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MI Comp L § 41.287 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.287 - Validation of Prior Actions, Special Assessments, and Bonds.

41.287 Validation of prior actions, special assessments, and bonds. Sec. 17.  Actions heretofore taken, special assessments heretofore levied and bonds heretofore issued under this act, as originally adopted or subsequently amended, are validated. A board of county road commissioners acting under this act, or a township, shall not contest the validity of any such bonds after they are sold and delivered and the board of county road commissioners has received the consideration therefor. History: Add. 1973, Act 122, Imd. Eff. Aug. 21, 1973
MI Comp L § 41.288 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.288 - Installation of Sidewalks and Elevated Structures; Payment; Contracts; Approval.

41.288 Installation of sidewalks and elevated structures; payment; contracts; approval. Sec. 18.  (1) The township board of a township may install sidewalks along the sides of a highway and may install elevated structures for foot travel over highways in the township. The township board may pay for the elevated structures out of the funds of the township or purchase the elevated structures on title retaining contracts. Contracts shall not be entered into or issued for a period longer than 10 years. A highway under the jurisdiction of the director of the state transportation department or the board of county road commissioners shall not be improved under this act without the written approval of the director of the state transportation department or the board of county road commissioners.  (2) In proceedings under this section, the township board may provide that the cost of the sidewalk or elevated structure shall be paid entirely by public money and may allocate for this purpose unexpended money in the contingent fund or general fund of the township. History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.288a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.288a - Sidewalk Construction, Repair, or Maintenance; Order; Meeting; Notice; Assessment of Costs; Approval; Election.

41.288a Sidewalk construction, repair, or maintenance; order; meeting; notice; assessment of costs; approval; election.  Sec. 18a.  (1) The township board of a township may order the construction, repair, or maintenance of, or may construct, repair, or maintain sidewalks in a designated area within the township because of the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the township.  (2) The township board shall hold a public meeting relative to the ordering of the sidewalk construction, repair, or maintenance and shall notify property owners involved of the time and place of the hearing.  (3) If the board determines that the construction, repair, or maintenance of sidewalks is necessary, it may construct, repair, or maintain the sidewalks and assess the costs to the property involved, payable over a 5-year period, or permit the owners of the property involved to have the sidewalks constructed, repaired, or maintained according to township specifications at their own expenses. Sidewalks constructed, repaired, or maintained under this section on the right-of-way of state highways or county roads must have the approval of the state or county highway authority having jurisdiction over the highway or road.  (4) A township board may construct, repair, and maintain walkways or sidewalks along main or arterial roads where it considers it necessary to protect the safety of the public. The costs of the sidewalks may be paid by the township at large. When determined necessary by the township board, the board shall submit to the electors the question of raising the necessary funds by a levy not to exceed 1 mill at a general, primary, or special election. History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.288b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.288b - Public Street Cleaning Vehicles and Snow Removal Equipment.

41.288b Public street cleaning vehicles and snow removal equipment. Sec. 18b.  The township board of a township, by a majority vote at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, may authorize the purchase of a public street cleaning vehicle or vehicles and snow removal equipment, and may provide for the maintenance and operation of the vehicles and equipment, payable from the funds of the township. The written approval of the board of county road commissioners shall first be obtained. History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.289 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.289 - Lighting of Roads, Highways, and Bridges Generally.

41.289 Lighting of roads, highways, and bridges generally. Sec. 19.  The township board of a township may authorize the expenditure of funds to provide for the lighting by artificial means of roads, highways, and bridges in the township that are located outside of the limits of incorporated villages. The expense of the lighting shall be paid out of the funds of the township. If a road, highway, or bridge is situated in or between 2 or more townships, a provision shall be made by a majority vote of the township boards of the townships in or between which the road, highway, or bridge is situated, at a joint meeting of the boards, held for that purpose, and the proportion of the expense to be paid by each of the townships shall be determined at the joint meeting. This section and sections 19a to 19d for reasons of public safety authorize the lighting of a state trunk line highway, county road, or platted road or street outside the limits of incorporated villages, whether the road or street has been dedicated to the public use or not. History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.289a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.289a - Lighting of Roads, Highways, and Bridges; Supervision; Contracts.

41.289a Lighting of roads, highways, and bridges; supervision; contracts. Sec. 19a.  If lighting of a road, highway, or bridge is provided in accordance with section 19, the supervisor of the township shall exercise general supervision over the installing and maintenance of the lighting system, under the direction of the township board. However, if a road, highway, or bridge is situated in or between 2 or more townships, it shall be determined by the township boards which one of the township supervisors shall exercise supervision. The township board, or in case of roads, highways, or bridges located in or between 2 or more townships, then the township boards of the townships in or between which the road, highway, or bridge is situated, may contract for a period of time not exceeding 10 years with a person for furnishing the road, highway, or bridge lighting by artificial means, upon the terms and conditions as may be agreed. History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.289b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.289b - Expenses for Lighting Highways; Special Assessment; Hearing; Notice.

