HB-4227, As Passed House, February 24, 2005
February 8, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Ward and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.
A bill to amend 1966 PA 261, entitled
"An act to provide for the apportionment of county boards of
commissioners; to prescribe the size of the board; to provide for
appeals; to prescribe the manner of election of the members of the
county board of commissioners; to provide for compensation of
members; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal
acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 15 (MCL 46.415), as amended by 1980 PA 187.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 15. (1) A member of the county board of commissioners
shall receive the compensation and mileage reimbursement fixed by
resolution of the county board of commissioners or for a county
which has a county officers compensation commission, fixed by a
determination of the county officers compensation commission which
is not rejected.
(2) The per mile mileage reimbursement fixed by the county
board of commissioners or the county officers compensation
commission shall not exceed the mileage reimbursement set for state
officers as determined by the state officers compensation
commission.
Changes
(3) Except as provided under subsection (5), changes in
compensation
shall become effective only at after the time
members of the county board of commissioners commence their terms
of office after a general election, or for a county which has a
county
officers compensation commission, at after the beginning
of the first odd numbered year after the determination is made by
the county officers compensation commission and is not rejected.
(4) This section shall not be construed to prohibit a
structured change in compensation implemented in phases over the
term of office.
(5) A change in compensation under subsection (1) may be made
in 2005 to be effective on or after January 1, 2006.
(6) As used in this section, "compensation" shall not include
mileage reimbursement.