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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-388 > Act-239-of-1967 > Section-388-720REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS (EXCERPT)
Act 239 of 1967
388.720 Petitions for emergency reorganization; intermediate district superintendent to furnish; form; who may sign; circulation signatures.
Sec. 10.
The intermediate district superintendent upon request shall furnish any school district with petitions. The petitions shall be printed or duplicated and the first page shall be in the following form:
Petition no. ............ consisting of ..............pages. (Signed).................................................... Superintendent of intermediate district of.................. To the state committee on reorganization of school districts, Lansing, Michigan. We, the undersigned, qualified (here insert "registered" in the case of a registration district) electors of................. ................................................................. (name of school district) declare that in the following school district there does exist an emergency calling for immediate reorganization, and we do call upon the state board of education to reorganize the district: Name of school district to be reorganized to be listed here. Signatures of petitioners Name Address Date of signing Each additional page of any such petition shall have at or near the top of the page the following: Official petition No. ......... Page no. ...... Signature of intermediate district superintendent........... Each page shall have printed or duplicated the following statement below the space for signature for petitioners: The undersigned certifies that he is a qualified (here insert "registered" in the case of a registration district) elector of ................................................................. (name of school district) and that each signature appearing on this page is the genuine signature of the person signing the same and that to his best knowledge and belief each such person was at the time of signing a qualified (here insert "registered" in the case of a registration district) elector of the school district. Dated this ..........day of........................19......Each petition shall be signed by the intermediate district superintendent as indicated in the foregoing form before being issued to any person for circulation.
Only qualified school electors of the districts in which signatures to the petitions are being sought shall circulate such petitions and the statement appearing below the signatures of petitioners shall be dated or signed on each page before returning to the state committee.
History: 1967, Act 239, Imd. Eff. July 12, 1967
