Section 42.28 – Budget or Supplemental Appropriations; Expenditure, Restrictions; Unencumbered Balances, Transfer, Reappropriation.
42.28 Budget or supplemental appropriations; expenditure, restrictions; unencumbered balances, transfer, reappropriation. Sec. 28. No money shall be drawn from the treasury of the township nor shall any obligation for the expenditure of money be incurred, except pursuant to the budget appropriation, or pursuant to any supplemental appropriation which may be made from surplus received. The […]
Section 42.29 – Quarterly Statement of Estimated and Actual Income and Expenses; Submission by Supervisor to Township Board; Reduction of Appropriations, Exceptions.
42.29 Quarterly statement of estimated and actual income and expenses; submission by supervisor to township board; reduction of appropriations, exceptions. Sec. 29. At the beginning of each quarterly period during the fiscal year, and more often if required by the township board, the supervisor or the township superintendent, as the case may be, shall submit […]
Section 42.30 – Annual Audit of Accounts; Results, Filing, Public Inspection; Annual Report of Township Business.
42.30 Annual audit of accounts; results, filing, public inspection; annual report of township business. Sec. 30. An independent audit shall be made of all accounts of the township government at least annually and more frequently if deemed necessary by the township board. Such audit shall be made by qualified accountants experienced in municipal accounting. The […]
Section 42.31 – Local or Public Improvements; Approval; Determination of Necessity; Special Assessments; Bonds.
42.31 Local or public improvements; approval; determination of necessity; special assessments; bonds. Sec. 31. Each charter township may make local or public improvements by paving streets that are not a part of the county highway system, laying curbs and gutters, installing elevated structures for foot travel over highways within the township with the written approval […]
Section 42.32 – Succession to Properties of Former Township; Suits or Prosecutions, Debts and Liabilities, Uncollected Taxes and Assessments.
42.32 Succession to properties of former township; suits or prosecutions, debts and liabilities, uncollected taxes and assessments. Sec. 32. All charter townships created under the provisions of this act shall succeed to and be vested with all the property, real and personal, moneys, rights, credits and effects, and of all records, files, books and papers […]
Section 42.33 – Liberal Construction of Act.
42.33 Liberal construction of act. Sec. 33. The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed in the interest of the public health and welfare and the safety of persons and property within such townships as shall incorporate under the provisions of this act. History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;– CL 1948, […]
Section 42.34 – Exemption of Charter Township From Annexation to Contiguous City or Village; Exceptions.
42.34 Exemption of charter township from annexation to contiguous city or village; exceptions. Sec. 34. (1) A charter township existing on June 15, 1978, or a township incorporated after June 15, 1978 as a charter township that complies with the following standards, is exempt from annexation to any contiguous city or village except as provided […]
Section 42.22 – Ordinance; Publication; Effective Date; Publication of Summary or True Copy; Catch Lines Required; Drafting of Summary.
42.22 Ordinance; publication; effective date; publication of summary or true copy; catch lines required; drafting of summary. Sec. 22. An ordinance passed by a township board shall be published at least once. An ordinance is effective immediately upon its publication, unless a date upon which the ordinance shall become effective, which is subsequent to the […]
Section 42.23 – State Law or Standard Code; Adoption as Township Ordinance by Citation; Publication, Distribution, Charge.
42.23 State law or standard code; adoption as township ordinance by citation; publication, distribution, charge. Sec. 23. The township board may adopt any provision of state law or any detailed technical regulations as a township ordinance or code by citation of such provision of state law or by reference to any recognized standard code, official […]
Section 42.24 – Submission of Itemized Estimates of Anticipated Expenditures; Preparation and Submission of Budget Proposal; Time.
42.24 Submission of itemized estimates of anticipated expenditures; preparation and submission of budget proposal; time. Sec. 24. On or before 150 days prior to the commencement of the fiscal year, each township officer shall submit to the supervisor, or to the township superintendent if such officer has been appointed, an itemized estimate of the anticipated […]