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MI Comp L § 280.429 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-18. - Chapter 18. Obstructions in Drains; Sewage; Miscellaneous Provisions. (280.421...280.435)|Section 280.429 - Flood Control Projects; Easements to United States; Approval.

280.429 Flood control projects; easements to United States; approval. Sec. 429.  Subject to the consent and approval of the several boards of supervisors of this state and the boards of supervisors of the counties comprising intercounty drainage districts, the several county drain commissioners and the drainage boards of intercounty drainage districts are hereby authorized to grant unto the United States of America the right to use all the easements and rights of way conveyed to their respective drainage districts or to any county or counties lying wholly or in part in such districts, for the construction and maintenance of any county or intercounty drain by the United States in connection with any flood control project undertaken by the United States acting through its war department or any other federal department or agency. In such cases in which the work is to be performed at the expense of the United States, it shall not be necessary for the drain commissioner or drainage board to advertise for bids or to let contracts for the construction or maintenance of any such flood control project. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.430 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-18. - Chapter 18. Obstructions in Drains; Sewage; Miscellaneous Provisions. (280.421...280.435)|Section 280.430 - Sanitary Sewage; Contracts for Use of Drains; Charges; Lien; Cost Included in Charges.

280.430 Sanitary sewage; contracts for use of drains; charges; lien; cost included in charges. Sec. 430.  (1) Whenever any county or intercounty drain is used for the transportation of sanitary sewage, the county or counties within whose boundaries the drainage district lies may contract under the provisions of Act No. 129 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 123.231 to 123.235 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, or any other applicable act, for the disposal of sewage therefrom, including any storm water necessarily mixed therewith. In such case the drain commissioner or the drainage board may fix and collect charges to cover the cost of the treatment and disposal of sanitary sewage. Such charges shall be approved by the majority vote of the members-elect of the board of supervisors. The charges may be made to each user of the services or may be made to public corporations. Contracts for periods not exceeding 50 years may be made between the county and public corporations to be so served, in respect to sewage disposal services, when approved by the governing bodies of the several parties thereto.  (2) Charges for sewage disposal services furnished to any premises shall be a lien thereon from the date such charges are due and any charges delinquent for 6 months or more shall be certified annually to the proper tax assessing officer or agency who shall enter the same upon the next tax roll against the premises to which such services shall have been rendered, and the charges shall be collected and the lien shall be enforced in the same manner as provided for the collection of taxes assessed upon such roll and the enforcement of the lien therefor. The time and manner of certification and the other details in respect to the collection of such charges and the enforcement of such lien shall be prescribed by the governing body of the public corporation in which the lands are located. The payment of charges for sewage disposal services to any premises may be enforced by discontinuing either the water service or the sewage disposal service to such premises, or both.  (3) The charges for sewage disposal services may also include the cost of the operation and maintenance of any physical structures and any administrative expenses in connection with the transportation, treatment and disposal of sanitary sewage. History: Add. 1959, Act 47, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1959 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.432 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-18. - Chapter 18. Obstructions in Drains; Sewage; Miscellaneous Provisions. (280.421...280.435)|Section 280.432 - Obstruction of Drain Commissioner; Drainage Board or Agents; Misdemeanor.

280.432 Obstruction of drain commissioner; drainage board or agents; misdemeanor. Sec. 432.  Whoever, after the drain commissioner has given notice by first class mail, that the drain commissioner, drainage board or their agents will go upon lands for any purpose hereinafter set forth, to the owner of the land whose name appears on the last city or township tax assessment roll, at the address shown on the roll, and if no address appears thereon no notice need be mailed to such person, wilfully prohibits, prevents or obstructs the drain commissioner, drainage board or their agents from going upon lands either within or outside of the district for the purpose of examining the same or making surveys in connection with the work of the drain commissioner or drainage board, or wilfully prohibits, prevents or obstructs the drain commissioner or drainage board of a district, their agents, employees or contractors from going upon the right of way of the district with their servants, tools, machinery, instruments and other equipment for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, repairing or maintaining the work of the drain commissioner or drainage board is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: Add. 1962, Act 191, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.442 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-19. - Chapter 19. Consolidated Districts. (280.441...280.448)|Section 280.442 - Drainage Districts; Consolidation; Surveys.

