Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.501 (2026)
Charter county; body corporate.
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CHARTER COUNTIES
Act 293 of 1966
45.501 Charter county; body corporate.
Sec. 1.
Every county adopting a charter under the provisions of this act shall be a body corporate.
History: 1966, Act 293, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: Wayne Cnty. v. Hathcock, 684 N.W.2d 765 (Mich. 2004).
Wayne Cnty. v. Hathcock, 684 N.W.2d 765 (Mich. 2004). “[26] MCL 45.501 et seq. [27] MCL 45.515(c) (emphasis added).”
Lucas v. Wayne Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Road Commissioners, 348 N.W.2d 660 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “May the elected Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a charter county having a population exceeding 1,500,000 which has adopted a charter form of government pursuant to the enabling act for charter counties, MCL 45.501 et seq.; MSA 5.302(1) et seq., remove incumbent road…”
Hackel v. Macomb Cnty. Comm'n, 826 N.W.2d 753 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). “Pursuant to this authority, the Legislature enacted the charter counties act, MCL 45.501 et seq. Lucas v Wayne Co Election Comm, 146 Mich App 742, 749 ; 381 NW2d 806 (1985).”
Wayne Cnty. Employees Ret. Sys. v. Wayne Cnty., 301 Mich. App. 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “” Pursuant to 1966 PA 293 , the Legislature enacted the charter counties act (CCA), MCL 45.501 et seq. “Every county adopting a charter under the provisions of .”
Oakland Cnty. Comm'r v. Oakland Cnty. Exec., 296 N.W.2d 621 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “" In order to implement art 7, § 2, the Legislature passed 1966 PA 293 , MCL 45.501 et seq.; MSA 5.302(1) et seq., which details the framework for establishing charter counties.”
Lucas v. Wayne Cnty. Election Comm'n, 381 N.W.2d 806 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “Wayne County adopted a home-rule charter which took effect on January 1, 1983, establishing a county government with a chief executive officer in accordance with the charter counties act, MCL 45.501 et seq.; MSA 5.302(1) et seq. The new *745 county charter provided that the…”
Sumner v. Wayne Cnty., 94 F. Supp. 2d 822 (E.D. Mich. 2000). “§ 45.501, et seq. Since a charter county is a body corporate capable of being sued, M.”
In Re Apportionment of Wayne Cnty.-2001, 637 N.W.2d 841 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “Wayne County is a charter county, as authorized by MCL 45.501 et seq., 1966 PA 293 . Under the county charter there are fifteen county commissioner districts.”
Ficano v. Lucas, 351 N.W.2d 198 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). “In 1981, Wayne County voters adopted a new county charter, pursuant to enabling legislation known as the charter counties act, MCL 45.501 et seq.; MSA 5.302(1) et seq. The charter was to take effect on January 1, 1983.”
Gray v. Wayne Cnty., 384 N.W.2d 141 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “Appellants’ next argument is that Wayne County’s reorganization and apportionment of powers under the charter counties act, MCL 45.501 et seq.; MSA 5.302(1) et seq., "rendered nugatory” in Wayne County the provisions of MCL 46.”
Roberts v. Wayne Cnty., 439 N.W.2d 331 (Mich. Ct. App. 1989). “It would also seem illogical to give a chartered county without a civil service system the power to adopt a civil service system of its choosing under MCL 45.”
In Re Apportionment of Wayne Cnty.-2001, 650 N.W.2d 92 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “MCL 45.501 et seq. We previously vacated the apportionment plan adopted by the Wayne County Apportionment Commission (respondent), holding that because the population divergence of any reapportioned district could not depart from perfect equality by more than 5.”
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