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Mich. Comp. Laws § 121.2 (2026)

Incorporating municipalities; act as charter.

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CHARTER WATER AUTHORITY ACT


Act 4 of 1957


121.2 Incorporating municipalities; act as charter.

Sec. 2.

    Any 2 or more cities, villages or townships, or any combination thereof, having a combined current state equalized valuation of not less than $200,000,000.00, by vote of their respective electors, may incorporate an authority comprising the territory within their respective limits for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, purchasing, operating and maintaining a water supply and transmission system. The authority shall be a public municipal corporation with the rights, powers and duties set forth in this act, which act shall constitute the charter of such municipal corporation.

History: 1957, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1957

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2013–2022 · leading case: In re Kelly, 486 B.R. 882 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2013).
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In re Kelly, 486 B.R. 882 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2013). “Lundin, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy § 121.2 at 121-3-121-9 (3d Ed. 2000). The logic of this line of cases is that, because 11 U.”
In re Brinkley, 505 B.R. 207 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2013). “From strictly a policy perspective, this approach has ironically found favor with some courts for the same overall reason just noted above— the potential for a party to manipulate *212 the application of the antimodification clause.”
Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional Govt v. State of Michigan (Mich. 2021). “, MCL 121.2 (water authorities operate within the limits of the authorizing municipalities); MCL 119.”
Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional Govt v. State of Michigan (Mich. 2021). “, MCL 121.2 (water authorities operate within the limits of the authorizing municipalities); MCL 119.”
Od Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional Govt v. State of Michigan (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “” MCL 121.2. In sum, the Revised School Code does not define a PSA as an “authority” despite the Legislature’s clear use of that term as to those entities it wishes to so classify.”
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