BUDGET HEARINGS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

MCL ch. 141, subtit. Act 43 of 1963 (2nd Ex. Sess.)

in effect

MCL 141.411 Local unit of government; definition.

141.411. Local unit of government; definition. Sec. 1. As used in this act "local unit" means a county, township, city, village, authority or school district empowered by the constitution or by law to prepare budgets of estimated expenditures and revenues. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 43, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963

MCL 141.412 Local unit of government; public hearing on proposed budget; notice.

141.412. Local unit of government; public hearing on proposed budget; notice. Sec. 2. A local unit shall hold a public hearing on its proposed budget. The local unit shall give notice of the hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the local unit at least 6 days before the hearing. The notice shall include the time and place of the hearing and shall state the place where a copy of the budget is available for public inspection. The notice shall also include the following statement printed in 11-point boldfaced type: "The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing.". 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 43, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1995, Act 40, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1995

MCL 141.413 Local unit of government; final adoption of budget; hearing; exception.

141.413. Local unit of government; final adoption of budget; hearing; exception. Sec. 3. Each local unit shall hold such public hearing prior to final adoption of its budget. Except for a local unit that has a fiscal year that begins before the convening of the county tax allocation board, a local unit that submits its budget to a county tax allocation board shall hold such hearing after its tax rate allocation has been fixed by such board. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 43, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 2006, Act 154, Eff. Mar. 30, 2007

MCL 141.414 Local unit of government; changes in budget.

141.414. Local unit of government; changes in budget. Sec. 4. Changes made in its budget by the governing body of a local unit subsequent to such public hearing shall not affect the validity of such budget. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 43, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963

MCL 141.415 Local unit of government; public hearing on budget, charter, statute.

141.415. Local unit of government; public hearing on budget, charter, statute. Sec. 5. Local units which provide for a public hearing before adoption of their budgets either in pursuance of charter provision or law shall hold a public hearing in accordance with such provision of charter or law which shall be deemed to be in a manner prescribed by law. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 43, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963

Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/Chapter%20141.xmlFetched: 10/20/2026