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MI Comp L § 123.166 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 178 of 1939 - Municipal Water Liens (123.161 - 123.167)|Section 123.166 - Discontinuing Service or Instituting Action for Collection; Invalidation or Waiver of Lien.

123.166 Discontinuing service or instituting action for collection; invalidation or waiver of lien. Sec. 6.  A municipality may discontinue water service or sewage system service from the premises against which the lien created by this act has accrued if a person fails to pay the rates, assessments, charges, or rentals for the respective service, or may institute an action for the collection of the same in any court of competent jurisdiction. However, a municipality's attempt to collect these sewage system or water rates, assessments, charges, or rentals by any process shall not invalidate or waive the lien upon the premises. History: 1939, Act 178, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 123.166 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1981
MI Comp L § 123.167 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 178 of 1939 - Municipal Water Liens (123.161 - 123.167)|Section 123.167 - Construction of Act.

123.167 Construction of act. Sec. 7.  This act shall not repeal any existing statutory charter or ordinance provisions providing for the assessment or collection of water or sewage system rates, assessments, charges, or rentals by a municipality, but shall be construed as an additional grant of power to any power now prescribed by other statutory charter or ordinance provisions, or as a validating act to validate existing statutory or charter provisions creating liens which are also provided for by this act. History: 1939, Act 178, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 123.167 ;-- Am. 1981, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1981
MI Comp L § 123.171 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 285 of 1915 - Convenience Stations (123.171 - 123.172)|Section 123.171 - Convenience Stations; Construction, Maintenance.

123.171 Convenience stations; construction, maintenance. Sec. 1.  It shall be the duty of the common council of any city in this state, and of the board of trustees of any incorporated village, to cause to be constructed and maintained in such village or city not less than 1 public closet, commonly known and designated as a public convenience station, in such place or places as directed by the local board of health. Such closets or public convenience stations shall have thereon the proper signs and be so placed as directed by the local board of health as to be easily accessible from the business district or districts of such city or village, and shall be maintained in a sanitary manner under the supervision of the local board of health. Suitable and adequate accommodations shall be afforded at such public convenience station, to the members of both sexes. History: 1915, Act 285, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 3302 ;-- CL 1929, 2464 ;-- CL 1948, 123.171
MI Comp L § 123.172 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 285 of 1915 - Convenience Stations (123.171 - 123.172)|Section 123.172 - Convenience Stations; Despoiling, Penalty.

123.172 Convenience stations; despoiling, penalty. Sec. 2.  Any person destroying, mutilating, injuring, despoiling or abusing the property of any part thereof included within a public convenience station as provided for in this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than 50 dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. History: 1915, Act 285, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 3303 ;-- CL 1929, 2465 ;-- CL 1948, 123.172
MI Comp L § 123.181 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 23 of 1882 (Ex. Sess.) - Sewers in Private Property (123.181 - 123.181)|Section 123.181 - Sewers in Private Property; Acquisition of Property Rights.

123.181 Sewers in private property; acquisition of property rights. Sec. 1.  That the common council of any city and the board of trustees of any village in this state are hereby authorized to construct, enlarge and maintain sewers, hereby declared to be public improvements, in private property; and may enter, by committee and by agents and servants, into and upon private property where it is proposed to construct a sewer, and make necessary examinations and surveys, the better to enable them to determine the necessity for using such private property for a sewer and to locate the same, and for any such entry no action shall be maintainable. But the common council or board of trustees before constructing a sewer in private property shall acquire the right to take and use the property for such purpose, by agreement or purchase, or by proceedings in the proper court in behalf of the municipality, in the manner provided by law in that behalf. All laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. History: 1882, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 13, 1882 ;-- How. 3109a ;-- CL 1897, 3436 ;-- CL 1915, 3425 ;-- CL 1929, 2463 ;-- CL 1948, 123.181
MI Comp L § 123.231 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 129 of 1943 - Sewers and Sewage Disposal (123.231 - 123.236)|Section 123.231 - Definitions.

123.231 Definitions. Sec. 1.  The term "political subdivision" as herein used shall be deemed to mean any county, metropolitan district, city, village or township in this state. History: 1943, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1943 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 137, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 123.231
MI Comp L § 123.232 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 129 of 1943 - Sewers and Sewage Disposal (123.231 - 123.236)|Section 123.232 - Sewers and Sewage Disposal; Joint Contracts.

