Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.551
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Optional unified form of county government; authorization; effect of adoption.
Official statutory text
Sec. 1.
A county which has not adopted a charter, or elected a charter commission which has not been dissolved pursuant to Act No. 293 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 45.501 to 45.521 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may adopt an optional unified form of county government. A unified form of government adopted pursuant to this act shall supersede the existing form of government of the county.
History: 1973, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974
A county which has not adopted a charter, or elected a charter commission which has not been dissolved pursuant to Act No. 293 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 45.501 to 45.521 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may adopt an optional unified form of county government. A unified form of government adopted pursuant to this act shall supersede the existing form of government of the county.
History: 1973, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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