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MI Comp L § 280.8 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-1. - Chapter 1. Drains. (280.1...280.12)|Section 280.8 - Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice; Availability of Writings to Public.

280.8 Conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public. Sec. 8.  (1) The business which a board or commission created pursuant to this act, or a body of special commissioners appointed pursuant to this act, may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board, commission, or body of special commissioners held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.  (2) A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by a board, commission, or advisory committee created pursuant to this act, or a commissioner appointed pursuant to this act, in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. History: Add. 1978, Act 235, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.10 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-1. - Chapter 1. Drains. (280.1...280.12)|Section 280.10 - Drains; Location; Meetings; Jurisdiction of Commissioner; Exception; Payment of Bonds or Drain Orders; Deficiency.

280.10 Drains; location; meetings; jurisdiction of commissioner; exception; payment of bonds or drain orders; deficiency. Sec. 10.  Drains may be laid or extended into or along or from any lake or other body of water surrounded wholly or in part by a swamp, marsh or other low lands for the general purpose of drainage contemplated by this act, but not so as to impair the navigation of any navigable river.  Any meeting called pursuant to the provisions of this act, unless otherwise provided, may be adjourned from time to time by public announcement thereof and no advertisement of the time of said adjournment shall be required.  The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over all established county drains within his county, heretofore established and now in the process of being established except that in the case of a drain located or to be located entirely within a single city or village, such jurisdiction shall be consented to by resolution of the governing body of such city or village.  If any drainage project lies entirely within the limits of a municipality less than a county, such municipality, by its governing body, shall have the power to pledge the full faith and credit of the municipality for the payment of bonds or drain orders issued in connection with such project, and if a deficiency exists in the drain fund or sinking fund for said drain 1 year after the last installment of the deficiency assessment provided for in section 280 of this act, shall have become delinquent, such municipality shall forthwith advance to the county drain fund the amount of such deficiency and thereafter all receipts of such drain fund from the sale of delinquent tax lands, which had been assessed for said drain, shall be paid to the municipality within 90 days after receipt by the county treasurer. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 228, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.11 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-1. - Chapter 1. Drains. (280.1...280.12)|Section 280.11 - Easement; Right of Way; Release of Damages; Recording.

280.11 Easement; right of way; release of damages; recording. Sec. 11.  Any easement, right of way or release of damages obtained in connection with any proposed drain or drains shall, following the expiration of 30 days after the day of review, be recorded in the office of the register of deeds: Provided, That in any drain proceeding in which an injunction or a writ of certiorari has been issued but not determined within 30 days after the day of review, the recording shall be within 30 days after a determination sustaining the drain.  All easements, rights of way or releases of damages hereafter obtained in connection with any existing drain shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds when said drain is being cleaned, relocated, deepened, widened, straightened, extended, tiled or consolidated pursuant to law.  The recording required by this section shall be made by the drain commissioner or the drainage board, as the case may be, and the cost of such recording paid by the drainage district. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.12 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-1. - Chapter 1. Drains. (280.1...280.12)|Section 280.12 - Specification of Time; Directory or Mandatory.

280.12 Specification of time; directory or mandatory. Sec. 12.  Except as provided in section 8, when a time is specified in this act in which the drain commissioner or a drainage board shall take a specified administrative action or a procedural step, the specification of time shall be considered directory and not mandatory and failure to take the action or step within the time specified shall not affect the legality and validity of a drain proceeding. Where the specification of time relates to the giving of notice, the filing of objections, the taking of an appeal, the commencement of an action in a court, the taking of an action or step in the assessment, levy, or collection of drain assessments, taxes or other charges, or to a requirement of due process, the specification of time shall be considered mandatory if so provided in this act. History: Add. 1969, Act 90, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1969 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 235, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.21a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.21a - Powers and Duties of Drain Commissioner Performed by Designated Persons in Certain Counties.

280.21a Powers and duties of drain commissioner performed by designated persons in certain counties. Sec. 21a.  In a county organized under a charter adopted under Act No. 293 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 45.501 to 45.521 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, whose charter prescribes an elected county executive, and which county has a population of more than 2,000,000 at the time the charter is adopted, the powers and duties of the drain commissioner, under this act, shall be performed by a person or persons designated in accordance with the county's charter. History: Add. 1989, Act 134, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1989 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.22 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.22 - Drain Commissioner; Establishment of Office.

280.22 Drain commissioner; establishment of office. Sec. 22.  All commissioners holding such office when this act takes effect shall continue to be such commissioners until their respective successors are elected and qualified in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing section. The majority of the board of county commissioners may establish or reestablish the office of county drain commissioner in counties not having a county drain commissioner by resolution of a majority of members elect. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 111, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.23 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.23 - Drain Commissioner; Jurisdiction; Drains in More Than One County; Outlet Only in Another County.

