Michigan Compiled Laws Act 4 Of 1957 Charter Water Authority Act (121.1 - 121.29)

AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of municipal authorities to acquire, own and operate water supply and transmission systems; to provide a municipal charter therefor; to prescribe the powers and functions thereof; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.

History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 189, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999

Section 121.1 Charter Water Authority; Definition; Intent Of Act, Limitation On Authority.
As used in this act, “water supply and transmission system” means plants, works, instrumentalities and properties used or useful in connection with obtaining a...
Section 121.2 Incorporating Municipalities; Act As Charter.
Any 2 or more cities, villages or townships, or any combination thereof, having a combined current state equalized valuation of not less than $200,000,000.00,...
Section 121.3 Referendum On Joinder; Form Of Ballot.
Each city, village or township desiring to become a part of the authority shall indicate, by resolution of its legislative body, its desire to...
Section 121.4 Referendum; Simultaneous Submission.
Any city, village or township shall become a member of the authority when a majority of the electors voting on the proposition vote in...
Section 121.5 Referendum; Certificates, Incorporation, Name.
If on the vote being canvassed in each city, village or township, the result is determined to be in favor of the incorporation, the...
Section 121.6 Board Of Commissioners; Voting Strength, Term.
The incorporated authority shall be directed and governed by a board of commissioners appointed as herein provided. The legislative body of each city, village...
Section 121.7 Board Of Commissioners; First Meeting, Officers, Employees, Bylaws, Office.
The board of commissioners shall hold their first meeting within 1 month after their selection, on the call of the mayor of the most...
Section 121.8 Board Of Commissioners; Record Of Proceedings; Accounts, Audit, Bond.
The board of commissioners shall keep a written record of every session of the board, which record shall be public. It shall also provide...
Section 121.9 Rates And Charges; Revision; Revenues, Priority.
The board of commissioners, by resolution adopted by a 2/3 majority of the total authorized votes, prior to the acquisition or construction of a...
Section 121.10 Rates And Charges; Duration Of Contract With Governmental Unit.
After the establishment of initial rates and charges as required by section 9 of this act, the authority and the governmental units within its...
Section 121.11 Budget; Submission, Hearing, Adoption.
On or before February 1 of each year, the board of commissioners shall prepare and submit to the governing bodies of each governmental unit...
Section 121.12 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the authority shall commence on July 1 of each year and end on June 30 of each year, unless the...
Section 121.13 Bonds; Maximum; Authorizing Resolution, Contents.
For the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, enlarging or extending a water supply and transmission system, including the payment of engineering, legal and financing...
Section 121.14 Repealed. 2002, Act 446, Imd. Eff. June 17, 2002.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to terms, interest, redemption, and payment of bonds.
Section 121.14a Violation Of Mcl 168.1 To 168.992 Applicable To Petitions; Penalties.
(1) The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds by the authority shall be published in full in a newspaper of general circulation within the...
Section 121.15 Bonds; Issuance Subject To Revised Municipal Finance Act.
Bonds issued by any authority under the provisions of this act are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101...
Section 121.16 Taxes; Rates; Assessment; Levy; Collection; Subjects.
The authority shall levy each year a sufficient tax, taking into account the probable delinquency in tax collections, to pay the principal and interest...
Section 121.17 Repealed. 2002, Act 446, Imd. Eff. June 17, 2002.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to establishment of separate depositary account as debt retirement fund.
Section 121.18 Taxes; Administration Expenses.
The authority may levy in any year, in addition to the tax required for the payment of bonded indebtedness, a tax for the purpose...
Section 121.19 Taxes; Payment By Constituent Municipality.
Any city, township or village which is located in a township which is not a part of the authority, within 30 days after certification...
Section 121.20 Contract Payments; Powers Of Municipal Legislative Body.
The legislative body of each city, village or township which is a part of the authority may raise by tax, pay from its general...
Section 121.21 Charter Water Authority; Body Corporate; Charter, Powers.
The authority shall be a municipal corporation, and a public body corporate with power to sue and be sued in any court of this...
Section 121.22 Authority; Acquisition Of Water Supply And Transmission System, Condemnation.
The authority may acquire property for a water supply and transmission system by purchase, construction, lease, gift, devise or condemnation, either within or without...
Section 121.23 Authority; Change In Municipal Jurisdiction.
No change in municipal jurisdiction over any territory within an authority shall affect in any manner the authority or its boundaries. If a new...
Section 121.24 Authority; Advancements For Administrative Expense.
The legislative body of each municipality which is a part of the authority may advance or loan to the authority any moneys required for...
Section 121.25 Authority; Contracts For Water To Nonconstituent Municipalities, Duration.
The authority and any municipality which is not a part thereof, may enter into a contract for the furnishing of water service from any...
Section 121.26 Joinder Of Municipality After Incorporation Of Authority; Procedure.
(1) Any municipality which did not join in the incorporation of an authority may become a part thereof by: (a) The adoption of a...
Section 121.27 Additional Powers.
The powers herein granted shall be in addition to those granted by any charter or other statute. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar....
Section 121.28 Construction Of Act.
The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed in the interest of the public health and welfare and the safety of persons and...
Section 121.29 Charter Water Authorities; Short Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “charter water authority act”. History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957

Last modified: October 10, 2016