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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 312 of 1929 - The Metropolitan District Act (119.1 - 119.18) › Section 119.18 - Deposit of Records; Notice to Governor.

119.18 Deposit of records; notice to governor.
Sec. 18.
(1) Upon dissolution of a metropolitan district under sections 16 and 17, the legislative body of the district shall deposit all records of the metropolitan district with the clerk of the county in which the district was located, or, if the district was located in more than 1 county, with the clerk of the county in which the largest part of the district was located, for safekeeping and reference.
(2) Upon dissolution of a metropolitan district, the legislative body of the district shall notify the governor, in writing, of the dissolution.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 98, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.51 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority; Incorporation, Counties.

119.51 Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority; incorporation, counties.
Sec. 1.
As may hereinafter be provided in this act, the counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb, or certain of such counties, may by vote of the electorate thereof, join to form a metropolitan district as a body corporate, to be known as the Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, for the purpose of planning, promoting, and/or for acquiring, constructing, owning, developing, maintaining and operating, either within or without their limits, parks and/or limited access highways, as well as such connecting drives as may be deemed necessary or convenient to provide access to and between the same.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.51
Compiler's Notes:
This act has been adopted by the counties enumerated in this section.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.52 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority; Definitions.

119.52 Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority; definitions.
Sec. 2.
As used in this act, parks shall be defined as areas of land, with or without water, developed and used for public recreational purposes, including landscaped tracts, picnic grounds, playgrounds, athletic fields, camps, foot, bicycle and bridle paths, motor vehicle drives, wildlife sanctuaries, museums, zoological and botanical gardens, facilities for bathing, boating, hunting and fishing, as well as other recreational facilities for the use and benefit of the public.
Limited access highways shall be defined as highways especially designed for through traffic, over which owners or occupants of abutting land have no easement or right of light, air or access by reason of the fact that their property abuts on the highway. Such highways may be parkways, with or without landscaped roadsides, from which trucks, busses and other commercial vehicles are excluded, or they may be freeways open to use by all common forms of highway traffic.
Connecting drives shall be defined as boulevards, or free access roads, with or without parklike features, leading to or connecting parks and/or limited access highways.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.52
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.53 - Powers; Co-Operation; Charges; Succession to Rights; Vote.

119.53 Powers; co-operation; charges; succession to rights; vote.
Sec. 3.
The Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, either acting alone or in cooperation with the department of conservation, the state highway department, any board of county road commissioners, or any federal or other state or local body having authority to construct and maintain parks or highways, shall have the power to make plans for and promote, and/or to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain, within or without the limits of the metropolitan district, parks, connecting drives, and/or limited access highways. Said authority may fix and collect fees and charges for use of facilities under its control, and, for its uses, may sell or purchase lands and may acquire and succeed to any or all the rights, obligations, and property pertaining to parks or highways of the state or of any county, city, village, or township comprising territory within the limits of the said metropolitan district: Provided, That no county, city, village, or township shall surrender any such rights, obligations, or property without the approval thereof by a majority vote of the electors of any such county, city, village or township, voting on such proposition.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.53
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.54 - Board of Commissioners; Election and Appointment, Term.

119.54 Board of commissioners; election and appointment, term.
Sec. 4.
The Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority shall be directed and governed by a board of commissioners, 1 to be elected from each county of the metropolitan district by the boards of supervisors of the respective counties, and 2 to be appointed by the governor of Michigan. The elected commissioners shall be electors of their respective counties, and the appointed commissioners shall be electors of the metropolitan district. The appointed commissioners shall serve for 4 year terms or until their successors are appointed, except that for the first board 1 shall be appointed for a 2 year term. The terms of the elected commissioners shall be staggered so that not more than 1 term shall expire in any 1 year, and after the first board no terms shall be less than 6 years. For the first board the terms of the elected commissioners shall be in the order of the populations of the several counties, the commissioner from the most populous county having the longest term.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.54
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.55 - Board of Commissioners; Meetings; Organization; Employes.

119.55 Board of commissioners; meetings; organization; employes.
Sec. 5.
The commissioners shall hold a meeting within 1 month after their selection, on the call of the chairman of the board of supervisors of the most populous county of the metropolitan district, at such time and place as he may designate. Such meeting shall elect a chairman, who must be a member of the board of commissioners, and a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members. The board shall also, from time to time, select and employ such other officers and employes and engage such services as shall be deemed necessary to effectuate its purposes.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.55
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.56 - Board of Commissioners; Records; Accounts; Treasurer's Bond.

