Michigan Compiled Laws Act 292 Of 1989 Metropolitan Councils Act (124.651 - 124.729)

AN ACT to authorize certain local governmental units to create certain councils under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of councils established under this act; and to authorize certain councils established under this act to levy a property tax.

History: 1989, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 166, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 373, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998

Section 124.651 Short Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “metropolitan councils act”. History: 1989, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990 ;--...
Section 124.653 Definitions.
As used in sections 5 through 35: (a) “Articles” means a metropolitan area council's articles of incorporation provided for in section 5. (b) “Council...
Section 124.655 Metropolitan Area Council; Formation; Council As Public Corporate Body And Authority; Powers Generally.
(1) A combination of 2 or more local governmental units in a metropolitan area may form a metropolitan area council by adopting articles of...
Section 124.657 Metropolitan Council; Articles Of Incorporation Generally.
(1) The articles of a council established under this act shall state the name of the council; the names of the participating local governmental...
Section 124.659 Articles Of Incorporation; Adoption; Amendment; Publication; Endorsement; Filing.
(1) The articles of a metropolitan area council shall be adopted and may be amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the...
Section 124.661 Addition Of Local Governmental Unit; Requirements; Filing Amended Articles.
(1) A local governmental unit may be added to the metropolitan area council after the council's incorporation upon satisfaction of all of the following...
Section 124.663 Referendum.
(1) Upon petition by not less than 5% of the registered electors residing in a nonparticipating local governmental unit requesting a referendum on the...
Section 124.663a Violation Of Mcl 168.1 To 168.992 Applicable To Petitions; Penalties.
A petition under section 13, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954...
Section 124.665 Election Of Chairperson And Other Officers; Chairperson As Principal Executive Officer; Meetings; Powers And Duties; Appointments To Other Agencies.
(1) A metropolitan area council shall have a chairperson. The chairperson shall act as principal executive officer and shall preside at the meetings of...
Section 124.667 Per Diem Compensation; Reimbursement For Expenses.
(1) A metropolitan area council may pay each council delegate a per diem compensation for each council meeting attended and for other designated services...
Section 124.669 Regulation Of Land And Water; Public Improvements And Services; Operation; Establishment Of Divisions, Bureaus, And Committees; Expenses; Data Collection And Storage; Feasibility Studies; Applicability Of Other Laws.
(1) The articles may authorize a metropolitan area council to propose standards, criteria, and suggested model ordinances to regulate the use and development of...
Section 124.671 Powers And Duties Of Metropolitan Area Council.
(1) A metropolitan area council may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Adopt bylaws for the administration of the council. (b) Acquire...
Section 124.673 Employee Rights; Collective Bargaining; Labor Agreements; Pension Or Retirement System.
(1) A public employee whose duties are transferred to a council established under this act shall be given a position of a comparable description...
Section 124.675 Tax; Manner Of Levy And Collection.
(1) A tax authorized to be levied by a council under this act shall be levied and collected at the same time and in...
Section 124.677 Tax Proposal; Ballot; Conduct Of Election.
(1) A proposal for a tax authorized to be levied by a council under this act shall not be placed on the ballot unless...
Section 124.679 Tax Election; Notices; Canvass; Certification Of Results; Limitations.
(1) If an election for a tax is to be held in conjunction with a general election or a state primary election immediately preceding...
Section 124.681 Tax Election; Reimbursement Of Costs.
(1) A county clerk shall charge the council and the council shall reimburse the county for the actual costs the county incurs in an...
Section 124.683 Withdrawal From Membership In Council; Conditions; Unpaid Obligations; Evidence Of Withdrawal.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a local governmental unit participating in a council under this act may withdraw from membership in...
Section 124.685 Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Availability Of Writings To Public.
(1) The business that a council established under this act performs shall be conducted at a public meeting of the council held in compliance...
Section 124.693 Definitions; Mcl 124.693 To 124.713.
As used in sections 43 through 63: (a) “Articles” means a council's articles of incorporation provided for in section 45. (b) “Council” means a...
Section 124.695 Metropolitan Region Council; Formation; Adoption Of Articles Of Incorporation; Conditions; Establishment Of Metropolitan Region Council Board; Appointment Of Representatives; Powers And Duties.
(1) Two or more qualified counties in combination with one another and with 1 or more qualified cities may form a metropolitan region council...
Section 124.697 Articles Of Metropolitan Region Council; Provisions.
(1) A metropolitan region council's articles shall state the name of the council; the names of the participating counties and cities; the purposes for...
Section 124.699 Participating Qualified County; Receipt Of Revenues; Publication And Adoption Of Articles Or Amendments.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the articles of a metropolitan region council shall authorize each participating qualified county to receive up to...
Section 124.701 Addition Of Qualified County Or City To Metropolitan Region Council; Filing Amended Articles.
(1) A qualified county or qualified city may be added to the metropolitan region council after the council's incorporation upon satisfaction of all of...
Section 124.709 Regional Cultural Institutions And Local Recreation And Cultural Facilities; Development Or Enhancement.
A metropolitan region council may be established solely to develop or enhance regional cultural institutions and local recreation and cultural facilities, other than facilities...
Section 124.711 Metropolitan Region Council; Powers And Duties.
(1) A metropolitan region council may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Adopt bylaws for the administration of the council. (b) Acquire...
Section 124.713 Withdrawal Of Participating Qualified County Or City; Conditions; Unpaid Obligations; Evidence.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a participating qualified county or qualified city may withdraw from membership in the metropolitan region council...
Section 124.715 Definitions; Mcl 124.717 To 124.729.
As used in sections 67 through 79: (a) “Articles” means a metropolitan arts council's articles of incorporation provided for in section 69. (b) “Council”...
Section 124.717 Metropolitan District; Formation Of Metropolitan Arts Council; Conditions; Establishment Of Metropolitan Arts Council Board; Powers And Duties.
(1) A metropolitan district may form a metropolitan arts council if the district's county commission does the following: (a) Adopts a resolution declaring an...
Section 124.719 Metropolitan Arts Council; Establishment; Purpose; Articles.
(1) A metropolitan arts council may be established solely to develop or enhance cultural institutions and facilities within the geographic boundaries of the council....
Section 124.721 Metropolitan Arts Council; Adoption Or Amendment Of Articles.
(1) The articles of a metropolitan arts council shall be adopted and may be amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the...
Section 124.723 Metropolitan Arts Council; Chairperson; Officers; Administrator; Other Appointments.
(1) A metropolitan arts council shall have a chairperson. The chairperson shall act as principal executive officer and shall preside at the meetings of...
Section 124.725 Membership; Compensation; Expenses; Annual Budget.
(1) Metropolitan arts council members shall serve without compensation but upon approval of a majority of delegates serving may be reimbursed for actual and...
Section 124.727 Annual Expenditure For Administrative Costs; Establishment Of Divisions, Bureaus, And Committees.
(1) A metropolitan arts council's articles shall specify the maximum amount or percentage of revenues received under this act that the council may authorize...
Section 124.729 Bylaws.
A metropolitan arts council may adopt bylaws for the administration of the council. History: Add. 1998, Act 373, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998

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