{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.50127","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50127","heading":"Board of directors; appointment and qualifications of directors; presentation and contents of application; certification statement; examination and recordation of application and statement; issuance and contents of certification.","body":"Sec. 50127.\n\nIf the operation of a district is determined to be feasible, the department shall appoint 2 directors who, with the 3 directors elected as provided in sections 50131 and 50132, constitute the first board of directors of the district. The directors appointed shall be persons who are by training and experience qualified to perform the functions which are required of them by this part.\n\nThe board shall present the secretary of state with an application that states all of the following:\n\nThat a petition for the creation of a district was filed with the department pursuant to this part; that the proceedings specified in this part were taken pursuant to the petition; and that the application is being filed in order to complete the organization of the district and that they are the directors.\n\nThe name and official residence of each of the directors, together with a certification evidencing their right to office.\n\nThe term of office of each of the directors.\n\nThe proposed name of the district.\n\nThe location of the principal office of the district.\n\nThe date the district is to come into existence under this part. The application shall be subscribed and sworn to by each of the directors before an officer authorized by the laws of the state to take and certify oaths.\n\nThe application shall be accompanied by a statement by the department that certifies all of the following:\n\nThat a petition was filed, notice given, and a hearing held as required.\n\nThat the department determined there is a need for a district to function in the proposed territory and defined its boundaries.\n\nThat the department subsequently determined that the operation of the proposed district is administratively and economically feasible.\n\nThe secretary of state shall examine the application and statement and shall receive and record them in an appropriate book of record and shall issue a certificate to the board specifying the date of creation and the gross territorial boundary of the district.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 324","Act Act-451-of-1994"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-324-50127","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"744213cfd9a336e1a57e4dda82a005d3e34065eefd6128e3678b09dc005c3cc7","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.50126","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-324.50128"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}