119.56 Board of commissioners; records; accounts; treasurer's bond.
Sec. 6.
The commissioners shall cause to be kept a written or printed record of every session of the board, which record shall be public. They shall also provide for a system of accounts to conform to any uniform system required by law, and for the auditing at least once yearly of the accounts of the treasurer by a competent certified public accountant or by the auditor general of the state. The board shall require of the treasurer a suitable bond by a responsible bonding company, such bond to be paid for by the board.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.56
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.57 - Board of Commissioners; Levy of Tax, Procedure.

119.57 Board of commissioners; levy of tax, procedure.
Sec. 7.
The commissioners may levy for the purposes of the authority a tax of not more than 1/4 mill upon each dollar of the assessed value of the property of the district. The board shall ascertain the total taxes or appropriation required for any year and shall thereupon certify to the board of supervisors of each county comprising the district the necessary tax rate to raise such amount, which shall be uniform in the district, and shall take into consideration the ratio that the total assessed valuation of each respective county bears to the total assessed value of all property, real and personal in said entire district according to the last assessment in each of said respective counties. All taxes shall be assessed, levied, collected and returned as county taxes under the general property tax law. All moneys collected by any tax collecting officer from the tax levied under the provisions of this section shall be transmitted to the authority to be disbursed as provided in this act.
The subjects of taxation for the district purposes shall be the same as for state, county, and school purposes under the general law.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.57
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.58 - Revenue Bonds; Issuance; Lien.

119.58 Revenue bonds; issuance; lien.
Sec. 8.
For the purposes of acquiring, purchasing, constructing, improving, enlarging, extending, or repairing any revenue-producing recreational facilities, the commissioners may issue self-liquidating bonds in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended. Such bonds shall not impose any liability upon the district but shall be secured only by the property and revenues of the facilities for the purchase and construction of which they were issued. Such bonds shall not be sold for less than par, and shall bear interest at a rate not in excess of 6 per cent. The commissioners shall have power to create a lien on such facilities as security for the payment of the bonds.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.58
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of Act 94 of 1933, referred to in this section, see MCL 141.101 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.59 - Property, Purchase, Gift or Devise; Condemnation, Procedure.

119.59 Property, purchase, gift or devise; condemnation, procedure.
Sec. 9.
For the purposes of the authority as herein defined, the commissioners may purchase, accept by gift or devise or condemn private property. If by condemnation, the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 3763 to 3783, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929, or such other appropriate provisions therefor as exist or shall be made by law, may be adopted and used for the purpose of instituting and prosecuting such condemnation proceedings.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.59
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of Act 149 of 1911, referred to in this section, see MCL 213.21 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.60 - Referendum.

119.60 Referendum.
Sec. 10.
The foregoing local act shall be submitted to the electors of the counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb at the regular election in November, 1940. The secretary of state is hereby required to certify the said local act to the various clerks of the several counties named in the manner required by law. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county above named to prepare ballots for the use of electors in all precincts in the counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb, in the manner required by law, which ballots, after setting forth the foregoing local act in full, shall be in substantially the following form:
"Vote on local act incorporating into the Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority the metropolitan district including the counties of Wayne, Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb.
"Shall the above local act be approved and adopted?
"Yes ( )
"No ( )."
It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners in each above named county to deliver the ballots so prepared to the inspectors under the general election law. All votes cast upon said local act shall be counted, canvassed, and returned in the same manner as is provided by law for counting, canvassing, and returning votes cast for state officers.
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.60
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.61 - Referendum; Approval by Two or More Counties; Resubmission; Governing Body.

119.61 Referendum; approval by two or more counties; resubmission; governing body.
Sec. 11.
If a majority of the electors voting thereon at any election in 2 or more of the above named counties, which are contiguous, shall vote "yes" on the proposal, then all the counties so approving shall constitute a metropolitan district, and the Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority shall be a corporation having all the powers, duties and obligations provided for in this act.
The governing board shall consist of the 2 commissioners appointed by the governor and of the elected commissioners from the counties so approving.
If a majority of the electors in any county should vote "no" on the approval of a Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, the project may again be submitted to the electors in such county or counties, by their respective boards of supervisors or by petitions signed by at least 10 per cent of the electors therein. Such county or counties shall become part of the metropolitan district whenever at a later election a majority of the electors in such county or counties shall vote "yes".
History:
1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 119.61
Compiler's Notes:
This act has been adopted by the counties enumerated in MCL 119.60.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 119 - Metropolitan Districts › Act 147 of 1939 - Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (119.51 - 119.62) › Section 119.62 - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.

