§ 46.1 County board of commissioners; meetings; time; place; conducting business at public meeting; closed sessions; notice of meetings
§ 46.1a Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities
§ 46.2 Board of supervisors; authority to offer rewards; appointment of county paid attendants and county jail attendants; compensation; bonds
§ 46.3 County board of commissioners; quorum; voting; electrical roll call system; electing chairperson and vice-chairperson; powers and duties of chairperson; signing documents; eligibility of member f
§ 46.3a Recording names and votes of members; exception; public inspection of record
§ 46.4 County clerk; duties as clerk of board of supervisors
§ 46.5 Deposit of books, records, and accounts with clerk; writings available to public; designating amounts audited and allowed, and charges therefor
§ 46.6 Accounts of county treasurer; annual examination by board of supervisors
§ 46.7 Repair of courthouse, jail, and public buildings and offices; financing
§ 46.8 Convicts’ cells; preparation, duty of board of supervisors
§ 46.9 Report of board proceedings; report of receipts and expenditures; annual report; publication; public inspection and copying
§ 46.10 Special meetings; request; notice
§ 46.10b Violation of ordinances; penalty; designation as civil infraction; act or omission constituting crime
§ 46.10c Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties
§ 46.11 Powers of county board of commissioners
§ 46.11a Armistice day celebration; appropriation by board of supervisors
§ 46.11b Contract or agreement to purchase lands, property, or equipment; installment payments; limitations
§ 46.11c Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; acquisition by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement
§ 46.11d Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of ordinance prohibited
§ 46.11e Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act
§ 46.12a Insurance; pension or retirement plan; effect of collective bargaining agreement; reemployment of retirant; adjusted pension or retirement benefit; payment of benefits subject to eligible domesti
§ 46.12b Local councils of veterans’ affairs; appropriation by board of supervisors for operation
§ 46.12c Assessment of metallic mining properties; appointment of county representative by board of supervisors; information confidential
§ 46.12d Transfer of functions of governmental unit to county; service credit for retirement benefit purposes
§ 46.12e Transfer of county employee to state; employees’ retirement benefits
§ 46.13 Board of supervisors; division of county into state legislature representative districts
§ 46.13a County purchasing agent and other county representatives, agents and employees; appointment by board of supervisors
§ 46.13b County controller or board of auditors; appointment by board of supervisors, compensation, tenure, removal; controller as chief accounting officer, powers and duties
§ 46.14 Vacating, dividing, or altering township, establishing new township, or organizing or consolidating townships; application; map; certified statement; indebtedness to state; tax levy
§ 46.15 Posting and publishing notice of intended application
§ 46.16 Establishment of new township; designating name, first annual meeting, and electors; powers and duties of electors; conducting business at public meeting; notice and location of first township me
§ 46.16a Definitions
§ 46.16b Proceedings for consolidation of 2 or more townships; petition; rejection; return of petition; submission of proposition to vote of electors; date for election
§ 46.16c Notice of date for election and question to be submitted; arrangement for election; form of ballot; election expenses; canvass; return of results; approval of consolidation by resolution; effecti
§ 46.16d Coordinating committee; duty; composition; election of members; eligibility
§ 46.16e Coordinating committee; duties generally
§ 46.16f Ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of affected township
§ 46.16g Succession of consolidated township to property, money, rights, credits, and records, files, books, and papers; rights, liabilities, suits, or prosecutions; tax or assessment
§ 46.16h Bonded indebtedness and pledge of full faith and credit or limited full faith and credit; special assessment district; millage levy
§ 46.16i Charter township; charter; continuation of incorporated village
§ 46.16j Rights of township employees; layoff status; determination of necessary positions; collective bargaining; labor agreements; pension or retirement system; representative of employees or group of e
§ 46.17 County seat; removal; relocation
§ 46.20 Money raising; referendum, notice, ballots
§ 46.21 Construction of bridges over or across navigable streams; removal of obstructions; enforcement
§ 46.22 Tax levy and remittance to conservation district
§ 46.23 Construction of bridges; petition, contents; notice; proceedings
§ 46.23a Reconstruction, renovation, or replacement of certain bridges; approval exception
§ 46.24 Construction of bridges over unnavigable streams; authority of board of supervisors
§ 46.25 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of state or territorial roads; authority of board of supervisors
§ 46.26 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of roads; petition, road survey, declaration of board of supervisors
§ 46.27 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of roads; road survey minutes, recording
§ 46.28 Construction, alteration or discontinuance of roads; aggrieved landowner, petition, jury trial, proceedings; verdict, notice; apportionment of damages; bond, costs; resubmission
§ 46.29 Board of supervisors; orders, resolutions and determinations; recording
§ 46.30 Interest of member in contract or business transaction prohibited; prohibition inapplicable to appointments and employment
§ 46.30a County board of commissioners; member ineligible for other county appointment or employment; liability for compensation; action for recovery of compensation; disposition of moneys recovered; duty
§ 46.30b County board of commissioners; compensation of chairperson; advancing funds to county officer for anticipated expenses; accounting; return of unused funds
§ 46.31 Neglecting or refusing to perform duties; violations; penalties
§ 46.32 Construction of act

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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 46 > Act 156 of 1851 - County Boards of Commissioners

  • Absent voter: is a voter who utilizes the process described in section 759. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Absent voter ballot: means a ballot that is issued to a voter through the absent voter process. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • annual meeting: when applied to townships, mean the annual meeting required by law to be held on the Saturday immediately preceding the first Monday in April. See Michigan Laws 8.3d
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Applied behavior analysis services: means services provided to clients that are included in the practice of applied behavior analysis. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Arraignment: A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Assistant behavior analyst: means an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized under this part to engage in practice as an assistant behavior analyst. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • BACB: means the Behavior Analyst Certification Board, a nonprofit corporation that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 501, or its successor, as determined by the board. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Bailiff: a court officer who enforces the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