123.232 Sewers and sewage disposal; joint contracts. Sec. 2.  Any 2 or more political subdivisions may contract for the joint ownership, use and/or operation of sewers and/or sewage disposal facilities. Any 2 or more political subdivisions may contract relative to the furnishing of sewage disposal services by 1 or more of such political subdivisions to the other political subdivision or subdivisions. Any such contract shall be authorized or approved by the legislative body of each contracting political subdivision and shall be effective for such term as shall be prescribed therein not exceeding 50 years. History: 1943, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1943 ;-- CL 1948, 123.232
MI Comp L § 123.233 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 129 of 1943 - Sewers and Sewage Disposal (123.231 - 123.236)|Section 123.233 - Contracts Validated.

123.233 Contracts validated. Sec. 3.  Any contract heretofore made relative to the matters above set forth is hereby validated if such contract would have been valid had the same been made subsequent to the effective date of this act. History: 1943, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1943 ;-- CL 1948, 123.233
MI Comp L § 123.234 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 129 of 1943 - Sewers and Sewage Disposal (123.231 - 123.236)|Section 123.234 - Joint Revenue Bonds; Issuance, Authorization.

123.234 Joint revenue bonds; issuance, authorization. Sec. 4.  For the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending or improving a system of sewers or sewage disposal, 2 or more political subdivisions may borrow money and issue revenue bonds in the name, and by authority, of said political subdivisions jointly, but payable solely from the revenues of such system. Such political subdivisions shall provide by an ordinance, adopted by their respective governing bodies, for the issue of such revenue bonds in the name of such political subdivisions jointly, for the execution thereof by suitable officers of said political subdivisions and for the sale of said bonds at a joint meeting of the governing bodies thereof. History: Add. 1945, Act 137, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 123.234
MI Comp L § 123.235 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 129 of 1943 - Sewers and Sewage Disposal (123.231 - 123.236)|Section 123.235 - Joint Revenue Bonds; Contracts; Revenues.

123.235 Joint revenue bonds; contracts; revenues. Sec. 5.  In event money shall be borrowed and bonds issued jointly under the provisions of section 4 above, said political subdivisions shall enter into a contract, the terms of which shall be set forth in said ordinance, providing for the operation of such system or systems, and the collection, custody and expenditure of the revenues thereof by a joint board consisting of 1 or more representatives of each of such political subdivisions. Said contract shall authorize such joint board to adopt rules and regulations governing the operation of the system or systems, to fix the rates for the service of such system or systems from time to time as may be necessary for the operation thereof and the payment of the bonds, and to collect the same either from such political subdivisions in proportion to the service furnished to each, or directly from the owners or occupants of the property served. If such rates are charged to the political subdivisions, they shall raise the money necessary to pay the same by charging and collecting rates for such service from the owners or occupants of the property served. Except as herein otherwise provided, such jointly owned systems, the revenues therefrom and the bonds issued therefor shall be subject to all the requirements and provisions of Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, as now or hereafter amended. History: Add. 1945, Act 137, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 123.235 Compiler's Notes: For provisions of Act 94 of 1933, referred to in this section, see MCL 141.101 et seq.
MI Comp L § 123.236 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 129 of 1943 - Sewers and Sewage Disposal (123.231 - 123.236)|Section 123.236 - Joint Sewage Disposal Facility; Body Corporate.

123.236 Joint sewage disposal facility; body corporate. Sec. 6.  The system herein created shall be a body corporate and may sue or be sued in its own name. History: Add. 1962, Act 68, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1962
MI Comp L § 123.261 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 298 of 1917 - Garbage Disposal Plants (123.261 - 123.261)|Section 123.261 - Garbage Disposal Plants or Systems in Cities or Villages; Establishment and Maintenance; Annual Garbage Tax; Construction Bonds; “Garbage” Defined.

