Mich. Comp. Laws § 47.13
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Violations; penalties.
Official statutory text
Sec. 13.
A member of the board of auditors who conspires with a claimant or another person to defraud the county, or wilfully or grossly neglects the duties of the member's office, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 8.
Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) a member of the board of auditors who violates a provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 8. A conviction because of a violation of this act shall result in the immediate vacation of office.
A member of the board of auditors who intentionally violates this act with regard to a meeting held pursuant to section 6 shall be subject to the penalties imposed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976 for violations of that act.
A member of the board of auditors who arbitrarily and capriciously violates this act with regard to a writing prepared, owned, used, in possession of, or retained by the board shall be subject to the penalties imposed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976 for violations of that act.
History: 1913, Act 275, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 2357; CL 1929, 1215; CL 1948, 47.13; Am. 1977, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
A member of the board of auditors who conspires with a claimant or another person to defraud the county, or wilfully or grossly neglects the duties of the member's office, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 8.
Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4) a member of the board of auditors who violates a provision of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in section 8. A conviction because of a violation of this act shall result in the immediate vacation of office.
A member of the board of auditors who intentionally violates this act with regard to a meeting held pursuant to section 6 shall be subject to the penalties imposed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976 for violations of that act.
A member of the board of auditors who arbitrarily and capriciously violates this act with regard to a writing prepared, owned, used, in possession of, or retained by the board shall be subject to the penalties imposed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976 for violations of that act.
History: 1913, Act 275, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 2357; CL 1929, 1215; CL 1948, 47.13; Am. 1977, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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