{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-120.102","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.102","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Sec. 2.\n\nAs used in this act:\n\n\"Authority\" means a port authority created under this act and may also include the area within the jurisdiction of an authority.\n\n\"Constituent unit\" means a city or county requesting the incorporation of an authority.\n\n\"Governing body of the city\" means the city council or city commission of a city requesting incorporation of an authority created under this act.\n\n\"Governing body of the county\" means the county board of commissioners of a county participating in an authority created under this act.\n\n\"Port facilities\" means those facilities owned by the port authority such as: seawall jetties; piers; wharves; docks; boat landings; marinas; warehouses; storehouses; elevators; grain bins; cold storage plants; terminal icing plants; bunkers; oil tanks; ferries; canals; locks; bridges; tunnels; seaways; conveyors; modern appliances for the economical handling, storage, and transportation of freight and handling of passenger traffic; transfer and terminal facilities required for the efficient operation and development of ports and harbors; other harbor improvements; or improvements, enlargements, remodeling, or extensions of any of these buildings or structures.\n\n\"Project\" means the acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, improvement, enlargement, repair, condemnation, maintenance, or operation of port facilities.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 120","Act Act-639-of-1978"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-120-102","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"0c51a916731322f6299cb37eb99a1cc2a9292bc02dd60a9627e1df9a2f850ffb","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-120.101","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-120.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}