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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.501 (2026)

Fire and police department civil service commissions; creation.

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FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM


Act 78 of 1935


38.501 Fire and police department civil service commissions; creation.

Sec. 1.

    Within 30 days after this act shall take effect there may be created a civil service commission in each city, village or municipality of any population whatsoever having a fire and/or police department, any of the members of which are full paid by said city, village or municipality.

History: 1935, Act 78, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1935 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 287, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 38.501

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 47 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1956–2023 · leading case: Payne v. Muskegon, 514 N.W.2d 121 (Mich. 1994).
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Payne v. Muskegon, 514 N.W.2d 121 (Mich. 1994). · cites it 2× “] [26] This case arose under the firemen and policemen's civil service act, MCL 38.501 et seq. ; MSA 5.3351 et seq. Under that act, an officer can only be disciplined for cause.”
Detroit Fire Fighters Ass'n v. City of Detroit, 537 N.W.2d 436 (Mich. 1995). · cites it 2× “[3] MCL 38.501 et seq.; MSA 5.3351 et seq. [4] We agree with the dissenting judge: The increased risk of injury to fire fighters is different in degree and in kind from that of the general public.”
Pontiac Police Officers Ass'n v. City of Pontiac, 246 N.W.2d 831 (Mich. 1976). · cites it 2× “" [4] See MCLA 38.501, et seq.; MSA 5.3351, et seq.”
LOCAL 1383 v. City of Warren, 311 N.W.2d 702 (Mich. 1981). · cites it 2× “We hold that the contract provision governing promotions entered into under PERA is valid and enforceable.”
Valentine v. Redford Twp. Supervisor, 123 N.W.2d 227 (Mich. 1963). · cites it 4× “*142 PA 1935, No 78, as amended (CL 1948, § 38.501 et seq., as amended [Stat Ann 1958 Rev § 5.”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. Wayne Cnty., 811 N.W.2d 4 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “In City of Warren, 411 Mich 642 , a promotion provision in a collective-bargaining agreement entered into under PERA conflicted with provisions of a city charter and the firefighters and police officers civil service system act, MCL 38.501 et seq. However, the Supreme Court held…”
Mayor of Cadillac v. Blackburn, 857 N.W.2d 529 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “Fetitioner, the mayor of the city of Cadillac, appeals by leave granted the trial court’s ruling that it would hear and decide the mayor’s petition for removal of respondent as a civil service commissioner under 1935 PA 78 , MCL 38.501 et seq., by determining whether the mayor…”
Risk v. Lincoln Charter Twp. Bd. of Trs., 760 N.W.2d 510 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “] *402 The firefighters and police officers civil service system act, MCL 38.501 et seq., states that upon receipt of a properly signed petition, the governing body of a “city, village, or municipality” 5 shall submit to the qualified electors the question whether that city,…”
Sloan v. City of Madison Heights, 389 N.W.2d 418 (Mich. 1986). “Sloan and Siebert contended that the positions should have been filled pursuant to the Civil Service Act, 1935 PA 78 , MCL 38.501; MSA 5.3351. The City of Madison Heights asserted that the positions were to be filled pursuant to the afscme contract, enacted under the public…”
City of Saginaw v. Michigan Law Enf't Union, Teamsters Local 129, 358 N.W.2d 356 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “"Act 78”, as referred to by the parties, is the firemen and policemen civil service act, MCL 38.501 et seq.; MSA 5.3351 et seq. Section 14 of this act provides in part: "If for any reasons of economy it shall be deemed necessary by a city, village or municipality to reduce the…”
Mollett v. City of Taylor, 494 N.W.2d 832 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). “On August 24, 1989, plaintiff filed a constructive discharge lawsuit, claiming violations of his statutory right to continued employment under the firemen and policemen civil service act, 1935 PA 78 , MCL 38.501 et seq.; MSA 5.3351 et seq., as amended by 1986 PA 155 , the…”
Micu v. City of Warren, 382 N.W.2d 823 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “In an opinion dated June 25, 1984, the trial court denied plaintiffs October 11, 1983, motion and granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that the fire and police civil service act exclusively controlled the hiring of firefighters, MCL 38.501 et seq.; MSA…”
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