MCL 42.20 Legislation to Be Ordinance Or Resolution; Form, Passage, Amendment, Recording, Authentication, and Compilation of Ordinances

• Library: Michigan Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Public Act 321 of the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: MCL 42.20

(1) Legislation of a charter township shall be by ordinance or by resolution. A resolution shall be limited to matters required or permitted to be done by resolution by this act or by state or federal law and to matters pertaining to the internal affairs or concerns of the township government. Any other act of the township board, and any act imposing a sanction for the violation of the act, shall be by ordinance. "Resolution" means the official action of the township board in the form of a motion.

(2) Each ordinance shall be identified by a number and a short title. Each proposed ordinance shall be introduced in written or printed form. The style of an ordinance shall be, "The charter township of .................... ordains:". Except in the case of an ordinance that is declared to be an emergency ordinance, an ordinance shall not be finally passed by the township board at th...