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Chapter 45
- COUNTIES
Section 45.2 ‑ Counties; powers, duties, privileges and immunities.
Section 45.6 ‑ Wayne and Monroe counties; common jurisdiction as to Lake Erie.
Section 45.8 ‑ Wayne, Macomb and St. Clair counties; common jurisdiction as to Lake St. Clair.
Section 45.10 ‑ Counties bordering on Lake Michigan; common jurisdiction.
Section 45.12 ‑ Counties bordering on Lake Huron; common jurisdiction.
Section 45.14 ‑ Counties bordering on Lake Superior; common jurisdiction.
Section 45.16 ‑ County courthouse, jail, offices, and other buildings; location, construction, maintenance, and expense thereof; examination of plan for jail.
Section 45.18 ‑ Escape due to insufficiency of county jail; liability of sheriff.
Section 45.20 ‑ Division or alteration of county; lands within county limits.
Section 45.21 ‑ Division or alteration; apportionment of personalty.
Section 45.22 ‑ Division or alteration; settlement by meeting of county supervisors.
Section 45.24 ‑ Disagreement over settlement; arbitration commissioners, appointment.
Section 45.25 ‑ Arbitration commissioners; meeting; determination, finality.
Act 178 of 1861 ‑ Repealed- ATTACHMENT OF UNORGANIZED TERRITORY (45.31 - 45.31)
Section 45.41 ‑ Deputies of county officers in counties over 50,000; appointment, duties.
Section 45.51 ‑ Deputies and employees of county officers in counties over 500,000; appointment, compensation.
Section 45.81 ‑ County offices; departments or institutions; purchase of supplies.
Section 45.82 ‑ County purchasing agent; appointment, term, compensation; interest in contracts or bids prohibited, penalty.
Section 45.83 ‑ County purchasing agent; oath; bond; conditions; payment of premium; sales prohibited; accepting or receiving rebate, commission, or other thing of value.
Section 45.85 ‑ Purchasing agent; duties; estimates of county officers; advertisement for bids; manner of purchase, criteria.
Section 45.86 ‑ Bids; bond or certified check required; acceptance.
Section 45.87 ‑ Bids; inspection by purchasing agent; quality of supplies, rejection; estimates, content, filing, public inspection.
Section 45.88 ‑ Invoices; transmittal, approval, payment; rejection of supplies, replacement.
Section 45.89 ‑ Bond of successful bidder; terms, filing, recoveries.
Section 45.90 ‑ Emergency order; approval, purchase, report, payment; limitation.
Section 45.91 ‑ Purchases to be in accordance with appropriations.
Section 45.92 ‑ Purchase of perishable supplies; rules and regulations.
Section 45.93 ‑ Clerks; appointment, compensation; annual report by purchasing agent to county supervisors.
Section 45.94 ‑ Purchasing agent and clerks; appropriation for compensation; personal use of county supplies, penalty.
Section 45.95 ‑ Accounts; condition of payment; purchasing agent, offices, supplies and equipment.
Section 45.101 ‑ Adjustment of county boundaries; resolution or petition; placing question on ballot.
Section 45.101a ‑ Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Section 45.102 ‑ Effective date of question; notice of submission; form; certifying result of vote and adjustment.
Section 45.201 ‑ Fiscal year for certain counties; annual reports; filing; report of county road commission.
Section 45.319 ‑ County officers; deposit, filing, and preservation of bond.
Section 45.320 ‑ County officers; neglect to deposit oath or bond, penalty.
Section 45.322 ‑ Prosecuting attorney; appointment, transmittal of commission, notice.
Section 45.323 ‑ Prosecuting attorney; oath of office, filing; delivery of commission.
Act 27 of 1873 ‑ Repealed- APPROVAL OF BONDS BY SUPERVISORS (45.351 - 45.351)
Act 588 of 1978 ‑ BOND COVERAGE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF COUNTIES (45.381 - 45.385)
Section 45.381 ‑ Bond coverage for officers or employees of county; determination by county board of commissioners.
Section 45.383 ‑ Completion of bonding requirement; termination of honesty and faithful discharge of duty bonds.
Section 45.401 ‑ Salaries of county officers; determination; exception; change in compensation.
