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Township trustees and budgets.

IN · session 2022 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 10, 2022

Latest action (Mar 7, 2022) Public Law 24

Summary

Provides that the township board, county executive, and county fiscal body may adopt resolutions to collectively petition a court to remove a township trustee from office for committing certain violations. Requires the township board to meet and adopt the budget even if the township board intends for the most recent annual appropriations and annual tax levy of the township to be continued for the ensuing budget year. Corrects a reference to a provision imposing criminal liability for an officer's failure to file an adopted budget with the department of local government finance. Makes technical corrections.

Sponsors (4)

4 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (20)

  1. Jan 10, 2022 Authored by Senators Niemeyer and Alting · upper
  2. Jan 10, 2022 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
  3. Jan 24, 2022 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
  4. Jan 25, 2022 Senator Tomes added as third author · upper
  5. Jan 25, 2022 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor · upper
  6. Jan 27, 2022 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
  7. Feb 1, 2022 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 124: yeas 36, nays 12 · upper
  8. Feb 1, 2022 House sponsor: Representative Slager · upper
  9. Feb 1, 2022 Cosponsors: Representatives Klinker, Aylesworth, Olthoff · upper
  10. Feb 2, 2022 Referred to the House · upper
  11. Feb 8, 2022 First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform · lower
  12. Feb 17, 2022 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
  13. Feb 21, 2022 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  14. Feb 22, 2022 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 257: yeas 88, nays 1 · lower
  15. Feb 23, 2022 Returned to the Senate without amendments · lower
  16. Mar 1, 2022 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  17. Mar 1, 2022 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  18. Mar 7, 2022 Signed by the Governor · executive
  19. Mar 7, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  20. Mar 7, 2022 Public Law 24 · upper
Subjects
TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

Text versions (4)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled Senate Bill (S) · Feb 23, 2022 · PDF
  • Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 10, 2022 · PDF
  • Senate Bill (S) · Jan 24, 2022 · PDF
  • Senate Bill (H) · Feb 17, 2022 · PDF

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