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MI Comp L § 125.4517 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-5 - Part 5 Nonprofit Street Railways (125.4503...125.4527)|Section 125.4517 - Street or Highway Grades; Conformance by Company; Alteration or Change; Consent Required; Manner of Laying and Maintaining Track.

125.4517 Street or highway grades; conformance by company; alteration or change; consent required; manner of laying and maintaining track.Sec. 517.  (1) In constructing a street railway system, a street railway shall conform to grades established by a road authority for a public street or highway traversed by the street railway.  (2) A street railway shall not alter or change the grade or line of any public street or highway, without the consent of the road authority with public jurisdiction over the public street or highway.   (3) A street railway shall lay and maintain the track of a street railway system in a manner and with the type of track to keep the track and the pavement of the public street or highway adjacent to the track in a state of condition and repair as prescribed by the road authority with jurisdiction over the public street or highway. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4519 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-5 - Part 5 Nonprofit Street Railways (125.4503...125.4527)|Section 125.4519 - Rules and Regulations; Establishment by Road Authority.

125.4519 Rules and regulations; establishment by road authority.Sec. 519.  A road authority may establish and prescribe rules and regulations applicable to a street railway operating in or upon a public street or highway under the jurisdiction of a road authority relating to 1 or more of the following subjects:  (a) Grading, paving, obstruction, or repairing of a street or highway.  (b) Construction, maintenance, or obstruction of public service facilities and infrastructure, including water, light, heat, power, sewage disposal, and transportation.   (c) Construction, maintenance, or obstruction of traffic control and parking control facilities and infrastructure. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4521 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-5 - Part 5 Nonprofit Street Railways (125.4503...125.4527)|Section 125.4521 - Refusal of Person to Pay Fare or Obey Regulations; Removal of Person; Placement of Impediment Upon Track as Felony; Throwing Stone, Brick, or Other Missile as Misdemeanor.

125.4521 Refusal of person to pay fare or obey regulations; removal of person; placement of impediment upon track as felony; throwing stone, brick, or other missile as misdemeanor.Sec. 521.  (1) If a person refuses to pay a fare owed to a street railway or refuses to obey regulations established by the street railway for the convenience and safety of passengers, the street railway may remove the person from the streetcar, tram, or trolley at a usual stopping place.  (2) A person who causes or attempts to cause the derailment of a streetcar, tram, or trolley of a street railway by the placing of an impediment upon the track of a street railway, whether the streetcar, tram, or trolley is dislodged from the track or not, or who by any other means whatsoever willfully endangers or attempts to endanger the life of any person engaged in the work of the street railway, or any person traveling on the streetcar, tram, or trolley of the street railway, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or any number of years. Proof that the person intended to injure or endanger the life of any particular person is not required to prove a violation of this section.  (3) A person who throws a stone, brick, or other missile at a streetcar, tram, or trolley of a street railway is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00 or imprisonment for not less than 10 days or more than 90 days, or both. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4527 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-5 - Part 5 Nonprofit Street Railways (125.4503...125.4527)|Section 125.4527 - Transfer of Records to Bureau of Commercial Services; Organization of Entity; Street Railway Not Subject to Railroad Code of 1993.

125.4527 Transfer of records to bureau of commercial services; organization of entity; street railway not subject to railroad code of 1993.Sec. 527.  (1) Within 30 days of January 12, 2009, the secretary of state or any other agency having records of a street railway formed under this part prior to January 12, 2009 shall certify and transfer the records to the bureau of commercial services of the department of talent and economic development.  (2) Any entity formed on or after January 12, 2009 for the purpose of acquiring, owning, constructing, furnishing, equipping, completing, operating, improving, and maintaining a street railway or street railway system shall be organized under this part.  (3) A street railway is not subject to the railroad code of 1993, 1993 PA 354, MCL 462.101 to 462.451. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019 Compiler's Notes: For the transfer of powers and duties of the department of talent and economic development to the department of licensing and regulatory affairs, see E.R.O. No. 2019-3, compiled at MCL 125.1998.
MI Comp L § 125.4604 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4604 - Multiple Authorities; Establishment; Public Body Corporate; Powers.

125.4604 Multiple authorities; establishment; public body corporate; powers.Sec. 604.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a municipality may establish multiple authorities. A parcel of property shall not be included in more than 1 authority created under this part.  (2) A city, village, or township located in a county with a population of more than 335,000 and less than 415,000 and that has not less than 2 state public universities within its boundaries may by resolution join with 1 or more cities, villages, or townships located in a county with a population of more than 335,000 and less than 415,000 and that has not less than 2 state public universities within its boundaries to create a joint authority under this part.  (3) An authority is a public body corporate which may sue and be sued in any court of this state. An authority possesses all the powers necessary to carry out its purpose. The enumeration of a power in this part shall not be construed as a limitation upon the general powers of an authority. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4605 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4605 - Development Area; Establishment in Municipality; Exception; Criteria; Compliance.

