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MI Comp L § 252.317b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.317b - Crossing Limited Right-of-Way to Erect or Maintain Sign; Penalties.

252.317b Crossing limited right-of-way to erect or maintain sign; penalties.Sec. 17b.  (1) The owner of a sign, agent of the owner of a sign, or a property owner or the agent of a property owner with whom the sign owner has a contractual relationship to maintain the sign on his or her property shall not cross a limited access right-of-way to erect or maintain a sign.  (2) The department shall not issue a permit to cross a limited access right-of-way for purposes of erecting or maintaining a sign to the owner of a sign, agent of the owner of a sign, or a property owner or the agent of a property owner with whom the sign owner has a contractual relationship to maintain the sign on his or her property.  (3) If the owner of a sign, agent of the owner of a sign, or a property owner or the agent of a property owner with whom the sign owner has a contractual relationship to maintain the sign on his or her property accesses a sign by crossing a limited access right-of-way to erect or maintain the sign, the owner of the sign is subject to the following penalties:  (a) For the first violation, a fine of $1,000.00 for each sign location.  (b) For a second violation, removal of the sign and sign structure and cancellation of the permit associated with the sign. History: Add. 2014, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 2014
MI Comp L § 252.318a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.318a - Billboards; Advertising Purchase or Consumption of Tobacco Products Prohibited; Advertising Sexually Oriented Business Prohibited; Violation; Civil Fine.

252.318a Billboards; advertising purchase or consumption of tobacco products prohibited; advertising sexually oriented business prohibited; violation; civil fine.Sec. 18a.  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, beginning January 1, 2000, all billboards within this state are subject to this act and shall not advertise the purchase or consumption of tobacco products.  (2) Beginning January 1, 2011, any billboard within this state that advertises a sexually oriented business shall display only words or numbers and may display the business's trademark if the trademark has been registered under the Lanham act, 15 USC 1051 to 1141n, or under 1969 PA 242, MCL 429.31 to 429.46. The words on a billboard shall not describe or relate to a specified sexual activity or specified anatomical area. As used in this subsection:  (a) "Sexually oriented business" includes, but is not limited to, an adult bookstore, adult video store, adult cabaret, adult motion picture theater, sexual device shop, sexual encounter center, or an establishment that regularly features live performances characterized by the exposure of a specific anatomical area or by a specific sexual activity or in which persons appear in a state of nudity or seminudity in the performance of their duties. However, sexually oriented business does not include a business solely because it shows, sells, or rents materials that may depict sex.  (b) "Specified anatomical area" means less than completely and opaquely covered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breasts below a point immediately above the top of the areola; or human male genitals in a discernibly turgid state, even if covered.   (c) "Specified sexual activity" means the fondling or other erotic touching of covered or uncovered human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, or female breast.   (d) "Seminudity" means a state of dress in which opaque clothing fails to cover the genitals, anus, anal cleft or cleavage, pubic area, vulva, or nipple and areola of the female breast.  (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a person who violates this section is responsible for a civil fine of not less than $5,000.00 or more than $10,000.00 for each day of violation. A civil fine collected under this section shall be distributed to public libraries as provided under 1964 PA 59, MCL 397.31 to 397.40. History: Add. 1998, Act 464, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 448, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 343, Eff. Mar. 30, 2011
MI Comp L § 252.318b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.318b - Voluntary Agreement.

252.318b Voluntary agreement.Sec. 18b.  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, the department may enter into a voluntary agreement as proposed by the Michigan billboard advisory council created under section 18c, or the department, if the Michigan billboard advisory council no longer exists, and approved by the state transportation commission with the federal highway administration for a pilot program to address concerns and issues related to outdoor advertising control, including, but not limited to, all of the following:  (a) Festival advertising.  (b) Reduction in the number of nonconforming signs.  (c) Advertising in underserved areas.  (d) Temporary or seasonal businesses.  (e) Safety programs.  (f) Designation of rural areas for special lighting provisions.  (g) Vegetation management practices.  (2) The department shall inform the legislature of its intent to enter into a voluntary agreement under subsection (1) no later than 30 days before entering into the agreement. History: Add. 2014, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 2014
MI Comp L § 252.318c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.318c - Michigan Billboard Advisory Council; Creation; Purpose; Duration; Recommendations as Advisory; Membership; Appointment; Terms; Vacancy.

