Title 124, MUNICIPALITIES

Sec. 3. (1) Any county, city, village, or township may become a part of an existing authority by amendment to the authority's articles of incorporation, adopted by the legislative body of the county, city, village, or township and by the legislative body of every other county, ci…

Sec. 4. (1) Upon petition by not less than 5% of the registered electors residing in a municipality that has not become an incorporating municipality, requesting a referendum on the question of becoming an incorporating municipality, the clerk of the municipality, upon verifying …

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.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public employees health benefit act".

Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Carrier" means a health, dental, or vision insurance company authorized to do business in this state under, and a health maintenance organization or multiple employer welfare arrangement operating under, the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, M…

Sec. 5. (1) Subject to collective bargaining requirements, a public employer may provide medical, optical, or dental benefits to public employees and their dependents by any of the following methods: (a) By establishing and maintaining a plan on a self-insured basis. A plan under…

Sec. 7. (1) A person shall not establish or maintain a public employer pooled plan in this state unless the pooled plan obtains and maintains a certificate of registration pursuant to this act. (2) A person wishing to establish a pooled plan shall apply for a certificate of regis…

Sec. 9. (1) In addition to other requirements as provided in this act, a public employer pooled plan established on or after October 1, 2007 shall do all of the following: (a) Establish and maintain minimum cash reserves of not less than 25% of the aggregate contributions in the …

Sec. 11. The commissioner, or any person appointed by the commissioner, may examine the affairs of any pooled plan, and for such purposes shall have free access to all the books, records, and documents that relate to the business of the plan, and may examine under oath its truste…

Sec. 13. (1) The articles, bylaws, and trust agreement of the pooled plan and all amendments thereto shall be filed with and presumed approved by the commissioner before becoming operative. The trust agreement shall be filed on a form prescribed by the commissioner. (2) Each memb…

Sec. 15. (1) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a public employer that has 50 or more employees in medical benefit plans shall be provided with claims utilization and cost information as provided in subsection (3). (2) Two or more public employers that are in an arrangement and toge…

Sec. 1. When any municipality erects any building, whether financed by a sinking fund or by issuance of bonds, it may include in the building facilities for rental to any other governmental entity.

Sec. 1. The term "water supply system", as herein used, shall be deemed to include all plants, works, instrumentalities and properties, used or useful in connection with the obtaining of a water supply, the treatment of water and/or the distribution and sale of water.

Sec. 2. Any 2 or more cities, villages or townships (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "municipalities") or any combination thereof, may incorporate an authority for the purpose of acquiring, owning, and/or operating a water supply system or systems, by the adoption of article…

Sec. 3. Said articles of incorporation shall state the name of such authority, the names of the various municipalities creating the same, the purpose or purposes for which it is created, the powers, duties and limitations of the authority and its officers, the method of selecting…

Sec. 4. 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 purposes of its incorporation and those incident thereto. The enumeration of any powers in this act shall not be c…

Sec. 5. The authority may acquire property for a water supply system by purchase, construction, lease, gift, devise or condemnation, either within or without its corporate limits, and may hold, manage, control, sell, exchange or lease such property. For the purpose of condemnatio…

Sec. 6. The authority and any of its constituent municipalities shall have authority to contract for the sale and purchase of water. The charges specified in such contract shall be subject to increase by the authority at any time if necessary in order to provide funds to meet its…

Sec. 7. Any city, village or township, which did not join in the incorporation of an authority, may become a constituent part thereof by amendment to the articles of incorporation adopted by the legislative body of such city, village or township and by the legislative body of eac…

Sec. 8. The legislative body of each city, village or township which is a part of such authority is authorized to raise by tax or pay from its general funds, any moneys required to be paid by the articles of incorporation or by the terms of any contract between it and the authori…

Sec. 9. For the purpose of acquiring, improving, enlarging and/or extending a water supply system, the authority may issue self-liquidating revenue bonds in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, being sections 141.101 to 141.139, inclusive, of t…

Sec. 10. Within the scope of the definition contained in section 1 of this act, any authority shall have the right to determine what shall constitute its water supply system and the functions thereof, and may determine that its water services shall be furnished to public corporat…

Sec. 11. No change in the jurisdiction over any territory in any city, village or township which has contracted for a supply of water from the authority, shall in any manner impair the obligations of such contract, but the same shall be carried out, insofar as such territory is c…

Sec. 12. The powers herein granted shall be in addition to those granted by any charter or other statute.

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public transportation authority act".

Sec. 2. As used in this act: (a) "Board" means the governing body of a public authority. (b) "Goods" means baggage, accessories, or other personal property carried by or accompanying persons using public transportation service. (c) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, vi…

Sec. 3. (1) An authority incorporated under Act No. 55 of the Public Acts of 1963, being sections 124.351 to 124.359 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or an authority having a population of less than 1,000,000 incorporated under the metropolitan transportation authorities act of 196…

Sec. 4. (1) A political subdivision or a combination of 2 or more political subdivisions may form a public authority under this act. A county with a population between 240,000 and 255,000 may form more than 1 public authority under this act. A city, village, township, or county f…

Sec. 5. (1) The adoption of articles of incorporation under this act shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the articles of incorporation by the clerk of each respective political subdivision or by the recording officer of the incorporating authority under section 3 in a form su…

Sec. 6. The articles of incorporation shall state the name of the public authority; the name or names of the incorporating authority or the incorporating political subdivisions; the portion of an incorporating city, village, or township to become part of the public authority, if …

Sec. 7. A political subdivision or a portion of a city, village, or township bounded by lines described in section 4 may become a member of a public authority after the public authority's formation under this act upon resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members elected t…

Sec. 8. (1) Subject to subsection (8), and except as otherwise provided in this section, a political subdivision that is a member of a public authority or a portion of a city, village, or township, if that portion is a member of a public authority, may be released from membership…

Sec. 9. A public authority is intended to and shall be considered to be an authority the tax limitations of which are provided by charter or general law within the meaning of section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

Sec. 10. The organization, existence, membership, and all acts taken before the effective date of this act by an authority incorporated or purporting to be incorporated under Act No. 55 of the Public Acts of 1963, being sections 124.351 to 124.359 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; a…

Sec. 11. (1) All tax revenue, or real or personal property or property rights, money, authorizations to levy a tax, and all other rights, duties, and obligations of an existing authority that forms a public authority in accordance with section 3 shall be assumed by and transferre…