Section 141.1224 - Failure of elected officials to provide assistance and information as gross neglect of duty; report; review and hearing; removal from office; filling vacancy. - Michigan Statutes

LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 72 of 1990

141.1224 Failure of elected officials to provide assistance and information as gross neglect of duty; report; review and hearing; removal from office; filling vacancy.

Sec. 24.

Elected officials of a local government shall provide the assistance and information necessary and properly requested by a review team, the local emergency financial assistance loan board, or the emergency financial manager in the effectuation of their duties and powers and of the purposes of this article. Failure of an elected official of a local government to abide by this article shall be considered gross neglect of duty, which the emergency financial manager shall report to the local emergency financial assistance loan board. Following review and a hearing with the local government elected official, the local emergency financial assistance loan board may recommend to the governor that the governor remove the elected official from office. If the governor removes the elected official from office, the resulting vacancy in office shall be filled as prescribed by law.

History: 1990, Act 72, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1990