Title 46, COUNTY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS

Sec. 13. A county or regional commission may install and maintain road and parking facilities within areas under its control.

Sec. 14. (1) A county or regional commission may adopt, amend, or repeal rules for the protection, regulation, and control of its facilities and areas with the approval of the county board or boards of commissioners. (2) Rules shall not be contrary to or inconsistent with the law…

Sec. 15. A county or regional commission may charge and collect reasonable fees for the use of the facilities, privileges and conveniences provided. All charges and fees for the use of county facilities, privileges and conveniences shall be paid over to the county treasurer, and …

Sec. 16. A county commission may employ such personnel as may be authorized by the board of supervisors, including an executive officer. A regional commission may employ its personnel, including an executive officer.

Sec. 17. (1) Any county operating under this act, by resolution adopted by a majority of the members elect of its governing body, and with a vote of the majority of the electors of the county voting on the question, may borrow money, pledge its full faith and credit for repayment…

Sec. 1. (1) Within 60 days after the publication of the latest United States official decennial census figures, the county apportionment commission in each county of this state shall apportion the county into not less than 5 nor more than 21 county commissioner districts as nearl…

Sec. 2. County Population Number of Commissioners Under 5,001 Not more than 7 5,001 to 10,000 Not more than 10 10,001 to 50,000 Not more than 15 Over 50,000 Not more than 21

Sec. 3. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the county apportionment commission shall consist of the county clerk, the county treasurer, the prosecuting attorney, and the statutory county chairperson of each of the 2 political parties receiving the greatest numbe…

Sec. 4. In apportioning the county into commissioner districts, the county apportionment commission shall be governed by the following guidelines in the stated order of importance: (a) All districts shall be single-member districts and as nearly of equal population as is practica…

Sec. 5. The apportionment plan approved by the commission shall be filed in the office of the county clerk at which time it shall become effective, and copies of it shall be forthwith forwarded by the county clerk to the secretary of state for filing and shall be made available a…

Sec. 6. Any registered voter of the county within 30 days after the filing of the plan for his county may petition the court of appeals to review such plan to determine if the plan meets the requirements of the laws of this state. Any findings of the court of appeals may be appea…

Sec. 7. If the apportionment commission has failed to submit a plan for its county within 60 days but not less than 30 days after the latest official published census figures are available or within such additional time as may be granted by the court of appeals for good cause sho…

Sec. 8. Once an apportionment plan has been found constitutional and according to the provisions of this act and all appeals have been exhausted, or if no appeal is taken, when the time for appeal has expired, that plan shall be the official apportionment plan for the county unti…

Sec. 9. The electors of each district established in accordance with this act shall elect 1 county commissioner to the county board of commissioners. There shall be no representation on the county board of commissioners other than that set forth by the provisions of this act.

Sec. 10. (1) The term of office of each commissioner elected before the 2024 general November election shall be concurrent with that of state representatives as specified in section 3 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963. (2) The term of office of each commissioner ele…

Sec. 11. A candidate for the office of county commissioner must be a resident and registered voter of the district that he or she seeks to represent and must remain a resident and registered voter to hold his or her office, if elected. Nominations and elections for commissioners …

Sec. 11a. A nonrefundable filing fee paid to the county clerk in lieu of filing petitions under section 11 must be deposited in the general fund of the county and must be used only for the purchase and maintenance of voting equipment.

Sec. 11b. A petition under section 11, 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, appli…

Sec. 12. (1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of commissioner by death, resignation, removal from the district, or removal from office, the vacancy must be filled by appointment within 30 days by the county board of commissioners of a resident and registered voter of that distri…

Sec. 13. (1) If the county board of commissioners does not fill a vacancy in the office of commissioner as provided in section 12 within 30 days, that vacancy shall be filled by a special election. The special election shall be called by the county board of commissioners. (2) The…

Sec. 14. Section 27 of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 117.27 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed. This section shall become effective in any county upon taking office of supervisors elected pursuant to this act. Any action taken by any boa…

Sec. 15. (1) A member of the county board of commissioners shall receive the compensation and mileage reimbursement fixed by resolution of the county board of commissioners or for a county which has a county officers compensation commission, fixed by a determination of the county…

Sec. 16. All references to county supervisors or county boards of supervisors in any other act shall be deemed to mean county commissioners and county boards of commissioners as established by this act and such county boards of commissioners shall be the county board of superviso…

