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MI Comp L § 124.256 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 196 of 1952 - Municipal Water Supply Systems (124.251 - 124.262)|Section 124.256 - Water Supply System; Sale and Purchase of Water; Contracts.

124.256 Water supply system; sale and purchase of water; contracts. Sec. 6.  The authority and any of its constituent municipalities shall have authority to contract for the sale and purchase of water. The charges specified in such contract shall be subject to increase by the authority at any time if necessary in order to provide funds to meet its obligations. The authority and any city, village or township, which is not a constituent part thereof, may contract for the sale and purchase of water, which contract may provide for charges greater than those to the constituent municipalities, but the charges thereunder shall be subject to change by the authority from time to time. The authority and any other public corporation may enter into a contract for the purchase by the authority of water from such public corporation. Any contract authorized herein shall be for a period of not exceeding 50 years.  History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
MI Comp L § 124.257 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 196 of 1952 - Municipal Water Supply Systems (124.251 - 124.262)|Section 124.257 - Water Supply System; City, Village or Township May Become Constituent Municipality; Amendment of Articles.

124.257 Water supply system; city, village or township may become constituent municipality; amendment of articles. Sec. 7.  Any city, village or township, which did not join in the incorporation of an authority, may become a constituent part thereof by amendment to the articles of incorporation adopted by the legislative body of such city, village or township and by the legislative body of each city, village or township of which such authority is composed. Other amendments may be made to such articles of incorporation if adopted by the legislative body of each city, village or township of which the authority is composed. Any such amendment shall be endorsed, published, and certified printed copies filed, in the same manner as the original articles of incorporation, except that the printed copies shall be certified and filed by the recording officer of the authority.  History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
MI Comp L § 124.258 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 196 of 1952 - Municipal Water Supply Systems (124.251 - 124.262)|Section 124.258 - Water Supply System; Taxation, Taxing Power.

124.258 Water supply system; taxation, taxing power. Sec. 8.  The legislative body of each city, village or township which is a part of such authority is authorized to raise by tax or pay from its general funds, any moneys required to be paid by the articles of incorporation or by the terms of any contract between it and the authority, unless some other method is provided therefor in such articles of incorporation or contract. The authority shall have no direct taxing power. History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
MI Comp L § 124.259 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 196 of 1952 - Municipal Water Supply Systems (124.251 - 124.262)|Section 124.259 - Water Supply System; Bonds, Issuance, Payment.

124.259 Water supply system; bonds, issuance, payment. Sec. 9.  For the purpose of acquiring, improving, enlarging and/or extending a water supply system, the authority may issue self-liquidating revenue bonds in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, being sections 141.101 to 141.139, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, as now or hereafter amended, or any other act providing for the issuance of such bonds: Provided, That no such bonds shall be a general obligation of the authority, but shall be payable solely from the revenues of the water supply system. History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
MI Comp L § 124.260 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 196 of 1952 - Municipal Water Supply Systems (124.251 - 124.262)|Section 124.260 - Water Supply System; Water Service, Determination.

124.260 Water supply system; water service, determination. Sec. 10.  Within the scope of the definition contained in section 1 of this act, any authority shall have the right to determine what shall constitute its water supply system and the functions thereof, and may determine that its water services shall be furnished to public corporations and/or private consumers.  The authority may also furnish water direct to any city water supply district as defined in section 3 of Act No. 107 of the Public Acts of 1941, as now amended, or to any similar independently financed and operated supply system in a prescribed water supply district. If the territory within such a water supply district shall become incorporated as a city, then any contract for supplying water by the authority to such district, shall remain in full force and effect during the life of such contract and shall be carried out by the authority and such city. History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
MI Comp L § 124.261 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 196 of 1952 - Municipal Water Supply Systems (124.251 - 124.262)|Section 124.261 - Water Supply System; Jurisdiction; Amendment of Articles.

124.261 Water supply system; jurisdiction; amendment of articles. Sec. 11.  No change in the jurisdiction over any territory in any city, village or township which has contracted for a supply of water from the authority, shall in any manner impair the obligations of such contract, but the same shall be carried out, insofar as such territory is concerned, by the authority and such municipality or municipalities as shall have jurisdiction to furnish water to such territory. No change in municipal jurisdiction over any territory within an authority shall in any manner affect the authority or its boundaries. If a new city shall be incorporated from a township in the authority and if such city shall exercise jurisdiction over the water supply system within its boundaries, then it shall be deemed to be a constituent municipality of the authority. If the territory within a water supply district, as defined in section 10 hereof, is incorporated as a new city having jurisdiction over the water supply system and if at the time of such incorporation there shall exist a contract with the authority for a water supply to such territory, then such city shall be a constituent municipality of the authority upon the approval of the legislative bodies of 2/3 of the cities, villages and townships constituting the authority and upon acceptance by the city of the articles of incorporation. If it shall be necessary to amend the articles of incorporation in order to give any such new city comparable rights with other constituent municipalities, the same may be accomplished upon the approval of the legislative bodies of 2/3 of the cities, villages and townships constituting the authority. History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
MI Comp L § 124.262 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 196 of 1952 - Municipal Water Supply Systems (124.251 - 124.262)|Section 124.262 - Water Supply System; Powers.

124.262 Water supply system; powers. Sec. 12.  The powers herein granted shall be in addition to those granted by any charter or other statute. History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
MI Comp L § 124.281 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.281 - Definitions.

124.281 Definitions.Sec. 1.  As used in this act:   (a) "Authority", unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, means an authority incorporated under section 2.  (b) "Constituent municipality" or "constituent municipalities" includes all of the municipalities that signed or became signatories of articles of incorporation of any authority incorporated under this act. However, if an authority is incorporated by 2 or more counties, each municipality within the respective territorial limits of the counties, whether the counties are original incorporators or subsequently became a constituent part of the authority under section 6, is a constituent municipality.  (c) "Indian tribe" means an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community of Indians that is recognized as eligible for services by the United States secretary of the interior because of their status as Indians.  (d) "Municipality" means a county, township, city, or village.  (e) "Sewage disposal system" includes all interceptor sewers, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, sewage treatment plants, and all other plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage or industrial wastes.   (f) "Solid waste management system" includes all plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection, transportation, processing, or disposal of discarded or waste materials of any sort, including access roads and facilities for resource recovery. Solid waste management system does not include the storage or disposal of toxic materials.   (g) "Water supply system" includes all plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with obtaining a water supply, the treatment of water, or the distribution of water. History: 1955, Act 233, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 34, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1958 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1981 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2009
MI Comp L § 124.282 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.282 - Incorporation of Authority by Municipalities; Purpose; Adoption of Articles of Incorporation; Endorsement; Territory; Publishing and Filing Articles of Incorporation; Effective Date; Presumption of Validity.

124.282 Incorporation of authority by municipalities; purpose; adoption of articles of incorporation; endorsement; territory; publishing and filing articles of incorporation; effective date; presumption of validity.Sec. 2.  (1) Any 2 or more municipalities may incorporate an authority for the purpose of acquiring, owning, improving, enlarging, extending, and operating a sewage disposal system, a water supply system, a solid waste management system, or a combination of systems by the adoption of articles of incorporation by the legislative body of each of the municipalities. The fact of the adoption shall be endorsed on such articles of incorporation by the chairperson of the county board of commissioners and the county clerk in case of a county; the mayor and clerk in case of a city; the president and clerk in case of a village; and the supervisor and clerk in case of a township, in form substantially as follows:   "The foregoing articles of incorporation were adopted by the .................. of the ............. of ............. County Michigan, at a meeting duly held on the ............. day of ........., 19....   ................................   ........................ of said   ................................   ........................ of said   ..............................."  (2) The authority shall be comprised of the territory lying within the incorporating municipalities. The articles of incorporation shall be published at least once in a newspaper designated in the articles and having general circulation within the territory encompassed by the authority. One printed copy of the articles of incorporation certified as a true copy by the person or persons designated for the certification, with the date and place of the publication, shall be filed with the secretary of state and the clerk of the county within which the territory or the major portion of the territory is located. The authority shall become effective at the time provided in the articles of incorporation. The validity of the incorporation shall be conclusively presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the filing of the certified copies with the secretary of state and the county clerk. History: 1955, Act 233, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1981
MI Comp L § 124.283 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.283 - Joint Authority; Articles of Incorporation, Contents.

124.283 Joint authority; articles of incorporation, contents. Sec. 3.  Said articles of incorporation shall state the name of such authority, the names of the various municipalities creating the same, the purpose or purposes for which it is created, the powers, duties and limitation of the authority and its officers, the method of selecting its governing body, officers and employees, the person or persons who are charged with the responsibilities of causing the articles of incorporation to be published and the printed copies thereof to be certified and filed as above provided, or who are charged with any other responsibility in connection with the incorporation of said authority, and any other matters which the incorporators shall deem advisable, all of which shall be subject to the provisions of the constitution and statutes of the state of Michigan and particularly of this act. History: 1955, Act 233, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
MI Comp L § 124.284 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.284 - Authority as Municipal Authority and Public Body Corporate; Powers Generally.

124.284 Authority as municipal authority and public body corporate; powers generally. Sec. 4.  (1) An authority shall be a municipal authority and shall be a public body corporate with power to sue and be sued in any court of this state. It shall possess all the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of its incorporation and those incident thereto. The enumeration of any powers of this act shall not be construed as a limitation upon an authority's general powers.  (2) An authority may do all of the following:  (a) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.  (b) Adopt an official seal and alter the seal at pleasure.  (c) Maintain an office at such place or places within the state as it may designate.  (d) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded.  (e) Determine the location of any project constructed by it under the provisions of this act, and to determine, in its discretion and without reference to any other provisions of this act or any other law, the design, standards, and the materials of construction, and construct, maintain, repair, and operate the project. However, the functions, powers, and duties of the state department of public health and the department of natural resources in connection with any such public improvements shall remain unaffected by this act.  (f) Issue bonds of the authority for any of its corporate purposes under such means as may be provided in this act. If revenue bonds are issued under the provisions of section 12 or sections 12b and 12c, the revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues pledged for their payment, as provided in this act.  (g) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the use of any project constructed by it under the provisions of this act.  (h) Acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this act. History: 1955, Act 233, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 34, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1958 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1985
MI Comp L § 124.284a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.284a - Rules and Regulations; Adoption by Resolution; Notice; Effective Date; Summary.

