Act No. 331

Public Acts of 2005

Approved by the Governor

December 20, 2005

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 28, 2005

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 28, 2005

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

Introduced by Reps. Elsenheimer, Taub, Casperson, Hansen, Booher, Jones, LaJoy, Marleau, Walker, Gaffney, Hummel, Amos, Palsrok, Robertson, Garfield, Hildenbrand, Stahl, Meyer, Hoogendyk, Stakoe, Brandenburg and Vander Veen

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5333

AN ACT to amend 1952 PA 214, entitled "An act authorizing the Mackinac bridge authority to acquire a bridge connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan, including causeways, tunnels, roads and all useful related equipment and facilities, including park, parking, recreation, lighting and terminal facilities; extending the corporate existence of the authority; authorizing such authority to enjoy and carry out all powers incident to its corporate objects; authorizing the appropriation and use of state funds for the preliminary purposes of the authority; providing for the payment of the cost of such bridge and in that connection authorizing the authority to issue revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues of the bridge; granting the right of condemnation to the authority; granting the use of state land and property to the authority; making provisions for the payment and security of such bonds and granting certain rights and remedies to the holders thereof; authorizing banks and trust companies to perform certain acts in connection therewith; authorizing the imposition of tolls and charges; authorizing the authority to secure the consent of the
United States government to the construction of the bridge and to secure approval of plans, specifications and location of same; authorizing employment of engineers irrespective of whether such engineers have been previously employed to make preliminary inspections or reports with respect to the bridge; authorizing the state highway department to operate and maintain such bridge or to contribute thereto and enter into leases and agreements in connection therewith; exempting such bonds and the property of the authority from taxation; prohibiting competing traffic facilities; authorizing the operation of ferries by the authority; providing for the construction and use of certain buildings; and making an appropriation," by repealing sections 3 and 14 (MCL 254.313 and 254.324).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Enacting section 1. Sections 3 and 14 of 1952 PA 214, MCL 254.313 and MCL 254.324, are repealed.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 93rd Legislature are enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 829.

(b) Senate Bill No. 830.

(c) House Bill No. 5339.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor