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• Counties; Boundaries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.1
  The boundaries of the several counties in this state, shall remain as now established, unless the same shall hereafter be changed by the legislature....
• Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges and Immunities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.2
  All the rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities of the several counties, shall remain as now established, until the same shall be altered by...
• County; Body Corporate, Purposes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.3
  Each organized county shall be a body politic and corporate, for the following purposes, that is to say: To sue and be sued, to...
• County Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.4
  All real and personal estate, heretofore conveyed by any form of conveyance to the inhabitants of any county, or to the county treasurer, or...
• County Lands; Sale and Conveyance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.5
  The board of supervisors of each county, or other public officers having the charge and management of the county lands, may, by their order...
• Wayne and Monroe Counties; Common Jurisdiction as to Lake Erie - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.6
  The counties of Wayne and Monroe shall have jurisdiction, in common, of all offences committed on that part of Lake Erie, which lies within...
• Wayne, Macomb and St. Clair Counties; Common Jurisdiction as to Lake St. Clair - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.8
  The counties of Wayne, Macomb and St. Clair, shall have jurisdiction, in common, of all offences committed on that part of Lake St. Clair...
• Counties Bordering on Lake Michigan; Common Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.10
  The counties now existing, or which may be hereafter organized, bordering upon the shore of Lake Michigan shall have jurisdiction of all offences committed...
• Counties Bordering on Lake Huron; Common Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.12
  The counties now existing, or which may be hereafter organized, bordering upon the shore of Lake Huron shall have jurisdiction of all offences committed...
• Counties Bordering on Lake Superior; Common Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.14
  The county of Chippewa, and such other counties as may hereafter be organized upon the shore of Lake Superior, shall have jurisdiction, in common,...
• County Courthouse, Jail, Offices, and Other Buildings; Location, Construction, Maintenance, and Expense Thereof; Examination of Plan for Jail - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.16
  Each organized county shall, at its own cost and expense, provide at the county seat thereof a suitable courthouse, and a suitable and sufficient...
• County Jails; Contracts for Use; Lockup Required - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.16a
  In lieu of providing a jail, as required in section 16, each county may contract with other counties for the use of such counties'...
• County Prison Limits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.17
  The prison limits of each county, shall extend to all places within the boundaries of the county. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 13 ;-- CL...
• Escape Due to Insufficiency of County Jail; Liability of Sheriff - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.18
  In case of the escape of any prisoner, by reason of the insufficiency of the jail, whereby the sheriff, or other officer performing the...
• Unorganized Counties; Annexation, Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.19
  Unorganized counties and other districts, annexed, or hereafter to be annexed to any organized county for judicial purposes, shall, for every purpose, be deemed...
• Division or Alteration of County; Lands Within County Limits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.20
  When a county seized of lands shall be divided into 2 or more counties, or shall be altered in its limits, by annexing a...
• Division or Alteration; Apportionment of Personalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.21
  When a county possessed of, or entitled to money, rights, credits, things in action or personal property, shall be so divided or altered, or...
• Division or Alteration; Settlement by Meeting of County Supervisors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.22
  The supervisors aforesaid shall meet for the purpose of such settlement, at such time as shall be prescribed by the law making such division...
• Division or Alteration; Apportionment of Debts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.23
  Debts owing by a county so divided or altered, shall be apportioned in the manner prescribed in section 21 of this chapter, and each...
• Disagreement Over Settlement; Arbitration Commissioners, Appointment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.24
  In case of the division or alteration of a county as aforesaid, if the supervisors cannot agree upon a settlement, as provided in this...
• Arbitration Commissioners; Meeting; Determination, Finality - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.25
  Such commissioners shall meet at such time as they may appoint, and after being duly sworn faithfully and impartially to perform their duties as...
• Repealed - Attachment of Unorganized Territory (45.31 - 45.31) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Deputies of County Officers in Counties Over 50,000; Appointment, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.41
  In all counties of this state having a population of more than 50,000 where it is provided by law that the county treasurer, county...
