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Section 42.1 - Short Title; Charter Townships; Incorporation; Powers, Privileges, Immunities and Liabilities; Petition; Special Census; Expenses. - Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may...
Section 42.1a - Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities. - Sec. 1a. Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an...
Section 42.1b - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited. - Sec. 1b. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory...
Section 42.2 - Incorporation; Referendum; Ballot, Form and Content; Filing of Petition or Resolution by Township Clerk; Finality of Proceedings; Term of Incumbent Officers; Disincorporation. - Sec. 2. Any eligible township shall become a charter township...
Section 42.2a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties. - Sec. 2a. A petition under section 3, 3a, 4, 6a,...
Section 42.3 - Incorporation; Submission of Proposition to Electors, Time; Petitions, Verification of Signatures. - Sec. 3. The proposition to incorporate as a charter township...
Section 42.3a - 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 Ballo... - Sec. 3a. (1) Within 30 days after the effective date...
Section 42.4 - Nomination of Candidates for Township Office; Conducting Primary Election; Duties of Township Clerk; Duties and Composition of Board of Township Election Commissioners. - Sec. 4. Candidates for township office in charter townships shall...
Section 42.5 - 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. - Sec. 5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act,...
Section 42.6 - Charter Township Board; Compensation and Expenses of Members. - Sec. 6. A trustee may receive, in addition to other...
Section 42.6a - 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 S... - Sec. 6a. (1) In place of the procedure in section...
Section 42.7 - 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;... - Sec. 7. (1) The township board shall provide by resolution...
Section 42.8 - Charter Township Board; Monthly Publication of Proceedings; Notices and Ordinances; Posting. - Sec. 8. (1) The proceedings of the township board shall...
Section 42.9 - Township Officers; Powers and Duties; Additional Officers, Limitations. - Sec. 9. The township supervisor, township clerk, township treasurer, justices...
Section 42.10 - Township Superintendent; Appointment; Delegation of Powers and Duties of Township Supervisor. - Sec. 10. The township board in each charter township shall...
Section 42.10a - Township Manager; Employment; Service; Duties. - Sec. 10a. If a township has not appointed a township...
Section 42.11 - Township Superintendent; Tenure; Qualifications; Residency Requirements; Waiver. - Sec. 11. (1) The township superintendent shall hold office at...
Section 42.11a - Township Assessors; Appointment, Powers and Duties, Compensation. - Sec. 11a. In any charter township, in addition to the...
Section 42.12 - Township Police Force; Establishment; Township Marshal, Appointment; Rules; Policemen, Powers and Duties. - Sec. 12. The township board in each charter township may...
Section 42.13 - Township Fire Department; Establishment; Township Fire Chief, Appointment; Rules and Regulations; Refusal to Aid at Fire, Penalty. - Sec. 13. The township board in each charter township shall...
Section 42.13a - Free Public Library; Establishment or Reestablishment and Maintenance; Conditions; Ordinance; Resolution; Board of Directors; Appointment of Library Advisory Committee; Rules and Regulations; State Aid. - Sec. 13a. (1) The township board of a charter township...
Section 42.14 - Charter Township; Power to Acquire Property; Approval of Electors. - Sec. 14. Each charter township shall have power to acquire...
Section 42.14a - 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. - Sec. 14a. (1) The township may borrow money and issue...
Section 42.15 - Ordinances to Provide for Peace, Health, and Safety; Licenses, Granting, Fees, Bonds. - Sec. 15. (1) The township board of any charter township...
Section 42.16 - Streets, Alleys, Bridges and Public Places; Regulation of Use; Record of Ordinances, Filing. - Sec. 16. Except insofar as limited by state law and...
Section 42.17 - Construction of Buildings; Powers and Liabilities of Charter Townships as to Public Health and Safety. - Sec. 17. Charter townships shall have and possess and may...
Section 42.18 - Joint Action With Other Governmental Unit or Agency. - Sec. 18. Each charter township may join with any governmental...
Section 42.19 - Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules and Regulations of Former Township; Continuation. - Sec. 19. All ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations of a...
Section 42.20 - Legislation to Be Ordinance or Resolution; Form, Passage, Amendment, Recording, Authentication, and Compilation of Ordinances. - Sec. 20. (1) Legislation of a charter township shall be...
Section 42.21 - Violation of Ordinances; Sanction; Designation as Civil Infraction; Act or Omission Constituting Crime; Penalty; Distribution of Fines. - Sec. 21. (1) The township board shall provide in each...
Section 42.21a - Police Officers; Right to Pursue, Arrest, and Detain Person Outside of Charter Township Limits. - Sec. 21a. If a person has committed a civil infraction...
Section 42.21b - Police Officer or Constable; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant. - Sec. 21b. A police officer of a charter township or,...
Section 42.21c - Regulation of Recreational Trailway; Posting of Ordinance; Violation as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty. - Sec. 21c. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is...
Section 42.22 - Ordinance; Publication; Effective Date; Publication of Summary or True Copy; Catch Lines Required; Drafting of Summary. - Sec. 22. An ordinance passed by a township board shall...
Section 42.23 - State Law or Standard Code; Adoption as Township Ordinance by Citation; Publication, Distribution, Charge. - Sec. 23. The township board may adopt any provision of...
Section 42.24 - Submission of Itemized Estimates of Anticipated Expenditures; Preparation and Submission of Budget Proposal; Time. - Sec. 24. On or before 150 days prior to the...
Section 42.25 - Budget Proposal; Contents; Commencement of Fiscal Year. - Sec. 25. The budget proposal shall present a complete financial...
Section 42.26 - Budget; Notice, Public Hearing, Prior Public Inspection. - Sec. 26. A public hearing on the budget shall be...
Section 42.27 - Adoption of Budget by Township Board; Resolution; Appropriation; Tax Levy; Limitation; Separate Appropriation for Fire and Police Departments; Tax Collection; Interim Budget. - Sec. 27. (1) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection,...
Section 42.28 - Budget or Supplemental Appropriations; Expenditure, Restrictions; Unencumbered Balances, Transfer, Reappropriation. - Sec. 28. No money shall be drawn from the treasury...
Section 42.29 - Quarterly Statement of Estimated and Actual Income and Expenses; Submission by Supervisor to Township Board; Reduction of Appropriations, Exceptions. - Sec. 29. At the beginning of each quarterly period during...
Section 42.30 - Annual Audit of Accounts; Results, Filing, Public Inspection; Annual Report of Township Business. - Sec. 30. An independent audit shall be made of all...
Section 42.31 - Local or Public Improvements; Approval; Determination of Necessity; Special Assessments; Bonds. - Sec. 31. Each charter township may make local or public...
Section 42.32 - Succession to Properties of Former Township; Suits or Prosecutions, Debts and Liabilities, Uncollected Taxes and Assessments. - Sec. 32. All charter townships created under the provisions of...
Section 42.33 - Liberal Construction of Act. - Sec. 33. The provisions of this act shall be liberally...
Section 42.34 - Exemption of Charter Township From Annexation to Contiguous City or Village; Exceptions. - Sec. 34. (1) A charter township existing on June 15,...