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MI Comp L § 473.61 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 473 - Consolidated Public Utility Companies|Act 54 of 1903 - Consolidation of Gas Light, Consolidated, and Foreign Companies (473.61 - 473.65)|Section 473.61 - Consolidation of Gas Light, Consolidated and Foreign Companies; Restriction.

473.61 Consolidation of gas light, consolidated and foreign companies; restriction. Sec. 1.  Any gas light company, and any consolidated company formed by the union of a street railway and electric light company, being corporations organized under the laws of this state, and having their principal place of business in the same town, village or city, may unite and consolidate with any corporation organized under the laws of an adjoining state, and which, under and by virtue of the rights, powers and franchises possessed and enjoyed by it under the laws of such adjoining state, owns and operates a street railway therein, and also manufactures, produces, generates, sells and furnishes gas and electricity for heating, lighting and power purposes: Provided, however, That the street railway lines of the 2 corporations last mentioned shall form a connecting and continuous line of railway between this state and such adjoining state. History: 1903, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 8573 ;-- CL 1929, 11333 ;-- CL 1948, 473.61
MI Comp L § 473.62 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 473 - Consolidated Public Utility Companies|Act 54 of 1903 - Consolidation of Gas Light, Consolidated, and Foreign Companies (473.61 - 473.65)|Section 473.62 - Consolidation Agreement; Contents.

473.62 Consolidation agreement; contents. Sec. 2.  The directors of such corporation so proposing to consolidate, may enter into an agreement for the consolidation of such corporations, prescribing the terms and conditions thereof; the mode of carrying the same into effect; the name of the new corporation; the location and principal place of business thereof; the number of directors thereof, which number shall not be less than 3, and the names of those who shall be the first directors, and who shall hold office as such until the first election of directors; the time and place of holding the first election of directors of the consolidated company, which time shall not be less than 3 nor more than 8 months after such consolidation; the general officers of such new company; the amount of the capital stock thereof; the number of shares into which the same shall be divided and the par value of each share; the manner of converting the shares of capital stock in each of the constituent companies, into shares in such new corporation, and such other details as may be deemed necessary to perfect such consolidation, or authorize or limit its bonded indebtedness. History: 1903, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 8574 ;-- CL 1929, 11334 ;-- CL 1948, 473.62
MI Comp L § 473.63 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 473 - Consolidated Public Utility Companies|Act 54 of 1903 - Consolidation of Gas Light, Consolidated, and Foreign Companies (473.61 - 473.65)|Section 473.63 - Consolidation Agreement; Ratification by Stockholders.

473.63 Consolidation agreement; ratification by stockholders. Sec. 3.  Such agreement shall not be deemed to be the agreement of such consolidating corporations until it shall have been ratified either by the vote of at least 3/4 of the capital stock of each of such corporations at a separate meeting of the stockholders of such corporation, held pursuant to a notice of the secretary thereof, stating the objects and purposes of such meeting, and which shall have been published at least once in each week for 2 successive weeks prior to such meeting, in some newspaper printed in the English language and published at the county seat of the county in this or in any other state in which such corporation has its principal place of business; or by the consent in writing to such agreement signed and acknowledged by all of the stockholders of any such corporation. History: 1903, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 8575 ;-- CL 1929, 11335 ;-- CL 1948, 473.63
MI Comp L § 473.64 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 473 - Consolidated Public Utility Companies|Act 54 of 1903 - Consolidation of Gas Light, Consolidated, and Foreign Companies (473.61 - 473.65)|Section 473.64 - Completion of Consolidation; Evidence.

