2011
The Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act (EFM) was signed into law by Governor Snyder at the end of the day yesterday, the 16th•
House Bills 4309-4312 - Passed out of the Local and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee this morning with 9 Republican votes and Zero Democratic votes.
4309 - This bill eliminates seniority and existing contract terms in any consolidation move related to emergency services
4310 - Deals with Public transit
4311 - Eliminates the protections for seniority and benefits in the Intergovernmental Transfer Act
4312 - Eliminates protections for seniority and benefits in the Urban Cooperation Act
THE SENATE STATE OF MICHIGAN
On Wednesday, March 9 the Michigan Senate passed the Emergency Financial Manager (EFM) bills on a party-line vote of 26-l2. The bills would allow an EFM to:
- Take over a pension only if a pension fund is less than 80% funded. Once an EFM takes over a pension board they could get rid of the board and move the pension to the Municipal Employee Retirement System (MERS);
- Cancel/change terms of any contract;
- Void any ordinance;
- Relieve local officials of pay and responsibilities;
- Prohibit employee’s access to their office and their email;
- Have control over academics and close school buildings;
- Order millage elections;
- Consolidate and eliminate departments;
- Recommend that a municipality merge with another municipality;
- Sell property, including parks; and
- Eliminate busing (but not for children receiving special education services) and sports in a school district.
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Memo
First off, the Governor’s budget proposal:
REVENUE SHARING:
He is proposing a cut of $100 million to cities from statutory revenue sharing.
On top of that, he is putting the remaining $200 million into a pool to be distributed to cities that meet new performance criteria in the following three areas:
Accountability and Transparency
Employee Compensation
Service sharing and consolidation
Additionally, the Governor talked about the importance of looking at employee pension costs and retirement health care for long-term savings.
The other item of concern is the proposal to tax pension benefits. There is some question as to whether the Michigan Constitution allows for the taxation of public pensions. The Governor is claiming it is allowable and will be moving forward. The taxing of private and public pension benefits will generate in excess of $1 billion for the Michigan General Fund.
February 8, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Haveman, Moss, Bumstead, Opsommer, McMillin, Price, Lund, Lori and Yonker and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1945 PA 327, entitled
"Aeronautics code of the state of Michigan,"
by amending section 119 (MCL 259.119), as added by 2002 PA 90.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 119. (1) For employees who elect to transfer to the
authority under subsection (2) and who are covered by the terms of
a collective bargaining agreement with the local government that
owns an airport over which operational jurisdiction will be
transferred, the authority shall assume and be bound by those
existing collective bargaining agreements for the remainder of the
term of the agreement. A representative of the employees or a group
of employees in the local government who represents or is entitled
to represent the employees or a group of employees of the local
government, pursuant to 1947 PA 336, MCL 423.201 to 423.217, shall
This is a list of legislation that has been introduced in Lansing that affects you and your family. This list will be updated weekly as additional legislation in entered that affects all of us as well. An H before the number designates it as a House bill. An S before the number means that it is introduced in the Senate.
H 4052- Prohibits the use of taxpayer-funded equipment, supplies and facilities for union/political activities.
H 4054 – Creates the process for establishing right-to-work zones by local units of government.