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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 50 of 1960 - Ambulance and Inhalator Service and Hospital Support (41.711 - 41.713) › Section 41.713 - Operating Medical Clinic and Providing Primary Health Care Services; Financing; Question Submitted to Electors; Conducting Election and Canvassing Vote; Validity of Certain Elections and Levy of Tax.

41.713 Operating medical clinic and providing primary health care services; financing; question submitted to electors; conducting election and canvassing vote; validity of certain elections and levy of tax.
Sec. 3.
(1) A township, alone or in conjunction with 1 or more other townships, may operate a medical clinic and provide primary health care services.
(2) A township board may finance the operation of a medical clinic and the provision of primary health care service by any lawful means, including, but not limited to, the levy of a tax of not more than 2 mills on taxable property within the township. If a township board desires to levy a tax under this subsection, it shall submit the question of levying the tax to the electors of the township at a general or special election. The question submitted shall state the purpose of the tax, the number of mills to be levied, and the duration of the tax. The election shall be conducted and the vote shall be canvassed as provided in 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 a majority of the electors voting on the question approve the levy of the tax, the township board is authorized to levy the tax.
(3) An election, held after September 30, 1991 and before December 21, 1991 in a township located on an island, in which the electors approved the levy of a tax for 5 years to finance the operation of a medical clinic and the provision of primary health care service by the township, alone or in conjunction with another township, for residents of the township or townships, is valid and the tax may be levied for that purpose.
History:
Add. 1993, Act 135, Imd. Eff. Aug. 2, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.721 - Public Improvements by Township Board; Bonds; Special Assessments to Defray Costs.

41.721 Public improvements by township board; bonds; special assessments to defray costs.
Sec. 1.
The township board has the power to make an improvement named in this act, to provide for the payment of an improvement by the issuance of bonds as provided in section 15, and to determine that the whole or any part of the cost of an improvement shall be defrayed by special assessments against the property especially benefited by the improvement. The cost of engineering services and all expenses incident to the proceedings for the making and financing of the improvement shall be deemed to be a part of the cost of the improvement.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.721a - “Record Owner” Defined.

41.721a “Record owner” defined.
Sec. 1a.
As used in this act, "record owner" means a person, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, possessed of the most recent fee title or a land contract vendee's interest in the land as shown by the records of the county register of deeds.
History:
Add. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.723 - Written Objections; Petition; Filing; Signatures; Determining Record Owners; Determining Sufficiency of Petition; Supplement to Petition; Validity of Signatures.

41.723 Written objections; petition; filing; signatures; determining record owners; determining sufficiency of petition; supplement to petition; validity of signatures.
Sec. 3.
(1) The township board may proceed to carry out an improvement as provided in this act unless written objections to the improvement are filed with the township board at or before the hearing provided in section 4 by property owners as follows:
(a) For an improvement under section 2(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (l), (n), or (o) by the record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the total land area in the proposed special assessment district.
(b) For an improvement under section 2(1)(c), (g), (k), or (m), by the record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the total frontage upon the road, bicycle path, or sidewalk.
(2) A township board may require the filing of a petition meeting the requirements of subsection (3) before proceeding with an improvement under this act.
(3) If written objections are filed as provided in subsection (1), or if the township board requires a petition before proceeding, the township board shall not proceed with the improvement until there is filed with the board a petition signed as follows:
(a) For an improvement under section 2(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (l), (n), or (o) by the record owners of land constituting more than 50% of the total land area in the special assessment district as finally established by the township board.
(b) For an improvement under section 2(1)(c), (g), (k), or (m), by the record owners of land constituting more than 50% of the total frontage upon the road, bicycle path, or sidewalk.
(4) Record owners shall be determined by the records in the register of deeds' office as of the day of the filing of a petition, or if written objections are filed as provided in subsection (1), then on the day of the hearing. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, lands not subject to special assessment and lands within a public highway or alley shall not be included in computing frontage or an assessment district area. A filed petition may be supplemented as to signatures by the filing of an additional signed copy or copies of the petition. The validity of the signatures on a supplemental petition shall be determined by the records as of the day of filing the supplemental petition.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 187, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 143, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 113, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1976 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1976 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 332, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1976 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1995
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.725 - Approval or Determination by Township Board; Levy of Special Assessment.

