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MI Comp L § 74.23f (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages|Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)|3-1895-XIV - Chapter XIV Miscellaneous. (74.1...74.25)|Section 74.23f - Disincorporation Plan; Submission; Ratification.

74.23f Disincorporation plan; submission; ratification. Sec. 23f.  A disincorporation plan adopted under section 23e shall be submitted to the council and to the township board of each affected township. The council and township board or boards may ratify the disincorporation plan. If the council and the township board of each affected township ratify the plan, the question of disincorporation pursuant to the plan shall be placed on the ballot pursuant to section 23g of this chapter. If the council or the township board of each affected township fails to ratify the disincorporation plan, the question of disincorporation shall be submitted to the electorate as described in section 18a of this chapter not more than 1 year after the date the disincorporation was filed under section 18a of this chapter. History: Add. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
MI Comp L § 74.23g (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages|Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)|3-1895-XIV - Chapter XIV Miscellaneous. (74.1...74.25)|Section 74.23g - Disincorporation Plan; Approval; Ballot; Form; Special Election; Failure of Commission to Adopt Plan.

74.23g Disincorporation plan; approval; ballot; form; special election; failure of commission to adopt plan. Sec. 23g.  (1) If the disincorporation plan is approved under section 23f of this chapter, the clerk of the disincorporation commission shall prepare and certify to the county clerk of each county where the village is located ballot language describing the proposed disincorporation and that includes the following in substantially the following form:  "Shall the village of _______________ be disincorporated pursuant to the plan adopted by the disincorporation commission?   ( ) Yes   ( ) No".  (2) The clerk of the disincorporation commission shall certify the proposed disincorporation for inclusion on the ballot at the next general election, the state primary immediately preceding the general election, or a special election not occurring within 45 days of a state primary or a general election, as specified by the clerk of the disincorporation commission. However, the clerk of the disincorporation commission shall not certify the proposed disincorporation for inclusion on the ballot at either of the following:  (a) An election to be held less than 60 days after the date of certification.  (b) An election to be held more than 1 year after the township clerk verifies the petition signatures and determines that the petition is sufficient under section 18a of this chapter.  (3) If a special election is requested by the clerk of the disincorporation commission, the county clerk of the county in which the greatest number of electors of the village reside shall schedule the election in compliance with section 641 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.641. The proposal shall be submitted to the qualified and registered electors residing in the village and each township into which the village is proposed to be disincorporated at that election.  (4) If a disincorporation commission fails to adopt a plan under section 23e of this chapter or the clerk of the disincorporation commission does not certify the proposed disincorporation for inclusion on the ballot under this section, the question of disincorporation shall be submitted to the electors as described in section 18a of this chapter not more than 1 year after the date the disincorporation petition was filed under section 18a of this chapter. History: Add. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 305, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
MI Comp L § 74.23h (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages|Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)|3-1895-XIV - Chapter XIV Miscellaneous. (74.1...74.25)|Section 74.23h - Disincorporation; Approval by Electors.

74.23h Disincorporation; approval by electors. Sec. 23h.  (1) The proposed disincorporation is approved by the electors and shall take place pursuant to the plan adopted under section 23e of this chapter only if a majority of each of the following votes cast on the question of the proposed disincorporation are in favor of the disincorporation:  (a) The votes cast by electors of the village.  (b) The votes cast by the electors of each township into which the village is proposed to be disincorporated, counted separately, and excluding votes cast by residents of the village.  (2) Unless the proposed disincorporation is approved as provided in subsection (1), the proposed disincorporation pursuant to a plan adopted under section 23e of this chapter is disapproved by the electors and the village shall not be disincorporated pursuant to the plan. History: Add. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
MI Comp L § 74.23i (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages|Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)|3-1895-XIV - Chapter XIV Miscellaneous. (74.1...74.25)|Section 74.23i - Filing New Petition; Limitation.

74.23i Filing new petition; limitation. Sec. 23i.  A new petition shall not be filed under section 18a of this chapter less than 2 years after the election if the disincorporation is disapproved by the electors at an election held pursuant to section 18a or 23g of this chapter. History: Add. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
MI Comp L § 74.24 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages|Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)|3-1895-XIV - Chapter XIV Miscellaneous. (74.1...74.25)|Section 74.24 - Modification of Act.

74.24 Modification of act. Sec. 24.  A village incorporated under this act may locally modify this act by complying with the provisions governing the amendment of a charter under the home rule village act, 1909 PA 278, MCL 78.1 to 78.28. History: Add. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
MI Comp L § 74.25 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages|Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)|3-1895-XIV - Chapter XIV Miscellaneous. (74.1...74.25)|Section 74.25 - Short Title.

74.25 Short title. Sec. 25.  This act shall be known and may be cited as "the general law village act". History: Add. 1994, Act 87, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
MI Comp L § 75.1-75.12 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages|Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)|3-1895-XV - Chapter XV Elections for Borrowing Money and Issuing Bonds; Issuance of Bonds and Levy of a Tax to Pay Principal and Interest Thereof. (75.1...75.12)|Section 75.1-75.12 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.