• Deputies and Employees of County Officers in Counties Over 500,000; Appointment, Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.51
  In counties having a population of more than 500,000 the county treasurer, the register of deeds, the coroners and the drain commissioner shall and...
• Repeal; Effect on Veterans' Preference Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.52
  All acts and parts of acts, whether general, local or special, contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed: Provided, however, That nothing...
• County Offices; Departments or Institutions; Purchase of Supplies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.81
  In any county adopting this act, all supplies, merchandise and articles of every description and character necessary for the maintenance and operation of all...
• County Purchasing Agent; Appointment, Term, Compensation; Interest in Contracts or Bids Prohibited, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.82
  A county purchasing agent shall be appointed by the board of supervisors, who shall hold his office for the term of 2 years from...
• County Purchasing Agent; Oath; Bond; Conditions; Payment of Premium; Sales Prohibited; Accepting or Receiving Rebate, Commission, or Other Thing of Value - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.83
  The agent, before entering upon the duties of the agent's office, shall take the constitutional oath of office, and as determined by the county...
• Purchasing Agent; Advice of County Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.84
  All county officers and heads of county departments or institutions shall keep the purchasing agent constantly advised as to the amount and character of...
• Purchasing Agent; Duties; Estimates of County Officers; Advertisement for Bids; Manner of Purchase, Criteria - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.85
  It shall be the duty of the purchasing agent aforesaid to contract for all supplies, merchandise, printing and articles of every description needed for...
• Bids; Bond or Certified Check Required; Acceptance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.86
  Any and all bids or proposals under this act shall be accompanied by a good and sufficient bond or a certified check in such...
• Bids; Inspection by Purchasing Agent; Quality of Supplies, Rejection; Estimates, Content, Filing, Public Inspection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.87
  All bids shall be opened on the date and at the place specified in the advertisement for the same and such opening and inspection...
• Invoices; Transmittal, Approval, Payment; Rejection of Supplies, Replacement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.88
  Invoices of all supplies of whatever kind shall be furnished in duplicate by the contractor or seller at the time of every delivery of...
• Bond of Successful Bidder; Terms, Filing, Recoveries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.89
  When any bid shall have been accepted, the purchasing agent may require of the successful bidder, a bond payable unto the county with good...
• Emergency Order; Approval, Purchase, Report, Payment; Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.90
  In case any temporary or unforeseen exigency should arise in any of the county offices, departments or institutions and it shall be made to...
• Purchases to Be in Accordance With Appropriations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.91
  All purchases by contract, or otherwise, as herein authorized, shall be in accordance with such appropriations as have been made by the supervisors for...
• Purchase of Perishable Supplies; Rules and Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.92
  The purchasing agent shall frame and transmit to each county institution a system of rules and regulations for the purchase of such supplies as...
• Clerks; Appointment, Compensation; Annual Report by Purchasing Agent to County Supervisors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.93
  The purchasing agent shall have the authority, with the consent of the board of supervisors, to appoint clerks to assist him in his duties,...
• Purchasing Agent and Clerks; Appropriation for Compensation; Personal Use of County Supplies, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.94
  Such sum of money as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of the general fund in the county treasury, to pay the salary...
• Accounts; Condition of Payment; Purchasing Agent, Offices, Supplies and Equipment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.95
  No account for goods, wares or merchandise purchased by any officers created by this act, shall be paid, unless sworn to as required by...
• Repeals; Construction of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.96
  All acts or parts of acts in any wise contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed: Provided, however, That the provisions of...
• Adoption of Act by Counties; Scope - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.97
  The provisions of this act shall not apply to any county except where such county, by its board of supervisors, shall adopt the provisions...
• Adjustment of County Boundaries; Resolution or Petition; Placing Question on Ballot - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.101
  A city situated in 2 or more counties may by resolution of its governing body or petition of 10% of its registered electors or...
• Violation of Mcl 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.101a
  A petition under section 1, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954...
• Effective Date of Question; Notice of Submission; Form; Certifying Result of Vote and Adjustment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.102
  The question shall not become effective unless it is approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon in each county affected. Notice...
• Fiscal Year for Certain Counties; Annual Reports; Filing; Report of County Road Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.201
  (1) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, and except as provided in subsection (2), the fiscal year for a county with a...
• Inconsistent Provisions of Law Superseded - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.202
  This act shall be construed as superseding any inconsistent provision of law, and shall be self-executing. History: 1943, Act 174, Eff. July 30, 1943...
• "county" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.203
  As used in this act, "county" means a county or a county agency in that county, other than the county road commission.
• County Officers; Oaths of Office, Deposit, Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.318
  Each of the officers named in this chapter, except notaries public and prosecuting attorneys, shall before entering upon the duties of his office, and...
• County Officers; Deposit, Filing, and Preservation of Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.319
  Each officer required by the county board of commissioners to give an individual bond, except the treasurer, before entering upon the duties of office,...
• County Officers; Neglect to Deposit Oath or Bond, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.320
  If either of the said officers shall neglect to deposit his oath or bond according to the provisions of the 2 last preceding sections,...
• Neglect to Deposit Oath or Bond; Notice, Effect - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.321
  No penalty shall attach on account of any neglect to deposit such oath or bond as aforesaid, in case such officer, before entering upon...
• Prosecuting Attorney; Appointment, Transmittal of Commission, Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.322
  Whenever the governor shall appoint a prosecuting attorney, the secretary of state shall transmit his commission to the clerk of the county for which...
• Prosecuting Attorney; Oath of Office, Filing; Delivery of Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.323
  The person so appointed shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, and within 20 days after receiving notice of his appointment, appear...
• County Officers; Commencement of Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.324
  The regular terms of office of the several county officers elected at the general election shall commence on the first day of January succeeding...
• Repealed - Approval of Bonds by Supervisors (45.351 - 45.351) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Repealed - Cost of Bonds (45.371 - 45.371) - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Bond Coverage for Officers or Employees of County; Determination by County Board of Commissioners - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.381
  (1) Each officer or employee of a county that is required by statute to furnish a bond conditioned on the officer's or employee's honesty...
• Notification of Surety Companies; Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.382
  In obtaining bond coverage under this act, the county board of commissioners shall notify all surety companies authorized to do business in the county...
• Completion of Bonding Requirement; Termination of Honesty and Faithful Discharge of Duty Bonds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.383
  Within 1 year after the effective date of this act, the county board of commissioners shall complete the bonding requirement as required by this...
• Repeal of Mcl 45.351 and 45.371 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.384
  Act No. 27 of the Public Acts of 1873, being section 45.351 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, and Act No. 251 of the...
• Conditional Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.385
  This act shall not take effect unless Senate Bills No. 1488, 1490, 1492, 1494 and 1493 of the 1978 regular session of the legislature...
• Salaries of County Officers; Determination; Exception; Change in Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.401
  (1) The county board of commissioners of each county in this state may direct the payment to the sheriff, under-sheriff, and deputy sheriffs and...
• County Officers; Statement of Fees Collected, Disposition, Receipts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.402
  The sheriff, under-sheriff and deputy sheriffs and the county clerks, county treasurers and registers of deeds and their deputies who receive a salary shall...
• Salaries of County Officers; Payment, Condition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.403
  The salaries aforesaid shall be paid monthly by the county treasurer, upon a warrant issued by the county clerk, but not until an itemized...
• Accounting of Money Received by County Treasurer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.404
  All money received by the county treasurer by virtue of this act shall be credited to the general fund of the county. History: 1919,...
• Sheriffs; Appointment of Under - Sheriff and Deputies; Contracts for Board of Prisoners; Office Supplies, Claims of Salaried Officers for Expenses, Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.405
  The sheriff shall appoint an under-sheriff and may, in his discretion, appoint such deputy sheriffs as may be provided for by the board of...
