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MI Comp L § 324.60304 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-603 - Part 603 Soil and Economic Survey (324.60301...324.60309)|Section 324.60304 - Soil and Economic Survey; Report; Contents; Maps; Distribution.

324.60304 Soil and economic survey; report; contents; maps; distribution. Sec. 60304.  The report required under section 60303 to be made upon the soil and economic survey in each county, subject to this part, shall set forth such information and data as will fulfill the general purpose defined in section 60302. However, the report shall not state or represent the money value of land surveyed. Insofar as is possible and expedient, the land surveyed shall be classified as to its agricultural adaptability and general character and as to the uses to which it may be put. Maps shall be prepared and incorporated in the report as may be considered necessary for public information and convenience. A copy of the report shall be sent to every public library in the state, and the remainder of the copies shall be kept for distribution, subject to the rules and regulations pertaining to the report that the department may, from time to time, adopt. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60305 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-603 - Part 603 Soil and Economic Survey (324.60301...324.60309)|Section 324.60305 - Soil and Economic Survey; Payment of Expenses; Claim or Account; Statement of Unexpended Funds.

324.60305 Soil and economic survey; payment of expenses; claim or account; statement of unexpended funds. Sec. 60305.  Payments shall be made out of the fund created by this part only on the warrant of the state treasurer. However, payments shall not be made until the department has approved the claim or account and has certified the correctness of the claim or account. At the request of the department, the state treasurer shall furnish a statement at any time as to the amount of money remaining in the fund to be expended for the purposes of this part. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60306 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-603 - Part 603 Soil and Economic Survey (324.60301...324.60309)|Section 324.60306 - Cooperation With Other Agencies; Effect.

324.60306 Cooperation with other agencies; effect. Sec. 60306.  In implementing the work contemplated in this part, the department may cooperate with the various counties of the state, with development bureaus, with any department, officer, bureau, or institution established and maintained by the United States government, and with any other institution, board, society, or association, either within or outside of this state. An agreement for cooperation shall not change or modify, in any way, the purpose of this part, as defined in section 60302. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60307 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-603 - Part 603 Soil and Economic Survey (324.60301...324.60309)|Section 324.60307 - Right of Entry on Private Property by Department.

324.60307 Right of entry on private property by department. Sec. 60307.  For the purposes of performing their respective duties under this part and carrying on the work of the soil and economic survey, the department and its employees may enter onto and be on private property. That property shall, however, not be injured or damaged in any way. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60308 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-603 - Part 603 Soil and Economic Survey (324.60301...324.60309)|Section 324.60308 - Annual Appropriation; Carrying Forward Unexpended Funds; Disposition; Reduction Through Federal Aid.

324.60308 Annual appropriation; carrying forward unexpended funds; disposition; reduction through federal aid. Sec. 60308.  Any portion of the annual appropriation provided for in this part that remains unexpended at the close of any fiscal year shall be carried forward into the next fiscal year, to the credit of the department, for the purposes provided under this part, and is subject to expenditure accordingly, it being the intention to make the entire amount appropriated available for the purposes of this part. Any sum remaining in the appropriation on the completion of the soil and economic survey provided for in this part, and after the making of the final report required in this part, is and shall remain a part of the general fund of the state and subject to the incidents pertaining to the general fund. However, if the federal government or any department of the federal government renders aid to this state for the general purposes covered by this part, the appropriation made pursuant to this part shall be reduced by the same amount, which amount shall revert to the general fund of this state. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60309 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-603 - Part 603 Soil and Economic Survey (324.60301...324.60309)|Section 324.60309 - Reports to Legislature; Contents.

324.60309 Reports to legislature; contents.  Sec. 60309.  The department shall prepare and submit to each legislature a report covering the work of the preceding 2 years. The report shall indicate specifically the lands that have been surveyed, the general progress and condition of the work, the expenditures that have been made, and the cooperative agreements, if any, that have been entered into. On the completion of the work, a detailed financial report shall be made to the legislature, together with the recommendations and suggestions that the department considers necessary. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60501 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-605 - Part 605 Aerial Photos, Surveys, and Maps (324.60501...324.60503)|Section 324.60501 - Aerial Photographs and Ground Control Surveys for Preparation of Base Maps; Cooperative Agreements.

