Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.367
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Rescission and repeal of act by electors; ballot, form; referendum.
Official statutory text
Sec. 17.
This act shall continue in full force and effect in any county in which it has been properly adopted until rescinded and repealed by a majority of the electors voting thereon at an election at which the question of rescission and repeal of this act for that county is properly submitted.
The board of supervisors, by resolution, may submit the question of rescission and repeal of this act to the electors at any regular or special election.
The form of the ballot shall be:
Shall Act No. ..... of the Public Acts of 1966, entitled "An act to establish and provide a board of civil service commissioners for sheriffs' departments in certain counties; to provide a civil service system based upon examination and investigation as to merit, efficiency and fitness for appointment, employment and promotion of all officers and men appointed in the departments; to regulate the transfer, reinstatement, suspension and discharge of said officers; and to provide for referendums," be rescinded and repealed?
Yes ( )
No ( )
Such ballots shall be cast and canvassed and the results of the election certified in the same manner as ballots on any question submitted to the electors. If a majority of the qualified electors vote in favor of the rescission and repeal of this act, then the provisions thereof shall be rescinded and repealed in the county, and not otherwise.
History: 1966, Act 298, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1966
This act shall continue in full force and effect in any county in which it has been properly adopted until rescinded and repealed by a majority of the electors voting thereon at an election at which the question of rescission and repeal of this act for that county is properly submitted.
The board of supervisors, by resolution, may submit the question of rescission and repeal of this act to the electors at any regular or special election.
The form of the ballot shall be:
Shall Act No. ..... of the Public Acts of 1966, entitled "An act to establish and provide a board of civil service commissioners for sheriffs' departments in certain counties; to provide a civil service system based upon examination and investigation as to merit, efficiency and fitness for appointment, employment and promotion of all officers and men appointed in the departments; to regulate the transfer, reinstatement, suspension and discharge of said officers; and to provide for referendums," be rescinded and repealed?
Yes ( )
No ( )
Such ballots shall be cast and canvassed and the results of the election certified in the same manner as ballots on any question submitted to the electors. If a majority of the qualified electors vote in favor of the rescission and repeal of this act, then the provisions thereof shall be rescinded and repealed in the county, and not otherwise.
History: 1966, Act 298, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1966
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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