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Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.501 (2026)
Urban cooperation act; short title.
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URBAN COOPERATION ACT OF 1967
Act 7 of 1967 (Ex. Sess.)
124.501 Urban cooperation act; short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "urban cooperation act of 1967".
History: 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 7, Eff. Mar. 22, 1968
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases, 1984–2020 · leading case: Manuel v. Gill, 753 N.W.2d 48 (Mich. 2008).
Manuel v. Gill, 753 N.W.2d 48 (Mich. 2008). “TCM was formed pursuant to the Urban Cooperation Act (UCA), MCL 124.501 et seq. Both the trial court and the Court of Appeals concluded that, under the UCA, TCM was subject to suit, relying on MCL 124.”
Scott v. Michigan, 173 F. Supp. 2d 708 (E.D. Mich. 2001). “is not an entity subject to suit because it is not a cooperative governmental agency formed under Michigan’s Urban Cooperation Act of 1967, Mich.Comp.Laws § 124.501, et. seq., and thus cannot bring suit in its own name or be sued.”
Mason Cnty. v. Dep't of Cmty. Health, 820 N.W.2d 192 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011). “1205] or a community mental health organization under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512. [Emphasis added.] A “community mental health organization” is “a community mental health services program that is organized under the urban…”
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees v. City of Detroit, 704 N.W.2d 712 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). “It was alleged that defendant RTCC lacked the authority to enter into an inter-local agreement based on the Urban Cooperation Act (UCA), MCL 124.501 et seq., because the RTCC was not a public agency for the purposes of the UCA.”
Hughes v. Region VII Area Agency on Aging, 744 N.W.2d 10 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). “In support of this argument, Hughes asserted that the only statutory authority permitting joint endeavors by local governmental bodies is the Urban Cooperation Act (UCA), MCL 124.501 et seq. Hughes noted, however, that the members had failed to comply with the act’s requirement…”
Hughes v. Region VII Area Agency on Aging, 423 F. Supp. 2d 708 (E.D. Mich. 2006). “The plaintiffs state that the only statute authorizing counties to act in this manner is the Urban Cooperation Act (UCA), Michigan Compiled Laws section 124.501 et seq. ■ The plaintiffs point to the decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals in Detroit Area Agency on Aging v.”
Holland-West Ottawa-Saugatuck Consortium v. Holland Educ. Ass'n, 501 N.W.2d 261 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993). “Moreover, the Urban Cooperation Act, MCL 124.501 et seq.; MSA 5.4088(1) et seq.”
Lopez v. Foerster (W.D. Mich. 2020). “The Urban Cooperation Act (UCA), Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.501 et seq., permits the use of “interlocal agreements” to create a “separate legal entity” with the power to make contracts, to acquire property, and to incur obligations that belong to the entity and not to the parties to…”
Dep't of Transp. v. Riverview-Trenton R.R. Co (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). “The Moroun entities also argue that the tolling arrangement provided by the Crossing Agreement violates the Urban Cooperation Agreement (UCA), MCL 124.501 et seq. We disagree. We first note that the trial court did not believe these arguments were proper necessity challenges…”
In re Kent Cmty. Action Prog., Inc., 40 B.R. 912 (W.D. Mich. 1984). “GRAETC II is an entity formed by agreement between the City of Grand Rapids, and Kent County, both in Michigan, on November 29, 1983, under the Urban Cooperative Act of 1967, Mich.Comp.Laws § 124.501 et seq. (Mich.Stat.”
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