• Sheriff; Emergency Appointment of Additional Deputies, Compensation; Report of Expenses, Official Acts and Fees; Appointment of Deputies to Protect Private Interests - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.406
  In times of emergency the sheriff, upon order of the circuit court for the county, made upon the petition of the sheriff or prosecuting...
• Sheriff, Under - Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.407
  It is hereby provided that this act shall be so construed as to require the sheriff, under-sheriff and deputy sheriffs to perform all reasonable...
• Violation of Act; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.408
  If any sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy sheriffs or any county clerk, county treasurer, or register of deeds, or any deputy of any county clerk,...
• Members of County Boards, Departments, Authorities, and Commissions; Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.411
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, members of county boards, departments, authorities, and commissions receiving statutory compensation the same as members of the boards...
• Salaries of County Officers; Determination; Change in Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.421
  (1) The annual salary of each salaried county officer, which is by law fixed by the county board of commissioners, shall be fixed by...
• Salaries of County Officers of County Having Population of 1,000,000 or More; Determination; Fees or Commissions Payable to County; Change in Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.451
  (1) The salary of the treasurer, prosecuting attorney, county clerk, register of deeds, and the county auditors, of a county having a population of...
• County Officers; Additional Compensation for New Duties Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.452
  No officer whose salary is fixed by this act shall be entitled to any fees, commissions or added compensation by reason of any new...
• County Officers; Fees Collected, Payment to County Treasurer, Statement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.453
  The said county clerk, circuit court commissioners, county auditors, prosecuting attorney, treasurer and register of deeds of any such county shall receive or collect...
• County Officers; Record Books and Accounting Forms for Uniform System of Accounts; Audit of Accounts; Rules and Regulations of Board of County Auditors for Deposit and Disbursement of Funds; Duties of County Treasurer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.454
  The board of auditors of said county shall prepare and provide said county treasurer, county clerk, register of deeds, circuit court commissioners, prosecuting attorney,...
• Incumbent County Officers; Salaries and Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.455
  The present county treasurer, county clerk, register of deeds and circuit court commissioners shall be entitled to receive the salaries, fees and perquisites now...
• Violation of Act; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.456
  Any officer who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof...
• Repeals - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.457
  All acts or parts of acts, so far as contrary to the provisions of this act, whether local or general, are hereby repealed. History:...
• County Officers Compensation Commission; Establishment; Purpose; Resolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.471
  A county board of commissioners may establish a county officers compensation commission to determine the compensation for the nonjudicial elected officials of the county....
• County Officers Compensation Commission; Appointment, Qualifications and Terms of Members - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.472
  (1) The county officers compensation commission shall consist of 7 members who are registered electors residing in the county. Upon recommendations from the members...
• Compensation of Elected Officials; Determination; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.473
  The county officers compensation commission shall determine the compensation of the elected officials of the county, other than judges, which determination shall be the...
• County Officers Compensation Commission; Meetings; Determination; Quorum; Concurrence of Majority; Chairperson; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.474
  (1) The county officers compensation commission shall meet for not more than 15 session days each even numbered year and shall make its determination...
• Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.475
  The business which the commission may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267...
• Resolution Subject to Referendum; Petition; Placing Proposition on Ballot; Effect of Defeat of Proposition; Effect of Determination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.476
  If a resolution is adopted establishing a county officers compensation commission pursuant to this act, the resolution may be subject to referendum if a...
• Violation of Mcl 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.476a
  A petition under section 6, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954...
• Conditional Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.477
  This act shall not take effect unless House Bill No. 6200 of the 1978 regular session of the legislature is enacted into law.
• Leased United States Lands; Appropriation of Moneys Received for Flood Control, Navigation and Allied Purposes; Payment to County Treasurer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.491
  All sums of money heretofore or hereafter received from the United States, or any department thereof, under an act of congress approved August 18,...
• Charter County; Body Corporate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.501
  Every county adopting a charter under the provisions of this act shall be a body corporate.
• Authority of Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities of Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.501a
  Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an emergency financial manager has been appointed under the local government fiscal responsibility act, Act No. 101...
