2014 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 259 - AVIATION
Act 327 of 1945 AERONAUTICS CODE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN (259.1 - 259.208)
327-1945-VIA. CHAPTER VIA. ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF AIRPORTS, LANDING FIELDS, AND OTHER AERONAUTICAL FACILITES BY PUBLIC AIRPORT AUTHORITIES (259.108...259.125c)
Section 259.113 First meeting of board; compliance with open meetings act; delegation of power; reimbursement of expenses; action by resolution or ordinance; voting.

AERONAUTICS CODE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN (EXCERPT)
Act 327 of 1945
259.113 First meeting of board; compliance with open meetings act; delegation of power; reimbursement of expenses; action by resolution or ordinance; voting.

Sec. 113.

(1) Upon the appointment of at least 4 members of the board under section 111(2), the board may hold its first meeting. If less than 4 members of the board have been appointed under section 111(2) within 30 days after the date on which the authority is created, a majority of those board members appointed may hold the first meeting of the board after the expiration of that 30-day period. The first meeting of the board shall not be held more than 60 days after the creation date of the authority. Not later than 60 days after an authority is incorporated under section 110(3), the board of the authority shall hold its first meeting. At the first meeting, the board shall organize by electing a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, a secretary, and additional officers of the board as the board considers necessary. All officers of the board shall be elected annually by the board. All officers of the authority, except the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer, must be members of the board.

(2) The business that the board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. A board shall adopt rules consistent with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, governing its procedures and the holding of meetings.

(3) Except for those powers reserved or delegated to the chief executive officer of an authority by this chapter or by the board, the board shall not delegate any power of the board to any other officer or committee of the authority except as provided in section 114(3). The board may withdraw from the chief executive officer any power that the board had delegated to the chief executive officer.

(4) Members of a board may be reimbursed by an authority for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. The members of the board shall not be compensated for service to the authority or attendance at any meetings.

(5) A board may act only by resolution or ordinance. A majority of the members of the board then in office, or of any committee of the board, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A vote of a majority of the members of the board serving at the time of the vote is necessary to approve the issuance by the authority of bonds, including special facilities bonds, or other obligations payable from revenues, including special facilities revenues, derived from the airport, or to approve or amend the annual budget of the authority or hire, remove or discharge, or set the salary of the chief executive officer. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a vote of the majority of the board members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present constitutes the action of the board or of the committee.

History: Add. 2002, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 2002