473.64 Completion of consolidation; evidence. Sec. 4.  Upon the ratification of such agreement, in either of the modes aforesaid, by the stockholders of all of the corporations, who are parties thereto, such agreement, together with every such consent annexed thereto, together also with and annexed thereto a copy of the record of the proceedings had or taken at the meeting of stockholders of any such corporation for the ratification of such agreement as aforesaid, exhibiting the vote taken thereat upon the question of such ratification, certified to be such copy by the secretary of such corporation under the seal thereof; and also having annexed thereto a statement of the secretary of each such corporation verified by his oath, setting forth the amount of the capital stock thereof, the number of shares into which the same is divided, the names of the stockholders and the number of shares held by each; and setting forth also in respect to any such consent of the stockholders of any such corporation that the same was signed and acknowledged by all of the stockholders thereof, and in respect to the meeting of stockholders of any such corporation called for the purpose of ratifying such agreement, and so ratifying the same as aforesaid, that the persons named as present or represented at such meeting are the identical persons so named in such statement as stockholders therein, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state; and a copy thereof, certified by such secretary to be such copy, shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in each county of this state, in which any such constituent corporation its principal place of business, and in the county wherein the location and principal place of business of such new corporation may be fixed by or designated in such agreement, if that be a county in this state other than a county in which 1 of said constituent companies has its principal place of business; and then and thereupon such consolidation shall be deemed complete. A copy of such agreement, so filed, and of the documents, papers and proceedings annexed thereto, and filed therewith, as required by this act, certified by the secretary of state to be such copy under the great seal of the state, shall be received in all courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the formation, existence and capacity of such consolidated corporation, in any suit or proceeding brought by or against the same, and of all the facts therein stated. History: 1903, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 8576 ;-- CL 1929, 11336 ;-- CL 1948, 473.64
MI Comp L § 473.65 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 473 - Consolidated Public Utility Companies|Act 54 of 1903 - Consolidation of Gas Light, Consolidated, and Foreign Companies (473.61 - 473.65)|Section 473.65 - Consolidated Company; Rights, Powers and Duties.

473.65 Consolidated company; rights, powers and duties. Sec. 5.  Such consolidated company shall have and succeed to all the property, powers, rights, privileges, franchises and immunities possessed and enjoyed by the constituent corporations forming the same, which were organized under the laws of this state; and such new corporation shall be subject to all restrictions and perform all duties imposed upon it by the laws of this state, and shall be and constitute a body corporate, under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Michigan. History: 1903, Act 54, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 8577 ;-- CL 1929, 11337 ;-- CL 1948, 473.65
MI Comp L § 473.81 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 473 - Consolidated Public Utility Companies|Act 61 of 1903 - Consolidated Street Railway and Electric Light Company (473.81 - 473.83)|Section 473.81 - Consolidated Company Formed by Street Railway and Electric Light Company; Acquisition of Rights of Electric Light Companies.

473.81 Consolidated company formed by street railway and electric light company; acquisition of rights of electric light companies. Sec. 1.  Any consolidated company formed prior to June first, 1899, by the union of a street railway company and an electric light company, under and pursuant to an act of the legislature of the state of Michigan, entitled “An act to authorize the consolidation of street railway and electric light companies,” approved July third, 1891, may, upon compliance with the provisions of this act, acquire, possess and exercise all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises conferred upon electric light companies by section 10 of the act of the legislature of the state of Michigan, entitled “An act to authorize the formation of electric light companies,” approved April first, 1881, as amended by Act No. 96 of the Public Acts of the legislature of the state of Michigan, passed at the regular session of 1899. History: 1903, Act 61, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 8578 ;-- CL 1929, 11338 ;-- CL 1948, 473.81
MI Comp L § 473.82 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 473 - Consolidated Public Utility Companies|Act 61 of 1903 - Consolidated Street Railway and Electric Light Company (473.81 - 473.83)|Section 473.82 - Consolidated Street Railway and Electric Light Company; Procedure for Acquisition of Rights.

473.82 Consolidated street railway and electric light company; procedure for acquisition of rights. Sec. 2.  In order to entitle any such consolidated company to the benefits of this act, the stockholders of said company, at any meeting of such stockholders duly called and held, by a vote of at least 3/4 of all the capital stock of said company then outstanding in favor thereof, may adopt a resolution that such company (naming it) desires, and avails itself of the provisions of this act, to acquire, possess and exercise all of the rights, powers, privileges and franchises mentioned and referred to in section 1 of this act; and stating and setting forth also the names of the towns, cities and villages and the county in which the operations of said company are to be carried on. When so adopted, a copy of such resolution with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by the president and secretary of such company and sealed with the corporate seal, stating the fact and date of the adoption of such resolution, and that such copy is a true copy of the original, and that the meeting at which such resolution was so adopted was duly called and held, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state; and a copy of such resolution, certified and authenticated in like manner, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county wherein the operations of said company are to be carried on. And upon the filing of a copy of such resolution, certified and authenticated, as aforesaid, in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the county clerk of the proper county, as hereinbefore provided, such consolidated company shall be deemed and taken to have acquired and to possess and to be entitled to exercise all of the rights, powers, privileges and franchises mentioned and referred to in section 1 of this act in the towns, cities and villages and in the county in which the operations of said company are to be carried on, as stated in said resolution, with the same force and effect as if the electric light company of which such consolidated company is in part constituted had been organized after the first day of June, 1899, for all of the objects and purposes for which, since said day, an electric light company might be organized under the laws of Michigan to carry on its operations in the cities, towns and villages and in the county in said resolution mentioned, and such consolidated company had thereafter and after said day been formed by the union of such electric light company with a street railway company. History: 1903, Act 61, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 8579 ;-- CL 1929, 11339 ;-- CL 1948, 473.82
MI Comp L § 473.83 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 473 - Consolidated Public Utility Companies|Act 61 of 1903 - Consolidated Street Railway and Electric Light Company (473.81 - 473.83)|Section 473.83 - Consolidated Street Railway and Electric Light Company; Copy of Certificate as Evidence.

