HOUSE BILL No. 5157 September 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Brewer, Brackenridge and Dobronski and referred to the Committee on Local Government. A bill to amend 1939 PA 342, entitled "County public improvement act of 1939," (MCL 46.171 to 46.188) by amending the title and by adding sec- tion 4a. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 TITLE 2 An act to authorize counties to establish and provide water, 3 sewer, or sewage disposal improvements and services within or 4 between cities, villages, townships, charter townships, or any 5 duly authorized and established combinations thereof, within or 6 without the county, and to establish and provide garbage or rub- 7 bish collection and disposal facilities and services for such 8 units of government or combinations thereof, and for such 9 purposes to acquire, purchase, construct, own, maintain, or 10 operate water mains and trunk and connecting lines, water pumping 02378'97 p KKR 2 1 and purification plants, sewers, sewage interceptors, sewage 2 disposal plants, settling basins, screens and meters, and incin- 3 erators and disposal grounds; to authorize counties to establish, 4 administer, coordinate, and regulate a system or systems of 5 water, sewer, or sewage disposal improvements and services, and 6 garbage and rubbish collection and disposal facilities and serv- 7 ices, within or between such units of government; to provide 8 methods for obtaining money for the aforesaid purposes; to autho- 9 rize counties to extend by laterals and connections, and to con- 10 struct, improve, repair, manage, or operate water, sewer, or 11 sewage disposal improvements and garbage and rubbish collection 12 and disposal facilities and services of and situated within such 13 cities, villages, townships, charter townships, or any duly 14 authorized and established combination thereof, and provide for 15 the loan of money to such units of government for the purposes 16 and the repayment thereof by agreements therefor; to provide 17 methods for collection of rates, charges, or assessments; to 18 authorize counties to enter into contracts with any unit of gov- 19 ernment providing for the acquisition, construction, and financ- 20 ing of improvements or facilities and for the pledge of the full 21 faith and credit of each unit of government for the payment of 22 their respective shares of the cost thereof; to authorize each 23 unit of government having power to tax to impose taxes without 24 limitation as to rate or amount for the payment of contract obli- 25 gations in anticipation of which bonds are issued; to authorize 26 counties to issue bonds secured by the full faith and credit 27 pledges of each unit of government; to authorize counties to 02378'97 p 3 1 pledge their full faith and credit as additional security on such 2 bonds and to impose taxes without limitation as to rate or amount 3 to the extent necessary for the payment of such bonds; to autho- 4 rize counties to issue revenue bonds and to pledge their full 5 faith and credit as additional security for the payment of such 6 revenue bonds;, andto validate action taken and bonds issued; 7 AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES AND PROVIDE REMEDIES. 8 SEC. 4A. A PETITION UNDER SECTION 5B OR 16, INCLUDING THE 9 CIRCULATION AND SIGNING OF THE PETITION, IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 10 488 OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A 11 PERSON WHO VIOLATES A PROVISION OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 12 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION 13 DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED 14 FOR THAT VIOLATION IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 15 168.1 TO 168.992. 16 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take 17 effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ 18 (request no. 02378'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into 19 law. 02378'97 p Final page. KKR