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MI Comp L § 119.12 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 312 of 1929 - The Metropolitan District Act (119.1 - 119.18)|Section 119.12 - Charter or Amendments; Copies, Filing.

119.12 Charter or amendments; copies, filing. 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, be filed with the secretary of state and a like number with the county clerk or clerks of the county or counties in which the district is located and shall thereupon become law. History: 1929, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 2286 ;-- CL 1948, 119.12
MI Comp L § 119.15 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 312 of 1929 - The Metropolitan District Act (119.1 - 119.18)|Section 119.15 - Metropolitan Districts; Short Title.

119.15 Metropolitan districts; short title. Sec. 15.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the metropolitan district act. History: 1929, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 2289 ;-- CL 1948, 119.15
MI Comp L § 119.16 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 312 of 1929 - The Metropolitan District Act (119.1 - 119.18)|Section 119.16 - Dissolution of Metropolitan District; Resolution.

119.16 Dissolution of metropolitan district; resolution. 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. History: Add. 1989, Act 98, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989
MI Comp L § 119.17 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 312 of 1929 - The Metropolitan District Act (119.1 - 119.18)|Section 119.17 - Duties of Legislative Body Prior to Dissolution; Plan for Disposition of Assets and Liabilities; Resolution; Insufficient Assets.

119.17 Duties of legislative body prior to dissolution; plan for disposition of assets and liabilities; resolution; insufficient assets. 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 intent to dissolve the metropolitan district.  (b) Prepare or cause to be prepared a financial report of the assets and liabilities of the metropolitan district. This report shall include an accounting of all money held by the district, a description of all obligations of the district, an appraisal or inventory of all other assets of the district, and a description of any encumbrances on these assets. A copy of this report shall be provided to the legislative body of each city, village, or township included in the metropolitan district.  (2) If the financial report of the metropolitan district under subsection (1) indicates that the assets of the district are greater than the liabilities, the legislative body of the metropolitan district shall prepare a plan for the disposition of the assets and liabilities of the district. This plan may include the disposal of assets in a manner the legislative body considers prudent to discharge or settle existing liabilities of the metropolitan district. The plan may also include the transfer of an asset or an assumable liability to any person, local unit of government, or other public authority. The plan shall provide for the proportional distribution of the assets remaining after all liabilities to each city, village, and township within the metropolitan district have been satisfied. The legislative body of each city, village, and township in the metropolitan district shall pass a resolution agreeing to a plan required under this subsection and agreeing to the dissolution of the district.  (3) If the assets of the metropolitan district are insufficient to meet existing liabilities, the legislative body of the district shall do either of the following:  (a) Raise taxes in the manner provided in this act to discharge the liabilities.  (b) Enter into a written agreement with the legislative body of each city, village, and township included in the district in which each city, village, and township agrees to assume a proportionate share of the liabilities of the district. History: Add. 1989, Act 98, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989
MI Comp L § 119.17a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 312 of 1929 - The Metropolitan District Act (119.1 - 119.18)|Section 119.17a - Dissolution of Metropolitan District; Petition; Submission of Ballot Question to Electors; Language; Form; Approval by Majority of Electors.

119.17a Dissolution of metropolitan district; petition; submission of ballot question to electors; language; form; approval by majority of electors.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 petition shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the largest number of registered electors in the metropolitan district reside as provided in section 646a(2) of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.646a. The ballot question proposing the dissolution of the metropolitan district shall be submitted to the electors in the metropolitan district at the next regular election held in the metropolitan district that occurs not less than 84 days after the filing of the petition.  (2) The ballot question language for the proposed dissolution of the metropolitan district shall be in substantially the following form on the ballot:   "Shall the __________________________________________ be dissolved?   (legal name of metropolitan district)   Yes (__)   No (__).".    (3) If a majority of the electors in the metropolitan district voting at the election approve of the dissolution of the metropolitan district, the metropolitan district shall be dissolved within 2 years after the election as provided in section 17b. History: Add. 2012, Act 587, Imd. Eff. Jan. 7, 2013
MI Comp L § 119.17b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 312 of 1929 - The Metropolitan District Act (119.1 - 119.18)|Section 119.17b - Dissolution of Metropolitan District; Transfer of Powers, Duties, Assets, and Liabilities; Appointment of Board of Trustees; Duties.

