Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.9
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Report of board proceedings; report of receipts and expenditures; annual report; publication; public inspection and copying.
Official statutory text
Sec. 9.
The county board of commissioners shall cause to be made out immediately after each session a report of the proceedings of the board at that session and shall do 1 of the following:
Publish the full report as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.
Publish a synopsis of the proceedings of the board as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county. A statement shall be included within the synopsis that a full report is available from the office of the county clerk upon request.
Make the report available as soon as possible after each session in the office of the county clerk for public inspection and copying without charge, mail copies of the report upon request without charge, and advertise that the report is available from the office of the county clerk in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.
The board shall make available immediately after each session a report of receipts and expenditures which shall include a statement of the name of each claimant with the amount claimed and the amount allowed for that claimant, and a full statement of the amounts of the treasurer's account on the last settlement as found on the treasurer's balance sheet or account current to the last settlement. This report shall be available for public inspection and copying without charge at the office of the county clerk. The county clerk shall also send a copy of this report to the news media.
The board may publish an annual report in pamphlet form containing the reports described in subsections (1) and (2). The number of copies as directed by the board shall be prepared and a copy shall be obtainable by a taxpayer without charge upon demand from the county clerk. Regardless of whether an annual report is published in pamphlet form, an annual report shall be prepared and shall be open to public inspection and copying at the office of the county clerk.
History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851; CL 1857, 343; CL 1871, 475; How. 481; Am. 1887, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887; CL 1897, 2482; CL 1915, 2272; Am. 1929, Act 130, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 1128; CL 1948, 46.9; Am. 1976, Act 86, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1976; Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979; Am. 1982, Act 344, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982
The county board of commissioners shall cause to be made out immediately after each session a report of the proceedings of the board at that session and shall do 1 of the following:
Publish the full report as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.
Publish a synopsis of the proceedings of the board as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county. A statement shall be included within the synopsis that a full report is available from the office of the county clerk upon request.
Make the report available as soon as possible after each session in the office of the county clerk for public inspection and copying without charge, mail copies of the report upon request without charge, and advertise that the report is available from the office of the county clerk in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.
The board shall make available immediately after each session a report of receipts and expenditures which shall include a statement of the name of each claimant with the amount claimed and the amount allowed for that claimant, and a full statement of the amounts of the treasurer's account on the last settlement as found on the treasurer's balance sheet or account current to the last settlement. This report shall be available for public inspection and copying without charge at the office of the county clerk. The county clerk shall also send a copy of this report to the news media.
The board may publish an annual report in pamphlet form containing the reports described in subsections (1) and (2). The number of copies as directed by the board shall be prepared and a copy shall be obtainable by a taxpayer without charge upon demand from the county clerk. Regardless of whether an annual report is published in pamphlet form, an annual report shall be prepared and shall be open to public inspection and copying at the office of the county clerk.
History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851; CL 1857, 343; CL 1871, 475; How. 481; Am. 1887, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887; CL 1897, 2482; CL 1915, 2272; Am. 1929, Act 130, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 1128; CL 1948, 46.9; Am. 1976, Act 86, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1976; Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979; Am. 1982, Act 344, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982
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