| § 42.1 |
Short title; charter townships; incorporation; powers, privileges, immunities and liabilities; petition; special census; expenses |
| § 42.1a |
Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities |
| § 42.2 |
Incorporation; referendum; ballot, form and content; filing of petition or resolution by township clerk; finality of proceedings; term of incumbent officers; disincorporation |
| § 42.2a |
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties |
| § 42.3 |
Incorporation; submission of proposition to electors, time; petitions, verification of signatures |
| § 42.3a |
Notice to clerk of township not incorporated as charter township; resolution of township board; notice of right to referendum; petition; signatures; submitting question of incorporation at general or special election; wording of ballot |
| § 42.4 |
Nomination of candidates for township office; conducting primary election; duties of township clerk; duties and composition of board of township election commissioners |
| § 42.5 |
Township board; election of members; powers and duties; supervisor as presiding and executive officer; authentication of instruments; president pro tem; clerk; record of proceedings; temporary clerk |
| § 42.6 |
Charter township board; compensation and expenses of members |
| § 42.6a |
Ordinance establishing procedure for determining salary of elected official; contents; conducting business at public meeting; public notice; resolution implementing ordinance; petition for referendum; change of procedure; decreasing salary of elected town |
| § 42.7 |
Township board; meetings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; transacting business at special meeting; quorum; adjournment; rules and order of business; journal; voting; availability of certain writings to public; attendance and cond |
| § 42.8 |
Charter township board; monthly publication of proceedings; notices and ordinances; posting |
| § 42.9 |
Township officers; powers and duties; additional officers, limitations |
| § 42.10 |
Township superintendent; appointment; delegation of powers and duties of township supervisor |
| § 42.10a |
Township manager; employment; service; duties |
| § 42.11 |
Township superintendent; tenure; qualifications; residency requirements; waiver |
| § 42.11a |
Township assessors; appointment, powers and duties, compensation |
| § 42.12 |
Township police force; establishment; township marshal, appointment; rules; policemen, powers and duties |
| § 42.13 |
Township fire department; establishment; township fire chief, appointment; rules and regulations; refusal to aid at fire, penalty |
| § 42.13a |
Free public library; establishment and maintenance; conditions; ordinance; resolution; board of directors; appointment of library advisory committee; rules and regulations; state aid |
| § 42.14 |
Charter township; power to acquire property; approval of electors |
| § 42.14a |
Bonds for public improvements; issuance; approval required; exceptions; limitation on net indebtedness; computation of net indebtedness; bonds subject to MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821 |
| § 42.15 |
Ordinances to provide for peace, health and safety; licenses, granting, fees, bonds |
| § 42.16 |
Streets, alleys, bridges and public places; regulation of use; record of ordinances, filing |
| § 42.17 |
Construction of buildings; powers and liabilities of charter townships as to public health and safety |
| § 42.18 |
Joint action with other governmental unit or agency |
| § 42.19 |
Ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of former township; continuation |
| § 42.20 |
Legislation to be ordinance or resolution; form, passage, amendment, recording, authentication, and compilation of ordinances |
| § 42.21 |
Violation of ordinances; sanction; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime; penalty; distribution of fines |
| § 42.21a |
Police officers; right to pursue, arrest, and detain person outside of charter township limits |
| § 42.21b |
Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant |
| § 42.21c |
Regulation of recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; violation as municipal civil infraction; penalty |
| § 42.22 |
Ordinance; publication; effective date; publication of summary or true copy; catch lines required; drafting of summary |
| § 42.23 |
State law or standard code; adoption as township ordinance by citation; publication, distribution, charge |
| § 42.24 |
Submission of itemized estimates of anticipated expenditures; preparation and submission of budget proposal; time |
| § 42.25 |
Budget proposal; contents; commencement of fiscal year |
| § 42.26 |
Budget; notice, public hearing, prior public inspection |
| § 42.27 |
Adoption of budget by township board; resolution; appropriation; tax levy; limitation; separate appropriation for fire and police departments; tax collection; interim budget |
| § 42.28 |
Budget or supplemental appropriations; expenditure, restrictions; unencumbered balances, transfer, reappropriation |
| § 42.29 |
Quarterly statement of estimated and actual income and expenses; submission by supervisor to township board; reduction of appropriations, exceptions |
| § 42.30 |
Annual audit of accounts; results, filing, public inspection; annual report of township business |
| § 42.31 |
Local or public improvements; approval; determination of necessity; special assessments; bonds |
| § 42.32 |
Succession to properties of former township; suits or prosecutions, debts and liabilities, uncollected taxes and assessments |
| § 42.33 |
Liberal construction of act |
| § 42.34 |
Exemption of charter township from annexation to contiguous city or village; exceptions |
