Act

The home rule village act

Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.1— Short title; corporate existence of villages to continue; village subject to general laws; seal; suit
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.1a— Conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.1b— Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.2— Incorporation, detachment or addition of territory, or consolidation; petition; signatures; incorporation of summer resort association; proceedings; certification; appointment, oath, duties, and compensation of enumerators; sworn statement; “qualified electors” defined
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.2a— Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.3— Petitions; contents
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.4— Petition; presentation; action of county board of commissioners; resolution; vote; review
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.5— Incorporation, consolidation or change of boundaries; affected district; referendum; authorizing vote
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.5a— Annexation; petition; vote; approval of adjoining city, village or township
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.6— Petition and resolution; certified copies, transmittal to local clerks, time; election notices
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.7— Villages in more than 1 county; incorporation, consolidation or change in boundary; procedure
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.8— Returns canvass
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.9— Proceedings; copy filed with secretary of state; recording; change effected; certificate to state treasurer; time
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.10— Annexation of entire village or township; incorporation of village from part of township; annexation of part of city, village, or township by village
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.11— New village; charter commission, election, manner, duties, oath; proposed charter, vote, manner; notices
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.12— Village charter; rejection; effect; president de facto; resubmission; revert to prior status
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.13— Village charter; new charter commission, petition, procedure, duties; eligibility; expenses, payment; territory, control
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.14— Village charter; revision
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.15— Election of charter commission; details fixed by legislative body
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.16— Charter commission; quorum
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.17— Charter; amendments, submission
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.18— Charter commission; prosecuting attorneys to give advice; charter vote prerequisites
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.19— Charter; publication prerequisites
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.20— Charter of amendment; approval; filing time
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.21— Election; expenses; manner of conducting
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.22— Police officers of village; powers
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.22a— District court or municipal court; hearing and determining cases
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.22b— Police officer; authority to execute bench warrant
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.23— Village charter; mandatory provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.24— Village charter; permissible provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.24a— Codification of ordinances
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.24b— Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.24c— Acquisition of land for disposal of sewage or protection of water supply
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.24d— Staggered terms of office; resolution; length of initial terms; applicability of subsection (1)
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.24e— Terms of office; applicability after December 31, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.25— Statutory provisions; adoption
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.25a— Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.25b— Recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; prohibited violation of ordinance as municipal civil infraction; penalty
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.26— Prohibited powers; computation of indebtedness
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.26a— Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.27— Village charter; prohibited conflicts
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.28— Construction of act