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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 45 - Counties › Act 518 of 1998 - County Juvenile Agency Act (45.621 - 45.631) › Section 45.630b - Plan to Aid Displaced Employees.

45.630b Plan to aid displaced employees.
Sec. 10b.
The family independence agency shall adopt a plan to aid employees of the family independence agency not described in section 10a who are negatively impacted as a result of this act. The plan shall be developed in conjunction with employee collective bargaining units and shall address and recommend remedies for displaced employees including, but not limited to, interdepartmental transfers, intradepartmental transfers, employee retraining, appropriate severance packages, and job placement aid. The plan, including the recommendations, shall be submitted to the house and senate appropriations committees, the state employer, and the affected collective bargaining units no later than September 1, 1999.
History:
1998, Act 518, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 45 - Counties › Act 518 of 1998 - County Juvenile Agency Act (45.621 - 45.631) › Section 45.631 - Existing Agreements Between Family Independence Agency and Private Providers.

45.631 Existing agreements between family independence agency and private providers.
Sec. 11.
A county becoming a county juvenile agency in accordance with this act does not affect existing agreements between the family independence agency and private providers, which are guaranteed enforceable at the per diem rates as of the effective date of this act. This section shall not limit the powers and authority granted under this act to a county juvenile agency, including the discretion to select and contract with providers of juvenile residential care.
History:
1998, Act 518, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.1 - County Board of Commissioners; Meetings; Time; Place; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Closed Sessions; Notice of Meetings.

46.1 County board of commissioners; meetings; time; place; conducting business at public meeting; closed sessions; notice of meetings.
Sec. 1.
(1) The commissioners of each county shall meet annually in that county for the transaction of business as a county board of commissioners. The county board of commissioners may also hold special meetings, when necessary, at the times and places it finds convenient, and may adjourn from time to time as it considers necessary. The annual meetings of the county boards of commissioners shall be held each year after September 14, but before October 16. When the term, October session, or other term used to designate the annual meeting, is used, it shall be construed to mean the annual meeting required by this section. The annual meetings of a county board of commissioners shall be held at a place in the county which the county clerk appoints with approval of the county board of commissioners, or at the place where regular meetings of the county board of commissioners are held.
(2) The business which a county board of commissioners may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(3) The county board of commissioners may hold closed sessions as authorized by section 8 of Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.268 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(4) Public notice of the time, date, and place of meetings of the county board of commissioners shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 335 ;-- CL 1871, 467 ;-- How. 473 ;-- Am. 1887, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887 ;-- CL 1897, 2475 ;-- Am. 1901, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901 ;-- Am. 1907, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1907 ;-- Am. 1907, Act 147, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907 ;-- Am. 1909, Act 161, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 2265 ;-- Am. 1925, Act 70, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 37, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 1120 ;-- Am. 1943, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1943 ;-- CL 1948, 46.1 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1974 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 366, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 147, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1980 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1984
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.1a - Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities.

46.1a 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 local government 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 194, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1988
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.2 - Board of Supervisors; Authority to Offer Rewards; Appointment of County Paid Attendants and County Jail Attendants; Compensation; Bonds.

46.2 Board of supervisors; authority to offer rewards; appointment of county paid attendants and county jail attendants; compensation; bonds.
Sec. 2.
The board of supervisors is hereby authorized to offer and pay out of the general fund of the county, not to exceed 1,000 dollars as a reward for the arrest and conviction or for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons having committed a crime within the county or having escaped from any penal institution therein: Provided, That the powers granted hereby may be exercised by the finance committee of the board of supervisors where said board of supervisors is not in session.
(a) The board of supervisors in any county containing a population of not less than 180,000 nor more than 250,000 according to the last United States census may, by a majority vote of members-elect at any regular or legally called special meeting thereof, provide by resolution for the appointment of a warden or other official and the necessary deputies and assistants to have full charge and control of the county jail and the prisoners therein, under the supervision of the board of supervisors. The board shall fix the salary or compensation and prescribe the duties of such official or officials. They may be required to furnish bonds in amounts and with sureties approved by the board of supervisors.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 336 ;-- CL 1871, 468 ;-- How. 474 ;-- CL 1897, 2475n ;-- CL 1915, 2265n ;-- Am. 1925, Act 262, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 310, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 1121 ;-- CL 1948, 46.2
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.3a - Recording Names and Votes of Members; Exception; Public Inspection of Record.

