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MI Comp L § 42.10a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.10a - Township Manager; Employment; Service; Duties.

42.10a Township manager; employment; service; duties. Sec. 10a.  If a township has not appointed a township superintendent under section 10, the township board may employ a township manager who shall serve at the pleasure of the township board and perform such duties lawfully delegated to the manager by the township board. The duties may include those that are delegated by law to another township official if written consent has been granted by that official. History: Add. 2003, Act 205, Imd. Eff. Nov. 26, 2003
MI Comp L § 42.11 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.11 - Township Superintendent; Tenure; Qualifications; Residency Requirements; Waiver.

42.11 Township superintendent; tenure; qualifications; residency requirements; waiver. Sec. 11.  (1) The township superintendent shall hold office at the pleasure of the township board and shall be selected by the township board on the basis of training and ability alone, without regard to his or her political or religious preference.  (2) An individual who is not a resident of the township at the time of his or her appointment as township superintendent shall become a resident of the township within 90 days after his or her appointment and shall so remain throughout his or her tenure of office. An individual who is a resident of the township at the time of his or her appointment as township superintendent shall remain a resident of the township throughout his or her tenure of office. The requirements of this subsection may be waived by a resolution adopted by a vote of 2/3 of the members of the township board elected or appointed. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.11 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 342, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1990
MI Comp L § 42.11a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.11a - Township Assessors; Appointment, Powers and Duties, Compensation.

42.11a Township assessors; appointment, powers and duties, compensation. Sec. 11a.  In any charter township, in addition to the supervisor, the charter township board may provide for the appointment of assessors, not exceeding 2, for such charter township. Such assessors, when appointed, shall be clothed with all the powers and duties of supervisors in the assessment of property for taxation within such township and shall receive for their services such compensation as may be allowed by the charter township board. Whenever assessors shall be appointed, as in this act provided, the supervisor shall be the chief assessing officer and such assessors shall in all cases be subordinate to such supervisor. Upon completion of the assessment and the making of the rolls, such rolls shall be deposited with the supervisor. History: Add. 1962, Act 145, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
MI Comp L § 42.12 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.12 - Township Police Force; Establishment; Township Marshal, Appointment; Rules; Policemen, Powers and Duties.

42.12 Township police force; establishment; township marshal, appointment; rules; policemen, powers and duties. Sec. 12.  The township board in each charter township may provide for and establish a police force and authorize the supervisor, or the township superintendent if one has been appointed, to appoint, subject to the approval of the said board, a township marshal and such other policemen and watchmen as may be required to protect property and preserve the public welfare and safety in that portion of the township not included within the corporate limits of any village or villages located wholly or in part within the township. No police officer of any such village shall be ineligible for appointment as a member of the township police force, except that no village police officer shall serve as township marshal. The township board shall make all necessary rules for the government of the township police force and its members and shall prescribe the powers and duties of policemen and watchmen, and may invest them with such authority as may be necessary for the preservation of quiet and order and the protection of persons and property within that part of the township not located within the corporate limits of any village. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.12
MI Comp L § 42.13 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.13 - Township Fire Department; Establishment; Township Fire Chief, Appointment; Rules and Regulations; Refusal to Aid at Fire, Penalty.

42.13 Township fire department; establishment; township fire chief, appointment; rules and regulations; refusal to aid at fire, penalty. Sec. 13.  The township board in each charter township shall have power to provide for and establish and maintain a fire department and authorize the supervisor, or the township superintendent if one has been appointed, to appoint, subject to the approval of the said board, a township fire chief and such other firemen as may be required to protect persons and property from the hazards of fire in that part of the township located outside the corporate limits of villages. The township board shall make and establish rules and regulations for the government of the department, the employes, firemen, and officers thereof; and for the care and management of the buildings, engines, apparatus, and equipment pertaining thereto. The township fire chief, or any officer acting as such, may command and require any person present at a fire to aid in the extinguishment thereof, and to assist in the protection of property thereat. If any person shall wilfully disobey any such requirement or other lawful order of any such officer, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.13
MI Comp L § 42.13a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.13a - Free Public Library; Establishment or Reestablishment and Maintenance; Conditions; Ordinance; Resolution; Board of Directors; Appointment of Library Advisory Committee; Rules and Regulations; State Aid.