280.442 Drainage districts; consolidation; surveys. Sec. 442.  In any proceeding for the consolidation of 2 or more drainage districts, existing surveys shall be used unless the drain commissioner, in the case of a county drain, or the drainage board, in the case of an intercounty drain, shall make a determination that the existing surveys are inadequate. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.443 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-19. - Chapter 19. Consolidated Districts. (280.441...280.448)|Section 280.443 - Drainage Districts; Consolidation; Existing Drain, Recognition and Credit, Exemption From Special Assessment.

280.443 Drainage districts; consolidation; existing drain, recognition and credit, exemption from special assessment. Sec. 443.  When in any consolidated district it shall be necessary to construct a new drain on or near the line or any part of the line of an existing, operating drain so as to make the old existing drain in whole or in part unnecessary, recognition and credit shall be given for such existing drain or part thereof as follows:  The assessing authorities shall make a determination of the value of benefits which, except for the construction of the new drain, could reasonably have been anticipated from the continued operation of the existing drain or part thereof.  The property or municipal corporation which paid the assessment for the existing drain or part thereof shall be exempt from any special assessment to pay for the new drain to the extent of the value so determined.  The assessing authorities, in assessing for benefits and apportionment of costs and expenses for any new drain in a consolidated district which has been laid on or near the line or any part of the line of an existing, operating drain so as to make the existing drain in whole or in part unnecessary, shall give effect to this exemption. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.444 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-19. - Chapter 19. Consolidated Districts. (280.441...280.448)|Section 280.444 - Drainage Districts; Consolidation; Indebtedness, Retirement; Special Assessment.

280.444 Drainage districts; consolidation; indebtedness, retirement; special assessment. Sec. 444.  In case any drainage district which is included and merged in the consolidated district has any outstanding bonded or other indebtedness, any funds in the treasury of such debtor district shall be used to retire such indebtedness. If said funds are insufficient, the indebtedness shall be paid from any funds derived from any special assessments theretofore levied or extended against the lands in the debtor district, and if further funds are necessary the drain commissioner or drainage board of the consolidated district shall levy a special assessment against the lands in the debtor district sufficient to pay such indebtedness. The proceeds of such special assessment shall be used only for the purpose of paying such indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, and the interest thereon. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.445 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-19. - Chapter 19. Consolidated Districts. (280.441...280.448)|Section 280.445 - Drainage Districts; Consolidation; Bonds and Contracts, Assumption by Consolidated District.

280.445 Drainage districts; consolidation; bonds and contracts, assumption by consolidated district. Sec. 445.  The merging of any drainage district into a consolidated district shall not affect the obligation of any bonds issued or contracts entered into by such district nor invalidate the levy, extension or collection of any taxes or special assessments upon property in the debtor district, but such bonds and contracts shall be taken over and assumed by the consolidated district, and all outstanding special assessments shall be collected and paid over to the consolidated district for the payment of the obligations theretofore issued or contracts entered into by the debtor district. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.446 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-19. - Chapter 19. Consolidated Districts. (280.441...280.448)|Section 280.446 - Drainage Districts; Consolidation; Abandonment or Vacation of Included Drain; Proration of Moneys.

280.446 Drainage districts; consolidation; abandonment or vacation of included drain; proration of moneys. Sec. 446.  Any drain which has been included and merged in a consolidated drain and whose outstanding indebtedness has been fully paid may be abandoned and vacated in the manner provided for the abandonment or vacation of drains. In case any such drain has in its fund any money, after all outstanding indebtedness has been paid, such money shall be transferred, paid over or prorated in the same manner as is provided for abandoned or vacated drains: Provided, That if any person, firm, corporation or township entitled to share in the distribution of such money shall be liable for any special assessment of the consolidated drain, its share of such money, or any part thereof which is necessary to cover such special assessment, shall be returned to the respective county treasurer or treasurers and such treasurer or treasurers shall transfer such money to the fund of the consolidated drain and such person, firm, corporation or township shall be credited therefor against the special assessment of the consolidated drain. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.447 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-19. - Chapter 19. Consolidated Districts. (280.441...280.448)|Section 280.447 - Drainage Districts; Consolidation; Rights and Powers, Validation of Bonds.

