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Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.23d Disincorporation commission; contract for consultants and advisors; funds.
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Sec. 23d. (1) The disincorporation commission may contract for such consultants and advisors as may be reasonably necessary in its discretion to carry out its responsibilities. (2) The village council shall appropriate for the disincorporation commission sufficient funds for the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.23e Disincorporation plan; elements to be included; findings.
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Sec. 23e. (1) The disincorporation commission may adopt a disincorporation plan for the village. Adoption of a disincorporation plan requires the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members representing the village and 2 of the members representing each township of the disincorporatio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.23f Disincorporation plan; submission; ratification.
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Sec. 23f. A disincorporation plan adopted under section 23e shall be submitted to the council and to the township board of each affected township. The council and township board or boards may ratify the disincorporation plan. If the council and the township board of each affected…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.23g Disincorporation plan; approval; ballot; form; special election; failure of commission to adopt plan.
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Sec. 23g. (1) If the disincorporation plan is approved under section 23f of this chapter, the clerk of the disincorporation commission shall prepare and certify to the county clerk of each county where the village is located ballot language describing the proposed disincorporatio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.23h Disincorporation; approval by electors.
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Sec. 23h. (1) The proposed disincorporation is approved by the electors and shall take place pursuant to the plan adopted under section 23e of this chapter only if a majority of each of the following votes cast on the question of the proposed disincorporation are in favor of the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.23i Filing new petition; limitation.
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Sec. 23i. A new petition shall not be filed under section 18a of this chapter less than 2 years after the election if the disincorporation is disapproved by the electors at an election held pursuant to section 18a or 23g of this chapter.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.24 Modification of act.
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Sec. 24. A village incorporated under this act may locally modify this act by complying with the provisions governing the amendment of a charter under the home rule village act, 1909 PA 278, MCL 78.1 to 78.28.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.25 Short title.
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Sec. 25. This act shall be known and may be cited as "the general law village act".
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.3 Affidavit or certificate of publication; filing; evidence.
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Sec. 3. If, under this act, notice of any matter or proceeding is required to be published or posted, an affidavit or certificate of the publication or posting made by the clerk of the village, or by some other person in the employ of the village knowing the facts shall be prima …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.5 Board of trustees; construction.
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Sec. 5. If in any other act the governing body of a village is described as the board of trustees, the trustees, or common council, it shall be construed to mean the body described in this act as the council.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.6 Changing boundaries; order, copy to secretary of state, evidence.
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Sec. 6. Whenever the council of any village shall determine by resolution to alter the boundaries of such village, either by taking in lands and premises adjoining thereto or by taking out any lands and premises included in such village, or both, they shall petition the board of …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.6a Petition for annexation or detachment; prohibition.
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Sec. 6a. The county board of commissioners shall not consider the petition of a village council for annexation or detachment of territory under section 6 of this chapter if the petition is presented during the pendency of a petition to disincorporate the village filed under secti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.7 Reincorporation of villages; repeal.
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Sec. 7. Villages incorporated before February 19, 1895 under any general or special law of this state, are reincorporated under and made subject to this act, effective February 25, 1895. General or special laws under which those villages were incorporated are repealed effective F…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.8 Reincorporation of villages; rights, obligations; remedies.
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Sec. 8. All villages reincorporated under and made subject to the provisions of this act, as provided in the preceding section, shall succeed to and be vested with all the property, real and personal, moneys, rights, credits and effects, and all the records, files, books and pape…