41.725 Approval or determination by township board; levy of special assessment.
Sec. 5.
(1) If, after the hearing provided for in section 4, the township board desires to proceed with the improvement, the township board shall approve or determine by resolution all of the following:
(a) The completion of the improvement.
(b) The plans and estimate of cost as originally presented or as revised, corrected, amended, or changed.
(c) The sufficiency of the petition for the improvement if a petition is required. After this determination, the sufficiency of the petition is not subject to attack except in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within 30 days after the adoption of the resolution determining the sufficiency of the petition.
(d) The special assessment district including the term of the special assessment district's existence. If the nature of the improvement to be made is such that a periodic redetermination of cost will be necessary without a change in the special assessment district boundaries, the township board shall state that in the resolution and shall set the dates when the redeterminations shall be made. After finally determining the special assessment district, the township board shall direct the supervisor to make a special assessment roll in which are entered and described all the parcels of land to be assessed, with the names of the respective record owners of each parcel, if known, and the total amount to be assessed against each parcel of land, which amount shall be the relative portion of the whole sum to be levied against all parcels of land in the special assessment district as the benefit to the parcel of land bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in the special assessment district. When the supervisor completes the assessment roll, the supervisor shall affix to the roll his or her certificate stating that the roll was made pursuant to a resolution of the township board adopted on a specified date, and that in making the assessment roll the supervisor, according to his or her best judgment, has conformed in all respects to the directions contained in the resolution and the statutes of this state.
(2) After December 31, 1998, an ad valorem special assessment levied under this act shall be levied on the taxable value of the property assessed.
(3) If the levy of an ad valorem special assessment on the property's taxable value is found to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the levy of the ad valorem special assessment shall be levied on the property's state equalized value.
(4) As used in this section and section 15b, "taxable value" means that value determined under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.27a.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 544, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.726 - Filing and Review of Special Assessment Roll; Hearing; Notice; Adjournments; Objections; Confirmation, Referral, or Annulment; Endorsement; Finality; Action Contesting Assessment.

41.726 Filing and review of special assessment roll; hearing; notice; adjournments; objections; confirmation, referral, or annulment; endorsement; finality; action contesting assessment.
Sec. 6.
(1) When a special assessment roll is reported by the supervisor to the township board, the assessment roll shall be filed in the office of the township clerk. Before confirming the assessment roll, the township board shall appoint a time and place when it will meet, review, and hear any objections to the assessment roll. The township board shall give notice of the hearing and the filing of the assessment roll as required by section 4a.
(2) A hearing under this section may be adjourned from time to time without further notice. A person objecting to the assessment roll shall file the objection in writing with the township clerk before the close of the hearing or within such further time as the township board may grant. After the hearing the township board, at the same or at a subsequent meeting, may confirm the special assessment roll as reported to the township board by the supervisor or as amended or corrected by the township board; may refer the assessment roll back to the supervisor for revision; or may annul it and direct a new roll to be made.
(3) If a special assessment roll is confirmed, the township clerk shall endorse on the assessment roll the date of the confirmation. After the confirmation of the special assessment roll, all assessments on that assessment roll shall be final and conclusive unless an action contesting an assessment is filed in a court of competent jurisdiction within 30 days after the date of confirmation.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.728 - Special Assessments to Constitute Lien; Limitation; Character and Effect.

41.728 Special assessments to constitute lien; limitation; character and effect.
Sec. 8.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), all special assessments contained in any special assessment roll shall, from the date of confirmation of that roll, constitute a lien upon the respective parcels of property assessed.
(2) If the township board provides that a special assessment is payable in installments under section 7(1), the amount of any lien on the parcel of property assessed for that special assessment is limited to each individual installment and shall not attach to the property assessed until that individual installment is due as provided in section 7(2).
(3) A lien for a special assessment under this act shall be of the same character and effect as a lien created for township taxes and shall include accrued interest and penalties.
(4) No judgment or decree or any act of the township board vacating a special assessment shall destroy or impair a lien of the township upon the property assessed for the amount of the assessment that may be equitably charged against that property, or through a regular mode of proceeding may be lawfully assessed on that property.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 561, Imd. Eff. Jan 15, 2015
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.729 - Special Assessments; Collection by Township Treasurer, Report of Delinquencies.

