reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
MI Comp L § 41.812 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813)|Section 41.812 - Administrative Board; Appointment, Qualifications, and Terms of Members; Vacancy; Expenses; Continuation of Prior Administrative Board; Annual Budget; Powers and Functions; Section Supplemental.

41.812 Administrative board; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; expenses; continuation of prior administrative board; annual budget; powers and functions; section supplemental. Sec. 12.  (1) The township board may create a police administrative board, a fire administrative board, or a police and fire administrative board. The board shall consist of 5 members, who shall be appointed by the township board for terms of 6 years each. Of the members first appointed, 2 shall be appointed for terms expiring on June 30 of the even numbered year following the creation of the board, 2 shall be appointed for terms expiring on June 30 of the second year following the expiration of the terms of the first 2 members, and 1 member shall be appointed for a term expiring June 30 of the fourth year following the expiration of the terms of the first 2 members. If a vacancy occurs, the township board shall appoint a person to fill the unexpired term.  (2) A member of the board shall not be a member of the police or fire department of the township.  (3) The members of the board may be compensated a per diem as determined by the township board and are entitled to actual and necessary expenses approved by the township board incurred in the performance of official duties.   (4) A police administrative board, a fire administrative board, or a police and fire administrative board created under former 1951 PA 57 shall be continued under this act.  (5) An administrative board created under this section shall prepare an annual police department budget or fire department budget, or both, to be submitted to the township board. The budget shall be reviewed by the township board and may be amended or altered in any manner. Upon adoption by the township board, the budget shall be the budget of the administrative board for the ensuing fiscal year of the township.  (6) The administrative board created under this section shall have the powers and perform the functions that the township board delegates to the administrative board.  (7) This section is supplemental to the other laws of this state. History: Add. 1989, Act 81, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004
MI Comp L § 41.813 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813)|Section 41.813 - Traffic Officers; Employment; Compensation; Joint Meeting to Appoint Traffic Officer.

41.813 Traffic officers; employment; compensation; joint meeting to appoint traffic officer. Sec. 13.  By a majority vote of the township board at a regular or a special meeting called for that purpose, a township board may provide for the employment of 1 or more traffic officers in the township. The compensation of the officer or officers shall be paid from the general fund of the township. By a majority vote of all the township boards, 2 or more townships may appoint a traffic officer at a joint meeting of these township boards held for that purpose, and the proportion of the compensation of the traffic officer or officers to be paid by each of the townships shall be determined at this joint meeting. History: Add. 1989, Act 81, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 42.1 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.1 - Short Title; Charter Townships; Incorporation; Powers, Privileges, Immunities and Liabilities; Petition; Special Census; Expenses.

42.1 Short title; charter townships; incorporation; powers, privileges, immunities and liabilities; petition; special census; expenses. Sec. 1.  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as “the charter township act”.  (2) A township, having a population of 2,000 or more inhabitants according to the most recent regular or special federal or state census of the inhabitants of the township may incorporate as a charter township. The charter township shall be a municipal corporation, to be known and designated as the charter township of ............................, and shall be subject to this act, which is the charter of the charter township. The charter township, its inhabitants, and its officers shall have, except as otherwise provided in this act, all the powers, privileges, immunities, and liabilities possessed by a township, its inhabitants, and its officers by law and under chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being sections 41.1a to 41.110c of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (3) A special census of the inhabitants of a township desiring to incorporate under this act shall be taken by the secretary of state upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than 100 registered electors of the township. Within 5 days after receipt of the petition, the secretary of state shall appoint an enumerator or enumerators. An enumerator shall qualify for the office of enumerator, enumerate the inhabitants of the township, and make a return in the manner provided in section 6 of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 117.6 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The census, when accepted by the secretary of state, shall fix the population of any township so enumerated for the purposes of this act. All expenses incident to the census shall be paid for by the township. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.1 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 238, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 82, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
MI Comp L § 42.1a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.1a - Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities.

42.1a Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities. Sec. 1a.  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 township 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 193, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1988
MI Comp L § 42.1b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.1b - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited.

42.1b Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited.Sec. 1b.  Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a charter township shall not adopt an ordinance that includes any minimum staffing requirement for charter township employees. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any provision in an ordinance adopted on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section that contains a minimum staffing requirement for charter township employees is void and unenforceable. History: Add. 2011, Act 137, Imd. Eff. Sept. 13, 2011
MI Comp L § 42.2a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.2a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.

42.2a Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. Sec. 2a.  A petition under section 3, 3a, 4, 6a, or 34(5), including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. History: Add. 1998, Act 144, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
MI Comp L § 42.3 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.3 - Incorporation; Submission of Proposition to Electors, Time; Petitions, Verification of Signatures.

