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MI Comp L § 280.277 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.277 - Drainage District Bonds; Delinquent Assessments, Advance by Cities, Villages, or Townships; Reimbursement; Reassessment; Validation of Drain Orders or Bonds.

280.277 Drainage district bonds; delinquent assessments, advance by cities, villages, or townships; reimbursement; reassessment; validation of drain orders or bonds.Sec. 277.  Whenever lands in any city, village, or township or combination thereof are assessed for all or any part of the cost of a drain, the governing body of each of the cities, villages, or townships by resolution adopted prior to the issuance of drain orders or bonds, or both, in anticipation of the payment of the assessments for the drain may agree that in the event of any delinquency in the collection of the assessments against lands in the cities, villages, or townships, the cities, villages, or townships shall advance the amount of the delinquency from unobligated funds in the general fund to the extent necessary to pay principal and interest on the drain orders or bonds, or both, as the same mature or are subject to mandatory redemption. In the event that money is so advanced, the cities, villages, or townships shall be reimbursed from the collection of the delinquent assessments against lands within its boundaries. If the collections from special assessments are not sufficient to reimburse the cities, villages, or townships, the drain commissioner of the county shall, within a 5-year period from the date of advancement, reassess the drainage district in order to provide for the repayment of the sums so advanced. However, this act does not validate any drain orders or bonds issued prior to March 28, 1956. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 1, 2016 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.278 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.278 - Interest on Installments of Drain Taxes; Payment of Interest; Disposition and Use of Installments and Interest; Bank Deposits; Interest on Bonds or Notes.

280.278 Interest on installments of drain taxes; payment of interest; disposition and use of installments and interest; bank deposits; interest on bonds or notes.Sec. 278.  If bonds or notes are issued and sold by the commissioner, installments of the drain taxes shall bear interest at a rate that is not greater than 1% per annum more than the average rate of interest on the bonds or notes from the date of the preparation of the assessment roll until due. The bonds or notes may provide, if the commissioner so determines, for the payment of interest semiannually. The installments and the interest shall, as collected, be paid into the county treasury and placed to the credit of the fund of the drain, to be used solely for the payment of bonds or notes as they mature or are subject to mandatory redemption. Money collected in anticipation of the payment of the bonds or notes shall be deposited by the county treasurer in a bank or banks to be designated by the board of commissioners of the county and the interest received shall belong to the fund. Bonds or notes issued and sold by the commissioner shall bear interest at not to exceed the rate specified in the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 191, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 249, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1965 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 231, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1978 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 406, Imd. Eff. June 3, 2002 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 1, 2016 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.279 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.279 - Special Assessments; Payment in Full; Notice to Commissioner; Deficiency Assessment.

280.279 Special assessments; payment in full; notice to commissioner; deficiency assessment. Sec. 279.  Any person liable to the payment of special assessments for benefits received from the construction of a drain hereunder may pay the same in full with interest to date at any time, subject to the right of reassessment in case of deficiency as herein provided. The foregoing right of prepayment shall extend to the state or any political subdivision thereof, assessed at large for a portion of the cost of a drain. Such payment may be made to the township treasurer, who shall give his receipt therefor and who shall transmit the same to the county treasurer. The latter official shall, on receipt of the same, give notice to the commissioner, who shall make the necessary changes in the rolls covering subsequent installments. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.281 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.281 - Special Drain Assessment; Definition of Municipal Corporation.

280.281 Special drain assessment; definition of municipal corporation. Sec. 281.  Any municipal corporation may contract to pay all or any part of a special drain assessment for drain improvements made by any county agency or drainage district benefiting property of the municipal corporation, but in no event shall such payment exceed its proportionate share of the expenses of the improvements. For the purposes of this section, "municipal corporation" means any county, township, charter township, city, village, metropolitan district, public authority or a drainage district. History: Add. 1961, Act 41, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1961 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.282 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.282 - Investment of Surplus Funds; Consolidation of Drainage District Funds; Disposition and Use of Interest; Revolving Maintenance Fund; Consolidation With Other Funds for Investment Purposes; Disposition of Interest Earned; Accounting for Principal Balances; Expenditures.