• Resolution for Submission of Question on Election of Charter Commission; Adoption by County Board of Supervisors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.502
  The board of supervisors of any county, by a majority vote of its members elect may, or upon petition of 5% of the registered...
• Violation of Mcl 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.502a
  A petition under section 2, 5(1), or 19, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan...
• Submission of Question to Qualified Electors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.503
  The resolution shall provide that the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors at the next regular primary, presidential primary, or general election...
• Number of Charter Commissioners to Be Elected; Qualifications of Candidate for Election to Office of Charter Commissioner; Member of County Board of Commissioners as Chief Administrative Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.504
  (1) The county apportionment commission shall set forth the number of charter commissioners to be elected as follows: County Population Number of Charter Commissioners...
• Partisan Election of Charter Commission; Nomination of Candidates; Petition or Filing Fee; Primary Election; Composition and Convening of County Apportionment Commission; Rules of Procedure; Quorum; Majority Vote; Establishment of Charter Commission Districts; Requirements for Districts; Use of Census Figures; Apportionment; Division; Date of Primary; Election of Charter Commission; Filing and Availability of Apportionment Plan and Copies Thereof; Judicial Review; Appeal; Submission and Filing of Plan by Registered Voter; Official Apportionment Plan; Duration; Election of 1 Charter Commissioner for Each District; Limitation on Representation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.505
  (1) The resolution shall provide for a partisan election of a charter commission, for the nomination of candidates for the charter commission by petitioning...
• Compensation for Charter Commissioner; Appropriations to Defray Certain Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.506
  Compensation for each charter commissioner shall not exceed $65.00 per day for a total of 90 meetings. Compensation shall not be paid for more...
• Passage of Resolution; Transmittal of Copies to City, Village and Township Clerks; Notice of Election, Publication, Posting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.507
  Upon the passage of the resolution, the county clerk, within 3 business days, shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the clerk of each...
• Ballots; Form, Content, Preparation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.508
  The ballot to be used for the submission of the question shall be prepared by the county clerk in accordance with the general election...
• Charter Commission Members; Oath of Office; First Meeting, Notice; Presiding Officer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.509
  The members of the charter commission shall file their oath of office with the county clerk prior to the first meeting of the charter...
• Charter Commission; Organization; Quorum; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Record of Meetings; Journal of Proceedings; Availability of Writings to Public; Prohibited Action; Duration of Charter Commission; Ballot Questions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.510
  (1) The charter commission shall complete its organization within 20 days after the date of its first meeting. Its organization shall consist of seating...
• Charter Commission; Draft of Proposed Charter, Approval; Dissolution Upon Failure to Agree - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.511
  The commission shall draft a proposed charter within 180 days after the date of completing its organization as provided in section 10. If the...
• Submission of 2 Alternative Charter Proposals; Dissolution of Charter Commission; Approval of Proposed Charters; Differences Between Charter Proposals; Election of County Executive; Selection, Term, and Removal of Chief Administrative Officer; Declaration of Charter Adoption; Votes; Duties and Responsibilities of County Executive or Chief Administrative Officer; Veto of Ordinance or Resolution; Contents of Ballot - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.511a
  (1) In a county with a population of 1,500,000 or more the commission shall approve alternative charter proposals for simultaneous submission to the electors...
• Charter Commission; Vacancies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.512
  A vacancy in the office of any commissioner shall be filled by a qualified elector selected by the commission. If the commission fails to...
• Charter Commission; Employees and Assistants, Appointment, Compensation; Use of County Departmental Personnel; Powers and Duties; Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.513
  The commission may appoint employees and assistants as are necessary to perform its duties and shall fix the compensation of the employees and assistants...
• County Charter; Mandatory Provisions; Subsection(1)(d) Inapplicable to Certain Counties; Staggered Terms of Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.514
  (1) A county charter adopted under this act shall provide for all of the following: (a) In a county having a population of less...
• Satisfaction of Condition With Respect to Transportation Employees; Certification by County Road Agency; Failure of County Road Agency to Make Certification; Maintenance of Website; Posting Information; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.514a
  (1) Beginning September 30, 2014, each county road agency shall annually certify to the department that it satisfies 1 of the following conditions with...
