This morning the House Local, Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs Committee passed HBs 4309-4312, bills that reform the Urban Cooperation Act as well as several other acts pertaining to local cooperation.
Passage of these bills are a great step toward giving local units of government the tools needed to cooperate and share services by removing barriers to service sharing.
The League would like to thank Rep. Opsommer (R-Dewitt) for his continued work on this issue for the third consecutive legislative session as well as the other bill sponsors: Reps. Kowall (R-White Lake), Denby (R-Handy Township) and Hooker (R-Byron Center).
We are hopeful that these bills will be taken up on the House floor in the coming weeks, and we look forward to working on this issue in the Senate.
Samantha Harkins works for the Michigan Municipal League handling municipal services issues. She can be reached at 517-908-0306 or email at sharkins@mml.org
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