Bill Text: MI HB4578 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Local government; authorities; recreational authorities act; revise to include school districts. Amends sec. 3 of 2000 PA 321 (MCL 123.1133). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0481'15
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-13 - Assigned Pa 174'16 With Immediate Effect [HB4578 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4578-Chaptered.html
Act No. 174
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
June 12, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 14, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 12, 2016
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Reps. Potvin, Leutheuser, Heise, Rutledge, Franz and Love
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4578
AN ACT to amend 2000 PA 321, entitled “An act to provide for the establishment of recreational authorities; to provide powers and duties of an authority; to authorize the assessment of a fee, the levy of a property tax, and the issuance of bonds and notes by an authority; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain government officials,” by amending section 3 (MCL 123.1133), as amended by 2003 PA 135.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 3. As used in this act:
(a) “Articles” means the articles of incorporation of an authority.
(b) “Authority” means a recreational authority established under section 5.
(c) “Board” means the board of directors of the authority.
(d) “District” means a portion of a municipality having boundaries coterminous with those of a precinct used for general elections.
(e) “Electors of the authority” means the qualified and registered electors of the participating municipalities who reside within the territory of the authority.
(f) “Largest county” means, of those counties in which a participating municipality is located, the county having the greatest population.
(g) “Municipality” means a city, county, village, township, or school district.
(h) “Park” means an area of land or water, or both, dedicated to 1 or more of the following uses:
(i) Recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, landscaped tracts; picnic grounds; playgrounds; athletic fields; camps; campgrounds; zoological and botanical gardens; living historical farms; boating, hunting, fishing, and birding areas; swimming areas; and foot, bicycle, and bridle paths.
(ii) Open or scenic space.
(iii) Environmental, conservation, nature, or wildlife areas.
(i) “Participating municipality” means a municipality or district that is named in articles of incorporation or proposed articles of incorporation as joining in the original establishment of an authority, or a municipality or district that joins an existing authority and is added to the articles of incorporation, and that has not withdrawn from the authority.
(j) “Public historic farm” means a parcel of public land and its buildings that are accessible to the public, and provides, but is not limited to, agricultural and historical programs, farming activities and animal husbandry, community recreation activities and events, programs held in common areas, meeting rooms, and community gardens, and access to surrounding parkland.
(k) “Swimming pool” includes equipment, structures, areas, and enclosures intended for the use of individuals using or operating a swimming pool, such as equipment, dressing, locker, shower, and toilet rooms.
(l) “Territory of the authority” means the combined territory of the participating municipalities that is served by an authority.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 481 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
