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• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.1
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "nonprofit street railway act". History: 1867, Act 35, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1867...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Legislative Intent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.3
  The legislature finds and declares that there exists in this state a need to encourage the development of transportation facilities and the provision of...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Construction of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.5
  (1) This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and the purpose of the act as complete and independent authorization for...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.7
  As used in this act: (a) "Department" means the department of transportation, the principal department of state government created under section 350 of the...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Street Railway; Organization; Articles of Incorporation; Filing; Applicability of the Nonprofit Corporation Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.9
  (1) After the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, 1 or more persons may organize a street railway under this...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Nonprofit Corporation as Street Railway; Amendment of Articles of Incorporation Required; Provisions; Adoption; Filing; Applicability of the Nonprofit Corporation Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.11
  (1) A nonprofit corporation may become a street railway under this act and acquire, own, construct, furnish, equip, complete, operate, improve, and maintain a...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Acquiring, Constructing, Operating, and Maintaining Street Railway System on Highways of Road Authority; Approval; Terms and Conditions; Operating License Agreement; Public Hearing; Decision as Final and Binding; Costs; Easements; Revoking Consent or Depriving Rights and Privileges; Powers of Street Railway - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.13
  (1) A street railway may acquire, own, construct, furnish, equip, complete, operate, improve, and maintain a street railway system in and upon the streets...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Use or Consumption of Electricity and Electric Power by Street Railway and Street Railway System; Relocation and Modification of Public Utility Facilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.15
  (1) Subject to applicable law and applicable regulations of this state, a city, a township, or a village, a street railway may generate, store,...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Street or Highway Grades; Conformance by Company; Alteration or Change; Consent Required; Manner of Laying and Maintaining Track - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.17
  (1) In constructing a street railway system, a street railway shall conform to grades established by a road authority for a public street or...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Rules and Regulations; Establishment by Road Authority - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.19
  A road authority may establish and prescribe rules and regulations applicable to a street railway operating in or upon a public street or highway...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Refusal of Person to Pay Fare or Obey Regulations; Removal of Person; Placement of Impediment Upon Track as Felony; Throwing Stone, Brick, or Other Missile as Misdemeanor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.21
  (1) If a person refuses to pay a fare owed to a street railway or refuses to obey regulations established by the street railway...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Transit Operations Finance Zone - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.23
  (1) At the request of a street railway, and with the consent of the department, a city, village, or township in which a street...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Transfer of Records to Bureau of Commercial Services; Organization of Entity; Street Railway Not Subject to Railroad Code of 1993 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.27
  (1) Within 30 days of the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 21, the secretary of state or any other agency...
• Repealed. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009. - Mich. Comp. Laws
• Street or Electric Railway; Acquisition of Franchise of Toll Road Company; Purchase - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.101
  That any street or electric railway company of this state may purchase all or any portion of the rights and franchise of any toll...
• Street or Electric Railway; Condemnation, Procedure, Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 472.102
  In case no agreement can be reached for the purchase of the right of such toll road company, said electric or street railway company...

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