41.729 Special assessments; collection by township treasurer, report of delinquencies.
Sec. 9.
When any special assessment roll shall be confirmed the township board shall direct the assessments made therein to be collected. The township clerk shall thereupon deliver to the township treasurer such special assessment roll, to which he shall attach his warrant commanding the township treasurer to collect the assessments therein in accordance with the directions of the township board in respect thereto. Said warrant shall further require the township treasurer on the 1st day of September following the date when any such assessments or any part thereof have become due to submit to the township board a sworn statement setting forth the names of the persons delinquent, if known, a description of the parcels of land upon which there are delinquent assessments and the amount of such delinquency, including accrued interest and penalties computed to September 1 of such year. Upon receiving such special assessment roll and warrant the treasurer shall proceed to collect the several amounts assessed therein as the same shall become due.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.729a - Deferred Assessment; Application; Evidence of Hardship; Ordinance; Deferred Assessment as Recorded Lien.

41.729a Deferred assessment; application; evidence of hardship; ordinance; deferred assessment as recorded lien.
Sec. 9a.
(1) An owner of property who by reason of hardship is unable to contribute to the cost of an assessment for an improvement authorized in section 2(1)(a), (b), (c), (g), (h), or (n) may have the assessment deferred by application to the assessing officer. Upon receipt of evidence of hardship, the township may defer partial or total payment of the assessment.
(2) The township board may enact an ordinance to define hardship and to permit deferred or partial payment of an assessment pursuant to this section. As a condition of granting the deferred or partial payment of an assessment, the township board shall require that any deferred assessment constitute a recorded lien against the property, subject to section 8(2).
History:
Add. 1976, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1976 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 561, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.730 - Special Assessments; Delinquencies, Reassessment.

41.730 Special assessments; delinquencies, reassessment.
Sec. 10.
In case the treasurer shall, as above provided, report as delinquent any assessment or part thereof, the township board shall certify the same to the supervisor, who shall reassess on the annual township tax roll of such year in a column headed "special assessments" the sum so delinquent, with interest and penalties to September 1 of such year, and an additional penalty of 6% of the total amount. Thereafter the statutes relating to township taxes shall be applicable to such reassessments.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.731 - Division of Lands; Apportionment of Uncollected Assessments.

41.731 Division of lands; apportionment of uncollected assessments.
Sec. 11.
Should any parcel of land be divided after a special assessment thereon has been confirmed, and before the collection thereof, the township board may require the supervisor to apportion the uncollected amounts between the several divisions thereof and the report of such apportionment when confirmed by the township board shall be conclusive upon all parties: Provided, That if the interested parties do not agree in writing to such apportionment, then before such confirmation notice of hearing shall be given to all the interested parties, either by personal service or by publication as above provided in case of an original assessment roll.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.732 - Special Assessment Roll; Insufficiency, Additional Pro Rata Assessments; Surplus, Refunds.

41.732 Special assessment roll; insufficiency, additional pro rata assessments; surplus, refunds.
Sec. 12.
Should the assessments in any special assessment roll prove insufficient for any reason, including the noncollection thereof, to pay for the improvement for which they were made or to pay the principal and interest on the bonds issued in anticipation of the collection thereof, then the township board shall make additional pro rata assessments to supply the deficiency, but the total amount assessed against any parcel of land shall not exceed the value of the benefits received from the improvement. Should the total amount collected on assessments prove larger than necessary by more than 5% of the original roll, then the surplus shall be prorated among the properties assessed in accordance with the amount assessed against each and applied toward the payment of the next township tax levied against such properties, respectively, or if there be no such tax then it shall be refunded to the persons who are the respective record owners of the properties on the date of the passage of the resolution ordering such refund. Any such surplus of 5% or less may be paid into the township contingent funds disposed of as above provided.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.733 - Illegal Special Assessment; Reassessment Proceedings.

41.733 Illegal special assessment; reassessment proceedings.
Sec. 13.
Whenever any special assessment shall, in the opinion of the township board, be invalid by reason of irregularities or informalities in the proceedings, or if any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge such assessment to be illegal, the township board shall, whether the improvement has been made or not, whether any part of the assessment has been paid or not, have power to proceed from the last step at which the proceedings were legal and cause a new assessment to be made for the same purpose for which the former assessment was made. All proceedings on such reassessment and for the collection thereof shall be conducted in the same manner as provided for the original assessment, and whenever an assessment or any part thereof levied upon any premises has been so set aside, if the same has been paid and not refunded, the payment so made shall be applied upon the reassessment.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.734 - Exempt Corporations; Agreement to Pay Assessment.

41.734 Exempt corporations; agreement to pay assessment.
Sec. 14.
The governing body of any public or private corporation whose lands are exempt by law may, by resolution, agree to pay the special assessments against such lands, and in such case the assessment, including all the installments thereof, shall be a valid claim against such corporation.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.734a - Assessment on Platted Corner Lots; Payment of Portion by Governing Body.

