Sec. 6a.
The township park commission shall have authority to acquire, maintain, manage, and control township parks and places of recreation, including bathing beaches, and shall have authority, in the name of the township, to condemn land for those purposes, in accordance with the condemnation laws of this state. The township board may authorize the township park commission to act as the township recreation board provided by Act No. 156 of the Public Acts of 1917, being sections 123.51 to 123.54 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The township park commission may accept, in the name of the township, gifts, grants, and devises of land suitable for parks and places of recreation, and gifts and bequests of money. That money shall be held in trust and used for the acquisition and improvement of land suitable for parks and places of recreation.
History: Add. 1989, Act 79, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 157 of 1905 - Township Parks and Places of Recreation (41.421 - 41.429)
Section 41.424 - Township Parks; Plan for Acquisition, Specifications; Referendum, Adoption, Record.
Section 41.425 - Exemption From Taxation.
Section 41.425a - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties.
Section 41.426a - Township Park Commission; Authority Generally.
Section 41.426c - Budget; Limitation; Assessment, Levy, and Collection of Tax.
Section 41.426d - Township Bonds; Acquisition of Lands for Parks and Places of Recreation; Payment.
Section 41.426e - Sale or Conveyance of Portions of Land Not Needed.
Section 41.426f - Annual Report.
Section 41.426g - Township Park Commission; Dissolution; Procedures.
Section 41.426h - Township Park Commission; Dissolution; Validation; Ratification.
Section 41.427 - Conveyances to and Duties of Board of County Park Trustees.
Section 41.428 - Appropriation; Purpose; Contribution to Park Commission.