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MI Comp L § 46.16a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16a - Definitions.

46.16a Definitions. Sec. 16a.  As used in this act:  (a) "Consolidated township" means a general law or charter township formed by the consolidation of 2 or more townships as prescribed by sections 16b to 16j.  (b) "Coordinating committee" means the committee designated and elected as provided in section 16d in connection with a township consolidation. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16b - Proceedings for Consolidation of 2 or More Townships; Petition; Rejection; Return of Petition; Submission of Proposition to Vote of Electors; Date for Election.

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. Sec. 16b.  (1) Proceedings for consolidation of 2 or more townships within the same county may be initiated by filing a petition with the county board of commissioners signed by a number of registered electors who are residents of the area to be consolidated equal to at least 5% of the total population of each of the affected townships. A petition under this section shall name the townships proposed to be consolidated, state the name of the consolidated township, designate the maximum initial authorized millage levy if the proposed consolidated township is to be incorporated as a charter township, and request that the county board of commissioners initiate proceedings necessary for consolidation under this act.  (2) The county board of commissioners shall reject a petition for consolidation under this section if a proposition to consolidate the identical townships has been voted on within the 2 years immediately preceding the filing of the petition. This subsection does not prevent the consolidation of 2 or more townships that were included in a proposed consolidation voted on in the preceding 2 years, with or without additional territory, if the prior proposition included 1 or more townships that are not included in the later proposition.  (3) If the county board of commissioners finds that a petition does not conform to this act, the county board shall return the petition to the person from whom it was received together with a certified copy of the county board's resolution rejecting the petition. If the county board of commissioners finds that the petition is proper, the county board shall submit the proposition to a vote of the electors of the affected townships and shall specify a date for the election. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16c - 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.

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. Sec. 16c.  (1) The county clerk shall notify the clerk of each township affected by a consolidation petitioned for under section 16b of the date for the election and the question to be submitted. The date for the election on the issue of consolidation shall be set on or before May 1 in the year of a general November election. Each township clerk shall arrange for an election on the question of the proposed consolidation.  (2) The ballot to be used in an election for consolidation shall be substantially in the following form:  "For consolidation of the townships of __________ and __________ (naming each township) as the (charter) township of __________" (insert one of the following) (for a charter township) "that will be a municipal corporation subject to Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 42.1 to 42.34 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, which act will constitute the charter of the municipal corporation, and that will have an authorized millage rate of _______.  [ ] Yes  [ ] No"  or  (For a general law township with extra voted millage) "with extra voted millage of _______ mills for _______ years.  [ ] Yes  [ ] No"  (3) A township proposed for consolidation shall bear its own election expenses. The county board of canvassers shall canvass an election held under this section and shall return the results to the county board of commissioners.  (4) If a majority of the electors voting on the question in each township counted separately approve the consolidation, the county board of commissioners shall approve the consolidation by resolution. An approved consolidation is effective at 12 p.m. on November 20 following the election.  (5) In the resolution approving the consolidation, the county board of commissioners shall call an election of the township board for the consolidated township at the next August primary and November general elections, which elections replace the elections of the boards of the townships that are consolidated. The consolidated township board is composed of a supervisor, clerk, treasurer, and 2 or 4 trustees, as provided by law.  (6) If the consolidation is not approved by the electors in each township, the proceedings on the consolidation petition terminate. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16d - Coordinating Committee; Duty; Composition; Election of Members; Eligibility.

46.16d Coordinating committee; duty; composition; election of members; eligibility. Sec. 16d.  (1) A coordinating committee shall assist in the planning and implementation of a consolidation under sections 16b and 16c. The coordinating committee is composed of the supervisor, clerk, and treasurer of each affected township and a number of residents of each affected township as specified and elected under this section. If 2 townships are being consolidated, the township with the larger population may elect not more than 2 residents to the coordinating committee, and the township with the smaller population may elect not more than 1 resident. If 3 or more townships are being consolidated, each township with a larger population may elect not more than 2 residents to the coordinating committee, and the township with the smallest population may elect not more than 1 resident.  (2) In an order submitting a proposed consolidation to the electors of the affected townships, the county board of commissioners shall order an election to be held at the same time for the resident members of the coordinating committee. If the proposed consolidation is not approved, the election of members to the coordinating committee is void.  (3) A resident member of a coordinating committee shall be a registered elector of the township that the member represents. An elected or appointed township officer or employee is not eligible to be a resident member of a coordinating committee. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16e (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16e - Coordinating Committee; Duties Generally.

