42.1 Short title; charter townships; incorporation; powers, privileges, immunities and liabilities; petition; special census; expenses. Sec. 1. (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 […]
42.10 Township superintendent; appointment; delegation of powers and duties of township supervisor. Sec. 10. 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 […]
42.10a Township manager; employment; service; duties. Sec. 10a. 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 […]
42.11 Township superintendent; tenure; qualifications; residency requirements; waiver. Sec. 11. (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 […]
42.11a Township assessors; appointment, powers and duties, compensation. Sec. 11a. 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 […]
42.12 Township police force; establishment; township marshal, appointment; rules; policemen, powers and duties. Sec. 12. 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 […]
42.13 Township fire department; establishment; township fire chief, appointment; rules and regulations; refusal to aid at fire, penalty. Sec. 13. 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, […]
42.13a Free public library; establishment or reestablishment and maintenance; conditions; ordinance; resolution; board of directors; appointment of library advisory committee; rules and regulations; state aid. Sec. 13a. (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 […]
42.14 Charter township; power to acquire property; approval of electors. Sec. 14. 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, […]
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; computation of net indebtedness. Sec. 14a. (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 […]
42.15 Ordinances to provide for peace, health, and safety; licenses, granting, fees, bonds. Sec. 15. (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 […]
42.16 Streets, alleys, bridges and public places; regulation of use; record of ordinances, filing. Sec. 16. 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 […]
42.17 Construction of buildings; powers and liabilities of charter townships as to public health and safety. Sec. 17. Charter townships shall have and possess and may exercise the same powers and shall be subject to the same liabilities as are possessed by cities to regulate the construction of buildings for the preservation of public health […]
42.18 Joint action with other governmental unit or agency. Sec. 18. Each charter township may join with any governmental unit or agency, or with any number or combination thereof, by contract or otherwise as may be permitted by law, to perform jointly, or by one or more, for or on behalf of the other or […]
42.19 Ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of former township; continuation. Sec. 19. All ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations of a charter township which were in effect at the time such township became a charter township and which are not inconsistent with the laws of the state applicable to charter townships shall continue in full force […]
42.1a Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities. Sec. 1a. 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 […]
42.1b Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited. Sec. 1b. 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 […]
42.2 Incorporation; referendum; ballot, form and content; filing of petition or resolution by township clerk; finality of proceedings; term of incumbent officers; disincorporation. Sec. 2. 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 […]
42.20 Legislation to be ordinance or resolution; form, passage, amendment, recording, authentication, and compilation of ordinances. Sec. 20. (1) Legislation of a charter township shall be by ordinance or by resolution. A resolution shall be limited to matters required or permitted to be done by resolution by this act or by state or federal law […]
42.21 Violation of ordinances; sanction; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime; penalty; distribution of fines. Sec. 21. (1) The township board shall provide in each ordinance a sanction for violation of the ordinance. (2) Consistent with any of the following statutes, the township board may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation […]
