Substitute House Bill 413 Summary

• Reduces population threshold for limited home rule government adoption from 3,000 to 2,500 residents in unincorporated township territory

• Authorizes township boards to purchase, lease, or provide underwater rescue and recovery equipment for fire and rescue purposes

• Permits township boards to pay for group life insurance coverage for any employee (not just full-time employees), with officer coverage capped at $50,000

• Expands cemetery purposes allowing boards to levy taxes or expend funds for maintaining and improving entombments including mausoleums, columbariums, and other interment rights

• Allows township boards and park commissioners to expend funds for presenting community events in parks and recreational facilities as a public purpose