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Chapter 124 - Municipalities
Act 387 of 2012 REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY ACT (124.541 - 124.558)
AN ACT to provide for certain regional transit authorities; to provide regional public transportation; to prescribe certain powers and duties of a regional transit authority and of certain state agencies and officials; to authorize the levy of an assessment and to provide for the issuance of bonds and notes; to collect certain taxes; to make appropriations; to provide for the pledge of assessment revenues and other funds for bond and note payments; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
History: 2012, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012
- Section 124.541 Short title.
- Section 124.541a Legislative intent.
- Section 124.542 Definitions.
- Section 124.543 Authority; creation; date effective; authority as municipal public body corporate and metropolitan authority; rights, functions, and responsibilities; inclusion of phrase "regional transit authority."
- Section 124.544 Petition by county to be included in public transit region and authority; conditions; provisional member.
- Section 124.545 Board; appointment; terms; vacancy; qualifications; oath; compensation; travel and expenses; individual not of good moral character or convicted of felony; discharge of duties; contract, bonds, notes, or other obligations; appointment of board members under MCL 124.544; removal of board member for violation of subsection (9) or (10).
- Section 124.546 Meeting; chairperson; officers; compliance with open meetings act; bylaws; meetings; quorum; vote; record; uniform system of accounts; budget; procurement of services and supplies; report; website; cost plus construction contract; quota or set-aside not created; list of contracts; policies and procedures; competitive bidding; lease or installment purchases; other state or federal procurement or contracting requirements; personnel; prohibited acts; citizens' advisory committee; public transportation provider advisory council; securing federal money; payment of operational deficit.
- Section 124.547 Authority; powers; assumption of legacy costs of acquired public transportation provider; adoption of public transit plan; design and operation of rolling rapid transit system; authority including Macomb, Oakland, or Wayne county; expenses in planning and operation of rolling rapid transit system; charging fares; public or private aid.
- Section 124.548 Federal operating and capital assistance grants; report; coordination of services.
- Section 124.549 Acquisition of property.
- Section 124.550 Revenues; sources; assessment; collection of motor vehicle registration tax; asset management plan; report.
- Section 124.551 Bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness.
- Section 124.552 Financial obligation of authority.
- Section 124.553 Acquisition, construction, and operation of public transportation system; approval of local road agency or department; terms and condition; execution of operating license agreement; rights-of-way and easements; procedural due process required for certain acts.
- Section 124.554 Exemption from motor carrier act and motor bus transportation act.
- Section 124.555 Applicability of local zoning or land use ordinances or regulations.
- Section 124.556 Election or vote.
- Section 124.557 Certain costs as transportation purpose.
- Section 124.558 Appropriation.
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