Title 124, MUNICIPALITIES

Sec. 4a. A petition under section 4, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applica…

Sec. 5. Subject to the laws of this state, an authority's articles of incorporation shall state the name of the authority; the names of the incorporating municipalities; the purpose or purposes for which the authority is created; the powers, duties, and limitations of the authori…

Sec. 6. An authority is a body corporate, with power to sue or be sued in any court of this state. It possesses all the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of its incorporation, and those incident to those purposes. The enumeration of any powers in this act shall not be co…

Sec. 7. An authority may acquire private property by purchase, lease, gift, devise, or condemnation, either within or without its corporate limits, and may hold, manage, control, sell, exchange, or lease property it has acquired. For the purpose of condemnation, it may proceed un…

Sec. 8. An authority may enter into a contract with any incorporating municipality for the provision of emergency services in the incorporating municipality for a period not exceeding 30 years. The emergency services may be established or funded in conjunction with any municipal …

Sec. 9. An authority, in addition to its other powers and duties, may do all of the following: (a) Adopt bylaws and rules of administration to accomplish the purposes of this act. (b) Adopt ordinances that allow the authority to assess fees on owners or occupants of property who …

Sec. 9a. (1) An authority may borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds or notes to finance any of the following for authority purposes: (a) The acquisition, construction, and furnishing of buildings or facilities or portions of buildings or facilities. (b) The acquisition of n…

Sec. 10. (1) The municipalities that are parties to an authority entered into pursuant to this act have the responsibility, authority, and right to manage and direct on behalf of the public the emergency services performed or exercised to the extent provided in the articles of in…

Sec. 11. (1) An incorporating municipality may withdraw from the authority of which it is a part by resolution of the municipality's legislative body approving the withdrawal. (2) A municipality that withdraws from an authority shall continue to be subject to any tax levied in it…

Sec. 12. (1) An authority may levy a tax on all of the taxable property within the limits of the authority for the purposes of this act. (2) The tax authorized under subsection (1) shall not be levied without the approval of a majority of the registered electors residing in the a…

Sec. 13. Any incorporating municipality or a municipality otherwise granted taxing authority under state law may levy a tax on all of the taxable property within the limits of the political subdivision, and appropriate, grant, or contribute the proceeds of the tax to an authority…

Sec. 14. This act shall take effect April 1, 1988.