Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 124. Municipalities § 124.681

Sec. 31. (1) A county clerk shall charge the council and the council shall reimburse the county for the actual costs the county incurs in an election for a tax proposal of a council established under this act.

(2) If a township, city, or village participating in a council under this act conducts an election for a tax, the clerk of that local governmental unit shall charge the council and the council shall reimburse the local governmental unit for the actual costs the local governmental unit incurs in conducting the election if the election is not held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled election in that local governmental unit.

(3) In addition to costs reimbursed pursuant to subsections (1) and (2), a local governmental unit shall charge the council and the council shall reimburse the local governmental unit for actual costs that the local governmental unit incurs and that are attributable to an election for a tax proposal.

(4) The actual costs that a county, township, city, or village incurs shall be based on the number of hours of work done in conducting the election, the rates of compensation of the workers, and the cost of materials supplied in the election.