EXPAND DUTIES OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS

House Bill 4884

Sponsor:  Rep. Shanelle Jackson

Committee:  Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs

Complete to 5-23-12

A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4884 AS INTRODUCED 8-24-11

House Bill 4884 would amend the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act (MCL 141.1501 to 141.1531) to expand the powers and duties of emergency managers.  A more detailed description of the bill follows.

The bill would require that an emergency manager to do all of the following, if a local government is in receivership:

·                    Implement prompt payment practices to provide incentives for vendor participation and competitive vendor pricing;

·                    Implement request-for-proposal schedules that provide reasonable time for vendor inspection and maximization of local participation;

·                    Implement procedures for contract and collective bargaining agreements that emphasize local participation and enhance the local government's tax base, as part of a strategy for reversal of declining revenues;

·                    Require that any labor agreements associated with projects funded by bonds must enhance local employment through the provision of hiring preferences for qualified unemployed skilled workers with verifiable residency in the local government of six months or more; and

·                    Require that any request-for-design-and-build proposals for projects that are funded by bonds must provide incentives for responses that contain a local lead contractor, local joint venture lead, or a contractor participation plan that affords at least 51 percent participation to locally headquartered contractors, and seeks to achieve at least 70 percent contract labor participation by residents of the local government.

FISCAL IMPACT:

A fiscal analysis is in process.

                                                                                           Legislative Analyst:   J. Hunault     

■ This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.