324.60501 Aerial photographs and ground control surveys for preparation of base maps; cooperative agreements. Sec. 60501.  The department, on behalf of the state, may confer with the director of the United States geological survey or his or her representatives and accept the cooperation of the federal government with this state in making aerial photographs and necessary ground control surveys of those portions of the state as may be mutually agreed upon by the cooperating governments, for the preparation of (utility) base maps of those portions of the state. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60502 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-605 - Part 605 Aerial Photos, Surveys, and Maps (324.60501...324.60503)|Section 324.60502 - Preparation of Base Maps; Authority of Department to Contract With Federal Government; Contents; Right of Entry on Private Lands.

324.60502 Preparation of base maps; authority of department to contract with federal government; contents; right of entry on private lands. Sec. 60502.  The department may, on behalf of the state, contract with the United States government for the aerial photographing and mapping, scale of photographs and maps, determining the method, form, and execution of maps, and all other details of the work necessary to prepare base maps of those portions of the state as may be agreed upon. The state shall receive negatives of all aerial photographs and copies of all base maps prepared. The maps shall be prepared so as to show the location of roads, railroads, streams, canals, lakes, rivers, timbered areas, and all other natural and artificial features capable of being mapped by the methods to be mutually agreed upon by the geological surveys of the state and the federal government. The state shall not contract to pay more than the amounts paid by the federal government for these purposes. For the purpose of making these surveys, persons employed in making the surveys may enter at reasonable times upon all parts of all lands within the boundaries of this state, but this part does not authorize any unnecessary interference with private rights or the performance of any act not necessary for the preparation of the base maps. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60503 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-605 - Part 605 Aerial Photos, Surveys, and Maps (324.60501...324.60503)|Section 324.60503 - Preparation of Base Maps; Payment of Expenses.

324.60503 Preparation of base maps; payment of expenses. Sec. 60503.  The amounts authorized to be paid under this part shall first be certified to be correct by the department and shall be paid out of the state treasury upon warrant of the state treasurer. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60701 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-607 - Part 607 State Soil Survey (324.60701...324.60704)|Section 324.60701 - Definitions.

324.60701 Definitions. Sec. 60701.  As used in this part:  (a) "Soil survey" means the identification and description of kinds of soil, the plotting of boundaries on aerial photographs between kinds of soils, and the description and evaluation of their importance and response under various uses and management practices.  (b) "Soil scientist" means a person who meets the qualification standards of the GS-470 soil scientist series established by the United States civil service commission. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60702 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-607 - Part 607 State Soil Survey (324.60701...324.60704)|Section 324.60702 - Inventory of Soil Resources of State; 10-Year Program; Minimum Acres for Soil Surveys; Conducting Soil Surveys on Proportional Basis.

324.60702 Inventory of soil resources of state; 10-year program; minimum acres for soil surveys; conducting soil surveys on proportional basis. Sec. 60702.  (1) The department of agriculture shall provide an inventory of the soil resources of the state by a 10-year program for the acceleration of the soil survey on nonfederal lands. Soil surveys will be made on a minimum of 3,000,000 acres over the 10 years following December 14, 1977 under former Act No. 268 of the Public Acts of 1977.   (2) Soil surveys shall be conducted on a proportional basis of not more than 2 counties in the Lower Peninsula being surveyed for each county in the Upper Peninsula until all counties in the Upper Peninsula have been surveyed. If the soil surveys cannot be conducted on a proportional basis due to the lack of funding from any of the counties, then the department of agriculture shall establish an alternative proportional basis to promote the conducting of the surveys in the time period established in subsection (1). History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60703 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-607 - Part 607 State Soil Survey (324.60701...324.60704)|Section 324.60703 - Authority of Department of Agriculture.

