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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 293 of 1966
| AN ACT to provide for the establishment of charter counties; to provide for the election of charter commissioners; to prescribe their powers and duties; to prohibit certain acts of a county board of commissioners after the approval of the election of a charter commission; to prescribe the mandatory and permissive provisions of a charter; to provide for the exercise by a charter county of certain powers whether or not authorized by its charter; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.
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| Document | Description |
| Section 45.501 | Charter county; body corporate. |
| Section 45.501a | Authority of emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities of local emergency financial assistance loan board. |
| Section 45.502 | Resolution for submission of question on election of charter commission; adoption by county board of supervisors. |
| Section 45.502a | Violation of §§ 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. |
| Section 45.503 | Submission of question to qualified electors. |
| Section 45.504 | Number of charter commissioners to be elected; qualifications of candidate for election to office of charter commissioner; member of county board of commissioners as chief administrative officer. |
| Section 45.505 | Partisan election of charter commission; nomination of candidates; petition or filing fee; primary election; composition and convening of county apportionment commission; rules of procedure; quorum; majority vote; establishment of charter commission districts; requirements for districts; use of census figures; apportionment; division; date of primary; election of charter commission; filing and availability of apportionment plan and copies thereof; judicial review; appeal; submission and filing of plan by registered voter; official apportionment plan; duration; election of 1 charter commissioner for each district; limitation on representation. |
| Section 45.506 | Compensation for charter commissioner; appropriations to defray certain costs. |
| Section 45.507 | Passage of resolution; transmittal of copies to city, village and township clerks; notice of election, publication, posting. |
| Section 45.508 | Ballots; form, content, preparation. |
| Section 45.509 | Charter commission members; oath of office; first meeting, notice; presiding officer. |
| Section 45.510 | Charter commission; organization; quorum; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; record of meetings; journal of proceedings; availability of writings to public; prohibited action; duration of charter commission; ballot questions. |
| Section 45.511 | Charter commission; draft of proposed charter, approval; dissolution upon failure to agree. |
| Section 45.511a | Submission of 2 alternative charter proposals; dissolution of charter commission; approval of proposed charters; differences between charter proposals; election of county executive; selection, term, and removal of chief administrative officer; declaration of charter adoption; votes; duties and responsibilities of county executive or chief administrative officer; veto of ordinance or resolution; contents of ballot. |
| Section 45.512 | Charter commission; vacancies. |
| Section 45.513 | Charter commission; employees and assistants, appointment, compensation; use of county departmental personnel; powers and duties; expenses. |
| Section 45.514 | County charter; mandatory provisions; subsection(1)(d) inapplicable to certain counties; staggered terms of office. |
| Section 45.515 | County charter; permissible provisions. |
| Section 45.515a | Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime. |
| Section 45.516 | Proposed charter; submission to governor; rejection, revision, resubmission; approval; referendum on adoption and election of officers; incumbent county officers, continuation. |
| Section 45.517 | Proposed charter; publication; notice of election. |
| Section 45.518 | Proposed charter; rejection, revision, resubmission to electorate; dissolution of charter commission. |
| Section 45.519 | Second charter commission; election procedures; provisions governing; rejection; dissolution of commission. |
| Section 45.520 | Home rule county status; when change occurs; incumbent officers. |
| Section 45.521 | Home rule county; succession to and vesting of property; continuation of rights, liabilities, suits, or prosecutions; debts, liabilities, tax rates, and uncollected taxes and assessments. |
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