46.3a Recording names and votes of members; exception; public inspection of record.
Sec. 3a.
The names and votes of members shall be recorded on an action taken by the board of county commissioners or by a committee of the board of county commissioners if the action is on an ordinance or the appointment or election of an officer, except the vote for chairperson may be by secret ballot. The vote and the name of the member voting on other questions or motions shall be recorded at the request of 1/5 of the members present if the question or motion is before the board, or 1/3 of the members present if the question or motion is before a committee of the board. A record that is made pursuant to this section shall be available for public inspection.
History:
Add. 1973, Act 102, Imd. Eff. Aug. 16, 1973 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.4 - County Clerk; Duties as Clerk of Board of Supervisors.

46.4 County clerk; duties as clerk of board of supervisors.
Sec. 4.
The county clerk of each county, or in his absence his deputy, shall be the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county. It shall be the duty of such clerk:
First, To record all the proceedings of such board in a book provided for that purpose;
Second, To make regular entries of all their resolutions and decisions upon all questions;
Third, To record the vote of each supervisor on any question submitted to the board, if required by any member present;
Fourth, To preserve and file all accounts acted upon by the board, and on no account to allow such accounts to be taken from his office;
Fifth, To certify, under the seal of the circuit court of his county, without charge, copies of any and all resolutions or decisions on any of the proceedings of such board, when required by such board or any member thereof, or when required by any other person upon payment of 6 cents per folio therefor; and such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein set forth;
Sixth, To perform such other and further duties as such board may, by resolution, require.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 338 ;-- CL 1871, 470 ;-- Am. 1881, Act 262, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 476 ;-- CL 1897, 2477 ;-- CL 1915, 2267 ;-- CL 1929, 1123 ;-- CL 1948, 46.4
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.5 - Deposit of Books, Records, and Accounts With Clerk; Writings Available to Public; Designating Amounts Audited and Allowed, and Charges Therefor.

46.5 Deposit of books, records, and accounts with clerk; writings available to public; designating amounts audited and allowed, and charges therefor.
Sec. 5.
The books, records, and accounts of the county board of commissioners shall be deposited with its clerk. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the board or an official appointed pursuant to this act in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The clerk shall designate upon each account upon which a sum shall be audited and allowed by the board, the amount audited and allowed, and the charges for which the same was allowed.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 339 ;-- CL 1871, 471 ;-- How. 477 ;-- CL 1897, 2478 ;-- CL 1915, 2268 ;-- CL 1929, 1124 ;-- CL 1948, 46.5 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.6 - Accounts of County Treasurer; Annual Examination by Board of Supervisors.

46.6 Accounts of county treasurer; annual examination by board of supervisors.
Sec. 6.
It shall be the duty of every such board of supervisors, as often as once in each year, to examine the accounts of the treasurer of their county, and to ascertain and enter upon their records, a full statement of such account.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 340 ;-- CL 1871, 472 ;-- How. 478 ;-- CL 1897, 2479 ;-- CL 1915, 2269 ;-- CL 1929, 1125 ;-- CL 1948, 46.6
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.7 - Repair of Courthouse, Jail, and Public Buildings and Offices; Financing.

46.7 Repair of courthouse, jail, and public buildings and offices; financing.
Sec. 7.
It shall be the duty of the board, as often as shall be necessary, to cause the courthouse, jail, and all other public buildings and public offices of the county, to be duly repaired at the expense of the county. The county board of commissioners of a county may, subject to the limitations provided in Act No. 62 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended, being sections 211.201 to 211.217a of the Michigan Compiled Laws, levy a tax on the taxable property in the county for the construction or repair of public buildings or bridges. The foregoing limitations shall not apply to taxes imposed for the payment of principal and interest on bonds or other evidences of indebtedness or for the payment of assessments or contract obligations in anticipation of which bonds are issued, which taxes may be imposed without limitation as to rate or amount and in addition to any other taxes, even though the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness were issued for the foregoing purposes. The repair of the courthouse, jail, and all other public buildings and public offices of the county is hereby declared to be a current county operating expense for which the foregoing provisions are not to be considered as the exclusive means of financing; the county board of commissioners may authorize the use of any county collections not raised by taxation and under their control for current county operating expenses, for the repair of public buildings owned by the county. The amount of money spent for the repair of county buildings in any 1 fiscal year from funds not raised by taxation and under control of the county board of commissioners for current operating expenses, shall not exceed the total amount of such money collected in that year, except as otherwise provided by law unless submitted to the electors of the county and approved by a majority of those voting thereon.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 341 ;-- CL 1871, 473 ;-- How. 479 ;-- CL 1897, 2480 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 85, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 2270 ;-- CL 1929, 1126 ;-- CL 1948, 46.7 ;-- Am. 1952, Act 169, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 119, Imd. Eff. Aug. 21, 1973
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.8 - Convicts' Cells; Preparation, Duty of Board of Supervisors.

