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MI Comp L § 397.184 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.184 - Provisions Governing Elections.

397.184 Provisions governing elections. Sec. 14.  (1) An election for or recall of board members and an election for a districtwide tax shall be conducted under the provisions of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, and applicable provisions of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, except to the extent that those provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this act.  (2) If none of the participating municipalities are school districts, an election for a districtwide tax is governed by sections 15 to 18 and section 23. If 1 or more of the participating municipalities are school districts, an election for a districtwide tax is governed by section 15 and sections 19 to 23.  (3) If none of the participating municipalities are school districts, an election for district library board members is governed by sections 16 to 18 and section 23. If 1 or more of the participating municipalities are school districts, an election for district library board members is governed by sections 19 to 23. History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 540, Imd. Eff. July 26, 2002 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.185 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.185 - Ballot Proposal for Districtwide Tax; Amount of Millage; Proposed Duration; Adoption by Resolution; Certification; Authorization of Tax Levy; Limitation on Elections.

397.185 Ballot proposal for districtwide tax; amount of millage; proposed duration; adoption by resolution; certification; authorization of tax levy; limitation on elections.Sec. 15.  (1) A ballot proposal for a districtwide tax shall state the amount of the millage. If section 13(4) limits the maximum duration of a portion of the millage in a ballot proposal for a districtwide tax, the ballot proposal shall state the proposed duration of that portion of the millage.  (2) If none of the participating municipalities are a school district, a proposal for a districtwide tax shall not be placed on the ballot unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the board and certified by the board not later than 60 days before the election to the county clerk of each county in which all or part of the district is located for inclusion on the ballot. The proposal shall be certified for inclusion on the ballot at the next general election, the state primary immediately preceding the general election, or a special election held on an otherwise regularly scheduled election date, as specified by the board's resolution.  (3) If 1 or more of the participating municipalities are school districts, a proposal for a districtwide tax shall not be placed on the ballot unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the board and certified by the board not later than 60 days before the election to the school district election coordinator of the largest participating school district. The board shall certify the proposal for inclusion on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election of school board members in the largest participating school district or at a special election held on an otherwise regularly scheduled election date, as specified by the board's resolution. The school district election coordinator to whom the ballot proposal was certified shall promptly certify the proposal and date of election to the school district election coordinator of every other participating school district and to the election officials authorized by this act to conduct the election in the participating municipalities or the portions of participating municipalities located within a nonparticipating school district.  (4) If a majority of the votes cast on the question of a districtwide tax is in favor of the proposal, the tax levy is authorized. No more than 2 elections shall be held in a calendar year on a proposal for a districtwide tax. History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 114, Imd. Eff. May 11, 1994 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.186 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.186 - Providing Ballots.

397.186 Providing ballots. Sec. 16.  If none of the participating municipalities are a school district, the county election commission of each participating county and each county in which all or part of a participating municipality is located shall provide ballots for an election for board members or a districtwide tax for each participating municipality or part of a participating municipality located within the county. History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.187 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.187 - Conduct of Election; List of Electors.

397.187 Conduct of election; list of electors.  Sec. 17.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), if none of the participating municipalities are school districts, an election for board members or a districtwide tax shall be conducted by the city and township clerks and election officials of the municipalities located within the district.   (2) If an election on a proposal for a districtwide tax is to be held in conjunction with a general election or state primary election or board members are to be elected and if a participating village is located within a nonparticipating township, the township clerk and election officials shall conduct the election. On the forty-fifth day preceding the election, the village clerk shall provide to the township clerk a list containing the name, address, and birth date of each qualified and registered elector of the village or the portion of the village that is included in the district. By the fifteenth day preceding the election, the village clerk shall provide to the township clerk information updating the list as of the close of registration. Persons appearing on the list as updated are eligible to vote in the district election by special ballot.   (3) If a districtwide tax is to be voted on at a special election not held in conjunction with a general election or state primary election and if a participating village is located within a nonparticipating township, the village clerk and election officials shall conduct the election. History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.188 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.188 - Publication of Notices of Close of Registration and Election; Canvass and Certification of Results of Election.

397.188 Publication of notices of close of registration and election; canvass and certification of results of election.  Sec. 18.  (1) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is to be held in conjunction with a general election or a state primary election immediately preceding a general election and none of the participating municipalities are school districts, the notices of close of registration and election shall be published as provided for by the state election laws. Otherwise, if none of the participating municipalities are school districts, the county clerk of the largest county shall publish the notices of close of registration and election. The notice of close of registration shall include the ballot language of the proposal.  (2) If none of the participating municipalities are school districts, the results of an election for board members or a districtwide tax shall be canvassed by the board of county canvassers of each county in which a participating municipality is located. The board of county canvassers of a county in which a participating municipality is located and which is not the largest county shall certify the results of the election to the board of county canvassers of the largest county. The board of county canvassers of the largest county shall make the final canvass of an election for board members or a districtwide tax based on the returns of the election inspectors of the participating municipalities in that county and the certified results of the board of county canvassers of every other county in which a participating municipality is located. The board of county canvassers of the largest county shall certify the results of the election to the district library board and issue certificates of election.  History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.189 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.189 - Printing and Providing Ballots.

