Act 3 of 1895 - THE GENERAL LAW VILLAGE ACT (61.1 - 75.12)
- 3-1895-I - CHAPTER I INCORPORATION. (61.1...61.15)
- Section 61.1 - Incorporation of villages; charter.
- Section 61.12 - Village incorporated; body politic; powers.
- Section 61.14 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
- Section 61.15 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 61.1a - Definitions.
- Section 61.1b - Construction of act; validation of bonds.
- Section 61.1c - Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities.
- Section 61.2-61.11 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- 3-1895-II - CHAPTER II OFFICERS. (62.1...62.15)
- 3-1895-II-VACANCIES-IN-OFFICE. - VACANCIES IN OFFICE. (62.10...62.15)
- Section 62.1 - Village officers; council; ordinance providing for election and terms of office; adoption; filing petition to delay effect of ordinance; ballot question.
- Section 62.2 - Additional officers; appointment.
- Section 62.3 - Appointments; time.
- Section 62.4 - Term of office.
- Section 62.5 - Village trustees; term of office; exemption by resolution; ordinance providing for election and terms of office.
- Section 62.5a - Staggered terms of office; resolution; length of initial terms; applicability of subsection (1).
- Section 62.6 - Appointive officers; term.
- Section 62.7 - Qualifications for office; void votes; “in default” defined; oath.
- Section 62.8 - Official bonds; deposit time.
- Section 62.9 - Additional bonds; removal from office.
- 3-1895-III - CHAPTER III ELECTIONS. (63.1...63.14)
- Section 63.1 - Election; exception; place.
- Section 63.13 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 63.14 - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
- Section 63.2 - Special election; resolution.
- Section 63.3 - Village elections as nonpartisan.
- Section 63.4 - Voting requirements.
- Section 63.5, 63.6 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1974.
- Section 63.7 - Conduct of election; designation of term on ballot.
- Section 63.8-63.12 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
- 3-1895-IV - CHAPTER IV DUTIES OF OFFICERS. (64.1...64.21)
- 3-1895-IV-ASSESSOR. - ASSESSOR. (64.20...64.20)
- 3-1895-IV-CLERK. - CLERK. (64.5...64.8a)
- 3-1895-IV-COMPENSATION. - COMPENSATION. (64.21...64.21)
- 3-1895-IV-MARSHAL. - MARSHAL. (64.13...64.16)
- 3-1895-IV-PRESIDENT. - PRESIDENT. (64.1...64.4)
- 3-1895-IV-STREET-COMMISSIONER. - STREET COMMISSIONER. (64.18... 64.19)
- 3-1895-IV-SURVEYOR. - SURVEYOR. (64.17...64.17)
- 3-1895-IV-TREASURER. - TREASURER. (64.9...64.12a)
- 3-1895-IX - CHAPTER IX FINANCE AND TAXATION. (69.1... 69.27)
- Section 69.1 - Authority of council to levy taxes; general fund.
- Section 69.10, 69.11 - Repealed. 1967, Act 84, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
- Section 69.12 - Annual assessment roll; certification of board of review.
- Section 69.13 - Assessment roll; council's certificate to treasurer; contents.
- Section 69.14 - Assessment roll; tax apportionment by assessor.
- Section 69.15 - Delivery of certified assessment roll to treasurer; collection warrant; renewal of warrant.
- Section 69.16 - Taxes; treasurer to collect; fees.
- Section 69.17 - Taxes; collection by seizure of personal property.
- Section 69.18 - Taxes as lien against property; interest; fees and charges; taxes returned delinquent; resolution; tax bill or enclosure to specify where delinquent taxes to be paid; adding fees and i
- Section 69.19 - Tax sales; proceeds, deposit with county treasurer.
- Section 69.2 - Authority of council to levy taxes; general highway fund.
- Section 69.20 - Tax on personal property; collection suit.
- Section 69.21 - Borrowing in anticipation of revenue sharing or taxes.
- Section 69.22 - Raising additional amounts by tax or loan; approval of electors; limitation on taxation and indebtedness; exclusions from limitation; validation of prior bonds or obligations.
- Section 69.22a - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 69.23 - Bonds; approval of electors required; exemption of certain bonds and obligations; expenses.
- Section 69.24 - Disbursements; procedures.
- Section 69.25 - Loans; issuance and execution of bonds; validation of prior bonds or indebtedness.
- Section 69.26, 69.27 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
- Section 69.3 - Repealed. 1958, Act 116, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
- Section 69.4 - Authority of council to levy taxes; cemeteries; tax limit.
- Section 69.5 - Authority of council to levy taxes; street and other local improvements; special assessment proceeds.
- Section 69.6 - Taxation for payment of interest, principal, sinking fund deposits, evidences of indebtedness, assessments, or contract obligations; credit for surplus money.
- Section 69.7 - Auditing and settling accounts; statement.
- Section 69.7a - Commencement of fiscal year.
- Section 69.8 - Village taxes; annual assessment roll; contents; certification of determination.
- Section 69.9 - Assessment roll; review by township board of review.
