June 15, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Denby and referred to the Committee on Local, Intergovernmental, and Regional Affairs.
A bill to amend 1966 PA 293, entitled
"An act to provide for the establishment of charter counties; to
provide for the election of charter commissioners; to prescribe
their powers and duties; to prohibit certain acts of a county board
of commissioners after the approval of the election of a charter
commission; to prescribe the mandatory and permissive provisions of
a charter; to provide for the exercise by a charter county of
certain powers whether or not authorized by its charter; and to
prescribe penalties and provide remedies,"
(MCL 45.501 to 45.521) by adding section 15b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 15b. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory
act that added this section, a charter county shall not adopt a
county charter, ordinance, or resolution that includes any minimum
staffing requirement for county employees. Any provision in a
county charter, ordinance, or resolution adopted on or after the
effective date of the amendatory act that added this section that
contains a minimum staffing requirement for county employees is
void and unenforceable.