Michigan

42.1 Short title; charter townships; incorporation; powers, privileges, immunities and liabilities; petition; special census; expenses.

42.1a Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities.

42.1b Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited.

42.2 Incorporation; referendum; ballot, form and content; filing of petition or resolution by township clerk; finality of proceedings; term of incumbent officers; disinco

42.2a Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.

42.3 Incorporation; submission of proposition to electors, time; petitions, verification of signatures.

42.3a Notice to clerk of township not incorporated as charter township; resolution of township board; notice of right to referendum; petition; signatures; submitting ques

42.4 Nomination of candidates for township office; conducting primary election; duties of township clerk; duties and composition of board of township election commissione

42.5 Township board; election of members; powers and duties; supervisor as presiding and executive officer; authentication of instruments; president pro tem; clerk; recor

42.6 Charter township board; compensation and expenses of members.

42.6a Ordinance establishing procedure for determining salary of elected official; contents; conducting business at public meeting; public notice; resolution implementing

42.7 Township board; meetings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; transacting business at special meeting; quorum; adjournment; rules and order of

42.8 Charter township board; monthly publication of proceedings; notices and ordinances; posting.

42.9 Township officers; powers and duties; additional officers, limitations.

42.10 Township superintendent; appointment; delegation of powers and duties of township supervisor.

42.10a Township manager; employment; service; duties.

42.11 Township superintendent; tenure; qualifications; residency requirements; waiver.

42.11a Township assessors; appointment, powers and duties, compensation.

42.12 Township police force; establishment; township marshal, appointment; rules; policemen, powers and duties.

42.13 Township fire department; establishment; township fire chief, appointment; rules and regulations; refusal to aid at fire, penalty.

42.13a Free public library; establishment or reestablishment and maintenance; conditions; ordinance; resolution; board of directors; appointment of library advisory commi

42.14 Charter township; power to acquire property; approval of electors.

42.14a Bonds for public improvements; issuance; approval required; exceptions; limitation on net indebtedness; computation of net indebtedness; bonds subject to MCL 141.2

42.15 Ordinances to provide for peace, health, and safety; licenses, granting, fees, bonds.

42.16 Streets, alleys, bridges and public places; regulation of use; record of ordinances, filing.

42.17 Construction of buildings; powers and liabilities of charter townships as to public health and safety.

42.18 Joint action with other governmental unit or agency.

42.19 Ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of former township; continuation.

42.20 Legislation to be ordinance or resolution; form, passage, amendment, recording, authentication, and compilation of ordinances.

42.21 Violation of ordinances; sanction; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime; penalty; distribution of fines.

42.21a Police officers; right to pursue, arrest, and detain person outside of charter township limits.

42.21b Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant.

42.21c Regulation of recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; violation as municipal civil infraction; penalty.

42.22 Ordinance; publication; effective date; publication of summary or true copy; catch lines required; drafting of summary.

42.23 State law or standard code; adoption as township ordinance by citation; publication, distribution, charge.

42.24 Submission of itemized estimates of anticipated expenditures; preparation and submission of budget proposal; time.

42.25 Budget proposal; contents; commencement of fiscal year.

42.26 Budget; notice, public hearing, prior public inspection.

42.27 Adoption of budget by township board; resolution; appropriation; tax levy; limitation; separate appropriation for fire and police departments; tax collection; inter

42.28 Budget or supplemental appropriations; expenditure, restrictions; unencumbered balances, transfer, reappropriation.

42.29 Quarterly statement of estimated and actual income and expenses; submission by supervisor to township board; reduction of appropriations, exceptions.

42.30 Annual audit of accounts; results, filing, public inspection; annual report of township business.

42.31 Local or public improvements; approval; determination of necessity; special assessments; bonds.

42.32 Succession to properties of former township; suits or prosecutions, debts and liabilities, uncollected taxes and assessments.

42.33 Liberal construction of act.

42.34 Exemption of charter township from annexation to contiguous city or village; exceptions.