Title 124, MUNICIPALITIES

Sec. 13. Nothing in this act authorizes or shall be construed to authorize the construction of any tunnel, bridge, or other infrastructure that is part of or related to an international border crossing.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "metropolitan councils act".

Sec. 3. As used in sections 5 through 35: (a) "Articles" means a metropolitan area council's articles of incorporation provided for in section 5. (b) "Council area" means the combined territory of the cities, villages, and townships participating in a metropolitan area council. (…

Sec. 5. (1) A combination of 2 or more local governmental units in a metropolitan area may form a metropolitan area council by adopting articles of incorporation pursuant to the requirements of sections 7 and 9. (2) A council is a public corporate body with power to sue and be su…

Sec. 7. (1) The articles of a council established under this act shall state the name of the council; the names of the participating local governmental units; the purposes for which the council is formed; the powers, duties, and limitations of the council and its officers; the qu…

Sec. 9. (1) The articles of a metropolitan area council shall be adopted and may be amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected to and serving on the legislative body of each participating local governmental unit. (2) Before the articles or amendments are …

Sec. 11. (1) A local governmental unit may be added to the metropolitan area council after the council's incorporation upon satisfaction of all of the following requirements: (a) A majority of the members elected to and serving on the legislative body of the local governmental un…

Sec. 13. (1) Upon petition by not less than 5% of the registered electors residing in a nonparticipating local governmental unit requesting a referendum on the question of becoming a local governmental unit participating in a metropolitan area council, the clerk of the local gove…

Sec. 13a. A petition under section 13, 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, appli…

Sec. 15. (1) A metropolitan area council shall have a chairperson. The chairperson shall act as principal executive officer and shall preside at the meetings of the council. Meeting times and places shall be fixed by the council and special meetings may be called by a majority of…

Sec. 17. (1) A metropolitan area council may pay each council delegate a per diem compensation for each council meeting attended and for other designated services performed by the council delegate. A metropolitan area council may reimburse each council delegate for reasonable exp…

Sec. 19. (1) The articles may authorize a metropolitan area council to propose standards, criteria, and suggested model ordinances to regulate the use and development of land and water within the council area. (2) To the extent authorized in the articles, a metropolitan area coun…

Sec. 21. (1) A metropolitan area council may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Adopt bylaws for the administration of the council. (b) Acquire and hold, by purchase, lease, grant, gift, devise, land contract, installment purchase contract, bequest, condemnation, or other legal m…

Sec. 23. (1) A public employee whose duties are transferred to a council established under this act shall be given a position of a comparable description with the council, and shall retain the seniority status and benefit rights of the public employment position held before the t…

Sec. 25. (1) A tax authorized to be levied by a council under this act shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as provided by the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157. (2) A council shall not levy a tax except upon the approval…

Sec. 27. (1) A proposal for a tax authorized to be levied by a council under this act shall not be placed on the ballot unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the council and certified by the council not later than 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the election to t…

Sec. 29. (1) If an election for a tax is to be held in conjunction with a general election or a state primary election immediately preceding a general election, the notices of close of registration and election shall be published as provided for by the state election laws. Otherw…

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 t…

Sec. 33. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a local governmental unit participating in a council under this act may withdraw from membership in the council if all of the following conditions are met: (a) Adoption of a resolution by a majority of the members elect…

Sec. 35. (1) The business that a council established under this act performs shall be conducted at a public meeting of the council held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. (2) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retai…

Sec. 43. As used in sections 43 through 63: (a) "Articles" means a council's articles of incorporation provided for in section 45. (b) "Council" means a metropolitan region council established pursuant to this act. (c) "Council area" means the actual territory of the counties par…

Sec. 45. (1) Two or more qualified counties in combination with one another and with 1 or more qualified cities may form a metropolitan region council by adopting articles of incorporation in accordance with sections 47 and 49, if the county commission of each qualified county se…

Sec. 47. (1) A metropolitan region council's articles shall state the name of the council; the names of the participating counties and cities; the purposes for which the council is formed; the powers, duties, and limitations of the council and its officers; the qualifications, me…

