Michigan Chapter 42 — Charter Townships

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.1— Short title; charter townships; incorporation; powers, privileges, immunities and liabilities; petition; special census; expenses
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.1a— Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.1b— Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.2— Incorporation; referendum; ballot, form and content; filing of petition or resolution by township clerk; finality of proceedings; term of incumbent officers; disincorporation
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.2a— Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.3— Incorporation; submission of proposition to electors, time; petitions, verification of signatures
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.3a— Notice to clerk of township not incorporated as charter township; resolution of township board; notice of right to referendum; petition; signatures; submitting question of incorporation at general or special election; wording of ballot
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.4— Nomination of candidates for township office; conducting primary election; duties of township clerk; duties and composition of board of township election commissioners
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.5— Township board; election of members; powers and duties; supervisor as presiding and executive officer; authentication of instruments; president pro tem; clerk; record of proceedings; temporary clerk
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.6— Charter township board; compensation and expenses of members
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.6a— Ordinance establishing procedure for determining salary of elected official; contents; conducting business at public meeting; public notice; resolution implementing ordinance; petition for referendum; change of procedure; decreasing salary of elected township official
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.7— Township board; meetings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; transacting business at special meeting; quorum; adjournment; rules and order of business; journal; voting; availability of certain writings to public; attendance and conduct at meetings; misconduct in office; sergeant-at-arms
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.8— Charter township board; monthly publication of proceedings; notices and ordinances; posting
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.9— Township officers; powers and duties; additional officers, limitations
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.10— Township superintendent; appointment; delegation of powers and duties of township supervisor
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.10a— Township manager; employment; service; duties
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.11— Township superintendent; tenure; qualifications; residency requirements; waiver
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.11a— Township assessors; appointment, powers and duties, compensation
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.12— Township police force; establishment; township marshal, appointment; rules; policemen, powers and duties
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.13— Township fire department; establishment; township fire chief, appointment; rules and regulations; refusal to aid at fire, penalty
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.13a— Free public library; establishment or reestablishment and maintenance; conditions; ordinance; resolution; board of directors; appointment of library advisory committee; rules and regulations; state aid
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.14— Charter township; power to acquire property; approval of electors
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.14a— Bonds for public improvements; issuance; approval required; exceptions; limitation on net indebtedness; computation of net indebtedness; bonds subject to MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821; computation of net indebtedness
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.15— Ordinances to provide for peace, health, and safety; licenses, granting, fees, bonds
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.16— Streets, alleys, bridges and public places; regulation of use; record of ordinances, filing
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.17— Construction of buildings; powers and liabilities of charter townships as to public health and safety
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.18— Joint action with other governmental unit or agency
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.19— Ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of former township; continuation
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.20— Legislation to be ordinance or resolution; form, passage, amendment, recording, authentication, and compilation of ordinances
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.21— Violation of ordinances; sanction; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime; penalty; distribution of fines
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.21a— Police officers; right to pursue, arrest, and detain person outside of charter township limits
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.21b— Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.21c— Regulation of recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; violation as municipal civil infraction; penalty
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.22— Ordinance; publication; effective date; publication of summary or true copy; catch lines required; drafting of summary
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.23— State law or standard code; adoption as township ordinance by citation; publication, distribution, charge
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.24— Submission of itemized estimates of anticipated expenditures; preparation and submission of budget proposal; time
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.25— Budget proposal; contents; commencement of fiscal year
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.26— Budget; notice, public hearing, prior public inspection
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.27— Adoption of budget by township board; resolution; appropriation; tax levy; limitation; separate appropriation for fire and police departments; tax collection; interim budget
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.28— Budget or supplemental appropriations; expenditure, restrictions; unencumbered balances, transfer, reappropriation
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.29— Quarterly statement of estimated and actual income and expenses; submission by supervisor to township board; reduction of appropriations, exceptions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.30— Annual audit of accounts; results, filing, public inspection; annual report of township business
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.31— Local or public improvements; approval; determination of necessity; special assessments; bonds
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.32— Succession to properties of former township; suits or prosecutions, debts and liabilities, uncollected taxes and assessments
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.33— Liberal construction of act
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.34— Exemption of charter township from annexation to contiguous city or village; exceptions