Terms Used In Michigan Laws 45.593

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • County: means a county organized under Act No. See Michigan Laws 45.582
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Public corporation: means any county however organized, a city, village, township, charter township, district, or authority existing under the laws of this state. See Michigan Laws 45.582
  • Solid waste: means putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, and includes garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, municipal and industrial sludges, commercial and industrial wastes, and any other wastes described in a solid waste management plan or an update of a solid waste management plan approved pursuant to part 115 of Act No. See Michigan Laws 45.582
   A county and 1 or more public corporations, either within or outside of the county, may contract for the furnishing of solid waste services by the county to the public corporation or corporations. Charges specified in a contract entered into under this section are subject to increase by the county for the purposes, in the manner, and at the time or times set forth in the contract. A county and a public or private corporation may enter into a contract for the purchase by the county from or for the sale by the county to the corporation of solid waste services or for any aspect of the acquisition, operation, management, or use of 1 or more solid waste systems. A contract authorized under this section shall be for a period not to exceed 50 years. A contract authorized under this section is a general obligation of the public corporation, and each public corporation may raise money to pay its obligations under the contract by any method provided in section 9(2).