46.16e Coordinating committee; duties generally. Sec. 16e.  If a consolidation proposed under sections 16b and 16c is approved, the coordinating committee shall do all of the following:  (a) Prepare and adopt an interim budget for the consolidated township for the period commencing at the time the consolidation is effective and, if the consolidated township is a charter township, ending December 31 of the following calendar year, or, if the consolidated township is a general law township, ending March 31 or June 30 of the following calendar year, as determined by the coordinating committee.  (b) Before July 1 of the year of the election, establish salaries for the officers of the consolidated township for the period from the time the consolidation is effective until the beginning of the first fiscal year that begins after 12 months after the effective date of the consolidation.  (c) Recommend individuals for appointment by the consolidated township board to positions on the boards and commissions of the consolidated township.  (d) Study and make recommendations concerning the coordination, consolidation, repeal, and reenactment of the ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations of the former townships for the consolidated township. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16f (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16f - Ordinance, Resolution, Rule, or Regulation of Affected Township.

46.16f Ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of affected township. Sec. 16f.  An ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of an affected township in effect at the time a consolidation under sections 16b and 16c is effective continues in full force as an ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of the territory that comprised the former township to which it applied until it is repealed or amended by the consolidated township board. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16g (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16g - Succession of Consolidated Township to Property, Money, Rights, Credits, and Records, Files, Books, and Papers; Rights, Liabilities, Suits, or Prosecutions; Tax or Assessment.

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. Sec. 16g.  A township consolidated as provided in sections 16b and 16c succeeds to the real and personal property, money, rights, credits, and records, files, books, and papers belonging to each affected township as it formerly existed. A right or liability of a former township that exists, or a suit or prosecution of a former township that commenced before and continues, at the time the consolidation is effective is not in any manner affected by the consolidation, but continues, stands, or progresses as if the consolidation had not taken place. A tax or assessment levied and uncollected at the time the consolidation is effective stands until discharged or collected as if the consolidation had not taken place. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16h (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16h - Bonded Indebtedness and Pledge of Full Faith and Credit or Limited Full Faith and Credit; Special Assessment District; Millage Levy.

46.16h Bonded indebtedness and pledge of full faith and credit or limited full faith and credit; special assessment district; millage levy. Sec. 16h.  (1) Bonded indebtedness and a pledge of full faith and credit or limited full faith and credit by a former township consolidated as provided in sections 16b and 16c continue as obligations of the consolidated township and of the taxable territory of the former township that contracted the indebtedness or made the pledge. A special assessment district of a former township continues in full force and effect as a special assessment district of the consolidated township.  (2) The millage levy for a township consolidated as provided in sections 16b and 16c may be billed and becomes a lien on December 1 following the effective date of the consolidation. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.16i (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.16i - Charter Township; Charter; Continuation of Incorporated Village.

46.16i Charter township; charter; continuation of incorporated village. Sec. 16i.  (1) If a consolidated township is a charter township, the election under section 16c shall be considered the election required under section 2 of Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being section 42.2 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 42.1 to 42.34 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is the charter of that charter township.  (2) If an incorporated village is located within the boundaries of a township that becomes part of a consolidated township, the village continues to be an incorporated village within the boundaries of the consolidated township. History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
MI Comp L § 46.17 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.17 - County Seat; Removal; Relocation.

46.17 County seat; removal; relocation. Sec. 17.  The county seat may be relocated to a new location if the removal and new location are approved by a 2/3 vote of the elected county board of commissioners and by the majority of the qualified electors within the county. The election required under this section shall be conducted under the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 351 ;-- CL 1871, 483 ;-- How. 489 ;-- CL 1897, 2490 ;-- CL 1915, 2280 ;-- CL 1929, 1139 ;-- CL 1948, 46.17 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2004
MI Comp L § 46.18, 46.19 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.18, 46.19 - Repealed. 2004, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2004.

46.18, 46.19 Repealed. 2004, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2004. Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to removal of county seat.
MI Comp L § 46.20 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.20 - Money Raising; Referendum, Notice, Ballots.

46.20 Money raising; referendum, notice, ballots. Sec. 20.  Whenever it shall become necessary, under the provisions of this act, to submit to a vote of the electors of any county, the question of raising any sum of money by loan or by tax, the said board, after having determined the sum necessary to be raised, whether the same shall be made by loan or by tax, shall proceed to give the notice of such determination, and of the time when the question will be submitted to the electors of such county in the several townships, which notice shall be for the same length of time and posted in the same manner as required by the eighteenth section of this act; and the votes shall be taken, canvassed, certified and returned, in the same manner as required by the nineteenth section of this act, except that those voting for such tax or loan shall have written or printed on their ballots the words "for the tax," or "for the loan," as the case may be; and those voting against the tax or loan, shall have written or printed on their ballots, the words "against the tax," or "against the loan," as the case may be. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 354 ;-- CL 1871, 486 ;-- How. 492 ;-- CL 1897, 2493 ;-- CL 1915, 2283 ;-- CL 1929, 1142 ;-- CL 1948, 46.20
MI Comp L § 46.21 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.21 - Construction of Bridges Over or Across Navigable Streams; Removal of Obstructions; Enforcement.