42.3 Incorporation; submission of proposition to electors, time; petitions, verification of signatures. Sec. 3.  The proposition to incorporate as a charter township shall be submitted at the next general or at a special election in the event that, on or before August 30, or, in the event of a special election, not less than 60 days, preceding such election, the township board shall vote to submit such proposition to the electors of the township, or in the event that there shall be filed with the township clerk on or before such date petitions requesting the submission of such proposition which have been signed by a number of electors of the township which shall not be less than 10% of the total vote cast for supervisor in the township at the last election in which a supervisor was elected. The township clerk shall check the signatures on such petitions with those of the electors signing such petitions as they appear on the registration cards of the township and, if such petitions bear the required number of signatures of electors of the township, shall do and perform all acts required for the submission of the proposition to become a charter township at the next general or special election. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.3 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 163, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
MI Comp L § 42.3a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.3a - Notice to Clerk of Township Not Incorporated as Charter Township; Resolution of Township Board; Notice of Right to Referendum; Petition; Signatures; Submitting Question of Incorporation at General or Special Election; Wording of Ballot.

42.3a Notice to clerk of township not incorporated as charter township; resolution of township board; notice of right to referendum; petition; signatures; submitting question of incorporation at general or special election; wording of ballot. Sec. 3a.  (1) Within 30 days after the effective date of this 1984 amendatory act and after each regular or special federal or state census, the secretary of state shall notify the clerk of a township which is not incorporated as a charter township pursuant to this act and which has a population of 2,000 or more inhabitants, excluding the population of any incorporated village, according to the most recently made regular or special federal or state census that the township may be incorporated as the charter township of ............ under this act.  (2) After notification is received by the clerk, the township board may:  (a) Adopt, by a majority vote, a resolution opposed to incorporation.  (b) Adopt, by a majority vote, a resolution of intent to approve incorporation and if a petition of disagreement to the intent resolution relative to the incorporation is filed within 60 days before final passage of the resolution, the electors of the township have the right to a referendum on the incorporation question.  (c) Adopt, by a majority vote, a resolution to place before the electorate the question of incorporation at the next regular or special election.  (3) The clerk shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the township a notice of the right to referendum within 15 days after receipt of notification from the secretary of state. A second notice shall be published 7 days after the first notice.  (4) The petition under subsection (2)(b) shall be signed by not less than 10% of the number of electors of the township voting for township supervisor at the last election in which a supervisor was elected. The township clerk shall check the signatures on the petitions with those of the electors signing the petitions as they appear on the registration cards of the township. If petitions bearing the required number of signatures of electors have been filed, the clerk shall do and perform all acts required for the submission of the question of incorporation at the next general or special election. The wording of the ballot shall be in accordance with section 2. History: Add. 1976, Act 90, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 361, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
MI Comp L § 42.4 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.4 - Nomination of Candidates for Township Office; Conducting Primary Election; Duties of Township Clerk; Duties and Composition of Board of Township Election Commissioners.

42.4 Nomination of candidates for township office; conducting primary election; duties of township clerk; duties and composition of board of township election commissioners. Sec. 4.  Candidates for township office in charter townships shall be nominated at the general primary election held in the township before each general election at which township officers are to be elected. The primary election shall be conducted, as near as may be, pursuant to the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. Duties of the county clerk in the conduct of primary elections shall be performed by the township clerk with respect to the nomination of township officers, and the duties of the county board of election commissioners shall be performed for each township by a board of township election commissioners to be composed of the township clerk and the 2 trustees appointed by the township board. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.4 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 169, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 163, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 328, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1976 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1990 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 101, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1998
MI Comp L § 42.5 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.5 - Township Board; Election of Members; Powers and Duties; Supervisor as Presiding and Executive Officer; Authentication of Instruments; President Pro Tem; Clerk; Record of Proceedings; Temporary Clerk.

42.5 Township board; election of members; powers and duties; supervisor as presiding and executive officer; authentication of instruments; president pro tem; clerk; record of proceedings; temporary clerk. Sec. 5.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, all legislative authority and powers of each charter township shall be vested in and shall be exercised and determined by a township board of 7 members composed of the supervisor, the township clerk, the township treasurer, and 4 trustees who shall be electors in the township. If the provisions of this act are adopted, the township board as constituted at the time of the adoption of this act shall constitute the township board until the first general election at which township officers are elected after the adoption of this act. All members of the township board shall be elected under the provisions of the Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. If 2 additional trustees are required to be elected, they shall be elected at the next general election. If the next general election is not a regular township election, each additional trustee shall hold office until a successor is elected at the next regular township election and qualifies for office.  (2) The elected township board described in subsection (1) shall be the successor to the prior township board of the township and shall possess the powers and perform the duties of township boards in townships in addition to the powers granted by law to charter townships. As a member of the township board, the supervisor shall be the presiding and executive officer of the board and shall have an equal voice and vote in the proceedings of the board. The supervisor shall authenticate by his or her signature any instruments which the board and the laws of the state or the federal government may require. If the supervisor is absent from a meeting of the township board, the board shall appoint 1 of its members president pro tem for that meeting. The township clerk shall be clerk of the township board and shall keep a full record of all the proceedings of the township board. In the absence of the clerk, the board shall appoint 1 of its members as temporary clerk for that meeting. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.5 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 188, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 169, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 163, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 34, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986
MI Comp L § 42.6 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.6 - Charter Township Board; Compensation and Expenses of Members.