119.17b Dissolution of metropolitan district; transfer of powers, duties, assets, and liabilities; appointment of board of trustees; duties.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 board of trustees as provided in subsection (2). In addition, all of the assets and liabilities of the metropolitan district are transferred to the the 5-member board of trustees as provided in subsection (2).  (2) Within 30 days after the election approving of the dissolution of the metropolitan district, the presiding or senior judge of probate of the county in which the largest number of registered electors of the metropolitan district reside, the county clerk of the county in which the largest number of registered electors of the metropolitan district reside, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the largest number of registered electors of the metropolitan district reside shall appoint a 5-member board of trustees composed of the following members who shall dissolve the metropolitan district:  (a) Two members who are elected county officers from the county in which the largest number of registered electors of the metropolitan district reside.  (b) Two members who are elected city, township, or village officers from a city, township, or village in the metropolitan district.  (c) One member who is a citizen residing in the metropolitan district.  (3) Within 2 years after the election approving the dissolution of the metropolitan district, the 5-member board of trustees as provided in subsection (2) shall do all of the following in order to dissolve the metropolitan district:  (a) Prepare or cause to be prepared the financial report as described in section 17(1)(b). A copy of the financial report shall be provided to the legislative body of each city, township, and village in the metropolitan district.  (b) Prepare a plan for the disposition of the assets and liabilities of the metropolitan district as provided in section 17(2).  (c) Deposit all records of the metropolitan district with the county clerk as provided in section 18.  (d) Notify the governor in writing of the dissolution. History: Add. 2012, Act 587, Imd. Eff. Jan. 7, 2013
MI Comp L § 119.18 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 312 of 1929 - The Metropolitan District Act (119.1 - 119.18)|Section 119.18 - Deposit of Records; Notice to Governor.

119.18 Deposit of records; notice to governor. 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 than 1 county, with the clerk of the county in which the largest part of the district was located, for safekeeping and reference.  (2) Upon dissolution of a metropolitan district, the legislative body of the district shall notify the governor, in writing, of the dissolution. History: Add. 1989, Act 98, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989
MI Comp L § 119.51 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.51 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority; Incorporation, Counties.

119.51 Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority; incorporation, counties. Sec. 1.  As may hereinafter be provided in this act, the counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb, or certain of such counties, may by vote of the electorate thereof, join to form a metropolitan district as a body corporate, to be known as the Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, for the purpose of planning, promoting, and/or for acquiring, constructing, owning, developing, maintaining and operating, either within or without their limits, parks and/or limited access highways, as well as such connecting drives as may be deemed necessary or convenient to provide access to and between the same. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.51 Compiler's Notes: This act has been adopted by the counties enumerated in this section.
MI Comp L § 119.52 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.52 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority; Definitions.

119.52 Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority; definitions. Sec. 2.  As used in this act, parks shall be defined as areas of land, with or without water, developed and used for public recreational purposes, including landscaped tracts, picnic grounds, playgrounds, athletic fields, camps, foot, bicycle and bridle paths, motor vehicle drives, wildlife sanctuaries, museums, zoological and botanical gardens, facilities for bathing, boating, hunting and fishing, as well as other recreational facilities for the use and benefit of the public.  Limited access highways shall be defined as highways especially designed for through traffic, over which owners or occupants of abutting land have no easement or right of light, air or access by reason of the fact that their property abuts on the highway. Such highways may be parkways, with or without landscaped roadsides, from which trucks, busses and other commercial vehicles are excluded, or they may be freeways open to use by all common forms of highway traffic.  Connecting drives shall be defined as boulevards, or free access roads, with or without parklike features, leading to or connecting parks and/or limited access highways. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.52
MI Comp L § 119.53 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.53 - Powers; Co-Operation; Charges; Succession to Rights; Vote.

119.53 Powers; co-operation; charges; succession to rights; vote. Sec. 3.  The Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, either acting alone or in cooperation with the department of conservation, the state highway department, any board of county road commissioners, or any federal or other state or local body having authority to construct and maintain parks or highways, shall have the power to make plans for and promote, and/or to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain, within or without the limits of the metropolitan district, parks, connecting drives, and/or limited access highways. Said authority may fix and collect fees and charges for use of facilities under its control, and, for its uses, may sell or purchase lands and may acquire and succeed to any or all the rights, obligations, and property pertaining to parks or highways of the state or of any county, city, village, or township comprising territory within the limits of the said metropolitan district: Provided, That no county, city, village, or township shall surrender any such rights, obligations, or property without the approval thereof by a majority vote of the electors of any such county, city, village or township, voting on such proposition. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.53
MI Comp L § 119.54 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.54 - Board of Commissioners; Election and Appointment, Term.

