful signatures.  If he or she determines           

                                                                                

13  that the nominating petitions of any candidate do not comply with           

                                                                                

14  the requirements or if the candidate does not possess the                   

                                                                                

15  qualifications as required by the provisions of this act for                

                                                                                

16  membership on the board of trustees, the official shall notify              

                                                                                

17  the candidate of that fact and of the reasons.                              

                                                                                

18      (4) This section does not apply to nominating petitions for a               

                                                                                

19  candidate for a board of trustees organized under chapter 5.                

                                                                                

20      Enacting section 1.  Sections 20, 40, and 60 of the                         

                                                                                

21  community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.20, 389.40,             

                                                                                

22  and 389.60, are repealed.                                                   

                                                                                

23      Enacting section 2.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

                                                                                

24  January 1, 2005.                                                            

                                                                                

25      Enacting section 3.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

26  effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

                                                                                

27  are enacted into law:                                                       


                                                                                

1       (a) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4820 (request                    

                                                                                

2   no. 01918'03 *).                                                            

                                                                                

3       (b) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4821 (request                    

                                                                                

4   no. 01919'03 *).                                                            

                                                                                

5       (c) Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4824 (request                    

                                                                                

6   no. 01920'03 *).