46.8 Convicts' cells; preparation, duty of board of supervisors.
Sec. 8.
They shall also cause to be prepared within the jails of their respective counties, at the expense of such counties, so many cells for the reception of convicts, as they may deem necessary.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 342 ;-- CL 1871, 474 ;-- How. 480 ;-- CL 1897, 2481 ;-- CL 1915, 2271 ;-- CL 1929, 1127 ;-- CL 1948, 46.8
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.9 - Report of Board Proceedings; Report of Receipts and Expenditures; Annual Report; Publication; Public Inspection and Copying.

46.9 Report of board proceedings; report of receipts and expenditures; annual report; publication; public inspection and copying.
Sec. 9.
(1) The county board of commissioners shall cause to be made out immediately after each session a report of the proceedings of the board at that session and shall do 1 of the following:
(a) Publish the full report as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.
(b) Publish a synopsis of the proceedings of the board as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county. A statement shall be included within the synopsis that a full report is available from the office of the county clerk upon request.
(c) Make the report available as soon as possible after each session in the office of the county clerk for public inspection and copying without charge, mail copies of the report upon request without charge, and advertise that the report is available from the office of the county clerk in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.
(2) The board shall make available immediately after each session a report of receipts and expenditures which shall include a statement of the name of each claimant with the amount claimed and the amount allowed for that claimant, and a full statement of the amounts of the treasurer's account on the last settlement as found on the treasurer's balance sheet or account current to the last settlement. This report shall be available for public inspection and copying without charge at the office of the county clerk. The county clerk shall also send a copy of this report to the news media.
(3) The board may publish an annual report in pamphlet form containing the reports described in subsections (1) and (2). The number of copies as directed by the board shall be prepared and a copy shall be obtainable by a taxpayer without charge upon demand from the county clerk. Regardless of whether an annual report is published in pamphlet form, an annual report shall be prepared and shall be open to public inspection and copying at the office of the county clerk.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 343 ;-- CL 1871, 475 ;-- How. 481 ;-- Am. 1887, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887 ;-- CL 1897, 2482 ;-- CL 1915, 2272 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 130, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 1128 ;-- CL 1948, 46.9 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 86, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1976 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 344, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.10 - Special Meetings; Request; Notice.

46.10 Special meetings; request; notice.
Sec. 10.
A special meeting of the county board of commissioners of a county shall be held only when requested by at least 1/3 of the members of the county board of commissioners of the county. The request shall be in writing, shall be addressed to the county clerk, and shall specify the time, date, place, and purpose of the meeting. Upon the reception of a request, the clerk shall give notice to each of the commissioners in the manner required by the bylaws or rules of the county board of commissioners or, if the bylaws or rules do not specify the manner for giving notice to each of the commissioners, by causing notice to be delivered to the commissioners personally, or by leaving the notice at the residence of the commissioner, or by mailing a copy of the notice to his or her post office address by certified mail with return receipt requested, at least 10 days before the time of the meeting. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 344 ;-- CL 1871, 476 ;-- How. 482 ;-- CL 1897, 2483 ;-- CL 1915, 2273 ;-- Am. 1923, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923 ;-- CL 1929, 1129 ;-- CL 1948, 46.10 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 1955 ;-- Am. 1960, Act 20, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 393, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.10b - Violation of Ordinances; Penalty; Designation as Civil Infraction; Act or Omission Constituting Crime.

46.10b Violation of ordinances; penalty; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime.
Sec. 10b.
(1) Except for an ordinance described in subsection (2) or (3), the violation of an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 11(j) shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
(2) Consistent with 1945 PA 58, MCL 46.201, the county board of commissioners may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation of the ordinance as a civil infraction and provides a civil fine for that violation.
(3) The county board of commissioners may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation of the ordinance as a municipal civil infraction and provides a civil fine for that violation. An ordinance may not designate a violation as a municipal civil infraction if that violation may be designated as a civil infraction under subsection (2). A statute may provide that a violation of a specific type of ordinance is a municipal civil infraction whether or not the ordinance designates the violation as a municipal civil infraction.
(4) An ordinance shall not make an act or omission a municipal civil infraction if that act or omission constitutes a crime under any of the following:
(a) Article 7 or section 17766a of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7101 to 333.7545 and 333.17766a.
(b) The Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.1 to 750.568.
(c) The Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.
(d) The Michigan liquor control act, 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 8, MCL 436.1 to 436.58.
(e) Part 801 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.80101 to 324.80199.
(f) The aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.1 to 259.208.
(g) Part 821 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.82101 to 324.82159.
(h) Part 811 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.81101 to 324.81150.
(i) Sections 351 to 365 of the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462.351 to 462.365.
(j) A law of this state under which the act or omission is punishable by imprisonment for more than 90 days.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 18, Eff. May 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.10c - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.

