Act No. 185

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

June 25, 1998

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 26, 1998

EFFECTIVE DATE: 91st day after final adjournment of 1998 Regular Session

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Reps. Hammerstrom, Brackenridge, Crissman and Birkholz

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5193

AN ACT to amend 1956 (Ex Sess) PA 6, entitled "An act authorizing the formation of corporations for the purpose of supplying to, distributing and selling water to a township or townships and giving to such corporations rights to take water from the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, and the bays thereof; authorizing a township or townships to contract with such corporations for the purchase of water by said township or townships and authorizing any township to purchase waterworks, systems, installations and real and personal property of such corporations, and authorizing such township or townships to pass ordinances with respect thereto," (MCL 486.501 to 486.508) by amending the title and by adding section 4a.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

TITLE

An act authorizing the formation of corporations for the purpose of supplying to, distributing and selling water to a township or townships and giving to such corporations rights to take water from the Great Lakes, Lake St. Clair, and the bays thereof; authorizing a township or townships to contract with such corporations for the purchase of water by said township or townships and authorizing any township to purchase waterworks, systems, installations and real and personal property of such corporations; authorizing such township or townships to pass ordinances with respect thereto; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.

Sec. 4a. A petition under section 4, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5138 of the 89th Legislature is enacted into law.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.