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SB-0832, As Passed Senate, December 1, 2005

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 832

A bill to amend 1952 PA 214, entitled

"An act authorizing the Mackinac bridge authority to acquire a

bridge connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan,

including causeways, tunnels, roads and all useful related

equipment and facilities, including park, parking, recreation,

lighting and terminal facilities; extending the corporate existence

of the authority; authorizing such authority to enjoy and carry out

all powers incident to its corporate objects; authorizing the

appropriation and use of state funds for the preliminary purposes

of the authority; providing for the payment of the cost of such

bridge and in that connection authorizing the authority to issue

revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues of the bridge;

granting the right of condemnation to the authority; granting the

use of state land and property to the authority; making provisions

for the payment and security of such bonds and granting certain

rights and remedies to the holders thereof; authorizing banks and

trust companies to perform certain acts in connection therewith;

authorizing the imposition of tolls and charges; authorizing the

authority to secure the consent of the United States government to

the construction of the bridge and to secure approval of plans,

specifications and location of same; authorizing employment of

engineers irrespective of whether such engineers have been

previously employed to make preliminary inspections or reports with

respect to the bridge; authorizing the state highway department to

operate and maintain such bridge or to contribute thereto and enter

into leases and agreements in connection therewith; exempting such

bonds and the property of the authority from taxation; prohibiting

competing traffic facilities; authorizing the operation of ferries

by the authority; providing for the construction and use of certain

buildings; and making an appropriation,"

by repealing sections 3 and 14 (MCL 254.313 and 254.324).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Enacting section 1. Sections 3 and 14 of 1952 PA 214, MCL

254.313 and 254.324, are repealed.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are

enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 829.

(b) Senate Bill No. 830.