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MI Comp L § 120.123 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 120 - Port Districts|Act 639 of 1978 - Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski Port Authority Act (120.101 - 120.130)|Section 120.123 - Plan for Future Development, Construction, and Improvement of Port and Facilities; Notice; Comments; Hearing; Adoption; Modification, Amendment, or Extension; Plans for Specific Projects.

120.123 Plan for future development, construction, and improvement of port and facilities; notice; comments; hearing; adoption; modification, amendment, or extension; plans for specific projects. Sec. 23.  (1) An authority created on or after May 1, 1984 shall within 2 years after its creation prepare or cause to be prepared a plan for the future development, construction, and improvement of the port and its facilities, including the maps, profiles, and other data and descriptions necessary to set forth the location and character of the work to be undertaken by the authority. An authority in existence before May 1, 1984 shall prepare or cause to be prepared the plan provided for in this subsection not later than September 30, 1985. The authority shall notify the legislature on April 15, 1985, as to the progress of the plan. The authority shall cause notice by publication to be given upon the completion of the plan in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the area under the jurisdiction of the authority. The notice shall fix the time and place for hearing on the plan, which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after publication of the notice. Any interested person may file written comments to the plan, if those comments are filed with the secretary-treasurer of the authority not less than 5 days before the date fixed for the hearing. After the hearing, the authority may adopt the plan, with any modifications or amendments, as the official plan of the authority. The authority, after adoption of the plan, may modify, amend, or extend the plan after notice and hearing in the manner prescribed in this subsection.  (2) The plan and any modification, amendment, or extension, when adopted by the authority after notice and hearing, shall be conclusive except that plans for specific projects, to be undertaken in execution of the official plan, shall not be adopted by the authority without prior individual approval by the governing bodies of its constituent units, the state transportation department, and the department of commerce. History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 256, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1984 Compiler's Notes: See Compiler's note to MCL 120.130.
MI Comp L § 120.124 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 120 - Port Districts|Act 639 of 1978 - Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski Port Authority Act (120.101 - 120.130)|Section 120.124 - Operating Budget.

120.124 Operating budget. Sec. 24.  (1) The authority shall submit in writing a detailed estimate of the budget required for the business and conduct of an authority's affairs, initially, for a 2-year period, and annually thereafter to the governing bodies of its constituent units, the department of commerce, and the department of state highways and transportation for approval. The state shall provide 50% of the operating budget of the authority, to be included in the department of state highways and transportation budget which shall be subject to legislative approval. Fifty percent of the operating budget of an authority in which not more than 1 county and not more than 1 city participate shall be funded equally by the participating county and city.  (2) A city or county creating or participating in an authority may appropriate for the use of the authority, and include in its levy for general fund purposes, an amount considered proper. However, the total amount permitted by law to be levied by a city or county for general fund purposes shall not be considered increased by this section.  (3) As used in this section, “operating budget” means solely operation and maintenance expenses of an authority not included in the cost of a specific project, and interest on notes, but excludes amounts for debt service on bonds and amounts for acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, or extension of port facilities. History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979 Compiler's Notes: See Compiler's note to MCL 120.130.
MI Comp L § 120.125 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 120 - Port Districts|Act 639 of 1978 - Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski Port Authority Act (120.101 - 120.130)|Section 120.125 - Surplus of Unencumbered Funds; Disposition.

120.125 Surplus of unencumbered funds; disposition. Sec. 25.  If at the end of a fiscal year a surplus of unencumbered funds remains after providing for the operating expenses of an authority, the authority may pay that surplus into the general funds of the state and of its constituent units in the same proportion which the appropriations made by each to the authority bear to each other. History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979 Compiler's Notes: See Compiler's note to MCL 120.130.
MI Comp L § 120.126 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 120 - Port Districts|Act 639 of 1978 - Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski Port Authority Act (120.101 - 120.130)|Section 120.126 - Entry on Lands, Waters, and Premises; Purpose; Reimbursement for Actual Damages.

