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Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners
Act 156 of 1851 County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)
AN ACT to define the powers and duties of the county boards of commissioners of the several counties, and to confer upon them certain local, administrative and legislative powers; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act.
History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 199, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1937 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979
- 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 From Spouse Named as Retirant's Survivor Beneficiary on Election of Reduced Retirement Allowance; Employee of Credit Union as Member of Plan; Written Policy; Pension or Retirement Benefit Subject to Protecting Local Government Retirement and Benefits Act.
- 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 Officers.
- 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; Termination of Proceedings.
- 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 46.24 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; Penalty; Certain Offices or Appointments Not Prohibited.
- 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.
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