42.13a Free public library; establishment or reestablishment and maintenance; conditions; ordinance; resolution; board of directors; appointment of library advisory committee; rules and regulations; state aid.Sec. 13a.  (1) The township board of a charter township may do either of the following:  (a) Establish and maintain a free public library if the charter township is in a county with a population of more than 750,000 but less than 2,000,000 and has not been located within the service area of an established free public library for the previous 3 years.   (b) Reestablish and maintain under this act a free public library established as a township library under a repealed act that served the charter township.  (2) The board shall establish or reestablish a free public library under subsection (1) by adopting an ordinance or passing a resolution as provided by law. The board shall file a copy of the ordinance or resolution with the department of education within 10 days after adoption or passage.  (3) The township board shall serve as board of directors for the library with final authority over all library matters. The township board shall appoint a library advisory committee consisting of 7 members holding staggered 3-year terms to advise the township board with regard to development, operation, and maintenance of the library. The township board may fill vacancies on the library advisory committee and may remove a member with or without cause.  (4) The township board shall establish the rules and regulations for the operation of the library, appoint a library director and authorize the hiring of qualified assistants, establish a separate and dedicated library fund, and pass any necessary ordinances governing the operations of the library.  (5) A free public library established or reestablished and operated under this section is a public library for the purposes of the state aid to public libraries act, 1977 PA 89, MCL 397.551 to 397.576. History: Add. 2006, Act 596, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 191, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2012 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 24, Imd. Eff. June 18, 2019
MI Comp L § 42.14 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.14 - Charter Township; Power to Acquire Property; Approval of Electors.

42.14 Charter township; power to acquire property; approval of electors. Sec. 14.  Each charter township shall have power to acquire property for public purposes by purchase, gift, condemnation, lease, construction, or otherwise, and to maintain and operate public buildings, parks, and facilities needed in the performance of the powers and functions, expressed and implied, granted, possessed, and required of them by this act, or any other statute of the state of Michigan relating to townships and may sell and convey or lease any such property or part thereof which is not needed for public purposes: Provided, That no taxes shall be levied to acquire any such property, public building, park, or facility, unless such levy shall be approved by a majority of the electors of the township voting thereon at any regular or special township election. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.14 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 42.15 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.15 - Ordinances to Provide for Peace, Health, and Safety; Licenses, Granting, Fees, Bonds.

42.15 Ordinances to provide for peace, health, and safety; licenses, granting, fees, bonds.Sec. 15.  (1) The township board of any charter township may enact ordinances considered necessary to provide for the public peace and health and for the safety of persons and property in the charter township, and may, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), by ordinance prescribe the terms and conditions upon which licenses may be granted, suspended, or revoked. The charter township board may in those ordinances require and exact payment of reasonable amounts for any licenses considered proper. A person receiving a license shall, before the license is issued, execute a bond to the charter township if required by any ordinance in an amount and with those securities as prescribed by the ordinance, conditioned for the faithful observance of this act and the ordinance under which the license is granted.  (2) This section is subject to the local government occupational licensing act. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.15 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 497, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 497 of 2018 provides:"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act is retroactive and takes effect January 1, 2018."
MI Comp L § 42.16 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.16 - Streets, Alleys, Bridges and Public Places; Regulation of Use; Record of Ordinances, Filing.

42.16 Streets, alleys, bridges and public places; regulation of use; record of ordinances, filing. Sec. 16.  Except insofar as limited by state law and the provisions of this act, the township board shall have power to establish and vacate and use, and to control and regulate the use of the streets, alleys, bridges, and public places of the township and the space above and beneath them, such regulation of its streets, alleys, bridges, and public places shall be deemed a matter of local concern. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal or nullify the provisions of Act No. 221 of the Public Acts of 1937. Any ordinance concerning the operation of motor vehicles on any road, street or highway shall not become effective until 30 days after approval by the commissioner of the Michigan state police. A record of all ordinances so approved by the commissioner shall be kept on file in his office. Such power shall include, but not be limited to, the proper policing and supervision thereof; to the licensing and regulation, or the prohibition of the placing of signs, awnings, awning posts, and other things which are of such nature as to impede or make dangerous the use of sidewalks or streets, upon or over the sidewalks or streets of the township; and the licensing and regulation of the construction and use of openings in the sidewalks or streets, and of all vaults, structures, and excavations under the same. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.16 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 Compiler's Notes: For provisions of Act 221 of 1937, referred to in this section, see MCL 750.497 and 750.498.
MI Comp L § 42.17 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.17 - Construction of Buildings; Powers and Liabilities of Charter Townships as to Public Health and Safety.

42.17 Construction of buildings; powers and liabilities of charter townships as to public health and safety. Sec. 17.  Charter townships shall have and possess and may exercise the same powers and shall be subject to the same liabilities as are possessed by cities to regulate the construction of buildings for the preservation of public health and safety, to regulate the conduct of business, and to provide for the public peace and health and for the safety of persons and property. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.17
MI Comp L § 42.18 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.18 - Joint Action With Other Governmental Unit or Agency.

42.18 Joint action with other governmental unit or agency. Sec. 18.  Each charter township may join with any governmental unit or agency, or with any number or combination thereof, by contract or otherwise as may be permitted by law, to perform jointly, or by one or more, for or on behalf of the other or others, any power or duty which is permitted to be so performed by law or which is possessed or imposed upon each such governmental unit or agency. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.18
MI Comp L § 42.19 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.19 - Ordinances, Resolutions, Rules and Regulations of Former Township; Continuation.