120.126 Entry on lands, waters, and premises; purpose; reimbursement for actual damages. Sec. 26.  For the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings, examinations, and investigations as it considers necessary or convenient for the purposes of this act, an authority and its authorized agents and employees may enter upon the lands, waters, and premises in the authority and that entry shall not be considered a trespass; nor shall an entry for these purposes be considered an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The authority shall make reimbursement for actual damages resulting to the lands, waters, or premises as a result of these activities. History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979 Compiler's Notes: See Compiler's note to MCL 120.130.
MI Comp L § 120.127 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 120 - Port Districts|Act 639 of 1978 - Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski Port Authority Act (120.101 - 120.130)|Section 120.127 - Employees of Port Authority; Transfer and Payment of Sick Leave and Annual Leave; Salary Rate; Job Seniority and Pension Rights.

120.127 Employees of port authority; transfer and payment of sick leave and annual leave; salary rate; job seniority and pension rights. Sec. 27.  (1) The employees of an authority, existing on the effective date of this act, of a city or county which creates or participates in an authority created under this act shall become the employees of that succeeding authority.  (2) Each employee at his or her option may transfer all or part of accumulated sick leave and shall be paid 1/2 of all unused accumulated sick leave not transferred. The employee also may transfer all or part of accumulated annual leave not to exceed more than 27 days and shall be paid for all unused accumulated annual leave not transferred.  (3) The transferred employee shall continue at his or her present salary rate, and if greater than that paid in the constituent unit for similar work, shall remain at the current level until matched by that constituent unit.  (4) Job seniority and pension rights shall be credited as if first employed by the constituent unit. History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979 Compiler's Notes: See Compiler's note to MCL 120.130.
MI Comp L § 120.128 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 120 - Port Districts|Act 639 of 1978 - Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski Port Authority Act (120.101 - 120.130)|Section 120.128 - Annual Report; Audit.

120.128 Annual report; audit. Sec. 28.  An authority shall make an annual report of its activities within 3 months after the close of its fiscal year to the governor and to the governing body of each constituent unit. The report shall include a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by a certified public accountant, with the cost to be treated as an operation expense. History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979 Compiler's Notes: See Compiler's note to MCL 120.130.
MI Comp L § 120.129 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 120 - Port Districts|Act 639 of 1978 - Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski Port Authority Act (120.101 - 120.130)|Section 120.129 - Liberal Construction; Powers Cumulative.

120.129 Liberal construction; powers cumulative. Sec. 29.  This act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. Powers granted in this act shall be cumulative and not exclusive of one another and may be exercised notwithstanding that bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness are not issued. History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979 Compiler's Notes: See Compiler's note to MCL 120.130.
MI Comp L § 120.130 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 120 - Port Districts|Act 639 of 1978 - Hertel-Law-T. Stopczynski Port Authority Act (120.101 - 120.130)|Section 120.130 - Repeal of MCL 120.1 to 120.35; Effective Date of Subsection (1).

120.130 Repeal of MCL 120.1 to 120.35; effective date of subsection (1). Sec. 30.  (1) Act No. 234 of the Public Acts of 1925, as amended, being sections 120.1 to 120.35 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.  (2) Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the constituent bodies of each port authority created pursuant to Act No. 234 of the Public Acts of 1925 and in existence on the effective date of this act participate in the creation of an authority pursuant to this act and the membership of the commission governing that authority is appointed. History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979 Compiler's Notes: The Monroe Port Authority has not created an authority under this act, and continues to operate under, and derive its power from, Act 234 of 1925, being MCL 120.1 to 120.35 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
MI Comp L § 121.1 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.1 - Charter Water Authority; Definition; Intent of Act, Limitation on Authority.

121.1 Charter water authority; definition; intent of act, limitation on authority. Sec. 1.  As used in this act, “water supply and transmission system” means plants, works, instrumentalities and properties used or useful in connection with obtaining a water supply and the treatment thereof, and necessary transmission mains and appurtenances for the distribution of the water to the cities, villages and townships within the territorial limits of the authority. The cities, villages and townships shall continue to own, operate and maintain their own water distribution systems. It is the intent of this act to provide an equitable and reasonable method and means of financing and acquiring a central water supply and transmission system to supply potable water in sufficient quantities to local governmental units for distribution and sale to their own customers and users. The authority shall be limited to acquiring, owning and operating the central water supply and transmission system in the manner authorized by this act, either within or without the corporate limits of the authority. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957
MI Comp L § 121.2 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.2 - Incorporating Municipalities; Act as Charter.

