Section 78.24d – Staggered Terms of Office; Resolution; Length of Initial Terms; Applicability of Subsection (1).
***** 78.24d SUBSECTION (1) DOES NOT APPLY AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2006: See subsection (2) ***** 78.24d Staggered terms of office; resolution; length of initial terms; applicability of subsection (1). Sec. 24d. (1) Notwithstanding any charter provision, a village may pass a resolution to provide for the terms of office of its elected officials and for […]
Section 78.25 – Statutory Provisions; Adoption.
78.25 Statutory provisions; adoption. Sec. 25. Each village may adopt as its charter or any part of the same, any chapter, act or section of the statutes of this state in force at the time of such adoption and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, which relates to the powers or government of […]
Section 78.25a – Ordinance; Designation of Violation as Civil Infraction; Civil Fine; Act or Omission Constituting Crime.
78.25a Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime. Sec. 25a. (1) Consistent with any of the following statutes and whether or not authorized by the village charter, the village council may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation of the ordinance as a civil infraction and provides a […]
Section 78.25b – Recreational Trailway; Posting of Ordinance; Prohibited Violation of Ordinance as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty.
78.25b Recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; prohibited violation of ordinance as municipal civil infraction; penalty. Sec. 25b. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway. (2) The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, […]
Section 78.26 – Prohibited Powers; Computation of Indebtedness.
78.26 Prohibited powers; computation of indebtedness. Sec. 26. (1) A village shall not do any of the following: (a) Submit to the electors a charter or a revision of a charter more often than once in every 2 years or file it with the village clerk less than 90 days before the election. This subdivision […]
Section 78.26a – Locomotives; Enforceability of Ordinance Prescribing Maximum Speed Limit.
78.26a Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit. Sec. 26a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, on and after the effective date of a passenger railroad maximum speed limit specified in a final order of the director of the state transportation department, an ordinance of a village prescribing the maximum speed limit of […]
Section 78.27 – Village Charter; Prohibited Conflicts.
78.27 Village charter; prohibited conflicts. Sec. 27. No provision of any village charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state, except as in section 25 of this act otherwise provided. History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;– CL 1915, 2869 ;– Am. 1921, Act 349, Eff. […]
Section 78.28 – Construction of Act.
78.28 Construction of act. Sec. 28. It is hereby intended by this act to reenact sections 17, 18, 19 and 20, as above amended, pursuant to the adoption of the amendment to section 21 of article 8 of the state constitution by vote of the electors on November fifth, 1912, so that villages under existing […]
Section 78.11 – New Village; Charter Commission, Election, Manner, Duties, Oath; Proposed Charter, Vote, Manner; Notices.
78.11 New village; charter commission, election, manner, duties, oath; proposed charter, vote, manner; notices. Sec. 11. At every election on the question of incorporation of a new village, each elector residing within its proposed territorial limits shall also be entitled to vote for 5 electors, residing in the territory which it is proposed to incorporate, […]
Section 78.24a – Codification of Ordinances.
78.24a Codification of ordinances. Sec. 24a. Each village shall have the power, whether provided in its charter or not, to codify, recodify, and continue in code the village’s municipal ordinances, in whole or in part, without the necessity of publishing the entire code in full. The ordinance adopting the code and ordinances repealing, amending, continuing, […]