Michigan Laws 123.1269 – Articles of incorporation
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 123.1269
- Authority: means a lighting authority incorporated under this act. See Michigan Laws 123.1263
- Best value: means a contract and procurement process to be followed by an authority that encourages and considers bids from locally headquartered companies and that considers use of the local workforce. See Michigan Laws 123.1263
- 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.
- Local government: means a city with a population of more than 600,000. See Michigan Laws 123.1263
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- system: means plants, works, instrumentalities, and properties used or useful in connection with providing lighting and necessary resources and appurtenances for the system. See Michigan Laws 123.1263
(1) A local government may adopt articles of incorporation by a majority vote of its governing body and incorporate an authority for the purpose of acquiring, owning, improving, enlarging, extending, constructing, operating, or maintaining a lighting system and providing lighting services.
(2) The articles of incorporation adopted under subsection (1) shall be signed by the mayor and clerk of that local government.
(3) The articles of incorporation adopted by a local government under subsection (1) shall be in a form substantially as follows:
“The foregoing articles of incorporation were adopted by the ____________________________ of the _______________ of ________________ County, Michigan, at a meeting held on the ____ day of __________, ______.
____________________
____________________ of the
____________________.”
(4) The articles of incorporation shall specify best value objectives.
(5) One printed copy of the articles of incorporation certified as a true copy by the person or persons designated by the certification, with the date and place of the publication, shall be filed with the secretary of state and the clerk of the county in which the authority provides services. The authority becomes effective at the time provided in the articles of incorporation, but shall not be effective before the filing with the secretary of state and the county clerk.
(6) The validity of an authority is conclusively presumed unless questioned in an original action filed in the court of appeals within 60 days after the creation of the authority. The court of appeals has original jurisdiction to hear an action under this subsection. The court of appeals shall hear the action in an expedited manner.