45.551 Optional unified form of county government; authorization; effect of adoption. Sec. 1. A county which has not adopted a charter, or elected a charter commission which has not been dissolved pursuant to Act No. 293 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 45.501 to 45.521 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may adopt an […]
45.552 Optional unified form of county government; alternate A; alternate B. Sec. 2. (1) An optional unified form of county government shall include either: (a) An appointed county manager, who shall comply with the qualifications and exercise the responsibilities detailed in sections 7 and 8. This form of county government shall be known as alternate […]
45.553 Optional unified form of county government; procedure for adoption; effective date. Sec. 3. (1) An optional unified form of county government shall be adopted and become effective in the following manner: (a) The county board of commissioners, by a majority vote of the members elected and serving, may adopt an optional unified form of […]
45.553a Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. Sec. 3a. A petition under section 3 or 23, 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 election law, 1954 […]
45.554 Abolition of certain offices, boards, commissions, authorities, or departments; termination of tenure; former powers as general county government powers; powers and duties of excepted boards or commissions; certain powers neither minimized nor divested; method of appointing veterans; powers vested in county department of veterans’ affairs administrative committee or soldiers’ relief commission. Sec. 4. (1) […]
45.554a Annual certification that certain employee-related conditions satisfied; failure to make certification; withholding distributions to county road agency; website; definitions. Sec. 4a. (1) Beginning September 30, 2014, each county road agency shall annually certify to the department that it satisfies 1 of the following conditions with respect to transportation employees: (a) The county road agency […]
45.555 Board of county commissioners as governing body of county; election, organization, and procedures. Sec. 5. Upon the date an optional unified form of county government becomes effective, the board of county commissioners shall be the governing body of the county. The board shall be elected in the manner and number and for terms as […]
45.556 Board of county commissioners; powers. Sec. 6. The board may: (a) Establish policies to be followed by the government of the county in the conduct of its affairs and exercise all powers and duties vested in boards of county commissioners not inconsistent with this act. (b) Adopt ordinances and rules necessary for the conduct […]
45.556a Ordinance; designation of violation as certain civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime. Sec. 6a. (1) Consistent with Act No. 58 of the Public Acts of 1945, being section 46.201 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the county board of commissioners may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation of the ordinance as […]
45.556b Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited. Sec. 6b. 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 […]
45.556c Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act. Sec. 6c. Any occupational licensing requirements imposed under this act are subject to the local government occupational licensing act. History: Add. 2018, Act 502, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2018 Compiler’s Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 502 of 2018 provides:”Enacting section 1. This amendatory […]
45.557 County manager; appointment, qualifications, compensation, term, and removal. Sec. 7. Within 60 days after an optional unified form of county government containing alternate A becomes effective, the board of county commissioners by a majority vote of all members elected and serving shall appoint a county manager. The manager shall be the administrative head of […]
45.558 County manager or county executive; powers and duties. Sec. 8. (1) A county manager or county executive shall: (a) Supervise, direct, and control the functions of the departments of the county except those headed by elected officials. (b) Coordinate the various activities of the county and unify the management of its affairs. (c) Enforce […]
45.559 County executive; nomination, election, and term; vacancy; salary. Sec. 9. (1) A county executive who is a qualified elector in the county shall be elected on a partisan basis for a term of 4 years concurrent with the term of the county prosecuting attorney, county clerk, county register of deeds, county treasurer, county sheriff, […]
45.559a Death or resignation of elected county executive; successor. Sec. 9a. (1) For counties with a population of more than 1,000,000, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the elected county executive due to death or resignation of the elected county executive, the chief deputy shall take the constitutional oath of office and serve […]
45.560 County executive; responsibility. Sec. 10. The county executive shall be responsible for the overall supervision of all county departments not headed by other elected officials. History: 1973, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974
45.561 County executive; veto of ordinance or resolution; certification; overriding veto; certain resolutions or motions not to be approved or disapproved; effective date of ordinance or resolution. Sec. 11. (1) Except as provided in this section, the county executive may veto an ordinance or resolution adopted by the board, including items of an ordinance appropriating […]
45.562 Officials; powers; functions; manner of election or appointment; term. Sec. 12. (1) Upon the date an optional unified form of county government becomes effective, the following officials shall exercise the powers and functions as provided by law, unless other powers or functions are delegated to an official by the board of county commissioners: (a) […]
45.563 Departments; establishment; directors; functions. Sec. 13. An optional unified form of county government shall have all functions, except when otherwise allocated by this act, performed by 1 or more departments of the county or by the remaining boards, commissions, or authorities. Each department shall be headed by a director. Subject to the authority of […]
45.564 Departments; consolidation; transfer of functions; creation of additional departments; county manager or county executive as director. Sec. 14. Except as to a department headed by elected county officials or the board of county road commissioners, the board of county commissioners may: (a) Upon a majority vote and the affirmative recommendation of the county manager […]
