HOUSE BILL No. 6000

 

November 8, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Opsommer and referred to the Committee on Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, entitled

 

"Urban cooperation act of 1967,"

 

(MCL 124.501 to 124.512) by adding section 2a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2a. (1) The office of the attorney general, the board of

 

the Michigan strategic fund, the executive office of the governor,

 

designees appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives,

 

designees appointed by the senate majority leader, and, to the

 

extent permitted by law, the office of the auditor general shall

 

collaborate to study interlocal agreements that are in effect or

 

entered into under this act on or after the effective date of the

 

amendatory act that added this section.

 

     (2) On or before June 30 of each odd-numbered year, the office


 

of the attorney general, the board of the Michigan strategic fund,

 

the executive office of the governor, designees appointed by the

 

speaker of the house of representatives, designees appointed by the

 

senate majority leader, and, to the extent permitted by law, the

 

office of the auditor general shall begin collaborating in order to

 

prepare and submit a report to the legislature not later than June

 

30 of each even-numbered year that contains all of the following:

 

     (a) Whether each joint exercise of power created by interlocal

 

agreement under this act is following the requirements detailed in

 

the interlocal agreement and in this act.

 

     (b) Whether public agencies or local government units entering

 

into interlocal agreements under this act are granting themselves

 

additional powers after having entered into an interlocal

 

agreement.

 

     (c) The periodic review currently being conducted by this

 

state to ensure that violations of this act and those interlocal

 

agreements entered into under this act are not occurring.

 

     (d) The impact that any violation of this act or an interlocal

 

agreement entered into under this act is having on this state.

 

     (3) The report submitted to the legislature pursuant to

 

subsection (2) shall be made available on the state's website.