Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.543 (2026)

Authority; creation; date effective; authority as municipal public body corporate and metropolitan authority; rights, functions, and responsibilities; inclusion of phrase "regional transit authority."

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REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY ACT

Act 387 of 2012

124.543 Authority; creation; date effective; authority as municipal public body corporate and metropolitan authority; rights, functions, and responsibilities; inclusion of phrase "regional transit authority."

Sec. 3.

(1) For an area of this state that is a qualified region on the effective date of this act, an authority is created on the effective date of this act for a public transit region that includes the qualified region. For an area of this state that becomes a qualified region after the effective date of this act, an authority is created on the date the area becomes a qualified region for the public transit region that includes the qualified region. An authority created under this act is a municipal public body corporate and a metropolitan authority authorized by section 27 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963, shall possess the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities vested in an authority by this act, and shall carry out the rights, duties, and obligations provided for in this act. An authority is not an agency or authority of this state.

(2) The name of an authority created under subsection (1) shall include the phrase "regional transit authority".

History: 2012, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: Slater v. Ann Arbor Pub. Schs. Bd. of Educ., 648 N.W.2d 205 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).

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Slater v. Ann Arbor Pub. Schs. Bd. of Educ., 648 N.W.2d 205 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “Without a transfer within the meaning of the *433 itfra, the employee protections of MCL 124.543(d) do not apply. Moreover, even if a transfer within the meaning of the itfra occurred in this case, defendants’ statutory construction argument that teacher tenure does not come…”

Od Taxpayers for Michigan Constitutional Govt v. State of Michigan (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “MCL 124.543 states: (1) . . . . An authority created under this act is a municipal public body corporate and a metropolitan authority authorized by section 27 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963, shall possess the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities…”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.543(d) — 1 case

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