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MI Comp L § 247.402 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 299 of 1996 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (247.401 - 247.405)|Section 247.402 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs and Markers; Placement Program; Contract With Nongovernmental Entity.

247.402 Tourist-oriented directional signs and markers; placement program; contract with nongovernmental entity. Sec. 2.  (1) Within 6 months after the effective date of this act, the department shall implement a program for the placement of tourist-oriented directional signs and markers within the right-of-way of those portions of rural roads within state jurisdiction. At a minimum, the program shall include all of the following:  (a) The form of the application for a permit to participate in the program.  (b) The criteria for limiting the number of permits for a single site or area.  (c) The criteria for issuing a permit for which multiple applications have been received.  (d) The removal or covering of signs, if necessary, during the off-season of an eligible attraction that operates seasonally.  (e) Criteria for including on a sign the season and hours of operation of an eligible attraction.  (f) Criteria for awarding sign manufacturing, installation, or maintenance contracts to nongovernmental agencies.  (g) A provision specifying that a person who obtains a permit under this act is responsible for payment of all costs incurred in the replacement of a sign, including the costs of manufacturing and installing the replacement sign, and covering of the sign, if necessary.  (h) Provision for the establishment of a review board to consider and grant or deny applications for the waiver of distance requirements imposed under this act for tourist-oriented directional signs. The review board shall consist of at least 1 member representative of the state transportation department, at least 1 member representative of the department of agriculture, at least 1 member representative of the Michigan travel bureau, and at least 2 members representative of persons in the general public who are engaged in tourist-oriented activities.  (2) The department may authorize a nongovernmental entity to manufacture, install, and maintain signs under this act pursuant to a written contract. The written contract shall not prohibit the nongovernmental entity from making a reasonable profit, which shall be determined by the department. History: 1996, Act 299, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996
MI Comp L § 247.404 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 299 of 1996 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (247.401 - 247.405)|Section 247.404 - Sign Specifications; Symbols; Multiple Signs; Location.

247.404 Sign specifications; symbols; multiple signs; location. Sec. 4.  (1) The size, location, design, and arrangement of each tourist-oriented directional sign subject to this act shall conform to the specifications for signs contained in the state manual of uniform traffic control devices.  (2) The department shall develop optional, standardized symbols for different types of activities associated with eligible attractions. The symbols may be used on signs in conjunction with other directional information. If more than 1 eligible attraction requires a sign at the same location, multiple signs may be combined on the same panel in accordance with the state manual of uniform traffic control devices.  (3) Signs governed by this act may be erected at locations the department determines appropriate to ensure adequate sight distance, intersection vehicle maneuvers, and public safety. History: 1996, Act 299, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996
MI Comp L § 247.405 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 299 of 1996 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (247.401 - 247.405)|Section 247.405 - Permit Fee; Calculation; Public Notice.

247.405 Permit fee; calculation; public notice. Sec. 5.  The department or its designee may impose a reasonable fee for a permit issued under this act, which shall be calculated to include reimbursement for the department's anticipated costs in implementing and administering this act, including the costs of installing, repairing, covering during an off-season, and removing signs. However, at least 60 days before the imposition of a fee or fee increase under this section, the department shall provide public notice of the proposed fee or fee increase to the general public and shall notify in writing standing committees of the legislature that are primarily responsible for transportation and tourism issues. History: 1996, Act 299, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996
MI Comp L § 247.651 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.651 - State Trunk Line Highway System; Additions and Deletions; Operating License Agreement With Regional Transit Authority to Operate Public Transit System.

247.651 State trunk line highway system; additions and deletions; operating license agreement with regional transit authority to operate public transit system.Sec. 1.  (1) The state trunk line highway system of this state consists of all roads, streets, and highways, either located within or outside the limits of incorporated cities and villages, now or hereafter constituted state trunk line highways under the laws of this state. The director of the department may establish subordinate classifications or groupings of state trunk line highways as the department deems necessary or desirable for proper administration of the state trunk line highway system. Additions to and deletions from the state trunk line highway system may be made in the manner prescribed by law. All roads, streets, and highways included in the state trunk line highway system shall be known and may be referred to for all purposes as state trunk line highways.  (2) The department or a local road agency may enter into an operating license agreement with a regional transit authority to operate a public transit system on the streets and highways of this state as provided for in state law enacted after January 1, 2012. As part of such an agreement, the department or local road agency may designate 1 or more lanes of a street or highway as a dedicated public transit lane. A dedicated public transit lane may be reserved for the exclusive use of public transit vehicles operated by a regional transit authority during periods determined by the department or the local road agency, except that a dedicated public transit lane shall be made available at all times to emergency services vehicles. Lanes designated and marked as dedicated public transit lanes by the department or a local road agency under an operating license agreement with a regional transit authority are subject to the same provisions as high-occupancy vehicle lanes under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923. History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2008 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 390, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.651a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.651a - State Trunk Line Highway System; Construction, Maintenance, Improvement; Control of State Highway Commissioner; Change in Line of Road.

