Michigan Compiled Laws § 38.1502a Definitions; C To J.
38.1502a Definitions; C to J.Sec. 2a.
(1) "Certification date" means August 15, 1996.
(2) "Chief judge" means the chief judge of a judicial circuit court, a judicial district court, or a judicial probate court as provided in the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.101 to 600.9948.
(3) "Governing body" means the representative legislative body of a municipality, or the administrative board or commission of a public corporation or instrumentality that does not have a representative legislative body.
(4) "Judicial circuit court" means a judicial circuit of the circuit court as provided in section 11 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963.
(5) "Judicial district court" means a judicial district of the district court as provided in section 8101 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.8101.
(6) "Judicial probate court" means a county probate court or probate court district as provided in section 15 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963.
History: 1984, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1985 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1986 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 500, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 191, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 1995 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 220, Eff. Aug. 15, 1996 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 490, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004
Compiler's Notes: Section 4 of Act 220 of 1996, which amendatory act amended this section, provides:“Section 4. (1) This amendatory act shall not take effect unless submitted to a vote of the official delegates who are certified as provided for in section 45 of the municipal employees retirement act of 1984, Act No. 427 of the Public Acts of 1984, being section 38.1545 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and ratified by a 2/3 majority of the delegates actually voting on the question. The question of adoption of this amendatory act shall be submitted by certified mail to the delegates as certified to the most recent annual meeting of the municipal employees retirement system or, if no such delegates were certified or if previously certified delegates are no longer employed, then those delegates as certified by the participating municipality or participating court within 60 days after the enactment of this amendatory act. To be valid, each delegate's vote shall be received at the place designated by the retirement system no later than 75 days from the date of enactment of this amendatory act. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:“Shall Act No. ________ of the Public Acts of 1996, entitled 'An act to amend the municipal employees retirement act of 1984', providing for the retirement system to become a public corporation be adopted?Yes________No_________”.(2) The retirement board of the municipal employees retirement system shall certify in writing the results of the voting on the question and file the certification with the secretary of state not later than the fifth business day following the tally of the votes. If a 2/3 majority of the delegates voting on the question approve the adoption of this amendatory act, the provisions of this amendatory act shall become effective on the date that is 10 calendar days after the filing of the certification with the secretary of state, which date shall be set forth in the filing and shall be known as the certification date.”The official tally of the vote on the question having occurred at the Special Meeting of the Board held on August 1, 1996, resulting in a determination that more than a two-thirds majority of the delegates voting on the question approved the adoption of Act 220 of 1996, a certification of the results of the voting was filed with the Secretary of State on August 5, 1996. The certification provided that the effective date of Act 220 of 1996 shall be August 15, 1996, which date shall be officially known as the “certification date.”
Section: 38.1502a
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