Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 78 - Villages
Act 278 of 1909 - The Home Rule Village Act (78.1 - 78.28)

Section 78.1 - Short Title; Corporate Existence of Villages to Continue; Village Subject to General Laws; Seal; Suit. - Sec. 1. (1) This act shall be known and may...

Section 78.1a - Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Availability of Certain Writings to Public. - Sec. 1a. (1) The business which a charter commission or...

Section 78.1b - Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities. - Sec. 1b. Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an...

Section 78.2 - Incorporation, Detachment or Addition of Territory, or Consolidation; Petition; Signatures; Incorporation of Summer Resort Association; Proceedings; Certification; Appointment, Oath, Duties, and Compensation of Enumerators; Sworn State... - Sec. 2. Villages may be incorporated or territory detached therefrom...

Section 78.2a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties. - Sec. 2a. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a...

Section 78.3 - Petitions; Contents. - Sec. 3. Said petition shall accurately describe the proposed boundaries...

Section 78.4 - Petition; Presentation; Action of County Board of Commissioners; Resolution; Vote; Review. - Sec. 4. (1) A petition under section 2 shall be...

Section 78.5 - Incorporation, Consolidation or Change of Boundaries; Affected District; Referendum; Authorizing Vote. - Sec. 5. The district to be affected by every such...

Section 78.5a - Annexation; Petition; Vote; Approval of Adjoining City, Village or Township. - Sec. 5a. Where the territory proposed to be annexed is...

Section 78.6 - Petition and Resolution; Certified Copies, Transmittal to Local Clerks, Time; Election Notices. - Sec. 6. The county clerk shall, within 3 days after...

Section 78.7 - Villages in More Than 1 County; Incorporation, Consolidation or Change in Boundary; Procedure. - Sec. 7. (1) If the territory to be affected by...

Section 78.8 - Returns Canvass. - Sec. 8. The returns by the several boards of election...

Section 78.9 - Proceedings; Copy Filed With Secretary of State; Recording; Change Effected; Certificate to State Treasurer; Time. - Sec. 9. (1) On the filing in the office of...

Section 78.10 - Annexation of Entire Village or Township; Incorporation of Village From Part of Township; Annexation of Part of City, Village, or Township by Village. - Sec. 10. Whenever an entire village or township is annexed...

Section 78.11 - New Village; Charter Commission, Election, Manner, Duties, Oath; Proposed Charter, Vote, Manner; Notices. - Sec. 11. At every election on the question of incorporation...

Section 78.12 - Village Charter; Rejection; Effect; President De Facto; Resubmission; Revert to Prior Status. - Sec. 12. (1) If the proposed charter is rejected at...

Section 78.13 - Village Charter; New Charter Commission, Petition, Procedure, Duties; Eligibility; Expenses, Payment; Territory, Control. - Sec. 13. In cases where the qualified electors of a...

Section 78.14 - Village Charter; Revision. - Sec. 14. Any village desiring to revise its charter shall...

Section 78.15 - Election of Charter Commission; Details Fixed by Legislative Body. - Sec. 15. The legislative body of the municipality, unless it...

Section 78.16 - Charter Commission; Quorum. - Sec. 16. A majority of those elected shall constitute a...

Section 78.17 - Charter; Amendments, Submission. - Sec. 17. Any amendment to any existing charter, whether passed...

Section 78.18 - Charter Commission; Prosecuting Attorneys to Give Advice; Charter Vote Prerequisites. - Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting...

Section 78.19 - Charter; Publication Prerequisites. - Sec. 19. Every charter and amendment thereto, whether of villages...

Section 78.20 - Charter of Amendment; Approval; Filing Time. - Sec. 20. If the charter or any amendment thereto, whether...

Section 78.21 - Election; Expenses; Manner of Conducting. - Sec. 21. (1) All elections held under this act shall...

Section 78.22 - Police Officers of Village; Powers. - Sec. 22. When any person has committed or is suspected...

Section 78.22a - District Court or Municipal Court; Hearing and Determining Cases. - Sec. 22a. The district court or municipal court in the...

Section 78.22b - Police Officer; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant. - Sec. 22b. A police officer of a village has the...

Section 78.23 - Village Charter; Mandatory Provisions. - Sec. 23. Each village charter shall provide for all of...

Section 78.24 - Village Charter; Permissible Provisions. - Sec. 24. A village may provide in its charter for...

Section 78.24a - Codification of Ordinances. - Sec. 24a. Each village shall have the power, whether provided...

Section 78.24b - 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. 24b. (1) The governing body of a village may...

Section 78.24c - Acquisition of Land for Disposal of Sewage or Protection of Water Supply. - Sec. 24c. A village may acquire land outside its corporate...

Section 78.24d - Staggered Terms of Office; Resolution; Length of Initial Terms; Applicability of Subsection (1). - ***** 78.24d SUBSECTION (1) DOES NOT APPLY AFTER DECEMBER 31,...

Section 78.25 - Statutory Provisions; Adoption. - Sec. 25. Each village may adopt as its charter or...

Section 78.25a - Ordinance; Designation of Violation as Civil Infraction; Civil Fine; Act or Omission Constituting Crime. - Sec. 25a. (1) Consistent with any of the following statutes...

Section 78.25b - Recreational Trailway; Posting of Ordinance; Prohibited Violation of Ordinance as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty. - Sec. 25b. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is...

Section 78.26 - Prohibited Powers; Computation of Indebtedness. - Sec. 26. (1) A village shall not do any of...

Section 78.26a - Locomotives; Enforceability of Ordinance Prescribing Maximum Speed Limit. - Sec. 26a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, on...

Section 78.27 - Village Charter; Prohibited Conflicts. - Sec. 27. No provision of any village charter shall conflict...

Section 78.28 - Construction of Act. - Sec. 28. It is hereby intended by this act to...