Title 123, LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 4. Local units of government may finance the construction, maintenance and operation of such systems pursuant to any laws now existing in this state or such other laws as may be hereafter enacted.

Sec. 1. Any 2 adjoining cities or villages, or an adjoining city and village, may, by a 3/5 vote of their several legislative bodies, unite in making and maintaining any public improvement located on or near the boundary line between such municipalities and located either entirel…

Sec. 2. Any municipality joining in the making of any public improvement, as above provided, may assess its portion, or any part thereof, of the cost of any such improvement, upon property located in such municipality to the same extent, and in the same manner, as it might do if …

Sec. 3. Any city or village may by charter provide additional procedure for the carrying out of the authority herein granted, if the same shall be necessary.

Sec. 1. The words "water supply system and/or sewage disposal system" as herein used shall include either or both of such systems or a combined water supply and sewage disposal system. The term "water supply system" shall include all plants, works, instrumentalities and propertie…

Sec. 2. Where any part of a city adjoins or is included in a metropolitan district organized under the provisions of Act No. 312 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, being sections 119.1 to 119.15, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, such city may acquire by purchase the …

Sec. 3. Any city acquiring a water supply system under the terms hereof shall succeed to all the rights, obligations and property of the metropolitan district, respecting or connected with such system or with the functions of supplying water, unless the purchase contract shall ot…

Sec. 4. Any city acquiring a water supply system shall have the right to supply water, any city acquiring a sewage disposal system shall have the right to supply sewage disposal, and any city acquiring a combined water supply and sewage disposal system, shall have the right to su…

Sec. 5. A city so acquiring such a system may readjust the service rates provided the same do not impair the obligation of any bond contract. The legislative body of a city may, subject to constitutional and statutory limitations, adopt such ordinances and resolutions as may be n…

Sec. 6. This act and any contract entered into pursuant thereto shall be liberally construed by the courts. The provisions of this act shall be construed as an additional grant of power to that prescribed by other statutory provisions or by any charter provisions.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "local government filming location access act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Film" means single media or multimedia entertainment content for distribution or exhibition to the general public by any means and media in any digital media format, film, or videotape, including, but not limited to, a motion picture, documentary…

Sec. 5. (1) Except as provided under subsection (2), a local unit of government may authorize a person engaged in the production of a film in this state to use, without charge, property owned by or under the control of the local unit of government for the purpose of producing a f…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "local community stabilization authority act".

Sec. 3. (1) The legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That there exists in this state a continuing need to strengthen and revitalize the economy of this state and to organize the activities of local government in metropolitan areas in a manner that reduces gove…

Sec. 5. As used in this act: (a) "Acquisition cost" means that term as defined in section 3 of the state essential services assessment act, 2014 PA 92, MCL 211.1053, multiplied by the following percentages: (i) For eligible personal property reported to the department and describ…

Sec. 7. (1) The local community stabilization authority is established as a metropolitan government for the metropolitan areas of this state under section 27 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963. The authority is a public body corporate and a special authority. The au…

Sec. 9. (1) The authority council is established as the governing body of the authority. The powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the authority are vested in the council. The council shall consist of 5 residents of this state appointed by the governor. Not less than…

Sec. 11. (1) The authority may exercise all of the following powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities: (a) Powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities vested in the authority under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 to 205.111. (b) Exercise the powers, duties, fun…

Sec. 12. (1) The authority has the exclusive power to levy the local community stabilization share under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 to 205.111. The authority is authorized to levy the local community stabilization share under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 t…

Sec. 13. (1) Not later than June 5, 2014, the assessor for each city and township shall report to the county equalization director all of the following: (a) The 2013 taxable value of commercial personal property and industrial personal property for each municipality in the city o…

Sec. 14. (1) Not later than November 7, 2017, and each October 7 thereafter, for each municipality that is not a local school district, intermediate school district, or tax increment finance authority, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Calculate the municipality's…

Sec. 15. Not later than November 7, 2017, and each October 7 thereafter, for each municipality that is a local school district, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Calculate the municipality's personal property exemption loss. (b) Multiply the result of the calculat…

Sec. 16. Not later than November 7, 2017, and each October 7 thereafter, for each municipality that is an intermediate school district, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Calculate the municipality's personal property exemption loss. (b) Multiply the result of the …

