Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)
Section 42.21b - Police Officer or Constable; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant.

Sec. 21b.
A police officer of a charter township or, if authorized by the township board, a constable of a charter township has the same authority within the charter township as a deputy sheriff to execute a bench warrant for arrest issued by a court of record or a municipal court.
History: Add. 1992, Act 45, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1992

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Chapter 42 - Charter Townships

Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)

Section 42.1 - Short Title; Charter Townships; Incorporation; Powers, Privileges, Immunities and Liabilities; Petition; Special Census; Expenses.

Section 42.1a - Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities.

Section 42.1b - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited.

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.

Section 42.2a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.

Section 42.3 - Incorporation; Submission of Proposition to Electors, Time; Petitions, Verification of Signatures.

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...

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.

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.

Section 42.6 - Charter Township Board; Compensation and Expenses of Members.

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...

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;...

Section 42.8 - Charter Township Board; Monthly Publication of Proceedings; Notices and Ordinances; Posting.

Section 42.9 - Township Officers; Powers and Duties; Additional Officers, Limitations.

Section 42.10 - Township Superintendent; Appointment; Delegation of Powers and Duties of Township Supervisor.

Section 42.10a - Township Manager; Employment; Service; Duties.

Section 42.11 - Township Superintendent; Tenure; Qualifications; Residency Requirements; Waiver.

Section 42.11a - Township Assessors; Appointment, Powers and Duties, Compensation.

Section 42.12 - Township Police Force; Establishment; Township Marshal, Appointment; Rules; Policemen, Powers and Duties.

Section 42.13 - Township Fire Department; Establishment; Township Fire Chief, Appointment; Rules and Regulations; Refusal to Aid at Fire, Penalty.

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.

Section 42.14 - Charter Township; Power to Acquire Property; Approval of Electors.

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.

Section 42.15 - Ordinances to Provide for Peace, Health, and Safety; Licenses, Granting, Fees, Bonds.

Section 42.16 - Streets, Alleys, Bridges and Public Places; Regulation of Use; Record of Ordinances, Filing.

Section 42.17 - Construction of Buildings; Powers and Liabilities of Charter Townships as to Public Health and Safety.

Section 42.18 - Joint Action With Other Governmental Unit or Agency.

Section 42.19 - Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules and Regulations of Former Township; Continuation.

Section 42.20 - Legislation to Be Ordinance or Resolution; Form, Passage, Amendment, Recording, Authentication, and Compilation of Ordinances.

Section 42.21 - Violation of Ordinances; Sanction; Designation as Civil Infraction; Act or Omission Constituting Crime; Penalty; Distribution of Fines.

Section 42.21a - Police Officers; Right to Pursue, Arrest, and Detain Person Outside of Charter Township Limits.

Section 42.21b - Police Officer or Constable; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant.

Section 42.21c - Regulation of Recreational Trailway; Posting of Ordinance; Violation as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty.

Section 42.22 - Ordinance; Publication; Effective Date; Publication of Summary or True Copy; Catch Lines Required; Drafting of Summary.

Section 42.23 - State Law or Standard Code; Adoption as Township Ordinance by Citation; Publication, Distribution, Charge.

Section 42.24 - Submission of Itemized Estimates of Anticipated Expenditures; Preparation and Submission of Budget Proposal; Time.

Section 42.25 - Budget Proposal; Contents; Commencement of Fiscal Year.

Section 42.26 - Budget; Notice, Public Hearing, Prior Public Inspection.

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.

Section 42.28 - Budget or Supplemental Appropriations; Expenditure, Restrictions; Unencumbered Balances, Transfer, Reappropriation.

Section 42.29 - Quarterly Statement of Estimated and Actual Income and Expenses; Submission by Supervisor to Township Board; Reduction of Appropriations, Exceptions.

Section 42.30 - Annual Audit of Accounts; Results, Filing, Public Inspection; Annual Report of Township Business.

Section 42.31 - Local or Public Improvements; Approval; Determination of Necessity; Special Assessments; Bonds.

Section 42.32 - Succession to Properties of Former Township; Suits or Prosecutions, Debts and Liabilities, Uncollected Taxes and Assessments.

Section 42.33 - Liberal Construction of Act.

Section 42.34 - Exemption of Charter Township From Annexation to Contiguous City or Village; Exceptions.