MI HB4922

Township boards may adopt ordinances regulating public health, safety, and general welfare, including fire protection, bicycles, traffic, parking, sidewalk maintenance, business licensing, public amusements, and public nudity.

Townships can enforce ordinances through their own police department or by appropriating funds to request sheriff, state police, or other law enforcement agencies to provide special police protection.

Townships may adopt state statute provisions by reference if the maximum imprisonment period is 93 days or less, with exception for Michigan Vehicle Code section 625(1)(c) which allows up to 180 days imprisonment.

Ordinances imposing sanctions must take effect 30 days after first publication in a newspaper; ordinances without sanctions take effect the day after publication or a specified later date.

Publication must include the full ordinance text or a clear summary with catch lines, and for adopted state statutes by reference, must include the statute's purpose and location where the full text can be inspected.