Bill Text: MI SB1108 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Counties; boards and commissions; option to elect county road commissioners by geographic districts of equal population; provide for. Amends secs. 6 & 8, ch. IV of 1909 PA 283 (MCL 224.6 & 224.8). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1109'10, SB 1110'10, SB 1476'10, SB 1477'10, SB 1478'10

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-09-22 - Referred To Committee On Ethics And Elections [SB1108 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB1108-Engrossed.html

SB-1108, As Passed Senate, September 22, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 1108

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1909 PA 283, entitled

 

"An act to revise, consolidate, and add to the laws relating to the

establishment, opening, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering,

improvement, maintenance, and use of the public highways and

private roads; the condemnation of property and gravel therefor;

the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; maintaining

public access to waterways under certain conditions; setting and

protecting shade trees, drainage, and cutting weeds and brush

within this state; providing for the election or appointment and

defining the powers, duties, and compensation of state, county,

township, and district highway officials; and to prescribe

penalties and provide remedies,"

 

by amending sections 6 and 8 of chapter IV (MCL 224.6 and 224.8),

 

section 6 as amended by 2009 PA 39 and section 8 as amended by 1994

 

PA 320.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

                                CHAPTER IV

 

     Sec. 6. (1) Except as provided under subsection (4) or (5), in

 

a county where the county road system is adopted, a board of county

 

road commissioners consisting of not less than 3 members or more


 

than 5 members shall be elected by the people of the county. The

 

initial road commissioners shall be appointed by the county board

 

of commissioners or elected at a general or special election called

 

for that purpose, as determined by the county board of

 

commissioners. The county board of commissioners may by resolution

 

provide for staggered terms of office for the road commissioners

 

under this subsection so that not more than 2 road commissioners'

 

terms of office expire in the same year.

 

     (2) If the road commissioners are appointed, they shall hold

 

office only until January 1 of the first odd numbered year

 

following the date of appointment. If the road commissioners are to

 

be elected at a general or special election, notice of the

 

election, embodying a copy of the resolutions of the county board

 

of commissioners, giving the number and terms of the office of the

 

road commissioners to be elected, shall be published by the clerk

 

as required by section 3 of this chapter.

 

     (3) The regular election of county road commissioners shall be

 

held at the general election on the first Tuesday after the first

 

Monday in November. The term of office of an elected county road

 

commissioner shall commence on January 1 in the year following his

 

or her election. The notice of the election shall be given at the

 

time notice is given of the general election of county officers.

 

     (4) The election of county road commissioners shall not be

 

mandatory in any county that contains all or part of 12 surveyed

 

townships as determined by the government survey of the county.

 

Except as provided under subsection (5), in a county under this

 

subsection the county board of commissioners, by a majority of its


 

members elect, may appoint the county road commissioners. A county

 

road commissioner appointed under this subsection shall not be

 

removed from office before the expiration of his or her term of

 

office without being given written notice of the charges made

 

against him or her and an opportunity to appear before the county

 

board of commissioners for a hearing on the charges.

 

     (5) In a county having a population of 750,000 or more that

 

has adopted a charter under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, the

 

powers and duties that are otherwise provided by law for a board of

 

county road commissioners may be reorganized by amendment to the

 

charter. In a county having a population of 750,000 or more with a

 

charter commission proposing a charter under 1966 PA 293, MCL

 

45.501 to 45.521, the powers and duties that are otherwise provided

 

by law for a board of county road commissioners may be reorganized

 

under the charter if, at the election considering the approval of

 

the charter, the voters approve both the charter and a separate

 

ballot question presented by the charter commission to reorganize

 

the board of county road commissioners. Funds provided to the

 

county under 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to 247.675, shall only be

 

expended for the purposes provided under 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to

 

247.675.

 

     (6) If the county board of commissioners proposes to alter the

 

number of county road commissioners as allowed under this act, the

 

county board of commissioners shall hold not less than 1 public

 

hearing on the proposed change to the road commission. The county

 

board of commissioners shall give notice as required under the open

 

meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, of the time and


 

place of the public hearing not less than 28 days before the

 

hearing. The county board of commissioners shall also provide

 

written notice of the hearing to the county road commission and, if

 

available, by posting the notice on the county's website. The

 

county board of commissioners may vote on whether to alter the

 

number of county road commissioners at the meeting noticed under

 

this subsection.

 

     (7) Beginning April 1, 2011, in a county where county road

 

commissioners are elected as provided under subsection (1), the

 

county board of commissioners may provide by resolution that county

 

road commissioners be elected to single-member districts. If the

 

terms of office for the elected county road commissioners are

 

staggered, the resolution shall include a transition plan to allow

 

for the orderly election of county road commissioners to single-

 

member districts. Within 60 days after the adoption of a resolution

 

by the county board of commissioners under this subsection, the

 

county apportionment commission, as described in section 3 of 1966

 

PA 261, MCL 46.403, shall establish single-member county road

 

commission districts equal to the number of county road

 

commissioners to be elected. Subject to the provisions of this

 

subsection, the county apportionment commission shall use the

 

latest official figures of the federal decennial census to

 

establish boundary lines for the county road commission districts.

 

When establishing boundary lines for the county road commission

 

districts under this subsection, the county apportionment

 

commission shall not use any federal decennial census figures from

 

before the 2010 federal decennial census. The county road


 

commission districts shall be compact, contiguous, and as equal as

 

possible in population. The county road commission districts shall

 

be in effect until reapportionment of the county road commission

 

districts occurs under subsection (8).

 

     (8) If single-member county road commission districts are

 

established in a county as provided under subsection (7), after

 

each federal decennial census the county apportionment commission

 

shall reapportion the territory of the county to determine the

 

boundary lines for the county road commission districts. The county

 

road commission districts shall be compact, contiguous, and as

 

equal as possible in population.

 

     (9) In a county where county road commissioners are appointed,

 

the county apportionment commission may establish for future use

 

single-member county road commission districts equal to the number

 

of county road commissioners to be selected that comply with the

 

requirements in subsection (7).

 

     Sec. 8. (1) If Subject to subsection (4), if a vacancy occurs

 

in the office of county road commissioner, the county board of

 

commissioners shall appoint a county road commissioner to fill the

 

vacancy. The Subject to the provisions of section 269 of the

 

Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.269, the county road

 

commissioner who is appointed shall hold office for the unexpired

 

portion of the term in which the vacancy occurs. Each county road

 

commissioner shall hold office until his or her successor is

 

elected or appointed and qualified.

 

     (2) The county board of commissioners shall fix the

 

compensation of county road commissioners.


 

     (3) The county board of commissioners may authorize the

 

participation of county road commissioners in an insurance or

 

retirement program established under section 10a. Any such

 

authorization granted by a county board of commissioners before

 

this subsection was added is valid. The cost of participation in

 

the insurance or retirement program shall be paid by the county

 

road commission from county road funds.

 

     (4) If a vacancy occurs in a single-member district in the

 

office of county road commissioner, the county board of

 

commissioners shall appoint a person from that district to fill the

 

vacancy. The person who is appointed shall hold office as provided

 

under section 269 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL

 

168.269. As used in this subsection, a vacancy occurs when a county

 

road commissioner moves his or her residence outside of the single-

 

member district that he or she represents or as otherwise provided

 

in section 267 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL

 

168.267.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 1109.

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. 1110.

 

     (c) Senate Bill No. 1476.

 

     (d) Senate Bill No. 1477.

 

     (e) Senate Bill No. 1478.

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