123.261 Garbage disposal plants or systems in cities or villages; establishment and maintenance; annual garbage tax; construction bonds; “garbage” defined. Sec. 1.  (1) The city council of a city, whether organized under the general law or special charter, or the president and board of trustees of a village may establish and maintain garbage systems or plants for the collection and disposal of garbage in the city or village, and may levy a tax not to exceed 3 mills on the taxable value of all taxable property in the city or village according to the valuation of the property, as made for the purpose of state and county taxation by the last assessment in the city or village for these purposes. The annual garbage tax shall be in addition to the amount authorized to be levied for general purposes by the general law or special charter under which the city or village is incorporated. All cities or villages may, for the construction of a garbage disposal plant or system, issue bonds in a sum not to exceed 3 mills on the dollar on all taxable property in the city or village according to the valuation of the property, as made for the purpose of state and county taxation by the last assessment in the city or village. Bonds issued under this section are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.  (2) As used in this act, "garbage" means any putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, and includes ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, solid market wastes, solid industrial wastes, and also rubbish including such items as paper, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, and litter of any kind. History: 1917, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 253, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 2480 ;-- CL 1948, 123.261 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 38, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1975 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 127, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1976 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002
MI Comp L § 123.271 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 261 of 1927 - Disposal Plants (123.271 - 123.276)|Section 123.271 - Disposal Plants; Power to Prevent Construction.

123.271 Disposal plants; power to prevent construction. Sec. 1.  All incorporated cities and villages of this state shall have the power to prevent any other municipal or public corporation from acquiring, erecting, owning, operating, maintaining, managing, controlling or building garbage disposal plants, garbage reduction plants, sewage disposal tanks, settling basins, apparatus or screens for the treatment of sewage matter within the corporate limits of such cities or villages. History: 1927, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 2482 ;-- CL 1948, 123.271
MI Comp L § 123.272 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 261 of 1927 - Disposal Plants (123.271 - 123.276)|Section 123.272 - Required Permit.

123.272 Required permit. Sec. 2.  It shall be unlawful for any individual, firm, private, public or municipal corporation to acquire, erect, own, operate, maintain, manage, control or build garbage disposal plants, sewage disposal plants, settling basins, apparatus or screens for the treatment of sewage matter within the corporate limits of any other city or village, without first obtaining a permit from said city or village in accordance with the provisions of this act. History: 1927, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 2483 ;-- CL 1948, 123.272
MI Comp L § 123.273 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 261 of 1927 - Disposal Plants (123.271 - 123.276)|Section 123.273 - Required Permit; Procedure to Procure; Disposal of Sewage by Municipality; Members of Municipality Authority.

123.273 Required permit; procedure to procure; disposal of sewage by municipality; members of municipality authority. Sec. 3.  Any public or municipal corporation desiring such permit shall make application for the granting thereof unto the legislative body of any city or village in which said work or plant is proposed to be located. Such application shall state the exact property within the city limits to be devoted to said plant and shall state the kind of work or plan contemplated and the size and capacity thereof and shall render such other information to the said legislative body as the latter may require. The proposal shall, in manner and form as said body may provide, be submitted to a vote of the electors of said city or village at the next general or special election, and if the granting of the permit be approved by a majority of the electors voting therefor, then the permit shall be granted: Provided, however, That nothing in this act shall prevent any city or village from disposing of its own sewage matter within its own corporate limits or in territory outside thereof which is not within the limits of any other incorporated city or village without obtaining a permit therefor as in this act required, or in any such plants and works actually in operation at the time of the passage of this act or enlargements thereto: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall prevent any city or village which is a member of an authority incorporated under Act No. 179 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 123.301 to 123.310, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, for the purpose of the collection or disposal, or both, of garbage or rubbish, or both, from acquiring, erecting, owning, operating, maintaining, managing, controlling or building the equipment, trucks, buildings and plants by such authority which are necessary for the purposes of its incorporation, within the corporate limits of such city or village member, without obtaining a permit therefor as in this act required: Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be construed as authority to violate the provisions of any local zoning ordinance. History: 1927, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 2484 ;-- CL 1948, 123.273 ;-- Am. 1952, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1952
MI Comp L § 123.274 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 261 of 1927 - Disposal Plants (123.271 - 123.276)|Section 123.274 - Declaration of Nuisance; Action.

123.274 Declaration of nuisance; action. Sec. 4.  Any building, plant or work erected, constructed or carried on in violation of any the provisions of this act is hereby declared to be a nuisance and an action for the abatement of such nuisance may be brought in the name of the people of the state of Michigan, by the attorney general of the state of Michigan, or by any one or more of the property owners within the city or village in which said building, plant, or work is attempted to be placed in violation of this act. History: 1927, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 2485 ;-- CL 1948, 123.274 Compiler's Notes: The word “of” between “any” and “the provisions,” near the beginning of this section, appears to have been omitted.
MI Comp L § 123.275 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 261 of 1927 - Disposal Plants (123.271 - 123.276)|Section 123.275 - Application of Act.

