THE SENATE STATE OF MICHIGAN
Legislative report for the Emergency Manager Bills
As passed the MI Senate on Wednesday, March 9,2011 *
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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