March 3, 2011, Introduced by Senator KOWALL and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.
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 3 (MCL 46.403).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
3. (1) The Except as
otherwise provided in this
subsection, the county apportionment commission shall consist of
the county clerk, the county treasurer, the prosecuting attorney,
and the statutory county chairperson of each of the 2 political
parties receiving the greatest number of votes cast for the office
of secretary of state in the last preceding general election. If a
county does not have a statutory chairperson of a political party,
the 2 additional members shall be a party representative from each
of the 2 political parties receiving the greatest number of votes
cast for the office of secretary of state in the last preceding
general election and appointed by the chairperson of the state
central committee for each of the political parties. In a county
with a population of 1,000,000 or more and an elected county
executive, the county apportionment commission shall be the county
board of commissioners. The clerk shall convene the apportionment
commission
and they shall adopt their rules of procedure. Three A
majority of the members of the apportionment commission shall be a
quorum sufficient to conduct its business. All action of the
apportionment commission shall be by majority vote of the
commission.
(2) The business which the apportionment commission may
perform shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance
with
Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261
to
15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. the open meetings act,
1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date,
and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by
Act
No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976. the open meetings act, 1976
PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
(3) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or
retained by the commission in the performance of an official
function shall be made available to the public in compliance with
Act
No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to
15.246
of the Michigan Compiled Laws.the
freedom of information
act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.