Michigan Statutes

Chapter 45 - COUNTIES

Act 27 of 1873 - Repealed-APPROVAL OF BONDS BY SUPERVISORS (45.351 - 45.351)
Act 34 of 1960 - MONEY FOR FLOOD CONTROL (45.491 - 45.491)
- Section 45.491 - Leased United States lands; appropriation of moneys received for flood control, navigation and allied purposes; payment to county treasurer.
Act 74 of 1911 - APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES (45.41 - 45.41)
- Section 45.41 - Deputies of county officers in counties over 50,000; appointment, duties.
Act 123 of 1933 - DEPUTIES AND EMPLOYEES (45.51 - 45.52)
- Section 45.51 - Deputies and employees of county officers in counties over 500,000; appointment, compensation.
- Section 45.52 - Repeal; effect on veterans' preference act.
Act 139 of 1973 - OPTIONAL UNIFIED FORM OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT (45.551 - 45.573)
- Section 45.551 - Optional unified form of county government; authorization; effect of adoption.
- Section 45.552 - Optional unified form of county government; alternate A; alternate B.
- Section 45.553 - Optional unified form of county government; procedure for adoption; effective date.
- Section 45.553a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- Section 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
- Section 45.555 - Board of county commissioners as governing body of county; election, organization, and procedures.
- Section 45.556 - Board of county commissioners; powers.
- Section 45.556a - Ordinance; designation of violation as certain civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime.
- Section 45.557 - County manager; appointment, qualifications, compensation, term, and removal.
- Section 45.558 - County manager or county executive; powers and duties.
- Section 45.559 - County executive; nomination, election, and term; vacancy; salary.
- Section 45.559a - Death or resignation of elected county executive; successor.
- Section 45.560 - County executive; responsibility.
- Section 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 res
- Section 45.562 - Officials; powers; functions; manner of election or appointment; term.
- Section 45.563 - Departments; establishment; directors; functions.
- Section 45.564 - Departments; consolidation; transfer of functions; creation of additional departments; county manager or county executive as director.
- Section 45.565 - Deputy; appointment; department head and deputy exempt from civil service.
- Section 45.566 - Civil service commission; appeals; secretarial and clerical assistance; personnel and employee relations.
- Section 45.567 - Employee retirement and pension programs; retirement board.
- Section 45.568 - Title to property to be held in name of county.
- Section 45.569 - Ordinances previously enacted.
- Section 45.570 - Provisions of act controlling.
- Section 45.571 - Rights under civil service and merit system continued.
- Section 45.572 - Retirement and pension rights.
- Section 45.573 - Procedures for abolishing optional unified form of county government.
Act 154 of 1879 - SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS (45.421 - 45.421)
- Section 45.421 - Salaries of county officers; determination; change in compensation.
Act 160 of 1974 - ADJUSTMENT OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES (45.101 - 45.102)
- Section 45.101 - Adjustment of county boundaries; resolution or petition; placing question on ballot.
- Section 45.101a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- Section 45.102 - Effective date of question; notice of submission; form; certifying result of vote and adjustment.
Act 174 of 1943 - FISCAL YEAR FOR COUNTIES (45.201 - 45.203)
- Section 45.201 - Fiscal year for certain counties; annual reports; filing; report of county road commission.
- Section 45.202 - Inconsistent provisions of law superseded.
- Section 45.203 - “County” defined.
Act 178 of 1861 - Repealed-ATTACHMENT OF UNORGANIZED TERRITORY (45.31 - 45.31)
Act 186 of 1989 - COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT (45.581 - 45.596)
- Section 45.581 - Short title.
- Section 45.582 - Definitions.
- Section 45.583 - Department of solid waste management; establishment; function; control; annual budget; appointment of director.
- Section 45.584 - Solid waste system; acquisition, construction, improvement, enlargement, or extension; operation and maintenance; acquisitions outside corporate boundaries; consent; contract.
- Section 45.585 - Solid waste service; consent of public corporation.
- Section 45.586 - Financing and contracts; resolution; merger.
- Section 45.587 - Methods of financing.
- Section 45.588 - Bonds generally.
- Section 45.589 - Contract between county and public corporation; purpose; payment of obligations; tax levy; methods of raising money; pledge; powers.
- Section 45.590 - Special assessment roll; objection to special assessment district.
