HOUSE BILL No. 5174


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


        A bill to amend 1986 PA 196, entitled

   "Public transportation authority act,"

   (MCL 124.451 to 124.479) by amending the title and by adding sec-

   tion 8a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1                                  TITLE

 2         An act to authorize the formation of public transportation

 3    authorities with certain general powers and duties; to provide

 4    for the withdrawal of certain local entities from public trans-

 5    portation authorities; to authorize certain local entities to

 6    levy property taxes for public transportation service and public

 7    transportation purposes; to protect the rights of employees of

 8    existing public transportation systems; to provide for the

 9    issuance of bonds and notes; to provide for the pledge of taxes,

10    revenues, assessments, tax levies, and other funds for bond or


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 1    note payment; to provide for the powers and duties of certain

 2    state agencies; to validate taxes authorized before  the effec-

 3     tive date of this act  JULY 10, 1986, elections held before  the

 4     effective date of this act  JULY 10, 1986, and bonds and notes

 5    issued before  the effective date of this act  JULY 10, 1986; to

 6    provide for transfer of certain tax revenue and certain powers,

 7    rights, duties, and obligations; to authorize condemnation pro-

 8    ceedings; to grant certain powers to certain local entities;

 9     and  to validate and ratify the organization, existence, and

10    membership of public transportation authorities created before

11     the effective date of this act  JULY 10, 1986 and the actions

12    taken by those public transportation authorities and by the mem-

13    bers of those public transportation authorities; AND TO PRESCRIBE

14    PENALTIES AND PROVIDE REMEDIES.

15         SEC. 8A.  A PETITION UNDER SECTION 8, INCLUDING THE CIRCULA-

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

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

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

19    116, MCL 168.1 TO 168.992, APPLICABLE TO A PETITION DESCRIBED IN

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

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

22    168.992.

23         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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

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

26    law.





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