Terms Used In Michigan Laws 120.103

  • Authority: means a port authority created under this act and may also include the area within the jurisdiction of an authority. See Michigan Laws 120.102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
   An authority may exercise and apply any or all of its powers and duties as prescribed and set forth in this act, within the respective boundaries of the county or counties creating a port authority under this act, including jurisdiction over commercially navigable water lying therein.