MCL - Act 278 of 1909
AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of villages and for revising and amending their charters; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes, borrowing of money, and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to validate bonds issued and obligations previously incurred; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.
History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909
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Am. 1913, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 1913
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Am. 1973, Act 80, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1973
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Am. 1998, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 78.1 | Section | Short title; corporate existence of villages to continue; village subject to general laws; seal; suit. |
| Section 78.1a | Section | Conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public. |
| Section 78.1b | Section | Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities. |
| Section 78.2 | Section | Incorporation, detachment or addition of territory, or consolidation; petition; signatures; incorporation of summer resort association; proceedings; certification; appointment, oath, duties, and compensation of enumerators; sworn statement; “qualified electors” defined. |
| Section 78.2a | Section | Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. |
| Section 78.3 | Section | Petitions; contents. |
| Section 78.4 | Section | Petition; presentation; action of county board of commissioners; resolution; vote; review. |
| Section 78.5 | Section | Incorporation, consolidation or change of boundaries; affected district; referendum; authorizing vote. |
| Section 78.5a | Section | Annexation; petition; vote; approval of adjoining city, village or township. |
| Section 78.6 | Section | Petition and resolution; certified copies, transmittal to local clerks, time; election notices. |
| Section 78.7 | Section | Villages in more than 1 county; incorporation, consolidation or change in boundary; procedure. |
| Section 78.8 | Section | Returns canvass. |
| Section 78.9 | Section | Proceedings; copy filed with secretary of state; recording; change effected; certificate to state treasurer; time. |
| Section 78.10 | Section | Annexation of entire village or township; incorporation of village from part of township; annexation of part of city, village, or township by village. |
| Section 78.11 | Section | New village; charter commission, election, manner, duties, oath; proposed charter, vote, manner; notices. |
| Section 78.12 | Section | Village charter; rejection; effect; president de facto; resubmission; revert to prior status. |
| Section 78.13 | Section | Village charter; new charter commission, petition, procedure, duties; eligibility; expenses, payment; territory, control. |
| Section 78.14 | Section | Village charter; revision. |
| Section 78.15 | Section | Election of charter commission; details fixed by legislative body. |
| Section 78.16 | Section | Charter commission; quorum. |
| Section 78.17 | Section | Charter; amendments, submission. |
| Section 78.18 | Section | Charter commission; prosecuting attorneys to give advice; charter vote prerequisites. |
| Section 78.19 | Section | Charter; publication prerequisites. |
| Section 78.20 | Section | Charter of amendment; approval; filing time. |
| Section 78.21 | Section | Election; expenses; manner of conducting. |
| Section 78.22 | Section | Police officers of village; powers. |
| Section 78.22a | Section | District court or municipal court; hearing and determining cases. |
| Section 78.22b | Section | Police officer; authority to execute bench warrant. |
| Section 78.23 | Section | Village charter; mandatory provisions. |
| Section 78.24 | Section | Village charter; permissible provisions. |
| Section 78.24a | Section | Codification of ordinances. |
| Section 78.24b | Section | Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement. |
| Section 78.24c | Section | Acquisition of land for disposal of sewage or protection of water supply. |
| Section 78.24d | Section | Staggered terms of office; resolution; length of initial terms; applicability of subsection (1). |
| Section 78.25 | Section | Statutory provisions; adoption. |
| Section 78.25a | Section | Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime. |
| Section 78.25b | Section | Recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; prohibited violation of ordinance as municipal civil infraction; penalty. |
| Section 78.26 | Section | Prohibited powers; computation of indebtedness. |
| Section 78.26a | Section | Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit. |
| Section 78.27 | Section | Village charter; prohibited conflicts. |
| Section 78.28 | Section | Construction of act. |