Section 45.402 ‑ County officers; statement of fees collected, disposition, receipts.
Section 45.405 ‑ Sheriffs; appointment of under-sheriff and deputies; contracts for board of prisoners; office supplies, claims of salaried officers for expenses, hearing.
Section 45.406 ‑ Sheriff; emergency appointment of additional deputies, compensation; report of expenses, official acts and fees; appointment of deputies to protect private interests.
Section 45.411 ‑ Members of county boards, departments, authorities, and commissions; compensation.
Section 45.421 ‑ Salaries of county officers; determination; change in compensation.
Section 45.451 ‑ Salaries of county officers of county having population of 1,000,000 or more; determination; fees or commissions payable to county; change in compensation.
Section 45.452 ‑ County officers; additional compensation for new duties prohibited.
Section 45.453 ‑ County officers; fees collected, payment to county treasurer, statement.
Section 45.454 ‑ County officers; record books and accounting forms for uniform system of accounts; audit of accounts; rules and regulations of board of county auditors for deposit and disbursement of funds; duties of county treasurer.
Act 485 of 1978 ‑ COUNTY OFFICERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION (45.471 - 45.477)
Section 45.471 ‑ County officers compensation commission; establishment; purpose; resolution.
Section 45.472 ‑ County officers compensation commission; appointment, qualifications and terms of members.
Section 45.473 ‑ Compensation of elected officials; determination; expenses.
Section 45.474 ‑ County officers compensation commission; meetings; determination; quorum; concurrence of majority; chairperson; expenses.
Section 45.476 ‑ Resolution subject to referendum; petition; placing proposition on ballot; effect of defeat of proposition; effect of determination.
Section 45.476a ‑ Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Section 45.491 ‑ Leased United States lands; appropriation of moneys received for flood control, navigation and allied purposes; payment to county treasurer.
Section 45.501a ‑ Authority of emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities of local emergency financial assistance loan board.
Section 45.502 ‑ Resolution for submission of question on election of charter commission; adoption by county board of supervisors.
Section 45.502a ‑ Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Section 45.504 ‑ Number of charter commissioners to be elected; qualifications of candidate for election to office of charter commissioner; member of county board of commissioners as chief administrative officer.
Section 45.505 ‑ Partisan election of charter commission; nomination of candidates; petition or filing fee; primary election; composition and convening of county apportionment commission; rules of procedure; quorum; majority vote; establishment of charter commission districts; requirements for districts; use of census figures; apportionment; division; date of primary; election of charter commission; filing and availability of apportionment plan and copies thereof; judicial review; appeal; submission and filing of plan by registered voter; official apportionment plan; duration; election of 1 charter commissioner for each district; limitation on representation.
Section 45.506 ‑ Compensation for charter commissioner; appropriations to defray certain costs.
Section 45.507 ‑ Passage of resolution; transmittal of copies to city, village and township clerks; notice of election, publication, posting.
Section 45.509 ‑ Charter commission members; oath of office; first meeting, notice; presiding officer.
Section 45.510 ‑ Charter commission; organization; quorum; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; record of meetings; journal of proceedings; availability of writings to public; prohibited action; duration of charter commission; ballot questions.
Section 45.511 ‑ Charter commission; draft of proposed charter, approval; dissolution upon failure to agree.
Section 45.511a ‑ Submission of 2 alternative charter proposals; dissolution of charter commission; approval of proposed charters; differences between charter proposals; election of county executive; selection, term, and removal of chief administrative officer; declaration of charter adoption; votes; duties and responsibilities of county executive or chief administrative officer; veto of ordinance or resolution; contents of ballot.
Section 45.513 ‑ Charter commission; employees and assistants, appointment, compensation; use of county departmental personnel; powers and duties; expenses.
Section 45.514 ‑ County charter; mandatory provisions; subsection(1)(d) inapplicable to certain counties; staggered terms of office.
Section 45.514a ‑ Satisfaction of condition with respect to transportation employees; certification by county road agency; failure of county road agency to make certification; maintenance of website; posting information; definitions.
Section 45.515a ‑ Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime.
Section 45.515b ‑ Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of county charter or ordinance prohibited.
Section 45.515c ‑ Retirement system subject to protecting local government retirement and benefits act.
Section 45.515d ‑ Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act.