• County Charter; Permissible Provisions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.515
  A county charter adopted under the provisions of this act may provide for 1 or more of the following: (a) The office of corporation...
• Ordinance; Designation of Violation as Civil Infraction; Civil Fine; Act or Omission Constituting Crime - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.515a
  (1) Consistent with Act No. 58 of the Public Acts of 1945, being section 46.201 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and whether or not...
• Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of County Charter or Ordinance Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.515b
  Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a charter county shall not adopt a county charter or ordinance...
• Proposed Charter; Submission to Governor; Rejection, Revision, Resubmission; Approval; Referendum on Adoption and Election of Officers; Incumbent County Officers, Continuation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.516
  The charter shall be submitted to the governor for approval within 30 days after its completion. The charter may be approved by the governor...
• Proposed Charter; Publication; Notice of Election - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.517
  Upon the passage of the resolution by the charter commission fixing the date for the submission and election, the county clerk, within 3 business...
• Proposed Charter; Rejection, Revision, Resubmission to Electorate; Dissolution of Charter Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.518
  If the proposed county charter be rejected, the election of officers therein newly created is void, and the chairman of the charter commission shall...
• Second Charter Commission; Election Procedures; Provisions Governing; Rejection; Dissolution of Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.519
  Whenever a charter commission has been dissolved, the county board of supervisors may and upon petitions of 5% of the registered electors shall adopt...
• Home Rule County Status; When Change Occurs; Incumbent Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.520
  A county is not deemed to have changed its status from that of a regular county to a home rule county until the charter...
• Home Rule County; Succession to and Vesting of Property; Continuation of Rights, Liabilities, Suits, or Prosecutions; Debts, Liabilities, Tax Rates, and Uncollected Taxes and Assessments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.521
  A home rule county created under this act shall succeed to and be vested with the property, real and personal, money, rights, credits and...
• Optional Unified Form of County Government; Authorization; Effect of Adoption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.551
  A county which has not adopted a charter, or elected a charter commission which has not been dissolved pursuant to Act No. 293 of...
• Optional Unified Form of County Government; Alternate A; Alternate B - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.552
  (1) An optional unified form of county government shall include either: (a) An appointed county manager, who shall comply with the qualifications and exercise...
• Optional Unified Form of County Government; Procedure for Adoption; Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.553
  (1) An optional unified form of county government shall be adopted and become effective in the following manner: (a) The county board of commissioners,...
• Violation of Mcl 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.553a
  A petition under section 3 or 23, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election...
• Abolition of Certain Offices, Boards, Commissions, Authorities, or Departments; Termination of Tenure; Former Powers as General County Government Powers; Powers and Duties of Excepted Boards or Commissions; Certain Powers Neither Minimized Nor Divested; Method of Appointing Veterans; Powers Vested in County Department of Veterans' Affairs Administrative Committee or Soldiers' Relief Commission - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.554
  (1) On the date the optional unified form of county government becomes effective, all appointed boards, commissions, and authorities except the apportionment commission, airport...
• Annual Certification That Certain Employee - Related Conditions Met; Failure to Make Certification; Withholding Distributions to County Road Agency; Website; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.554a
  (1) Beginning September 30, 2014, each county road agency shall annually certify to the department that it satisfies 1 of the following conditions with...
• Board of County Commissioners as Governing Body of County; Election, Organization, and Procedures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.555
  Upon the date an optional unified form of county government becomes effective, the board of county commissioners shall be the governing body of the...
• Board of County Commissioners; Powers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.556
  The board may: (a) Establish policies to be followed by the government of the county in the conduct of its affairs and exercise all...
• Ordinance; Designation of Violation as Certain Civil Infraction; Civil Fine; Act or Omission Constituting Crime - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.556a
  (1) Consistent with Act No. 58 of the Public Acts of 1945, being section 46.201 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the county board of...
• Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.556b
  Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a county board of commissioners shall not adopt an ordinance that...
