Sec. 36. No provision of any city charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.36
Charter provisions; conflict
Applied in 24 court decisions — leading case Williams v. City of River Rouge (1990)
Most recently applied in Kent County Prosecuting Attorney v. City of Grand Rapids (December 2015)
1909, Act 279, Eff
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