41.734a Assessment on platted corner lots; payment of portion by governing body.
Sec. 14a.
The governing body of any township, by resolution, may agree to pay up to 1/3 of the cost of the special assessment levied against any platted corner lot for the payment of public improvements authorized under the provisions of this act.
History:
Add. 1959, Act 196, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.735 - Bonds.

41.735 Bonds.
Sec. 15.
The township board may borrow money and issue the bonds of the township in anticipation of the collection of special assessments to defray all or any part of the cost of any improvement made under this act after the special assessment roll is confirmed. Bonds issued under this section shall not exceed the amount of the special assessments in anticipation of the collection of which they are issued. Bonds may be issued in anticipation of the collection of special assessments levied in respect to 1 or more public improvements, but no special assessment district shall be compelled to pay the obligation of any other special assessment district. The township board may pledge the full faith and credit of the township for the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under this section. The issuance of bonds under this section is subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.735a - Township Improvement Revolving Fund; Advances; Interest.

41.735a Township improvement revolving fund; advances; interest.
Sec. 15a.
As an alternate method of defraying the cost of an improvement made under this act, after the special assessment roll for the improvement is confirmed, the township board may pay the cost of the improvement from the township improvement revolving fund. The amount advanced shall not exceed the amount the board anticipates will be collected by the special assessments. The amount advanced by the township shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 5% per annum.
History:
Add. 1956, Act 109, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.735b - Township Improvement Revolving Fund; Transfer of Funds; Amount.

41.735b Township improvement revolving fund; transfer of funds; amount.
Sec. 15b.
The township board of any township by resolution may create and designate a fund to be known as the township improvement revolving fund. Before January 1, 1999, the township board may transfer to the township improvement revolving fund from the general fund of the township in any 1 year an amount not exceeding 2 mills of the state equalized valuation of the real and personal property in the township and in each subsequent year may transfer from the general fund to the township improvement revolving fund until that fund equals 5 mills of the state equalized valuation of the real and personal property in the township. After December 31, 1998, the township board may transfer to the township improvement revolving fund from the general fund of the township in any 1 year an amount not exceeding 2 mills of the taxable value of the real and personal property in the township and in each subsequent year may transfer from the general fund to the township improvement revolving fund until that fund equals 5 mills of the taxable value of the real and personal property in the township. All interest charges collected are a part of the township improvement revolving fund. The township board may transfer funds from the township improvement revolving fund to the general fund when, in the judgment of the board, funds should be transferred.
History:
Add. 1956, Act 109, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 544, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.735c - Special Assessments to Defray Certain Obligations.

41.735c Special assessments to defray certain obligations.
Sec. 15c.
The township board may determine that the whole or any part of an obligation of the township assessed or contracted for pursuant to Act No. 342 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being sections 46.171 to 46.187 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; Act No. 185 of the Public Acts of 1957, as amended, being sections 123.731 to 123.786 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended, being sections 280.1 to 280.623 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; and Act No. 233 of the Public Acts of 1955, as amended, being sections 124.281 to 124.294 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall be defrayed by special assessments against the property specially benefited thereby and in such case, the special assessments may be levied and collected in accordance with this act except as herein provided. The requirements of section 3 with respect to requiring a petition and section 4 with respect to the hearing therein required shall not apply to any special assessments levied and collected in accordance with this section and the above described acts.
History:
Add. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.736 - Public Improvements; Powers Granted to Townships.

41.736 Public improvements; powers granted to townships.
Sec. 16.
The powers herein granted may be exercised by any township and shall be in addition to the powers granted by any other statute.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 14, Imd. Eff. May 9, 1961
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.737 - Scope of Act.

41.737 Scope of act.
Sec. 17.
The provisions of this act shall not apply to any obligations issued or assessments levied except in accordance with the provisions of this act after the effective date thereof, and shall not validate any proceedings or action taken by any township prior to the effective date of this act.
History:
1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738) › Section 41.738 - Use of Interest Earned From Investments, Money From Bond Proceeds, or Money From Interest and Penalties on Unpaid Special Assessment.