123.275 Application of act. Sec. 5.  Nothing in this act shall in any way impair, impeach, or in any way affect any right of action in law or in equity that may now exist in addition to the provisions of this act for the prevention of building plants or works, named in this act, nor shall this act in any way affect the right of any city or village to enact ordinances for their protection against such building plants or works in this act named. This act shall not apply to sewage disposal tanks, settling basins, apparatus or screens for the treatment of sewage matter, where the same are located within the confines of any city or village whose sewage constitutes part of the total sewage entering such a facility. History: 1927, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 2486 ;-- CL 1948, 123.275 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1962
MI Comp L § 123.276 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 261 of 1927 - Disposal Plants (123.271 - 123.276)|Section 123.276 - Resolution as Permit.

123.276 Resolution as permit. Sec. 6.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this act, a resolution adopted by the legislative body of an incorporated city or village in this state authorizing and approving a contract with any other municipal or public corporation of this state with respect to the financing or location of or service from a garbage disposal plant, or garbage reduction plant in the corporate limits of the city or village constitutes a permit to acquire, improve, enlarge, extend, operate, and maintain the plant within the corporate limits of the city or village. History: Add. 1989, Act 187, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989
MI Comp L § 123.301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 179 of 1947 - Joint Garbage and Rubbish Disposal (123.301 - 123.311)|Section 123.301 - Garbage and Rubbish Disposal and Dog Pound Authority; Incorporation by Municipality.

123.301 Garbage and rubbish disposal and dog pound authority; incorporation by municipality. Sec. 1.  Any 2 or more cities, villages or townships, hereinafter referred to as "municipalities", or any combination thereof, may incorporate an authority for the purpose of the collection or disposal, or both, of garbage or rubbish, or both, and for the establishment and operation of a dog pound, by the adoption of articles of incorporation, by the legislative body of each such municipality. The fact of such adoption shall be endorsed on such articles of incorporation by the mayor and clerk of the city, the president and clerk of the village, or the supervisor and clerk of the township, as the case may be, 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 .................. Clerk of said ....................."  The authority shall be comprised of the territory within such incorporating municipalities. The articles of incorporation shall be published at least once in a newspaper designated in said articles and circulating within the authority. One printed copy of such articles of incorporation certified as a true copy by the person or persons designated therefor, with the date and place of such publication, shall be filed with each the secretary of state and the clerk of the county within which such authority or the major portion thereof is located. Such authority shall become effective at the time provided in said articles of incorporation. The validity of such incorporation shall be conclusively presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the filing of such certified copies with the secretary of state and the county clerk. History: 1947, Act 179, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 123.301 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 92, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1955
MI Comp L § 123.302 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 179 of 1947 - Joint Garbage and Rubbish Disposal (123.301 - 123.311)|Section 123.302 - Authority; Articles of Incorporation, Contents.

123.302 Authority; articles of incorporation, contents. Sec. 2.  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 limitations 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 responsibility of causing the articles of incorporation to be published and printed copies to be certified and filed as above provided or who are charged with any other responsibility in connection with the incorporation of said authority, 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: 1947, Act 179, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 123.302
MI Comp L § 123.303 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 179 of 1947 - Joint Garbage and Rubbish Disposal (123.301 - 123.311)|Section 123.303 - Authority; Corporate Powers; Construction of Act.

123.303 Authority; corporate powers; construction of act. Sec. 3.  Such authority shall be a body corporate with power to sue or 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 in this act shall not be construed as a limitation upon such general powers. History: 1947, Act 179, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 123.303
MI Comp L § 123.304 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 123 - Local Government|Act 179 of 1947 - Joint Garbage and Rubbish Disposal (123.301 - 123.311)|Section 123.304 - Authority; Acquisition, Management, Sale or Lease of Land; Condemnation.

123.304 Authority; acquisition, management, sale or lease of land; condemnation. Sec. 4.  For the purposes of its incorporation, the authority may acquire private property by purchase, lease, gift, devise or condemnation, either within or without its corporate limits, and may hold, manage, control, sell, exchange or lease such property. For the purpose of condemnation, it may proceed under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911 as now or hereafter amended, or any other appropriate statute. History: 1947, Act 179, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 123.304