46.10c Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Sec. 10c.
A petition under section 11(m) asking that an ordinance or act of incorporation be submitted to electors or under section 16b, 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 146, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.11a - Armistice Day Celebration; Appropriation by Board of Supervisors.

46.11a Armistice day celebration; appropriation by board of supervisors.
Sec. 11a.
The board of supervisors is hereby authorized to appropriate such sum as they deem fit for the purpose of a public celebration on Armistice day. The board shall provide for the expenditure of this money in any way they see fit.
History:
Add. 1927, Act 280, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 1131 ;-- CL 1948, 46.11a
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.11b - Contract or Agreement to Purchase Lands, Property, or Equipment; Installment Payments; Limitations.

46.11b Contract or agreement to purchase lands, property, or equipment; installment payments; limitations.
Sec. 11b.
(1) A county, by resolution of the county board of commissioners, may enter into a contract or agreement for the purchase of lands, property, or equipment to be used for public purposes and, except as provided in subsection (6), to be paid for in installments over a period of not more than 10 years, or the useful life of the property, whichever is less. A contract or agreement described in this section made before August 21, 1975, is validated and made legal.
(2) The aggregate outstanding balance of purchases made by a county pursuant to this section, excluding interest, shall not exceed 1/2 of 1% of the equalized assessed value of real and personal property in the county at the date of the contract or agreement, except that a contract or lease entered into pursuant to Act No. 31 of the Public Acts of the First Extra Session of 1948, as amended, being sections 123.951 to 123.965 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or a contract or lease entered into with a public corporation or municipality, shall not be included in a calculation of the aggregate outstanding balance.
(3) The county board of commissioners shall include in its budget and pay the sum or sums necessary each year to meet the payments of the installments, including interest, when they become due and overdue installments.
(4) This section shall not authorize the county board of commissioners to levy taxes in excess of statutory limitations without the approval of the electors.
(5) The limitations imposed in this section shall not be applicable to a contract for purchase of land declared surplus by the United States government or any of its agencies.
(6) The installments for a contract or agreement to purchase lands, property, or equipment may be for a period of not more than 15 years if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The lands, property, or equipment is entirely within the county.
(b) The lands, property, or equipment is purchased from a city which is entirely within the county.
(c) The lands, property, or equipment is used for airport purposes.
(d) The purchase is made after June 30, 1983, and before July 1, 1984.
History:
Add. 1975, Act 206, Imd. Eff. Aug. 21, 1975 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 142, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.11d - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited.

46.11d Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited.
Sec. 11d.
Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a county board of commissioners shall not adopt an ordinance that includes any minimum staffing requirement for county employees. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any provision in an ordinance adopted by a county board of commissioners on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section that contains a minimum staffing requirement for county employees is void and unenforceable.
History:
Add. 2011, Act 134, Imd. Eff. Sept. 13, 2011
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.11e - Licensing Requirements Subject to the Local Government Occupational Licensing Act.

46.11e Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act.
Sec. 11e.
Any occupational licensing requirements imposed under this act are subject to the local government occupational licensing act.
History:
Add. 2018, Act 500, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 500 of 2018 provides:"Enacting section 1. This amendatory act is retroactive and takes effect January 1, 2018."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.12 - Repealed. 1998, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1998.

46.12 Repealed. 1998, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1998.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to vote required for exercise of certain powers.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.12b - Local Councils of Veterans' Affairs; Appropriation by Board of Supervisors for Operation.

46.12b Local councils of veterans' affairs; appropriation by board of supervisors for operation.
Sec. 12b.
The board of supervisors may appropriate, from time to time, such sums of moneys as it may determine, for the operation of local councils of veterans' affairs.
History:
Add. 1945, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 46.12b ;-- Am. 1949, Act 92, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.12c - Assessment of Metallic Mining Properties; Appointment of County Representative by Board of Supervisors; Information Confidential.

