HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE
REP. JULIE A. CALLEY
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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 Bezotte moved to adopt the meeting minutes from September 29, 2021. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4281 before the committee:
HB 4281
(Rep. Garza)
A bill to amend 1951 PA 33, entitled "An act to
provide police and fire protection for townships
and for certain areas in townships, certain
incorporated villages, and certain cities; to
authorize contracting for fire and police
protection; to authorize the purchase of fire and
police equipment, and the maintenance and
operation of the equipment; to provide for
defraying the cost of the equipment; to authorize
the creation of special assessment districts and the
levying and collecting of special assessments; to
authorize the issuance of special assessment bonds
in anticipation of the collection of special
assessments and the advancement of the amount
necessary to pay such bonds, and to provide for
reimbursement for such advances by reassessment
if necessary; to authorize the collection of fees for
certain emergency services in townships and other
municipalities; to authorize the creation of
administrative boards and to prescribe their
powers and duties; to provide for the appointment
of traffic officers and to prescribe their powers and
duties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by
amending section 10 (MCL 41.810), as amended
by 2020 PA 64.
(H-2) to HB 4281 was previously adopted at the September 29, 2021 committee meeting.
Representative Ellison moved to report out HB 4281 with recommendation, as substitute (H-
2). 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.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Calley adjourned the meeting at
12:01 PM.
Representative Julie Calley, Chair
Molly Wingrove
Committee Clerk
mwingrove@house.mi.gov