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The good news is that the advice provided in the October E-Letter is not altered by the recent legislative amendments. You can read those 10 common myths here.
The recent legislative amendments, however, primarily impact townships with respect to recovering costs for responding to FOIA requests, increased fines for failing to follow FOIA, and requirements to provide procedures to submit FOIA requests. Once the amendments are enacted by the Michigan Governor, the amendments are effective July 1, 2015. The key changes to consider are as follows:
There are various statutes that allow townships to fund improvements (e.g., road projects, fire protection services, among others) by specia...
Read MoreThe United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on March 15, 2024, in Lindke v Freed, ___US___, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 1214 (2024). Thi...
Read MoreIn this month’s E-Letter we will discuss land use approvals with conditions, including the basics, when imposing conditions on land use ap...
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