46.12c Assessment of metallic mining properties; appointment of county representative by board of supervisors; information confidential.
Sec. 12c.
The board of supervisors of any county or the boards of several counties acting jointly may employ, upon such terms as they approve, any person competent therefor, except any member of a local legislative body or city or village official, to represent such county or counties in regard to the assessment of metallic mining properties including proceedings to review such assessments. Information furnished such employe in his official capacity shall be confidential and shall not be divulged by him except in accordance with judicial order or as required in the proper discharge of his duties.
History:
Add. 1945, Act 192, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 46.12c
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.12d - Transfer of Functions of Governmental Unit to County; Service Credit for Retirement Benefit Purposes.

46.12d Transfer of functions of governmental unit to county; service credit for retirement benefit purposes.
Sec. 12d.
Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, if the functions of a governmental unit are transferred to the county, and if all or part of the employees of the functions are transferred from the employ of a governmental unit to the employ of the county, the board of supervisors may regard for the purposes of retirement benefits as set forth in section 12a the service rendered to the governmental unit by the employees transferred as county service to the extent and under such reasonable terms and conditions as are mutually agreeable between the board of supervisors and the governing body of the governmental unit. As used in this section, "governmental unit" means a department, board, or commission of this state, or any political subdivision of this state.
History:
Add. 1959, Act 163, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1959 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.12e - Transfer of County Employee to State; Employees' Retirement Benefits.

46.12e Transfer of county employee to state; employees' retirement benefits.
Sec. 12e.
Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, if an employee of a county department of a county that has adopted a retirement system providing for the payment of benefits in the event of a nonduty disability or nonduty death is transferred to the employ of this state because of a function of the department is transferred to this state, the transferred employee who does not withdraw his or her accumulated contributions from the county's retirement system, and who while employed by this state sustains nonduty total disability or nonduty death, must have the credited period of service while employed by this state added to the credited period of service with the county before the transfer for the purpose of determining eligibility for nonduty disability retirement pension or benefits or, for nonduty death benefits payable to the dependents of deceased employees under the plan adopted by the county. Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, all pension or retirement benefits of a transferred employee described in this section or his or her dependents must be based on the service credit and compensation earned while employed by the county. Subject to the protecting local government and retirement benefits act, the board of commissioners by ordinance may provide that all pension or retirement benefits of transferred employees or their dependents must be based on the highest 5 years of service credit and compensation earned while employed by either the county or this state.
History:
Add. 1966, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1966 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 116, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2017
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.13 - Board of Supervisors; Division of County Into State Legislature Representative Districts.

46.13 Board of supervisors; division of county into state legislature representative districts.
Sec. 13.
The said respective boards of supervisors in each county, entitled to more than 1 representative in the state legislature, shall have power and it shall be their duty, at their annual meeting in the year 1851, and at their annual meeting next after each subsequent apportionment of such representatives by the legislature, to divide their respective counties into representative districts, equal in number to the number of representatives to which such county is entitled by law, in accordance with section 3 of article 4 of the constitution of this state; and they shall cause to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and in the office of the clerk of such county, within 30 days after such division, a description of such representative districts, specifying the number of each district, and the population thereof, according to the last preceding enumeration.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 347 ;-- CL 1871, 479 ;-- How. 485 ;-- CL 1897, 2486 ;-- CL 1915, 2276 ;-- CL 1929, 1133 ;-- CL 1948, 46.13
Compiler's Notes:
In this section, “section 3 of article 4 of the constitution” refers to the Constitution of 1850. See now Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 3.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.13a - County Purchasing Agent and Other County Representatives, Agents and Employees; Appointment by Board of Supervisors.

46.13a County purchasing agent and other county representatives, agents and employees; appointment by board of supervisors.
Sec. 13a.
The board of supervisors in each of the several counties may appoint a county purchasing agent and such other representatives, agents and employes for its county as may be deemed necessary by it, to carry out any of the powers granted by this act, or by any other law of the state: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any county in which county purchasing agents and other county representatives, agents and employes are now appointed or elected under the provisions of any general or local act.
History:
Add. 1921, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 15, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 1134 ;-- CL 1948, 46.13a
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.14 - Vacating, Dividing, or Altering Township, Establishing New Township, or Organizing or Consolidating Townships; Application; Map; Certified Statement; Indebtedness to State; Tax Levy.

