Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)
Section 46.18, 46.19 - Repealed. 2004, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2004.

Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to removal of county seat.

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners

Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)

Section 46.1 - County Board of Commissioners; Meetings; Time; Place; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Closed Sessions; Notice of Meetings.

Section 46.1a - Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities.

Section 46.2 - Board of Supervisors; Authority to Offer Rewards; Appointment of County Paid Attendants and County Jail Attendants; Compensation; Bonds.

Section 46.3 - County Board of Commissioners; Quorum; Voting; Electrical Roll Call System; Electing Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson; Powers and Duties of Chairperson; Signing Documents; Eligibility of Member for Other Office.

Section 46.3a - Recording Names and Votes of Members; Exception; Public Inspection of Record.

Section 46.4 - County Clerk; Duties as Clerk of Board of Supervisors.

Section 46.5 - Deposit of Books, Records, and Accounts With Clerk; Writings Available to Public; Designating Amounts Audited and Allowed, and Charges Therefor.

Section 46.6 - Accounts of County Treasurer; Annual Examination by Board of Supervisors.

Section 46.7 - Repair of Courthouse, Jail, and Public Buildings and Offices; Financing.

Section 46.8 - Convicts' Cells; Preparation, Duty of Board of Supervisors.

Section 46.9 - Report of Board Proceedings; Report of Receipts and Expenditures; Annual Report; Publication; Public Inspection and Copying.

Section 46.10 - Special Meetings; Request; Notice.

Section 46.10b - Violation of Ordinances; Penalty; Designation as Civil Infraction; Act or Omission Constituting Crime.

Section 46.10c - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.

Section 46.11 - Powers of County Board of Commissioners.

Section 46.11a - Armistice Day Celebration; Appropriation by Board of Supervisors.

Section 46.11b - Contract or Agreement to Purchase Lands, Property, or Equipment; Installment Payments; Limitations.

Section 46.11c - Energy Conservation Improvements; Acquisition or Financing; Resolution; Payment; Acquisition by Contract, Lease-Purchase Agreement, or Notes; Reports; Forms; Terms of Lease-Purchase Agreement.

Section 46.11d - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited.

Section 46.11e - Licensing Requirements Subject to the Local Government Occupational Licensing Act.

Section 46.12 - Repealed. 1998, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1998.

Section 46.12a - Insurance; Pension or Retirement Plan; Effect of Collective Bargaining Agreement; Reemployment of Retirant; Adjusted Pension or Retirement Benefit; Payment of Benefits Subject to Eligible Domestic Relations Order; Effect of Divorce F...

Section 46.12b - Local Councils of Veterans' Affairs; Appropriation by Board of Supervisors for Operation.

Section 46.12c - Assessment of Metallic Mining Properties; Appointment of County Representative by Board of Supervisors; Information Confidential.

Section 46.12d - Transfer of Functions of Governmental Unit to County; Service Credit for Retirement Benefit Purposes.

Section 46.12e - Transfer of County Employee to State; Employees' Retirement Benefits.

Section 46.13 - Board of Supervisors; Division of County Into State Legislature Representative Districts.

Section 46.13a - County Purchasing Agent and Other County Representatives, Agents and Employees; Appointment by Board of Supervisors.

Section 46.13b - County Controller or Board of Auditors; Appointment by Board of Supervisors, Compensation, Tenure, Removal; Controller as Chief Accounting Officer, Powers and Duties.

Section 46.14 - Vacating, Dividing, or Altering Township, Establishing New Township, or Organizing or Consolidating Townships; Application; Map; Certified Statement; Indebtedness to State; Tax Levy.

Section 46.15 - Posting and Publishing Notice of Intended Application.

Section 46.16 - Establishment of New Township; Designating Name, First Annual Meeting, and Electors; Powers and Duties of Electors; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice and Location of First Township Meetings; Rights and Terms of Township Of...

Section 46.16a - Definitions.

Section 46.16b - Proceedings for Consolidation of 2 or More Townships; Petition; Rejection; Return of Petition; Submission of Proposition to Vote of Electors; Date for Election.

Section 46.16c - Notice of Date for Election and Question to Be Submitted; Arrangement for Election; Form of Ballot; Election Expenses; Canvass; Return of Results; Approval of Consolidation by Resolution; Effective Date; Election of Township Board; T...

Section 46.16d - Coordinating Committee; Duty; Composition; Election of Members; Eligibility.

Section 46.16e - Coordinating Committee; Duties Generally.

Section 46.16f - Ordinance, Resolution, Rule, or Regulation of Affected Township.

Section 46.16g - Succession of Consolidated Township to Property, Money, Rights, Credits, and Records, Files, Books, and Papers; Rights, Liabilities, Suits, or Prosecutions; Tax or Assessment.

Section 46.16h - Bonded Indebtedness and Pledge of Full Faith and Credit or Limited Full Faith and Credit; Special Assessment District; Millage Levy.

Section 46.16i - Charter Township; Charter; Continuation of Incorporated Village.

Section 46.16j - Rights of Township Employees; Layoff Status; Determination of Necessary Positions; Collective Bargaining; Labor Agreements; Pension or Retirement System; Representative of Employees or Group of Employees; Effect of Military Service.

Section 46.17 - County Seat; Removal; Relocation.

Section 46.18, 46.19 - Repealed. 2004, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2004.

Section 46.20 - Money Raising; Referendum, Notice, Ballots.

Section 46.21 - Construction of Bridges Over or Across Navigable Streams; Removal of Obstructions; Enforcement.

Section 46.22 - Tax Levy and Remittance to Conservation District.

Section 46.23 - Construction of Bridges; Petition, Contents; Notice; Proceedings.

Section 46.23a - Reconstruction, Renovation, or Replacement of Certain Bridges; Approval Exception.

Section 46.24 - Construction of Bridges Over Unnavigable Streams; Authority of Board of Supervisors.

Section 46.25 - Construction, Alteration or Discontinuance of State or Territorial Roads; Authority of Board of Supervisors.

Section 46.26 - Construction, Alteration or Discontinuance of Roads; Petition, Road Survey, Declaration of Board of Supervisors.

Section 46.27 - Construction, Alteration or Discontinuance of Roads; Road Survey Minutes, Recording.

Section 46.28 - Construction, Alteration or Discontinuance of Roads; Aggrieved Landowner, Petition, Jury Trial, Proceedings; Verdict, Notice; Apportionment of Damages; Bond, Costs; Resubmission.

Section 46.29 - Board of Supervisors; Orders, Resolutions and Determinations; Recording.

Section 46.30 - Interest of Member in Contract or Business Transaction Prohibited; Prohibition Inapplicable to Appointments and Employment.

Section 46.30a - County Board of Commissioners; Member Ineligible for Other County Appointment or Employment; Liability for Compensation; Action for Recovery of Compensation; Disposition of Moneys Recovered; Duty of Prosecuting Attorney; Violation; P...

Section 46.30b - County Board of Commissioners; Compensation of Chairperson; Advancing Funds to County Officer for Anticipated Expenses; Accounting; Return of Unused Funds.

Section 46.31 - Neglecting or Refusing to Perform Duties; Violations; Penalties.

Section 46.32 - Construction of Act.