252.318c Michigan billboard advisory council; creation; purpose; duration; recommendations as advisory; membership; appointment; terms; vacancy.Sec. 18c.  (1) The Michigan billboard advisory council is created within the department for the purpose of advising the department and the state transportation commission regarding voluntary agreements entered into under section 18b(1), lighting, and any other general policy for the effective control of outdoor advertising.   (2) The Michigan billboard advisory council shall exist for a period of 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.  (3) Recommendations of the Michigan billboard advisory council are advisory only.  (4) The Michigan billboard advisory council shall consist of the following members appointed by the director of the department:  (a) The chairperson of the senate transportation committee or his or her designee.  (b) The chairperson of the house transportation and infrastructure committee or his or her designee.  (c) A representative of the state transportation commission.  (d) A representative of the conservation community.  (e) A representative of the outdoor advertising industry.  (f) A representative of the tourism industry or a trade group that represents statewide tourism interests.  (g) A representative from the general public. The member appointed under this subdivision shall be a private sector lessee of billboard space whose business is based in this state.  (h) A sign owner that resides in this state.  (5) The members appointed under subsection (4)(c) to (h) shall serve at the pleasure of the director of the department. All of the members appointed under subsection (4) shall serve on a voluntary basis and without compensation.  (6) Members of the Michigan billboard advisory council shall serve for terms of 2 years. If a vacancy occurs on the Michigan billboard advisory council, the director of the department shall make an appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. History: Add. 2014, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 2014
MI Comp L § 252.320 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.320 - Severability.

252.320 Severability. Sec. 20.  If any part of this act is found by a court to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining parts of this act shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect.  History: Add. 1998, Act 464, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
MI Comp L § 252.321 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.321 - Penalty; Misrepresentation.

252.321 Penalty; misrepresentation.Sec. 21.  Except as otherwise provided in section 7, a person who erects or maintains any sign or sign structure or other object for outdoor advertising subject to the provisions of this act without complying with this act is liable for a penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each violation which shall be paid into the state trunk line fund. Penalties shall be sued for, by and in the name of the department and shall be recoverable with the reasonable costs thereof in the district or circuit court in the county where the person maintains his principal place of business or in the county where the signs erected or maintained without complying with this act are located. A person who falsely misrepresents information submitted in a permit form pursuant to section 6 is guilty of a misdemeanor. A sign erected or maintained under a permit falsely secured in such a manner shall be deemed to be abandoned and is not eligible for removal compensation. History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 86, Imd. Eff. Sept. 3, 2009
MI Comp L § 252.322 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.322 - Removal of Signs or Sign Structures; Compensation; Condition.

252.322 Removal of signs or sign structures; compensation; condition. Sec. 22.  (1) Just compensation shall be paid from the state trunk line fund upon the removal by or in behalf of the department of any sign or sign structure lawfully in existence on March 31, 1972 but which does not comply with the requirements of sections 13(1)(d), 15, 16, and 17 and any sign or sign structure lawfully erected after March 31, 1972 but which thereafter becomes unlawful because of a change in the designation of the highway or in the zoning of the area in which it is located.  (2) Each removal constitutes a taking and appropriation by the state of the following:  (a) From the owner of the sign or sign structure, all right, title and interest in and to the sign or sign structure, and the owner's leasehold related thereto.  (b) From the owner of the real property on which the sign or sign structure is located immediately prior to its removal, the right to erect and maintain signs on that property, other than those described in section 13(1)(a), (b), and (c).  (3) The compensation to be paid pursuant to this section shall be paid to the persons entitled to it upon presentation to the department of such information as the department may reasonably require.  (4) Unless a sign is exempt under section 10, its owner shall secure and shall keep in force a permit under sections 6 and 7. Compliance with this subsection is a condition for eligibility for compensation. Compensation shall not be paid for any sign, including a sign described in subsection (1), which is removed by the department because it is abandoned. History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1976 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 533, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
MI Comp L § 252.322a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.322a - Rescission of Rules.

