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Local Government and Municipal Finance
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The source classifies this meeting as held. Proceeding quorum is quorum not determined; that is not an individual attendance finding.
- Meeting date
- 2024-02-21
- Scheduled start
- 2024-02-21 12:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2024-02-21 12:31:00.000000
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2024-02-21 12:31:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-53
- Committee name
- Local Government and Municipal Finance
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL FINANCE REP. JOHN FITZGERALD CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, February 21, 2024 12:00 PM Room 519, House Office Building The House Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance was called to order by Chair Fitzgerald. The Chair requested attendance be called: Present: Reps. Fitzgerald, Byrnes, Shannon, Breen, Rogers, Hill, Hoskins, Paiz, Zorn, Paquette, Bezotte, BeGole, Prestin. Absent: None. Excused: None. Representative Paquette joined the committee remotely. Representative Paiz moved to adopt the meeting minutes from February 7, 2024. There being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent. Chair Fitzgerald offered the following proposed Committee rules: 1. For any item of legislation considered by the committee, at least 1 meeting will be called at which the public may address the committee regarding that item of legislation. Oral testimony may be limited at the discretion of the committee chair. The Committee may accept written testimony in lieu of oral testimony. 2. All testimony shall be on the subject matter pertaining to the committee agenda. Representative Breen moved to adopt the proposed Committee rules. The motion prevailed 11-0-0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Fitzgerald, Shannon, Breen, Rogers, Hill, Hoskins, Paiz, Zorn, Bezotte, BeGole, Prestin. Nays: None. Pass: None. The Chair laid HB 5203 before the committee: HB 5203 (Rep. Breen) A bill to amend 1851 PA 156, entitled "An act to define the powers and duties of the county boards of commissioners of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act," by amending section 12a (MCL 46.12a), as amended by 2017 PA 204. Representative Breen, and Matt Saxton, representing the Michigan Sheriffs' Association, testified in support of HB 5203. Questions and discussion followed. Sheriff Michelle Lajoye-Young, representing the Kent County Sheriff's office, testified in support of HB 5203. Questions and discussion followed. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5203, but did not wish to speak: Mike Spence, representing the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG). Samantha Gibson, representing the Michigan Association of Counties. There being no further business before the committee, Chair Fitzgerald adjourned the meeting at 12:31 PM. Representative John Fitzgerald, Chair Molly Wingrove Committee Clerk mwingrove@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2024-02-21
- Meeting id
- meeting-892
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2024-02-21 12:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2023-2024
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Local Government and Municipal Finance,” /meetings/meeting-892.
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