- Section 45.591 - Validity of bonds or notes.
- Section 45.592 - Acquisition of tangible or intangible property, rights, or processes.
- Section 45.593 - Contract for furnishing solid waste services to public corporation; charges subject to increase; contract for purchase or sale of solid waste services or acquisition, operation, manag
- Section 45.594 - Cost of system.
- Section 45.595 - Failure to pay county; notice; deduction or transfer of money; legal remedies for reimbursement.
- Section 45.596 - Proceedings to take private property.
Act 237 of 1919 - SALARIES IN LIEU OF FEES (45.401 - 45.408)
- Section 45.401 - Salaries of county officers; determination; exception; change in compensation.
- Section 45.402 - County officers; statement of fees collected, disposition, receipts.
- Section 45.403 - Salaries of county officers; payment, condition.
- Section 45.404 - Accounting of money received by county treasurer.
- Section 45.405 - Sheriffs; appointment of under-sheriff and deputies; contracts for board of prisoners; office supplies, claims of salaried officers for expenses, hearing.
- Section 45.406 - Sheriff; emergency appointment of additional deputies, compensation; report of expenses, official acts and fees; appointment of deputies to protect private interests.
- Section 45.407 - Sheriff, under-sheriff and deputy sheriff; duties.
- Section 45.408 - Violation of act; penalty.
Act 251 of 1947 - Repealed-COST OF BONDS (45.371 - 45.371)
Act 261 of 1947 - SALARIES; WAYNE COUNTY (45.451 - 45.457)
- Section 45.451 - Salaries of county officers of county having population of 1,000,000 or more; determination; fees or commissions payable to county; change in compensation.
- Section 45.452 - County officers; additional compensation for new duties prohibited.
- Section 45.453 - County officers; fees collected, payment to county treasurer, statement.
- Section 45.454 - County officers; record books and accounting forms for uniform system of accounts; audit of accounts; rules and regulations of board of county auditors for deposit and disbursement of
- Section 45.455 - Incumbent county officers; salaries and fees.
- Section 45.456 - Violation of act; penalty.
- Section 45.457 - Repeals.
Act 293 of 1966 - CHARTER COUNTIES (45.501 - 45.521)
- Section 45.501 - Charter county; body corporate.
- Section 45.501a - Authority of emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities of local emergency financial assistance loan board.
- Section 45.502 - Resolution for submission of question on election of charter commission; adoption by county board of supervisors.
- Section 45.502a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- Section 45.503 - Submission of question to qualified electors.
- Section 45.504 - Number of charter commissioners to be elected; qualifications of candidate for election to office of charter commissioner; member of county board of commissioners as chief administrat
- Section 45.505 - Partisan election of charter commission; nomination of candidates; petition or filing fee; primary election; composition and convening of county apportionment commission; rules of pro
- Section 45.506 - Compensation for charter commissioner; appropriations to defray certain costs.
- Section 45.507 - Passage of resolution; transmittal of copies to city, village and township clerks; notice of election, publication, posting.
- Section 45.508 - Ballots; form, content, preparation.
- Section 45.509 - Charter commission members; oath of office; first meeting, notice; presiding officer.
- Section 45.510 - Charter commission; organization; quorum; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; record of meetings; journal of proceedings; availability of writings to public; pro
- Section 45.511 - Charter commission; draft of proposed charter, approval; dissolution upon failure to agree.
- Section 45.511a - Submission of 2 alternative charter proposals; dissolution of charter commission; approval of proposed charters; differences between charter proposals; election of county executive;
- Section 45.512 - Charter commission; vacancies.
- Section 45.513 - Charter commission; employees and assistants, appointment, compensation; use of county departmental personnel; powers and duties; expenses.
- Section 45.514 - County charter; mandatory provisions; subsection(1)(d) inapplicable to certain counties; staggered terms of office.
- Section 45.515 - County charter; permissible provisions.
- Section 45.515a - Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime.
- Section 45.516 - Proposed charter; submission to governor; rejection, revision, resubmission; approval; referendum on adoption and election of officers; incumbent county officers, continuation.
- Section 45.517 - Proposed charter; publication; notice of election.
- Section 45.518 - Proposed charter; rejection, revision, resubmission to electorate; dissolution of charter commission.