Sec. 49. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the articles of a metropolitan region council shall authorize each participating qualified county to receive up to 1/3 of any net revenues collected within that participating qualified county under section 47. The amount of up to…

Sec. 51. (1) A qualified county or qualified city may be added to the metropolitan region council after the council's incorporation upon satisfaction of all of the following requirements: (a) A majority of the members elected to and serving on the legislative body of the qualifie…

Sec. 59. A metropolitan region council may be established solely to develop or enhance regional cultural institutions and local recreation and cultural facilities, other than facilities that are primarily designed or used for professional sports, within the geographic boundaries …

Sec. 61. (1) A metropolitan region council may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Adopt bylaws for the administration of the council. (b) Acquire and hold, by purchase, lease, grant, gift, devise, land contract, installment purchase contract, bequest, condemnation, or other legal…

Sec. 63. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a participating qualified county or qualified city may withdraw from membership in the metropolitan region council if all of the following conditions are met: (a) Adoption of a resolution by a majority of the members el…

Sec. 65. As used in sections 67 through 79: (a) "Articles" means a metropolitan arts council's articles of incorporation provided for in section 69. (b) "Council" means a metropolitan arts council established under section 67. (c) "Council area" means the actual territory of a me…

Sec. 67. (1) A metropolitan district may form a metropolitan arts council if the district's county commission does the following: (a) Adopts a resolution declaring an intent to participate in the formation of that council. (b) Adopts articles of incorporation in accordance with s…

Sec. 69. (1) A metropolitan arts council may be established solely to develop or enhance cultural institutions and facilities within the geographic boundaries of the council. A metropolitan arts council's articles shall state the name of the council; the purposes for which the co…

Sec. 71. (1) The articles of a metropolitan arts council shall be adopted and may be amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the county commissioners. (2) Before the articles or amendments are adopted by the county commission, the articles or amendments shall be published…

Sec. 73. (1) A metropolitan arts council shall have a chairperson. The chairperson shall act as principal executive officer and shall preside at the meetings of the council. Meeting times and places shall be fixed by the council and special meetings may be called by a majority of…

Sec. 75. (1) Metropolitan arts council members shall serve without compensation but upon approval of a majority of delegates serving may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the council's official duties. (2) A metropolitan arts council s…

Sec. 77. (1) A metropolitan arts council's articles shall specify the maximum amount or percentage of revenues received under this act that the council may authorize to be expended annually for administrative costs incurred under this act. The articles may authorize a local arts …

Sec. 79. A metropolitan arts council may adopt bylaws for the administration of the council.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "regional transit authority act".

Sec. 1a. The intent of this legislation is to create a regional transit system by establishing a regional transit authority.

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Authority" means a regional transit authority created under this act. (b) "Board" means the governing body of an authority. (c) "City" means a city incorporated under the home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.1 to 117.38. (d) "Cost plus constr…

Sec. 3. (1) For an area of this state that is a qualified region on the effective date of this act, an authority is created on the effective date of this act for a public transit region that includes the qualified region. For an area of this state that becomes a qualified region …

Sec. 4. (1) A county that is not included in a public transit region and is not a participant in an authority may petition an authority to become a part of the public transit region and the authority, subject to approval of the petition by resolution of the governing body of the …

Sec. 5. (1) An authority shall be directed and governed by a board consisting of all of the following: (a) One governor's representative appointed by the governor, who shall serve without vote. (b) Two individuals appointed by the county executive of the county within the public …

Sec. 6. (1) Within 30 days after the appointment of the members of a board under section 5, the board shall hold its first meeting at a date and time to be determined by the governor's representative. The governor's representative shall serve without vote and shall serve as chair…

Sec. 7. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, an authority may do all things necessary and convenient to implement the purposes, objectives, and provisions of this act and the purposes, objectives, and powers vested in the authority or the board by this act or other law, …

Sec. 8. (1) Beginning on the first day of the fiscal year that begins after the effective date of this act, an authority shall be the designated recipient for its public transit region for purposes of applying for federal operating and capital assistance grants under the moving a…