Michigan · statute · 57 of 1988, Mich. Comp. Laws · 16 active provisions
As used in this act: (a) "Authority" means an authority incorporated under this act. (b) "Emergency services" means fire protection services, emergency medical services, police protection, and any other emergency health or safety services designated in the articles of incorporation of an authority. (c) "Incorporating m…
(1) Any 2 or more municipalities may incorporate an authority for the purpose of providing emergency services to the incorporating municipalities. An incorporating municipality may transfer to the authority of which it is a part any municipal emergency service. (2) An authority is created by the adoption of articles of…
(1) Any county, city, village, or township may become a part of an existing authority by amendment to the authority's articles of incorporation, adopted by the legislative body of the county, city, village, or township and by the legislative body of every other county, city, village, or township of which the existing a…
(1) Upon petition by not less than 5% of the registered electors residing in a municipality that has not become an incorporating municipality, requesting a referendum on the question of becoming an incorporating municipality, the clerk of the municipality, upon verifying the required number of signatures on the petitio…
A petition under section 4, 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 su…
Subject to the laws of this state, an authority's articles of incorporation shall state the name of the authority; the names of the incorporating municipalities; the purpose or purposes for which the authority is created; the powers, duties, and limitations of the authority and its officers, including ordinances necess…
An authority is a body corporate, with power to sue or be sued in any court of this state. It possesses all the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of its incorporation, and those incident to those purposes. The enumeration of any powers in this act shall not be construed as a limitation upon an authority's gene…
An 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 property it has acquired. For the purpose of condemnation, it may proceed under Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, bein…
An authority may enter into a contract with any incorporating municipality for the provision of emergency services in the incorporating municipality for a period not exceeding 30 years. The emergency services may be established or funded in conjunction with any municipal emergency services, and any municipal emergency…
An authority, in addition to its other powers and duties, may do all of the following: (a) Adopt bylaws and rules of administration to accomplish the purposes of this act. (b) Adopt ordinances that allow the authority to assess fees on owners or occupants of property who receive emergency services to cover the costs of…
(1) An authority may borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds or notes to finance any of the following for authority purposes: (a) The acquisition, construction, and furnishing of buildings or facilities or portions of buildings or facilities. (b) The acquisition of necessary property. (c) The acquisition and instal…
(1) The municipalities that are parties to an authority entered into pursuant to this act have the responsibility, authority, and right to manage and direct on behalf of the public the emergency services performed or exercised to the extent provided in the articles of incorporation creating the authority. (2) The conte…
(1) An incorporating municipality may withdraw from the authority of which it is a part by resolution of the municipality's legislative body approving the withdrawal. (2) A municipality that withdraws from an authority shall continue to be subject to any tax levied in its jurisdiction under section 12 for the duration…
(1) An authority may levy a tax on all of the taxable property within the limits of the authority for the purposes of this act. (2) The tax authorized under subsection (1) shall not be levied without the approval of a majority of the registered electors residing in the authority affected and qualified to vote and votin…
Any incorporating municipality or a municipality otherwise granted taxing authority under state law may levy a tax on all of the taxable property within the limits of the political subdivision, and appropriate, grant, or contribute the proceeds of the tax to an authority for the purposes of this act or to provide suffi…
This act shall take effect April 1, 1988.