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MI Comp L § 46.10b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.10b - Violation of Ordinances; Penalty; Designation as Civil Infraction; Act or Omission Constituting Crime.

46.10b Violation of ordinances; penalty; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime. Sec. 10b.  (1) Except for an ordinance described in subsection (2) or (3), the violation of an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 11(j) shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.  (2) Consistent with 1945 PA 58, MCL 46.201, the county board of commissioners may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation of the ordinance as a civil infraction and provides a civil fine for that violation.  (3) The county board of commissioners may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation of the ordinance as a municipal civil infraction and provides a civil fine for that violation. An ordinance may not designate a violation as a municipal civil infraction if that violation may be designated as a civil infraction under subsection (2). A statute may provide that a violation of a specific type of ordinance is a municipal civil infraction whether or not the ordinance designates the violation as a municipal civil infraction.  (4) An ordinance shall not make an act or omission a municipal civil infraction if that act or omission constitutes a crime under any of the following:  (a) Article 7 or section 17766a of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7101 to 333.7545 and 333.17766a.  (b) The Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.1 to 750.568.  (c) The Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.  (d) The Michigan liquor control act, 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, MCL 436.1 to 436.58.  (e) Part 801 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.80101 to 324.80199.  (f) The aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.1 to 259.208.  (g) Part 821 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.82101 to 324.82159.  (h) Part 811 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81101 to 324.81150.  (i) Sections 351 to 365 of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462.351 to 462.365.  (j) A law of this state under which the act or omission is punishable by imprisonment for more than 90 days. History: Add. 1994, Act 18, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1998
MI Comp L § 46.10c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.10c - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.

46.10c Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. Sec. 10c.  A petition under section 11(m) asking that an ordinance or act of incorporation be submitted to electors or under section 16b, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. History: Add. 1998, Act 146, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
MI Comp L § 46.11a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.11a - Armistice Day Celebration; Appropriation by Board of Supervisors.

46.11a Armistice day celebration; appropriation by board of supervisors. Sec. 11a.  The board of supervisors is hereby authorized to appropriate such sum as they deem fit for the purpose of a public celebration on Armistice day. The board shall provide for the expenditure of this money in any way they see fit. History: Add. 1927, Act 280, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 1131 ;-- CL 1948, 46.11a
MI Comp L § 46.11b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.11b - Contract or Agreement to Purchase Lands, Property, or Equipment; Installment Payments; Limitations.

46.11b Contract or agreement to purchase lands, property, or equipment; installment payments; limitations. Sec. 11b.  (1) A county, by resolution of the county board of commissioners, may enter into a contract or agreement for the purchase of lands, property, or equipment to be used for public purposes and, except as provided in subsection (6), to be paid for in installments over a period of not more than 10 years, or the useful life of the property, whichever is less. A contract or agreement described in this section made before August 21, 1975, is validated and made legal.  (2) The aggregate outstanding balance of purchases made by a county pursuant to this section, excluding interest, shall not exceed 1/2 of 1% of the equalized assessed value of real and personal property in the county at the date of the contract or agreement, except that a contract or lease entered into pursuant to Act No. 31 of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1948, as amended, being sections 123.951 to 123.965 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a contract or lease entered into with a public corporation or municipality, shall not be included in a calculation of the aggregate outstanding balance.  (3) The county board of commissioners shall include in its budget and pay the sum or sums necessary each year to meet the payments of the installments, including interest, when they become due and overdue installments.  (4) This section shall not authorize the county board of commissioners to levy taxes in excess of statutory limitations without the approval of the electors.  (5) The limitations imposed in this section shall not be applicable to a contract for purchase of land declared surplus by the United States government or any of its agencies.  (6) The installments for a contract or agreement to purchase lands, property, or equipment may be for a period of not more than 15 years if all of the following conditions are satisfied:  (a) The lands, property, or equipment is entirely within the county.  (b) The lands, property, or equipment is purchased from a city which is entirely within the county.  (c) The lands, property, or equipment is used for airport purposes.  (d) The purchase is made after June 30, 1983, and before July 1, 1984. History: Add. 1975, Act 206, Imd. Eff. Aug. 21, 1975 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 142, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
MI Comp L § 46.11d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.11d - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited.

46.11d Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited.Sec. 11d.  Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a county board of commissioners shall not adopt an ordinance that includes any minimum staffing requirement for county employees. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any provision in an ordinance adopted by a county board of commissioners on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section that contains a minimum staffing requirement for county employees is void and unenforceable. History: Add. 2011, Act 134, Imd. Eff. Sept. 13, 2011
MI Comp L § 46.11e (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.11e - Licensing Requirements Subject to the Local Government Occupational Licensing Act.

