Title 125, PLANNING, HOUSING, AND ZONING

Sec. 509. (1) After January 12, 2009, 1 or more persons may organize a street railway under this part for the purpose of acquiring, owning, constructing, furnishing, equipping, completing, operating, improving, and maintaining a street railway system by signing in ink and filing …

Sec. 511. (1) A nonprofit corporation may become a street railway under this part and acquire, own, construct, furnish, equip, complete, operate, improve, and maintain a street railway system in a city if on and after January 12, 2009 the articles of incorporation for the nonprof…

Sec. 513. (1) A street railway may acquire, own, construct, furnish, equip, complete, operate, improve, and maintain a street railway system in and upon the streets and highways of a road authority with the approval of the road authority, on terms and conditions imposed by the ro…

Sec. 515. (1) Subject to applicable law and applicable regulations of this state, a city, a township, or a village, a street railway may generate, store, transmit, distribute, dispense, furnish, or use electricity and electric power for use or consumption by the street railway an…

Sec. 517. (1) In constructing a street railway system, a street railway shall conform to grades established by a road authority for a public street or highway traversed by the street railway. (2) A street railway shall not alter or change the grade or line of any public street or…

Sec. 519. A road authority may establish and prescribe rules and regulations applicable to a street railway operating in or upon a public street or highway under the jurisdiction of a road authority relating to 1 or more of the following subjects: (a) Grading, paving, obstruction…

Sec. 521. (1) If a person refuses to pay a fare owed to a street railway or refuses to obey regulations established by the street railway for the convenience and safety of passengers, the street railway may remove the person from the streetcar, tram, or trolley at a usual stoppin…

Sec. 523. (1) At the request of a street railway, and with the consent of the department, a city, village, or township in which a street railway system is located may establish a transit operations finance zone for a street railway system if the city, village, or township and the…

Sec. 527. (1) Within 30 days of January 12, 2009, the secretary of state or any other agency having records of a street railway formed under this part prior to January 12, 2009 shall certify and transfer the records to the bureau of commercial services of the department of talent…

Sec. 602. As used in this part: (a) "Advance" means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. Evidence of the intent to repay an advance may include, but is not limited…

Sec. 603. As used in this part: (a) "Operations" means office maintenance, including salaries and expenses of employees, office supplies, consultation fees, design costs, and other expenses incurred in the daily management of the authority and planning of its activities. (b) "Par…

Sec. 604. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a municipality may establish multiple authorities. A parcel of property shall not be included in more than 1 authority created under this part. (2) A city, village, or township located in a county with a population of…

Sec. 605. A development area shall only be established in a municipality and, except for a development area located in a qualified development area, shall comply with all of the following criteria: (a) Is adjacent to or is within 500 feet of a road classified as an arterial or co…

Sec. 606. (1) If the governing body of a municipality determines that it is necessary for the best interests of the public to redevelop its commercial corridors and to promote economic growth, the governing body may, by resolution, do 1 of the following: (a) Declare its intention…

Sec. 607. If a development area is part of an area annexed to or consolidated with another municipality, the authority managing that development area shall become an authority of the annexing or consolidated municipality. Obligations of that authority incurred under a development…

Sec. 608. (1) Except as provided in subsection (7) or as otherwise provided in subsection (8), an authority shall be under the supervision and control of a board consisting of the chief executive officer of the municipality or his or her assignee and not less than 5 or more than …

Sec. 609. (1) The board may employ and fix the compensation of a director, subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the board. A member of the board is not eligible to hold the position of director. Before begi…

Sec. 610. The employees of an authority shall be eligible to participate in municipal retirement and insurance programs of the municipality as if they were civil service employees except that the employees of an authority are not civil service employees.

Sec. 611. (1) The board may do any of the following: (a) Prepare an analysis of economic changes taking place in the development area. (b) Study and analyze the impact of metropolitan growth upon the development area. (c) Plan and propose the construction, renovation, repair, rem…

Sec. 612. The authority is an instrumentality of a political subdivision for purposes of 1972 PA 227, MCL 213.321 to 213.332.

