Title 123, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 1. No city which nominates or elects all or part of its governing body from wards or districts shall be required to reapportion its wards or districts based on census data earlier than that contained in the 1970 decennial census.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "art institute authorities act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Art institute" means an encyclopedic art museum whose primary art collection and facility, at the date an authority is established, are owned by a municipality located in this state. (b) "Art institute services" means the operation or support of …

Sec. 5. (1) Any county may form an art institute authority. (2) An art institute authority is an authority under section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963. An art institute authority is a public corporate body with the power to sue and be sued in any court of this…

Sec. 7. (1) To initiate the establishment of an authority, articles of incorporation shall be prepared by a majority of the members of the county board of commissioners of the county establishing the authority. The articles of incorporation shall include all of the following: (a)…

Sec. 9. (1) A vacancy occurs on the board on the happening of any of the events set forth in section 3 of 1846 RS 15, MCL 201.3. Members of the board may be removed by the county board of commissioners for good cause after a public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner…

Sec. 11. An authority may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Provide funding to an art institute services provider to support the provision of art institute services. (b) Levy a tax as provided in section 17. (c) Enter into contracts incidental or necessary for the accomplishment…

Sec. 13. Before a vote for a tax levy under section 17 occurs or, if an initial art institute services provider is replaced, before any funds are transferred under section 25 to a replacement art institute services provider, the art institute services provider shall enter into a …

Sec. 15. If a majority of electors in the county voting on the question of a tax as provided in section 17 approve the tax, the contract as provided in section 13 shall require the art institute services provider to offer or to exercise its best efforts to cause the art institute…

Sec. 17. (1) An authority may levy a tax of not more than 0.2 mill for a period of not more than 20 years on all of the taxable property within the county for the purpose of providing revenue to an art institute services provider that will be used exclusively for the benefit of t…

Sec. 19. (1) The county election commission of the county shall provide ballots for an election for a tax under section 17. (2) An election for a tax shall be conducted by the city and township clerks and election officials of the municipalities located within the county.

Sec. 21. (1) If an election for a tax under section 17 is to be held in conjunction with a general election or a state primary election, the notices of close of registration and election shall be published as provided for by the state election laws. Otherwise, the county clerk of…

Sec. 23. A tax authorized to be levied by an authority 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 211.155.

Sec. 25. Within 10 business days of the receipt of the funds from the local property tax collecting unit for the tax levied under this act, the authority shall transfer the funds, less the amount necessary to fund the payment of obligations incurred by the authority in accordance…

Sec. 27. (1) If a majority of the electors in the county voting on the question of a tax as provided in section 17 approve the tax, the county clerk of the county shall charge the authority and the authority shall reimburse the county for the actual costs the county incurs in the…

Sec. 29. (1) A board shall obtain an annual audit of the authority, and report on the audit and auditing procedures, in the manner provided by sections 6 to 13 of the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.426 to 141.433. The audit shall also be in accordance wi…

Sec. 1. (1) The city council of a city, whether organized under the general law or special charter, or the president and board of trustees of a village may establish and maintain garbage systems or plants for the collection and disposal of garbage in the city or village, and may …

Sec. 1. Any municipality owning or operating any public utility may authorize the giving of gifts or contributions from the operating revenues of the utility in such amounts and for such purposes as shall be determined by the governing body of the public utility to be in the publ…

Sec. 1. The legislative body of any city or village in this state is hereby authorized to create, acquire, control, and operate free employment bureaus within the limits of said cities and villages, and may use for such purpose any property suitable therefor that is now or may at…

Sec. 2. Such employment bureaus shall be established for the purpose of receiving applications of persons seeking employment and applications of persons seeking to employ labor. Such bureaus shall be designated and known as municipal or village public employment bureaus as the ca…

Sec. 3. All moneys received by the cities or villages under the provisions of section 2 of this act shall be set aside and shall be known as the public employment bureau registration fund and shall be used and disbursed under the direction of the legislative body of such city or …

Sec. 4. Any property acquired, owned, leased, controlled or occupied by such cities and villages for the purposes enumerated herein shall and is hereby declared to be acquired, owned, controlled or occupied for a public purpose and as a matter of public necessity, and such cities…

Sec. 5. The powers herein enumerated may be delegated by the said legislative body of the city or village to any department, commission or agency of such city or village as may be designated or created by such legislative body.