280.282 Investment of surplus funds; consolidation of drainage district funds; disposition and use of interest; revolving maintenance fund; consolidation with other funds for investment purposes; disposition of interest earned; accounting for principal balances; expenditures. Sec. 282.  (1) The drain commissioner or drainage board may direct the treasurer of any drainage district to invest any surplus funds belonging to and under the control of the drain commissioner or drainage board as provided in section 1 of Act No. 20 of the Public Acts of 1943, being section 129.91 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (2) If 2 or more drainage district funds which are under control of the drain commissioner or drainage board have balances of less than $1,000.00, those drainage district funds may be consolidated into 1 account for short term investment as directed by the drain commissioner. A drainage district fund shall not be consolidated if there is an immediate and apparent need for expending that fund on the specific drain to which the fund belongs.  (3) The interest earned by a fund consolidated under subsection (2) may be deposited in a segregated revolving maintenance fund which the drain commissioner or drainage board may use for temporarily financing necessary maintenance expenses on an intracounty or intercounty drain within that drain commissioner's or drainage board's jurisdiction. The revolving maintenance fund shall be a fund separate from the revolving drain fund provided for in chapter 12. The revolving maintenance fund shall be accounted for, administered, and reimbursed in the same manner as the revolving drain fund under section 303.  (4) If a drainage district fund has a balance of $1,000.00 or more, the drain commissioner or drainage board may direct that that fund be consolidated with other funds for investment purposes. The interest earned, whether from a consolidated or separate account, shall immediately be deposited in the drainage district fund to which the principal belongs.  (5) The principal balances of each drainage district fund shall be accounted for at all times and may only be spent by order of the drain commissioner or drainage board on expenses necessary for the operation and maintenance of the drain to which the fund belongs. History: Add. 1970, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 80, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1984 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.283 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.283 - Use or Transfer of Surplus Construction Funds; Contract With Public Corporation; Provisions of Contract; Return of Surplus Construction Funds to State Transportation Department; Definitions.

280.283 Use or transfer of surplus construction funds; contract with public corporation; provisions of contract; return of surplus construction funds to state transportation department; definitions. Sec. 283.  (1) The drain commissioner or drainage board shall use any surplus construction funds remaining in the construction fund after completion of the project for the inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 or shall authorize the transfer of the funds to the bond and interest account, if bonds were issued, in the amounts the drain commissioner or drainage board considers proper.  (2) The drainage board or drain commissioner shall contract with a public corporation if that public corporation has been assessed for all or part of the cost of the drain or if land in a city, village, township, or combination thereof has been assessed for all or any part of the cost of a drain. The contract shall provide that after all outstanding drain orders or bonds are paid on a drainage district project, the drain commissioner or drainage board shall authorize the respective county treasurers to pay over any portion of the surplus not needed for more than the cost of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 to the county, township, city, or village in which the drain was located or in which assessments for benefits have been assessed and collected. The payments shall be on a pro rata basis in direct proportion to the amounts assessed and collected from each county, city, village, or township. The contract shall also provide that upon receipt of the surplus funds the county, city, village, or township shall utilize those surplus funds to alleviate drainage problems in their respective jurisdictions.  (3) If state highway funds are involved in a project, the drain commissioner or drainage board, upon completion of a construction project, shall return, on a pro rata basis, surplus construction funds in excess of the amount necessary to pay for inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 to the state transportation department for the construction, maintenance, and administration of state highways.  (4) As used in this section, "public corporation" includes a city, village, township, or county, or the state. History: Add. 1970, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 149, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1989 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-12. - Chapter 12. Revolving Funds for Drains. (280.301...280.307)|Section 280.301 - Revolving Drain Fund; Creation, Use.

280.301 Revolving drain fund; creation, use. Sec. 301.  At the October session of the board of supervisors, each board shall appropriate and collect by general taxation from the taxable property within their respective counties for the purpose of creating a revolving drain fund, such sum as said board may deem necessary. Said revolving fund when so created shall be used and disposed of solely as provided in this chapter. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 90, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.302 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-12. - Chapter 12. Revolving Funds for Drains. (280.301...280.307)|Section 280.302 - Revolving Drain Fund; Use; Intercounty Drains; Expenses After Date of Letting Drain Contracts.

280.302 Revolving drain fund; use; intercounty drains; expenses after date of letting drain contracts. Sec. 302.  The revolving fund may be used for paying the engineer or surveyor for his services in laying out a drainage district, also any necessary assistance therefor and to pay any and all other services to the date of letting the drain contract for paying members of boards of determination for services performed under this act, for necessary repairs on old drains, and also for paying drain orders that are due not in excess of $2,000.00 if authorized by the board of supervisors. Orders drawn by the commissioner on the revolving fund may be made payable upon the performance of services herein defined. From said revolving fund may be paid the services herein mentioned on any drain or drainage district affecting more than 1 county. Such total expense is prorated among the several counties affected according to the amount apportioned to be paid by and in said counties respectively for said drain. Any and all orders for services rendered or expenses incurred after the date of letting the drain contract shall be paid in the manner prescribed in chapter 10, being sections 241 to 248. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 215, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 228, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 214, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1967 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.303 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-12. - Chapter 12. Revolving Funds for Drains. (280.301...280.307)|Section 280.303 - Revolving Drain Fund; Accounting Records; Reimbursement.

