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This morning the House Judiciary Committee passed a series of bills that seeks to regulate medical marijuana. House Bill 4834 would add additional information to the registry identification cards for patients and caregivers. It would require patient cards to have a photo ID, make the card valid for two years...

Yesterday morning the Senate passed SB 756, a bill that would institute a cell phone ban for level 1 and 2 graduated drivers licenses. The League was approached to support this by several members who passed resolutions supporting the KDR Challenge – a foundation focusing on Kids Driving Responsibly and...

The Governor signed the changes to the Urban Cooperation Act (House Bills 4309, 4311 and 4312) in December. At that time there was not an official bill signing, so the Governor held a ceremonial signing yesterday for those who worked on the legislation. The League appreciates the leadership of Rep....

Yesterday afternoon the Governor signed HB 4589, a bill reinstating the long standing two inch rule for sidewalk liability. Under the new statute, PA 50 of 2012, there is a rebuttable presumption that a local unit of government properly maintained a sidewalk if a sidewalk defect is less than two...

The Michigan Secretary of State’s Bureau of Elections has an online system to collect information necessary to reimburse local units of government for costs incurred administering the presidential primary. Click here to access the form. The system will allow you to enter and submit data, print a copy for your...

The 2012 Directory of Michigan Municipal Officials is now available to Michigan Municipal League members and business alliance participants. The 230-page “Official Directory of the Michigan Municipal League” is the only place to find contact information for thousands of Michigan community leades – everything from the phone number of the Copper...

This morning Governor Rick Snyder delivered his public safety message. The message will be available on the Governor’s website. There are several key points that affect our communities. They include: $10 million of the $25 million EVIP grant funds will be prioritized for public safety consolidation/innovation Creation of a Secure...

This afternoon the House Oversight, Reform and Ethics committee passed HB 5196, a bill creating the Public Employee Compensation Disclosure Act. The committee passed bill may be viewed here: HB 5196 h-1.pdf (10.83 kb) The committee passed version requires a public employer to either submit to the state or post...

This afternoon the House concurred on the Senate-passed version of HB 4589, a bill that reinstates the two inch rule for sidewalk liability. The legislation has a rebuttable presumption that a sidewalk with a defect under two inches wasmaintained by a local unit of government in reasonable repair. The bill...

This week the Michigan Department of Treasury put out a document to answer frequently asked questions regarding Public Act 152 of 2011.  The document may be found on Treasury’s website, and the PDF version is available here: Public Act 152 of 2011 FAQs.pdf (34.01 kb) For more information on PA...