HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE
REP. JULIE A. CALLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
12:00 PM
Room 521, House Office Building
The House Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance was called to order by
Chair Calley.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Calley, Bezotte, Howell, Alexander, Bellino, Berman, Paquette, Slagh,
Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Kuppa, Cavanagh.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representative Alexander moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 16, 2022.
There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid SB 821 before the committee:
SB 821
(Sen. Schmidt)
A bill to amend 1988 PA 57, entitled "An act to
provide for the incorporation by 2 or more
municipalities of certain authorities for the
purpose of providing emergency services to
municipalities; to provide for the powers and
duties of authorities and of certain state and local
agencies and officers; to provide for certain
condemnation proceedings; to provide for fees; to
provide for the levy of property taxes for certain
purposes; and to prescribe penalties and provide
remedies," by amending the title and section 9
(MCL 124.609), the title as amended by 2011 PA
261 and section 9 as amended by 2006 PA 652,
and by adding section 9a.
Martin Johnston, representing Senator Schmidt, testified in support of SB 821. Questions and
discussion followed.
Bryan Graham, from Young, Graham and Wendling, and Jeffrey Aronoff , from Miller
Canfield, testified in support of SB 821. Questions and discussion followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of SB 821, but did not wish to speak:
Herasanna Richards, representing Michigan Municipal League.
Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Townships Association.
Jen Rigterink, representing the Michigan Municipal League.
The Chair laid HB 5287 before the committee:
HB 5287
(Rep. Martin)
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "Michigan
election law," by amending sections 370 and 719
(MCL 168.370 and 168.719), section 370 as
amended by 2014 PA 94 and section 719 as
amended by 2018 PA 120.
Representative Howell moved to report out HB 5287 with recommendation. The motion
prevailed 13-0-0:
FAVORABLE ROLL CALL
Yeas: Reps. Calley, Bezotte, Howell, Alexander, Bellino, Berman, Paquette, Slagh,
Ellison, Sowerby, Garza, Kuppa, Cavanagh.
Nays: None.
Pass: None.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5287, but did not wish to speak:
Judy Allen, representing the Michigan Townships Association.
At 12:15 PM, the Chair laid the committee at ease.
At 12:16 PM, Majority Vice Chair Bezotte called the committee back to order.
The Minority Vice Chair laid HB 5735, HB 5736, HB 5737, HB 5738 and HB 5739 before
the committee:
HB 5735
(Rep. Bezotte)
A bill to amend 1935 PA 78, entitled "An act to
establish and provide a board of civil service
commissioners in cities, villages, and
municipalities having full-time paid members in
the fire or police departments, or both; to provide
a civil service system based upon examination and
investigation as to merit, efficiency, and fitness for
appointment, employment, and promotion of all
full-time paid members appointed in the fire and
police departments and respective cities, villages,
and municipalities; to regulate the transfer,
reinstatement, suspension, and discharge of
officers, fire fighters, and police officers; to
prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to
repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending section
12 (MCL 38.512), as amended by 1986 PA 155.
HB 5736
(Rep. Howell)
A bill to amend 1953 PA 192, entitled "An act to
create a county department of veterans' affairs in
certain counties, and to prescribe its powers and
duties; to create the county veteran service fund
and to provide for contributions to and
expenditures from that fund; and to transfer the
powers and duties of the soldiers' relief
commission in those counties," by amending
section 1 (MCL 35.621), as amended by 2016 PA
420.
HB 5737
(Rep. Kuppa)
A bill to amend 1965 PA 261, entitled "An act to
authorize the creation and to prescribe the powers
and duties of county and regional parks and
recreation commissions; and to prescribe the
powers and duties of county boards of
commissioners with respect to county and regional
parks and recreation commissions," by amending
section 14 (MCL 46.364), as amended by 1994 PA
84.
HB 5738
(Rep. Whitsett)
A bill to amend 1913 PA 90, entitled "An act
authorizing and empowering the boards of
supervisors of counties to purchase, acquire by
condemnation, accept gifts and devises of real
estate for, and to improve and maintain public
parks and zoological gardens, airports and landing
fields, and to contribute to the improvement and
maintenance of public parks and public zoological
gardens, airports and landing fields, owned or held
in trust by cities, villages or townships or used for
the benefit of the public; to authorize the making
of reasonable rules and regulations relative to the
public use of park property; and to provide
penalties for violations of such rules and
regulations," by amending section 6 (MCL
123.66).
HB 5739
(Rep. Calley)
A bill to amend 1911 PA 211, entitled "An act to
compel owners of private cemeteries in cities to
keep the same enclosed with a suitable fence to
prevent encroachment of live stock," by amending
section 2 (MCL 128.102).
Representative Calley, Representative Howell and Representative Kuppa testified in support
of HB 5735, HB 5736, HB 5737, HB 5738 and HB 5739. Questions and discussion followed.
At 12:28 PM, Majority Vice Chair Bezotte laid the committee at ease.
At 12:29 PM, the Chair called the committee back to order.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5735, HB 5736, HB 5737, HB 5738
and HB 5739, but did not wish to speak:
Deena Bosworth, representing the Michigan Association of Counties.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5735 and HB 5739, but did not wish
to speak:
Jen Rigterink, representing the Michigan Municipal League.
The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5735, but did not wish to speak:
Matt Saxton, representing the Michigan Sheriffs' Association.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Calley adjourned the meeting at
12:30 PM.
Representative Julie Calley, Chair
Molly Wingrove
Committee Clerk
mwingrove@house.mi.gov