Title 119, METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS

Sec. 5. The commissioners shall hold a meeting within 1 month after their selection, on the call of the chairman of the board of supervisors of the most populous county of the metropolitan district, at such time and place as he may designate. Such meeting shall elect a chairman, …

Sec. 6. The commissioners shall cause to be kept a written or printed record of every session of the board, which record shall be public. They shall also provide for a system of accounts to conform to any uniform system required by law, and for the auditing at least once yearly o…

Sec. 7. The commissioners may levy for the purposes of the authority a tax of not more than 1/4 mill upon each dollar of the assessed value of the property of the district. The board shall ascertain the total taxes or appropriation required for any year and shall thereupon certif…

Sec. 8. For the purposes of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending, or repairing any revenue-producing recreational facilities, the commissioners may issue self-liquidating bonds in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1…

Sec. 9. For the purposes of the authority as herein defined, the commissioners may purchase, accept by gift or devise or condemn private property. If by condemnation, the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 3763 to 3783, inclusive, of …

Sec. 10. The foregoing local act shall be submitted to the electors of the counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb at the regular election in November, 1940. The secretary of state is hereby required to certify the said local act to the various clerks of the…

Sec. 11. If a majority of the electors voting thereon at any election in 2 or more of the above named counties, which are contiguous, shall vote "yes" on the proposal, then all the counties so approving shall constitute a metropolitan district, and the Huron-Clinton metropolitan …

Sec. 12. A petition under section 11, 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. 1. Any 2 or more cities, villages or townships or any combination or parts thereof, may incorporate into a metropolitan district or districts comprising territory within their respective limits for the purpose of acquiring, owning, operating and maintaining either within or …

Sec. 10. Every amendment to a district charter before its submission to the electors and every charter before final adjournment of the commission, shall be transmitted to the governor of the state. If he shall approve it, he shall sign it; if not, he shall return the charter to t…

Sec. 11. Every district charter or amendment thereto shall be published as the commission or legislative body respectively may prescribe. There may be submitted with any charter or amendment independent sections or propositions and such of them as receive a 3/5 vote of the electo…

Sec. 12. If the charter or any amendment thereto of any district incorporated under the provisions of this act be approved, then 2 printed copies thereof with the vote for and against duly certified by the secretary of the commission, shall, within 30 days after the vote is taken…

Sec. 13. The initiatory petition referred to in this act shall be addressed to and filed with the secretary or clerk of the metropolitan district where the territory is located. The petition shall state the body or organization, if any, or if there is no body or organization, the…

Sec. 15. This act shall be known and may be cited as the metropolitan district act.

Sec. 16. A metropolitan district may be dissolved by resolution of the legislative body of the metropolitan district after the requirements of section 17 have been met.

Sec. 17. (1) Prior to dissolution of a metropolitan district under section 16, the legislative body of the metropolitan district shall do both of the following: (a) Provide written notice to the legislative body of each city, village, and township included in the district of its …

Sec. 17a. (1) In addition to the method for dissolving a metropolitan district as provided in section 16, the dissolution of a metropolitan district may be initiated by a petition signed by not less than 5% of the registered electors residing in the metropolitan district. The pet…

Sec. 17b. (1) If the dissolution of a metropolitan district is approved under section 17a, the legislative body of the metropolitan district is immediately dissolved and the powers and duties of the legislative body of the metropolitan district are transferred to the 5-member boa…

Sec. 18. (1) Upon dissolution of a metropolitan district under sections 16 and 17, the legislative body of the district shall deposit all records of the metropolitan district with the clerk of the county in which the district was located, or, if the district was located in more t…

Sec. 1a. This act shall be known and may be cited as "The metropolitan district act."

Sec. 2. Any district incorporated under this act shall have the power to acquire, own, operate and maintain within or without its limits, parks or public utilities for supplying sewage disposal, drainage, water or transportation or any combination thereof or such of said powers a…

Sec. 2a. Notwithstanding any law or charter provision to the contrary, beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, all elections in a metropolitan district shall be administered and conducted under the provisions of the Michigan election law, 19…

Sec. 3. Any district incorporated under the provisions of this act shall in its charter provide: (a) For the election or appointment of all district officers, including the term of office for all district officers. (b) For the duties and compensation of its officers; for the keep…

Sec. 4. Each district incorporated under the provisions of this act may provide in its charter for 1 or more of the following: (a) For annually levying and collecting taxes in a sum not to exceed 1/2 of 1% of the assessed value of all real and personal property in the district. (…

Sec. 5. A district shall not do any of the following: (a) Change the salary or emoluments of any public official after his or her election or appointment or during his or her term of office. The term of any public official shall not be shortened or extended beyond the period for …

Sec. 6. Proceedings for the incorporation of metropolitan districts shall be originated as follows: Any city, village or township may, by a resolution adopted by its legislative body, have prepared a description in general terms of the district proposed to be included in a metrop…

Sec. 7. The charter commission shall proceed to adopt a name for the district and frame a charter for the district as soon thereafter as practicable. The commission shall determine the rules of its proceedings and keep a journal. A roll call of its members on any question shall b…

Sec. 8. If the proposed charter be rejected at such election, any election of officers therein provided shall be void. Said commission shall reconvene upon a call of its president or the written request of a majority of its members and the proposed charter amended in such manner …

Sec. 9. Except as provided in section 9a, a metropolitan district charter passed pursuant to this act may be amended as provided in this section. An amendment may be proposed by the legislative body of the district on a 3/5 vote of the members or by an initiatory petition as prov…

Sec. 9a. An amendment to enlarge the boundaries of a metropolitan district may be initiated by a petition signed by 5% of the registered voters residing in the area sought to be added to the district. The petition shall be filed with the clerk and the legislative body of the city…

Sec. 9b. A petition under section 9a, 13, or 17a, 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…