Michigan · statute · 156 of 1851, Mich. Comp. Laws · 58 active provisions
(1) The commissioners of each county shall meet annually in that county for the transaction of business as a county board of commissioners. The county board of commissioners may also hold special meetings, when necessary, at the times and places it finds convenient, and may adjourn from time to time as it considers nec…
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 local government governed by this act, then t…
The board of supervisors is hereby authorized to offer and pay out of the general fund of the county, not to exceed 1,000 dollars as a reward for the arrest and conviction or for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons having committed a crime within the county or having escaped from a…
(1) A majority of the members of the county board of commissioners of a county constitutes a quorum for the transaction of the ordinary business of the county. (2) The county board of commissioners of a county shall act by the votes of a majority of the members present. However, the final passage or adoption of a measu…
The names and votes of members shall be recorded on an action taken by the board of county commissioners or by a committee of the board of county commissioners if the action is on an ordinance or the appointment or election of an officer, except the vote for chairperson may be by secret ballot. The vote and the name of…
The county clerk of each county, or in his absence his deputy, shall be the clerk of the board of supervisors of such county. It shall be the duty of such clerk: First, To record all the proceedings of such board in a book provided for that purpose; Second, To make regular entries of all their resolutions and decisions…
The books, records, and accounts of the county board of commissioners shall be deposited with its clerk. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the board or an official appointed pursuant to this act in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compl…
It shall be the duty of every such board of supervisors, as often as once in each year, to examine the accounts of the treasurer of their county, and to ascertain and enter upon their records, a full statement of such account.
It shall be the duty of the board, as often as shall be necessary, to cause the courthouse, jail, and all other public buildings and public offices of the county, to be duly repaired at the expense of the county. The county board of commissioners of a county may, subject to the limitations provided in Act No. 62 of the…
They shall also cause to be prepared within the jails of their respective counties, at the expense of such counties, so many cells for the reception of convicts, as they may deem necessary.
(1) The county board of commissioners shall cause to be made out immediately after each session a report of the proceedings of the board at that session and shall do 1 of the following: (a) Publish the full report as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there…
A special meeting of the county board of commissioners of a county shall be held only when requested by at least 1/3 of the members of the county board of commissioners of the county. The request shall be in writing, shall be addressed to the county clerk, and shall specify the time, date, place, and purpose of the mee…
(1) Except for an ordinance described in subsection (2) or (3), the violation of an ordinance adopted pursuant to section 11(j) shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. (2) Consistent with 1945 PA 58, MCL 46.201, the county board of commissioners may ado…
A petition under section 11(m) asking that an ordinance or act of incorporation be submitted to electors or under section 16b, 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 electi…
A county board of commissioners, at a lawfully held meeting, may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Purchase or lease for a term not to exceed 20 years, real estate necessary for the site of a courthouse, jail, clerk's office, or other county building in that county. (b) Determine the site of, remove, or designate a ne…
The board of supervisors is hereby authorized to appropriate such sum as they deem fit for the purpose of a public celebration on Armistice day. The board shall provide for the expenditure of this money in any way they see fit.
(1) A county, by resolution of the county board of commissioners, may enter into a contract or agreement for the purchase of lands, property, or equipment to be used for public purposes and, except as provided in subsection (6), to be paid for in installments over a period of not more than 10 years, or the useful life…
(1) A county board of commissioners may provide by resolution for the acquisition or financing of energy conservation improvements to be made to county facilities or infrastructure and may pay for the improvements or the financing or refunding of the improvements from the general fund of the county or from the savings…
Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a county board of commissioners shall not adopt an ordinance that includes any minimum staffing requirement for county employees. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any provision in an ordinance adopted by a county board of commis…
Any occupational licensing requirements imposed under this act are subject to the local government occupational licensing act.
(1) Subject to subsection (34), a county board of commissioners at a lawfully held meeting may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Provide group life, health, accident and hospitalization, and disability coverage for a county employee, a retired employee, or an employee of an office, board, or department of the county,…
The board of supervisors may appropriate, from time to time, such sums of moneys as it may determine, for the operation of local councils of veterans' affairs.
The board of supervisors of any county or the boards of several counties acting jointly may employ, upon such terms as they approve, any person competent therefor, except any member of a local legislative body or city or village official, to represent such county or counties in regard to the assessment of metallic mini…
Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, if the functions of a governmental unit are transferred to the county, and if all or part of the employees of the functions are transferred from the employ of a governmental unit to the employ of the county, the board of supervisors may regard for…
Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, if an employee of a county department of a county that has adopted a retirement system providing for the payment of benefits in the event of a nonduty disability or nonduty death is transferred to the employ of this state because of a function of t…