119.62 Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Sec. 12.
A petition under section 11, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.
History:
Add. 1998, Act 170, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.1 - Port Districts; Incorporation, Exercise of Powers.

***** 120.1 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.1 Port districts; incorporation, exercise of powers.
Sec. 1.
Port districts are hereby authorized to be created in the various counties of this state, as in this act provided. Such districts whether heretofore or hereafter created, shall be bodies corporate and have a corporate seal, and may sue and be sued and may contract and be contracted with. Port districts shall have all the powers specifically granted to them and any powers implied or necessary for the exercise of the powers specifically granted. Whenever in this act any power is granted to a port district, it shall be exercised by the port commission unless otherwise provided herein, and whenever in this act any power is granted to a port commission it shall be deemed to be granted to the port district but to be exercised by such port commission.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2290 ;-- CL 1948, 120.1 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.2 - Referendum Petition; Filing, Examination, Certification; Resolution of Board of Supervisors.

***** 120.2 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.2 Referendum petition; filing, examination, certification; resolution of board of supervisors.
Sec. 2.
At any general election or at any special election which may be called for that purpose, the board of county supervisors of any county in this state, may or on petition of 10 per cent of the qualified electors of such county based on the total vote cast in the last county election shall, by resolution, submit to the voters of such county the proposition of creating a port district which will be coextensive with the limits of such county as now or hereafter established. Such petition shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall, within 15 days, examine the signatures thereof and certify to the sufficiency or insufficiency thereof, and for such purpose the county clerk shall have access to all registration books in the possession of the officers of any incorporated city or town in such proposed port district.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2291 ;-- CL 1948, 120.2
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.3 - Insufficient Petitions; Certification of Sufficiency; Submission of Proposition at Election.

***** 120.3 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.3 Insufficient petitions; certification of sufficiency; submission of proposition at election.
Sec. 3.
If such petition be found to be insufficient, it shall be returned to the person or persons filing the same, who may, within 10 days thereafter, amend or add names thereto, when the same shall be returned to the county clerk who shall have an additional 15 days to examine the same and attach his certificate thereto. No person having signed such petition shall be allowed to withdraw his name therefrom after the filing of the same with the county clerk. Whenever such petition shall be certified to as sufficient, the county clerk shall forthwith transmit the same, together with his certificate of sufficiency attached thereto, to the board of county supervisors, who shall submit such proposition at the next general election, or the board of county supervisors may at their first meeting after the date of such certificate, by resolution call a special election to be held not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date of such certificate.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2292 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.3
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.4 - Election; Notice, Form of Ballot.

***** 120.4 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.4 Election; notice, form of ballot.
Sec. 4.
The notice of the election shall state the boundaries of the proposed port district and the object of such election. In submitting the said question to the voters for their approval or rejection, the proposition shall be expressed on said ballot substantially in the following terms: "Port of ..............., Yes" (giving the name of the principal port city within such proposed port district, or if there be more than 1 city within such district, such name as may be determined by the board of county supervisors). "Port of ..............., No" (giving the name of the principal port city within such proposed port district, or if there be more than 1 city of the same class within such district, such name as may be determined by the board of county supervisors).
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2293 ;-- CL 1948, 120.4
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.5 - Formation; Procedure, Referendum, Effective Date of Creation.

***** 120.5 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.5 Formation; procedure, referendum, effective date of creation.
Sec. 5.
Any city or township, or any 2 or more whole contiguous cities or townships, or any combination thereof, by resolution of their respective governing bodies, approved by a majority vote of the electors may form a port district. The resolution shall designate the name of the port district and the cities or townships to be included in the port district. The proposition to create the port district shall be submitted at a general or special election held simultaneously in each city or township having indicated its desire to become a part of the port district, and the date of such election shall be set forth in the resolution. The procedures relative to conducting the election shall be as nearly as may be in the same form as provided herein for the formation of a port district coterminous with a county and when not so provided in conformity with the general election laws or the charter of each city. The creation of the port district shall become effective upon the filing with the secretary of state and county clerk of the county in which the cities or townships are located, of certified copies of each resolution, each election notice, and each official canvass of votes showing that in each city or township the proposition was approved by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2294 ;-- CL 1948, 120.5 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.6 - Formation of District Comprising More Than 1 County; Limitation; Lesser Port Districts.

