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Chapter 78 - Villages
Act 278 of 1909 The Home Rule Village Act (78.1 - 78.28)
AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of villages and for revising and amending their charters; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes, borrowing of money, and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to validate bonds issued and obligations previously incurred; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.
History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 1913 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 80, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1973 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
- Section 78.1 Short Title; Corporate Existence of Villages to Continue; Village Subject to General Laws; Seal; Suit.
- Section 78.1a Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Availability of Certain Writings to Public.
- Section 78.1b Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities.
- Section 78.2 Incorporation, Detachment or Addition of Territory, or Consolidation; Petition; Signatures; Incorporation of Summer Resort Association; Proceedings; Certification; Appointment, Oath, Duties, and Compensation of Enumerators; Sworn Statement; “Qualified Electors” Defined.
- Section 78.2a Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.
- Section 78.3 Petitions; Contents.
- Section 78.4 Petition; Presentation; Action of County Board of Commissioners; Resolution; Vote; Review.
- Section 78.5 Incorporation, Consolidation or Change of Boundaries; Affected District; Referendum; Authorizing Vote.
- Section 78.5a Annexation; Petition; Vote; Approval of Adjoining City, Village or Township.
- Section 78.6 Petition and Resolution; Certified Copies, Transmittal to Local Clerks, Time; Election Notices.
- Section 78.7 Villages in More Than 1 County; Incorporation, Consolidation or Change in Boundary; Procedure.
- Section 78.8 Returns Canvass.
- Section 78.9 Proceedings; Copy Filed With Secretary of State; Recording; Change Effected; Certificate to State Treasurer; Time.
- Section 78.10 Annexation of Entire Village or Township; Incorporation of Village From Part of Township; Annexation of Part of City, Village, or Township by Village.
- Section 78.11 New Village; Charter Commission, Election, Manner, Duties, Oath; Proposed Charter, Vote, Manner; Notices.
- Section 78.12 Village Charter; Rejection; Effect; President De Facto; Resubmission; Revert to Prior Status.
- Section 78.13 Village Charter; New Charter Commission, Petition, Procedure, Duties; Eligibility; Expenses, Payment; Territory, Control.
- Section 78.14 Village Charter; Revision.
- Section 78.15 Election of Charter Commission; Details Fixed by Legislative Body.
- Section 78.16 Charter Commission; Quorum.
- Section 78.17 Charter; Amendments, Submission.
- Section 78.18 Charter Commission; Prosecuting Attorneys to Give Advice; Charter Vote Prerequisites.
- Section 78.19 Charter; Publication Prerequisites.
- Section 78.20 Charter of Amendment; Approval; Filing Time.
- Section 78.21 Election; Expenses; Manner of Conducting.
- Section 78.22 Police Officers of Village; Powers.
- Section 78.22a District Court or Municipal Court; Hearing and Determining Cases.
- Section 78.22b Police Officer; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant.
- Section 78.23 Village Charter; Mandatory Provisions.
- Section 78.24 Village Charter; Permissible Provisions.
- Section 78.24a Codification of Ordinances.
- Section 78.24b Energy Conservation Improvements; Acquisition or Financing; Resolution; Payment; Scope of Improvements; Acquisition of Improvements by Contract, Lease-Purchase Agreement, or Notes; Reports; Forms; Terms of Lease-Purchase Agreement.
- Section 78.24c Acquisition of Land for Disposal of Sewage or Protection of Water Supply.
- Section 78.24d Staggered Terms of Office; Resolution; Length of Initial Terms; Applicability of Subsection (1).
- Section 78.25 Statutory Provisions; Adoption.
- Section 78.25a Ordinance; Designation of Violation as Civil Infraction; Civil Fine; Act or Omission Constituting Crime.
- Section 78.25b Recreational Trailway; Posting of Ordinance; Prohibited Violation of Ordinance as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty.
- Section 78.26 Prohibited Powers; Computation of Indebtedness.
- Section 78.26a Locomotives; Enforceability of Ordinance Prescribing Maximum Speed Limit.
- Section 78.27 Village Charter; Prohibited Conflicts.
- Section 78.28 Construction of Act.
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