Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 117 - Home Rule Cities
Act 279 of 1909 - The Home Rule City Act (117.1 - 117.38)

Section 117.3a - Abolishment of At-Large City Council; Election of Members From Single-Member Election Districts; Ballot Question; Approval; Determination of City Council President; Adoption of Apportionment Plan by Commission; Qualifications of Cand... - Sec. 3a. (1) A city that has a population of...

Section 117.3b - Terms of Office; Staggered Terms; Resolution; Initial Terms; Applicability of Subsection (1). - ***** 117.3b SUBSECTION (1) DOES NOT APPLY AFTER DECEMBER 31,...

Section 117.4 - Conduct of Racing Event Under MCL 257.1701 Et seq.; Powers and Duties. - Sec. 4. A city may permit the conducting of a...

Section 117.4a - Borrowing Money and Issuing Bonds; Net Indebtedness; Limitation; Computation; Borrowing in Case of Fire, Flood, or Other Calamity; Incurring Obligation for Construction, Renovation, or Modernization of Hospital; Bonds as Obligation o... - Sec. 4a. (1) Each city in its charter may provide...

Section 117.4b - Refunds; Bonds; Sewers; Waterworks; Lighting; Permissible Charter Provisions. - Sec. 4-b. Each city may in its charter provide: (1)...

Section 117.4c - Permissible Charter Provisions. - Sec. 4-c. Each city which is authorized to acquire, own,...

Section 117.4d - Permissible Charter Provisions; Assessing Costs of Public Improvement and Boulevard Lighting System; Definitions. - Sec. 4d. (1) Each city may in its charter provide:...

Section 117.4e - Public Property; Condemnation of Private Property; Permissible Charter Provisions. - Sec. 4e. Each city may in its charter provide: (1)...

Section 117.4f - Permissible City Charter Provisions. - Sec. 4f. Each city may in its charter provide for...

Section 117.4g - Rapid Transit System; Permissible Charter Provisions. - Sec. 4-g. Each city may in its charter provide: (1)...

Section 117.4h - Public Ways; Permissible Charter Provisions. - Sec. 4-h. Each city may in its charter provide: (1)...

Section 117.4i - Permissible Charter Provisions. - Sec. 4i. Each city may provide in its charter for...

Section 117.4j - City Departments; Special Acts; Municipal Powers; Permissible Charter Provisions. - Sec. 4-j. Each city may in its charter provide: (1)...

Section 117.4k - Civic, Artistic, and Cultural Activities; Public Funds. - Sec. 4k. Each city in its charter may provide for...

Section 117.4l - Ordinance; Designation as Civil Infraction or Blight Violation; Civil Fine; Act or Omission Constituting Crime. - Sec. 4l. (1) Consistent with any of the following statutes...

Section 117.4m - Ordinance Regulating Recreational Trailway; Posting; Violation as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty. - Sec. 4m. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is...

Section 117.4n - Medical Facility for Public Purpose; Establishment, Operation, or Maintenance by Private Nonprofit Corporation. - Sec. 4n. Each city may in its charter provide for...

Section 117.4o - Formation of Nonprofit Corporation by City. - Sec. 4o. (1) The legislative body of a city may...

Section 117.4p - City With Population More Than 600,000 or Discharge of $1,000,000,000.00 in Pension Liabilities; Defined Benefit Plan; Retirement Benefits for Employees Hired After July 1, 2023; Health Care Insurance Benefits; Certification of Compl... - Sec. 4p. (1) Subject to section 4u, for a city...

Section 117.4q - Administrative Hearings Bureau; Establishment; Administrative Hearings; Procedures; Appeal; Effect of Nonpayment of Civil Fine or Costs; "Person" Defined. - Sec. 4q. (1) A city that has a population of...

Section 117.4r - Nonpayment of Civil Fine or Costs or Installment Payment by Defendant; Lien; Recording; Enforcement; Priority; Collection of Judgment; Duration of Lien; Default; Limitation on Commencement of Enforcement Action. - Sec. 4r. (1) If a defendant does not pay a...

Section 117.4s - Population More Than 600,000; Chief Financial Officer. - Sec. 4s. (1) Notwithstanding a charter provision or ordinance to...

Section 117.4t - Population More Than 600,000; Requirements; Appropriations. - Sec. 4t. (1) Notwithstanding a charter provision or ordinance to...

Section 117.4u - Retirement Benefits Subject to Protecting Local Government Retirement and Benefits Act; "Retirement Benefit" Defined. - Sec. 4u. If a city provides retirement benefits as part...

Section 117.5 - Prohibited Powers. - Sec. 5. (1) A city does not have power to...

Section 117.5a - Membership in Certain Societies Not to Affect Employment. - Sec. 5a. No city shall have power to deny employment...

Section 117.5b - Code of Municipal Ordinances; Publication. - Sec. 5b. Each city shall have power, whether provided in...

