123.1135a Articles of incorporation; additional provisions; applicability of section.

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Sec. 5a.

(1)Subject to this section and section 5, the articles may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

(a)Restrictions on the authority's activities, including, but not limited to, the sale of the authority's assets or property.

(b)If the authority's purpose includes the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of a public forest and natural resources area, a provision to allow or require the authority to make payments in lieu of taxes to 1 or more other governmental subdivisions or units of this state in which the public forest and natural resources area is located, including a participating municipality. The authority shall distribute the payments to the various taxing units based on the portion of the public forest and natural resources area each taxing unit is in and each taxing unit's millage rate, excluding millage levied under section 1211 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1211.

(c)If the authority has more than 1 participating municipality, the allocation of the authority's property, assets, and funds among the municipalities on the dissolution of the authority.

(d)If the authority's purpose includes the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of a public forest and natural resources area, 1 or more of the following:

(i)One or more restrictions or limitations on the use of a public forest and natural resources area or portions of a public forest and natural resources area. The use restrictions or limitations may prohibit 1 or more of the uses permitted in a public forest and natural resources area under section 3(j).

(ii)A process by which 1 or more restrictions or limitations on the use of a public forest and natural resources area or portions of a public forest and natural resources area are established by the authority, and the amendment or removal of the restrictions or limitations.

(e)If the board of the authority is elected, whether the election of the board is partisan or nonpartisan.

(2)The amendment of the articles is subject to the voting requirements specified by the articles. If the articles do not specify a voting requirement to amend the articles, the voting requirement to amend the articles is the same as the voting requirement to adopt the articles.

(3)This section applies only if the territory of an authority is located only in a county with a population of less than 4,000.

History: Add. 2026, Act 12 , Imd. Eff. May 14, 2026