Sec. 1. Boards of supervisors in counties having a population of not less than 75,000 and not more than 500,000, may provide, by a resolution, for the appointment of a committee consisting of not less than 3 nor more than 5 who may or may not be members of said board, to be known…

Sec. 2. Each member of the finance committee who is a member of the county board of commissioners shall receive, as full compensation for the member's services on the committee, a per diem to be fixed by the county board of commissioners, together with necessary traveling and oth…

Sec. 3. The said committee shall have power, and it is hereby expressly authorized and directed: (a) To audit all claims which are chargeable against the county, and no warrants shall be drawn for such claim, nor the same be paid until it has been audited by the committee, as her…

Sec. 1. (1) The county board of commissioners of a county may, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of its members-elect at any regular or special session of the board, authorize and direct that there be established a system or systems of water, sewer, or sewage disposal impr…

Sec. 1a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "County Public Improvement Act of 1939".

Sec. 2. Any county having determined to establish and provide any of the improvements, facilities and services authorized under the provisions of section 1 hereof, is further authorized to extend by laterals and connections, and to improve, repair, manage and/or operate any such …

Sec. 3. Whenever the county board of commissioners of a county determines to establish and provide any of the improvements, facilities, or services hereinbefore authorized, it shall designate the "county agency" therefor which shall be the board of county road commissioners, the …

Sec. 4. When the county board of commissioners of a county has authorized and directed the establishment of any of the improvements, facilities, or services authorized by this act, the county agency shall establish just, equitable, and uniform rates, charges, or assessments to be…

Sec. 4a. A petition under section 5b or 16, 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, …

Sec. 5. The county agency and a unit of government may enter into agreements for a term up to but not exceeding 40 years whereby the unit of government shall pay the county for the services provided by any improvements and facilities authorized by this act, including the cost of …

Sec. 5a. As an additional or alternative method of acquiring and constructing any of the improvements or facilities authorized by this act, the county, acting through its county agency, and any unit of government may enter into contracts providing for the acquisition, constructio…

Sec. 5b. (1) A unit of government desiring to enter into a contract under the provisions of section 5a shall authorize, by resolution of its governing body, the execution of the contract. Subsequent to the adoption of the resolution a notice thereof shall be published in a newspa…

Sec. 5c. (1) For the purpose of obtaining funds for the acquisition and construction of the improvements or facilities authorized by this act, the county after the execution of the contract or contracts authorized by sections 5a and 5b, upon resolution adopted by its county board…

Sec. 6. The county board of commissioners shall designate either a committee selected from its membership or the board of auditors, if a county has a board of auditors, to be constituted as a board of review for the purpose of hearing and reviewing rates, charges, or assessments.…

Sec. 7. For the purpose of obtaining money for locating, acquiring, purchasing, establishing, constructing, extending, improving, or repairing any of the improvements, facilities, or services authorized by this act, the county may issue self-liquidating revenue bonds, and may iss…

Sec. 8. The county board of commissioners of any county operating under the provisions of this act, may by a 2/3 vote of its members-elect appropriate and there shall be paid from its general funds such sums as are determined by the board to be necessary for administrative expens…

Sec. 9. In the event that the board of supervisors of any county having established any of the improvements or facilities authorized by this act determines that any city, village, township or township improvement district is in need of extensions, improvements or repairs to such …

Sec. 10. The board of auditors shall audit the financial records and accounts for the construction or acquisition of any improvements or facilities by the county authorized herein. All funds for the purchase of land, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation of improv…

Sec. 11. The collection service charge authorized herein in terms of rates, charges or assessments to be fixed and collected by the county, and notes for money advanced and loaned by the county may be enforced by such county in case of default in payment thereof as herein provide…

Sec. 12. The construction or acquisition of any improvements or facilities in accordance with the provisions of this act, shall not be subject to the requirements and provisions of Act No. 261, Public Acts of Michigan, 1927.

Sec. 13. This act being necessary for and to secure the public health, safety, and welfare of the counties, cities, villages, townships, and charter townships shall be liberally construed to effect the provisions hereof.

Sec. 14. The county agency of any county, for purposes of exercising the authority herein granted to such county, may purchase, accept as a gift, or condemn private property determined by said county agency to be necessary therefor and for the public use. If by condemnation the p…

Sec. 15. The authority hereby given shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any power existing in any of the counties, cities, villages and townships under any statutory or charter provisions which they may now have or may hereafter adopt.