Article 27.--WATER SUPPLY, WATERWORKS AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
12-2708.Same; ordinance or resolution; election, when.
(a) Before any improvement is made as provided in this act, the
governing body of each participating city shall pass an ordinance and the
governing body of each participating township shall adopt a resolution
authorizing the making of the improvement and, if bonds are to be
issued,
directing the issuance of bonds to pay all or part of
municipality's
share of the cost of the improvement. The ordinance or
resolution shall specify the
nature and extent of the improvement to be made and shall recite the
contract entered into by the participating municipalities and corporations
and that such improvement is made in accordance with plans and
specifications approved by the secretary of health and environment and on file
in the office
of the clerk of the municipality for
inspection. The ordinance or resolution shall not take effect and
be in
force unless and until the governing body of such municipality submits the
ordinance or resolution to a vote of the electors of the
municipality, at a regular election or at a special election called for
such purpose, and a majority of the legal electors voting at such election vote
in favor of the ordinance or resolution. The
governing body of the municipality shall
have power to call such election. The election shall be
called,
noticed, conducted and canvassed in the manner provided by law for bond
elections under the provisions of the general bond law,
except that
the ballots used when voting upon the ordinance or resolution, as
the case
may be, shall contain these words: "For the ordinance" or "For the
resolution," as the case may be, (stating the nature of the proposed
ordinance or resolution), and "Against the ordinance" or "Against the
resolution," as the case may be, (stating the nature of the proposed
ordinance or resolution).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any
city of
the second class which has heretofore entered into a contract with a
corporation or other municipality as authorized or validated by the act of
which this section is amendatory may issue general obligation bonds of the
city without an election in an amount not to exceed $75,000 for the purpose of
enlarging, repairing,
improving or
extending the city's waterworks system, and no statute limiting the
bonded
indebtedness of a municipality shall apply to such bonds and such bonds
shall not be considered in determining the total bonded indebtedness of
such municipality for the purpose of applying any statute limiting the
bonded indebtedness of such municipality, except that before
issuing such bonds the governing body of the city shall publish once in the
official city paper the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds
and if, within 30 days after the date of publication,
there is filed with the city clerk a petition signed by 10% of the
legal electors of the city protesting the issuance, the governing body shall
submit the question of issuing such bonds to a vote of the electors of the
city in the manner provided by the general bond law.
History: L. 1955, ch. 87, § 8; L. 1957, ch. 98, § 1;
L. 1995, ch. 116, § 7; July 1.
Article 27.--WATER SUPPLY, WATERWORKS AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
12-2708.Same; ordinance or resolution; election, when.
(a) Before any improvement is made as provided in this act, the
governing body of each participating city shall pass an ordinance and the
governing body of each participating township shall adopt a resolution
authorizing the making of the improvement and, if bonds are to be
issued,
directing the issuance of bonds to pay all or part of
municipality's
share of the cost of the improvement. The ordinance or
resolution shall specify the
nature and extent of the improvement to be made and shall recite the
contract entered into by the participating municipalities and corporations
and that such improvement is made in accordance with plans and
specifications approved by the secretary of health and environment and on file
in the office
of the clerk of the municipality for
inspection. The ordinance or resolution shall not take effect and
be in
force unless and until the governing body of such municipality submits the
ordinance or resolution to a vote of the electors of the
municipality, at a regular election or at a special election called for
such purpose, and a majority of the legal electors voting at such election vote
in favor of the ordinance or resolution. The
governing body of the municipality shall
have power to call such election. The election shall be
called,
noticed, conducted and canvassed in the manner provided by law for bond
elections under the provisions of the general bond law,
except that
the ballots used when voting upon the ordinance or resolution, as
the case
may be, shall contain these words: "For the ordinance" or "For the
resolution," as the case may be, (stating the nature of the proposed
ordinance or resolution), and "Against the ordinance" or "Against the
resolution," as the case may be, (stating the nature of the proposed
ordinance or resolution).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any
city of
the second class which has heretofore entered into a contract with a
corporation or other municipality as authorized or validated by the act of
which this section is amendatory may issue general obligation bonds of the
city without an election in an amount not to exceed $75,000 for the purpose of
enlarging, repairing,
improving or
extending the city's waterworks system, and no statute limiting the
bonded
indebtedness of a municipality shall apply to such bonds and such bonds
shall not be considered in determining the total bonded indebtedness of
such municipality for the purpose of applying any statute limiting the
bonded indebtedness of such municipality, except that before
issuing such bonds the governing body of the city shall publish once in the
official city paper the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds
and if, within 30 days after the date of publication,
there is filed with the city clerk a petition signed by 10% of the
legal electors of the city protesting the issuance, the governing body shall
submit the question of issuing such bonds to a vote of the electors of the
city in the manner provided by the general bond law.
History: L. 1955, ch. 87, § 8; L. 1957, ch. 98, § 1;
L. 1995, ch. 116, § 7; July 1.
Article 27.--WATER SUPPLY, WATERWORKS AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
12-2708.Same; ordinance or resolution; election, when.
(a) Before any improvement is made as provided in this act, the
governing body of each participating city shall pass an ordinance and the
governing body of each participating township shall adopt a resolution
authorizing the making of the improvement and, if bonds are to be
issued,
directing the issuance of bonds to pay all or part of
municipality's
share of the cost of the improvement. The ordinance or
resolution shall specify the
nature and extent of the improvement to be made and shall recite the
contract entered into by the participating municipalities and corporations
and that such improvement is made in accordance with plans and
specifications approved by the secretary of health and environment and on file
in the office
of the clerk of the municipality for
inspection. The ordinance or resolution shall not take effect and
be in
force unless and until the governing body of such municipality submits the
ordinance or resolution to a vote of the electors of the
municipality, at a regular election or at a special election called for
such purpose, and a majority of the legal electors voting at such election vote
in favor of the ordinance or resolution. The
governing body of the municipality shall
have power to call such election. The election shall be
called,
noticed, conducted and canvassed in the manner provided by law for bond
elections under the provisions of the general bond law,
except that
the ballots used when voting upon the ordinance or resolution, as
the case
may be, shall contain these words: "For the ordinance" or "For the
resolution," as the case may be, (stating the nature of the proposed
ordinance or resolution), and "Against the ordinance" or "Against the
resolution," as the case may be, (stating the nature of the proposed
ordinance or resolution).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any
city of
the second class which has heretofore entered into a contract with a
corporation or other municipality as authorized or validated by the act of
which this section is amendatory may issue general obligation bonds of the
city without an election in an amount not to exceed $75,000 for the purpose of
enlarging, repairing,
improving or
extending the city's waterworks system, and no statute limiting the
bonded
indebtedness of a municipality shall apply to such bonds and such bonds
shall not be considered in determining the total bonded indebtedness of
such municipality for the purpose of applying any statute limiting the
bonded indebtedness of such municipality, except that before
issuing such bonds the governing body of the city shall publish once in the
official city paper the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds
and if, within 30 days after the date of publication,
there is filed with the city clerk a petition signed by 10% of the
legal electors of the city protesting the issuance, the governing body shall
submit the question of issuing such bonds to a vote of the electors of the
city in the manner provided by the general bond law.
History: L. 1955, ch. 87, § 8; L. 1957, ch. 98, § 1;
L. 1995, ch. 116, § 7; July 1.