Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.4230

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Authority: means a downtown development authority created pursuant to this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • Downtown district: means that part of an area in a business district that is specifically designated by ordinance of the governing body of the municipality pursuant to this part. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • 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.
  • Municipality: means a city, village, or township. See Michigan Laws 125.4201
  • 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) An authority that has completed the purposes for which it was organized shall be dissolved by ordinance of the governing body. The property and assets of the authority remaining after the satisfaction of the obligations of the authority belong to the municipality.
  (2) An authority established under this part before December 31, 1988, that is dissolved by ordinance of the governing body before September 30, 1990 and that is reinstated by ordinance of the governing body after notice and public hearing as provided in section 203(2) shall not be invalidated pursuant to a claim that, based upon the standards set forth in section 203(1), a governing body improperly determined that the necessary conditions existed for the reinstatement of an authority under this part if at the time the governing body established the authority the governing body determined or could have determined that the necessary conditions existed for the establishment of an authority under this part or could have determined that establishment of an authority under this part would serve to promote economic growth and notwithstanding that the boundaries of the downtown district are altered at the time of reinstatement of the authority.
  (3) In the resolution of intent, the municipality shall set a date for the holding of a public hearing on the adoption of a proposed ordinance reinstating the authority. The procedure for publishing the notice of hearing, holding the hearing, and adopting the ordinance reinstating the authority shall be as provided in section 203(2), (4), and (5).
  (4) The validity of the proceedings, findings, and determinations reinstating an authority shall be conclusive unless contested in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the last of the following occurs:
  (a) Publication of the ordinance reinstating the authority as adopted.
  (b) Filing of the ordinance reinstating the authority with the secretary of state.
  (c) May 27, 1993.

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