MI SB0726

Amends the Michigan Planning Enabling Act (2008 PA 33) to establish rules for planning commission membership composition and appointment procedures in municipalities and counties.

City, village, and township planning commissions shall consist of 5, 7, or 9 members; county planning commissions shall consist of 5, 7, 9, or 11 members, with non-ex officio members serving 3-year terms.

Commission membership must be representative of important community segments including economic, governmental, educational, and social development interests, and represent the entire territory of the local unit of government where practicable.

Allows a limited number of planning commission members to be qualified electors of another local unit of government: up to 3 in certain cities, up to 2 in cities or villages under 5,000 population, and up to 1 in other local units.

Ex officio members may include the chief elected official, chief administrative official, and legislative body members, but cannot comprise more than one-third of the total planning commission membership.