HOUSE BILL No. 5117

 

June 17, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Tlaib and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 2008 PA 554, entitled

 

"Regional convention facility authority act,"

 

by amending section 29 (MCL 141.1379).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 29. (1) Unless permitted by this act or approved by an

 

authority, any restrictions standards or prerequisites of a local

 

government otherwise applicable to an authority and enacted after

 

the effective date of this act January 20, 2009 shall not apply to

 

an authority. This subsection is intended to prohibit special local

 

legislation or ordinances applicable exclusively or primarily to an

 

authority and not to exempt an authority from laws generally

 

applicable to other persons or entities.

 

     (2) The powers conferred in this act upon any authority or

 


local government shall be in addition to any other powers the

 

authority or local government possesses by charter or statute or

 

under the state constitution of 1963. The provisions of this act

 

apply notwithstanding any resolution, ordinance, or charter

 

provision to the contrary.

 

     (3) This act shall be construed liberally to effectuate the

 

legislative intent and the purpose of this act as complete and

 

independent authorization for the performance of each and every act

 

and thing authorized in the act, and all powers granted in this act

 

shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate the intent and purposes

 

of this act and not as to limitation of powers.