Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.959 (2026)

Building authority; acquisition of property, condemnation.

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BUILDING AUTHORITIES

Act 31 of 1948 (1st Ex. Sess.)

123.959 Building authority; acquisition of property, condemnation.

Sec. 9.

For the purpose of accomplishing the objects of its incorporation the authority may acquire property by purchase, construction, lease, gift, devise or condemnation, and for the purpose of condemnation, it may proceed under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 213.21 to 213.41 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, or any other appropriate statute.

The legislative body of any incorporating unit, by a majority vote of the members thereof, may transfer any real property except cemetery property owned by the incorporating unit to an authority established pursuant to this act.

History: 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948 ;-- CL 1948, 123.959 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1962 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1968

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1987–2003 · leading case: Herp v. Lansing City Clerk, 416 N.W.2d 367 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987).

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Herp v. Lansing City Clerk, 416 N.W.2d 367 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “See MCL 123.959; MSA 5.301(9). Essentially, under the act, the authority pays for the acquisition of the site and the construction of the building and facilities and then leases the property to the municipality (referred to in the act as the "incorporating unit").”

Alibri v. Detroit/Wayne Cnty. Stadium Auth., 658 N.W.2d 167 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “MCL 123.959 provides that for “the purpose of accomplishing the objects of its incorporation the authority may acquire property by purchase, construction, lease, gift, devise or condemnation.”

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