MCL - Act 359 of 1947
AN ACT to authorize the incorporation of charter townships; to provide a municipal charter therefor; to prescribe the powers and functions thereof; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.
History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947
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Am. 1998, Act 144, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 42.1 | Section | Short title; charter townships; incorporation; powers, privileges, immunities and liabilities; petition; special census; expenses. |
| Section 42.1a | Section | Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities. |
| Section 42.1b | Section | Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited. |
| Section 42.2 | Section | Incorporation; referendum; ballot, form and content; filing of petition or resolution by township clerk; finality of proceedings; term of incumbent officers; disincorporation. |
| Section 42.2a | Section | Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. |
| Section 42.3 | Section | Incorporation; submission of proposition to electors, time; petitions, verification of signatures. |
| Section 42.3a | Section | Notice to clerk of township not incorporated as charter township; resolution of township board; notice of right to referendum; petition; signatures; submitting question of incorporation at general or special election; wording of ballot. |
| Section 42.4 | Section | Nomination of candidates for township office; conducting primary election; duties of township clerk; duties and composition of board of township election commissioners. |
| Section 42.5 | Section | Township board; election of members; powers and duties; supervisor as presiding and executive officer; authentication of instruments; president pro tem; clerk; record of proceedings; temporary clerk. |
| Section 42.6 | Section | Charter township board; compensation and expenses of members. |
| Section 42.6a | Section | Ordinance establishing procedure for determining salary of elected official; contents; conducting business at public meeting; public notice; resolution implementing ordinance; petition for referendum; change of procedure; decreasing salary of elected township official. |
| Section 42.7 | Section | Township board; meetings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; transacting business at special meeting; quorum; adjournment; rules and order of business; journal; voting; availability of certain writings to public; attendance and conduct at meetings; misconduct in office; sergeant-at-arms. |
| Section 42.8 | Section | Charter township board; monthly publication of proceedings; notices and ordinances; posting. |
| Section 42.9 | Section | Township officers; powers and duties; additional officers, limitations. |
| Section 42.10 | Section | Township superintendent; appointment; delegation of powers and duties of township supervisor. |
| Section 42.10a | Section | Township manager; employment; service; duties. |
| Section 42.11 | Section | Township superintendent; tenure; qualifications; residency requirements; waiver. |
| Section 42.11a | Section | Township assessors; appointment, powers and duties, compensation. |
| Section 42.12 | Section | Township police force; establishment; township marshal, appointment; rules; policemen, powers and duties. |
| Section 42.13 | Section | Township fire department; establishment; township fire chief, appointment; rules and regulations; refusal to aid at fire, penalty. |
| Section 42.13a | Section | Free public library; establishment or reestablishment and maintenance; conditions; ordinance; resolution; board of directors; appointment of library advisory committee; rules and regulations; state aid. |
| Section 42.14 | Section | Charter township; power to acquire property; approval of electors. |
| Section 42.14a | Section | Bonds for public improvements; issuance; approval required; exceptions; limitation on net indebtedness; computation of net indebtedness; bonds subject to MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821; computation of net indebtedness. |
| Section 42.15 | Section | Ordinances to provide for peace, health, and safety; licenses, granting, fees, bonds. |
| Section 42.16 | Section | Streets, alleys, bridges and public places; regulation of use; record of ordinances, filing. |
| Section 42.17 | Section | Construction of buildings; powers and liabilities of charter townships as to public health and safety. |
| Section 42.18 | Section | Joint action with other governmental unit or agency. |
| Section 42.19 | Section | Ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of former township; continuation. |
| Section 42.20 | Section | Legislation to be ordinance or resolution; form, passage, amendment, recording, authentication, and compilation of ordinances. |
| Section 42.21 | Section | Violation of ordinances; sanction; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime; penalty; distribution of fines. |
| Section 42.21a | Section | Police officers; right to pursue, arrest, and detain person outside of charter township limits. |
| Section 42.21b | Section | Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant. |
| Section 42.21c | Section | Regulation of recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; violation as municipal civil infraction; penalty. |
| Section 42.22 | Section | Ordinance; publication; effective date; publication of summary or true copy; catch lines required; drafting of summary. |
| Section 42.23 | Section | State law or standard code; adoption as township ordinance by citation; publication, distribution, charge. |
| Section 42.24 | Section | Submission of itemized estimates of anticipated expenditures; preparation and submission of budget proposal; time. |
| Section 42.25 | Section | Budget proposal; contents; commencement of fiscal year. |
| Section 42.26 | Section | Budget; notice, public hearing, prior public inspection. |
| Section 42.27 | Section | Adoption of budget by township board; resolution; appropriation; tax levy; limitation; separate appropriation for fire and police departments; tax collection; interim budget. |
| Section 42.28 | Section | Budget or supplemental appropriations; expenditure, restrictions; unencumbered balances, transfer, reappropriation. |
| Section 42.29 | Section | Quarterly statement of estimated and actual income and expenses; submission by supervisor to township board; reduction of appropriations, exceptions. |
| Section 42.30 | Section | Annual audit of accounts; results, filing, public inspection; annual report of township business. |
| Section 42.31 | Section | Local or public improvements; approval; determination of necessity; special assessments; bonds. |
| Section 42.32 | Section | Succession to properties of former township; suits or prosecutions, debts and liabilities, uncollected taxes and assessments. |
| Section 42.33 | Section | Liberal construction of act. |
| Section 42.34 | Section | Exemption of charter township from annexation to contiguous city or village; exceptions. |