124.284a Rules and regulations; adoption by resolution; notice; effective date; summary.Sec. 4a.  The authority shall adopt rules and regulations by resolution of its governing body and with concurrence by resolution of constituent municipalities. After adoption of the resolution and concurrence by the constituent municipalities, a notice of adoption of the resolution and the rules and regulations, or a summary of those rules and regulations, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the territory encompassed by the authority and within the territory furnished service by the authority by contract pursuant to section 10. The rules and regulations shall become effective 30 days after the date of publication of the notice and the rules and regulations or the summary of the rules and regulations. If a summary of rules and regulations is published, the summary shall be written in clear and nontechnical language and the authority shall designate in the publication the location where a full copy of the rules and regulations can be inspected or obtained. History: Add. 1985, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1985 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 172, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2008
MI Comp L § 124.284b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.284b - Violation of Rule or Regulation; Civil Fine.

124.284b Violation of rule or regulation; civil fine. Sec. 4b.  Except as otherwise provided in this act, the authority may prescribe a civil fine not to exceed $1,000.00 for the violation of a rule or regulation adopted and promulgated under this act. If a civil fine is prescribed, it shall be prescribed in the rule or regulation. A fine assessed under this section shall be distributed pursuant to section 8379 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.8379. History: Add. 1985, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1985 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 24, Eff. July 1, 2000
MI Comp L § 124.284c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.284c - Prohibitions and Penalties.

124.284c Prohibitions and penalties. Sec. 4c.  The authority may provide in its rules and regulations either or both of the following prohibitions and penalties:  (a) A person who knowingly submits or prepares for submission to the authority a false statement, representation, or certification is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both. Each violation constitutes a separate and distinct offense.  (b) A person who knowingly tampers with or alters a monitoring device or process, causing inaccurate readings or results, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both. Each violation constitutes a separate and distinct offense. History: Add. 1985, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1985
MI Comp L § 124.284d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.284d - Enforcement of Rules and Regulations; Issuance of Citation or Appearance Ticket; Exercise and Scope of Enforcement Powers; Costs and Fees.

124.284d Enforcement of rules and regulations; issuance of citation or appearance ticket; exercise and scope of enforcement powers; costs and fees.Sec. 4d.  (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), rules and regulations promulgated under this act are enforceable by the authority, its constituent municipalities, and municipalities or Indian tribes that have contracted with the authority for the furnishing of service pursuant to section 10. A person charged with enforcement of those rules and regulations may issue a citation or an appearance ticket to any person who is reasonably believed to have violated a rule or regulation promulgated under this act.  (2) The authority shall exercise its enforcement powers under this act against a violator within a municipality.  (3) A municipality or Indian tribe may exercise its enforcement powers under this act against a violator in territory under its jurisdiction.  (4) For the purposes of this section, enforcement powers include the power to bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the violation of a rule or regulation promulgated under this act or to recover actual damages sustained due to the violation, or both. Costs and fees shall be awarded in those actions as provided in sections 2401 to 2461 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2401 to 600.2461, or other applicable law. History: Add. 1985, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1985 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2009
MI Comp L § 124.284e (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.284e - Discontinuance and Restoration of Service.

124.284e Discontinuance and restoration of service.Sec. 4e.  (1) The authority may authorize the discontinuance of service to a user who violates a rule or regulation promulgated under this act if the authority determines that discontinuance of service to that user is necessary to protect the integrity of the affected system.  (2) The authority shall authorize restoration of service to that user when the authority determines that the threat to the affected system no longer exists and that the cause of or events resulting in the violation will not recur.  (3) The municipality or Indian tribe that maintains and operates the affected system or part of that system, or the authority, pursuant to that municipality's or Indian tribe's authorization, shall discontinue service as authorized under subsection (1) and restore service as authorized under subsection (2). History: Add. 1985, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1985 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2009
MI Comp L § 124.285 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 124 - Municipalities|Act 233 of 1955 - Municipal Sewage and Water Supply Systems (124.281 - 124.294)|Section 124.285 - Acquiring and Holding, Managing, Controlling, Selling, Exchanging, or Leasing Property for System or Combination of Systems; Condemnation.

124.285 Acquiring and holding, managing, controlling, selling, exchanging, or leasing property for system or combination of systems; condemnation. Sec. 5.  The authority may acquire property for a sewage disposal system, a water supply system, a solid waste management system, or a combination of systems by purchase, construction, lease, gift, or devise, either within or without its corporate limits, and may hold, manage, control, sell, exchange, or lease the property. For the purpose of condemnation, the authority may proceed under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 213.21 to 213.41 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or any other statute which grants to any municipality or public body the authority to acquire private property for public use. History: 1955, Act 233, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1981