119.54 Board of commissioners; election and appointment, term. Sec. 4.  The Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority shall be directed and governed by a board of commissioners, 1 to be elected from each county of the metropolitan district by the boards of supervisors of the respective counties, and 2 to be appointed by the governor of Michigan. The elected commissioners shall be electors of their respective counties, and the appointed commissioners shall be electors of the metropolitan district. The appointed commissioners shall serve for 4 year terms or until their successors are appointed, except that for the first board 1 shall be appointed for a 2 year term. The terms of the elected commissioners shall be staggered so that not more than 1 term shall expire in any 1 year, and after the first board no terms shall be less than 6 years. For the first board the terms of the elected commissioners shall be in the order of the populations of the several counties, the commissioner from the most populous county having the longest term. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.54
MI Comp L § 119.55 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.55 - Board of Commissioners; Meetings; Organization; Employes.

119.55 Board of commissioners; meetings; organization; employes. 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, who must be a member of the board of commissioners, and a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members. The board shall also, from time to time, select and employ such other officers and employes and engage such services as shall be deemed necessary to effectuate its purposes. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.55
MI Comp L § 119.56 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.56 - Board of Commissioners; Records; Accounts; Treasurer's Bond.

119.56 Board of commissioners; records; accounts; treasurer's bond. 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 of the accounts of the treasurer by a competent certified public accountant or by the auditor general of the state. The board shall require of the treasurer a suitable bond by a responsible bonding company, such bond to be paid for by the board. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.56
MI Comp L § 119.57 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.57 - Board of Commissioners; Levy of Tax, Procedure.

119.57 Board of commissioners; levy of tax, procedure. 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 certify to the board of supervisors of each county comprising the district the necessary tax rate to raise such amount, which shall be uniform in the district, and shall take into consideration the ratio that the total assessed valuation of each respective county bears to the total assessed value of all property, real and personal in said entire district according to the last assessment in each of said respective counties. All taxes shall be assessed, levied, collected and returned as county taxes under the general property tax law. All moneys collected by any tax collecting officer from the tax levied under the provisions of this section shall be transmitted to the authority to be disbursed as provided in this act.  The subjects of taxation for the district purposes shall be the same as for state, county, and school purposes under the general law. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.57
MI Comp L § 119.58 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.58 - Revenue Bonds; Issuance; Lien.

119.58 Revenue bonds; issuance; lien. 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 1933, as amended. Such bonds shall not impose any liability upon the district but shall be secured only by the property and revenues of the facilities for the purchase and construction of which they were issued. Such bonds shall not be sold for less than par, and shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of 6 per cent. The commissioners shall have power to create a lien on such facilities as security for the payment of the bonds. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.58 Compiler's Notes: For provisions of Act 94 of 1933, referred to in this section, see MCL 141.101 et seq.
MI Comp L § 119.59 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.59 - Property, Purchase, Gift or Devise; Condemnation, Procedure.

119.59 Property, purchase, gift or devise; condemnation, procedure. 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 the Compiled Laws of 1929, or such other appropriate provisions therefor as exist or shall be made by law, may be adopted and used for the purpose of instituting and prosecuting such condemnation proceedings. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.59 Compiler's Notes: For provisions of Act 149 of 1911, referred to in this section, see MCL 213.21 et seq.
MI Comp L § 119.60 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.60 - Referendum.

119.60 Referendum. 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 several counties named in the manner required by law. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county above named to prepare ballots for the use of electors in all precincts in the counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb, in the manner required by law, which ballots, after setting forth the foregoing local act in full, shall be in substantially the following form:  "Vote on local act incorporating into the Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority the metropolitan district including the counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb.  "Shall the above local act be approved and adopted?  "Yes ( )  "No ( )."  It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners in each above named county to deliver the ballots so prepared to the inspectors under the general election law. All votes cast upon said local act shall be counted, canvassed, and returned in the same manner as is provided by law for counting, canvassing, and returning votes cast for state officers. History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.60
MI Comp L § 119.61 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts|Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62)|Section 119.61 - Referendum; Approval by Two or More Counties; Resubmission; Governing Body.

119.61 Referendum; approval by two or more counties; resubmission; governing body. 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 authority shall be a corporation having all the powers, duties and obligations provided for in this act.  The governing board shall consist of the 2 commissioners appointed by the governor and of the elected commissioners from the counties so approving.  If a majority of the electors in any county should vote "no" on the approval of a Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, the project may again be submitted to the electors in such county or counties, by their respective boards of supervisors or by petitions signed by at least 10 per cent of the electors therein. Such county or counties shall become part of the metropolitan district whenever at a later election a majority of the electors in such county or counties shall vote "yes". History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.61 Compiler's Notes: This act has been adopted by the counties enumerated in MCL 119.60.