397.189 Printing and providing ballots.Sec. 19.  If 1 or more participating municipalities are school districts, the school district election coordinator of each participating school district shall provide for the printing of ballots for that school district. The school district election coordinator of the largest participating school district shall provide ballots for an election for board members or a districtwide tax for a participating municipality or part of a participating municipality located within a nonparticipating school district. History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.190 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.190 - Conduct of Election for Board Members or Districtwide Tax.

397.190 Conduct of election for board members or districtwide tax.Sec. 20.  If 1 or more participating municipalities are school districts, the election for board members or a districtwide tax shall be conducted as follows:  (a) The school district election coordinator otherwise authorized by law to conduct elections in a participating school district shall conduct the election in that school district.  (b) If all or a portion of the participating municipality is located within a nonparticipating school district that is holding an election on the same day as the election for board members or a districtwide tax, the school district election coordinator authorized by law to conduct elections in the nonparticipating school district shall conduct the election for board members or a districtwide tax in the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located within the nonparticipating school district. The qualified and registered electors of the participating municipality that reside within the nonparticipating school district shall vote in the election for board members or a districtwide tax by special ballot at their regular polling places in the election in the nonparticipating school district. Those qualified and registered electors shall be identified from the registration records of the nonparticipating school district or from a list of the names, addresses, and birth dates of qualified and registered electors of the participating municipality who reside in the nonparticipating school district and are eligible to vote in elections for board members or a districtwide tax. The list shall be supplied and updated by the clerk of the participating municipality at the request of the school district election coordinator or other official authorized by law to conduct the election.  (c) If all or a portion of a participating municipality is located within a nonparticipating school district that is not holding an election on the same day as the election for board members or a districtwide tax, the school district election coordinator authorized by law to conduct elections in the participating municipality shall conduct the election for board members or a districtwide tax in the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located within the nonparticipating school district. History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.191 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.191 - Publication of Notices for Election of Board Members or Districtwide Tax; Publication of Notices of Close of Registration and Election; Ballot Language of Proposal.

397.191 Publication of notices for election of board members or districtwide tax; publication of notices of close of registration and election; ballot language of proposal.Sec. 21.  (1) If an election for district board members or a districtwide tax is conducted by a participating school district under section 20(a), the school district election coordinator required by law to publish notices of the close of registration and election for a school district election in that school district shall publish the notices for the election for board members or a districtwide tax in that school district.  (2) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is conducted in a participating municipality or a portion of a participating municipality by a nonparticipating school district, under section 20(b), the school district election coordinator required by law to publish the notices of close of registration and election for a school district election in that school district shall publish the notices for the election for board members or a districtwide tax for the participating municipality or portion of a participating municipality located within that school district. The notices of close of registration and election shall designate the participating municipality for all or a portion of which the election is being conducted under section 20(b).   (3) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is conducted by a participating municipality under section 20(c), the clerk of the participating municipality shall publish notices of close of registration and election for the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located in the nonparticipating school district.  (4) A notice of close of registration published under this section shall contain the ballot language of the proposal. History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.192 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.192 - Canvass and Certification of Results of Election.

397.192 Canvass and certification of results of election. Sec. 22.  (1) If an election for district board members or a districtwide tax is conducted by a participating school district pursuant to section 20(a), the board of canvassers required by law to canvass the results of a school district election in that school district shall canvass the results of an election for board members or a districtwide tax in that school district and, if the school district is not the largest participating school district, certify the results of the election to the board of canvassers of the largest participating school district.  (2) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is conducted in a participating municipality or a portion of a participating municipality by a nonparticipating school district pursuant to section 20(b), the board of canvassers required by law to canvass the results of a school district election in that school district shall canvass the results of an election for board members or a districtwide tax in the participating municipality or portion of the participating municipality located within the nonparticipating school district and certify the results to the board of canvassers of the largest participating school district.  (3) If an election for board members or a districtwide tax is conducted by a participating municipality pursuant to section 20(c), the board of canvassers required by law to canvass the results of a municipal election in that municipality shall canvass the results of an election for board members or a districtwide tax in the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located within the nonparticipating school district and certify the results of the election to the board of canvassers of the largest participating school district.  (4) The board of canvassers required by law to canvass the results of elections held in the largest participating school district shall make the final canvass of the election for board members or a districtwide tax based on the returns received from the election inspectors of that district and certified results received from other boards of canvassers that canvassed part of the election. The board of canvassers required by law to canvass the results of a school district election in the largest participating school district shall certify the total results of the election to the board and issue certificates of election.  History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.193 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.193 - Reimbursement for Costs of Election.