• County Manager; Appointment, Qualifications, Compensation, Term, and Removal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.557
  Within 60 days after an optional unified form of county government containing alternate A becomes effective, the board of county commissioners by a majority...
• County Manager or County Executive; Powers and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.558
  (1) A county manager or county executive shall: (a) Supervise, direct, and control the functions of the departments of the county except those headed...
• County Executive; Nomination, Election, and Term; Vacancy; Salary - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.559
  (1) A county executive who is a qualified elector in the county shall be elected on a partisan basis for a term of 4...
• Death or Resignation of Elected County Executive; Successor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.559a
  (1) For counties with a population of more than 1,000,000, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the elected county executive due to...
• County Executive; Responsibility - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.560
  The county executive shall be responsible for the overall supervision of all county departments not headed by other elected officials.
• County Executive; Veto of Ordinance or Resolution; Certification; Overriding Veto; Certain Resolutions or Motions Not to Be Approved or Disapproved; Effective Date of Ordinance or Resolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.561
  (1) Except as provided in this section, the county executive may veto an ordinance or resolution adopted by the board, including items of an...
• Officials; Powers; Functions; Manner of Election or Appointment; Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.562
  (1) Upon the date an optional unified form of county government becomes effective, the following officials shall exercise the powers and functions as provided...
• Departments; Establishment; Directors; Functions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.563
  An optional unified form of county government shall have all functions, except when otherwise allocated by this act, performed by 1 or more departments...
• Departments; Consolidation; Transfer of Functions; Creation of Additional Departments; County Manager or County Executive as Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.564
  Except as to a department headed by elected county officials or the board of county road commissioners, the board of county commissioners may: (a)...
• Deputy; Appointment; Department Head and Deputy Exempt From Civil Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.565
  (1) Each department head may appoint 1 deputy. (2) A department head and any deputy appointed thereunder is exempt from civil service.
• Civil Service Commission; Appeals; Secretarial and Clerical Assistance; Personnel and Employee Relations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.566
  The civil service commission, if existing, shall hear and decide appeals from any disciplinary action, suspension, or removal of county employees who are within...
• Employee Retirement and Pension Programs; Retirement Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.567
  The board of county commissioners shall continue, without diminution of function or authority, any board previously established to administer employee retirement and pension programs...
• Title to Property to Be Held in Name of County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.568
  Upon the date an optional unified form of county government becomes effective, title to all property, real or personal, formerly held in the name...
• Ordinances Previously Enacted - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.569
  When an optional unified form of county government becomes effective all ordinances previously enacted by the board of county commissioners and unrepealed, to the...
• Provisions of Act Controlling - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.570
  When an optional unified form of county government becomes effective, this act is controlling as to all matters to which it relates, and provisions...
• Rights Under Civil Service and Merit System Continued - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.571
  Under an optional unified form of county government all rights secured employees by existing civil service and merit system legislation are continued in full...
• Retirement and Pension Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.572
  Under an optional unified form of county government all retirement and pension rights of employees provided by existing law remain in full force and
• Procedures for Abolishing Optional Unified Form of County Government - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.573
  An optional unified form of county government may be abolished in the following manner: (a) After a period of 4 years from the date...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.581
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "county department of solid waste management act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.582
  As used in this act: (a) "Acquire" means acquisition by any method described in section 12 or by any other method permitted by law....
• Department of Solid Waste Management; Establishment; Function; Control; Annual Budget; Appointment of Director - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.583
  (1) The county board of commissioners of a county may establish a department of solid waste management as an additional department pursuant to section...
• Solid Waste System; Acquisition, Construction, Improvement, Enlargement, or Extension; Operation and Maintenance; Acquisitions Outside Corporate Boundaries; Consent; Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.584
  (1) A county that establishes a department of solid waste management under this act may acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, or extend a solid waste...
• Solid Waste Service; Consent of Public Corporation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.585
  A county shall not furnish solid waste service to any users within a public corporation without the consent of the public corporation.