280.447 Drainage districts; consolidation; rights and powers, validation of bonds. Sec. 447.  After any drainage districts have consolidated as provided for in this chapter, the consolidated district shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, have all the rights and powers and be subject to all laws applicable to county or intercounty drainage districts, as the case may be. The provisions of sections 441 through 447 of this act shall not be construed to validate and shall not validate any bonds or other obligations issued prior to May 5, 1954, nor shall said sections be construed to revive or validate any obligations of an old existing or established drain which has heretofore been determined in a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.448 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-19. - Chapter 19. Consolidated Districts. (280.441...280.448)|Section 280.448 - Drainage Districts; Consolidation; Consent of County Auditors or Comptroller.

280.448 Drainage districts; consolidation; consent of county auditors or comptroller. Sec. 448.  In any proceeding to consolidate drainage districts pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, no special assessment district shall be established and no bonded or other indebtedness shall be incurred and no construction or other contracts shall be let in counties having a board of county auditors or a county comptroller without the written consent of the said board of county auditors or the said county comptroller: Provided, however, That the approval of said board of county auditors or said county comptroller shall not be required in proceedings relative to the establishment of an intercounty consolidated drainage district. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.461 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-20. - Chapter 20. Intracounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.461...280.499)|Section 280.461 - Definitions.

280.461 Definitions. Sec. 461.  Whenever used in this chapter, except when otherwise indicated by the context:  (a) "State" means this state.  (b) "Public corporation" includes this state, counties, cities, villages, townships, metropolitan districts and authorities created by or pursuant to state statutes.  (c) "Agencies" includes those officers, boards, commissions and other bodies created by public corporations or by the federal government, which are authorized to act in their own names.  (d) "County drain" means any drain, irrespective of size, carrying drainage water or sewage or both originating in 1 county, and includes drains located, established and constructed by a county drain commissioner or drainage board, by a city, village or township. The finding of the drainage board that all drain water and sewage does originate in 1 county shall be final. In making such determination, the drainage board may disregard any drainage from another county which it deems to be inconsequential. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1971 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.462 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-20. - Chapter 20. Intracounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.461...280.499)|Section 280.462 - County Drains; Public Health, Assessment Against Public Corporations.

280.462 County drains; public health, assessment against public corporations. Sec. 462.  County drains which are necessary for the public health may be located, established and constructed under the provisions of this chapter where the cost thereof is to be assessed wholly against public corporations. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.463 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-20. - Chapter 20. Intracounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.461...280.499)|Section 280.463 - Petition to Locate, Establish, and Construct County Drain; Determination; Filing and Contents of Petition; Notice; Certified Copy of Resolution; Authorizing Execution; Order of Determination.

280.463 Petition to locate, establish, and construct county drain; determination; filing and contents of petition; notice; certified copy of resolution; authorizing execution; order of determination. Sec. 463.  (1) Before filing a petition under this section, the legislative body of a public corporation shall first determine whether the drain project contemplated may necessitate the levy of a special assessment, fee, or charge under section 490. If the legislative body determines that a special assessment, fee, or charge may be made under section 490, before filing a petition under this section, the legislative body shall proceed as provided in section 489a.  (2) If it is necessary for the public health to locate, establish, and construct a county drain, a petition for that purpose may be filed with the county drain commissioner signed by 2 or more public corporations which will be subject to assessments to pay the cost of the drain. The petition shall state that it is filed pursuant to this chapter and shall describe the location and route of the proposed drain sufficiently to determine with reasonable certainty the areas to be serviced by the drain.  (3) Not more than 20 days after the petition is filed, the county drain commissioner shall notify each public corporation which may be subject to an assessment or in which is located any of the areas to be drained, as described in the petition, that a petition was filed.  (4) A certified copy of the resolution of the governing body of each signer authorizing the affixing of the signature of the governing body to the petition shall be attached to the petition. The petition may be filed in more than 1 counterpart. For a petition filed by a county, the county board of commissioners shall authorize the execution of the petition, and for a petition filed by the state, the state transportation commission shall authorize the execution of the petition. As provided in section 423, an order of determination of the water resources commission shall also serve as a petition made pursuant to this chapter. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 333, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1968 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 208, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1974 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 135, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.465 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-20. - Chapter 20. Intracounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.461...280.499)|Section 280.465 - Meeting of Drainage Board; Notice; Affidavit of Mailing; Quorum; Adjournment; Action by Board; Signing of Orders.

