Terms Used In Michigan Laws 123.271

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
   All incorporated cities and villages of this state shall have the power to prevent any other municipal or public corporation from acquiring, erecting, owning, operating, maintaining, managing, controlling or building garbage disposal plants, garbage reduction plants, sewage disposal tanks, settling basins, apparatus or screens for the treatment of sewage matter within the corporate limits of such cities or villages.