Michigan Laws 125.2207 – Determination and submission of proposed boundaries and millage to township board; approval by resolution; election; notice; approval of proposition
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(1) The board shall determine the boundaries of the proposed resort district. Subject to the limitations of section 8, the board shall determine the millage necessary for rehabilitation of the resort district. The board shall submit the proposed boundaries and millage to the township board. If the township board approves the boundaries and millage by resolution, ordinance, or otherwise, the boundaries and millage shall be submitted to a vote of the electors who reside in the proposed resort district. An election shall not be held under this section after December 31, 1987.
(2) Notice of the election shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the township, not less than 5 and not more than 10 days before the date of the election. Notice of the election shall be posted in not less than 20 conspicuous and public places in the proposed resort district not less than 20 days before the election. The notice shall state the date of the election and shall describe the boundaries of the proposed resort district.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.2207
- Authority: means a resort district authority created pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 125.2202
- Board: means the governing body of an authority. See Michigan Laws 125.2202
- Rehabilitation: means construction, reconstruction, repair, or maintenance of a road, street lighting, a sanitary sewer, a storm sewer, storm water drainage facilities, or a flood control project within a resort district, or establishment and operation of a system of garbage collection within the resort district. See Michigan Laws 125.2202
- Resort district: means an area that encompasses a natural geographic feature used for recreation, such as an inland lake or the Great Lakes shoreline, that is specifically designated by resolution and approved as provided in this act, and a portion of which is land that is or was a part of a resort association incorporated under 1 of the following:
(i) 1897 PA 230, MCL 455. See Michigan Laws 125.2202state: 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
(3) If a majority of the electors voting on the question approve the proposition, then the resort district is established and the authority is authorized to levy the millage up to the amount and duration specified in the proposition.