Township budget.
Summary
Provides the following with regard to a township that fails to fix its budget, tax rate, and tax levy, or submit its estimated budget and other information to the department of local government finance's computer gateway: (1) The township's most recent annual tax levy continues for the ensuing budget year. (2) The township board must adopt and the township trustee must approve a resolution to continue the township's most recent annual appropriations for the ensuing budget year. (Current law provides that both levy and appropriations continue for the ensuing budget year without any action by the township board and trustee.) Provides that if a resolution is not adopted and approved, all appropriations during the ensuing budget year must be approved by the township board on a monthly basis.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2022
Last action Feb 1, 2022
Floor votes · House Jan 20, 2022
How they voted
86–0
Passed · 14 other
Total votes 100
Jan 20, 2022
D
Democratic29
89% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican70
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 49: yeas 86, nays 0
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
4 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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