  • Behavior analyst: means an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized under this part to engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Behavior technician: means an individual who is not licensed or authorized to practice a profession under this part and who delivers applied behavior analysis services under the delegation and supervision of a behavior analyst and meets the requirements of section 18263. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Consolidated township: means a general law or charter township formed by the consolidation of 2 or more townships as prescribed by section 16b to 16j. See Michigan Laws 46.16a
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Coordinating committee: means the committee designated and elected as provided in section 16d in connection with a township consolidation. See Michigan Laws 46.16a
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dietitian nutritionist: means an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of medical nutrition therapy under this article. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. Source: OCC
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Environmental health: means an area of activity dealing with the protection of human health through the management, control, and prevention of environmental factors that may adversely affect the health of individuals. See Michigan Laws 333.18401
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • firearm: except as otherwise specifically defined in statute, includes any weapon which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive. See Michigan Laws 8.3t
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • General nonmedical nutrition information: means information on any of the following:
    (i) Principles of human nutrition and food preparation. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • general November election: means the election held on the November regular election date in an even numbered year. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 or a hospital, psychiatric hospital, or psychiatric unit licensed under the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330. See Michigan Laws 333.18501
  • Health facility: means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Licensed professional counselor: means an individual who is licensed under this article to engage in the practice of counseling without supervision. See Michigan Laws 333.18101
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Limited licensed counselor: means an individual who has been granted a limited license under this article to engage in the practice of counseling under the supervision of a licensed professional counselor who meets the requirement of section 18106. See Michigan Laws 333.18101
  • Listed offense: means that term as defined in section 2 of the sex offenders registration act, 1994 PA 295, MCL 28. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Magistrate: means a judge of the district court or a judge of a municipal court. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • Medical director: means a physician who is responsible for the quality, safety, appropriateness, and effectiveness of the respiratory care services provided by a respiratory therapist, who assists in quality monitoring, protocol development, and competency validation, and who meets all of the following:
  •     (i) Is the medical director of an inpatient or outpatient respiratory care service or department within a health facility, or of a home care agency, durable medical equipment company, or educational program. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Medical weight control: means the practice of medical nutrition therapy for the purpose of reducing, maintaining, or gaining weight. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Misdemeanor: means a violation of a penal law of this state that is not a felony or a violation of an order, rule, or regulation of a state agency that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Nutrition assessment: means the ongoing, dynamic, and systematic process of obtaining, verifying, and interpreting biochemical, anthropometric, physical, nutrigenomic, and dietary data to make decisions about the nature and cause of nutrition-related problems and making recommendations, including recommendations on enteral and parenteral nutrition. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Nutrition care services: means any part or all of the following services within a systematic process:
  •     (i) Assessing and evaluating the nutritional needs of individuals and groups and determining resources and constraints in the practice setting, including ordering laboratory tests to check and track nutrition status, creating dietary plans and orders, and monitoring the effectiveness thereof. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Nutrition counseling: means a supportive process, characterized by a collaborative counselor-patient or counselor-client relationship with individuals or groups, to establish food and nutrition priorities, goals, and individualized action plans and general physical activity guidance that acknowledge and foster responsibility for self-care to treat or manage an existing disease or medical condition or to promote health and wellness. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Nutrition diagnosis: means identifying and labeling nutritional problems managed and treated by a dietitian nutritionist. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Nutrition intervention: means purposefully planned actions and nutrition counseling intended to positively change a nutrition-related behavior, risk factor, environmental condition, or aspect of the health status for an individual. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Nutrition monitoring and evaluation: means identifying patient outcomes relevant to a nutrition diagnosis and comparing the outcomes with the patient's previous health status, intervention goals, or reference standards to determine the progress made in achieving desired outcomes of nutrition care and whether nutrition intervention should be continued or revised. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Occupational therapist: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of occupational therapy. See Michigan Laws 333.18301
  • Occupational therapy assistant: means an individual licensed under this article to engage in practice as an occupational therapy assistant. See Michigan Laws 333.18301
  • Occupational therapy services: means those services provided to promote health and wellness, prevent disability, preserve functional capabilities, prevent barriers, and enable or improve performance in everyday activities, including, but not limited to, the following:
  •     (i) Establishment, remediation, or restoration of a skill or ability that is impaired or not yet developed. See Michigan Laws 333.18301
  • Ordinance violation: means either of the following:
  •     (i) A violation of an ordinance or charter of a city, village, township, or county that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine that is not a civil fine. See Michigan Laws 761.1
