Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.66
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Book of records; transcription of minutes of township meeting; entering order, direction, or rule; availability of book and other writings to public.
Official statutory text
Sec. 66.
The township clerk shall transcribe, in the book of records of the township, the minutes of the proceedings of each township meeting held in the township, and shall enter in the book, each order, direction, or rule made by the township meeting. The book and any other writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the township clerk in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 558; CL 1871, 702; How. 740; CL 1897, 2339; CL 1915, 2118; CL 1929, 1006; CL 1948, 41.66; Am. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977
The township clerk shall transcribe, in the book of records of the township, the minutes of the proceedings of each township meeting held in the township, and shall enter in the book, each order, direction, or rule made by the township meeting. The book and any other writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the township clerk in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 558; CL 1871, 702; How. 740; CL 1897, 2339; CL 1915, 2118; CL 1929, 1006; CL 1948, 41.66; Am. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977
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