75.1-75.12 Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
MI Comp L § 81.1 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.1 - Fourth Class Cities.

81.1 Fourth class cities. Sec. 1.  That all cities within the state of Michigan heretofore incorporated and made subject to the provisions of this act or which shall hereafter be incorporated under the provisions of this act, and containing a population not exceeding 10,000 according to the last preceding federal or state census, shall be cities of the fourth class. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2956 ;-- CL 1915, 2872 ;-- CL 1929, 1796 ;-- CL 1948, 81.1
MI Comp L § 81.1a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.1a - Short Title; Definitions.

81.1a Short title; definitions. Sec. 1a.  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as "the fourth class city act".  (2) As used in this act:  (a) "Civil infraction", except as used in section 2 of chapter IX, means that term as defined in section 113 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.113 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (b) "Civil infraction action" and "municipal civil infraction" mean those terms as defined in section 113 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961. History: Add. 1945, Act 25, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 81.1a ;-- Am. 1994, Act 19, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 83, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
MI Comp L § 81.1b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.1b - Fourth Class Cities; Construction of Act; Validation of Amendments and Acts.

81.1b Fourth class cities; construction of act; validation of amendments and acts. Sec. 1b.  No provision of this act shall apply or be construed as having heretofore applied to any city incorporated or reincorporated under Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 117.1 to 117.38 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, unless specifically adopted by the electors as a part of its city charter. The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be in the nature of charter provisions for any city incorporated thereunder or subject thereto and any such provision may be altered or removed by amendment adopted by the electors as provided in Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, provided that the effect of the amendment is such as might legally be accomplished by charter provision in the case of a city operating under said Act No. 279. All such amendments heretofore so adopted by any city incorporated under or subject to this act, and all actions heretofore taken and all bonds heretofore issued under or in accordance with such amendments, are hereby validated to the same extent as if the foregoing provision had been in effect when such amendments were adopted. History: Add. 1962, Act 161, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1962
MI Comp L § 81.1c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.1c - Incorporated City as Home Rule City; Charter.

81.1c Incorporated city as home rule city; charter. Sec. 1c.  Effective January 1, 1980, a city incorporated under this act shall be deemed a home rule city as provided by Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 117.1 to 117.38 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Until a charter is adopted pursuant to Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, this act shall be deemed to be the charter of the city. History: Add. 1976, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1976
MI Comp L § 81.1d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.1d - Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities.

81.1d Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities. Sec. 1d.  Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an emergency financial manager has been appointed under the local government fiscal responsibility act, Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1988, being sections 141.1101 to 141.1118 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, with respect to a city governed by this act, then that emergency financial manager may exercise the authority and responsibilities provided in this act to the extent authorized by Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1988. History: Add. 1988, Act 191, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1988
MI Comp L § 81.2 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.2 - Incorporation.

81.2 Incorporation. Sec. 2.  Any incorporated village containing a population of not less than 3,000 nor more than 10,000 as shown by the last preceding federal or state census may be incorporated as a city of the fourth class, as hereinafter provided. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2957 ;-- CL 1915, 2873 ;-- CL 1929, 1797 ;-- CL 1948, 81.2
MI Comp L § 81.3 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.3 - Incorporation; Petition; Resolution of Village Council; Referendum.

81.3 Incorporation; petition; resolution of village council; referendum. Sec. 3.  Any 100 or more registered electors residing within a village may present to the village council a petition setting forth the population of the village as shown by the census, and asking that the village be incorporated as a city of the fourth class. If the village council is satisfied that the village contains the population required in section 2 of this chapter, the village council shall by resolution to be entered upon the record of their proceedings, reciting the presentation of the petition and the object of the petition, and that the village contains the requisite population, submit the question as to whether the village shall be incorporated as a city of the fourth class to a vote of the electors of the village at the next annual village election. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2958 ;-- CL 1915, 2874 ;-- CL 1929, 1798 ;-- CL 1948, 81.3 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 149, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
MI Comp L § 81.4 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.4 - Election; Notices, Contents.

81.4 Election; notices, contents. Sec. 4.  At least 30 days before the time of holding any election at which the question mentioned in the preceding section shall be submitted to a vote of the electors, the clerk of the village shall give public notice of the time and place of holding such election; and that the question whether the village shall be incorporated as a city of the fourth class under the provisions of this act, will be submitted to vote at the election. Such notice shall be given by posting written or printed copies thereof in 10 of the most public places in the village, and by publishing the same in 1 or more newspapers published in the village, the same length of time before such election. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2959 ;-- CL 1915, 2875 ;-- CL 1929, 1799 ;-- CL 1948, 81.4
MI Comp L § 81.5 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.5 - Election; Qualified Voters; Form of Submission, Canvass; Return.