Section 45.516 ‑ Proposed charter; submission to governor; rejection, revision, resubmission; approval; referendum on adoption and election of officers; incumbent county officers, continuation.
Section 45.518 ‑ Proposed charter; rejection, revision, resubmission to electorate; dissolution of charter commission.
Section 45.519 ‑ Second charter commission; election procedures; provisions governing; rejection; dissolution of commission.
Section 45.520 ‑ Home rule county status; when change occurs; incumbent officers.
Section 45.521 ‑ Home rule county; succession to and vesting of property; continuation of rights, liabilities, suits, or prosecutions; debts, liabilities, tax rates, and uncollected taxes and assessments.
Act 139 of 1973 ‑ OPTIONAL UNIFIED FORM OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT (45.551 - 45.573)
Section 45.551 ‑ Optional unified form of county government; authorization; effect of adoption.
Section 45.552 ‑ Optional unified form of county government; alternate A; alternate B.
Section 45.553 ‑ Optional unified form of county government; procedure for adoption; effective date.
Section 45.553a ‑ Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Section 45.554 ‑ Abolition of certain offices, boards, commissions, authorities, or departments; termination of tenure; former powers as general county government powers; powers and duties of excepted boards or commissions; certain powers neither minimized nor divested; method of appointing veterans; powers vested in county department of veterans' affairs administrative committee or soldiers' relief commission.
Section 45.554a ‑ Annual certification that certain employee-related conditions satisfied; failure to make certification; withholding distributions to county road agency; website; definitions.
Section 45.555 ‑ Board of county commissioners as governing body of county; election, organization, and procedures.
Section 45.556a ‑ Ordinance; designation of violation as certain civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime.
Section 45.556b ‑ Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited.
Section 45.556c ‑ Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act.
Section 45.557 ‑ County manager; appointment, qualifications, compensation, term, and removal.
Section 45.558 ‑ County manager or county executive; powers and duties.
Section 45.559 ‑ County executive; nomination, election, and term; vacancy; salary.
Section 45.559a ‑ Death or resignation of elected county executive; successor.
Section 45.561 ‑ County executive; veto of ordinance or resolution; certification; overriding veto; certain resolutions or motions not to be approved or disapproved; effective date of ordinance or resolution.
Section 45.562 ‑ Officials; powers; functions; manner of election or appointment; term.
Section 45.564 ‑ Departments; consolidation; transfer of functions; creation of additional departments; county manager or county executive as director.
Section 45.565 ‑ Deputy; appointment; department head and deputy exempt from civil service.
Section 45.566 ‑ Civil service commission; appeals; secretarial and clerical assistance; personnel and employee relations.
Section 45.567 ‑ Employee retirement and pension programs; retirement board.
Section 45.571 ‑ Rights under civil service and merit system continued.
Section 45.572a ‑ Retirement system subject to protecting local government retirement and benefits act; "retirement system" defined.
Section 45.573 ‑ Procedures for abolishing optional unified form of county government.
Act 186 of 1989 ‑ COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT (45.581 - 45.596)
Section 45.583 ‑ Department of solid waste management; establishment; function; control; annual budget; appointment of director.
Section 45.584 ‑ Solid waste system; acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, or extension; operation and maintenance; acquisitions outside corporate boundaries; consent; contract.
Section 45.589 ‑ Contract between county and public corporation; purpose; payment of obligations; tax levy; methods of raising money; pledge; powers.
Section 45.590 ‑ Special assessment roll; objection to special assessment district.
Section 45.592 ‑ Acquisition of tangible or intangible property, rights, or processes.
Section 45.593 ‑ Contract for furnishing solid waste services to public corporation; charges subject to increase; contract for purchase or sale of solid waste services or acquisition, operation, management, or use of solid waste systems; term of contract; contract as general obligation of public corporation.
Section 45.595 ‑ Failure to pay county; notice; deduction or transfer of money; legal remedies for reimbursement.
Section 45.623 ‑ County juvenile agency; resolution; approval; adoption; powers and duties of county.
Section 45.624 ‑ Resolution of approval; revocation by subsequent resolution.
Section 45.625 ‑ Request by county executive, chief executive officer, or manager required.
Section 45.631 ‑ Existing agreements between family independence agency and private providers.