473.83 Consolidated street railway and electric light company; copy of certificate as evidence. Sec. 3.  A copy of the certificate and of the resolution to which the same is affixed, filed in the office of the secretary of state, in pursuance of this act and certified by him to be such copy under the great seal of the state, shall, in all courts and places, be prima facie evidence of all the facts therein stated. History: 1903, Act 61, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 8580 ;-- CL 1929, 11340 ;-- CL 1948, 473.83
MI Comp L § 474.31 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 474 - State Transportation|Act 341 of 2012 - Fingerprinting of Transit Service Employees (474.31 - 474.32)|Section 474.31 - Definitions.

474.31 Definitions.Sec. 1.  As used in this act:  (a) "Bus" means a motor bus as defined in section 3 of the motor bus transportation act, 1982 PA 432, MCL 474.103.  (b) "Criminal history record information" means that term as defined in section 1a of 1925 PA 289, MCL 28.241a.  (c) "Employee" means an individual applying for employment as a bus driver with a transit service provider.  (d) "Transit service provider" means a public transportation authority formed under any of the following:  (i) 1963 PA 55, MCL 124.351 to 124.359.  (ii) The metropolitan transportation authorities act of 1967, 1967 PA 204, MCL 124.401 to 124.426.  (iii) The urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512.  (iv) 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 8, MCL 124.531 to 124.536.  (v) 1951 PA 35, MCL 124.1 to 124.13.  (vi) The public transportation authority act, 1986 PA 196, MCL 124.451 to 124.479.  (vii) The nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192.  (viii) The revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140.  (ix) The home rule city act, 1909 PA 279, MCL 117.1 to 117.38.  (x) The charter township act, 1947 PA 359, MCL 42.1 to 42.34.  (e) "Vulnerable population" means children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. History: 2012, Act 341, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
MI Comp L § 474.32 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 474 - State Transportation|Act 341 of 2012 - Fingerprinting of Transit Service Employees (474.31 - 474.32)|Section 474.32 - Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Check.

474.32 Fingerprint-based criminal history check.Sec. 2.  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a transit service provider may require the fingerprinting of an employee who comes into contact with a vulnerable population for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information. Fingerprints obtained pursuant to this section may be submitted to the department of state police for a state criminal history record check. The department of state police shall forward the employee's fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal history record check.  (2) A fingerprint-based criminal history check under this act shall be conducted in a manner prescribed by the department of state police. The department of state police shall conduct the fingerprint-based criminal history check and provide a report of the results to the requesting transit service provider.   (3) The department of state police may charge a fee for the fingerprint-based criminal history check. A fee for a fingerprint-based criminal history check charged under this subsection shall not exceed the actual and reasonable cost of conducting the check.  (4) A transit service provider that fingerprints employees under this section shall develop a written fingerprint policy and shall provide those employees with a written synopsis of the fingerprinting policy that describes how fingerprints are taken, to whom the fingerprints are sent, and how the fingerprints are used.  (5) The department of state police shall store and maintain all fingerprints submitted under this act in an automated fingerprint identification system database that provides for an automatic notification when a subsequent criminal arrest fingerprint card submitted into the system matches a set of fingerprints previously submitted in accordance with this act. Upon a match, the department of state police shall immediately notify the transit service provider that employs the employee. After the federal bureau of investigation implements a similar automatic notification system, the department of state police shall forward notifications from that system to the transit service provider.  (6) Any criminal history data kept on file by the transit service provider are exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243. History: 2012, Act 341, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
MI Comp L § 474.51 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 474 - State Transportation|Act 295 of 1976 - State Transportation Preservation Act of 1976 (474.51 - 474.70)|Section 474.51 - Short Title; Declaration of Public Purpose.