46.11e Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act.Sec. 11e.  Any occupational licensing requirements imposed under this act are subject to the local government occupational licensing act. History: Add. 2018, Act 500, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 500 of 2018 provides:"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act is retroactive and takes effect January 1, 2018."
MI Comp L § 46.12 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.12 - Repealed. 1998, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1998.

46.12 Repealed. 1998, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1998. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to vote required for exercise of certain powers.
MI Comp L § 46.12b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.12b - Local Councils of Veterans' Affairs; Appropriation by Board of Supervisors for Operation.

46.12b Local councils of veterans' affairs; appropriation by board of supervisors for operation. Sec. 12b.  The board of supervisors may appropriate, from time to time, such sums of moneys as it may determine, for the operation of local councils of veterans' affairs. History: Add. 1945, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 46.12b ;-- Am. 1949, Act 92, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1949
MI Comp L § 46.12c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.12c - Assessment of Metallic Mining Properties; Appointment of County Representative by Board of Supervisors; Information Confidential.

46.12c Assessment of metallic mining properties; appointment of county representative by board of supervisors; information confidential. Sec. 12c.  The board of supervisors of any county or the boards of several counties acting jointly may employ, upon such terms as they approve, any person competent therefor, except any member of a local legislative body or city or village official, to represent such county or counties in regard to the assessment of metallic mining properties including proceedings to review such assessments. Information furnished such employe in his official capacity shall be confidential and shall not be divulged by him except in accordance with judicial order or as required in the proper discharge of his duties. History: Add. 1945, Act 192, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 46.12c
MI Comp L § 46.12d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.12d - Transfer of Functions of Governmental Unit to County; Service Credit for Retirement Benefit Purposes.

46.12d Transfer of functions of governmental unit to county; service credit for retirement benefit purposes.Sec. 12d.  Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, if the functions of a governmental unit are transferred to the county, and if all or part of the employees of the functions are transferred from the employ of a governmental unit to the employ of the county, the board of supervisors may regard for the purposes of retirement benefits as set forth in section 12a the service rendered to the governmental unit by the employees transferred as county service to the extent and under such reasonable terms and conditions as are mutually agreeable between the board of supervisors and the governing body of the governmental unit. As used in this section, "governmental unit" means a department, board, or commission of this state, or any political subdivision of this state. History: Add. 1959, Act 163, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1959 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
MI Comp L § 46.12e (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.12e - Transfer of County Employee to State; Employees' Retirement Benefits.

46.12e Transfer of county employee to state; employees' retirement benefits.Sec. 12e.  Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, if an employee of a county department of a county that has adopted a retirement system providing for the payment of benefits in the event of a nonduty disability or nonduty death is transferred to the employ of this state because of a function of the department is transferred to this state, the transferred employee who does not withdraw his or her accumulated contributions from the county's retirement system, and who while employed by this state sustains nonduty total disability or nonduty death, must have the credited period of service while employed by this state added to the credited period of service with the county before the transfer for the purpose of determining eligibility for nonduty disability retirement pension or benefits or, for nonduty death benefits payable to the dependents of deceased employees under the plan adopted by the county. Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, all pension or retirement benefits of a transferred employee described in this section or his or her dependents must be based on the service credit and compensation earned while employed by the county. Subject to the protecting local government and retirement benefits act, the board of commissioners by ordinance may provide that all pension or retirement benefits of transferred employees or their dependents must be based on the highest 5 years of service credit and compensation earned while employed by either the county or this state. History: Add. 1966, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1966 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 116, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
MI Comp L § 46.13 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.13 - Board of Supervisors; Division of County Into State Legislature Representative Districts.

46.13 Board of supervisors; division of county into state legislature representative districts. Sec. 13.  The said respective boards of supervisors in each county, entitled to more than 1 representative in the state legislature, shall have power and it shall be their duty, at their annual meeting in the year 1851, and at their annual meeting next after each subsequent apportionment of such representatives by the legislature, to divide their respective counties into representative districts, equal in number to the number of representatives to which such county is entitled by law, in accordance with section 3 of article 4 of the constitution of this state; and they shall cause to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and in the office of the clerk of such county, within 30 days after such division, a description of such representative districts, specifying the number of each district, and the population thereof, according to the last preceding enumeration. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 347 ;-- CL 1871, 479 ;-- How. 485 ;-- CL 1897, 2486 ;-- CL 1915, 2276 ;-- CL 1929, 1133 ;-- CL 1948, 46.13 Compiler's Notes: In this section, “section 3 of article 4 of the constitution” refers to the Constitution of 1850. See now Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 3.
MI Comp L § 46.13a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.13a - County Purchasing Agent and Other County Representatives, Agents and Employees; Appointment by Board of Supervisors.