46.21 Construction of bridges over or across navigable streams; removal of obstructions; enforcement. Sec. 21.  A county board of commissioners may permit or prohibit within that county the construction of any bridge over or across any navigable stream. They shall also have power to provide for the removal of any obstruction arising from the erection of booms or the collecting of logs or rafts in such streams, by any individual; and to direct the time in which, and places where, persons having logs, rafts and boats in such streams shall be allowed to remain, and when the logs, rafts, and boats shall be removed. A county board of commissioners may impose any penalties as they consider necessary to enforce regulations issued under this section, and may authorize the sheriffs or their deputies to carry into effect the regulations made under this act. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- Am. 1851, Act 165, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 355 ;-- CL 1871, 487 ;-- How. 493 ;-- CL 1897, 2494 ;-- CL 1915, 2284 ;-- CL 1929, 1143 ;-- CL 1948, 46.21 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 301, Eff. June 1, 1990
MI Comp L § 46.22 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.22 - Tax Levy and Remittance to Conservation District.

46.22 Tax levy and remittance to conservation district. Sec. 22.  (1) As provided in this section, a county may levy a tax and remit the proceeds of that tax to a conservation district.  (2) A county described in subsection (1), by resolution of the county board of commissioners, may place on the ballot at a regular or primary election in even numbered years the question to levy upon all taxable property in the county a tax of not more than 1 mill for not more than 20 years and to remit the proceeds of that tax to a conservation district established in that county. If a millage is approved under this subsection, the county shall remit the proceeds of that tax to the conservation district.  (3) If a conservation district is established in more than 1 county and the counties in which it is established approve different millage rates as provided in this section, the lowest millage rate approved shall be the millage rate levied in each county.  (4) As used in this section, "conservation district" means a conservation district created under part 93 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.9301 to 324.9313. History: Add. 1998, Act 462, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1999 Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 46.22, which pertained to construction of dams, was repealed by Act 301 of 1989, Eff. June 1, 1990.
MI Comp L § 46.23 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.23 - Construction of Bridges; Petition, Contents; Notice; Proceedings.

46.23 Construction of bridges; petition, contents; notice; proceedings. Sec. 23.  Whenever any person or persons, township officers or corporation, shall wish to construct any bridge across any stream at a point where the same is navigable for boats or vessels of 15 tons burden or more, they shall apply to the board of supervisors by petition, and shall give notice of the same in like manner, as near as may be, as provided in section 22 of this act; and the powers and the mode of proceeding of such board, shall be the same, as near as may be, as provided in the last named section. Every such petition shall set forth the kind and description of the bridge proposed to be constructed, and whether the same is to be constructed with a draw, or whether any and what provision is to be made for the passage of vessels or boats; and such board shall have the power to grant or refuse the prayer of such petition, upon such terms as they may deem just and reasonable, and to prescribe what description of bridge may be constructed, or to prohibit the construction of any bridge on the proposed location, as in their judgment the public interest shall require. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 357 ;-- CL 1871, 489 ;-- How. 495 ;-- CL 1897, 2496 ;-- CL 1915, 2286 ;-- CL 1929, 1145 ;-- CL 1948, 46.23
MI Comp L § 46.23a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.23a - Reconstruction, Renovation, or Replacement of Certain Bridges; Approval Exception.

46.23a Reconstruction, renovation, or replacement of certain bridges; approval exception.Sec. 23a.  Notwithstanding sections 21 and 23, if a county board of commissioners previously approved the construction of a bridge across a navigable stream in the county in compliance with section 23, then any reconstruction, renovation, or replacement of that bridge that continues to provide for the passage of vessels or boats in compliance with the original approval does not require any further approval by the county board of commissioners of that county. History: Add. 2020, Act 354, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
MI Comp L § 46.24 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.24 - Construction of Bridges Over Unnavigable Streams; Authority of Board of Supervisors.

46.24 Construction of bridges over unnavigable streams; authority of board of supervisors. Sec. 24.  Every such board of supervisors shall have power to make general rules and regulations as to the kind of bridges, and the mode of constructing the same over any such stream, as mentioned in section 21 of this act, when such stream shall not be navigable for boats or vessels of 15 tons burden, or to grant permission for building the same, without the notice or hearing above provided, in such manner as shall be judged proper with reference to the passage of boats, rafts and timber. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 360 ;-- CL 1871, 490 ;-- How. 496 ;-- CL 1897, 2497 ;-- CL 1915, 2287 ;-- CL 1929, 1146 ;-- CL 1948, 46.24
MI Comp L § 46.25 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners|Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32)|Section 46.25 - Construction, Alteration or Discontinuance of State or Territorial Roads; Authority of Board of Supervisors.

46.25 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of state or territorial roads; authority of board of supervisors. Sec. 25.  That the board of supervisors of the several counties within this state, are hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be laid out, established, altered, discontinued or opened all state and territorial roads heretofore or now laid out, or hereafter to be laid through or within their respective counties whenever they may deem it for the interest of the public. History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 359 ;-- CL 1871, 491 ;-- How. 497 ;-- CL 1897, 2498 ;-- CL 1915, 2288 ;-- CL 1929, 1147 ;-- CL 1948, 46.25