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I thought it would be nice if the people were directly involved in the oversight process. This is more economical, too!
HOUSE BILL No.______
______________, 2010, Introduced by Reps. ___________ and
_________ and referred to the Committee on __________________.
A bill to create the MICHIGAN EMERGENCY
FINANCIAL COMMISSION ACT”
by adding SECTION 411 TO CHAPTER 16 entitled
" EMERGENCY FINANCIAL COMMISSION ACT"
THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
SEC.311.
(1) THE MICHIGAN
EMERGENCY FINANCIAL COMMISSION IS CREATED WITH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
(2) THE
COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF 13 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WITH THE
ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.
THE GOVERNOR SHALL SELECT MEMBERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCED IN THE EDCUATION,
ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY OR AN ASSOCIATED FIELD AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE
REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE STATE. NOT LESS THAN 7 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE OWNERS
AND OPERATORS OF FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF THE
EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE, AND HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY AND SHALL BE
EXPERIENCED IN THE EDUCATIO, ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE AND HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY.
OF THE 7 MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM THE PRIVATE SECOTR NOT LESS THAN 4 MEMBERS
SHALL BE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF SMALL BUSINESSES. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, “SMALL BUSINESSES” MEANS BUSINESS
CONCERNS INCORPORATED OR DOING BUSINESS IN THIS STATE WHICH EMPLOY NOT MORE
THAN 100 FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
(3) A MEMBER OF
THE COMMISSION SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF 4 YEARS. NO MEMBER MAY SERVE MORE THAN 2 FULL
4-YEAR TERMS. A VACANCY ON THE COMMISSION SHALL BE FILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS
THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT.
(4) THE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMISSION SHALL SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION. HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMISSION MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR THEIR EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES NOT TO EXCEED 25 DAYS IN A FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO THE
STANDARD TRAVEL REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.
(5) THE
CCOMMISSION SHALL RECOMMEND BY NAME THE APPOINTMENT OF THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL
MANAGER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND ELECT FROM
ITS MEMBERSHIP ANNUALLY A CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR. THE COMMISSION SHALL MEET AT
LEAST QUARTERLY, OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF REQUESTED BY 8 OR MORE MEMBERS, OR AT
THE CALL OF THE CHAIR.
(A)THE
SAID EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER SHALL BE UNDER THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF
THE COMMISSION, WHOSE APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES ARE PROVIDED IN ACT NO.243 OF THE
PUBLIC ACTIONS OF 1980 BEING SECTIONS 141.931 to 141.942 OF THE MICHIGAN
COMPILED LAWS AND AS FURTHER EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT. THE COMMISSION
SHALL APPOINT THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER, AND SUCH OTHER OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES AS IT SHALL DEEM NECESSAY, WHO SHALL SEVERALLY HOLD THEIR OFFICES AND
POSITIONS DURING THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION.
(6) A MEMBER OF
THE COMMISSION MAY BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY THE GOVERNOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 10 OF ARTICLE V OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION OF 1963.
(7) A MAJORITY OF
THE COMMISSION CONSTITUTES A QUORUM FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS AT A
MEETING OF THE COMMISSION. A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT AND SERVING
IS REQUIRED FOR OFFICIAL ACTION OF THE MICHIGAN EMERGENCY FINANCIAL COMMISSION.
(8) THE BUSINESS
OF THE MICHIGAN EMERGENCY FINANCIAL COMMISSION SHALL BE CONDUCTED AT A PUBLIC
MEETING OF THAT COMMISSION, HELD IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, ACT
NO. 267 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1976, BEING SECTIONS 15.261 TO 15.275 OF THE
MICHIGAN COMPILED LAWS
(9) A DOCUMENT
PREPARED, OWNED, USED, IN THE POSSESSION OF, OR RETAINED BY THE MICHIGAN
EMERGENCY FINANCIAL COMMISSION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF AN OFFICIAL FUNCTION IS
SUBJECT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, ACT NO. 442 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF
1976, BEING SECTIONS 15.231 to 15.246 OF THE MICHIGAN COMPILED LAWS.
HOUSE BILL No.______
______________, 2010, Introduced by Reps. ___________ and
_________ and referred to the Committee on __________________.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 72, entitled
" Local Government Fiscal
Responsibility Act"
(MCL 141.1201 to 141.1291) by adding in section 141.1218 SECTION
(3)
THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
141.1218
Assigning responsibility for managing local government financial emergency;
appointment, qualifications, and term of emergency financial manager;
compensation and expenses;
staff and professional assistance.
Sec. 18. (1)
If the governor determines that a financial emergency exists under section 15,
the governor shall assign
the responsibility for managing the local government financial emergency to the
local emergency financial
assistance loan board created under the emergency municipal loan act, Act No.
243 of the Public Acts of 1980, being sections 141.931 to 141.942 of the
Michigan Compiled Laws. The local emergency financial assistance loan board
shall appoint an emergency financial manager. The emergency financial manager
shall be chosen solely on the basis of his or her competence and shall not have
been either an elected or appointed
official or employee of the local government for which appointed for not less
than 5 years before the appointment. The emergency financial manager need not
be a resident of the local government for which he or she is appointed. The
emergency financial manager shall serve at the pleasure of the local emergency
financial assistance loan board. The emergency financial manager shall be
entitled to compensation and reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses
from the local government as approved by the local emergency
financial assistance loan board. In addition to staff otherwise authorized by
law, with the approval of the local emergency financial assistance loan board,
the emergency financial manager may appoint additional staff and secure
professional assistance considered necessary to implement this article.
(2) An
emergency financial manager appointed under the
local government fiscal
responsibility act, former Act No. 101
of the Public Acts of 1988, and serving on the effective date of this act,
except as provided in subsection (1), shall continue under this act to fulfill
his or her powers and duties.
(3)THE
APPOINTMENT OF THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY A TYPE
II TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AS PROVIDED FOR IN EXECUTIVE
REORGANIZATION ORDER NO. 2003-2 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1965, BEING CHAPTER
388.977 OF THE MICHIGAN COMPILED LAWS.