***** 120.6 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.6 Formation of district comprising more than 1 county; limitation; lesser port districts.
Sec. 6.
A port district may be comprised of more than 1 whole county if the electors in such counties so elect, and the same procedure shall be followed as is prescribed in this act for the formation of a port district coextensive with a county, except that the board of county supervisors of the respective counties composing the proposed district shall each act in the submission of the proposition and have charge of the elections in their respective counties. No lesser port district shall ever be created within the limits in whole or in part of any port district. No port district shall consist of more than 5 whole contiguous counties.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2295 ;-- CL 1948, 120.6 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.7 - Formation of District; Canvass and Declaration of Election Results; Three-Fifths Vote.

***** 120.7 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.7 Formation of district; canvass and declaration of election results; three-fifths vote.
Sec. 7.
Within 5 days after such election the board of supervisors shall canvass the returns and if at such election 3/5 of the voters voting upon such proposition shall vote in favor of the formation of such district, the board of county supervisors shall so declare in its canvass of the returns of such election and such voting district shall then be and become a municipal corporation of the state of Michigan and the name of such port district shall be "port of ..............." (inserting the name appearing on the ballot).
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2296 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.7
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.8 - Formation of District; Election and Survey Expense.

***** 120.8 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.8 Formation of district; election and survey expense.
Sec. 8.
All the expenses of elections for the formation of such port districts shall be paid by the county or counties holding election, and such expenditure is hereby declared to be for county purposes. Prior to the adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors to submit the question of establishing a port district to the electors, said board may expend not to exceed 5,000 dollars for purposes of making a survey and study of a port district plan.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2297 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.8
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.9 - Port Commission, Appointment, Term, Vacancies.

***** 120.9 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.9 Port commission, appointment, term, vacancies.
Sec. 9.
The control and management of the port district shall be exercised through a port commission consisting of 5 members who shall be appointed by the boards of supervisors. In port districts the boundaries of which are coterminous with a single county at least 2 members shall be residents of the city constituting the seat of the county in which the port district lies. In any port district located in more than 1 county, representation on the port commission from each county covered by the port district shall be, as near as may be, in proportion to the state equalized value of the county in relation to the total state equalized value of the port district. The terms of office of the persons appointed shall be so arranged and designated at the time of their appointment that the term of 2 members shall expire in 3 years, 2 in 2 years, and 1 in 1 year, from July 1 following the appointment. Annually thereafter the boards of supervisors shall appoint the member or members to serve for 3 years as the term of any member or members appointed by them shall expire; any vacancy occurring among the commissioners shall be filled for the unexpired term by the board of supervisors. In any port district, the boundaries of which are coterminous with a city or township or coterminous with 1 or more whole cities or coterminous with 1 or more whole townships, the appointment of members of the port commission shall be made by the governing body of the city or township or cities or townships in which the port district is located, and such members shall hold office and be appointed in the same manner for the same term and subject to the same conditions as members of port districts appointed by the boards of supervisors.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2298 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.9 ;-- Am. 1952, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 32, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 318, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.10 - Port Commission; Service of Member; Quorum; Passage of Resolution; Transaction of Business; Eligibility to Hold Office; Financial Interest Prohibited; Waiver; Vacancy; Removal; Oath.

***** 120.10 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.10 Port commission; service of member; quorum; passage of resolution; transaction of business; eligibility to hold office; financial interest prohibited; waiver; vacancy; removal; oath.
Sec. 10.
A member of the commission shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed and qualified. A majority of the port commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business and the concurrence of the majority of the commissioners shall be necessary for the passage of a resolution. The business of the commission shall not be transacted unless there are in office at least a majority of the full number of commissioners fixed by law. A person shall not be eligible to hold the office of port commissioner unless the person is a qualified voter, a property owner within the port district, and is and has been a resident in the port district for at least 3 years. A member of a port commission shall not have a financial interest in the profits of a contract or business transaction with the port district. This prohibition shall not apply if the commission declares, on the record, and it is found by unanimous vote of the members present not having a financial interest, that the best interests of the district are to be served by the waiving of the prohibition in a particular case, and then only if competitive purchasing and contracting are used in the case, or if the members of the commission not having an interest, unanimously determine that competitive purchasing or contracting is not feasible in that particular case. A vacancy in the office of port commissioner may occur by death, resignation, or removal as provided in this section, by conviction of a felony, by statutory disqualification, or by a permanent disability preventing the proper discharge of the duties of a commissioner. The county board of commissioners may remove a port commissioner for habitual misconduct, misfeasance, habitual or wilful neglect of duty, or when the board is satisfied that the officer is incompetent to properly execute the duties of the office. A member of a port district appointed by the governing body of a city or township or cities or townships as provided in section 9, may be removed by the governing body for any of the reasons set forth in this section. A commissioner, within 20 days after the commission receives notice of appointment, shall qualify by taking and subscribing the constitutional oath of office.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2299 ;-- CL 1948, 120.10 ;-- Am. 1952, Act 184, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 32, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 248, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.10a - Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice.

