Flint voters approved updates to the city’s charter on August 8, 2017.

Updates include gift restrictions involving persons doing business or seeking to do business with the city, lobbyist registration and reporting requirements, and post-employment restrictions on public servants.

The charter becomes effective on January 1, 2018.

The completed draft of the charter has been posted by the Charter Review Commission.

In 2015, voters in Flint, Michigan selected nine members to serve on the Flint Charter Review Commission.

Commissioners spent the last two years drafting the charter to be approved in a citywide referendum election on August 8, 2017. The proposed charter includes lobbyist registration provisions and a one-year revolving door provision for public servants.

The proposed revisions may be put up to a vote up to three times. In the event voters reject the proposed charter after three referenda, the commission is dissolved.

Voters in Flint, Michigan have selected nine members to serve on the Flint Charter Review Commission. Such a commission hasn’t been formed in the city for nearly 40 years.

Commissioners have up to three years to revise the city’s charter. The revisions must ultimately be approved by voters in a citywide referendum election.

Proposed revisions can be put up to a vote three times. In the event voters reject the proposed charter after three referenda, the commission is dissolved.