Terms Used In Michigan Laws 124.455

  • 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.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Political subdivision: means a county, city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 124.452
  • Public authority: means an authority created under this act. See Michigan Laws 124.452
  • 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 adoption of articles of incorporation under this act shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the articles of incorporation by the clerk of each respective political subdivision or by the recording officer of the incorporating authority under section 3 in a form substantially as follows:
  The foregoing articles of incorporation were adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members serving on the governing or legislative body of __________________, __________ at a meeting duly held on the _____ day of _____________, A.D., 19__.

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(2) The articles of incorporation shall be published by the person or persons designated in the articles at least once in a newspaper designated in the articles and circulated within the area proposed to be served by the public authority. One printed copy of the articles of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state, the clerk of each county to be served by the public authority, and the director of the state transportation department by the person designated to do so by the articles. The public authority shall become operative and the articles of incorporation effective at the time provided in the articles of incorporation. The validity of the incorporation shall be conclusively presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the publication of the articles of incorporation.