46.14 Vacating, dividing, or altering township, establishing new township, or organizing or consolidating townships; application; map; certified statement; indebtedness to state; tax levy.
Sec. 14.
(1) By a vote of 3/5 of all the members elected, a county board of commissioners may vacate, divide, or alter a township within the county, whether the boundaries of the township were fixed by a special act of the legislature or by action of the county board of commissioners, or may establish a new township or organize or consolidate townships, upon application to the board, as provided in this act, of at least 20% of freeholders who are actually residents of each of the townships to be affected by the alteration. If a township had 30 or less electors at the last general election, then the application may be made by not less than 5 electors of that township voting at the last general election.
(2) After receipt of a map of all the affected townships that shows the proposed alterations and if the county board of commissioners grants the application, a copy of the map with a certified statement of the action of the county board attached shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. A certified statement of the action of the county board shall also be filed in the office of the secretary of state. After filing the statement, the secretary of state shall publish that statement with the laws of the next legislature in the same manner as other laws are published.
(3) If it appears that a county is indebted to the state of Michigan, judicially or otherwise, and the amount of the indebtedness is determined and properly certified to the proper officers of the county, within 20 days after the certification, the county board of commissioners shall meet and consider the indebtedness or judgment. At that meeting, the board may submit to a vote of the electors of the county a proposition to issue bonds or to levy a tax to pay the indebtedness or judgment, as provided in this act.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- Am. 1855, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Feb. 10, 1855 ;-- Am. 1857, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1857 ;-- CL 1857, 348 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 46, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 480 ;-- How. 486 ;-- Am. 1895, Act 254, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2487 ;-- Am. 1905, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1905 ;-- Am. 1909, Act 36, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- Am. 1911, Act 96, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 2277 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 204, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1927 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 1136 ;-- CL 1948, 46.14 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.15 - Posting and Publishing Notice of Intended Application.

46.15 Posting and publishing notice of intended application.
Sec. 15.
Notice in writing of an intended application under section 14 subscribed by those freeholders as required by section 14 shall be posted in 5 of the most public places in each of the affected townships during the 4 weeks before submission of the application to the county board of commissioners. A copy of the notice shall also be published once each week for 4 successive weeks immediately preceding the meeting of the county board of commissioners at which the application is to be made in a newspaper printed in the county, if any are published in the county.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- Am. 1855, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Feb. 10, 1855 ;-- Am. 1857, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1857 ;-- CL 1857, 349 ;-- CL 1871, 481 ;-- How. 487 ;-- CL 1897, 2488 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 2278 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 204, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1927 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 305, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 1137 ;-- CL 1948, 46.15 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 46 - County Boards of Commissioners › Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners (46.1 - 46.32) › Section 46.16 - Establishment of New Township; Designating Name, First Annual Meeting, and Electors; Powers and Duties of Electors; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice and Location of First Township Meetings; Rights and Terms of Township Officers.

46.16 Establishment of new township; designating name, first annual meeting, and electors; powers and duties of electors; conducting business at public meeting; notice and location of first township meetings; rights and terms of township officers.
Sec. 16.
(1) If a county board of commissioners establishes a new township in the county, other than by consolidation as provided in sections 16a to 16j, the board shall designate the name of the township, the time and place of holding the first annual township meeting in the township, and 3 electors of the township, whose duty it shall be to preside at the meeting, appoint a clerk, open and keep the polls, and exercise the same powers as the inspectors of election at a township meeting. If 1 of the 3 electors refuses or neglects to serve, the electors of the township present at the meeting may substitute any other elector of the township for each elector who neglects or refuses to serve.
(2) The business that the electors may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting signed by the chairperson or clerk of the county board of commissioners shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976 in 4 of the most public places in the new township, by the persons designated to preside at the meeting or by some person appointed by the county board of commissioners for that purpose, and in each of the townships whose boundaries may have been altered by the erection of the new township, at least 14 days before holding the meeting. The county board of commissioners shall fix the place for holding the first township meetings in the town or towns from which the new township shall be taken.
(3) Nothing in this act shall affect the rights, or abridge or enlarge the term of office, of a township officer in the township. A township officer who resides within the limits of the new township shall continue to be an officer of the new township, until the expiration of the time for which the officer was elected, in the manner as if originally elected in the new township. The terms of office of each township officer elected at the first township meeting shall expire on the first Monday of April after the meeting or as soon as a successor is elected and qualified.
History:
1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 350 ;-- CL 1871, 482 ;-- Am. 1881, Act 27, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 488 ;-- CL 1897, 2489 ;-- CL 1915, 2279 ;-- CL 1929, 1138 ;-- CL 1948, 46.16 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
2023 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
2023 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