42.19 Ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of former township; continuation. Sec. 19.  All ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations of a charter township which were in effect at the time such township became a charter township and which are not inconsistent with the laws of the state applicable to charter townships shall continue in full force as the ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations of the charter township until repealed or amended by action of the proper authorities. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.19 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
MI Comp L § 42.20 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.20 - Legislation to Be Ordinance or Resolution; Form, Passage, Amendment, Recording, Authentication, and Compilation of Ordinances.

42.20 Legislation to be ordinance or resolution; form, passage, amendment, recording, authentication, and compilation of ordinances. Sec. 20.  (1) Legislation of a charter township shall be by ordinance or by resolution. A resolution shall be limited to matters required or permitted to be done by resolution by this act or by state or federal law and to matters pertaining to the internal affairs or concerns of the township government. Any other act of the township board, and any act imposing a sanction for the violation of the act, shall be by ordinance. “Resolution” means the official action of the township board in the form of a motion.  (2) Each ordinance shall be identified by a number and a short title. Each proposed ordinance shall be introduced in written or printed form. The style of an ordinance shall be, “The charter township of .................... ordains:”. Except in the case of an ordinance that is declared to be an emergency ordinance, an ordinance shall not be finally passed by the township board at the same meeting at which it is introduced, or before it is published in the form in which it is introduced. An ordinance shall not be revised, altered, or amended by reference to its title only, but the section or sections of the ordinance revised, altered, or amended shall be re-enacted and published at length. When enacted, an ordinance shall be immediately recorded by the township clerk in a book to be called “The ordinance book”. The supervisor and township clerk shall authenticate the record by their official signatures on the record. The ordinances of each charter township shall be compiled and published in loose leaf or booklet form not less than once in every 10-year period. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.20 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 13, Eff. May 1, 1994
MI Comp L § 42.21a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.21a - Police Officers; Right to Pursue, Arrest, and Detain Person Outside of Charter Township Limits.

42.21a Police officers; right to pursue, arrest, and detain person outside of charter township limits. Sec. 21a.  If a person has committed a civil infraction violation under the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, within a charter township, or has committed or is suspected of having committed any crime within a charter township, or has escaped from any prison or jail in the charter township, the police officers of that charter township shall have the same right to pursue, arrest, and detain the person outside of the charter township limits as does the sheriff of the county. History: Add. 1983, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1983
MI Comp L § 42.21b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.21b - Police Officer or Constable; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant.

42.21b Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant. Sec. 21b.  A police officer of a charter township or, if authorized by the township board, a constable of a charter township has the same authority within the charter township as a deputy sheriff to execute a bench warrant for arrest issued by a court of record or a municipal court. History: Add. 1992, Act 45, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1992
MI Comp L § 42.21c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.21c - Regulation of Recreational Trailway; Posting of Ordinance; Violation as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty.

42.21c Regulation of recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; violation as municipal civil infraction; penalty. Sec. 21c.  (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway.  (2) The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by an ordinance is a municipal civil infraction, whether or not so designated by the ordinance. A civil fine ordered for a municipal civil infraction described in this subsection shall not exceed the maximum amount of a fine provided by the ordinance or $500.00, whichever is less. An act or omission described in this subsection is not a municipal civil infraction if that act or omission constitutes a violation or crime that section 21 prohibits an ordinance from designating as a municipal civil infraction. History: Add. 1994, Act 82, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
MI Comp L § 42.22 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.22 - Ordinance; Publication; Effective Date; Publication of Summary or True Copy; Catch Lines Required; Drafting of Summary.

42.22 Ordinance; publication; effective date; publication of summary or true copy; catch lines required; drafting of summary. Sec. 22.  An ordinance passed by a township board shall be published at least once. An ordinance is effective immediately upon its publication, unless a date upon which the ordinance shall become effective, which is subsequent to the date of the publication of the ordinance, is specifically provided in the ordinance. The publication of a summary or a true copy of an ordinance after final passage, as a part of the published proceedings of the township board, shall constitute publication of the ordinance. If a summary of an ordinance is published, the township shall include in the publication the designation of a location in the township where a true copy of the ordinance can be inspected or obtained. Each section of an ordinance or a summary of an ordinance shall be preceded by a catch line. A summary of an ordinance may be drafted by the same person, corporation, partnership, firm, association, or other legal entity who drafted the ordinance or by the township board or township zoning board and shall be written in clear and nontechnical language. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.22 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 345, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
MI Comp L § 42.23 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.23 - State Law or Standard Code; Adoption as Township Ordinance by Citation; Publication, Distribution, Charge.

42.23 State law or standard code; adoption as township ordinance by citation; publication, distribution, charge. Sec. 23.  The township board may adopt any provision of state law or any detailed technical regulations as a township ordinance or code by citation of such provision of state law or by reference to any recognized standard code, official or unofficial: Provided, That any such provision of state law or recognized official or unofficial standard code shall be clearly identified in the ordinance adopting the same as an ordinance of the township. Where any recognized official or unofficial standard code is so adopted, it may be published by providing to the public not less than 50 copies in book or booklet form, available for public distribution at a reasonable charge, and any amendment to or revision of such adopted code or detailed technical ordinance may be published in the same manner. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.23 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949