41.289b Expenses for lighting highways; special assessment; hearing; notice. Sec. 19b.  (1) The township board or boards mentioned in section 19, either on its or their own motion, or upon the filing of a petition signed by the record owners of not less than 10% of the number of parcels of land in the district to be lighted described in the petitions, may order the expenses for lighting the highways to be defrayed by a special assessment on all the taxable lands in the territory described in the petitions or the order of the township board. A petition under this section is not valid if a majority of the territory described in the petition was included in a petition filed under this section not more than 1 year earlier.  (2) A part of the expenses may be paid by the township or townships at large and the balance assessed against the lands in the described district.  (3) The township board or boards shall then estimate the cost and expense of the lighting system and fix a day, time, and place for a hearing on the question of creating a district and defraying the expenses of the district by special assessment. A notice stating the time, place, and purpose of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. If there is not a newspaper of general circulation in the district, then notices shall be posted in at least 3 of the most public places in the district. Notice shall be published or posted at least 5 days before the date of the hearing. History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 1996
MI Comp L § 41.289c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.289c - Assessment in District for Lighting Roads, Highways, and Bridges.

41.289c Assessment in district for lighting roads, highways, and bridges. Sec. 19c.  If the township board or boards create a district under section 19b, it or they shall determine the boundaries of the district by resolution and shall direct the township supervisor or supervisors to make a special assessment upon the lands and premises in the district benefited by the lighting to defray the expenses of lighting the roads, highways, or bridges or to defray that portion of the expenses to be assessed against the district. The board or boards shall thereafter annually determine the amount to be assessed in the district for lighting the roads, highways, and bridges and shall direct the supervisor or assessor to levy this amount or the supervisors or assessors to levy the portion of this amount attributable to the territory of the district within their respective townships. The assessment may be made either in a special assessment roll or in a column provided in the regular tax roll. The assessment shall be spread and become due and be collected at the same time as the other township taxes are assessed, levied, and collected and shall be returned in the same manner for nonpayment. History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.289d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)|Section 41.289d - Relieving District of Duty to Light Streets or Highways.

41.289d Relieving district of duty to light streets or highways. Sec. 19d.  A district that has been lighting its streets or highways under this act may be relieved of this duty by action of the township board or boards on their own motion or by a petition to the township board or boards as provided in section 19b. History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.331 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.331 - Furnishing Water to Water Supply District; Petitions; Contracts; Terms and Conditions.

41.331 Furnishing water to water supply district; petitions; contracts; terms and conditions. Sec. 1.  Upon filing with the township clerk of petitions, verified both as to signature and ownership, signed by 60% of the record owners of the land to be made into a township water supply district, the township board in the township may contract with another township or a city, village, or authority for the furnishing of water to the water supply district for fire protection and domestic purposes under terms and conditions agreed upon between the township board and the board or other representative body of the township, city, village, or authority.  History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 41.331 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.332 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.332 - Water Mains and Fittings; Purchase, Installation, and Maintenance.

41.332 Water mains and fittings; purchase, installation, and maintenance. Sec. 2.  For the purpose of distributing the water to be furnished in pursuance of a contract authorized by section 1, the township board may purchase and lay necessary water mains and fittings and maintain and control their use, either along public highways or upon private property for which the right to lay the pipe has been obtained. History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 41.332 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.333 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.333 - Water Supply System; Payment From Contingent Fund; Limitations; Separately Financed and Operated Water Supply System; Map.

41.333 Water supply system; payment from contingent fund; limitations; separately financed and operated water supply system; map. Sec. 3.  Not more than 75% of the net cost, exclusive of money, materials, and labor that are supplied by a federal agency, of purchasing and laying the mains and fittings of a water supply system shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the township. On resolving to make and install the improvement, the township board shall determine by resolution the net cost and the share of the net cost not exceeding 75% that the contingent fund of the township shall bear. However, no part of the cost of a water supply system acquired or created under sections 1 to 20a shall be levied or collected as a tax or assessment, whether general or special, upon property located in a village or school district or located in a water supply district in the township, including an area of the township served by a water system owned or operated by a city, if the village, school district, or water supply district has a water supply system that was originally acquired and is operated by or for the village, school district, or water supply district without any expense to the township at large. A water supply system, so separately financed and operated, shall not be taken, as to ownership or control, except by due process of law as provided by the general laws of this state. After determining the amount of money to be appropriated at any time from the township's contingent fund for purposes authorized in this section, the township board may set apart from that amount when appropriated a proportionate part of that amount for the benefit of the separately operated water supply system in the same ratio to the whole amount appropriated as the population of the separate district bears to the total population of the township, as determined by the board. This proportionate part shall be applied for the betterment of the separate water supply system as and when authorized by the board. The township board shall prepare and keep on file a map defining the boundaries of a water supply district served by the separately financed and operated water supply system separate from a township water system. History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 41.333 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1949 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 118, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 201, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1951 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.334 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.334 - Percentage of Net Cost Remaining After Application of MCL 41.333; Payment.