252.322a Rescission of rules.Sec. 22a.  All of the following rules are rescinded:  (a) R 247.705 to R 247.707 of the Michigan administrative code.  (b) R 247.710 of the Michigan administrative code.  (c) R 247.721(6) of the Michigan administrative code.  (d) R 247.723 of the Michigan administrative code.  (e) R 247.732 of the Michigan administrative code.  (f) R 247.733 of the Michigan administrative code.  (g) R 247.737 of the Michigan administrative code.  (h) R 247.742 of the Michigan administrative code.  (i) R 247.748 of the Michigan administrative code. History: Add. 2014, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 2014
MI Comp L § 252.323 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.323 - Rules; Hearings; Review.

252.323 Rules; hearings; review. Sec. 23.  (1) The department may promulgate and enforce rules to implement this act in accordance with and subject to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.  (2) If a person is aggrieved by any action or inaction of the department, he may request a formal hearing on the matter involved. The hearing shall be conducted by the department in accordance with the provisions for contested cases in Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended.  (3) A determination, action or inaction by the department following the hearing shall be subject to judicial review as provided in Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended. History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972 Admin Rule: R 247.701 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
MI Comp L § 252.324 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.324 - Repeal.

252.324 Repeal. Sec. 24.  Act No. 333 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 252.251 to 252.262 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed. History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972
MI Comp L § 252.325 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 252 - Highways|Act 106 of 1972 - Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (252.301 - 252.325)|Section 252.325 - Repealed. 2006, Act 448, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007.

252.325 Repealed. 2006, Act 448, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to analysis and funding of study.
MI Comp L § 254.1 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 254 - Bridges|Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32)|Section 254.1 - Bridges and Culverts; Construction, Improvement and Repair; Part of Road.

254.1 Bridges and culverts; construction, improvement and repair; part of road. Sec. 1.  Bridges and culverts shall be considered in all respects as a part of the road upon which they are, or are proposed to be located. The construction, improvement, repair and maintenance thereof, including adequate approaches and the doing of any act or the performance of any work necessary for the protection thereof, and also including the maintenance and operation of movable span bridges, shall be considered in all respects except as hereinafter otherwise provided, the same as the construction, improving and maintaining of the road upon which any such bridge or culvert is situated, and, except as hereinafter otherwise provided, shall be paid for accordingly. History: 1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4522 ;-- CL 1948, 254.1
MI Comp L § 254.2-254.4 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 254 - Bridges|Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32)|Section 254.2-254.4 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

254.2-254.4 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958. Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections provided for bridge plans and specifications, petitions for construction over navigable streams, and removal of obstructions.
MI Comp L § 254.5 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 254 - Bridges|Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32)|Section 254.5 - Obstructions to Navigation; Powers of Commissioner; Removal Costs; Failure to Remove, Penalty.

254.5 Obstructions to navigation; powers of commissioner; removal costs; failure to remove, penalty. Sec. 5.  The commissioner or commissioners having in charge the construction or maintenance of any bridge shall have the power to provide for the removal of any booms, rafts, logs or other obstruction in the stream and to direct the time in which, and the places where, such booms, rafts, logs or other obstructions in such stream shall be allowed to remain and when the same shall be removed, whenever, in the opinion of such commissioner or commissioners such booms, rafts, logs or other obstructions are a menace to the bridge, or interfere with the construction or maintenance thereof. The person, firm or corporation responsible for any such boom, raft, logs or other obstruction shall be liable for the cost of such removal, to be recovered in an action of trespass on the case, or to be assessed upon any property of such person, firm or corporation when certified by such commissioner or commissioners to the proper township clerk, and any person who shall fail to comply with such directions of the commissioner or commissioners shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 500 dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. History: 1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4526 ;-- CL 1948, 254.5
MI Comp L § 254.51 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 254 - Bridges|Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67)|Section 254.51 - Bridge Over Navigable Waters in Certain Counties; Petition.

