2012 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 125 — PLANNING, HOUSING, AND ZONING
Act 338 of 1974 — ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS ACT (125.1601 - 125.1636)
Section 125.1606 — Organization of corporation at municipal and county levels; limitation.

Sec. 6.

Not more than 1 corporation shall be organized under this act for a municipality, except for subsidiaries established pursuant to section 6a. If a corporation is organized at the county level, thereafter, a corporation may be organized for a municipality within that county, the effect of which shall be to exclude that municipality from subsequent project jurisdiction of the county corporation, except on specific subsequent consent by the governing body of the municipality. The organization of a corporation at less than the county level does not preclude the organization of a corporation at the county level for the remainder of the county. More than 1 corporation may join or cooperate in a project or act together in coordinating more than 1 project.

History: 1974, Act 338, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1974 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 501 of 1980 provides: This amendatory act shall not take effect in a city with a population of greater than 750,000 persons until a subsidiary corporation described under section 6a has been created by the corporation of that city. In addition, any project for which a corporation has designated the project area at the time this amendatory act takes effect shall be exempt from the requirement of payment of the prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates described in section 8(4)(h). Act 86 of 1984 amended enacting section 2 of Act No. 501 of 1980 to read as follows: Section 2. Except for the issuance of bonds and entry into loan agreements by a corporation to refund bonds issued before January 21, 1981, under Act No. 62 of the Public Acts of 1963, being sections 125.1251 to 125.1267 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, this amendatory act shall not take effect in a city with a population of greater than 750,000 persons until a subsidiary corporation described under section 6a has been created by the corporation of that city. In addition, any project for which a corporation has designated the project area at the time this amendatory act takes effect shall be exempt from the requirement of payment of the prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates described in section 8(4)(h).