247.651a State trunk line highway system; construction, maintenance, improvement; control of state highway commissioner; change in line of road. Sec. 1a.  All state trunk line highways now or hereafter established as provided by law, shall be constructed, maintained and improved in accordance with the provisions of this act under the direction, supervision and control of the state highway commissioner. The commissioner shall make surveys and proper plans and specifications and take charge of the construction and maintenance of the state trunk line highways. For the purpose of securing a more direct and favorable location, minor changes in the line of any road may be made when, in the judgment of the state highway commissioner, the changes make for the safety of public travel. History: Add. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.651b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.651b - Cost of Maintaining State Trunk Line Highways; Preservation of Aesthetic and Historic Character of Abutting National Historic Landmark; Service Plaza Prohibited.

247.651b Cost of maintaining state trunk line highways; preservation of aesthetic and historic character of abutting national historic landmark; service plaza prohibited. Sec. 1b.  (1) The state transportation department shall bear the entire cost of maintaining, in accordance with standards and specifications of the department, all state trunk line highways including highways within incorporated cities and villages except that the cost of maintaining additional width for local purposes as provided in section 1c shall be borne by the city or village.  (2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as part of the construction or reconstruction of a state trunk line highway which abuts a location designated as a national historic landmark pursuant to the national historic preservation act, Public Law 89-665, 80 Stat. 915, and 36 C.F.R. part 65, the department may include within the project, expenditures deemed necessary to mitigate the adverse impact of the state trunk line highway on the aesthetic and historic character of that abutting area. The installation or maintenance of lighting to preserve the aesthetic and historic character of the abutting area shall not impose a duty on the department to provide or maintain lighting for the improved portion of the highway designed for vehicular travel.  (3) The state transportation department shall not use funds allocated under this act for the development or construction of a service plaza. History: Add. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 298, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 4, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 498, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.651e (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.651e - Contract With City or Village for Joint Participation in Cost; Assumption by Board of County Road Commissioners, Approval.

247.651e Contract with city or village for joint participation in cost; assumption by board of county road commissioners, approval. Sec. 1e.  Whenever the board of county road commissioners of any county shall have funds available, the board may enter into a contract or agreement, with any incorporated city or village within the county, assuming the obligations in whole or in part of the city or village undertaken by contract or agreement with the state highway commissioner under the provisions hereof or approved hereby. The board may contract or agree to carry on, in whole or in part, the improvement or construction required thereby, and may institute and conduct condemnation proceedings necessary therefor. No contract or agreement by any board of county road commissioners shall be effective until approved by resolution of the board of supervisors of the county and of the legislative body of the incorporated city or village concerned. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to abolish, limit or restrict the powers and duties of the state highway commissioner or of incorporated cities or villages as prescribed by this act. History: Add. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.651f (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.651f - State Trunk Lines; Cancellation of Municipal Obligations; Assumption by State.

247.651f State trunk lines; cancellation of municipal obligations; assumption by state. Sec. 1f.  The obligation of any city under 30,000 population which prior to July 1, 1957 entered into a contract with the state highway department pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 19 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, for the construction of state trunkline highways, which highways have been taken over as part of the interstate and defense highway system, is hereby canceled and the city is relieved of any obligation remaining under the contract. The state highway department shall assume the obligation still outstanding under the terms of such a contract upon the effective date of this amendatory act. History: Add. 1965, Act 352, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.651g (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.651g - Pavement Management System.

247.651g Pavement management system.Sec. 1g.  The transportation asset management council, in conjunction with the department, counties, and municipalities, shall develop and implement a pavement management system for each mile of roadway on the federal-aid eligible highway system in Michigan. This pavement management system shall attempt to ensure that a disproportionate share of pavement shall not become due for replacement or major repair at the same time. The transportation asset management council shall provide local road agencies with the training needed to utilize the pavement management system in accordance with this section. History: Add. 1997, Act 79, Eff. July 28, 1997 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.651h (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.651h - Life-Cycle Cost Analysis; "Life-Cycle Cost" Defined; Substitutes for Requirements Listed in Subsection (3).

