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Michigan Statutes, Title 45

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Title 45, COUNTIES

20 chapters · 173 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 45173 Ch 139-of-1973, OPTIONAL UNIFIED FORM OF COUNTY GOVE…30 Ch 293-of-1966, CHARTER COUNTIES29 Ch R.S.-of-1846, Revised Statutes of 184628 Ch 307-of-1917, PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES17 Ch 186-of-1989, COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOLID WASTE MAN…16 Ch 518-of-1998, COUNTY JUVENILE AGENCY ACT13 Ch 237-of-1919, SALARIES IN LIEU OF FEES8 Ch 485-of-1978, COUNTY OFFICERS COMPENSATION COMMISSION8 Ch 261-of-1947, SALARIES; WAYNE COUNTY7 Ch 588-of-1978, BOND COVERAGE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLO…5 Ch 160-of-1974, ADJUSTMENT OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES3 Ch 174-of-1943, FISCAL YEAR FOR COUNTIES3 Ch 123-of-1933, DEPUTIES AND EMPLOYEES2 Ch 34-of-1960, MONEY FOR FLOOD CONTROL1

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.551 Optional unified form of county government; authorization; effect of adoption.
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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 optional unified form of county governmen…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.552 Optional unified form of county government; alternate A; alternate B.
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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 A. …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.553 Optional unified form of county government; procedure for adoption; effective date.
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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 county government with an a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.553a Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.

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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 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, a…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 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.

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Sec. 4. (1) On the date the optional unified form of county government becomes effective, all appointed boards, commissions, and authorities except the apportionment commission, airport zoning board of appeals, board of county canvassers, board of determination for a drainage dis…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.554a Annual certification that certain employee-related conditions satisfied; failure to make certification; withholding distributions to county road agency; website; definitions.

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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 has developed and publicized a transportation employee …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.555 Board of county commissioners as governing body of county; election, organization, and procedures.

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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 provided by law. Its organization and procedure…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.556 Board of county commissioners; powers.

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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 …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.556a Ordinance; designation of violation as certain civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime.

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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 a civil infraction and provides a civil fine for that v…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.556b Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited.

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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…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.556c Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act.

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Sec. 6c. Any occupational licensing requirements imposed under this act are subject to the local government occupational licensing act.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.557 County manager; appointment, qualifications, compensation, term, and removal.

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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 hea…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.558 County manager or county executive; powers and duties.

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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) Enf…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.559 County executive; nomination, election, and term; vacancy; salary.

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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, elected county…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.559a Death or resignation of elected county executive; successor.

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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 as the county…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.560 County executive; responsibility.

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Sec. 10. The county executive shall be responsible for the overall supervision of all county departments not headed by other elected officials.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 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.

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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 funds. The veto shall be certified by the county executive to the board of county commissioners within 10 …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.562 Officials; powers; functions; manner of election or appointment; term.

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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) …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.563 Departments; establishment; directors; functions.

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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. S…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.564 Departments; consolidation; transfer of functions; creation of additional departments; county manager or county executive as director.

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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 or elected county executive, and following a p…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.565 Deputy; appointment; department head and deputy exempt from civil service.

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Sec. 15. (1) Each department head may appoint 1 deputy. (2) A department head and any deputy appointed thereunder is exempt from civil service.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.566 Civil service commission; appeals; secretarial and clerical assistance; personnel and employee relations.

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Sec. 16. The civil service commission, if existing, shall hear and decide appeals from any disciplinary action, suspension, or removal of county employees who are within the classified service, and shall perform no other function. The commission in exercising its duties shall be …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.567 Employee retirement and pension programs; retirement board.

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Sec. 17. Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, the board of county commissioners shall continue, without diminution of function or authority, any board previously established to administer employee retirement and pension programs or may create a …

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.568 Title to property to be held in name of county.

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Sec. 18. Upon the date an optional unified form of county government becomes effective, title to all property, real or personal, formerly held in the name of any office, board, commission, authority or department which is abolished shall be held in the name of the county.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.569 Ordinances previously enacted.

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Sec. 19. When an optional unified form of county government becomes effective all ordinances previously enacted by the board of county commissioners and unrepealed, to the extent not inconsistent with this act, remain in full force and effect.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.570 Provisions of act controlling.

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Sec. 20. When an optional unified form of county government becomes effective, this act is controlling as to all matters to which it relates, and provisions of law not in conflict continue in full force and effect.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.571 Rights under civil service and merit system continued.

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Sec. 21. Under an optional unified form of county government all rights secured employees by existing civil service and merit system legislation are continued in full force and effect, except as specifically modified by this act.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.572 Retirement and pension rights.

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Sec. 22. Subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act, under an optional unified form of county government all retirement and pension rights of employees provided by existing law remain in full force and effect.

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.572a Retirement system subject to protecting local government retirement and benefits act; "retirement system" defined.

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Sec. 22a. For a county that has adopted an optional unified form of county government and that provides a retirement system for the county's employees, the retirement system is subject to the protecting local government retirement and benefits act. As used in this section, "retir…

Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.573 Procedures for abolishing optional unified form of county government.

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Sec. 23. An optional unified form of county government may be abolished in the following manner: (a) After a period of 4 years from the date an optional unified form of county government originally becomes effective, the board of county commissioners of the county, by a 2/3 vote …