Section 285.202 - Agricultural interests; promotion in townships; referendum in township.
PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS OF TOWNSHIPS (EXCERPT)
Act 197 of 1956
285.202 Agricultural interests; promotion in townships; referendum in township.
Sec. 2.
The provisions of this act shall not become operative in any township of this state to which it may apply unless and until it is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors thereof and ratified by a majority of said electors voting thereon. The question of the adoption of the provisions of this act may be submitted to the voters of the township at any general or special election, after the passage of the act, by resolution of the township board; and like notice of the submission of the same shall be given as is required by law in the case of elections to elect township officers, and shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
“Shall the provisions of Act No. .... (here insert number of this act) of the Public Acts of 1956 (here state question to be submitted to electors) be adopted by this township?
Yes ( )
No ( ).”
If a majority of the electors voting on such proposition in any township, as determined by the canvass of votes cast, shall vote in favor thereof, from and after such determination, the provisions of this act shall be in force.
The township board shall submit such proposition to the electors at the next general or special election whenever petitions for such submission, signed by 10% of the registered electors of the township as shown by the registration rolls, shall be filed with the township clerk.
History: 1956, Act 197, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956