SB-0490, As Passed Senate, June 22, 2011

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 490

     A bill to amend 1846 RS 16, entitled

"Of the powers and duties of townships, the election and duties of

township officers, and the division of townships,"

(MCL 41.1a to 41.110c) by adding section 3a.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 3a. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act

that added this section, a township board shall not adopt an

ordinance or resolution that includes any minimum staffing

requirement for township employees. Except as otherwise provided in

this section, any provision in a township ordinance or resolution

adopted by a township board on or after the effective date of the

amendatory act that added this section that contains a minimum

staffing requirement for township employees is void and

unenforceable. The provisions of this section do not apply to the

adoption of a resolution involving a collective bargaining

agreement.