280.23 Drain commissioner; jurisdiction; drains in more than one county; outlet only in another county. Sec. 23.  The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over all drains within his county, including those heretofore established and now in process of construction. Drains extending into more than 1 county, or affecting lands in more than 1 county, shall be established and constructed in accordance with the provisions of this act regulating the establishment and construction of drains traversing more than 1 county or affecting lands in more than 1 county. Nothing in this act shall be construed as depriving a drain commissioner of jurisdiction or as making any drain an intercounty drain, merely because a drain extends into another county for the purpose of securing a proper outlet and not for the purpose of draining any lands in the other county: Provided, such extension is approved by the drain commissioners and the board of supervisors of each affected county. The portion of any such drain extending into another county shall not be considered in determining the number of signers required to a petition to locate, establish and construct. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 64, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1958 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.24 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.24 - Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Revocation; Bond; Powers and Duties.

280.24 Deputy commissioners; appointment; revocation; bond; powers and duties. Sec. 24.  A commissioner may appoint a deputy or deputies, if the county board of commissioners approves, and may revoke the appointment at pleasure. The appointment shall be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the county. If the commissioner is unable to execute the duties of office, the deputy or deputies shall execute or assist in the execution of the duties of the county drain commissioner assigned by the county drain commissioner. As determined by the county board of commissioners, the deputy or deputies, either shall be covered by a blanket bond or shall file a bond with and to be approved by the commissioner in a sum not to exceed $5,000.00, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the deputy's or deputies' duties. If the commissioner dies during his or her term, the deputy commissioner shall have all of the powers and be charged with all of the duties of a commissioner until a commissioner is appointed or elected. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 209, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 633, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.25 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.25 - Deputy Drain Commissioner; Liability of Commissioner and Bondsmen; Liability of Drainage District; Public Liability or Other Insurance.

280.25 Deputy drain commissioner; liability of commissioner and bondsmen; liability of drainage district; public liability or other insurance. Sec. 25.  The commissioner and his bondsmen shall be liable for all the acts and defaults of the deputy or deputies when appointed as herein provided. After entry of the order designating drainage districts as provided in section 54 and section 105 of this act, the drainage district as designated shall be responsible for and liable for all acts and defaults of such commissioner and his deputy or deputies, except for acts of malfeasance or misfeasance.  The board of supervisors may adopt resolutions providing that public liability or other insurance may be purchased at the expense of the county to cover such potential liabilities of the various drainage districts under the supervision of the county drain commissioner. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 152, Imd. Eff. May 9, 1962 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.26 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.26 - Deputy Drain Commissioner; Salary, Expenses, Reports to Drain Commissioner.

280.26 Deputy drain commissioner; salary, expenses, reports to drain commissioner. Sec. 26.  Each deputy commissioner shall receive such salary or compensation as the board of supervisors shall allow and all traveling expenses actually and necessarily spent by him in the discharge of his duties as prescribed in this act; he shall make a report to the commissioner of all work performed by him on or before the first Saturday of each month and an annual report on or before the second Wednesday in September of each year. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.27 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.27 - Supplies; Blank Applications, Office, Location, Hours.

280.27 Supplies; blank applications, office, location, hours. Sec. 27.  County clerks, or the board of auditors in counties having such boards, shall be authorized, and it shall be their duty to procure, at the expense of their respective counties, the necessary books, blanks and stationery for the use of said commissioners; and each commissioner shall furnish upon request blank applications or petitions to any person who may desire to file the same under this act. The office of the commissioner shall be furnished at the expense of the county by the board of supervisors, or by the board of auditors in counties having such boards, and shall be maintained at the county seat, in which said office said commissioner shall be and remain at least 1 day per week, such day to be painted on the door of the commissioner's office and printed or stamped on his stationery. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.28 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.28 - County Drain Commissioner; Salary and Expenses; Itemized and Verified Expense Account.

