Michigan Laws 123.1351 – Powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of authority
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 123.1351
- Authority: means the local community stabilization authority, a metropolitan authority established under section 7. See Michigan Laws 123.1345
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- 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
(1) The authority may exercise all of the following powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities:
(a) Powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities vested in the authority under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 to 205.111.
(b) Exercise the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities vested in the authority or the metropolitan extension telecommunications rights-of-way oversight authority under this act or the metropolitan extension telecommunications rights-of-way oversight act, 2002 PA 48, MCL 484.3101 to 484.3120, and other laws of this state. The authority may exercise the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities under this subdivision through a director hired by the authority.
(2) When exercising the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities vested in the authority under subsection (1), the authority may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Establish and maintain an office.
(b) Adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.
(c) Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded.
(d) Solicit, receive, and accept gifts or grants from any public or private source.
(e) Employ personnel, contract for goods and services, and enter into agreements with other governmental entities.
(f) Establish 1 or more depositories for authority money and invest authority money under an investment policy consistent with this act and 1943 PA 20, MCL 129.91 to 129.97a.
(g) Acquire, hold, and dispose of interests in property.
(h) Incur indebtedness, but only in the manner and to the extent authorized by law.
(3) The powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the authority may be exercised throughout this state, including all the metropolitan areas of this state. The authority possesses the jurisdiction to exercise its functions on a statewide basis and may do other things and take other action necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the authority under this section if they relate to the purposes and jurisdiction of the authority.