- 3-1895-V - CHAPTER V VILLAGE COUNCIL. (65.1...65.8)
- Section 65.1 - Legislative authority vested in village council.
- Section 65.2 - Village council; president.
- Section 65.3 - Village council; president pro tempore.
- Section 65.4 - Village council; regular meetings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; special meetings.
- Section 65.5 - Village council; rules and record of proceedings; quorum; adjournment; compelling attendance; vote; ordinance or resolution appropriating money; publication of proceedings and vote; ava
- Section 65.6 - Repealed. 1968, Act 317, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968.
- Section 65.7 - Village council; audit of accounts; procedure; defenses to action or proceeding.
- Section 65.8 - Village manager; term; employment contract; powers and duties; ordinance assigning responsibilities to manager.
- 3-1895-VI - CHAPTER VI ORDINANCES. (66.1...66.14)
- Section 66.1 - Ordinance; style; passage; days required to be effective.
- Section 66.10 - Appeals to circuit court; proceedings.
- Section 66.11 - Village lockup or holding facility.
- Section 66.12 - Security for costs; filing by complaining witness; liability.
- Section 66.13 - Fines; payment.
- Section 66.14 - Suit against collector; failure to pay over fines; larceny.
- Section 66.2 - Violation of ordinance; sanction; designation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime; penalty.
- Section 66.2a - Recreational trailway; posting ordinance; prohibited operation of vehicle as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
- Section 66.3 - Record of ordinances; authentication.
- Section 66.3a - Codification of ordinances.
- Section 66.4 - Publication of ordinance or synopsis; certification; adoption of state statute by reference.
- Section 66.5 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 66.6 - Violation of ordinance; commencement of prosecution; judicial district; powers of court.
- Section 66.7 - Violation of ordinance; civil action to recover penalty; warrant; law governing proceedings.
- Section 66.8 - Use of county jail; expenses.
- Section 66.9 - Sufficient statement of cause; right to trial by jury; selecting and summoning jurors; inhabitant of village as juror; applicability of section to civil infraction.
- 3-1895-VII - CHAPTER VII POWERS OF COUNCIL. (67.1...67.64)
- 3-1895-VII-CEMETERIES. - CEMETERIES. (67.55...67.64)
- 3-1895-VII-FERRIES. - FERRIES. (67.40...67.40)
- 3-1895-VII-HARBORS-WHARVES-AND-HARBOR-MASTERS. - HARBORS, WHARVES, AND HARBOR MASTERS. (67.35...67.39)
- 3-1895-VII-LICENSES. - LICENSES. (67.2...67.2)
- 3-1895-VII-MARKETS. - MARKETS. (67.41...67.42)
- 3-1895-VII-PARTITION-FENCES. - PARTITION FENCES. (67.43...67.43)
- 3-1895-VII-PAVING-AND-IMPROVEMENTS. - PAVING AND IMPROVEMENTS. (67.17...67.19)
- 3-1895-VII-POLICE. - POLICE. (67.44...67.46a)
- 3-1895-VII-POUNDS. - POUNDS. (67.3...67.3)
- 3-1895-VII-PUBLIC-BUILDINGS-GROUNDS-AND-PARKS. - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS. (67.4...67.6)
- 3-1895-VII-PUBLIC-HEALTH. - PUBLIC HEALTH. (67.47...67.54)
- 3-1895-VII-SEWERS-DRAINS-AND-WATER-COURSES. - SEWERS, DRAINS AND WATER-COURSES. (67.24...67.34)
- 3-1895-VII-STREET-REGULATIONS. - STREET REGULATIONS. (67.20...67.23)
- 3-1895-VII-STREETS-AND-SIDEWALKS. - STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. (67.7...67.16)
- Section 67.1 - General powers of council.
- Section 67.1a - Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit.
- Section 67.1a[1] - Powers and immunities of village.
- 3-1895-VIII - CHAPTER VIII IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS. (68.1...68.36)
- Section 68.1-68.22 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
- Section 68.31 - Expense of local public improvement or repair; special assessments.
- Section 68.32 - Ordinance providing special assessment procedure; contents; additional assessments; disposition of excess assessments; payment of future due installments.
- Section 68.33 - Special assessment as lien and debt; collection.
- Section 68.34 - Action to contest collection of special assessment; illegal assessment roll.
- Section 68.35 - Bonds.
- Section 68.36 - Energy conservation improvements; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contracts or notes; reports; forms.
- 3-1895-X - CHAPTER X FIRES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. (70.1...70.18)
- Section 70.1 - Ordinances and regulations; fire department and fire companies; fire fighters; rules and regulations.
- Section 70.10 - Compensation of officers, fire fighters, and employees; compensation for injuries.
- Section 70.11 - Authorized razing of buildings; damages; determination by jury.
- Section 70.12 - Watercraft on navigable streams; regulation.
- Section 70.13 - Police force; employment; compliance with standards.
- Section 70.14 - Police officers; powers, duties, and authority.
- Section 70.15 - Police chief; nomination; appointment; service; duties.
- Section 70.16 - Village police officer; powers vested; authority.
