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MI Comp L § 280.247 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-10. - Chapter 10. Inspection and Approval of Construction and Payment for the Drain. (280.241...280.248)|Section 280.247 - Attorney; Employment; Expenses and Costs, Payment From Drain Fund; Prosecuting Attorney; "Attendant Expenses and Costs" Defined .

280.247 Attorney; employment; expenses and costs, payment from drain fund; prosecuting attorney; "attendant expenses and costs" defined .Sec. 247.  (1) The county drain commissioner or drainage board acting under this act may employ an attorney if the drain commissioner or drainage board, as appropriate, considers it necessary. If an attorney is employed, all attendant expenses and costs shall be charged to the drainage districts on behalf of which the attorney is employed. All attendant expenses and costs shall be paid out of the drain fund of the drainage district or the revolving drain fund. If the attendant expenses and costs are paid out of the revolving drain fund or if the drain fund of the drainage district does not have sufficient funds to pay the attendant expenses and costs, the attendant expenses and costs shall be assessed to the drainage district in the same proportion as costs of the drain were assessed as provided in chapter 7 and the collections of these assessments shall be used either to reimburse the revolving drain fund or to pay the attendant expenses and costs, as appropriate.  (2) The county board of commissioners for a county, by resolution, may provide for the prosecuting attorney to give legal assistance to the county drain commissioner as part of the prosecuting attorney's duties.  (3) As used in this section, "attendant expenses and costs" means those expenses and costs incurred for a drainage district in furtherance of the duties and responsibilities of a drain commissioner or drainage board, including, but not limited to, 1 or more of the following:  (a) Actual attorney fees.  (b) Expert witness and consultant fees.  (c) Money and costs expended in connection with litigation or the threat of litigation.  (d) Payments made in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of any orders or judgments entered against a drainage district.  (e) Money and costs expended to obtain a release, waiver, or other settlement of claims. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 646, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.248 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-10. - Chapter 10. Inspection and Approval of Construction and Payment for the Drain. (280.241...280.248)|Section 280.248 - Expenses of State Director of Agriculture or Deputy; Payment.

280.248 Expenses of state director of agriculture or deputy; payment. Sec. 248.  The state director of agriculture, or any deputy designated by him, shall be paid all his necessary traveling and subsistence expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the discharge of any duties required by this act. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.261 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.261 - Computation of Cost; Items Included; Contingent Expenses.

280.261 Computation of cost; items included; contingent expenses. Sec. 261.  Within 10 days after the letting of contracts, or in case of an appeal, then forthwith after such appeal shall have been decided, the commissioner shall make a computation of the entire cost of such drain, which shall include (1) all the expense of laying out and designating the drainage district, which item of expense shall include the entire cost of the survey; (2) the expense of locating, establishing and constructing the drain; (3) the fees and expenses of special commissioners; (4) the compensation to be paid the board of review; (5) the cost of construction of bridges and culverts; (6) the contracts for the construction of the drain, or other work to be done on said drain; (7) the estimated cost of an appeal in case the apportionment made by the commissioner shall not be sustained; (8) the estimated cost of inspection; (9) the cost of publishing all notices required; (10) all fees of the probate judge; (11) attorney fees for legal services in connection with the drain; and (12) interest on bonds for the first year, if bonds are to be issued, and he shall add the whole into a gross sum and add thereto not less than 10% nor more than 15%, at the discretion of the drain commissioner, of said gross sum to cover contingent expenses, and the entire sum so ascertained shall be deemed to be the cost of construction of such drain. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.263 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.263 - Spread of Drain Taxes on Rolls; Time.

280.263 Spread of drain taxes on rolls; time. Sec. 263.  It shall be the duty of the supervisor, village or city assessor, to spread on his roll the total amount of all drain taxes determined upon by the county drain commissioner to be assessed upon the county, township, city or village at large by adding to the county, township, city or village tax for the year in which the same was assessed and extending said tax in the same column with the general county, township, city or village tax: Provided, That in such villages or cities of this state, where the municipal taxes therefor are assessed and collected prior to the October meeting of the board of supervisors, all taxes ordered to be spread against such municipalities shall be spread during the calendar year following such action by the board of supervisors: Provided further, That in lieu of the addition of such tax to the county, township, city or village tax, the legislative body thereof may in any year provide for the payment thereof from the general or contingent fund of such county, township, city or village. Such supervisor or assessor shall also spread upon said roll, separately, and immediately following the other descriptions, all tracts or parcels of land specified by the commissioner to be assessed for benefits, and shall place opposite each description, in a column marked, "(giving the name or number) ...................... drain taxes," the amount of taxes apportioned thereon, as certified to him by the county clerk. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.264 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.264 - Statement of Assessments Upon Township at Large Furnished Township Treasurer.

280.264 Statement of assessments upon township at large furnished township treasurer. Sec. 264.  The supervisor shall, at the time of the delivery of his assessment roll to the township treasurer, also furnish him with an itemized statement of the several amounts assessed upon the township at large for each particular drain, naming the drain. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.265 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.265 - Drain Taxes; General Tax Law Applicable, Payment Under Protest, Action, Lien, Personal Claim.

