Sec. 12.
The governing body may issue bonds pursuant to this act without submitting the proposition to the electors of the municipality for approval unless within 45 days from the publication of a notice of intention to issue the bonds, which notice shall set forth the amount of the issue and the name of the person, firm or corporation who will lease the industrial building, the site therefor and the industrial machinery and equipment, a petition, signed by not less than 5% of the registered electors of the municipality is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting a referendum upon the question of the issuance of the bonds, in which event the bonds shall not be issued until approved by a majority of the electors of the municipality voting thereon at a general or special election. The provisions of subdivision (g) of section 5 of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 117.5 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, relative to notice of intention to issue bonds, shall not apply to the authorization of the issuance of any bonds under this act.
History: 1963, Act 62, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 340, Imd. Eff. Sept. 21, 1966 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 48, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1967
Last modified: October 10, 2016