Michigan Compiled Laws Act 173 Of 1992 Land Reclamation And Improvement Authority Act (125.2451 - 125.2488)

AN ACT to authorize the establishment of land reclamation and improvement authorities; to provide for land reclamation and improvement authority boards and for their powers and duties; to authorize the exercise of the power of eminent domain; to provide for the making of certain improvements; to provide for the issuance of bonds and notes; to provide for assessing the cost of improvements and services against property benefited; to authorize certain rents, fees, and charges; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities.

History: 1992, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1992

Section 125.2451 Short Title; Meaning Of Words And Phrases.
(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the “land reclamation and improvement authority act”. (2) For the purposes of this...
Section 125.2452 Definitions; A, B.
(1) “Authority”, unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, means a land reclamation and improvement authority established pursuant to sections 4 to 7....
Section 125.2453 Definitions; D To S.
(1) “Department” means the department of treasury, unless a different department is explicitly identified. (2) “Improvement” means 1 or more of the following: (a)...
Section 125.2454 Land Reclamation And Improvement Authority; Establishment; Petition Requirements.
A person seeking to establish a land reclamation and improvement authority shall file a petition with the department. The petition shall meet all of...
Section 125.2455 Petition; Determination Of Compliance With Requirements; Public Hearing; Notice; Determination And Certification Of Record Owners.
(1) Not more than 15 days after a petition is filed, the department shall determine whether the petition meets the requirements of section 4...
Section 125.2456 Authority; Establishment; Requirements For Approval; Mailing, Form, And Contents Of Statement Of Approval Or Disapproval.
(1) Not more than 30 days after the hearing provided for in section 5, the department shall approve or disapprove the establishment of the...
Section 125.2457 Documents; Filing; Recording; Issuance Of Certificate; Filing Date.
(1) After the appointment to the authority board of the proposed authority of each of the individuals required to be appointed pursuant to section...
Section 125.2458 Authority Board; Supervision And Control; Duties Of County Board Of Commissioners And Township Board; Appointment Of Members; Terms Of Office.
(1) The authority shall be under the supervision and control of an authority board of 5 or 7 members. (2) Not more than 30...
Section 125.2459 Authority Board; Term Of Office; Appointment Or Election Of Successors; Conduct Of Election; List Of Record Owners; Votes Cast By Record Owners.
(1) Except as provided in section 8 for the first authority board and as may be provided in a contract entered into pursuant to...
Section 125.2460 Authority Board; Qualifications Of Members; Certificate; Oath Of Office.
(1) An individual appointed by, or from nominations made by, the county or township to the authority board shall be qualified by training or...
Section 125.2461 Authority Board; Removal Of Member.
(1) The governor shall remove an elected or appointed member of the authority board if the governor is satisfied from the evidence submitted that...
Section 125.2462 Authority Board; Vacancy.
(1) If any of the following occur, a vacancy is created on the authority board: (a) The death of an incumbent. (b) The resignation...
Section 125.2463 Authority Board; Quorum; Annual Meeting; Special Meeting; Compliance With Open Meetings Act; Writings.
(1) A quorum of the authority board consists of a majority of the members of the authority board elected or appointed and serving. (2)...
Section 125.2464 Authority Board; Election Of Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary, And Other Officers; Duties; Compensation; Expenses; Personal Liability.
(1) The authority board shall elect from among its members a chairperson, a treasurer, a secretary, and other officers that it considers necessary or...
Section 125.2465 Authority Board; Appointment Of Director, Assistant Director, Assistant Treasurer, And Assistant Secretary; Duties; Bond; Legal Counsel; Employees; Compensation.
(1) The authority board may appoint a director of the authority, who shall serve at the pleasure of the authority board. Before entering upon...
Section 125.2466 Authority Board; Powers; Establishment And Maintenance Of Office.
(1) The authority board may do 1 or more of the following: (a) Carry out an improvement. (b) Implement a plan of development necessary...
Section 125.2467 Financing Activities Of Authority.
The activities of the authority may be financed from 1 or more of the following: (a) Contributions of property, labor, or other things of...
Section 125.2468 Authority Board; Making And Financing Improvements; Conditions For Improving Roads; Petition Objecting To Improvement; Filing; Petition Supporting Improvement; Additional Copies; Validity Of Signatures.
(1) An authority board may carry out an improvement, provide for the payment of an improvement by the issuance of bonds as provided in...
