Bill Text: MI SB0270 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Local government; authorities; recreational authorities act; revise to include school districts. Amends sec. 3 of 2000 PA 321 (MCL 123.1133).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred To Committee On Local Government And Elections [SB0270 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0270-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 270

 

 

March 17, 2011, Introduced by Senators GLEASON, KOWALL, GREGORY, JONES, HUNTER, SMITH, ANDERSON, YOUNG, HOPGOOD, WHITMER and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 2000 PA 321, entitled

 

"Recreational authorities act,"

 

by amending section 3 (MCL 123.1133), as amended by 2003 PA 135.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. As used in this act:

 

     (a) "Articles" means the articles of incorporation of an

 

authority.

 

     (b) "Authority" means a recreational authority established

 

under section 5.

 

     (c) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.

 

     (d) "District" means a portion of a municipality having

 

boundaries coterminous with those of a precinct used for general

 

elections.

 

     (e) "Electors of the authority" means the qualified and

 

registered electors of the participating municipalities who reside

 

within the territory of the authority.

 

     (f) "Largest county" means, of those counties in which a

 

participating municipality is located, the county having the

 

greatest population.

 

     (g) "Municipality" means a city, county, village, or township,

 

or school district.

 

     (h) "Park" means an area of land or water, or both, dedicated

 

to 1 or more of the following uses:

 

     (i) Recreational purposes, including, but not limited to,

 

landscaped tracts; picnic grounds; playgrounds; athletic fields;

 

camps; campgrounds; zoological and botanical gardens; living

 

historical farms; boating, hunting, fishing, and birding areas;

 

swimming areas; and foot, bicycle, and bridle paths.

 

     (ii) Open or scenic space.

 

     (iii) Environmental, conservation, nature, or wildlife areas.

 

     (i) "Participating municipality" means a municipality or

 

district that is named in articles of incorporation or proposed

 

articles of incorporation as joining in the original establishment

 

of an authority, or a municipality or district that joins an

 

existing authority and is added to the articles of incorporation,

 

and that has not withdrawn from the authority.

 

     (j) "Public historic farm" means a parcel of public land and

 

its buildings that are accessible to the public, and provides, but

 

is not limited to, agricultural and historical programs, farming

 

activities and animal husbandry, community recreation activities

 

and events, programs held in common areas, meeting rooms, and

 

community gardens, and access to surrounding parkland.

 

     (k) "Swimming pool" includes equipment, structures, areas, and

 

enclosures intended for the use of individuals using or operating a

 

swimming pool, such as equipment, dressing, locker, shower, and

 

toilet rooms.

 

     (l) "Territory of the authority" means the combined territory

 

of the participating municipalities that is served by an authority.