SENATE BILL No. 490

 

 

June 16, 2011, Introduced by Senators CASWELL and HILDENBRAND and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.

 

 

 

     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. 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.