280.265 Drain taxes; general tax law applicable, payment under protest, action, lien, personal claim. Sec. 265.  All drain taxes assessed under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the same interest and charges, and shall be collected in the same manner as state and other general taxes are collected, and collecting officers are hereby vested with the same power and authority in the collection of such taxes as are or may be conferred by law for collecting general taxes. Drain taxes, when collected, shall be returned to the county treasurer to be disbursed by him. In all cases where suit is brought against the collector arising out of the collection of any drain tax, the county shall defend such officer in the same manner that he has now the right to be defended in the collection of general taxes. No suit shall be instituted to recover any drain tax or money paid or property sold therefor, or for damages on account thereof, unless brought within 30 days from the time of payment of such money to, or sale of such property by, the collecting officer; and if such tax shall be paid under protest the reasons therefor shall be specified, and the same procedure observed as is or may be required by the general tax law. All taxes levied under the provisions of this act, with all lawful costs, interest and charges, shall be and remain a perpetual lien upon the lands upon which they are assessed, and a personal claim against the owner or owners of such lands until they are paid. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.266 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.266 - Return of Delinquent Drain Taxes; General Tax Law Applicable.

280.266 Return of delinquent drain taxes; general tax law applicable. Sec. 266.  If the taxes levied for the construction, cleaning out, widening, deepening, straightening or extending of any drain are not collected by the township, city or village treasurer, they shall by him be returned, together with the lands upon which they were levied, to the county treasurer in the same return, at the same time, and in the same manner, in every respect (naming in each case the particular drain), as lands are returned for state, county and township taxes, and such taxes shall follow such lands, the same as all such other taxes, and all the general provisions of law now existing, or that may be hereafter enacted for enforcing the payment of township, county and state taxes, shall apply to such drain taxes, and to the lands returned delinquent therefor, in the same manner and with like effect. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.267 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.267 - Injunction After Assessment.

280.267 Injunction after assessment. Sec. 267.  After any taxes have been assessed for the construction, location or establishment of any drain, no injunction shall issue to restrain the spreading of the same upon the tax roll nor to restrain the collection thereof, nor shall the same be in any manner stayed, unless the amount of such assessment shall first be paid into the township treasury to be applied upon such tax, in case the court in which the suit upon which injunction is tried shall so order. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.268 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.268 - Perpetual Injunction Not Allowed for Informalities; Plaintiff May Show Injury.

280.268 Perpetual injunction not allowed for informalities; plaintiff may show injury. Sec. 268.  The collection of no tax levied or ordered to be levied for the payment of the location or construction of any drain laid out under this act shall be perpetually enjoined or declared absolutely void in consequence of any error or informality of any officer in the location and establishment thereof, nor by reason of any error or informality appearing in the record of the proceedings by which any such drain shall have been located and established, nor on account of any irregularity or informality in the condemnation of right of way, nor for want of any record thereof; but the court in which any action may be brought to recover any tax or assessment paid, or to declare void the proceedings to locate and establish any drain, or to enjoin any tax or assessment levied or ordered to be levied for the payment of the labor and expense thereof, shall, if there be manifest error in the proceedings, allow the plaintiff in action to show that he has been injured thereby. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.269 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.269 - Invalidation Proceedings; Proofs, Correction of Damages or Assessment, Order, Costs.

280.269 Invalidation proceedings; proofs, correction of damages or assessment, order, costs. Sec. 269.  The court in which such proceedings are begun shall allow proof that the drain was necessary and conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare, and that all the steps required by law have been substantially complied with, notwithstanding the record required to be kept by the commissioner. In case substantial error is found, the court may correct any gross injustice in the award of damages, or assessment of benefits as may appear after hearing the proofs and allegations of both sides and shall make such order in the premises as shall be just and equitable, and may order that such tax or assessment remain on the tax roll for collection, or order the same to be relevied, or may perpetually enjoin the same, or any part thereof, or if the same has been paid under protest, may order the whole, or such part thereof as is just and equitable, to be refunded. In all cases where assessments shall be set aside after contracts have been let or bonds sold, the decree shall make full provision for payment of work done and materials furnished under said contracts before the commencement of suit, and for payment of such bonds and interest thereon, by reassessment according to benefits, or otherwise as equity may require. The cost of such proceedings, if error or injustice be shown, shall be apportioned among the parties, or if no manifest error or injustice be shown, such costs shall be collected of the party bringing the action. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.270 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.270 - Tax Lien; Proceeding to Compel Spread of Tax; Established Drains.

