HOUSE BILL No. 6294

 

June 27, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Proos and Mayes and referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban and Regional Affairs.

 

     A bill to authorize a county to form a nonprofit corporation;

 

to provide for certain restrictions and limitations; and to provide

 

for certain exceptions.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) The legislative body of a county may by ordinance

 

or resolution authorize the formation of a nonprofit corporation

 

under the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to

 

450.3192. A nonprofit corporation formed under this section may be

 

organized only for purposes that are valid public purposes for

 

counties in this state.

 

     (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a

 

nonprofit corporation formed under subsection (1) is subject to all

 

local, state, and federal laws or ordinances that apply to the

 

county that authorized its formation. A nonprofit corporation


 

formed under subsection (1) is not subject to the revised municipal

 

finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

 

     (3) A nonprofit corporation formed under subsection (1) is a

 

public body for the purposes of the Michigan campaign finance act,

 

1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282.