- Section 45.519 - Second charter commission; election procedures; provisions governing; rejection; dissolution of commission.
- Section 45.520 - Home rule county status; when change occurs; incumbent officers.
- Section 45.521 - Home rule county; succession to and vesting of property; continuation of rights, liabilities, suits, or prosecutions; debts, liabilities, tax rates, and uncollected taxes and assessme
Act 307 of 1917 - PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES (45.81 - 45.97)
- Section 45.81 - County offices; departments or institutions; purchase of supplies.
- Section 45.82 - County purchasing agent; appointment, term, compensation; interest in contracts or bids prohibited, penalty.
- Section 45.83 - County purchasing agent; oath; bond; conditions; payment of premium; sales prohibited; accepting or receiving rebate, commission, or other thing of value.
- Section 45.84 - Purchasing agent; advice of county officers.
- Section 45.85 - Purchasing agent; duties; estimates of county officers; advertisement for bids; manner of purchase, criteria.
- Section 45.86 - Bids; bond or certified check required; acceptance.
- Section 45.87 - Bids; inspection by purchasing agent; quality of supplies, rejection; estimates, content, filing, public inspection.
- Section 45.88 - Invoices; transmittal, approval, payment; rejection of supplies, replacement.
- Section 45.89 - Bond of successful bidder; terms, filing, recoveries.
- Section 45.90 - Emergency order; approval, purchase, report, payment; limitation.
- Section 45.91 - Purchases to be in accordance with appropriations.
- Section 45.92 - Purchase of perishable supplies; rules and regulations.
- Section 45.93 - Clerks; appointment, compensation; annual report by purchasing agent to county supervisors.
- Section 45.94 - Purchasing agent and clerks; appropriation for compensation; personal use of county supplies, penalty.
- Section 45.95 - Accounts; condition of payment; purchasing agent, offices, supplies and equipment.
- Section 45.96 - Repeals; construction of act.
- Section 45.97 - Adoption of act by counties; scope.
Act 351 of 1968 - SALARIES OF COUNTY OFFICERS (45.411 - 45.411)
- Section 45.411 - Members of county boards, departments, authorities, and commissions; compensation.
Act 485 of 1978 - COUNTY OFFICERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION (45.471 - 45.477)
- Section 45.471 - County officers compensation commission; establishment; purpose; resolution.
- Section 45.472 - County officers compensation commission; appointment, qualifications and terms of members.
- Section 45.473 - Compensation of elected officials; determination; expenses.
- Section 45.474 - County officers compensation commission; meetings; determination; quorum; concurrence of majority; chairperson; expenses.
- Section 45.475 - Conducting business at public meeting; notice.
- Section 45.476 - Resolution subject to referendum; petition; placing proposition on ballot; effect of defeat of proposition; effect of determination.
- Section 45.476a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- Section 45.477 - Conditional effective date.
Act 518 of 1998 - COUNTY JUVENILE AGENCY ACT (45.621 - 45.631)
- Section 45.621 - Short title.
- Section 45.622 - Definitions.
- Section 45.623 - County juvenile agency; resolution; approval; adoption; powers and duties of county.
- Section 45.624 - Resolution of approval; revocation by subsequent resolution.
- Section 45.625 - Request by county executive, chief executive officer, or manager required.
- Section 45.626 - Applicability of act; eligibility requirements.
- Section 45.627 - County juvenile agency; powers and duties.
- Section 45.628 - Maintenance of block grant account.
- Section 45.629 - Annual state audit.
- Section 45.630 - Placement of public wards and juveniles.
- Section 45.630a - County as successor employer; conditions of employment.
- Section 45.630b - Plan to aid displaced employees.
- Section 45.631 - Existing agreements between family independence agency and private providers.
Act 588 of 1978 - BOND COVERAGE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF COUNTIES (45.381 - 45.385)
- Section 45.381 - Bond coverage for officers or employees of county; determination by county board of commissioners.
- Section 45.382 - Notification of surety companies; contract.
- Section 45.383 - Completion of bonding requirement; termination of honesty and faithful discharge of duty bonds.
- Section 45.384 - Repeal of MCL 45.351 and 45.371.
- Section 45.385 - Conditional effective date.
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (45.1 - 45.25)
- R-S-1846-45-1-13 - CHAPTER 13 Chapter 13. Of counties. (45.1...45.25)