- Section 45.501 - Charter county; body corporate
- Section 45.501a - Authority of emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities of local emergency financial assistance loan board
- Section 45.502 - Resolution for submission of question on election of charter commission; adoption by county board of supervisors
- Section 45.502a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties
- Section 45.503 - Submission of question to qualified electors
- Section 45.504 - Number of charter commissioners to be elected; qualifications of candidate for election to office of charter commissioner; member of county board of commissioners as chief administrative officer
- Section 45.505 - Partisan election of charter commission; nomination of candidates; petition or filing fee; primary election; composition and convening of county apportionment commission; rules of procedure; quorum; majority vote; establishment of charter commission districts; requirements for districts; use of census figures; apportionment; division; date of primary; election of charter commission; filing and availability of apportionment plan and copies thereof; judicial review; appeal; submission and filing of plan by registered voter; official apportionment plan; duration; election of 1 charter commissioner for each district; limitation on representation
- Section 45.506 - Compensation for charter commissioner; appropriations to defray certain costs
- Section 45.507 - Passage of resolution; transmittal of copies to city, village and township clerks; notice of election, publication, posting
- Section 45.508 - Ballots; form, content, preparation
- Section 45.509 - Charter commission members; oath of office; first meeting, notice; presiding officer
- Section 45.510 - Charter commission; organization; quorum; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; record of meetings; journal of proceedings; availability of writings to public; prohibited action; duration of charter commission; ballot questions
- Section 45.511 - Charter commission; draft of proposed charter, approval; dissolution upon failure to agree
- Section 45.511a - Submission of 2 alternative charter proposals; dissolution of charter commission; approval of proposed charters; differences between charter proposals; election of county executive; selection, term, and removal of chief administrative officer; declaration of charter adoption; votes; duties and responsibilities of county executive or chief administrative officer; veto of ordinance or resolution; contents of ballot
- Section 45.512 - Charter commission; vacancies
- Section 45.513 - Charter commission; employees and assistants, appointment, compensation; use of county departmental personnel; powers and duties; expenses
- Section 45.514 - County charter; mandatory provisions; subsection(1)(d) inapplicable to certain counties; staggered terms of office
- Section 45.514a - Satisfaction of condition with respect to transportation employees; certification by county road agency; failure of county road agency to make certification; maintenance of website; posting information; definitions
- Section 45.515 - County charter; permissible provisions
- Section 45.515a - Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime
- Section 45.515b - Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of county charter or ordinance prohibited
- Section 45.515c - Retirement system subject to protecting local government retirement and benefits act
- Section 45.515d - Licensing requirements subject to the local government occupational licensing act
- Section 45.516 - Proposed charter; submission to governor; rejection, revision, resubmission; approval; referendum on adoption and election of officers; incumbent county officers, continuation
- Section 45.517 - Proposed charter; publication; notice of election
- Section 45.518 - Proposed charter; rejection, revision, resubmission to electorate; dissolution of charter commission
- Section 45.519 - Second charter commission; election procedures; provisions governing; rejection; dissolution of commission
- Section 45.520 - Home rule county status; when change occurs; incumbent officers
- Section 45.521 - Home rule county; succession to and vesting of property; continuation of rights, liabilities, suits, or prosecutions; debts, liabilities, tax rates, and uncollected taxes and assessments