when did Wayne county michigan adopt a charter
All Michigan counties but one are general-law units. (Wayne County is the exception; the electorate adopted a charter in 1980.) The difference between a general-law county and a charter county is found in administrative and legislative functions.he state Charter County Act permits voters in a charter county with population exceeding 1.5 million (only Wayne) to choose to have either an elected county executive (as Wayne does) or an appointed county manager, who handles the county's day-to-day operations.