Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 484. Telephone, Telegraph and Radio § 484.1320

Sec. 320. (1) The county shall create an emergency 9-1-1 district board if a county creates a consolidated dispatch within an emergency 9-1-1 district after March 2, 1994.

(2) The membership of the board and the board's powers and duties are determined by the county board of commissioners. The membership of the board must include a representative of the county sheriff or his or her designated representative, a representative of the Michigan state police designated by the director of the Michigan state police, and a firefighter. If the emergency 9-1-1 district consists of more than 1 county, the president of the Michigan Sheriffs' Association shall appoint the sheriff representative.

(3) A county or other public agency may make appropriations to the emergency 9-1-1 district board.

(4) A public agency may contract with the emergency 9-1-1 district board, and persons who are both members of the board and of the governing body of the public agency may vote both on the board and the body if approved by the contract.

(5) The basis under which a consolidated dispatch meets the requirement for being a primary PSAP under section 102  1 determines the system to be used in dispatching participating service units.