HOUSE BILL No. 5190


     September 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Hammerstrom, Brackenridge, Crissman and Birkholz and referred to the Committee on Local Government.


        A bill to amend 1955 PA 233, entitled

   "An act to provide for the incorporation of certain municipal
   authorities to acquire, own, extend, improve, and operate sewage
   disposal systems, water supply systems, and solid waste manage-
   ment systems; to prescribe the rights, powers, and duties there-
   of; to authorize contracts between such authorities and public
   corporations; and to provide for the issuance of bonds to
   acquire, construct, extend, or improve the systems,"

   (MCL 124.281 to 124.294) by amending the title, as amended by

   1981 PA 154, and by adding section 8a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to provide for the incorporation of certain municipal

 3    authorities to acquire, own, extend, improve, and operate sewage

 4    disposal systems, water supply systems, and solid waste manage-

 5    ment systems; to prescribe the rights, powers, and duties

 6    thereof; to authorize contracts between such authorities and

 7    public corporations;  and  to provide for the issuance of bonds


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 1    to acquire, construct, extend, or improve the systems; AND TO

 2    PRESCRIBE PENALTIES AND PROVIDE REMEDIES.

 3         SEC. 8A.  A PETITION UNDER SECTION 8, INCLUDING THE CIRCULA-

 4    TION AND SIGNING OF THE PETITION, IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 488 OF

 5    THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488.  A PERSON

 6    WHO VIOLATES A PROVISION OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA

 7    116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION DESCRIBED IN

 8    THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED FOR THAT VIO-

 9    LATION IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO

10    168.992.

11         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

12    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

13    (request no. 02378'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into

14    law.





























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