• Financing and Contracts; Resolution; Merger - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.586
  For a public corporation that is a county, the establishment of a solid waste system, the method of financing the system, and all contracts...
• Methods of Financing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.587
  The acquisition, improvement, enlargement, or extension of a solid waste system under this act may be financed by 1 or more of the following...
• Bonds Generally - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.588
  Bonds issued under this act shall be authorized by a resolution or ordinance adopted by the county board of commissioners. The county board of...
• Contract Between County and Public Corporation; Purpose; Payment of Obligations; Tax Levy; Methods of Raising Money; Pledge; Powers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.589
  (1) A county may contract with 1 or more public corporations, including the county itself, for the acquisition, improvement, enlargement, or extension of a...
• Special Assessment Roll; Objection to Special Assessment District - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.590
  If a public corporation other than a county that has established a department of solid waste management under this act elects to raise money...
• Validity of Bonds or Notes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.591
  A county or a public corporation, including the county, shall not contest the validity of bonds or notes issued by the county under this...
• Acquisition of Tangible or Intangible Property, Rights, or Processes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.592
  (1) A county may acquire tangible or intangible property, rights, or processes, within its corporate limits, for a solid waste system by purchase, grant,...
• Contract for Furnishing Solid Waste Services to Public Corporation; Charges Subject to Increase; Contract for Purchase or Sale of Solid Waste Services or Acquisition, Operation, Management, or Use of Solid Waste Systems; Term of Contract; Contract as General Obligation of Public Corporation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.593
  A county and 1 or more public corporations, either within or outside of the county, may contract for the furnishing of solid waste services...
• Cost of System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.594
  The following may be included as part of the cost of a system funded under this act: (a) Engineering fees. (b) Legal fees. (c)...
• Failure to Pay County; Notice; Deduction or Transfer of Money; Legal Remedies for Reimbursement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.595
  (1) A contract made under this act may provide that if a public corporation fails to pay to a county an amount required to...
• Proceedings to Take Private Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.596
  (1) A county may take private property within its corporate boundaries that is necessary for a purpose within the scope of this act for...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.621
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "county juvenile agency act".
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.622
  As used in this act: (a) "County juvenile agency" means a county that has approved a resolution in accordance with section 3. (b) "County...
• County Juvenile Agency; Resolution; Approval; Adoption; Powers and Duties of County - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.623
  (1) A majority of the board of commissioners of a county may approve a resolution authorizing the county to become a county juvenile agency....
• Resolution of Approval; Revocation by Subsequent Resolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.624
  (1) A majority of the board of commissioners who approved a resolution under section 3 may revoke it by a subsequent resolution adopted before...
• Request by County Executive, Chief Executive Officer, or Manager Required - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.625
  (1) The board of commissioners of a county that has adopted a charter under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, shall not proceed...
• Applicability of Act; Eligibility Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.626
  This act does not apply to a county unless that county is eligible for a transfer of title IV-E funds from the state under...
• County Juvenile Agency; Powers and Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.627
  (1) A county juvenile agency shall provide or contract for provision of all of the following: (a) An effective program of supervision and care...
• Maintenance of Block Grant Account - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.628
  A county shall maintain the account for the county juvenile agency's block grant under section 117a of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280,...
• Annual State Audit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.629
  An annual state audit shall be conducted of all state money provided to a county for programs under this act as a county juvenile...
• Placement of Public Wards and Juveniles - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.630
  When a county becomes a county juvenile agency as provided in section 3, public wards and juveniles transferred to the county juvenile agency's responsibility...
• County as Successor Employer; Conditions of Employment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.630a
  If the county assumes the operation of any facility operated by the family independence agency, the county shall be a successor employer. Employees under...
• Plan to Aid Displaced Employees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.630b
  The family independence agency shall adopt a plan to aid employees of the family independence agency not described in section 10a who are negatively...
• Existing Agreements Between Family Independence Agency and Private Providers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 45.631
  A county becoming a county juvenile agency in accordance with this act does not affect existing agreements between the family independence agency and private...

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