SB-0675, As Passed House, November 12, 2009
June 25, 2009, Introduced by Senators BARCIA, CROPSEY and PAPPAGEORGE and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.
A bill 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 1 (MCL 124.281), as amended by 1981 PA 154.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. As used in this act:
(a) "Authority", unless the context clearly implies a
different meaning, means an authority incorporated under section 2.
(b) "Constituent municipality" or "constituent municipalities"
includes all of the municipalities that signed or became
signatories of articles of incorporation of any authority
incorporated under this act. However, if an authority is
incorporated by 2 or more counties, each municipality within the
respective territorial limits of the counties, whether the counties
are original incorporators or subsequently became a constituent
part of the authority under section 6, is a constituent
municipality.
(c) "Indian tribe" means an Indian tribe, band, nation, or
other organized group or community of Indians that is recognized as
eligible for services by the United States secretary of the
interior because of their status as Indians.
(d) "Municipality" means a county, township, city, or village.
(e) (a)
"Sewage disposal system" ," includes all
interceptor
sewers, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, combined sanitary and storm
sewers, sewage treatment plants, and all other plants, works,
instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with
the collection, treatment, or disposal of sewage or industrial
wastes.
(b)
"Water supply system," includes all plants, works,
instrumentalities,
and properties used or useful in connection with
obtaining
a water supply, the treatment of water, or the
distribution
of water.
(f) (c)
"Solid waste management
system" includes all plants,
works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in
connection with the collection, transportation, processing, or
disposal of discarded or waste materials of any sort, including
access
roads and facilities for resource recovery. " Solid waste
management
system " does
not include the storage or disposal of
toxic materials.
(d)
"Municipality," includes each county, township, city, or
village.
(e)
"Constituent municipality" or "constituent municipalities"
includes
all of the municipalities which signed or became
signatories
of articles of incorporation of any authority
incorporated
under this act, except if the authority is
incorporated
by 2 or more counties, in which event each
municipality
within the respective territorial limits of the
counties
as are either original incorporators or subsequently
become
a constituent part of the authorities under section 6, shall
be
considered to be a constituent municipality for the purposes of
this
act.
(g) "Water supply system" includes all plants, works,
instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with
obtaining a water supply, the treatment of water, or the
distribution of water.