280.303 Revolving drain fund; accounting records; reimbursement. Sec. 303.  The county treasurers shall carry as a separate account upon the books of their office a revolving fund and all accounts and items pertaining thereto. A record shall be kept of the amount of money paid from the revolving fund for the use and benefit of any particular drainage district and upon payment to the county treasurer of the taxes assessed in the particular drainage district, the county treasurer, out of the moneys received, shall transfer to the revolving fund pro rata according to the number of installments of taxes the sum expended. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 66, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1969 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.304 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-12. - Chapter 12. Revolving Funds for Drains. (280.301...280.307)|Section 280.304 - Revolving Drain Fund; Deposit in Bank; Interest.

280.304 Revolving drain fund; deposit in bank; interest. Sec. 304.  The said revolving fund shall be deposited in the bank of the county offering the highest rate of interest on daily balances, final determination to be made by the board of supervisors of the particular county, the interest so received to be paid into and become a part of said fund. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.305 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-12. - Chapter 12. Revolving Funds for Drains. (280.301...280.307)|Section 280.305 - Revolving Drain Fund; Transfer to Particular Drain Fund of Moneys Under Former Law, Use.

280.305 Revolving drain fund; transfer to particular drain fund of moneys under former law, use. Sec. 305.  When the moneys for the revolving fund shall have been appropriated, the county treasurer shall immediately transfer back to each particular drain fund any unexpended moneys due in such fund then on hand and carried in any revolving fund by virtue of any pre-existing law, said moneys when so transferred to be used solely for the use and benefit of the particular drain for which they were raised. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.306 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-12. - Chapter 12. Revolving Funds for Drains. (280.301...280.307)|Section 280.306 - Revolving Fund; Expenditures or Obligation Before Completion of Improvement; Report to County Board of Commissioners; Apportionment.

280.306 Revolving fund; expenditures or obligation before completion of improvement; report to county board of commissioners; apportionment.Sec. 306.  If revolving fund money has been expended or a drainage district is obligated to pay expenses for engineering, legal, or administrative services or to pay principal and interest on notes, by action of the drain commissioner, and if an improvement has not been completed after the drain commissioner's order designating a county drainage district, the entry of the first order of determination under section 72, or the filing of a petition, if a petition has been filed, whichever is later, the drain commissioner may report this fact to the county board of commissioners. If an improvement has not been completed within 5 years after the date of the drain commissioner's order designating a drainage district, the entry of the first order of determination under section 72, or the filing of a petition, if a petition has been filed and ordered abandoned, whichever is later, the drain commissioner shall report that fact to the county board of commissioners. If the sum involved is too small to justify spreading the sum over the drainage district, the county board of commissioners may order that the sum be spread against the property of the original petitioners as the commissioners consider just and equitable. Otherwise, the county board of commissioners may order that the sum be spread over the district and the drain commissioner shall apportion the sum to the parties that would have been benefited in the district as provided in chapter 7 for the purpose of permitting a review of the assessment roll as to fairness of the apportionment only. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 105, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 115, Imd. Eff. May 10, 2016 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.307 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-12. - Chapter 12. Revolving Funds for Drains. (280.301...280.307)|Section 280.307 - Revolving Fund; Expenditures or Obligation Before Completion of Improvement; Intercounty Drainage District, Apportionment; Recovery of Money.

280.307 Revolving fund; expenditures or obligation before completion of improvement; intercounty drainage district, apportionment; recovery of money.Sec. 307.  (1) The drainage board shall apportion the cost between counties if revolving fund money has been expended or a drainage district is obligated to pay expenses for engineering, legal, or administrative services or to pay principal and interest on notes and if any of the following apply:  (a) An improvement has not been completed within the latest of the following:  (i) 5 years after the date of the drainage board's order designating an intercounty drainage district under section 105.   (ii) 5 years after the entry of the first order of determination under section 122.   (iii) 2 years after the filing of a petition, if a petition has been filed and ordered abandoned.   (b) A petition to locate, establish, and construct an intercounty drain is not filed within 2 years after the date of the drainage board's order designating an intercounty drainage district.  (2) If requested by a drain commissioner feeling aggrieved by the apportionment, the board of review shall review the apportionment under section 106. The amount apportioned to each county by the board of review shall be recovered by the county as provided in section 306. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 115, Imd. Eff. May 10, 2016 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 646, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.321 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-13. - Chapter 13. Highways. (280.321...280.328)|Section 280.321 - Drains in Public Highways; Permit; Release of Right of Way.

280.321 Drains in public highways; permit; release of right of way. Sec. 321.  Drains may be laid within or across the right of way of any highway, provided it shall be necessary for the county drain commissioner to obtain first a permit from the highway authority having jurisdiction. If title in fee simple be not in the highway authority, said commissioner shall also obtain a release of right of way for the purposes of such drain from the owner of the land, as provided in sections 73, 74 and 75 of this act. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40