Sec. 1. (1) A county, city, village, or township may incorporate, as provided in this act, 1 or more authorities for the purpose of acquiring, furnishing, equipping, owning, improving, enlarging, operating and maintaining a building or buildings, automobile parking lots or struct…

Sec. 2. Any combination of 2 or more counties, cities, townships, or villages may incorporate 1 or more joint authorities for the purpose of acquiring, furnishing, equipping, owning, improving, enlarging, operating, and maintaining buildings, automobile parking lots or structures…

Sec. 2a. A school district and a city, village, or township wholly or partially within the district's boundaries, or a school district and any combination of 2 or more cities, villages, and townships wholly or partially within the district's boundaries, may incorporate 1 or more …

Sec. 2b. An intermediate school district and a constituent school district or districts wholly or partially within the intermediate school district's boundaries may incorporate an authority for the purpose of acquiring, furnishing, equipping, owning, improving, enlarging, operati…

Sec. 3. The term "incorporating unit" as used in this act shall be deemed to mean a county, city, village, township, intermediate school district or other school district incorporating an authority or joining in such incorporation.

Sec. 4. The incorporation of such an authority shall be accomplished by the adoption of articles of incorporation by the legislative body of each incorporating unit. For such adoption, the affirmative vote of the majority of the members elect of each such legislative body shall b…

Sec. 5. (1) The articles of incorporation shall set forth all of the following: (a) The name of the authority. (b) The name or names of the unit or units incorporating the authority. (c) The purpose for which the authority is incorporated. (d) The number, terms, and manner of sel…

Sec. 5a. (1) A joint building authority under section 2 incorporated by a county and a city, township, or village shall be directed and governed by a commission of 3 members, 1 to be elected by the county board of commissioners of the county, 1 to be elected by the legislative bo…

Sec. 5b. Members of the commission may be paid such compensation, and such per diem and mileage for attending meetings, as may be provided by the commission with the approval of the incorporating unit or units.

Sec. 6. (1) The officer designated in the articles of incorporation shall cause a copy of the articles of incorporation or a summary of the articles to be published once in a newspaper designated in the articles of incorporation and circulating within the incorporating units acco…

Sec. 7. Such authority shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued in any court of this state. It shall possess all the powers necessary to carry out the purpose of its incorporation and those incident thereto. The enumeration of any powers in this act shall not be co…

Sec. 8. The authority and its incorporating unit or units may only enter into a contract or contracts under which the authority will acquire property contemplated by the terms of this act and lease the same to the incorporating unit or units for a period not to exceed 50 years or…

Sec. 8a. (1) The incorporating unit or units contracting under this act shall in the contract of lease agree to pay to the authority, as cash rental for the property, periodic amounts or their designated shares of periodic amounts that are sufficient to enable the authority to pa…

Sec. 8b. (1) The governing body of an incorporating unit may, by a majority vote of its members, authorize the execution of a full faith and credit general obligation contract of lease with an authority. (2) The governing body may adopt a resolution submitting the contract to a v…

Sec. 8c. A petition under section 8b, 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, applic…

Sec. 9. For the purpose of accomplishing the objects of its incorporation the authority may acquire property by purchase, construction, lease, gift, devise or condemnation, and for the purpose of condemnation, it may proceed under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts …

Sec. 10. Amendments may be made to articles of incorporation if adopted by the legislative body of each incorporating unit: Provided, That no such amendment shall impair the obligation of any bond or other contract. Any city or village which is the county seat of a county incorpo…

Sec. 11. (1) For the purpose of defraying all or part of the cost of acquiring, improving, and enlarging any building or buildings, automobile parking lots or structures, recreational facilities, stadiums, and the necessary site or sites for the property, together with appurtenan…

Sec. 11a. For the purpose of defraying all or part of the cost of acquiring, improving, and enlarging any building or buildings, automobile parking lots or structures, recreational facilities, stadiums, and the necessary site or sites for the property, together with appurtenant p…

Sec. 11b. The ordinance or resolution authorizing issuance of bonds shall become effective upon its adoption unless otherwise specified in the ordinance or resolution and shall be recorded in the minutes of the commission as soon as practicable after its passage. The provisions o…

Sec. 11d. There shall be created in the authorizing ordinance or resolution a lien by this act made a statutory lien upon the cash rental payments required to be paid by the contract of lease which are pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds to and in…

Sec. 11e. All moneys received from the sale of bonds shall be used solely for the purpose for which the bonds were authorized including any engineering, architectural, legal, and other expenses incident thereto and to the issuance of the bonds and including also the payment of th…

Sec. 11f. The commission in the ordinance or resolution authorizing the bonds may provide for issuance of 1 or more series of additional bonds to complete the project for which the bonds are issued or to make improvements or additions thereto under the terms and conditions as sha…