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Chapter 254 - Bridges
Act 214 of 1952 Mackinac Bridge Authority (254.311 - 254.332)
AN ACT authorizing the Mackinac bridge authority to acquire a bridge and a utility tunnel connecting the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan, including causeways, tunnels, roads and all useful related equipment and facilities, including park, parking, recreation, lighting, and terminal facilities; extending the corporate existence of the authority; authorizing the authority to enjoy and carry out all powers incident to its corporate objects; authorizing the appropriation and use of state funds for the preliminary purposes of the authority; providing for the payment of the cost of the bridge and authorizing the authority to issue revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues of the bridge; granting the right of condemnation to the authority; granting the use of state land and property to the authority; making provisions for the payment and security of bonds and granting certain rights and remedies to the holders of bonds; authorizing banks and trust companies to perform certain acts in connection with the payment and security of bonds; authorizing the imposition of tolls and charges; authorizing the authority to secure the consent of the United States government to the construction of the bridge and to secure approval of plans, specifications, and location of the bridge; authorizing employment of engineers regardless of whether those engineers have been previously employed to make preliminary inspections or reports with respect to the bridge; authorizing the state transportation department to operate and maintain the bridge or to contribute to the bridge and enter into leases and agreements in connection with the bridge; exempting bonds and the property of the authority from taxation; prohibiting competing traffic facilities; authorizing the operation of ferries by the authority; authorizing the creation of the Mackinac Straits corridor authority; authorizing the operation of a utility tunnel by the authority or the Mackinac Straits corridor authority; providing for the construction and use of certain buildings; and making an appropriation.
History: 1952, Act 214, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1952 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1992 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 359, Imd. Eff. Dec. 12, 2018
- Section 254.311 Mackinac Bridge Authority; Definitions; Scope of Act.
- Section 254.312 Mackinac Bridge Authority; Corporate Existence, Terms.
- Section 254.313 Repealed. 2005, Act 331, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2005.
- Section 254.314 Mackinac Bridge Authority; Bridge Construction, Bond Proceeds; Property Acquisition and Condemnation, Surveys, Easements.
- Section 254.315 Revenue Bonds; Purposes; Sale or Exchange of Refunding Bonds; Contracts for Fiscal Agents' Services; Payment of Principal, Interest, and Redemption Premiums; Serial Bonds or Term Bonds; Statement; Signatures; Negotiability; Tax Exemption; Sale; Approval; Temporary Bonds; Recital; Scope of Section.
- Section 254.316 Mackinac Bridge Authority; Security, Trust Indenture; Authority, Duties; Annual Audit; Depository; Collateral Security; Approval.
- Section 254.317 Mackinac Bridge Authority; Bridge Construction, Tolls, Utility Lines, Lease; Appropriation, Sale or Lease; Revenues, Priority.
- Section 254.318 Mackinac Bridge Authority; Grants or Donations.
- Section 254.319 Unauthorized Indebtedness to State.
- Section 254.320 Scope of Act.
- Section 254.321 Board and State Highway Department; Authority.
- Section 254.322 Use of Bridge; Payment of Tolls; Authorized Emergency Vehicles; Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty.
- Section 254.323 Federal Government Approvals.
- Section 254.324 Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority; Definitions.
- Section 254.324a Mackinac Bridge Authority; Utility Tunnel; Service Rates; Duties; Powers; Property Exempt From Taxes.
- Section 254.324b Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority; Duties; Corridor Authority Board; Members; Terms; Powers.
- Section 254.324c Straits Protection Fund.
- Section 254.324d Transfer of Funds, Duties, and Powers Related to Utility Tunnel to Corridor Authority Board; Report; Tunnel Agreement; Findings Required; Representation by Attorney General.
- Section 254.324e Funding From Any Source Other Than Straits Protection Fund; Agreement to Accept Liability of Utility Equipment by User of Utility Tunnel; Prohibited.
- Section 254.325 Construction of Act.
- Section 254.326 Contracts, Books, Maps; Delivery to Authority.
- Section 254.327 Declared Public Purpose; Tax Exemption.
- Section 254.328 Authority's Rights Not Limited or Altered; Competitive Vehicular Traffic Services.
- Section 254.329 Bondholders' Rights; Enforcement Actions.
- Section 254.330 Operation of Ferries.
- Section 254.331 Inconsistent Acts.
- Section 254.332 Expenditure of Funds for Construction of State Police Post; Lease Agreement; Payments; Expiration or Termination of Lease; Use.
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