Title 120, PORT DISTRICTS

Sec. 1. Port districts are hereby authorized to be created in the various counties of this state, as in this act provided. Such districts whether heretofore or hereafter created, shall be bodies corporate and have a corporate seal, and may sue and be sued and may contract and be …

Sec. 10. A member of the commission shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified. A majority of the port commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and the concurrence of the majority of the commissioners shall be necessary for the …

Sec. 10a. The business which the commission or a board or committee created pursuant to this act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Co…

Sec. 11. At any general state election propositions may be submitted to the electors on such subjects as the port commission of a port district may by resolution prescribe subject to the limitations and pursuant to the requirements of this act. At the request of the port commissi…

Sec. 12. Port commissioners shall receive such compensation as shall be determined and fixed by resolution of the governing body of the cities or townships or the board of supervisors of the county or counties in which the port district is located. Port commissioners, while actua…

Sec. 13. Each port commission shall have power to acquire by purchase or condemnation, or both, all lands, property, property rights, leases or easements necessary for the purposes of the port districts and to exercise domain in the acquirement or damaging of all land, property, …

Sec. 13a. Each port commission may accept gifts, grants, loans or contributions from the United States of America, this state, local municipalities, foundations, any public or private agency or any individual. In port districts coterminous with a county or counties, such authorit…

Sec. 14. Each port district shall have power to lay out, construct, condemn, purchase, acquire, improve, enlarge, extend, maintain, conduct and operate, seawall jetties, piers, wharves, docks, boat landings, warehouses, storehouses, elevators, grain bins, cold storage plants, ter…

Sec. 15. Whenever in order to carry out the purposes of this act it becomes necessary to acquire property which cannot be wholly paid for out of any funds which may be available to the commission under the provisions of section 24, the commission is authorized and empowered to is…

Sec. 16. In lieu of the bonds authorized in section 15, any port district may issue revenue bonds as provided in Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended, being sections 141.101 to 141.139 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, or as may be provided in any other appropriate statu…

Sec. 17. Each port commission shall have power to own and control lands, leases, and all easements in land necessary for the purposes of the port district.

Sec. 18. Each port commission shall have power to improve navigable and nonnavigable streams of the United States and the state of Michigan within the port district.

Sec. 19. Each port commission shall have power to create and improve for harbor purposes any waterways within the port district; to regulate and control all such waters and all natural or artificial waterways within the limits of such port district so far and to the full extent t…

Sec. 2. At any general election or at any special election which may be called for that purpose, the board of county supervisors of any county in this state, may or on petition of 10 per cent of the qualified electors of such county based on the total vote cast in the last county…

Sec. 20. Any port district owning and operating an income-producing public improvement shall pay from such income annual sums in lieu of taxes to the county, city, school district or other taxing unit of the state, with respect to any real or personal property held by it and whic…

Sec. 21. Each port district shall have power to fix and collect tolls, fees, rents and other charges for the use of the services, property, facilities and commodities furnished by it, subject to review and approval of a majority of the members present and voting of the board or b…

Sec. 22. Each port commission shall have power to lease under such covenants and conditions as the commission may prescribe, all storage facilities, wharves, piers, bulkheads, docks, sheds, warehouses, industrial locations and other property owned and controlled by said port dist…

Sec. 23. Each port commission shall have power to sell and convey any property in anywise acquired and owned by the port district whenever the port commission of such district shall have by resolution declared such property to be no longer needed for the purpose of the port distr…

Sec. 24. Each port commission shall have power to raise revenue by a tax to be levied on all taxable property within such port district, not exceeding 2 mills in any one year on each dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in such port district. The tax shall be …

Sec. 25. Each port commission shall have power to borrow money and issue bonds to an amount not greater in any one year than 1/5 of 1% of the total assessed valuation of such port district, nor to a total amount including all outstanding bonded indebtedness of such district excee…

Sec. 26. Each port commission shall have power to employ such assistants, clerks, inspectors, engineers, legal counsel or other employes for carrying out the purposes of the port commission, and fix the salaries, compensation and bonds of such employes as it may by resolution pro…

Sec. 27. No port district coterminous with a county, or comprising an area greater than a county, shall be empowered to make any expenditure or any commitment for the expenditure of funds, arising from any source whatsoever, except to the extent that the same shall have been firs…

Sec. 28. The port commission of each port district shall have full power and authority to lease the harbor area belonging to the state of Michigan situated within such port district, to the highest bidder upon such terms and conditions as shall conform to the provisions of this a…