Sec. 16a. (1) Not later than June 15, 2014 and June 15, 2015, each municipality that is a tax increment finance authority shall calculate and report to the department the municipality's tax increment small taxpayer loss for the current calendar year. (2) Not later than June 15, 2…

Sec. 16b. (1) Each municipality that is a tax increment finance authority shall report to the department the calculation required under section 16a on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department. (2) If a municipality that is a tax increment finance authority fails to mak…

Sec. 17. (1) The legislature shall appropriate funds for all of the following purposes: (a) For fiscal year 2014-2015 and fiscal year 2015-2016, to the authority, an amount equal to all debt loss for municipalities that are not a local school district, intermediate school distric…

Sec. 18. (1) Beginning in fiscal year 2015-2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, the department shall determine the amount of the distributions under this act, except for the payments under section 17(4)(a)(vii) and (viii) and section 17(4)(d)(ii). (2) Each municipality shall su…

Sec. 19. (1) A local unit of government may issue bonds or other obligations in anticipation of the distribution of local community stabilization share revenue under section 17(4)(a)(iv). (2) Bonds or other obligations issued under this section are subject to the revised municipa…

Sec. 21. (1) If a municipality does not adjust its debt millage rate to reflect reimbursement for the small taxpayer exemption loss under section 17(1)(a), the reimbursement under section 17(1)(a) shall be reduced by the excess debt taxes levied. (2) A municipality shall use the …

Sec. 22. This act shall be construed to effectuate the legislative intent and the purposes of this act as complete and independent authorization for the performance of each and every act and thing authorized in the act, and all powers granted in this act shall be broadly interpre…

Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for and the several boards of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, acquire by condemnation, and to accept gifts and devises of real estate for purposes of public parks, public zoological gardens, airports and landing fields eithe…

Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for and the several boards of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to make appropriations for the improvement and maintenance of such public parks, public zoological garden property, airports and landing fields, as shall have been purchased o…

Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for, and the several boards of supervisors are hereby authorized and empowered to make appropriations by way of contributing toward the improvement and maintenance of any such public parks, public zoological gardens, airports and landing fields, either …

Sec. 4. A county board of commissioners may provide funds for 1 or more of the following purposes by an appropriation from the county general fund and may raise these funds by an ad valorem property tax levy on property within the county subject to taxation for county purposes, b…

Sec. 5. The powers and authority granted in this act, shall be deemed to include power and authority to purchase and accept gifts of lands for boulevards and highways to be laid out as boulevards by county authority and power and authority to improve the same, and the words "park…

Sec. 6. Whenever the board of supervisors of any county shall have adopted a resolution to purchase, condemn or to accept certain lands for park purposes, and make an appropriation therefor under the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this act, there shall be created a board of 3 …

Sec. 6-a. Whenever a board of supervisors of any county shall have adopted a resolution to purchase, condemn or to accept certain lands for airport or landing field purposes and makes an appropriation therefor under the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this act, there shall be c…

Sec. 7. Funds appropriated and collected for the purpose of contributing towards the maintenance of public parks, public zoological gardens, airports and landing fields, owned by counties, townships, cities and villages, under the provisions of section 3 hereof, shall be paid by …

Sec. 8. (1) A person who violates a posted rule or regulation made pursuant to section 6 or 6a is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or work in a park cleanup program as an alternative to the imprisonment, or by a fine of not more than $…

Sec. 1. When a petition signed by the state by the appropriate agency designated by the state administrative board which holds the record legal title to the entire area of the land in the territory to be annexed, which is adjacent to any city operating under a special charter, is…

Sec. 2. Whenever any state owned land is annexed to any city operating under a special charter as provided in section 1, the city shall be entitled to its proper share from any future distribution of gasoline and motor vehicle weight tax revenues, intangibles tax revenues, state …

Sec. 3. If within 45 days from the effective date of the annexation, the city and township from which the territory was detached cannot agree to a joint resolution as provided in section 2, an official special census shall be taken of the area detached from the township and of th…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "educational instruction access act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Educational institution" means any of the following: (i) A school district, an intermediate school district, or a public school academy as those terms are defined in sections 4 to 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4 to 380.6. (ii…

Sec. 5. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a local governmental body shall not adopt, enforce, impose, or administer an ordinance, local policy, or local resolution that prohibits property sold, leased, or transferred by the local governmental body from being us…