Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.212 (2026)

By-laws; enactment, authority of board of trustees.

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INCORPORATION OF SUMMER RESORT OWNERS


Act 137 of 1929


455.212 By-laws; enactment, authority of board of trustees.

Sec. 12.

    The board of trustees shall have the authority to enact by-laws, subject to repeal or modification by the members at any regular or special meeting, calculated and designed to carry into effect the following jurisdiction over the lands owned by the corporation and its members, viz.: To keep all such lands in good sanitary condition; to preserve the purity of the water of all streams, springs, bays or lakes within or bordering upon said lands; to protect all occupants from contagious diseases and to remove from said lands any and all persons afflicted with contagious diseases; to prevent and prohibit all forms of vice and immorality; to prevent and prohibit all disorderly assemblies, disorderly conduct, games of chance, gaming and disorderly houses; to regulate billiard and pool rooms, bowling alleys, dance halls and bath houses; to prohibit and abate all nuisances; to regulate meat markets, butcher shops and such other places of business as may become offensive to the health and comfort of the members and occupants of such lands; to regulate the speed of vehicles over its streets and alleys and make general traffic regulations thereon; to prevent the roaming at large of any dog or any other animal; to compel persons occupying any part of said lands to keep the same in good sanitary condition and the abutting streets and highways and sidewalks free from dirt and obstruction and in good repair.

History: 1929, Act 137, Eff. Aug. 28, > ;-- CL 1929, 10374 ;-- CL 1948, 455.212

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Robert Roy v. Island & Fonda Lakes Ass'n (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).
Robert Roy v. Island & Fonda Lakes Ass'n (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “Roy next argues that irrespective of whether IFLA properly exercised any of its powers, summer resort corporations’ powers are enumerated in MCL 455.212, and that statute does not explicitly confer authority to maintain roads that the corporation does not own outright or to…”
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