125.4605 Development area; establishment in municipality; exception; criteria; compliance.Sec. 605.  A development area shall only be established in a municipality and, except for a development area located in a qualified development area, shall comply with all of the following criteria:  (a) Is adjacent to or is within 500 feet of a road classified as an arterial or collector according to the Federal Highway Administration manual "Highway Functional Classification - Concepts, Criteria and Procedures".  (b) Contains at least 10 contiguous parcels or at least 5 contiguous acres.  (c) More than 1/2 of the existing ground floor square footage in the development area is classified as commercial real property under section 34c of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.34c.  (d) Residential use, commercial use, or industrial use has been allowed and conducted under the zoning ordinance or conducted in the entire development area, for the immediately preceding 30 years.  (e) Is presently served by municipal water or sewer.  (f) Is zoned to allow for mixed use that includes high-density residential use.  (g) The municipality agrees to all of the following:  (i) To expedite the local permitting and inspection process in the development area.  (ii) To modify its master plan to provide for walkable nonmotorized interconnections, including sidewalks and streetscapes throughout the development area. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4607 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4607 - Annexation or Consolidation; Effect.

125.4607 Annexation or consolidation; effect.Sec. 607.  If a development area is part of an area annexed to or consolidated with another municipality, the authority managing that development area shall become an authority of the annexing or consolidated municipality. Obligations of that authority incurred under a development or tax increment plan, agreements related to a development or tax increment plan, and bonds issued under this part shall remain in effect following the annexation or consolidation. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4609 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4609 - Director, Treasurer, Secretary, Legal Counsel, Other Personnel; Compensation; Duties.

125.4609 Director, treasurer, secretary, legal counsel, other personnel; compensation; duties.Sec. 609.  (1) The board may employ and fix the compensation of a director, subject to the approval of the governing body of the municipality. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the board. A member of the board is not eligible to hold the position of director. Before beginning his or her duties, the director shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath, and furnish bond, by posting a bond in the sum determined in the resolution establishing the authority payable to the authority for use and benefit of the authority, approved by the board, and filed with the municipal clerk. The premium on the bond shall be considered an operating expense of the authority, payable from funds available to the authority for expenses of operation. The director shall be the chief executive officer of the authority. Subject to the approval of the board, the director shall supervise and be responsible for the preparation of plans and the performance of the functions of the authority in the manner authorized by this part. The director shall attend the meetings of the board and shall provide to the board and to the governing body of the municipality a regular report covering the activities and financial condition of the authority. If the director is absent or disabled, the board may designate a qualified person as acting director to perform the duties of the office. Before beginning his or her duties, the acting director shall take and subscribe to the oath, and furnish bond, as required of the director. The director shall furnish the board with information or reports governing the operation of the authority as the board requires.  (2) The board may employ and fix the compensation of a treasurer, who shall keep the financial records of the authority and who, together with the director, shall approve all vouchers for the expenditure of funds of the authority. The treasurer shall perform all duties delegated to him or her by the board and shall furnish bond in an amount prescribed by the board.  (3) The board may employ and fix the compensation of a secretary, who shall maintain custody of the official seal and of records, books, documents, or other papers not required to be maintained by the treasurer. The secretary shall attend meetings of the board and keep a record of its proceedings and shall perform other duties delegated by the board.  (4) The board may retain legal counsel to advise the board in the proper performance of its duties. The legal counsel shall represent the authority in actions brought by or against the authority.  (5) The board may employ other personnel considered necessary by the board. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4610 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4610 - Retirement and Insurance Programs.

125.4610 Retirement and insurance programs.Sec. 610.  The employees of an authority shall be eligible to participate in municipal retirement and insurance programs of the municipality as if they were civil service employees except that the employees of an authority are not civil service employees. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4612 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4612 - Authority as Instrument of Political Subdivision.

125.4612 Authority as instrument of political subdivision.Sec. 612.  The authority is an instrumentality of a political subdivision for purposes of 1972 PA 227, MCL 213.321 to 213.332. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4613 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4613 - Acquisition of Private Property; Transfer to Authority; Use.

125.4613 Acquisition of private property; transfer to authority; use.Sec. 613.  A municipality may acquire private property under 1911 PA 149, MCL 213.21 to 213.25, for the purpose of transfer to the authority, and may transfer the property to the authority for use in an approved development, on terms and conditions it considers appropriate, and the taking, transfer, and use shall be considered necessary for public purposes and for the benefit of the public. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4614 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4614 - Financing Sources; Disposition.