397.193 Reimbursement for costs of election.Sec. 23.  (1) A county clerk shall charge the district library and the district library shall reimburse the county for the actual costs the county incurs in an election for board members or a districtwide tax.  (2) If a participating township, city, or village conducts an election for district library board members or a districtwide tax, the clerk of that municipality shall charge the district library and the district library shall reimburse the municipality for the actual costs the municipality incurs in conducting the election if 1 or more of the following apply:  (a) The election is not held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled election in that municipality.   (b) Only a portion of the territory of the municipality is included in the district.  (c) The election is conducted under section 20(c) in conjunction with a regularly scheduled election in the municipality and a portion of the municipality lies within the boundaries of a nonparticipating school district.   (3) If an election for district library board members or a districtwide tax is held in conjunction with the regular election of a participating school district, the school district election coordinator authorized by law to conduct the election shall charge the district library and the district library shall reimburse the school district for the additional costs that the school district incurs in conducting the election.  (4) In addition to costs reimbursed under subsection (1), (2), or (3), a municipality shall charge the district library and the district library shall reimburse the municipality for actual costs that the municipality incurs and that are exclusively attributable to an election for board members or a districtwide tax.  (5) The actual costs that a county, township, city, village, or school district incurs shall be based on the number of hours of work done in conducting the election, the rates of compensation of the workers, and the cost of materials supplied in the election. History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.195a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.195a - Repealed. 2003, Act 279, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004.

397.195a Repealed. 2003, Act 279, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to a consolidated district library agreement.Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.196 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 24 of 1989 - The District Library Establishment Act (397.171 - 397.196)|Section 397.196 - Repeal of MCL 397.271 to 397.276.

397.196 Repeal of MCL 397.271 to 397.276. Sec. 26.  Act No. 164 of the Public Acts of 1955, being sections 397.271 to 397.276 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is repealed.  History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 Popular Name: District Libraries Act
MI Comp L § 397.201 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.201 - Public Library and Reading Room; Establishment and Maintenance by City Council; Tax Levy; Library Fund; Tax Additional to Tax Limitation.

397.201 Public library and reading room; establishment and maintenance by city council; tax levy; library fund; tax additional to tax limitation. Sec. 1.  (1) The city council of each incorporated city may establish and maintain a public library and reading room for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the city. The city council may levy a tax of not to exceed 1 mill on the dollar annually on all the taxable property in the city. If approved by a majority of the voters voting on the proposal at the regular annual election, the city council may increase the tax levied by not to exceed 1 additional mill on the dollar annually on all the taxable property in the city. The tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other general taxes of the city, and shall be deposited in a fund to be known as the "library fund."  (2) The tax levied under this section shall be in addition to any tax limitation imposed by a city charter. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5175 ;-- CL 1897, 3449 ;-- CL 1915, 3431 ;-- CL 1929, 8059 ;-- CL 1948, 397.201 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 133, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1986
MI Comp L § 397.202 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 397 - Libraries|Act 164 of 1877 - City, Village, and Township Libraries (397.201 - 397.217)|Section 397.202 - Governing Board; Number; Qualifications; Terms.

397.202 Governing board; number; qualifications; terms.Sec. 2.  (1) If a city council decides to establish and maintain a public library and reading room under this act, the mayor of that city shall, with the approval of the city council, appoint a governing board of 5 members for the library and reading room, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for that office. Not more than 1 member of the city council may be a member of the board at any 1 time.  (2) If a city council decides, after the first appointment of the governing board under subsection (1), that the purposes of the library and reading room would be better served by a different number of members on the governing board, the city council may by ordinance change the number of members to an odd number not less than 5 or more than 9.  (3) The term of office for each member of the governing board may be changed by ordinance to a term of not less than 2 years or more than 5 years.  (4) Notwithstanding section 3, if the term of office is changed by ordinance by a city council, the term of office for subsequent appointments by the mayor shall be the same as prescribed by the ordinance. History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5176 ;-- CL 1897, 3450 ;-- CL 1915, 3432 ;-- CL 1929, 8060 ;-- Am. 1931, Act 248, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 397.202 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 99, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2000 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 131, Imd. Eff. May 27, 2014