  • Other certification board: means a nationally recognized behavior analysis certification board approved by the department by rule. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Patient: means an individual recipient of the practice of medical nutrition therapy, whether in the outpatient, inpatient, or nonclinical setting. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Physician: means that term as defined in section 17001 and 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Practice as an assistant behavior analyst: means the practice of applied behavior analysis under the supervision of a behavior analyst. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Practice of applied behavior analysis: means the design, implementation, and evaluation of instructional and environmental modifications to produce socially significant improvements in human behavior. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Practice of dietetics and nutrition: means the integration and application of scientific principles derived from the study of food, nutrition, biochemistry, metabolism, nutrigenomics, physiology, food systems and management, and from behavioral and social sciences in achieving and maintaining health throughout the lifespan and in providing nutrition care services, including the practice of medical nutrition therapy, for the prevention, management, and treatment of diseases or medical conditions. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Practice of medical nutrition therapy: means the provision of nutrition care services for the treatment or management of diseases or medical conditions. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Practice of medicine: means that term as defined in section 17001. See Michigan Laws 333.18501
  • Practice of occupational therapy: means the therapeutic use of everyday life occupations and occupational therapy services to aid individuals or groups to participate in meaningful roles and situations in the home, school, workplace, community, and other settings, to promote health and wellness through research and practice, and to serve those individuals or groups who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. See Michigan Laws 333.18301
  • Practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery: means that term as defined in section 17501. See Michigan Laws 333.18501
  • Practice of psychology: means the rendering to individuals, groups, organizations, or the public of services involving the application of principles, methods, and procedures of understanding, predicting, and influencing behavior for the purposes of the diagnosis, assessment related to diagnosis, prevention, amelioration, or treatment of mental or emotional disorders, disabilities or behavioral adjustment problems by means of psychotherapy, counseling, behavior modification, hypnosis, biofeedback techniques, psychological tests, or other verbal or behavioral means. See Michigan Laws 333.18201
  • Practice of respiratory care: means the provision of respiratory care services. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Psychologist: means an individual who is licensed or authorized under this article to engage in the practice of psychology. See Michigan Laws 333.18201
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • qualified elector: as used in this act , means a person who possesses the qualifications of an elector as prescribed in section 1 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 and who has resided in the city or township 30 days. See Michigan Laws 168.10
  • Qualified supervisor: means an individual meeting the requirements described in section 18360. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Registered dietitian nutritionist: means an individual who is credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration or its successor organization as a registered dietitian or registered dietitian nutritionist. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Registered sanitarian: means a sanitarian registered in accordance with this article. See Michigan Laws 333.18401
  • Regular election: means an election held on a regular election date to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, elective office in the regular course of the terms of that elective office. See Michigan Laws 168.3
  • Regular election date: means 1 of the dates established as a regular election date in section 641. See Michigan Laws 168.3
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Residence: as used in this act , for registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of lodging. See Michigan Laws 168.11
  • Respiratory care services: means preventative services, diagnostic services, therapeutic services, and rehabilitative services under the written, verbal, or telecommunicated order of a physician to an individual with a disorder, disease, or abnormality of the cardiopulmonary system as diagnosed by a physician. See Michigan Laws 333.18701
  • Rules: means rules promulgated by the department in consultation with the board under this part. See Michigan Laws 333.18251
  • Sanitarian: means an individual who has specialized education and experience in the physical, biological, and sanitary sciences as applied to the educational, investigational, and technical duties in the field of environmental health. See Michigan Laws 333.18401
  • School board: means the governing body of a school district, including the board of trustees of a community college. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • School board member: means an individual holding the office of school board member under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • School district: means a school district, a local act school district, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • School district election coordinating committee: means 1 of the following:
  •     (i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, a committee composed of the secretary of the school board or his or her designee, the city or township election commission, and the school district election coordinator. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • School district election coordinator: means 1 of the following:
  •     (i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, the city or township clerk. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • seal: means a seal of high tensile strength that is approved by the secretary of state under section 36. See Michigan Laws 168.14a
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
  •     (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • secular day: means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • Social service technician: means an individual registered under this article who is specially trained to practice only under the supervision of a licensed master's social worker or a licensed bachelor's social worker. See Michigan Laws 333.18501
  • Special election: means an election to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, a partial term in office or to submit a ballot question to the electors. See Michigan Laws 168.4
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Therapeutic diet: means a diet intervention prescribed by a physician, or another health professional licensed under this article, that provides food or nutrients via oral, enteral, and parenteral routes as part of treatment of a disease or clinical condition to modify, eliminate, decrease, or increase identified micronutrients and macronutrients in the diet, or to provide mechanically altered food when indicated. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Unrestricted practice of medical nutrition therapy: means the application of dietetics and nutrition knowledge and skills by an individual who regulates and is responsible for the individual's own practice or treatment procedures. See Michigan Laws 333.18351
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.