Sec. 1. Within 30 days after this act shall take effect there may be created a civil service commission in sheriffs' departments in all counties containing not less than 400,000 population, except that this act shall not apply in counties where the provisions of Act No. 370 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, being sections 38.401 to 38.428 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are in force.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.351
Civil service commission for sheriffs' departments in counties over 400,000; creation; applicability of act
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Local 1518, Council No 55, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. St Clair County Sheriff (1979)
Most recently applied in Leelanau County Sheriff v. Kiessel (July 2012)
1966, Act 298, Imd
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