474.51 Short title; declaration of public purpose.Sec. 1.  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "state transportation preservation act of 1976".  (2) There exists a need to provide authorization for financial assistance for the capital improvement, maintenance, and operation of rail, street railway, intercity bus, and ferry services in this state. To undertake the planning, development, acquisition, and operation of these services is in the best interest of the state and is a valid public purpose.  (3) The preservation of abandoned railroad rights of way for future rail use and their interim use as public trails is declared to be a public purpose. History: 1976, Act 295, Eff. Nov. 15, 1976 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009 Constitutionality: MCL 474.51 et seq. and MCL 247.660b et seq. are constitutional. In re Advisory Opinion 1976 PA 295 and 1976 PA 297, 401 Mich 686; 259 NW2d 129 (1977).
MI Comp L § 474.52 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 474 - State Transportation|Act 295 of 1976 - State Transportation Preservation Act of 1976 (474.51 - 474.70)|Section 474.52 - Definitions.

474.52 Definitions.Sec. 2.  As used in this act:  (a) "Bureau" means the bureau of passenger transportation in the department.  (b) "Commuter trail" means a trail, lane, path, road, or other right of way on which motorized vehicles are not permitted and which has the primary or substantial purpose and result of providing a means for people to move from 1 location to another.  (c) "Department" means the state transportation department, the principal department of state government created under section 350 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.450.  (d) "Federal acts" means the regional rail reorganization act of 1973, 45 USC 701 to 797m; the railroad revitalization and regulatory reform act of 1976, Public Law 94-210; the local rail service assistance act of 1978, section 5, Public Law 89-670; the staggers rail act of 1980, Public Law 96-448; and the northeast rail service act of 1981, subtitle E title XI, Public Law 97-35.  (e) "Recreational trail" means a trail, lane, path, road, or other right of way that because of its scenic, wild, or topographical nature, has as its primary purpose recreational use of the trail itself.  (f) "Street railway" means that term as defined under the nonprofit street railway act, 1867 PA 35, MCL 472.1 to 472.31. History: 1976, Act 295, Eff. Nov. 15, 1976 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 210, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1984 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 235, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009
MI Comp L § 474.53 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 474 - State Transportation|Act 295 of 1976 - State Transportation Preservation Act of 1976 (474.51 - 474.70)|Section 474.53 - Repealed. 1998, Act 235, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998.

474.53 Repealed. 1998, Act 235, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to administration of act and promulgation of rules.
MI Comp L § 474.54 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 474 - State Transportation|Act 295 of 1976 - State Transportation Preservation Act of 1976 (474.51 - 474.70)|Section 474.54 - Powers of Department Generally.

474.54 Powers of department generally. Sec. 4.  The department shall exercise those powers necessary to gain qualification on behalf of the state for financial assistance available pursuant to the federal acts and, in so doing, may:  (a) Plan, promote, supervise, and support safe, adequate, and efficient rail services.  (b) Employ sufficient trained and qualified personnel to implement the purposes described in this section.  (c) Maintain adequate programs of investigation, research, promotion, and development in connection with the purposes described in this section, and provide for public participation in these areas.  (d) Comply with the rules and regulations of the secretary of transportation of the United States department of transportation in connection with federal rail assistance programs.  (e) Do those other things necessary to maximize federal assistance for rail services to this state. History: 1976, Act 295, Eff. Nov. 15, 1976 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 210, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1984
MI Comp L § 474.55 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 474 - State Transportation|Act 295 of 1976 - State Transportation Preservation Act of 1976 (474.51 - 474.70)|Section 474.55 - Financial Assistance for Railroad or Street Railway; Department as Agent.

474.55 Financial assistance for railroad or street railway; department as agent.Sec. 5.  The department may provide financial assistance in the form of grants, leases, loans, and purchases, or any combination of grants, leases, loans, and purchases, within the limits of the funds appropriated by the legislature or otherwise obtained, for the maintenance of a railroad or a street railway within the state as provided in the federal acts, other relevant federal legislation, 1951 PA 51, MCL 247.651 to 247.675, or other relevant state law. The department may act as the agent for the state, a person, a public or private corporation, a local or regional transportation authority, a local governmental unit, a private carrier, a group of rail users, or a combination of these entities for the maintenance of a railroad or a street railway in this state. History: 1976, Act 295, Eff. Nov. 15, 1976 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1982 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 210, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1984 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009