42.6 Charter township board; compensation and expenses of members. Sec. 6.  A trustee may receive, in addition to other emoluments provided by law for his service to the township, a sum per meeting of the board actually attended by him, as established by the township board to be paid upon authorization of the township board. The supervisor, the township clerk, and the township treasurer shall receive no additional compensation for attending meetings of the board. Reasonable expenses may be allowed to members of the township board when actually incurred on behalf of the township. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.6 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 188, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 20, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 98, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1974
MI Comp L § 42.8 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.8 - Charter Township Board; Monthly Publication of Proceedings; Notices and Ordinances; Posting.

42.8 Charter township board; monthly publication of proceedings; notices and ordinances; posting.Sec. 8.  (1) The proceedings of the township board shall be published at least once each month. A publication of a synopsis of the proceedings, prepared by the township clerk and approved by the supervisor, showing the substance of each separate proceeding of the board is in compliance with this section.  (2) The board shall determine the method of publication of all notices, ordinances, and proceedings for which the method of publication is not prescribed by law.   (3) In making a determination under subsection (2), the board shall require 1 or both of the following:  (a) That publication be made in a newspaper published and circulated in the township or, if no such newspaper exists, then in one published in the county in which the township is located.   (b) That publication be made by posting in the office of the clerk and in 5 other public places in the township or by posting in the office of the clerk and on the township's website.   (4) If publication is made by posting under subsection (3)(b), a notice of the posting describing the purpose or nature of the notice, ordinance, or proceeding posted and the location of the places where posted shall be published at least once in a newspaper as required under subsection (3)(a) within 7 days of the posting. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.8 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 406, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 2004
MI Comp L § 42.9 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.9 - Township Officers; Powers and Duties; Additional Officers, Limitations.

42.9 Township officers; powers and duties; additional officers, limitations. Sec. 9.  The township supervisor, township clerk, township treasurer, justices of the peace, and constables in each charter township shall have and perform the duties and functions required of such officers by state law. The township board may, by resolution, upon the recommendation of the supervisor, or of the township superintendent if one shall be appointed, create such additional officers as may be necessary to administer the affairs of the township government, or may combine any administrative offices in any manner not inconsistent with state law, and prescribe the duties thereof. No creation of any additional administrative office or combination thereof shall abolish the offices of township clerk or township treasurer nor diminish any of the duties or responsibilities of those offices which are prescribed by state law. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.9
MI Comp L § 42.10 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 42 - Charter Townships|Act 359 of 1947 - The Charter Township Act (42.1 - 42.34)|Section 42.10 - Township Superintendent; Appointment; Delegation of Powers and Duties of Township Supervisor.

42.10 Township superintendent; appointment; delegation of powers and duties of township supervisor. Sec. 10.  The township board in each charter township shall have power to appoint a township superintendent and may delegate to him any or all of the following functions and duties which functions and duties, unless so delegated, shall be exercised by the supervisor:  (a) To see that all laws and township ordinances are enforced;  (b) To manage and supervise all public improvements, works, and undertakings of the township;  (c) To have charge of the construction, repair, maintenance, lighting and cleaning of streets, sidewalks, bridges, pavements, sewers, and of all the public buildings or other property belonging to the township;  (d) To manage and supervise the operation of all township utilities;  (e) To be responsible for the preservation of property, tools, and appliances of the township;  (f) To see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the township or its inhabitants in any public utility franchise, or in any contract, are faithfully kept and performed;  (g) To attend all meetings of the township board, with the right to take part in discussions, but without the right to vote;  (h) To be a member, ex officio, of all committees of the township board;  (i) To prepare and administer the annual budget under policies formulated by the township board and keep the said board fully advised at all times as to the financial condition and needs of the township;  (j) To recommend to the township board for adoption such measures as he may deem necessary or expedient;  (k) To be responsible to the township board for the efficient administration of all departments of the township government;  (l) To act as the purchasing agent for the township or, under his responsibility, delegate such duties to some other officer or employee;  (m) To conduct all sales of personal property which the township board may authorize to be sold;  (n) To assume all the duties and responsibilities as personnel director of all township employees or delegate such duties to some other officer or employee;  (o) To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this act or required of him by ordinance or by direction of the township board, or which are not assigned to some other official in conformity with the provisions of this act. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.10 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949