Section 88.9 - Compelling attendance at meetings; fines for nonattendance; sanctions for disorderly conduct; ordinance.
THE FOURTH CLASS CITY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 215 of 1895
88.9 Compelling attendance at meetings; fines for nonattendance; sanctions for disorderly conduct; ordinance.
Sec. 9.
The council, by ordinance, may compel the attendance of council members and other officers of the city at its meetings, may enforce fines for nonattendance of a member or officer, and may prescribe sanctions for any misbehavior or contemptuous or disorderly conduct by a member or a person present at a session of the council. The ordinance shall not conflict, as written or applied, with section 3 of the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 15.263 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 3070 ;-- CL 1915, 2986 ;-- CL 1929, 1910 ;-- CL 1948, 88.9 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 222, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1978 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 19, Eff. May 1, 1994