Section 78.12 – Village Charter; Rejection; Effect; President De Facto; Resubmission; Revert to Prior Status.
78.12 Village charter; rejection; effect; president de facto; resubmission; revert to prior status. Sec. 12. (1) If the proposed charter is rejected at an election, the election of officers is void, except that the elector who receives the highest number of votes cast for the office of president shall be a de facto officer of […]
Section 78.24b – Energy Conservation Improvements; Acquisition or Financing; Resolution; Payment; Scope of Improvements; Acquisition of Improvements by Contract, Lease-Purchase Agreement, or Notes; Reports; Forms; Terms of Lease-Purchase Agreement.
78.24b Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement. Sec. 24b. (1) The governing body of a village may provide by resolution for the acquisition or financing of energy conservation improvements to be made to village facilities […]
Section 78.13 – Village Charter; New Charter Commission, Petition, Procedure, Duties; Eligibility; Expenses, Payment; Territory, Control.
78.13 Village charter; new charter commission, petition, procedure, duties; eligibility; expenses, payment; territory, control. Sec. 13. In cases where the qualified electors of a village shall reject a proposed charter, any 100 electors of said village may petition the de facto president for the selection of a new charter commission, and if said petition shall […]
Section 78.24c – Acquisition of Land for Disposal of Sewage or Protection of Water Supply.
78.24c Acquisition of land for disposal of sewage or protection of water supply. Sec. 24c. A village may acquire land outside its corporate limits necessary for the disposal of sewage or the obtaining or protection of a water supply for the village or the inhabitants of the village by purchase or, if the proposed use […]
Section 78.14 – Village Charter; Revision.
78.14 Village charter; revision. Sec. 14. Any village desiring to revise its charter shall do so in the following manner, unless otherwise provided by charter: When its legislative body shall by a 2/3 vote of the members-elect, declare for a general revision of the charter, or when an initiatory petition signed by qualified electors equal […]
Section 78.15 – Election of Charter Commission; Details Fixed by Legislative Body.
78.15 Election of charter commission; details fixed by legislative body. Sec. 15. The legislative body of the municipality, unless it is otherwise provided, shall fix in advance of the election of a charter commission, the manner of nominating and electing the same, the place of its meeting, the compensation, if any, of its members, the […]
Section 78.16 – Charter Commission; Quorum.
78.16 Charter commission; quorum. Sec. 16. A majority of those elected shall constitute a quorum of the commission and its powers and duties shall be the same as those prescribed in section 11 of this act. History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;– CL 1915, 2858 ;– CL 1929, 1778 ;– CL 1948, […]
Section 78.17 – Charter; Amendments, Submission.
78.17 Charter; amendments, submission. Sec. 17. Any amendment to any existing charter, whether passed pursuant to the provisions of this act or heretofore granted or passed by the state legislature, for the government of a village, may be submitted to the electors by a 2/3 vote of the legislative body of the village, or may […]
Section 78.18 – Charter Commission; Prosecuting Attorneys to Give Advice; Charter Vote Prerequisites.
78.18 Charter commission; prosecuting attorneys to give advice; charter vote prerequisites. Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorneys of the several counties, to give advice to any and all charter commissions of this state, as to whether proposed charters contravene the constitution and general laws of this state, and such other […]
Section 78.19 – Charter; Publication Prerequisites.
78.19 Charter; publication prerequisites. Sec. 19. Every charter and amendment thereto, whether of villages incorporated under this act or under an existing charter of the village heretofore granted or passed by the legislature for the government of a village, before submission to the electors shall be published as provided in section 11 of this act. […]