***** 120.10a THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.10a Conducting business at public meeting; notice.
Sec. 10a.
The business which the commission or a board or committee created pursuant to this act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History:
Add. 1978, Act 248, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1978
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.11 - Port Commission; Submission of Propositions at Elections, Canvass of Votes.

***** 120.11 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.11 Port commission; submission of propositions at elections, canvass of votes.
Sec. 11.
At any general state election propositions may be submitted to the electors on such subjects as the port commission of a port district may by resolution prescribe subject to the limitations and pursuant to the requirements of this act. At the request of the port commission the governing body of the cities or townships or the county or counties comprising the port district shall call a special election for the submission of propositions and the expenses of such elections shall be paid by the port district. It shall be the duty of the election officials of the cities or townships or the county or counties in a port district to prepare the ballots or voting machines for general or special elections so that questions submitted by the port commission shall be submitted to the electors. The canvass of votes on such questions shall, if the port district be located in a single county, be made by the board of county canvassers, and if it be located in more than 1 county, be made by the board of state canvassers. The general election laws of the state shall govern the conduct of all such elections and the qualifications of electors.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2300 ;-- Am. 1931, Act 299, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.11 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.12 - Port Commission; Commissioners, Compensation; Mileage, Expenses.

***** 120.12 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.12 Port commission; commissioners, compensation; mileage, expenses.
Sec. 12.
Port commissioners shall receive such compensation as shall be determined and fixed by resolution of the governing body of the cities or townships or the board of supervisors of the county or counties in which the port district is located. Port commissioners, while actually engaged in the performance of their duties, outside the area of the port, shall also be paid their actual traveling expenses, both said traveling expenses and mileage to be submitted in writing to the port commission, and to be audited and approved in writing by said port commission before payment.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2301 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 153, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1939 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 290, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 120.12 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.13 - Port Commission; Acquisition of Property.

***** 120.13 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.13 Port commission; acquisition of property.
Sec. 13.
Each port commission shall have power to acquire by purchase or condemnation, or both, all lands, property, property rights, leases or easements necessary for the purposes of the port districts and to exercise domain in the acquirement or damaging of all land, property, property rights, leases or easements. Such right of domain shall be exercised in the same manner and by the same procedure as is and may be provided by law for the taking of private property by the board of county supervisors in this state, except insofar as such may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and the duties devolving upon the county treasurer under such law shall be and the same are hereby imposed upon the county treasurer for the county in which such property is located for the purposes of this act.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2302 ;-- CL 1948, 120.13 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 318, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.13a - Port Commission; Acceptance of Gifts, Grants or Loan; Approval.

***** 120.13a THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.13a Port commission; acceptance of gifts, grants or loan; approval.
Sec. 13a.
Each port commission may accept gifts, grants, loans or contributions from the United States of America, this state, local municipalities, foundations, any public or private agency or any individual. In port districts coterminous with a county or counties, such authority shall not be exercised without first obtaining the approval therefor by a majority vote of the members elect of the board of supervisors of each county wherein the port district is situated.
History:
Add. 1964, Act 95, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.15 - Port District Public Improvement; Issue of Evidence of Indebtedness.

***** 120.15 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.15 Port district public improvement; issue of evidence of indebtedness.
Sec. 15.
Whenever in order to carry out the purposes of this act it becomes necessary to acquire property which cannot be wholly paid for out of any funds which may be available to the commission under the provisions of section 24, the commission is authorized and empowered to issue notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness which shall be a lien upon the property to be acquired for such purposes, which lien may be secured by a mortgage, trust deed, or other form of indenture, and is also authorized and empowered to, in the name of the port district, guarantee the payment in whole or in part of any and all such notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness according to the terms thereof, or of any mortgage, trust deed or other security issued in connection therewith.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2304 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.15 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 318, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.16 - Port District Public Improvements; Bonds for Public Improvement, Revenue, Full Faith and Credit, Approvals.

