HOUSE BILL No. 5171


     September 30, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Brater, Brackenridge and Dobronski and referred to the Committee on Local Government.


        A bill to amend 1933 (Ex Sess) PA 18, entitled

   "An act to authorize any city, village, township, or county to
   purchase, acquire, construct, maintain, operate, improve, extend,
   and repair housing facilities; to eliminate housing conditions
   which are detrimental to the public peace, health, safety,
   morals, or welfare; and for any such purposes to authorize any
   such city, village, township, or county to create a commission
   with power to effectuate said purposes, and to prescribe the
   powers and duties of such commission and of such city, village,
   township, or county; and for any such purposes to authorize any
   such commission, city, village, township, or county to issue
   notes and revenue bonds; to regulate the issuance, sale, retire-
   ment, and refunding of such notes and bonds; to regulate the
   rentals of such projects and the use of the revenues of the
   projects; to prescribe the manner of selecting tenants for such
   projects; to provide for condemnation of private property for
   such projects; to confer certain powers upon such commissions,
   cities, villages, townships, and counties in relation to such
   projects, including the power to receive aid and cooperation of
   the federal government; to provide for a referendum thereon; to
   provide for cooperative financing by 2 or more commissions,
   cities, villages, townships, or counties or any combination
   thereof; to provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of
   revenue bonds and special obligation notes for such purposes; to
   provide for financing agreements between cooperating borrowers;
   to provide for other matters relative to the bonds and notes and
   methods of cooperative financing; and for other purposes,"



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   (MCL 125.651 to 125.709c) by amending the title, as amended by

   1996 PA 338, and by adding section 3a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to authorize any city, village, township, or county

 3    to purchase, acquire, construct, maintain, operate, improve,

 4    extend, and repair housing facilities; to eliminate housing con-

 5    ditions which are detrimental to the public peace, health,

 6    safety, morals, or welfare; and for any such purposes to autho-

 7    rize any such city, village, township, or county to create a com-

 8    mission with power to effectuate said purposes, and to prescribe

 9    the powers and duties of such commission and of such city, vil-

10    lage, township, or county; and for any such purposes to authorize

11    any such commission, city, village, township, or county to issue

12    notes and revenue bonds; to regulate the issuance, sale, retire-

13    ment, and refunding of such notes and bonds; to regulate the

14    rentals of such projects and the use of the revenues of the

15    projects; to prescribe the manner of selecting tenants for such

16    projects; to provide for condemnation of private property for

17    such projects; to confer certain powers upon such commissions,

18    cities, villages, townships, and counties in relation to such

19    projects, including the power to receive aid and cooperation of

20    the federal government; to provide for a referendum thereon; to

21    provide for cooperative financing by 2 or more commissions,

22    cities, villages, townships, or counties or any combination

23    thereof; to provide for the issuance, sale, and retirement of

24    revenue bonds and special obligation notes for such purposes; to



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 1    provide for financing agreements between cooperating borrowers;

 2    to provide for other matters relative to the bonds and notes and

 3    methods of cooperative financing;  and  for other purposes; AND

 4    TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES AND PROVIDE REMEDIES.

 5         SEC. 3A.  A PETITION UNDER SECTION 3, INCLUDING THE CIRCULA-

 6    TION AND SIGNING OF THE PETITION, IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 488 OF

 7    THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488.  A PERSON

 8    WHO VIOLATES A PROVISION OF THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA

 9    116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION DESCRIBED IN

10    THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES PRESCRIBED FOR THAT VIO-

11    LATION IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 TO

12    168.992.

13         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

14    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

15    (request no. 02378'97) of the 89th Legislature is enacted into

16    law.

























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