Section 117.5c - Local Officers Compensation Commission; Creation; Purpose; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Vacancies; Determination of Salaries; Expenses; Meetings; Quorum; Concurrence of Majority Required; Election of Chairperson... - Sec. 5c. In place of a charter provision existing on...

Section 117.5d - Locomotives; Enforceability of Ordinance Prescribing Maximum Speed Limit. - Sec. 5d. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, on...

Section 117.5e - Municipal Water or Sewage System; Annual Audit; Public Hearing Before Proposed Rate Increase. - Sec. 5e. A municipal water or sewage system established by...

Section 117.5f - Energy Conservation Improvements; Acquisition or Financing; Resolution; Payment; Scope of Improvements; Acquisition of Improvements by Contract, Lease-Purchase Agreement, or Notes; Reports; Forms; Terms of Lease-Purchase Agreement. - Sec. 5f. (1) The legislative body of a city may...

Section 117.5g - Flood Control Project. - Sec. 5g. The legislative body of a city may provide...

Section 117.5h - Regulation or Prohibition of Public Nudity; “Public Nudity” Defined. - Sec. 5h. (1) Whether or not so provided in its...

Section 117.5i - Snow Removal From Streets, Mosquito Abatement, and Security Services Provided by Private Contractors; Special Assessment. - Sec. 5i. (1) Whether or not authorized by its charter,...

Section 117.5j - Sewer Separation; Authorization; Ordinance; Special Assessment. - Sec. 5j. A city, in order to protect the public...

Section 117.5k - Public-Private Agreement for Public Bridge Facility; Requirements; User Fee; Scope of Section; Hearing; Definitions. - Sec. 5k. (1) A city may enter into a public-private...

Section 117.6 - Incorporation, Consolidation, or Alteration of Boundaries; Petition; Signatures; Deposit; Enumeration. - Sec. 6. Cities may be incorporated or territory detached therefrom...

Section 117.7 - Incorporation, Consolidation or Alteration of Boundaries; Fifth Class Cities; Population Requisites; Representation on Board of Supervisors. - Sec. 7. Said petition shall accurately describe the proposed boundaries...

Section 117.8 - Incorporation, Consolidation, or Alteration of Boundaries; Petition; Filing; Resolution; Adoption. - Sec. 8. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a...

Section 117.8a - Incorporation, Consolidation or Alteration of Boundaries; Filing Substitute Petition; Action by Supervisors. - Sec. 8a. In case a petition has been filed with...

Section 117.9 - Incorporation, Consolidation, or Change of Boundaries; Governing Law; Affected District; Petition or Resolution for Annexation; Voting; Duties of Commission. - Sec. 9. (1) In the event of a conflict between...

Section 117.9a - Annexation of Township Remnant Territory to Home Rule City; Procedure. - Sec. 9a. Whenever the process of incorporation, consolidation, or annexation...

Section 117.9b - Detachment of Territory From City; Conditions; Intergovernmental Agreement Imposing Conditions on Detachment; Reannexation to Detaching City; Detached Territory Not Subject to Annexation. - Sec. 9b. (1) In addition to the detachment procedures otherwise...

Section 117.9c - Repealed. 1986, Act 64, Eff. July 1, 1986. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to an alternate method...

Section 117.10 - Certified Copies of Petition and Resolution; Transmittal; Election Notices. - Sec. 10. The county clerk shall, within 3 days after...

Section 117.11 - Petition for Incorporation, Consolidation, or Change of Boundaries; Affidavit; Filing With Secretary of State; Certification; Notice; Election. - Sec. 11. (1) If the territory to be affected by...

Section 117.12 - Election Returns; Canvass; Village Clerk, Duties. - Sec. 12. The returns by the several boards of election...

Section 117.13 - Effective Date of Incorporation, Consolidation, Attachment or Detachment; Certificate of Board of County Canvassers; Representation, Transfer of Property, Governmental Function. - Sec. 13. On the filing in the office of the...

Section 117.14 - Incorporation or Annexation. - Sec. 14. Whenever an incorporated village is incorporated as a...

Section 117.14a - Petition for Vacating Incorporation; Initiation; Election; Certification; Assets, Disbursement; Debts and Obligations. - Sec. 14a. Whenever the qualified electors of any city incorporated...

Section 117.14b - Relocation of Common Boundaries. - Sec. 14b. Whenever the boundaries between cities lying within the...

Section 117.15 - Election on Question of Intent to Incorporate or Consolidate; Electors as Members of Charter Commission; Notice; Preparation, Form, and Contents of Ballot; Expenses; Procedure; Canvass; Certification of Election; Oath; Vacancies; Quo... - Sec. 15. (1) At an election on the question of...

Section 117.15a - Incorporation; Expenses of Charter Commission; Payment. - Sec. 15a. When the residents of a township have voted...

Section 117.16 - Incorporation; Rejection of Charter; De Facto Mayor; Duties; Resubmission of Charter, Procedure; Effect of Nonadoption Within 3 Years of Election to Incorporate. - Sec. 16. (1) If the proposed charter is rejected at...