41.738 Use of interest earned from investments, money from bond proceeds, or money from interest and penalties on unpaid special assessment.
Sec. 18.
Interest earned from the investment of money collected under a special assessment under this act or of money received as bond proceeds from a bond issued under this act, or money from interest or penalties charged and collected on an unpaid special assessment under this act shall only be used for the following:
(a) To pay for the improvement for which the special assessment is assessed.
(b) To pay the principal and interest of bonds that are issued for the improvement for which the special assessment is assessed.
(c) To pay the principal and interest of an advance from the township that is used for the improvement for which the special assessment is assessed.
History:
Add. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Repealed - Act 57 of 1951 - Police or Fire Administrative Board (41.751 - 41.753)

POLICE OR FIRE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
Act 57 of 1951
41.751-41.753 Repealed. 1989, Act 81, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.802 - Annual Appropriation.

41.802 Annual appropriation.
Sec. 2.
After the creation of a special assessment district under section 1, the township board, or township boards of adjoining townships acting jointly, may appropriate annually that sum necessary for the maintenance and operation of the police and fire departments.
History:
1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 130, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1974 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 81, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.803 - Proceedings Relating to Making, Levying, and Collection of Special Assessments, and to Issuing Bonds; Payment of Special Assessments and Special Assessment Bonds.

41.803 Proceedings relating to making, levying, and collection of special assessments, and to issuing bonds; payment of special assessments and special assessment bonds.
Sec. 3.
All proceedings relating to the making, levying and collection of special assessments authorized by section 1 and the issuing of bonds, except as otherwise provided in this act, shall conform as near as practicable to proceedings provided for townships in Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 41.721 to 41.738 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, except that special assessments may be paid in a number of equal annual installments not exceeding 15, as the board may determine.
(2) The township board if authorized by a majority vote of the electors voting may, at the time of issuance, pledge the full faith and credit of the township for the payment of such special assessment bonds.
History:
1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 221, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 51, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1963 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 81, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Compiler's Notes:
The first subsection of this section, beginning “All proceedings relating...”, evidently should be designated subsection “(1)”, as follows: “(1) All proceedings ...”.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.804 - Fire Protection; Referendum, Special Election, Laws Governing.

41.804 Fire protection; referendum, special election, laws governing.
Sec. 4.
Any special election called under the provisions of this act shall be held under the laws of this state governing biennial township elections so far as the same may be applicable. In case a majority of qualified electors voting at such election shall vote in favor of such proposition, then the same shall be deemed and declared carried. The vote upon such proposition at any election shall be by ballot.
History:
1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.805 - Fire Protection Ordinances and Standard Fire Prevention Codes; Adoption, Publication.

41.805 Fire protection ordinances and standard fire prevention codes; adoption, publication.
Sec. 5.
The township board of any township, where appropriations have been made as herein provided, shall have power to enact such ordinances and establish and enforce such resolutions as they shall deem necessary to guard against the occurrence of fires and to protect the property and persons of the citizens against damage and accident resulting therefrom. Any township adopting ordinances under the provisions of this section shall have the power to adopt any standard fire prevention code which has been promulgated by the state or by any department, board or agency thereof, or by any national organization or association which is organized and conducted for the purpose of developing such codes with specific date of publication by reference thereto in an adopting ordinance and without publishing such code in full. The code shall be clearly identified in the ordinance and the purpose of the code shall be published with the adopting ordinance and printed copies shall be kept in the office of the township clerk, available for inspection by and distribution to the public at all times. The publication shall contain a notice to the effect that a complete copy of the code is available for public use and inspection at the office of the township clerk.
History:
1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.806 - Police and Fire Departments; Contracts for Service or for Maintenance and Operation of Equipment; Delegation of Powers; Agreements to Furnish Protection to City, Village, or Other Township.

41.806 Police and fire departments; contracts for service or for maintenance and operation of equipment; delegation of powers; agreements to furnish protection to city, village, or other township.
Sec. 6.
(1) The township board of a township, or the township boards of adjoining townships acting jointly, if appropriations have been made as provided in this act, may do any of the following:
(a) Establish and maintain police and fire departments.
(b) Organize and maintain police and fire vehicles.
(c) Employ and appoint a police chief and fire chief and other police and fire officers, including detectives, required for the proper and efficient operation and maintenance of the police and fire departments and proper law enforcement.
(d) Make and establish rules and regulations for the government of the police and fire departments, employees, officers, and detectives.
(e) Care and manage the motor vehicles, apparatus, equipment, property, and buildings pertaining to the police and fire departments.
(f) Prescribe the powers and duties of the employees, officers, and detectives.
(2) The township board of a township, or the township boards of adjoining townships, acting jointly, may contract with the township board or legislative body of a township, city, or village that maintains a police or fire department for the service of the department or for the care, maintenance, and operation of police or fire motor vehicles, apparatus, and equipment by the police or fire department of the township, city, or village, and may contract with the legislative body of a village that does not maintain a police department or does not maintain a fire department to furnish police or fire protection to the village.
(3) If a township board, or the township boards of adjoining townships acting jointly, have organized and are maintaining a police or fire department, the board, or boards acting jointly, may also contract with townships, villages, or cities that also maintain a police or fire department or with any other person, organization, or group to provide police or fire apparatus, equipment, or personnel or police or fire protection.
(4) Any of the powers provided in this section, at the discretion of the township board, may be delegated to a police or fire or police and fire administrative board established under section 11 or 12.
(5) A township board may enter into 1 or more agreements or contracts to furnish police or fire protection to a city, village, or other township.
History:
1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1956 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 66, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 110, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1966 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 81, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 416, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 2004
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.806a - Emergency Police or Fire Service; Emergency Ambulance and Inhalator Service; Ordinance Authorizing Collection of Fees.

