Michigan Laws 124.604 – Election
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(1) Upon petition by not less than 5% of the registered electors residing in a municipality that has not become an incorporating municipality, requesting a referendum on the question of becoming an incorporating municipality, the clerk of the municipality, upon verifying the required number of signatures on the petitions, shall submit the question of whether the municipality should become an incorporating municipality to the vote of the electors of the municipality at the next general election or special election called for that purpose, and conducted in accordance with the Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being section 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(2) The clerk of the municipality shall prepare the question for the ballot to be used at the election, subject to the election laws of the state, substantially as follows:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 124.604
- Emergency services: means fire protection services, emergency medical services, police protection, and any other emergency health or safety services designated in the articles of incorporation of an authority. See Michigan Laws 124.601
- Incorporating municipality: means a municipality that becomes part of a new authority in the manner provided in section 2, or joins an existing authority in the manner provided in section 3. See Michigan Laws 124.601
- Municipality: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 124.601
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
“Should the __________ of __________ become part of an emergency services authority?
Yes ( )
No ( )”
(3) If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote “yes”, the municipality shall proceed to become an incorporating municipality in the manner provided in section 2 or 3.