280.270 Tax lien; proceeding to compel spread of tax; established drains. Sec. 270.  Whenever any drain has been located and established, and contracts let for its construction, and the work of construction has been completed, or partly completed, and the commissioner has made his order establishing the drain, his apportionment of benefits and special assessment roll and filed the same in the office of the county drain commissioner, as provided by this act, and such taxes remain a perpetual lien upon the lands assessed, and filed all of said papers in the office of the county drain commissioner, and no person or municipality affected by the proceedings has taken any action by virtue of section 161 of this act to test the validity of the proceedings, or to set the same aside, and it shall further appear that the tax has not been spread on the tax roll of the municipalities affected and the lien of said tax still remains against such lands, on the application in writing of any person or corporation who is now or were owners of the land assessed at the time of the apportionment of benefits by the commissioner or any person or corporation who were the owners of land at said time and who were assessed therefor, and who sold such land with covenants of warranty, may make an application in writing to the county drain commissioner setting forth such facts, and upon the filing of such application it shall be the duty of the county drain commissioner to make a certified copy of the assessment roll filed in his office by the commissioner and present to and lay it before the board of supervisors at the first October session thereafter of said board, and thereupon it shall be the duty of said board at said session to order and direct such taxes spread upon the tax roll of the municipalities affected thereby, according to the said assessment filed as aforesaid, and as appears by such special assessment roll, so certified to said board. The provisions of this section shall also apply to drains laid out and established and wholly or partly constructed under the provisions of all drain laws in force prior to the passage of this act, where such laws have made such drain tax a perpetual lien upon the lands upon which they are assessed. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.271 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.271 - Tax Collection Suits; Tax Reassessment.

280.271 Tax collection suits; tax reassessment. Sec. 271.  Any drain taxes that may have been assessed and returned upon any lands under any drain law enacted before this act and remaining unpaid, may be sued for by the commissioner of the county in which the delinquent lands are situated in any court of competent jurisdiction and collected from the owner of the lands or the taxes, if properly returned to the county treasurer, may be ordered charged back by the county board of commissioners and reassessed upon the lands in the same manner that unpaid or rejected taxes may be charged back by the state treasurer and reassessed under the general provisions of law. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 353, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.272 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.272 - Tax Collection Suits; Assumpsit; Prima Facie Evidence, Judgment Based on Benefits; Authority to Sue.

280.272 Tax collection suits; assumpsit; prima facie evidence, judgment based on benefits; authority to sue. Sec. 272.  In any suit brought for the collection of any unpaid drain taxes by virtue of section 271, the commissioner bringing such suit may declare in an action of assumpsit against the defendant; proof of the amount of the tax, and that it is unpaid, either oral or by the production of the tax roll, shall be prima facie evidence of the plaintiff's right to recover; but the defendant may plead the general issue and give evidence in reduction of damages, and the plaintiff may offer evidence in rebuttal, and if it shall appear from such evidence that the actual benefits to the land by reason of the construction of the drain were less than the amount of the tax, judgment shall be only for the amount of the benefits as proven, with interest and costs: Provided, That no such proceedings shall be instituted by the commissioner at the expense of the county unless he shall be authorized to do so by the board of supervisors. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.273 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.273 - New Proceedings When Tax Set Aside; Report of Defects to Supervisors, Reassessment.

280.273 New proceedings when tax set aside; report of defects to supervisors, reassessment. Sec. 273.  In case any drain tax heretofore or to be hereafter assessed shall be set aside, except for causes that would deprive the commissioner of jurisdiction to construct the drain, the commissioner may begin proceedings anew at the stage where they shall be correct. In case a drain tax can or may be set aside for error in description or other defect in the commissioner's or township treasurer's roll, the commissioner shall report the same to the board of supervisors at their October session, who shall order the same reassessed upon the proper description. Such report may be made at any time before the sale of the land for such tax. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.274 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.274 - Invalidation Proceedings; Commissioner as Party.

280.274 Invalidation proceedings; commissioner as party. Sec. 274.  In any suit brought to set aside any drain tax, or in any way attacking the legality of any drain proceedings, the commissioner shall be made a party to said suit. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.276 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-11. - Chapter 11. Levy and Collection of Drain Taxes. (280.261...280.283)|Section 280.276 - County Drainage District Bonds or Notes; Intracounty Drains; Faith and Credit; Advancement by County, Reassessment.

280.276 County drainage district bonds or notes; intracounty drains; faith and credit; advancement by county, reassessment. Sec. 276.  If bonds or notes are to be issued in respect to an intracounty drain, the county board of commissioners may, by resolution adopted by a majority of its total membership, pledge the full faith and credit of the county for the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds or notes hereafter issued pursuant to this act. This shall not validate any bonds or notes heretofore issued. In the event the county shall be required to advance any money by reason of such pledge, and if the collections from special assessments shall not be sufficient to reimburse the county therefor, the drain commissioner of such county shall, within a 2-year period from the date of advancement, reassess the drainage district as in the first instance in order to provide for the repayment to the county of the sums so advanced. The provisions of this section shall not permit the advancement or any moneys out of the general funds of any county to meet any deficiency in the collection of drain assessments confirmed prior to May 1, 1953. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 37, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1957 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 10, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1959 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 112, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970 Popular Name: Act 40