Section 125.2469 Authority Board; Plans And Estimate For Improvement; Filing; Availability For Public Examination; Resolution Of Intent To Make Improvement; Designating Special Assessment District; Notice; Hearing; Supplemental Petition; Actual Incremental Cost Increase Exceeding Estimated Incremental Cost Increase By 10%; Notice; Hearing; Service Of Notice Of Proceedings.
(1) Upon receipt of a petition supporting an improvement or upon determination of the authority board if a petition is not required under section...
Section 125.2470 Notice Of Hearings In Special Assessment Proceedings; Effect Of Failure To Give Notice.
(1) If an authority specially assesses property, notice of hearings in the special assessment proceedings shall be given as provided in this section. (2)...
Section 125.2471 Authority Board; Proceeding With Improvement; Approval Or Determination; Special Assessment Roll; Limitations On Total Amount Assessed.
(1) If, after the hearing provided for in section 19, the authority board desires to proceed with an improvement, the authority board shall approve...
Section 125.2472 Special Assessment Roll; Filing; Notice; Hearing; Objections; Confirmation Or Annulment; Endorsement; Notice Of Special Assessment; Contents; Filing Petition To Contest Assessment With State Tax Tribunal; Full Disclosure Of Information.
(1) After a special assessment roll is prepared by the authority board, the assessment roll shall be filed in the office of the authority...
Section 125.2473 Special Assessment; Payment; Installments; Amount; Due Date; Interest; Future Due Installments; Delinquent Payments; Penalty.
(1) The authority board may provide that special assessments are payable in 1 or more installments, but the amount of an installment shall not...
Section 125.2474 Special Assessment As Lien.
From the date of confirmation of the roll, special assessments contained in a special assessment roll, including any part of a special assessment deferred...
Section 125.2475 Special Assessment; Collection; Warrant; Entering On Tax Roll.
When a special assessment roll is confirmed, the authority board shall direct the assessments made on the roll to be collected. The secretary of...
Section 125.2476 Special Assessment; Certification Of Delinquency; Reassessment On Annual Township Tax Roll.
If, pursuant to section 25, the township treasurer reports as delinquent any assessment or part of an assessment, the authority board shall certify the...
Section 125.2477 Special Assessment; Payment By Township Or County To Authority Board.
The township treasurer or county treasurer shall promptly pay to the authority board treasurer any special assessment payments for an improvement under this act...
Section 125.2478 Special Assessment; Apportionment Of Uncollected Amounts On Divisions Of Land; Notice Of Hearing.
If a parcel of land is divided after a special assessment on the land is confirmed, and before the special assessment is collected, the...
Section 125.2479 Special Assessment; Insufficient Or Surplus Amount Collected.
(1) If the assessments in a special assessment roll are insufficient for any reason, including the noncollection of the assessments, to pay for the...
Section 125.2480 Invalid Special Assessment; Effect; Proceeding For Reassessment And Collection.
If, in the opinion of the authority board, a special assessment is invalid by reason of irregularities or informalities in the proceedings, or if...
Section 125.2481 Resolution Of Public Or Private Corporation To Pay Special Assessments.
The governing body of a public or private corporation whose property is exempt by law from the special assessments may adopt a resolution to...
Section 125.2482 Authority Board; Bonds And Notes; Issuance; Amount.
(1) After the special assessment roll for an improvement is confirmed, the authority board may borrow money and issue the bonds and notes of...
Section 125.2483 Obligations Assessed Or Contracted For Pursuant To Mcl 123.731 To 123.786 And Mcl 280.1 To 280.630.
The authority board may determine that the whole or any part of an obligation of the authority assessed or contracted for pursuant to Act...
Section 125.2484 Use Of Money Earned, Received, Or Charged Under Certain Conditions.
Interest earned from the investment of money collected under a special assessment under this act, of money received as bond proceeds from a bond...
Section 125.2485 Authority; Bonds And Notes; Issuance; Sale; Exemption From Certain Taxes; Investment.
(1) Bonds and notes issued by the authority shall be issued in the name of the authority and not in the name of the...
Section 125.2486 Authority; Powers And Limitations.
(1) The authority is a body politic and corporate. (2) The authority is not a taxing unit or local taxing unit for purposes of...
Section 125.2487 Reimbursement Of Expenses To County Or Township.
The county within which the authority district is located or a township in which all or part of the authority district is located may...
Section 125.2488 Transfer Of Property Within Authority District.
(1) A township in which all or a portion of an authority district is located may transfer all or a portion of the property...

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