125.4614 Financing sources; disposition.Sec. 614.  (1) The activities of the authority shall be financed from 1 or more of the following sources:  (a) Donations to the authority for the performance of its functions.  (b) Money borrowed and to be repaid as authorized by sections 616 and 617.  (c) Revenues from any property, building, or facility owned, leased, licensed, or operated by the authority or under its control, subject to the limitations imposed upon the authority by trusts or other agreements.  (d) Proceeds of a tax increment financing plan established under sections 618 to 620.  (e) Proceeds from a special assessment district created as provided by law.  (f) Money obtained from other sources approved by the governing body of the municipality or otherwise authorized by law for use by the authority or the municipality to finance a development program.  (2) Money received by the authority and not covered under subsection (1) shall immediately be deposited to the credit of the authority, subject to disbursement under this part. Except as provided in this part, the municipality shall not obligate itself, and shall not be obligated, to pay any sums from public funds, other than money received by the municipality under this section, for or on account of the activities of the authority. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4615 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4615 - Special Assessment; Levy; Borrowing Money and Issuing Notes.

125.4615 Special assessment; levy; borrowing money and issuing notes.Sec. 615.  (1) An authority with the approval of the governing body may levy a special assessment as provided by law.  (2) The municipality may at the request of the authority borrow money and issue its notes under the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, in anticipation of collection of the ad valorem tax authorized in this section. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4616 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4616 - Revenue Bonds.

125.4616 Revenue bonds.Sec. 616.  The authority may, with approval of the local governing body, borrow money and issue its negotiable revenue bonds under the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140. Revenue bonds issued by the authority are not a debt of the municipality unless the municipality by majority vote of the members of its governing body pledges its full faith and credit to support the authority's revenue bonds. Revenue bonds issued by the authority are never a debt of the state. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4619 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4619 - Tax Increment Revenues; Transmission; Expenditures; Use.

125.4619 Tax increment revenues; transmission; expenditures; use.Sec. 619.  (1) The municipal and county treasurers shall transmit tax increment revenues to the authority.  (2) The authority shall expend the tax increment revenues received for the development program only under the terms of the tax increment financing plan. Unused funds shall revert proportionately to the respective taxing bodies. Tax increment revenues shall not be used to circumvent existing property tax limitations. The governing body of the municipality may abolish the tax increment financing plan if it finds that the purposes for which it was established are accomplished. However, the tax increment financing plan shall not be abolished, allowed to expire, or otherwise terminate until the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued under section 620 have been paid or funds sufficient to make the payment have been segregated. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4622 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4622 - Development Plan; Public Hearing; Notice; Contents; Opportunity to Speak; Hearing Record.

125.4622 Development plan; public hearing; notice; contents; opportunity to speak; hearing record.Sec. 622.  (1) The governing body, before adoption of a resolution approving a development plan or tax increment financing plan, shall hold a public hearing on the development plan. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication twice in a newspaper of general circulation designated by the municipality, the first of which shall be not less than 20 days before the date set for the hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be posted in at least 20 conspicuous and public places in the development area not less than 20 days before the hearing. Notice shall also be mailed to all property taxpayers of record in the development area and to the governing body of each taxing jurisdiction levying taxes that would be subject to capture if the tax increment financing plan is approved not less than 20 days before the hearing. The notice of hearing within the time frame described in this subsection shall be mailed by certified mail to the governing body of each taxing jurisdiction levying taxes that would be subject to capture if the tax increment financing plan is approved.  (2) Notice of the time and place of hearing on a development plan shall contain all of the following:  (a) A description of the proposed development area in relation to highways, streets, streams, or otherwise.  (b) A statement that maps, plats, and a description of the development plan, including the method of relocating families and individuals who may be displaced from the area, are available for public inspection at a place designated in the notice.  (c) A statement that all aspects of the development plan will be open for discussion at the public hearing.  (d) Other information that the governing body considers appropriate.  (3) At the time set for the hearing, the governing body shall provide an opportunity for interested persons to speak and shall receive and consider communications in writing. The hearing shall provide the fullest opportunity for expression of opinion, for argument on the merits, and for consideration of documentary evidence pertinent to the development plan. The governing body shall make and preserve a record of the public hearing, including all data presented at the hearing. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
MI Comp L § 125.4623 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning|Act 57 of 2018 - Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act (125.4101 - 125.4915)|57-2018-6 - Part 6 Corridor Improvement Authorities (125.4602...125.4629)|Section 125.4623 - Approval, Rejection, or Approval With Modification; Considerations.

125.4623 Approval, rejection, or approval with modification; considerations.Sec. 623.  The governing body after a public hearing on the development plan or the tax increment financing plan, or both, with notice given under section 622, shall determine whether the development plan or tax increment financing plan constitutes a public purpose. If it determines that the development plan or tax increment financing plan constitutes a public purpose, it shall by resolution approve or reject the plan, or approve it with modification, based on the following considerations:  (a) The plan meets the requirements under section 620(2).  (b) The proposed method of financing the development is feasible and the authority has the ability to arrange the financing.  (c) The development is reasonable and necessary to carry out the purposes of this part.  (d) The land included within the development area to be acquired is reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the plan and of this part in an efficient and economically satisfactory manner.  (e) The development plan is in reasonable accord with the land use plan of the municipality.  (f) Public services, such as fire and police protection and utilities, are or will be adequate to service the project area.  (g) Changes in zoning, streets, street levels, intersections, and utilities are reasonably necessary for the project and for the municipality. History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019