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Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.213 (2026)

Use of library services by adjacent township, village, or city; contract; payment.

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CITY, VILLAGE, AND TOWNSHIP LIBRARIES


Act 164 of 1877


397.213 Use of library services by adjacent township, village, or city; contract; payment.

Sec. 13.

    (1)  Notwithstanding a contrary city, village, or township charter provision, a township, village, or city adjacent to a township, village, or city that supports a free public circulating library and reading room under this act may contract for the use of library services with that adjacent township, village, or city.

    (2) A township, city, or village may pay for the use of library services contracted for under subsection (1) by levying a tax not to exceed 2 mills of its state equalized valuation, by use of money from the municipality's general fund, or with money received under Act No. 59 of the Public Acts of 1964, being sections 397.31 to 397.40 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A tax shall not be levied or increased under this section unless a majority of the electors of the municipality voting on the question vote in favor of the tax.

History: Add. 1903, Act 19, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 3444 ;-- CL 1929, 8072 ;-- CL 1948, 397.213 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 128, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1987

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2023 · leading case: Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 737 N.W.2d 476 (Mich. 2007).
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Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 737 N.W.2d 476 (Mich. 2007). “of a public library already established within the county"); MCL 397.213(1) ("a township, village, or city adjacent to a township, village, or city that supports a free public circulating library .”
Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 708 N.W.2d 740 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “*654 MCL 397.213 and MCL 397.216 would be completely unnecessary if public libraries were statutorily required to provide to nonresidents full access to all their services and materials on an unrestricted basis.”
West Branch Dist. Library v. West Branch Twp. (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “See also MCL 397.213(2) (“A township, city, or village may pay for the use of library services contracted for under subsection (1) by levying a tax not to exceed 2 mills of its state equalized valuation, by use of money from the municipality’s general fund, or with money…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.213(1) — 2 cases
Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 737 N.W.2d 476 (Mich. 2007). “of a public library already established within the county"); MCL 397.213(1) ("a township, village, or city adjacent to a township, village, or city that supports a free public circulating library .”
Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 708 N.W.2d 740 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). “*654 MCL 397.213 and MCL 397.216 would be completely unnecessary if public libraries were statutorily required to provide to nonresidents full access to all their services and materials on an unrestricted basis.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.213(2) — 1 case
West Branch Dist. Library v. West Branch Twp. (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “See also MCL 397.213(2) (“A township, city, or village may pay for the use of library services contracted for under subsection (1) by levying a tax not to exceed 2 mills of its state equalized valuation, by use of money from the municipality’s general fund, or with money…”
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