Section 46.31 - Neglecting or refusing to perform duties; violations; penalties.
COUNTY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS (EXCERPT)
Act 156 of 1851
46.31 Neglecting or refusing to perform duties; violations; penalties.
Sec. 31.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), if a member of the county board of commissioners neglects or refuses to perform the duties which are required of the member by law, without just cause, the member shall for each offense forfeit $100.00.
(2) A member of the county board of commissioners who intentionally violates section 1(2), (3), or (4) shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.
(3) If the county board of commissioners arbitrarily and capriciously violates section 5, the county board of commissioners shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 365 ;-- CL 1871, 497 ;-- How. 503 ;-- CL 1897, 2504 ;-- CL 1915, 2294 ;-- CL 1929, 1153 ;-- CL 1948, 46.31 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979