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Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.36 (2026)
Charter provisions; conflict.
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THE HOME RULE CITY ACT
Act 279 of 1909
117.36 Charter provisions; conflict.
Sec. 36.
No provision of any city charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state.
History: 1909, Act 279, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 3339 ;-- CL 1929, 2272 ;-- CL 1948, 117.36
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1951–2024 · leading case: MacK v. City of Detroit, 649 N.W.2d 47 (Mich. 2002).
MacK v. City of Detroit, 649 N.W.2d 47 (Mich. 2002). “§ 117.36, which states: No provisions of any city charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state.”
Livonia Hotel, LLC v. City of Livonia, 673 N.W.2d 763 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “at 743 (noting that the Home Rule City Act, MCL 117.36, states that, “No provision *134 of any charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state.”
Detroit City Council v. Stecher, 421 N.W.2d 544 (Mich. 1988). “It cited the provisions of the home rule statute, MCL 117.36; MSA 5.2116, which expressly state that no charter provision shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state.”
LOCAL 1383 v. City of Warren, 311 N.W.2d 702 (Mich. 1981). “It was reasoned that the city was required to bargain under PERA about the details of the plan since MCL 117.36; MSA 5.2116 of the home-rule cities act states: "No provision of any city charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law [PERA] of the…”
Am. Axle & Mfg., Inc v. City of Hamtramck, 604 N.W.2d 330 (Mich. 2000). “" MCL 117.36; MSA 5.2116. [2] The voting provision, M.”
Joy Mgmt. Co. v. City of Detroit, 440 N.W.2d 654 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “Defendant’s charter limits defendant’s remedy to an action for foreclosure on the tax lien. Section 8-403 of the Detroit City Code provides that the city may bring a civil action to foreclose its lien two years after the city’s lien on real property for delinquent city real…”
Detroit Police Officers Ass'n. v. City of Detroit, 214 N.W.2d 803 (Mich. 1974). “Accordingly, since the substantive details of the retirement plan may be classified only as contractual or charter provisions, they are subject to the duty to bargain found in PERA — a state law.”
Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners v. City of Ferndale, 662 N.W.2d 864 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “The Home Rule City Act repeats the constitutional limitation on a municipality’s authority, expressly stating that “[n]o provisions of any city charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state,” MCL 117.”
People's Appliance, Inc. v. City of Flint, 99 N.W.2d 522 (Mich. 1959). “The very home-rule act which imposes this limitation, and the same one by which the legislature conferred any power on the city of Flint to pass any penal ordinances at all, contains this further provision (CL 1948, § 117.36 [Stat Ann 1949 Rev § 5.2116]): "No provision of any…”
Booker v. City of Detroit, 650 N.W.2d 680 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “, citing MCL 117.36, and Joy Management Co v Detroit, 176 Mich App 722, 733 ; 440 NW2d 654 (1989).”
In re City of Detroit, 504 B.R. 97 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2013). “§ 117.36, states, “No provision of any city charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state.”
In re City of Detroit, 504 B.R. 191 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2013). “§ 117.36, states, “No provision of any city charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any general law of the state.”
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