Sec. 29. The port commission shall elect from among its members a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary. The officers selected shall possess and exercise the powers granted to them by the commission. The port commission, by resolution, shall adopt rules governing the trans…

Sec. 29a. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission or a board or committee created pursuant to this act in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts o…

Sec. 3. If such petition be found to be insufficient, it shall be returned to the person or persons filing the same, who may, within 10 days thereafter, amend or add names thereto, when the same shall be returned to the county clerk who shall have an additional 15 days to examine…

Sec. 30. It shall be the duty of the port commission of any port district, before creating any improvements hereunder, to adopt a comprehensive port plan of harbor improvement in such port district after a public hearing thereon, of which at least 10 days' notice shall be publish…

Sec. 31. No improvements shall be acquired or constructed by the port district unless such improvements shall, when completed, be the property of such port district, the county in which such port district is located, any commercial waterway district created within its boundaries,…

Sec. 32. (1) A port commission is hereby authorized, prior to the receipt of taxes raised by a levy, to borrow money or issue the warrants of the district in anticipation of the revenues to be derived by the district from the levy of taxes for the purpose described in this act. T…

Sec. 33. The county treasurer of the county in which the port district is located, or in the event that the district covers 2 or more whole counties, then the county treasurer designated by the port commission shall create a fund to be known as the "Port of ............... Fund,"…

Sec. 34. The commission shall on or before September 1 of each year submit a written report to the governor, the legislature, the public service commission, and the governing body of the cities or townships or the board of supervisors of the county or counties of the port distric…

Sec. 34a. In construing this act, port districts coterminous with a city or township shall follow the same procedure, as near as may be, substituting the local governing body and local officers where applicable for the board of supervisors and county officials, shall enjoy the sa…

Sec. 35. This act shall not be construed to repeal, amend, or modify any law heretofore enacted, providing a method of harbor improvement, regulation or control in this state, but shall be held to be an additional and concurrent method providing for such purpose and except by agr…

Sec. 4. The notice of the election shall state the boundaries of the proposed port district and the object of such election. In submitting the said question to the voters for their approval or rejection, the proposition shall be expressed on said ballot substantially in the follo…

Sec. 5. Any city or township, or any 2 or more whole contiguous cities or townships, or any combination thereof, by resolution of their respective governing bodies, approved by a majority vote of the electors may form a port district. The resolution shall designate the name of th…

Sec. 6. A port district may be comprised of more than 1 whole county if the electors in such counties so elect, and the same procedure shall be followed as is prescribed in this act for the formation of a port district coextensive with a county, except that the board of county su…

Sec. 7. Within 5 days after such election the board of supervisors shall canvass the returns and if at such election 3/5 of the voters voting upon such proposition shall vote in favor of the formation of such district, the board of county supervisors shall so declare in its canva…

Sec. 8. All the expenses of elections for the formation of such port districts shall be paid by the county or counties holding election, and such expenditure is hereby declared to be for county purposes. Prior to the adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors to submit …

Sec. 9. The control and management of the port district shall be exercised through a port commission consisting of 5 members who shall be appointed by the boards of supervisors. In port districts the boundaries of which are coterminous with a single county at least 2 members shal…

Sec. 1. The department of commerce is designated the state agency to cooperate and negotiate with port districts, port authorities, other governments, governmental units and agencies thereof in matters concerning the planning, acquisition, development, operation, maintenance and …

Sec. 2. Any port district created in accordance with the laws of this state, after receiving the approval of a majority of the members of the board of supervisors of the county in which the port district is situated, may request matching grants from the state to assist the port d…

Sec. 3. The department may cooperate and enter into agreements with the United States and any agency or department thereof in the conduct of studies, research programs and related investigations designed to make available to port districts of this state, information to assist in …

Sec. 4. The department shall conduct investigations of transportation rates and shall represent the state and the various port districts before any agency of this state, the United States, or any agency or department thereof, on all matters relative to the establishment, continua…

Sec. 5. The department shall include in its annual budget request such funds as shall be necessary to permit the conduct of the programs and activities authorized by the provisions of this act, including administrative costs thereof.

Sec. 6. In construing this act, port districts coterminous with a city or township shall follow the same procedure as is prescribed for counties, substituting the local governing body and officers where applicable for the board of supervisors and county officials. Whenever in thi…

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski port authority act".