Michigan · statute · 359 of 1947, Mich. Comp. Laws · 46 active provisions
(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as “the charter township act”. (2) A township, having a population of 2,000 or more inhabitants according to the most recent regular or special federal or state census of the inhabitants of the township may incorporate as a charter township. The charter township shall be a m…
Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an emergency financial manager has been appointed under the local government fiscal responsibility act, Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1988, being sections 141.1101 to 141.1118 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, with respect to a township governed by this act, then that emer…
Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a charter township shall not adopt an ordinance that includes any minimum staffing requirement for charter township employees. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any provision in an ordinance adopted on or after the effective date…
Any eligible township shall become a charter township when the inhabitants thereof shall, by a majority vote of the electors thereof, voting on such proposition, declare in favor thereof at any general or special election at which the proposition to incorporate as a charter township shall be submitted to the electors o…
A petition under section 3, 3a, 4, 6a, or 34(5), including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described…
The proposition to incorporate as a charter township shall be submitted at the next general or at a special election in the event that, on or before August 30, or, in the event of a special election, not less than 60 days, preceding such election, the township board shall vote to submit such proposition to the electors…
(1) Within 30 days after the effective date of this 1984 amendatory act and after each regular or special federal or state census, the secretary of state shall notify the clerk of a township which is not incorporated as a charter township pursuant to this act and which has a population of 2,000 or more inhabitants, exc…
Candidates for township office in charter townships shall be nominated at the general primary election held in the township before each general election at which township officers are to be elected. The primary election shall be conducted, as near as may be, pursuant to the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1…
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, all legislative authority and powers of each charter township shall be vested in and shall be exercised and determined by a township board of 7 members composed of the supervisor, the township clerk, the township treasurer, and 4 trustees who shall be electors in the townsh…
A trustee may receive, in addition to other emoluments provided by law for his service to the township, a sum per meeting of the board actually attended by him, as established by the township board to be paid upon authorization of the township board. The supervisor, the township clerk, and the township treasurer shall…
(1) In place of the procedure in section 6 for determining the salary of each elected official, the township board may establish by ordinance the procedure described in this section. The ordinance shall provide the following: (a) A local officials compensation commission is created. The commission shall determine the s…
(1) The township board shall provide by resolution for the time, date, and place of the board's regular meetings, and shall hold at least 1 regular meeting each month. If a time set for the holding of a regular meeting of the township board is a holiday, then the regular meeting shall be held at the same time and place…
(1) The proceedings of the township board shall be published at least once each month. A publication of a synopsis of the proceedings, prepared by the township clerk and approved by the supervisor, showing the substance of each separate proceeding of the board is in compliance with this section. (2) The board shall det…
The township supervisor, township clerk, township treasurer, justices of the peace, and constables in each charter township shall have and perform the duties and functions required of such officers by state law. The township board may, by resolution, upon the recommendation of the supervisor, or of the township superin…
The township board in each charter township shall have power to appoint a township superintendent and may delegate to him any or all of the following functions and duties which functions and duties, unless so delegated, shall be exercised by the supervisor: (a) To see that all laws and township ordinances are enforced;…
If a township has not appointed a township superintendent under section 10, the township board may employ a township manager who shall serve at the pleasure of the township board and perform such duties lawfully delegated to the manager by the township board. The duties may include those that are delegated by law to an…
(1) The township superintendent shall hold office at the pleasure of the township board and shall be selected by the township board on the basis of training and ability alone, without regard to his or her political or religious preference. (2) An individual who is not a resident of the township at the time of his or he…
In any charter township, in addition to the supervisor, the charter township board may provide for the appointment of assessors, not exceeding 2, for such charter township. Such assessors, when appointed, shall be clothed with all the powers and duties of supervisors in the assessment of property for taxation within su…
The township board in each charter township may provide for and establish a police force and authorize the supervisor, or the township superintendent if one has been appointed, to appoint, subject to the approval of the said board, a township marshal and such other policemen and watchmen as may be required to protect p…
The township board in each charter township shall have power to provide for and establish and maintain a fire department and authorize the supervisor, or the township superintendent if one has been appointed, to appoint, subject to the approval of the said board, a township fire chief and such other firemen as may be r…
(1) The township board of a charter township may do either of the following: (a) Establish and maintain a free public library if the charter township is in a county with a population of more than 750,000 but less than 2,000,000 and has not been located within the service area of an established free public library for t…
Each charter township shall have power to acquire property for public purposes by purchase, gift, condemnation, lease, construction, or otherwise, and to maintain and operate public buildings, parks, and facilities needed in the performance of the powers and functions, expressed and implied, granted, possessed, and req…
(1) The township may borrow money and issue bonds on the credit of the township for the purpose of constructing or otherwise acquiring a public improvement that the township is authorized to construct or otherwise acquire by law. (2) Bonds must not be issued, except special assessment bonds, bonds for the township port…
(1) The township board of any charter township may enact ordinances considered necessary to provide for the public peace and health and for the safety of persons and property in the charter township, and may, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), by ordinance prescribe the terms and conditions upon which lice…
Except insofar as limited by state law and the provisions of this act, the township board shall have power to establish and vacate and use, and to control and regulate the use of the streets, alleys, bridges, and public places of the township and the space above and beneath them, such regulation of its streets, alleys,…