§ 123.1131 Short title
§ 123.1133 Definitions
§ 123.1135 Recreational authority; establishment; articles of incorporation; adoption; applicability of subsection (3); publication; filing copy with secretary of state; effect
§ 123.1137 Board of directors; vacancy; quorum; voting; reimbursement for expenses; conduct of public meeting; availability of writing; election of officers; adoption of bylaws
§ 123.1139 Powers of authority
§ 123.1141 Public swimming pool, public recreation center, public auditorium, or conference center, or public park; tax levy; ballot proposal; vote; authorization; number of elections; proceeds; use
§ 123.1142 Preferences or benefits to be offered to residents
§ 123.1143 Tax election; ballots provided by county election commission; conduct; list of qualified electors
§ 123.1145 Notices of close of registration and election; publication; certification of election results
§ 123.1147 Tax election; costs; reimbursement; basis
§ 123.1149 Collection and distribution of tax
§ 123.1151 Borrowing money or issuing bonds or notes
§ 123.1153 Issuance of general obligation unlimited tax bonds; submission of proposal for vote; ballot language; conduct of election; authorization and levy of tax
§ 123.1155 Refunding outstanding debt obligations
§ 123.1157 Audit; timing; preparation of budgets and appropriations acts; powers, duties, and immunities; filing financial plan to correct deficit condition; investment or deposit of funds
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 123 > Act 321 of 2000 - Recreational Authorities Act

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Articles: means the articles of incorporation of an authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Authority: means a recreational authority established under section 5. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • District: means a portion of a municipality having boundaries coterminous with those of a precinct used for general elections. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Electors of the authority: means the qualified and registered electors of the participating municipalities who reside within the territory of the authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Largest county: means , of those counties in which a participating municipality is located, the county having the greatest population. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Municipality: means a city, county, village, township, or school district. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: shall be construed to include the word "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and in like cases the word "sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed". See Michigan Laws 8.3k
  • Park: means an area of land or water, or both, dedicated to 1 or more of the following uses:
    (i) Recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, landscaped tracts; picnic grounds; playgrounds; athletic fields; camps; campgrounds; zoological and botanical gardens; living historical farms; boating, hunting, fishing, and birding areas; swimming areas; and foot, bicycle, and bridle paths. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Participating municipality: means a municipality or district that is named in articles of incorporation or proposed articles of incorporation as joining in the original establishment of an authority, or a municipality or district that joins an existing authority and is added to the articles of incorporation, and that has not withdrawn from the authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Public historic farm: means a parcel of public land and its buildings that are accessible to the public, and provides, but is not limited to, agricultural and historical programs, farming activities and animal husbandry, community recreation activities and events, programs held in common areas, meeting rooms, and community gardens, and access to surrounding parkland. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Swimming pool: includes equipment, structures, areas, and enclosures intended for the use of individuals using or operating a swimming pool, such as equipment, dressing, locker, shower, and toilet rooms. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Territory of the authority: means the combined territory of the participating municipalities that is served by an authority. See Michigan Laws 123.1133
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • true cash value: means the usual selling price at the place where the property to which the term is applied is at the time of assessment, being the price that could be obtained for the property at private sale, and not at auction sale except as otherwise provided in this section, or at forced sale. See Michigan Laws 211.27