121.2 Incorporating municipalities; act as charter. Sec. 2.  Any 2 or more cities, villages or townships, or any combination thereof, having a combined current state equalized valuation of not less than $200,000,000.00, by vote of their respective electors, may incorporate an authority comprising the territory within their respective limits for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, purchasing, operating and maintaining a water supply and transmission system. The authority shall be a public municipal corporation with the rights, powers and duties set forth in this act, which act shall constitute the charter of such municipal corporation. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957
MI Comp L § 121.3 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.3 - Referendum on Joinder; Form of Ballot.

121.3 Referendum on joinder; form of ballot. Sec. 3.  Each city, village or township desiring to become a part of the authority shall indicate, by resolution of its legislative body, its desire to become a part thereof, and shall submit the proposition of becoming a part of the authority to a vote of its qualified electors at a general or special election to be called for such purpose. The procedures relative to conducting the election shall be as provided in the general election law. The proposition to be submitted in each city, village or township shall be substantially as follows:  “Shall the (city, village or township, as the case may be) of .............. , become a part of an authority incorporated as a municipal corporation under the provisions of Act No. ...... of the Public Acts of 1957, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation of municipal authorities to acquire, own and operate water supply and transmission systems; to provide a municipal charter therefor; and to prescribe the powers and functions thereof,' said municipal authority to have the power pursuant to its charter to issue general obligation bonds and to levy taxes for the payment thereof, the total principal amount of which bonds at no time shall exceed 5% of the total state equalized valuation of the governmental units comprising the authority?  Yes ( )  No ( ).” History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957
MI Comp L § 121.4 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.4 - Referendum; Simultaneous Submission.

121.4 Referendum; simultaneous submission. Sec. 4.  Any city, village or township shall become a member of the authority when a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in favor thereof. The proposition to incorporate the authority shall be submitted at a general or special election held simultaneously in each city, village or township having indicated its desire to become a part of the authority. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957
MI Comp L § 121.5 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.5 - Referendum; Certificates, Incorporation, Name.

121.5 Referendum; certificates, incorporation, name. Sec. 5.  If on the vote being canvassed in each city, village or township, the result is determined to be in favor of the incorporation, the city clerk in the case of cities, the village clerk in the case of villages, and the township clerk in the case of townships, each shall file with the secretary of state and with the county clerk of the county in which the city, village or township is located, a certified copy of the resolution of their legislative body indicating its desire to become a part of the authority, a certified copy of the notice of election at which the question was submitted to the electors, and a certified copy of the canvassing resolution showing that the incorporation proposition was approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, which resolution shall also give the number of votes cast on the proposition and the number cast for and against the same. From the date of the filing, the authority shall be deemed to be duly and legally incorporated under the provisions of this act if the total current state equalized valuation of such units of government so filing shall be $200,000,000.00 or more. If the electors of 1 or more cities, villages or townships vote against becoming a part of the authority, such fact shall not defeat the incorporation if the incorporation was approved by the electors of any 2 or more remaining cities, villages or townships having a current state equalized valuation of $200,000,000.00 or more; but the remaining cities, villages or townships shall constitute the boundaries of the authority, and a part thereof, if the legislative bodies of the remaining units of government, by resolution, approve the incorporation. Copies of the resolutions shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and the county clerk of the county in which the units of government are situated. The incorporated authority shall then be known and designated as “The charter water authority of the (name cities, villages and townships becoming a part thereof), county (or counties) of .................... , Michigan” unless the governing body of the authority adopts a distinctive name for the authority, and files it in the office of the secretary of state. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957
MI Comp L § 121.6 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.6 - Board of Commissioners; Voting Strength, Term.