46.13a County purchasing agent and other county representatives, agents and employees; appointment by board of supervisors. Sec. 13a.  The board of supervisors in each of the several counties may appoint a county purchasing agent and such other representatives, agents and employes for its county as may be deemed necessary by it, to carry out any of the powers granted by this act, or by any other law of the state: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any county in which county purchasing agents and other county representatives, agents and employes are now appointed or elected under the provisions of any general or local act. History: Add. 1921, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 15, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 1134 ;-- CL 1948, 46.13a
MI Comp L § 46.14 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|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.

46.14 Vacating, dividing, or altering township, establishing new township, or organizing or consolidating townships; application; map; certified statement; indebtedness to state; tax levy. Sec. 14.  (1) By a vote of 3/5 of all the members elected, a county board of commissioners may vacate, divide, or alter a township within the county, whether the boundaries of the township were fixed by a special act of the legislature or by action of the county board of commissioners, or may establish a new township or organize or consolidate townships, upon application to the board, as provided in this act, of at least 20% of freeholders who are actually residents of each of the townships to be affected by the alteration. If a township had 30 or less electors at the last general election, then the application may be made by not less than 5 electors of that township voting at the last general election.  (2) After receipt of a map of all the affected townships that shows the proposed alterations and if the county board of commissioners grants the application, a copy of the map with a certified statement of the action of the county board attached shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. A certified statement of the action of the county board shall also be filed in the office of the secretary of state. After filing the statement, the secretary of state shall publish that statement with the laws of the next legislature in the same manner as other laws are published.  (3) If it appears that a county is indebted to the state of Michigan, judicially or otherwise, and the amount of the indebtedness is determined and properly certified to the proper officers of the county, within 20 days after the certification, the county board of commissioners shall meet and consider the indebtedness or judgment. At that meeting, the board may submit to a vote of the electors of the county a proposition to issue bonds or to levy a tax to pay the indebtedness or judgment, as provided in this act. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- Am. 1855, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Feb. 10, 1855 ;-- Am. 1857, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1857 ;-- CL 1857, 348 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 46, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 480 ;-- How. 486 ;-- Am. 1895, Act 254, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2487 ;-- Am. 1905, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1905 ;-- Am. 1909, Act 36, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- Am. 1911, Act 96, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 2277 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 204, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1927 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 1136 ;-- CL 1948, 46.14 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.15 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.15 - Posting and Publishing Notice of Intended Application.

46.15 Posting and publishing notice of intended application. Sec. 15.  Notice in writing of an intended application under section 14 subscribed by those freeholders as required by section 14 shall be posted in 5 of the most public places in each of the affected townships during the 4 weeks before submission of the application to the county board of commissioners. A copy of the notice shall also be published once each week for 4 successive weeks immediately preceding the meeting of the county board of commissioners at which the application is to be made in a newspaper printed in the county, if any are published in the county. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- Am. 1855, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Feb. 10, 1855 ;-- Am. 1857, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1857 ;-- CL 1857, 349 ;-- CL 1871, 481 ;-- How. 487 ;-- CL 1897, 2488 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 2278 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 204, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1927 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 305, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 1137 ;-- CL 1948, 46.15 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|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.

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. Sec. 16.  (1) If a county board of commissioners establishes a new township in the county, other than by consolidation as provided in sections 16a to 16j, the board shall designate the name of the township, the time and place of holding the first annual township meeting in the township, and 3 electors of the township, whose duty it shall be to preside at the meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at a township meeting. If 1 of the 3 electors refuses or neglects to serve, the electors of the township present at the meeting may substitute any other elector of the township for each elector who neglects or refuses to serve.  (2) The business that the electors may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting signed by the chairperson or clerk of the county board of commissioners shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976 in 4 of the most public places in the new township, by the persons designated to preside at the meeting or by some person appointed by the county board of commissioners for that purpose, and in each of the townships whose boundaries may have been altered by the erection of the new township, at least 14 days before holding the meeting. The county board of commissioners shall fix the place for holding the first township meetings in the town or towns from which the new township shall be taken.  (3) Nothing in this act shall affect the rights, or abridge or enlarge the term of office, of a township officer in the township. A township officer who resides within the limits of the new township shall continue to be an officer of the new township, until the expiration of the time for which the officer was elected, in the manner as if originally elected in the new township. The terms of office of each township officer elected at the first township meeting shall expire on the first Monday of April after the meeting or as soon as a successor is elected and qualified. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 350 ;-- CL 1871, 482 ;-- Am. 1881, Act 27, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 488 ;-- CL 1897, 2489 ;-- CL 1915, 2279 ;-- CL 1929, 1138 ;-- CL 1948, 46.16 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988