41.806a Emergency police or fire service; emergency ambulance and inhalator service; ordinance authorizing collection of fees.
Sec. 6a.
The legislative body of a municipality providing emergency police or fire service or the legislative bodies of municipalities acting jointly to provide such a service pursuant to this act may authorize by ordinance the collection of fees for the service. The township board of a township or the county board of commissioners of a county providing emergency ambulance and inhalator service alone or jointly with another municipality and the legislative body of such a municipality may authorize by ordinance the collection of fees for the service.
History:
Add. 1990, Act 102, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1990
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.807 - Repeals.

41.807 Repeals.
Sec. 7.
Act No. 28 of the Public Acts of 1923, as amended, being sections 41.301 to 41.305, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948; Act No. 181 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 41.311 to 41.316a, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948; and Act No. 151 of the Public Acts of 1931, being sections 41.321 to 41.323, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are hereby repealed.
History:
1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.808 - Rights or Obligations Safeguarded.

41.808 Rights or obligations safeguarded.
Sec. 8.
The provisions of this act shall not be construed to impair or affect any special assessment district, or any rights accruing or any obligations thereof, created under the provisions of any act repealed by this act, but the same may be asserted and all the provisions of said repealed acts shall apply as may be necessary to safeguard any such rights or obligations existing thereunder.
History:
1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.809 - Joint Meetings of Township Boards.

41.809 Joint meetings of township boards.
Sec. 9.
For the purposes of this act, any joint meeting of township boards may be held in any one of the involved townships.
History:
1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Act 33 of 1951 - Police and Fire Protection (41.801 - 41.813) › Section 41.810 - Fire Protection for Townships, Villages, and Qualified Cities; "Qualified City" Defined.

41.810 Fire protection for townships, villages, and qualified cities; "qualified city" defined.
Sec. 10.
(1) This act applies to townships and adjoining townships and incorporated villages and qualified cities. If reference is made in this act to townships, that reference applies to townships and incorporated villages and qualified cities. If reference is made in this act to township boards, that reference applies to township boards and the legislative bodies of incorporated villages and qualified cities. A township, incorporated village, or qualified city shall not use this act to lessen the number of paid full-time firefighters in that township, incorporated village, or qualified city.
(2) As used in this act, "qualified city" means either of the following:
(a) A city with a population of less than 15,500.
(b) A city with a population of 15,500 or more if the question of raising money by special assessment and the amount of the special assessment to be levied annually under this act is approved by a majority of the electors in the special assessment district. The amount of the special assessment to be levied annually under this act that was approved under this subdivision must not be increased unless that increase is first approved by a majority of the electors in the special assessment district.
History:
Add. 1960, Act 51, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 105, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1966 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 463, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 64, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 2020 ;-- Am. 2021, Act 113, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 2021 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 228, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Repealed - Act 96 of 1951 - Water Service for Fire Protection (41.831 - 41.841)

WATER SERVICE FOR FIRE PROTECTION
Act 96 of 1951
41.831-41.841 Repealed. 1974, Act 380, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975;—1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Repealed - Act 27 of 1960 - Retirement Systems and Group Insurance for Officers and Employees (41.901 - 41.905)

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND GROUP INSURANCE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Act 27 of 1960
41.901-41.905 Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › Repealed - Act 67 of 1961 - Sidewalks Outside Cities and Villages (41.921 - 41.925)

SIDEWALKS OUTSIDE CITIES AND VILLAGES
Act 67 of 1961
41.921-41.925 Repealed. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.
2023 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
2023 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