Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
HB 5781, sponsored by state Rep. Matt Lori, updates who can administer the oath of office for
state representatives and senators to include the secretary of the Michigan Senate and clerk of
the Michigan House of Representatives. The bill removes chancellor or chief justice of
Michigans chancery court, which has not existed in Michigan since 1847, when chancery courts
were replaced with circuit courts. It is now PA 397.
HB 4890, sponsored by state Rep. Ed McBroom, gives cemetery owners the ability to recover
burial rights for abandoned burial plots. Under this bill, cemetery owners can re-sell burial plots
if no contact has been made with the cemetery owner for 60 years. Prior to certifying burial
rights abandoned, the cemetery must post a written notice of intent and attempt to contact the
owner. It is now PA 398.
Snyder also vetoed HB 5380, sponsored by state Rep. Ray Franz, which establishes
procedures for naming Michigan delegates and alternates to a federal constitutional convention,
in the event that one is called. This bill would give four individual legislative leaders in the
House and Senate the authority to appoint two-thirds of the constitutional delegation. In his veto
letter, Snyder wrote that because those leaders are not elected by the entire state, this method
of choosing delegates does not give all Michiganders an equal voice.
For more information on this and other legislation, visit legislature.michigan.gov.
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