May 2, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Sneller, Lucido, Elder, Faris, Phelps and Gay-Dagnogo and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
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 3b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3b. (1) A township may provide by ordinance a procedure
to finance by special assessments the provision of mosquito
abatement by private contractors. The ordinance must authorize the
township board to initiate the establishment of a special
assessment district under this section by resolution. In addition,
the ordinance must authorize the use of petitions to initiate the
establishment of a special assessment district under this section.
If petitions are used to initiate the establishment of a special
assessment district under this section, the owners of not less than
25% of the land to be made into the special assessment district
must sign the petitions to initiate the establishment of the
special assessment district.
(2) If a township board adopts a resolution to initiate the
establishment of a special assessment district as provided under
subsection (1) or if the owners of not less than 25% of the land to
be made into the special assessment district sign petitions to
initiate the establishment of a special assessment district as
provided in subsection (1), then the question of raising money for
mosquito abatement by special assessment must be submitted by the
township board to those electors residing in that portion of the
township located in the special assessment district at a general
election or special election called for that purpose by the
township board.
(3) A special assessment district for mosquito abatement is
established only if a majority of the electors residing in that
portion of the township located in the special assessment district
voting on the question approve the special assessment district.
(4) A special assessment district for mosquito abatement
established under this section may be discontinued upon petition by
the owners of not less than 51% of the land comprising the special
assessment district.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.