***** 120.16 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.16 Port district public improvements; bonds for public improvement, revenue, full faith and credit, approvals.
Sec. 16.
In lieu of the bonds authorized in section 15, any port district may issue revenue bonds as provided in Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of 1933, as amended, being sections 141.101 to 141.139 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, or as may be provided in any other appropriate statute of this state, for the purpose of financing the whole or any part of the cost of acquiring, improving, enlarging, extending or repairing any of the public improvements mentioned in section 14 and in such case any such public improvements shall be deemed to be a "public improvement" under said act, and the port district shall be governed by the provisions of said act in all matters covered thereby. No such bonds shall be issued without first obtaining the approval therefor by a majority vote of the governing body of each of the cities, townships or counties that are member units of the port districts. Revenue bonds which pledge the faith and credit of the port district shall be controlled by the general revenue limitations of section 24. No bonds, which pledge the faith and credit of the county or counties wherein the port district is situated, shall be issued without first obtaining the approval of the electors.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2305 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.16 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 318, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.17 - Port District Public Improvements; Lands, Leases and Easements.

***** 120.17 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.17 Port district public improvements; lands, leases and easements.
Sec. 17.
Each port commission shall have power to own and control lands, leases, and all easements in land necessary for the purposes of the port district.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2306 ;-- CL 1948, 120.17
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.18 - Port District Public Improvements; Streams.

***** 120.18 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.18 Port district public improvements; streams.
Sec. 18.
Each port commission shall have power to improve navigable and nonnavigable streams of the United States and the state of Michigan within the port district.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2307 ;-- CL 1948, 120.18
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.19 - Port District Public Improvements; Waterways, Creation.

***** 120.19 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.19 Port district public improvements; waterways, creation.
Sec. 19.
Each port commission shall have power to create and improve for harbor purposes any waterways within the port district; to regulate and control all such waters and all natural or artificial waterways within the limits of such port district so far and to the full extent that this state can grant the same and remove obstructions therefrom.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2308 ;-- CL 1948, 120.19
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.20 - Public Improvements; Income Producing; Payment in Lieu of Taxes.

***** 120.20 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.20 Public improvements; income producing; payment in lieu of taxes.
Sec. 20.
Any port district owning and operating an income-producing public improvement shall pay from such income annual sums in lieu of taxes to the county, city, school district or other taxing unit of the state, with respect to any real or personal property held by it and which constitutes a part of such improvement. The amount so paid to each taxing unit in each year shall be equivalent to the taxes which would have been paid if such property were not exempt from taxation. The port district shall have the same right of appeal as is provided by law to any other taxpayer insofar as any levy or assessment of such taxes is concerned.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2309 ;-- CL 1948, 120.20 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 318, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.21 - Commodities; Tolls, Fees, Rents; Approval.

***** 120.21 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.21 Commodities; tolls, fees, rents; approval.
Sec. 21.
Each port district shall have power to fix and collect tolls, fees, rents and other charges for the use of the services, property, facilities and commodities furnished by it, subject to review and approval of a majority of the members present and voting of the board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which the port district is situated. The tolls, fees, rents and other charges shall at no time be less than necessary to satisfy the requirements of any statute, ordinance or resolution under which revenue bonds then outstanding shall have been issued by the port district.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2310 ;-- CL 1948, 120.21 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 318, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.22 - Lease of Property; Maximum Term, Bond.

***** 120.22 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.22 Lease of property; maximum term, bond.
Sec. 22.
Each port commission shall have power to lease under such covenants and conditions as the commission may prescribe, all storage facilities, wharves, piers, bulkheads, docks, sheds, warehouses, industrial locations and other property owned and controlled by said port district upon such terms as the port commission may deem proper: Provided, That no lease shall be executed for longer than a period of 50 years and every such lease shall be secured by a bond with surety satisfactory to or approved by the port commission.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2311 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.22 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 120 - Port Districts › Act 234 of 1925 - Port Districts (120.1 - 120.36) › Section 120.23 - Sale of Property; Approval.

***** 120.23 THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONAL REPEAL: See (2) of 120.130 *****
120.23 Sale of property; approval.
Sec. 23.
Each port commission shall have power to sell and convey any property in anywise acquired and owned by the port district whenever the port commission of such district shall have by resolution declared such property to be no longer needed for the purpose of the port district: Provided, That the power herein granted to the commission shall not be exercised without first obtaining the approval therefor by a 2/3 vote of the members elect of the board of supervisors of the county or counties in which such property is located.
History:
1925, Act 234, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 2312 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 67, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1933 ;-- CL 1948, 120.23 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955
Compiler's Notes:
For repeal of act, see MCL 120.130 and Compiler's note thereto.