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Chapter 45 - Counties
Act 293 of 1966 CHARTER COUNTIES (45.501 - 45.521)
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.
History: 1966, Act 293, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 13, 1980 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 20, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 147, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
- 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 MCL 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 45.514a Satisfaction of condition with respect to transportation employees; certification by county road agency; failure of county road agency to make certification; maintenance of website; posting information; definitions.
- 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 45.515b Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of county charter or ordinance prohibited.
- 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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