Detroit Bankruptcy
The
city of Detroit formally exited bankruptcy on Wednesday, and Governor Snyder
has removed the city from receivership and ended the financial emergency. Three
cities and three school districts remain under the control of emergency managers,
including Flint, which is increasingly seeing bankruptcy speculation.
Suspicion-Based Drug
Testing
SB 275 and HB 4118, which would require suspicion-based
drug testing for certain recipients of public assistance, will head to the desk
of Governor Snyder. The bills would set up a one year pilot program to take
place in three counties chosen by the Department of Human Services and would
cut off assistance for those who test positive for illegal substances when
receiving cash assistance.
Term Limits Change
Senate
Majority Leader Randy Richardville (R-Monroe) introduced a proposal that would
ease term limit requirements for legislators. The proposal allows for a
term-limited legislator to serve for a total of 12 years in either chamber if
that legislator collects enough signatures through a petition. SJR GG would require the legislator to
collect 25 percent of the number of persons voting in the preceding
gubernatorial election in the district in which the person is seeking office.
The resolution would allow for one additional Senate term, or three additional
House terms.