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A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE THAT MONEY HELD IN
CONSERVATION AND RECREATION FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THEIR
INTENDED PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Create a Conservation and Recreation Legacy Fund within the Constitution and establish existing conservation and recreation accounts as components of the fund.
* Use current funding sources such as state park entrance and camping fees; snowmobile, ORV and boating registration fees; hunting and fishing license fees; taxes and other revenues to fund accounts.
* Establish the current Game and Fish Protection Fund and the Nongame Fish and Wildlife Fund within the Constitution.
* Provide that money held in Funds can only be used for specific purposes related to conservation and recreation and cannot be used for any purpose other than those intended.
Should this proposal be adopted?
A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO BAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
PROGRAMS THAT GIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS
BASED ON THEIR RACE, GENDER, COLOR, ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN FOR
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION OR CONTRACTING PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Ban public institutions from using affirmative action programs that give preferential treatment to groups or individuals based on their race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin for public employment, education or contracting purposes. Public institutions affected by the proposal include state government, local governments, public colleges and universities, community colleges and school districts.
* Prohibit public institutions from discriminating against groups or individuals due to their gender, ethnicity, race, color or national origin. (A separate provision of the state constitution already prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin.)
Should this proposal be adopted?
A REFERENDUM ON PUBLIC ACT 160 OF 2004 -- AN ACT TO ALLOW THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A HUNTING SEASON FOR MOURNING DOVES
Public Act 160 of 2004 would:
* Authorize the Natural Resources Commission to establish a hunting season for mourning doves.
* Require a mourning dove hunter to have a small game license and a $2.00 mourning dove stamp.
* Stipulate that revenue from the stamp must be split evenly between the Game and Fish Protection Fund and the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund.
* Require the Department of Natural Resources to address responsible mourning dove hunting; management practices for the propagation of mourning doves; and participation in mourning dove hunting by youth, the elderly and the disabled in the Department's annual hunting guide.
Should this law be approved?
A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENT FROM
TAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN FOR CERTAIN PRIVATE
PURPOSES
The proposed constitutional amendment would:
* Prohibit government from taking private property for transfer to another private individual or business for purposes of economic development or increasing tax revenue.
* Provide that if an individual’s principal residence is taken by government for public use, the individual must be paid at least 125% of property’s fair market value.
* Require government that takes a private property to demonstrate that the taking is for a public use; if taken to eliminate blight, require a higher standard of proof to demonstrate that the taking of that property is for a public use.
* Preserve existing rights of property owners.
Should this proposal be adopted?
A LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH MANDATORY SCHOOL FUNDING LEVELS
The proposed law would:
* Increase current funding by approximately $565 million and require State to provide annual funding increases equal to the rate of inflation for public schools, intermediate school districts, community colleges, and higher education (includes state universities and financial aid/grant programs).
* Require State to fund any deficiencies from General Fund.
* Base funding for school districts with a declining enrollment on three-year student enrollment average.
* Reduce and cap retirement fund contribution paid by public schools, community colleges and state universities; shift remaining portion to state.
* Reduce funding gap between school districts receiving basic per-pupil foundation allowance and those receiving maximum foundation allowance.
Should this proposed law be approved?
Should the Village of Camden repeal Ordinance #6-12-84? A repeal of this ordinance will permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in the Village of Camden in accordance with the State of Michigan Liquor Control Commission, Liquor Code Sections 1113, 1114 and 1115 and Administrative Rule R 436.1503; wherein duly licensed businesses would be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages on Sundays after 12:00 noon until normal closing time not later than 12:00 midnight.
Shall the ordinance adopted by the Village Council to provide for the nomination by the Jonesville Village President and appointment by the Jonesville Village Council of persons to the offices of Jonesville Village Clerk and Jonesville Village Treasurer for the terms set forth in the ordinance be approved?
Shall the taxes within the Township of Pittsford be increased by 0.93 mill ($0.93 per $1,000 of taxable value) for the period 2007 through 2027 inclusive for support and maintenance of the Pittsford Township Library (Pittsford Public Library) and shall the Pittsford Township Board be authorized to levy such millage? (If fully levied, the millage will raise in the first year an estimated $38,828.43.)
Shall the charter of the City of Hillsdale, Michigan be amended to add a new section to Chapter 5 of the Hillsdale City Charter to read as follows: The city council shall maintain four (4) fulltime firefighters to staff the Hillsdale City Fire Department. The position of director of public safety shall not be counted as a fulltime firefighter. The fulltime firefighters shall keep the city fire station staffed 24 hours a day 365 days per year.
Shall section 4.10 (c) of Chapter 4 of the charter of the City of Hillsdale, Michigan be amended to read as follows?: The term of service of the city manager shall be limited to 9 1/2 years cumulatively in any 20 year period of time and all time of service provided by the current city manager shall apply to this limit of 9 1/2 years.
Shall section 5.4 (b) of the charter of the City of Hillsdale, Michigan be amended to read as follows?: In the event of a vacancy in the office of mayor, councilperson, city clerk or city treasurer, the unexpired term shall be filled through an election which will be held at the next regularly scheduled election date.