Sec. 613. A municipality may acquire private property under 1911 PA 149, MCL 213.21 to 213.25, for the purpose of transfer to the authority, and may transfer the property to the authority for use in an approved development, on terms and conditions it considers appropriate, and th…

Sec. 614. (1) The activities of the authority shall be financed from 1 or more of the following sources: (a) Donations to the authority for the performance of its functions. (b) Money borrowed and to be repaid as authorized by sections 616 and 617. (c) Revenues from any property,…

Sec. 615. (1) An authority with the approval of the governing body may levy a special assessment as provided by law. (2) The municipality may at the request of the authority borrow money and issue its notes under the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.…

Sec. 616. The authority may, with approval of the local governing body, borrow money and issue its negotiable revenue bonds under the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140. Revenue bonds issued by the authority are not a debt of the municipality unless the …

Sec. 617. (1) The authority may with approval of the local governing body borrow money and issue its revenue bonds or notes to finance all or part of the costs of acquiring or constructing or causing to be constructed property in connection with either of the following: (a) The i…

Sec. 618. (1) If the authority determines that it is necessary for the achievement of the purposes of this part, the authority shall prepare and submit a tax increment financing plan to the governing body of the municipality. The plan shall include a development plan as provided …

Sec. 619. (1) The municipal and county treasurers shall transmit tax increment revenues to the authority. (2) The authority shall expend the tax increment revenues received for the development program only under the terms of the tax increment financing plan. Unused funds shall re…

Sec. 620. (1) The municipality may by resolution of its governing body authorize, issue, and sell limited general obligation bonds subject to the limitations set forth in this subsection to finance the development program of the tax increment financing plan and shall pledge its f…

Sec. 621. (1) If a board decides to finance a project in a development area by the use of revenue bonds as authorized in section 616 or tax increment financing as authorized in sections 618, 619, and 620, it shall prepare a development plan. (2) The development plan shall contain…

Sec. 622. (1) The governing body, before adoption of a resolution approving a development plan or tax increment financing plan, shall hold a public hearing on the development plan. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication twice in a newspaper of g…

Sec. 623. The governing body after a public hearing on the development plan or the tax increment financing plan, or both, with notice given under section 622, shall determine whether the development plan or tax increment financing plan constitutes a public purpose. If it determin…

Sec. 624. A person to be relocated under this part shall be given not less than 90 days' written notice to vacate unless modified by court order issued for good cause and after a hearing.

Sec. 625. (1) The director of the authority shall submit a budget to the board for the operation of the authority for each fiscal year before the beginning of the fiscal year. The budget shall be prepared in the manner and contain the information required of municipal departments…

Sec. 626. (1) A public facility, building, or structure that is determined by the municipality to have significant historical interests shall be preserved in a manner considered necessary by the municipality in accordance with laws relative to the preservation of historical sites…

Sec. 627. An authority that has completed the purposes for which it was organized shall be dissolved by resolution of the governing body. The property and assets of the authority remaining after the satisfaction of the obligations of the authority belong to the municipality.

Sec. 629. (1) Subject to the requirements of subsection (2), within 60 days after a development plan for a qualified development area has been approved under section 618, upon written request from the authority, the Michigan economic growth authority under the Michigan economic g…

Sec. 702. As used in this part: (a) "Advance" means a transfer of funds made by a municipality to an authority or to another person on behalf of the authority in anticipation of repayment by the authority. Evidence of the intent to repay an advance may include, but is not limited…

Sec. 703. As used in this part: (a) "Operations" means office maintenance, including salaries and expenses of employees, office supplies, consultation fees, design costs, and other expenses incurred in the daily management of the authority and planning of its activities. (b) "Par…

Sec. 704. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a municipality may establish multiple authorities. A parcel of property shall not be included in more than 1 authority created under this part. (2) An authority is a public body corporate that may sue and be sued in a…

Sec. 705. (1) If the governing body of a municipality determines that it is necessary for the best interests of the public to promote water resource improvement or access to inland lakes, or both, in a water resource improvement district, the governing body may, by resolution, de…

Sec. 706. If a development area is part of an area annexed to or consolidated with another municipality, the authority managing that development area shall become an authority of the annexing or consolidated municipality. Obligations of that authority incurred under a development…

Sec. 707. (1) An authority shall be under the supervision and control of a board consisting of the chief executive officer of the municipality or his or her designee and not less than 5 or more than 9 members as determined by the governing body of the municipality. Members shall …

Sec. 708. (1) The board may employ and fix the compensation of a director, subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the board. A member of the board is not eligible to hold the position of director. Before begi…

Sec. 709. The employees of an authority shall be eligible to participate in municipal retirement and insurance programs of the municipality as if they were civil service employees except that the employees of an authority are not civil service employees.

Sec. 710. (1) The board may do any of the following: (a) Prepare an analysis of water resource improvement and access to inland lakes issues taking place in the development area. (b) Study and analyze the need for water resource improvements and access to inland lakes upon the de…

Sec. 711. The authority is an instrumentality of a political subdivision for purposes of 1972 PA 227, MCL 213.321 to 213.332.