247.651h Life-cycle cost analysis; "life-cycle cost" defined; substitutes for requirements listed in subsection (3).Sec. 1h.  (1) The department shall develop and implement a life-cycle cost analysis for each project for which the estimated total pavement costs exceed $1,500,000.00 funded in whole or in part with state funds. The department shall design and award paving projects utilizing material having the lowest life-cycle cost. All pavement design life shall ensure that state funds are utilized as efficiently as possible.  (2) As used in this section and section 1i, "life-cycle cost" means the total of the cost of the initial project plus all anticipated costs for subsequent maintenance, repair, or resurfacing over the life of the pavement.   (3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, life-cycle cost shall compare equivalent designs and shall be based upon Michigan's actual historic project maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules and costs as recorded by the pavement management system, and shall include estimates of user costs throughout the entire pavement life.  (4) For pavement projects for which there are no relevant Michigan actual historic project maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules and costs as recorded by the pavement management system, the department may use either of the following as a substitute for the requirements listed in subsection (3):  (a) Actual historical and comparable data for reasonably equivalent designs from geographic locations with similar climates, soil structures, or vehicle traffic.  (b) The department may determine appropriate estimated maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules for a project by using preliminary results from a demonstration project described in section 1i(1) that is underway at the time of the project. The schedules described in this subdivision shall be determined using appropriate engineering analysis techniques and shall be approved by the chief engineer of the department. The temporary schedules described in this subdivision shall be superseded by actual performance data as it is developed. History: Add. 1997, Act 79, Eff. July 28, 1997 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 457, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 1 of Act 501 of 2008 provides:"Enacting section 1. The legislature intends that this amendatory act provide the department with the necessary flexibility to utilize pavement designs which have not been used in Michigan but have been used successfully in other states."Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.652 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.652 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Selection and Certification; Check and Review; Approval; County Primary Road System.

247.652 Tentative system of county primary roads; selection and certification; check and review; approval; county primary road system. Sec. 2.  By December 1, 1951, a tentative system of county primary roads shall be selected by the board of county road commissioners in each county and certified to the state transportation department for its approval. Such tentative system of county primary roads shall be selected on the basis of greatest general importance to the county and shall include any such county roads then legally established and existing as such within the limits of incorporated cities and villages. Each such tentative system of county primary roads certified to the state transportation department shall be checked and reviewed under its direction. Within 6 months after receipt by the department of each such certification, the state transportation department shall approve such part of that tentative system of county primary roads as the department determines is appropriate and shall certify to that board of county road commissioners the approved portion of the tentative system and any deletions therefrom. So much of the tentative system of county primary roads of any county as is approved by the state transportation department shall constitute the county primary road system of that county for all purposes and shall be officially known as the county primary road system of that county. History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.653 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.653 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Roads Included or Deleted.

247.653 Tentative system of county primary roads; roads included or deleted. Sec. 3.  Roads may, from time to time, be included in or deleted from the county primary road system of any county by selection of the county road commission and approval of the state highway commissioner in the same manner and by the same procedure as provided in section 2 hereof for the adoption of any county primary road system in the first instance. History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.654 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.654 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Roads Under Jurisdiction of County Road Commissioners; Certification and Review.

247.654 Tentative system of county primary roads; roads under jurisdiction of county road commissioners; certification and review. Sec. 4.  All roads under the jurisdiction of the board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties of the state not included in the county primary system as finally approved shall be certified to and reviewed and approved or deleted by the state highway commissioner in the same manner as provided in section 2 hereof for the county primary road system and when finally approved by the state highway commissioner shall constitute and be the county local road system of that county, which may thereafter be added to or deleted from in the same manner as provided in section 3 of this act for the county primary road system. History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.655 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.655 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Official Name; Establishment, Certification, and Approval.

247.655 Tentative system of county primary roads; official name; establishment, certification, and approval. Sec. 5.  All roads, streets and highways included in the county primary road system of any county shall be officially known as county primary roads, and all roads, streets and highways included in the county local road system of any county shall be officially known as county local roads. For a period of 2 years after the effective date of this act, the primary road system and the local road system in each county, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as determined by the state highway commissioner, and thereafter the local road system and the primary road system in each county, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as established by certification to and approved by the state highway commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act. History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
MI Comp L § 247.656 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)|Section 247.656 - Tentative System of Streets; Selection and Certification; Approval.

247.656 Tentative system of streets; selection and certification; approval. Sec. 6.  Within 6 months from the effective date of this act, a tentative system of major streets shall be selected in each incorporated city and village of the state and certified to the state highway commissioner for his approval. Such tentative system of major streets shall be selected in each incorporated city and village under the direction of the governing body thereof on the basis of greatest general importance to such municipality and shall not include any of the trunk line highways or county roads within the limits of such municipality. Each such tentative system of major streets certified to the state highway commissioner shall be checked and reviewed under his direction. Within 6 months after receipt by him of each such certification the state highway commissioner shall approve such part of that tentative system of major streets as complies with the uniform standards and specifications adopted and established as hereinbefore provided and shall reject and delete any part that does not so comply and shall certify to that city or village the approved portion of the tentative system and any deletions therefrom. So much of the tentative system of major streets of any city or village as is approved by the state highway commissioner shall constitute the major street system of that municipality for all purposes, and shall be known officially as the major street system of that city or village as the case may be. History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act