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Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.185 (2026)
Action of public officer or employee; validity; judicial relief or remedy.
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INCOMPATIBLE PUBLIC OFFICES
Act 566 of 1978
15.185 Action of public officer or employee; validity; judicial relief or remedy.
Sec. 5.
An action of a public officer or public employee shall not be absolutely void by reason of this act. An action of a public officer or public employee shall be voidable only by discretionary action of a court of competent jurisdiction, as prescribed in section 4. However, any judicial relief or judicial remedy shall operate prospectively only.
History: 1978, Act 566, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1978
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1995–2001 · leading case: MacOmb Cnty. Prosecutor v. Murphy, 627 N.W.2d 247 (Mich. 2001).
MacOmb Cnty. Prosecutor v. Murphy, 627 N.W.2d 247 (Mich. 2001). “Rather, it grants the Attorney General and county prosecuting attorneys the authority to apply to the circuit court "for injunctive or other appropriate judicial relief or remedy.”
Detroit Area Agency on Aging v. Off. of Servs. to the Aging, 534 N.W.2d 229 (Mich. Ct. App. 1995). “the trial court pursuant to MCL 15.185; MSA 15.1120(125). The trial court indeed exercised this discretion and voided the votes of Commissioners Green and Brietenbach.”
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