81.5 Election; qualified voters; form of submission, canvass; return. Sec. 5.  At such election all persons having the qualifications of electors at the annual village elections may vote upon the question of such incorporation, and it shall be the duty of the council to cause to be printed at the foot of the official village ballot, to be used at such election, the question of incorporation proposed to be voted upon, in accordance with the general election laws of the state as follows:  For city incorporation. Yes. [ ]  For city incorporation. No. [ ]  The inspectors of election shall canvass such votes within the same time and in the same manner as provided for canvassing the votes for village officers, and they shall make return thereof to the village clerk within the time and in the manner provided for making returns of village elections; and the council shall determine the result of the election upon the proposition voted upon the same as upon the election of village officers. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2960 ;-- CL 1915, 2876 ;-- CL 1929, 1800 ;-- CL 1948, 81.5
MI Comp L § 81.6 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.6 - Election; Authorizing Vote; Resolution of Council, Contents; Records.

81.6 Election; authorizing vote; resolution of council, contents; records. Sec. 6.  After the council shall have determined the result of the election upon the proposition voted upon, as provided in the preceding section, if it shall appear to the council that a majority of all the votes legally given at such election upon the question of such incorporation, were given for the incorporation, the council shall, by a resolution to be entered in the record of their proceedings, recite that at said election, stating the date thereof, the question as to whether said village should be incorporated as a city of the fourth class under the provisions of this act, was submitted to a vote of the electors of the village, and that a majority of those voting upon the question, voted for city incorporation; and shall, in the same resolution declare that, in accordance with said vote, the said village shall be and is incorporated as a city of the fourth class by the name of "The city of ..................... ". (Stating the name by which the city is to be known). History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2961 ;-- CL 1915, 2877 ;-- CL 1929, 1801 ;-- CL 1948, 81.6
MI Comp L § 81.7 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.7 - Election Results; Adoption, Recording; Declaration of Incorporation, Filing.

81.7 Election results; adoption, recording; declaration of incorporation, filing. Sec. 7.  Immediately upon the adoption of the resolution mentioned in the last preceding section, the clerk of the village shall record the same in the record of the proceedings of the council and shall make a copy of so much of the record of the proceedings of the meeting at which the same was adopted, as may be necessary to show the time and place of holding such meeting, and the names of the members of the council who were present, and the passage of said resolution including a true copy thereof. To said copy the clerk and the president of the village shall annex their certificate, under the corporate seal of the village, showing the same to be a true copy of said record; which said certified copy of the record and resolution aforesaid shall be designated as a "declaration of incorporation", and shall be transmitted to, and be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, and a like certified copy or declaration of incorporation shall be filed and recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, in the office of the county clerk of the county in which said village is located. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2962 ;-- CL 1915, 2878 ;-- CL 1929, 1802 ;-- CL 1948, 81.7
MI Comp L § 81.8 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.8 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Evidence.

81.8 Village deemed fourth class city; evidence. Sec. 8.  When the declaration of incorporation mentioned in the last preceding section shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, as therein directed, the said village shall be deemed in law to be, and shall be, a city of the fourth class duly incorporated under and subject to the provisions of this act, by the name expressed in said declaration of incorporation; and the declaration of incorporation filed in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the county clerk aforesaid, or the records thereof, or certified copies of such records shall be prima facie evidence of the due and legal incorporation of such village as a city of the fourth class under the provisions of this act. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2963 ;-- CL 1915, 2879 ;-- CL 1929, 1803 ;-- CL 1948, 81.8
MI Comp L § 81.9 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.9 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Officers in Power.

81.9 Village deemed fourth class city; officers in power. Sec. 9.  After the incorporation of the village as a city as aforesaid, the government and affairs of the old or village corporation shall continue and proceed as before, and all village officers shall remain in office and exercise their powers and duties as village officers, except as herein otherwise provided, until the city officers and members of the council first elected under the new corporation shall enter upon the duties of their offices. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2964 ;-- CL 1915, 2880 ;-- CL 1929, 1804 ;-- CL 1948, 81.9
MI Comp L § 81.10 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.10 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Division Into Wards.

81.10 Village deemed fourth class city; division into wards. Sec. 10.  Immediately upon filing the declaration of incorporation mentioned in section 7, in the office of the secretary of state, as in that section directed, the council shall proceed to divide the newly incorporated city into wards. If such city contains a population of less than 5,000 persons, they shall divide it into 3 wards; if it contains a population of 5,000 and upwards, it may be divided into 4 wards; and a greater number of wards may be established upon the basis of population as provided in section 2, chapter 3 of this act. The division shall be so made as to make the territory and population of the wards as nearly equal as may be. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2965 ;-- CL 1915, 2881 ;-- CL 1929, 1805 ;-- CL 1948, 81.10 Compiler's Notes: For provisions of section 2 of chapter 3, referred to in this section, see MCL 83.2.
MI Comp L § 81.11 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities|Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)|215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)|Section 81.11 - First Election of New City; Time, Procedure.

81.11 First election of new city; time, procedure. Sec. 11.  The first election in and for the new corporation shall be held on the first Monday in April next after the filing of the declaration of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state: Provided, There shall be sufficient time after the division of the city into wards, to make a registration of the electors, and to give the notice of election hereinafter required; and if there shall not be sufficient time for that purpose, then such first election shall be held on the first Monday of April next thereafter; or the council may appoint a day for the holding of a special election, upon giving like notice as hereinafter required for the holding of such elections. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2966 ;-- CL 1915, 2882 ;-- CL 1929, 1806 ;-- CL 1948, 81.11