Section 117.17 - Incorporation; New Charter Commission, Petition, Procedure, Eligibility, Duties, Expenses; Control of Territory Pending Adoption; Date of Incorporation; Voting Franchise. - Sec. 17. In cases where the qualified electors of a...

Section 117.18 - Incorporation; Revision of Charter, Procedure, Commission, Advisory Vote; Incorporation of Provision in Original Charter Granted by Legislature. - Sec. 18. Any city desiring to revise its charter shall...

Section 117.19 - Charter; Duty of Legislative Body. - Sec. 19. The legislative body of the municipality unless it...

Section 117.20 - Charter Commission; First Meeting; Duties of City Clerk; Powers and Duties of Commission; Roll Call; Vacancy; Compensation; Quorum; Public Sessions. - Sec. 20. The charter commission shall convene on the second...

Section 117.21 - Charter Amendment; Procedure. - Sec. 21. (1) An amendment to an existing city charter,...

Section 117.22 - Charter Amendment; Submission to Governor, Approval; Re-Consideration. - Sec. 22. Every amendment to a city charter whether passed...

Section 117.23 - Publication of Proposed Charter and Amendments; Submission of Charter and Separate Propositions to Electors; Adoption; Ballot. - Sec. 23. (1) A proposed city charter and each amendment...

Section 117.24 - Charters or Amendments; Filing; Effective Date. - Sec. 24. If the charter, or any amendment thereto, whether...

Section 117.25 - Initiatory Petition; Filing With City Clerk; Contents; Verification; Signatures and Inscriptions; Perjury and Other Felonies; Punishment; Canvass; Certifying Sufficiency or Insufficiency of Petition; Causing Proposed Amendment to Be... - Sec. 25. (1) An initiatory petition authorized by this act...

Section 117.25a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties. - Sec. 25a. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a...

Section 117.26 - Elections; General Provisions; Applicability of MCL 168.641. - Sec. 26. (1) All elections held under this act shall...

Section 117.27 - Repealed. 1966, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to determination of representation...

Section 117.27a - Apportionment of Wards; Definitions. - Sec. 27a. (1) For the purposes of this section: (a)...

Section 117.27b - Board of Review; Appointment of Members, Functions. - Sec. 27b. When the charter of any city heretofore adopted...

Section 117.28 - Charter Change; Laws in Force; Justice and Police Courts, Justices, Charter Provisions, Ordinances. - Sec. 28. In all cities now organized, which may hereafter...

Section 117.28a - Municipal Courts in Cities in Certain Counties; Civil Jurisdiction. - Sec. 28-a. In counties having a population of less than...

Section 117.28b - Municipal Courts in Cities in Certain Counties; Attorney Fees Based on Amount of Judgment. - Sec. 28b. In all cases, in any municipal court now...

Section 117.29 - Recovery and Enforcement of Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures; Violations; Administrative Hearings. - Sec. 29. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the...

Section 117.30 - Appeal to Circuit Court; Recognizance or Bond. - Sec. 30. In all actions and prosecutions arising under the...

Section 117.31 - Disposition of Fines. - Sec. 31. All fines collected or received by the district...

Section 117.32 - Constables; Election or Appointment; Powers and Duties; Salary; Fees; Provisions Inapplicable to Certain Cities; Compliance With Minimum Employment Standards. - Sec. 32. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), there...

Section 117.33 - Constables; Election, Qualification, and Compensation. - Sec. 33. The provisions of the general law applying to...

Section 117.34 - Police Officers; Powers. - Sec. 34. When any person has committed or is suspected...

Section 117.34a - Police Officer or Constable; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant. - Sec. 34a. A police officer of a city or, if...

Section 117.35 - Acquisition of Property; Condemnation or Purchase Proceedings. - Sec. 35. Any city may acquire by purchase or condemnation...

Section 117.35a - General Obligation Bonds; Issuance; Conditions. - Sec. 35a. Any municipality with a population of 750,000 or...

Section 117.36 - Charter Provisions; Conflict. - Sec. 36. No provision of any city charter shall conflict...

Section 117.36a - Financial Recovery Bonds; Amounts; Terms and Conditions; Net Indebtedness of City; Limitations; City With Population Less Than 10,000; "Third-Party Tax Collector" Defined; Refund; Deposit of Revenues Into Separate Account for Paying... - Sec. 36a. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this section,...

Section 117.37 - Saving Clause. - Sec. 37. All charters heretofore formulated and all proceedings of...

Section 117.38 - Construction of Act. - Sec. 38. It is intended by this act to re-enact...

Michigan Compiled Laws Chapter 117 - Home Rule Cities Act 279 of 1909 - The Home Rule City Act (117.1 - 117.38)

Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 117 - Home Rule Cities
Act 279 of 1909 - The Home Rule City Act (117.1 - 117.38)