Bill Text: MI HB4119 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Libraries; policies and practices; reestablishment of free public libraries; provide for in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 13a of 1947 PA 359 (MCL 42.13a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-18 - Assigned Pa 24'19 With Immediate Effect [HB4119 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB4119-Engrossed.html

HB-4119, As Passed Senate, June 4, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 4119

 

 

January 29, 2019, Introduced by Rep. Meerman and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance.

 

     A bill to amend 1947 PA 359, entitled

 

"The charter township act,"

 

by amending section 13a (MCL 42.13a), as amended by 2012 PA 191.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 13a. (1) In The township board of a charter township may

 

do either of the following:

 

     (a) Establish and maintain a free public library if the

 

charter township is in a county with a population of more than

 

750,000 but less than 2,000,000 that and has not been located

 

within the service area of an established free public library for

 

the previous 3 years. , the township board may establish and

 

maintain a free public library.


     (b) Reestablish and maintain under this act a free public

 

library established as a township library under a repealed act that

 

served the charter township.

 

     (2) The board shall establish or reestablish a free public

 

library under subsection (1) by adopting an ordinance or passing a

 

resolution as provided by law. The board shall file a copy of the

 

ordinance or resolution with the department of education within 10

 

days after adoption or passage.

 

     (3) The township board shall serve as board of directors for

 

the library with final authority over all library matters. The

 

township board shall appoint a library advisory committee

 

consisting of 7 members holding staggered 3-year terms to advise

 

the township board with regard to development, operation, and

 

maintenance of the library. The township board may fill vacancies

 

on the library advisory committee and may remove a member with or

 

without cause.

 

     (4) The township board shall establish the rules and

 

regulations for the operation of the library, appoint a library

 

director and authorize the hiring of qualified assistants,

 

establish a separate and dedicated library fund, and pass any

 

necessary ordinances governing the operations of the library.

 

     (5) A free public library established or reestablished and

 

operated under this section is a public library for the purposes of

 

the state aid to public libraries act, 1977 PA 89, MCL 397.551 to

 

397.576.

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