Bill Text: MI SB0676 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Environmental protection; sewage; intermunicipal water and sewer authority; authorize to contract with Indian tribes for furnishing of water or sewage services. Amends sec. 10 of 1955 PA 233 (MCL 124.290).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2009-12-17 - Assigned Pa 0165'09 With Immediate Effect [SB0676 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0676-Chaptered.html
Act No. 165
Public Acts of 2009
Approved by the Governor
December 11, 2009
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 14, 2009
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 14, 2009
STATE OF MICHIGAN
95TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2009
Introduced by Senators Barcia, Cropsey and Pappageorge
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 676
AN ACT 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 management systems; to prescribe the rights, powers, and duties thereof; to authorize contracts between such authorities and public corporations; to provide for the issuance of bonds to acquire, construct, extend, or improve the systems; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies,” by amending section 10 (MCL 124.290), as amended by 1981 PA 154.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 10. (1) The authority and any municipality or Indian tribe may contract for the furnishing of water, sewage disposal, or waste management services or a combination of such services by the authority to the municipality or Indian tribe. The charges or rates specified in a contract under this subsection are subject to change by the authority, if necessary to meet its obligations. The charges or rates to a municipality that is not a constituent municipality or to an Indian tribe may be greater than those to constituent municipalities.
(2) The authority and any other public corporation may contract for the furnishing of water, sewage disposal, or solid waste management system services or a combination of such services by the other public corporation to the authority or may contract for the use by the authority of any of the facilities of the water supply system; sewage disposal system, including sewers; or solid waste management system or a combination of systems of the other public corporation. Any lump sum payment for such a use may be considered as a part of the cost of the authority system and may be financed the same as other capital costs are financed under this act.
(3) Each contract authorized in this section shall be for a period not exceeding 40 years. Each contract with a municipality authorized in this section is a general obligation of the municipality.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