280.465 Meeting of drainage board; notice; affidavit of mailing; quorum; adjournment; action by board; signing of orders. Sec. 465.  A meeting of the drainage board may be called by the chairperson or 2 members of the board, on notice sent by registered mail to each member, setting forth the time, date, and place of the meeting. The notice shall be mailed not less than 5 days before the time of the meeting. The affidavit of the chairman as to such mailing shall be conclusive proof thereof. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a lesser number may adjourn from time to time. A meeting may be adjourned from time to time. Unless otherwise provided in this act, an action shall not be taken by the board except by a majority vote of its members. In the event of the adjournment of a hearing, it shall not be necessary to advertise the adjournment of the hearing. All orders issued by the drainage board shall be signed by the chairperson. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 235, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.466 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-20. - Chapter 20. Intracounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.461...280.499)|Section 280.466 - Drainage Board; First Meeting, Notice.

280.466 Drainage board; first meeting, notice. Sec. 466.  Upon receipt of a petition as hereinbefore provided, the county drain commissioner shall call the first meeting of the drainage board. In the event there be no board of county auditors or finance committee in the county, then notice to the chairman of the board of supervisors of such county shall be deemed to be notice to the member of the board of supervisors to be selected by him. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.467 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-20. - Chapter 20. Intracounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.461...280.499)|Section 280.467 - Drainage Board; Tentative Determinations; Naming Drain and Drainage District; Composition of District; Objections; Notice of Hearing; Final Order of Determination; Eliminating or Adding Public Corporation.

280.467 Drainage board; tentative determinations; naming drain and drainage district; composition of district; objections; notice of hearing; final order of determination; eliminating or adding public corporation. Sec. 467.  The drainage board, at its first meeting, shall consider the petition for the project and make a tentative determination as to the sufficiency of the petition and the practicability of the proposed drain, and shall further make a tentative determination of the public corporations to be assessed. The drainage board shall give a name to the drain and to the drainage district. The district shall be composed of the public corporations to be assessed for the cost of the project. After the drainage board has made the determination it shall fix a time, date, and place it will meet to hear objections to the proposed drain and the petition for the drain, and to the matter of assessing the cost of the drain to the designated public corporations. Notice of the hearing shall be published twice in the county by inserting the notice in at least 1 newspaper published in the county, designated by the drainage board, with the first publication to be not less than 20 days before the time of the hearing. The notice shall also be sent by registered mail to the clerk or secretary of each public corporation proposed to be assessed, except that a notice to the state shall be sent to the state highway director and a notice to a county shall be sent to both the county clerk and the county road commission. The mailing shall be made not less than 20 days before the time of the hearing. The notice shall be signed by the chairperson and proof of the publication and mailing of the notice shall be filed in his or her office. The drainage board may provide a form to be substantially followed in the giving of the notice. After the hearing, the drainage board shall make a determination as to the sufficiency of the petition, the practicability of the drain, whether the drain should be constructed, and if so, the public corporations to be assessed, and shall issue its order accordingly. The order shall be known as the final order of determination. A public corporation shall not be eliminated from, or added to, those tentatively determined to be assessed without a rehearing after notice. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 235, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978 Popular Name: Act 40