121.6 Board of commissioners; voting strength, term. Sec. 6.  The incorporated authority shall be directed and governed by a board of commissioners appointed as herein provided. The legislative body of each city, village or township constituting a part of the authority, within 30 days after the incorporation of the authority, shall elect a commissioner as its representative on the board of commissioners. The commissioner from each city, village or township shall have 1 vote. In determining the voting strength of a commissioner from a township in which is located a village or villages which are also constituent members of the authority, there shall be subtracted from the state equalized valuation of such township that proportion of such state equalized valuation of that township which the total assessed valuation of such member village or villages bears to the total assessed valuation of such township as a whole, as determined by the township board of review. In determining the voting strength of a commissioner from a village, such village shall be deemed to have a state equalized valuation equal to that proportion of the state equalized valuation of the whole township in which such village is located as the assessed valuation of such village, as determined by the township board of review, bears to the assessed valuation of the whole township in which such village is located, as last determined by the township board of review. In addition to such 1 vote, the commissioner from each city, village or township having a state equalized valuation in excess of $40,000,000.00 shall have 1 cumulative and additional vote for each $40,000,000.00 or any part thereof of state equalized valuation for the city, village or township he represents in excess of $40,000,000.00. Each commissioner's voting strength shall be determined initially as of the date of incorporation of the authority, and shall be redetermined every 5 years thereafter. The state equalized valuation for each city, village or township shall be determined initially and redetermined by the latest official figures applicable to that city, village or township. The commissioners shall serve for 4 years or until their successors are appointed. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957
MI Comp L § 121.7 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.7 - Board of Commissioners; First Meeting, Officers, Employees, Bylaws, Office.

121.7 Board of commissioners; first meeting, officers, employees, bylaws, office. Sec. 7.  The board of commissioners shall hold their first meeting within 1 month after their selection, on the call of the mayor of the most populous city of the authority, or if no city is a part of the authority, the mayor or president of the most populous village, or if no city or village is a part of the authority, the supervisor of the most populous township, as determined by the last federal decennial census. At the first meeting the board of commissioners shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman, who shall be members of the board of commissioners, and a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members. The board shall select and employ such other officers and employees and engage such engineering, legal and other professional services as it deems necessary to effectuate its purposes and fix the compensation therefor. The board may adopt such rules of procedure and bylaws as it deems advisable and shall designate an office or location as its principal place of business. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957
MI Comp L § 121.8 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.8 - Board of Commissioners; Record of Proceedings; Accounts, Audit, Bond.

121.8 Board of commissioners; record of proceedings; accounts, audit, bond. Sec. 8.  The board of commissioners shall keep a written record of every session of the board, which record shall be public. It 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, and the balance sheet showing the financial condition of the authority as of the date of the audit shall be published in 1 or more newspapers which have a general circulation in the governmental units comprising the authority within 30 days after such audit is received by the board of commissioners. The board shall require of the treasurer a suitable bond by a responsible bonding company, to be paid for by the board. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957
MI Comp L § 121.9 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 121 - Charter Water Authority|Act 4 of 1957 - Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)|Section 121.9 - Rates and Charges; Revision; Revenues, Priority.

121.9 Rates and charges; revision; revenues, priority. Sec. 9.  The board of commissioners, by resolution adopted by a 2/3 majority of the total authorized votes, prior to the acquisition or construction of a water supply and transmission system, and prior to the issuance of any bonds for such purposes, shall establish an initial schedule of rates and charges for the use of water to be furnished by the system to the governmental units within the corporate limits of the authority. The rates and charges may be fixed and revised from time to time by the board of commissioners within the limitations and conditions provided in the terms of any contract for the sale of water entered into between the authority and the governmental units within the corporate limits of the authority. Moneys derived from the collection of such rates and charges shall be applied and used by the authority in manner following, and in the following priority:  (1) To provide for the payment during each fiscal year of all current expenses of administration, operation and maintenance as may be necessary to preserve the system in good repair and working order.  (2) In the discretion of the board of commissioners, there may be set aside during each fiscal year moneys to provide a reserve fund for replacements or major repairs and improvements not anticipated or considered to be a part of current expenses of administration, operation or maintenance.  (3) Any balance remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall be deposited into the debt retirement fund to be established by the board of commissioners pursuant to the provisions of section 17 of this act and used only for the purpose of paying any bonded indebtedness incurred in accordance with the authorization contained in this act. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957