MI HB6488

Allows township disincorporation through voter petition requiring signatures from at least 15% of registered electors, with approval requiring majority support from both township voters and county voters (excluding township residents)

Establishes a disincorporation commission with 3 county representatives and 3 township representatives that may develop a comprehensive disincorporation plan addressing land use, zoning, debt payment, asset disposition, employee transfers, public utilities, and fiscal impacts

Requires township officers to deposit all books, papers, records, and files with the county clerk and mandates the county levy taxes on former township property to pay any outstanding township indebtedness within 1 year of disincorporation

Provides two pathways: a standard election process under the existing law framework or an alternative process where the disincorporation commission develops a plan that must be ratified by both township and county boards before proceeding to voter approval

Prohibits new disincorporation petitions for at least 2 years if voters reject disincorporation and preserves incorporated villages located within the disincorporating township's boundaries