41.334 Percentage of net cost remaining after application of MCL 41.333; payment. Sec. 4.  The percentage of the net cost remaining after application of section 3 shall be raised by payment, in accordance with sections 5 and 5a from property owners in the township water supply district. History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 41.334 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.335 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.335 - Tapping or Making Connection With Mains of Water Supply District; Payment; Plan for Financing, Maintenance, and Control of Improvement.

41.335 Tapping or making connection with mains of water supply district; payment; plan for financing, maintenance, and control of improvement. Sec. 5.  A person or property owner shall not tap or make a connection with the mains of a water supply district established under section 1 without having paid for the privilege. On compliance with the provisions of section 3, the township board shall promulgate and adopt, by resolution, a plan for financing, maintenance, and control of the improvement. The plan shall provide all of the following:  (a) The minimum payment for the privilege of tapping and making of each private connection with the mains.  (b) A specified date by which all minimum payments shall be made to the township treasurer. The date shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after completion of the publication required by section 6.  (c) The amount payable to the township treasurer after the date specified pursuant to subdivision (b) for the privilege of tapping and making of each private connection with the mains. This amount shall be not more than 50% nor less than 20% greater than the minimum payment specified pursuant to subdivision (a).  (d) Rules and regulations designed to vest exclusive governing control of the mains and fittings in the township board and to maintain and preserve adequate water pressure throughout the mains. The rules and regulations shall conform to the contract made under section 1. The rules and regulations shall include a provision limiting the number of private connections that may be purchased and made with the mains; a provision limiting the length of all private connections with the mains; provisions declaring the maximum size of pipe that may be used by all persons and property owners in making and maintaining private connections with the mains; a provision for minimum distance, on either or both sides of the mains, between taps for all private connections; and general provisions governing use and control of the mains, assessment of water rates, collection and payment of water rates, and suitable penalties for nonpayment of the rates. History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 41.335 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1949 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.335a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.335a - Township Water Board; Establishment; Powers; Loans From Private Parties; Retirement of Loans.

41.335a Township water board; establishment; powers; loans from private parties; retirement of loans. Sec. 5a.  The township board may include, in its plan under section 5, rules and regulations for the establishment of a township water board and for loans to the water board from private parties of money necessary to aid in the financing of the project petitioned for under section 1. The loans shall be retired only out of excess money as defined in section 9 and other direct revenues, if any, to be derived from the project. A water board established in accordance with this section shall exercise under direction of the township board all of the powers of maintenance and control that are granted by sections 1 to 20a to the township board. History: Add. 1949, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1949 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.336 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.336 - Publication of Plan Adopted Under MCL 41.335.

41.336 Publication of plan adopted under MCL 41.335. Sec. 6.  Immediately following adoption of the plan under section 5, it shall be published at full length by the township board once each week for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper circulating within the township in which the improvement petitioned for under section 1 is to be made. Proof of the publication shall be made and filed with the township clerk before installation of the improvement commences. The publication is the sole notice of the improvement and of the provisions of the plan that interested persons and property owners are entitled to receive. History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 41.336 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.337 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.337 - Failure to Pay Percentage of Net Cost Remaining After Application of MCL 41.333; Refund of Money Previously Deposited.

41.337 Failure to pay percentage of net cost remaining after application of MCL 41.333; refund of money previously deposited. Sec. 7.  If the percentage of the net cost remaining after application of section 3 is not, in pursuance of the plan under section 5, fully paid in to the township treasurer, by paid for connection rights as provided for in the plan or loans made in accordance with section 5a, or both, by the date specified pursuant to section 5(b), the improvement petitioned for under section 1 shall not be commenced and all money previously deposited with the township treasurer in pursuance of the plan shall be refunded immediately by the township treasurer to the respective depositors of the money. History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 41.337 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1949 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
MI Comp L § 41.338 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 41 - Townships|Act 107 of 1941 - Township Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Services and Facilities (41.331 - 41.351z)|Section 41.338 - Installation of Improvement by Township Board; Loan.

41.338 Installation of improvement by township board; loan. Sec. 8.  If a sufficient number of private connection rights are timely paid for in accordance with the terms of the plan provided for by section 5, the township board shall immediately proceed to make and install the improvement petitioned for under section 1 and may, by resolution, do what is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the plan. The board may borrow all or part of the amount to be appropriated from the contingent fund under section 3 if, in the judgment of the board, the contingent fund will, by such appropriation, be depleted to such extent as may hamper general township operations. The loan shall conform to the provisions of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 41.338 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 227, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002