- Section 70.18 - Department of public safety; creation; director; officers; structure.
- Section 70.2 - Vehicles and equipment; water supply.
- Section 70.3 - Necessary buildings for keeping vehicles and equipment.
- Section 70.4 - Chief of fire department; appointment; duties; section subject to ordinance.
- Section 70.5 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 70.6 - Storage and handling of hazardous substances; prevention and suppression of fires; ordinance; fire inspectors; authority subject to state and federal law.
- Section 70.7, 70.8 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 70.9 - Building or structure as nuisance; abatement or removal.
- 3-1895-XI - CHAPTER XI WATER WORKS. (71.1...71.14)
- Section 71.1 - Water works; establishment; maintenance.
- Section 71.10 - Water works; condemnation.
- Section 71.11 - Water supply contract; use of streets, wharves, and public grounds.
- Section 71.12 - Street administrator; duties.
- Section 71.13 - Street administrator; report.
- Section 71.14 - Department of public works; performance of duties of administrator; director.
- Section 71.2 - Water works or filtration plant; authorized acquisitions, construction, and maintenance.
- Section 71.3 - Borrowing; purpose; limitations.
- Section 71.4 - Estimate of expense; specially assessing cost of certain water improvements.
- Section 71.5 - Private connections; manner; permit; repairs at owner's expense.
- Section 71.6 - Water rates; ordinance; terms.
- Section 71.7 - Water works; ordinances.
- Section 71.8 - Water works; location outside corporate limits; control by council.
- Section 71.9 - Water works; use of street or highway.
- 3-1895-XII - CHAPTER XII LIGHTING. (72.1...72.9)
- Section 72.1 - Authorized village lighting.
- Section 72.2 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 72.3 - Authorized village lighting; acquisition estimate; referendum; restriction on council.
- Section 72.4 - Authorized village lighting; borrowing; limitation; payment; bonds; terms.
- Section 72.5 - Lighting works; repairs, alterations, or extensions; raising and expenditure of funds; title retention contract providing for payment from available net revenues; construction.
- Section 72.6 - Light rates.
- Section 72.7 - Lighting; condemnation of property.
- Section 72.8 - Lighting; contract; users of streets, wharves, public grounds.
- Section 72.9 - Lighting works; control and preservation; ordinances and resolutions.
- 3-1895-XIII - CHAPTER XIII APPROPRIATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY (73.1...73.36)
- Section 73.1 - Condemnation.
- Section 73.2 - Condemnation; acquisition of property; resolution.
- Section 73.3 - Condemnation; record of proceedings; admissible as evidence.
- Section 73.4 - Condemnation; assessment.
- Section 73.5 - Condemnation by negotiation and purchase.
- Section 73.6-73.36 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- 3-1895-XIV - CHAPTER XIV MISCELLANEOUS. (74.1...74.25)
- Section 74.1 - Village; construed.
- Section 74.10 - Reincorporation; existing by-laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
- Section 74.11 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 74.12 - Reincorporation; granted licenses.
- Section 74.13 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 74.15 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- Section 74.17, 74.18 - Repealed. 1988, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1988.
- Section 74.18a - Disincorporation of village; procedure.
- Section 74.19 - Vacating incorporation of village; submission of transcript to county board of commissioners.
- Section 74.2 - Village not to own stock.
- Section 74.20 - Vacation of village incorporation; disposition of village property; assessment; levy; placement in separate fund.
- Section 74.21 - Vacation of village incorporation; apportionment of indebtedness; village in more than one township or county.
- Section 74.22 - Placing property outside corporate limits; procedure; resolution, board of supervisors.
- Section 74.23 - Resolution for election of procedures.
- Section 74.23a - Disincorporation commission; composition; appointment of members.
- Section 74.23b - Disincorporation commission; oath of office; vacancy.
- Section 74.23c - Disincorporation commission; chairperson; secretary; officers; bylaws; quorum; conducting business at public meetings.
- Section 74.23d - Disincorporation commission; contract for consultants and advisors; funds.
- Section 74.23e - Disincorporation plan; elements to be included; findings.
- Section 74.23f - Disincorporation plan; submission; ratification.
- Section 74.23g - Disincorporation plan; approval; ballot; form; special election; failure of commission to adopt plan.
- Section 74.23h - Disincorporation; approval by electors.
- Section 74.23i - Filing new petition; limitation.
- Section 74.24 - Modification of act.
- Section 74.25 - Short title.
- Section 74.3 - Affidavit or certificate of publication; filing; evidence.
- Section 74.4 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
- Section 74.5 - Board of trustees; construction.
- Section 74.6 - Changing boundaries; order, copy to secretary of state, evidence.
- Section 74.6a - Petition for annexation or detachment; prohibition.
- Section 74.7 - Reincorporation of villages; repeal.
- Section 74.8 - Reincorporation of villages; rights, obligations; remedies.
- Section 74.9 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
- 3-1895-XV - CHAPTER XV ELECTIONS FOR BORROWING MONEY AND ISSUING BONDS; ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND LEVY OF A TAX TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THEREOF. (75.1...75.12)