Section 124.404b - Regional transit coordinating council; articles of incorporation; development and purpose of long-range plan.
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES ACT OF 1967 (EXCERPT)
Act 204 of 1967
124.404b Regional transit coordinating council; articles of incorporation; development and purpose of long-range plan.
Sec. 4b.
(1) Incorporation of a council shall be accomplished by adoption of articles of incorporation by the incorporators authorized to so act. Articles of incorporation so adopted shall be published by the person or persons designated in the articles at least once in a newspaper designated in the articles and circulated within the area proposed to be served. One printed copy of the articles of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state, the clerk of each county within the area of the council, and the director of the state transportation department by the person designated to do so by the articles. The council shall become operative and the articles of incorporation effective at the time provided in the articles of incorporation. The validity of the incorporation shall be conclusively presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the publication of the articles of incorporation.
(2) The articles of incorporation shall state the name of the council; the purposes for which it is formed; the constituent units of and the metropolitan area, or portions thereof, comprising the council; the person or persons charged with the responsibility of causing the articles of incorporation to be published and filed as provided in subsection (1); the method of amending the articles of incorporation; and any other matters which the incorporators consider advisable.
(3) The council, in conjunction with the state transportation department, shall develop a long-range plan to bring the authorities coordinated by the council into conformity with the state fiscal year.
History: Add. 1988, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1988