254.51 Bridge over navigable waters in certain counties; petition. Sec. 1.  Whenever in any county within this state there are any 2 or more organized townships, or any 1 or more townships and 1 or more villages, or 1 or more townships and 1 or more cities, or any combination of townships, villages and cities, or any combination of any of them, lying contiguous in such county, through the territory of which extends any public highway which crosses within said county and within or along the boundary line of any such township, village or city, any navigable water or stream, or which intersects with or leads to any highway so crossing such navigable water or stream, any 1 or more of such townships, villages or cities may, by its or their respective legislative bodies, petition the board of supervisors of said county for the construction or reconstruction of a bridge over such stream or water, whereon such highway may be continued as an avenue of public travel between points upon opposite sides of such water or stream. Such petition may be presented at any regular meeting of the said board of supervisors or at any special meeting thereof duly called for the presentation of such petition: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall apply only to counties having a population of 400,000 or more. History: 1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4554 ;-- CL 1948, 254.51
MI Comp L § 254.52 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 254 - Bridges|Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67)|Section 254.52 - Bridge Over Navigable Waters in Certain Counties; Meeting of County Supervisors, Notices; Plans and Specifications.

254.52 Bridge over navigable waters in certain counties; meeting of county supervisors, notices; plans and specifications. Sec. 2.  Unless such petition is to be presented to the annual meeting of said board of supervisors, or at an earlier meeting already appointed by the board to be held at least 30 days prior to such annual meeting, it may contain a request for a special meeting of said board, and may be delivered to the clerk of said board, who shall have authority, and whose duty it shall be, to call a special meeting of said board not more than 20 nor less than 10 days from the time he shall receive the petition. It shall be the said clerk's duty to inform all the members of said board to be found in the county of such meeting and the purpose thereof at least 5 days before such meeting is to be held, and at whatever meeting such petition is to be heard. It shall be the duty of such petitioner to give notice in writing to the township board at each township named and to the common council of any city and to the village council of any village named of the intention of the petitioner to ask for the hearing upon the same at such meeting, and of the purpose thereof. Such notice shall be delivered to the clerk of every township, city and village named, and if such clerk is not readily found, then to any member of the township board, and the mayor or some member of the common council of the city or cities named, and to a member of the council of the village or villages named, as the case may be, at least 7 days before said board is to be asked to hear said petition. For the purpose of facilitating by said board their determination of the kind and cost of the bridge proposed to be constructed or reconstructed, each township, city and village named in the said petition may present a plan or plans and specifications of such proposed bridge with or without drawings, and an estimate of each as to the cost thereof. History: 1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4555 ;-- CL 1948, 254.52
MI Comp L § 254.53 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 254 - Bridges|Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67)|Section 254.53 - Bridge Over Navigable Waters in Certain Counties; Board of Supervisors, Authority; Type of Bridge.

254.53 Bridge over navigable waters in certain counties; board of supervisors, authority; type of bridge. Sec. 3.  Upon presentation of any such petition said board of supervisors shall proceed to a consideration thereof. The said board shall have authority to make any necessary surveys, procure any appropriate plans and specifications, obtain estimates of probable cost of construction and take any other appropriate step for procuring necessary or desirable information with reference to the project embodied in such petition. Said board shall have full authority, by a majority vote of those voting thereon, to grant or deny the object of such petition and to determine the character and type of construction of any such bridge ordered thereon. The several boards of supervisors of the counties of the state shall each likewise have authority, upon their own initiative, respectively, in a proper case, in the discretion of any such board, to order the construction of a bridge over any navigable stream or water within the county, as hereinbefore provided in cases when a petition is presented to a board of supervisors by a city, village or township for the construction of a bridge. Whenever in any case a bridge shall be ordered hereunder, said board shall determine and designate only a bascule type of bridge. No part of such bridge or its approaches shall be suspended over such highway. History: 1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4556 ;-- CL 1948, 254.53