280.28 County drain commissioner; salary and expenses; itemized and verified expense account. Sec. 28.  (1) Each commissioner shall receive an annual salary to be paid as other county officers are paid, the amount of the salary to be fixed by the county board of commissioners before November 1 of each year in the same manner as the salaries of other county officers are fixed. The salary may be increased but shall not be decreased during his or her term of office, and in addition, each commissioner shall be allowed his or her actual necessary expenses, including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties of the office, including all actual and necessary expense for clerk hire and recording by the county board of commissioners or board of county auditors to be paid by the county. The expense account shall be an itemized account and verified by oath taken before a proper officer. The amounts paid to the commissioner for salary and expenses shall be in full for all services rendered by the commissioner and all expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of the office.  (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), for a county which has a county officers compensation commission, the compensation for each county drain commissioner shall be determined by that commission. A change in compensation for a county drain commissioner of a county which has a county officers compensation commission shall commence at the beginning of the first odd numbered year after the determination is made by the county officers compensation commission and is not rejected. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 9, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 78, Imd. Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 478, Eff. Dec. 1, 1978 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.29 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.29 - Surveys; Use of Books, Equipment, Field Notes, Profiles, Blueprints, Specifications, Estimates, Engineers.

280.29 Surveys; use of books, equipment, field notes, profiles, blueprints, specifications, estimates, engineers. Sec. 29.  The county shall furnish the commissioner with all necessary books and papers for use in the survey, and such office equipment as shall be necessary in making profiles, blueprints and specifications in any drainage district. The surveyor or engineer shall file with the commissioner all field notes, blueprints, profiles, estimates and all other papers in his possession relating to said drain. The board of supervisors of any county may employ an engineer who shall perform under this act the services required to be performed by an engineer or surveyor. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.30 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.30 - Drainage District; Financial Statement, Records, Prerequisites to Tax Spread.

280.30 Drainage district; financial statement, records, prerequisites to tax spread. Sec. 30.  It shall be the duty of each commissioner to make and keep a full financial statement of each drainage district. The commissioner shall also make and keep in his office in a book to be provided for that purpose a complete record of each drainage district, which record shall include a copy of the application for laying out and designating such district, of the petition for the drain, of the minutes of the survey, of the releases of the right of way where the same have been released, of the orders of determination of the necessity for and of the establishment of the drain, and of the apportionment and assessment of benefits therefor. Where special commissioners have been called, it shall also contain a copy of the application to the probate court, of the return of the special commissioners and of all other papers in his office necessary to show a complete history of each drainage district, all of which said original papers shall then be enrolled and filed in the office of the county drain commissioner. No drain tax shall be spread until all the records required have been deposited and filed in the office of the county drain commissioner. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.31 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.31 - List of Drainage Districts Assessed for Maintenance Work; Annual Report and Financial Statement to County Board of Commissioners; Reports and Information Required by Director of Department; Liability on Bond.

280.31 List of drainage districts assessed for maintenance work; annual report and financial statement to county board of commissioners; reports and information required by director of department; liability on bond.Sec. 31.  (1) A drain commissioner shall prepare a list of drainage districts that are assessed for maintenance work under section 196. The list shall include the name of the drain and the amount being assessed annually to the drainage district. A drainage district shall be included on a list for the duration of the assessment associated with the maintenance work. The commissioner shall update the list annually after the commissioner has filed all special assessment rolls under section 262(1) but not later than November 1. The commissioner shall make the list available upon request. If the commissioner maintains an official internet presence, the commissioner shall post and maintain the list on a portion of the website that is fully accessible to the public. If the drain commissioner does not maintain an official internet presence, the list shall be posted and maintained on the county website.   (2) At the annual October meeting of the county board of commissioners, a drain commissioner shall make a report to the county board of the drainage districts laid out and the drains constructed, finished, or begun under the drain commissioner's supervision during the year ending September 30 and shall submit to the board a full financial statement of each drainage district. If authorized by resolution of the county board of commissioners, the report shall be made before April 2 of each year and shall cover the preceding calendar year. A drain commissioner shall also make reports and furnish information as required by the director of the department of agriculture and rural development.  (3) A report under subsection (2) shall include an itemized statement of the orders issued on account of each drainage district and a debit and credit balance of the district fund. The commissioner is liable on the blanket bond or his or her individual bond for gross neglect of duty or a misapplication of money under his or her control as commissioner. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 104, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 1978 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 633, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 291, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.32 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-2. - Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)|Section 280.32 - Drain Commissioner; Social Security; Agreement for Coverage; Appropriation.

280.32 Drain commissioner; social security; agreement for coverage; appropriation. Sec. 32.  The board of supervisors of each county having a drain commissioner may adopt a resolution authorizing the county to enter into an agreement with the secretary of health, education and welfare pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 205 of the Public Acts of 1951, as amended, being sections 38.851 to 38.870 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, to allow the drain commissioner and all the employees of the drain commissioner's office to obtain the benefits provided by the federal social security act. The funds necessary for this coverage shall be appropriated from the county general fund or from the revolving drain fund. History: Add. 1966, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1966 Popular Name: Act 40