324.60703 Authority of department of agriculture.  Sec. 60703.  The department of agriculture shall implement this part by employing, subject to civil service rules, and equipping soil scientists, within appropriations for that purpose, to make soil surveys through cooperative arrangements with the United States department of agriculture soil conservation service and the Michigan agricultural experiment station. The soil survey shall be conducted under national standards and guidelines for naming, classifying, and interpreting soils and for publishing soil surveys in the United States department of agriculture series. The department of agriculture shall also, in conjunction with the department, design and implement standards and guidelines for use in primarily forested areas. The standards and guidelines may include the additional soil characteristics which must be measured to determine forest growth and continued protection, and the modification of soil body grouping methods to allow interpretation and inventory of soils for forest management purposes. Michigan technological university, Ford forestry center shall provide technical backup with respect to soil survey in forestry areas. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60704 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-607 - Part 607 State Soil Survey (324.60701...324.60704)|Section 324.60704 - Department of Agriculture; Budget Requests; Appropriations.

324.60704 Department of agriculture; budget requests; appropriations. Sec. 60704.  The department of agriculture shall make yearly budget requests and the legislature shall annually appropriate funds to implement this part. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60901 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-609 - Part 609 Resource Inventory (324.60901...324.60910)|Section 324.60901 - Definitions.

324.60901 Definitions. Sec. 60901.  As used in this part:  (a) "Classification system" means a mechanism to identify the current use of land and any structures on the land.  (b) "Data management system" means a mechanism which relies on a computer to manipulate, store, and retrieve information collected and updated during a resource inventory.  (c) "Inventory" means the land resource and current use inventory.  (d) "Regional planning commission" means a regional planning commission designated by the governor pursuant to executive directive to carry out planning in a multicounty region of the state.  (e) "Technical assistance" means the aid that the department shall provide to municipalities, counties, and other interested groups and individuals, on the use of the land resource and current use inventory and related information for planning and resource management decisions. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60902 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-609 - Part 609 Resource Inventory (324.60901...324.60910)|Section 324.60902 - Project Design Study; Land Resource and Current Use Inventory; Technical Assistance Program; Recommendations.

324.60902 Project design study; land resource and current use inventory; technical assistance program; recommendations.  Sec. 60902.  (1) The department shall make or have made a project design study. The study shall determine the appropriate operational criteria, computer software and hardware, staffing, available information resources, data updating methodology, most economical inventory resources, location of data management operations, linkages with other data management systems in the state, data geographic base configuration, data delivery system, and other information necessary to complete the inventory and development of a data management system.  (2) The department shall make or have made a land resource and current use inventory, as provided in sections 60904 and 60905, of all land, public or private, in this state. The land resource and current use inventory shall, if appropriate, rely on any other information and surveys.  (3) The department shall create a technical assistance program for the purpose of providing services to municipalities and counties as provided in section 60903.  (4) The department shall prepare recommendations regarding means to address problems or issues indicated by the inventory. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA
MI Comp L § 324.60903 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 324 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection|Act 451 of 1994 - Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (324.101 - 324.90106)|Article III - Natural Resources Management (324.30101...324.83109)|451-1994-III-3 - Chapter 3 Management of Nonrenewable Resources (324.60101...324.64111)|451-1994-III-3-1 - Subchapter 1 Geological Survey Division (324.60101...324.60910)|451-1994-III-3-1-609 - Part 609 Resource Inventory (324.60901...324.60910)|Section 324.60903 - Technical Assistance Program; Creation and Purpose; Utilizing Programs of Regional Planning Commissions; Scope of Technical Assistance.

324.60903 Technical assistance program; creation and purpose; utilizing programs of regional planning commissions; scope of technical assistance. Sec. 60903.  (1) The department shall create a technical assistance program designed to help municipalities and counties effectively use the inventory. The technical assistance program shall, when feasible, utilize the technical assistance programs of regional planning commissions. The technical assistance shall include all of the following:  (a) The publication and distribution of the inventory as applicable to each municipality and county in the state.  (b) The preparation and distribution of land resource management manuals to assist municipalities and counties, planning and resource management entities, and other federal, state, and local agencies in updating their planning and resource management programs to incorporate the inventory. Land resource management manuals may also be prepared to assist municipalities and counties in solving problems that confront their planning resource management programs.  (c) The conducting of workshops, in conjunction with local government associations, regarding the inventory.  (d) The provision of a team of experts on the inventory to assist in problem solving by municipalities and counties.  (e) The provision of an inventory information center and library function that municipalities and counties may utilize in their own programs. History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA