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MI Comp L § 280.486 (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 280.486 - Drains to Which Chapter Applicable; Sufficiency of Petition.

280.486 Drains to which chapter applicable; sufficiency of petition. Sec. 486.  This chapter shall be applicable (1) to any county drain located, or proposed to be located, entirely within the limits of a single city, village or township; (2) to any county drain located in more than 1 city, village or township but which serves or will serve only an area located entirely within the limits of a single city, village or township so that no other city, village or township will be subject to assessment to pay the cost thereof; or (3) to several drains, including drains located, established and constructed by a county drain commissioner or drainage board, by a city, village or township, whether or not the several drains are interconnected, which several drains serve only areas located entirely within the limits of a single city, village or township, if the city, village or township shall consent thereto by resolution adopted by its governing body. In such case any petition required to be filed hereunder shall be sufficient if signed by such city, village or township only. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 214, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1971 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.487 (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 280.487 - Drainage Board; Absence of Members, Deputies, Vice-Chairman.

280.487 Drainage board; absence of members, deputies, vice-chairman. Sec. 487.  Any drain commissioner may act under this chapter or under chapter 21, being sections 511 to 537, inclusive, of this act, by his deputy, under any and all circumstances. The vice-chairman or chairman pro tem of a county board of supervisors, or the vice-chairman of a board of county auditors or of a finance committee of a county board of supervisors, may act in lieu of the chairman of such board or committee, in event of the absence of such chairman from a meeting of the drainage board. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.488 (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 280.488 - Additional Grant of Power; Prior Projects.

280.488 Additional grant of power; prior projects. Sec. 488.  The provisions of this chapter shall be construed as an additional grant of power to that prescribed by other statutory provisions.  Projects completed prior to November 21, 1951, shall not be financed under this chapter. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.489 (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 280.489 - New Cities; Service of Notice on Township Clerks or De Facto City Officer.

280.489 New cities; service of notice on township clerks or de facto city officer. Sec. 489.  Whenever a new city has been or shall be incorporated but such incorporation shall not have been completed by the adoption of a city charter, then any notice required by this chapter to be served upon the city clerk shall be served upon the clerk or clerks of the township or townships from which the city was incorporated: Provided, That if a city charter shall have been submitted, but rejected by the electors, then such notice shall also be served upon the de facto officer of the city, if there be such an officer. Service of any notice made prior to the effective date of this amendment, which was made in the manner provided in this section, is hereby declared to be a valid compliance with the terms of this act in respect to service upon the city clerk. History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.491 (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 280.491 - River, Creek or Watercourse; Petition for Inclusion Within Jurisdiction.

280.491 River, creek or watercourse; petition for inclusion within jurisdiction. Sec. 491.  A petition meeting the requirements of this chapter as to petitioners, execution and filing may request, for reasons of public health, that jurisdiction be assumed over all or a specified part of the bed, tributaries, banks and flood plains of a river, creek or watercourse, not part of an established drain. The petition shall describe the existing or threatened conditions which cause or increase the danger of flooding, pollution, desecration or obstruction of such river, creek or watercourse, and shall specify, in general terms, the works, property acquisition, actions or procedures deemed necessary to remove or lessen such danger. History: Add. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.492 (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 280.492 - Petition; Content, Deposit to Pay Cost; Drainage Board Hearing and Notice.

280.492 Petition; content, deposit to pay cost; drainage board hearing and notice. Sec. 492.  The petitioners named in a petition filed pursuant to section 491, shall include therein an agreement to pay the amount of, or shall accompany the petition with a deposit in the amount of, the estimated cost of the planning and engineering required to describe in recordable form the bed, tributaries, banks and flood plains of the river, creek or watercourse over which jurisdiction is necessary and is to be assumed and the work to be done or property to be acquired according to the petition. Upon the filing of the petition with the agreement or deposit to pay costs, the initial actions and tentative determinations shall be taken and made with respect thereto as described in sections 466 and 467, and such description shall be obtained and approved and adopted by the drainage board. To assume jurisdiction of the bed, tributaries, banks and flood plains of the river, creek or watercourse and to perform the work proposed to be done thereon, if any, as so described, a meeting to hear objections to the assumption of such jurisdiction, to the petition therefor and to the proposed work or property acquisition shall be held as provided for other drain projects pursuant to this chapter. Notice of the hearing shall contain the description as approved and adopted by the drainage board. History: Add. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.493 (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 280.493 - Final Order of Determination; Contents, Recording, Effect.

280.493 Final order of determination; contents, recording, effect. Sec. 493.  After the hearing, the drainage board shall determine whether or not it will assume jurisdiction and perform the work proposed, if any, and shall issue its order accordingly, which order shall be known as the "final order of determination". The final order of determination shall contain the description of the bed, tributaries, banks and flood plains of the river, creek or watercourse over which jurisdiction has been assumed and shall be recorded in the county records in the county in which any part thereof is located. After recording, no constructing, excavating, land filling, removing of structures, trees, plants or shrubs, dumping or discharging of sewers or drains shall be permitted or continued in the bed, tributaries, banks or flood plains of the river, creek or watercourse within the recorded description thereof, except upon written order or permit issued by the drainage board. History: Add. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.494 (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 280.494 - Final Order of Determination; Recording Effect on Private Rights.

280.494 Final order of determination; recording effect on private rights. Sec. 494.  The recording of the description does not appropriate, terminate or lessen any private rights in property, real or personal, except such as shall be voluntarily released by written agreement or conveyance or as shall be condemned as provided in this chapter, or pursuant to applicable law. The recording of the description constitutes a regulation and limitation, for reasons of public health, of the use of the public and private property therein described to remove or lessen the danger of flooding, pollution, desecration or obstruction of the river, creek or watercourse, or part thereof, involved. History: Add. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.495 (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 280.495 - Assessment of Cost; Hearing; Powers.

280.495 Assessment of cost; hearing; powers. Sec. 495.  Before any work, other than preparation of the description and the approval, adoption and recording of the same, is done or rights in or ownership of property is acquired by the drainage board, pursuant to a petition filed under section 491, the drainage board shall make a determination, following notice and a hearing as provided in this chapter, which may be the hearing provided for in section 492, as to the public corporations to be assessed for the cost of the work or acquisition. After the hearing and the determination to proceed with the work, the drainage board shall proceed in the same manner as is provided for other drain projects in this chapter and the drainage board shall have the rights and powers so provided. History: Add. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.496 (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 280.496 - Drainage Board Funds; Investment of Surplus, Interest.

280.496 Drainage board funds; investment of surplus, interest. Sec. 496.  The drainage board may direct the treasurer of any drainage district to invest any surplus funds belonging to and under the control of the drainage board, in bonds and other direct obligations of the United States or in certificates of deposit or depository receipts of any bank which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation in such amounts and issues as shall be directed by the drainage board. The interest earnings from such investments shall be credited by the county treasurer to such drainage district funds. History: Add. 1970, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.497 (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 280.497 - Use or Transfer of Surplus Construction Funds; Contract With Public Corporation; Provisions of Contract; Return of Surplus Construction Funds to State Transportation Department; Application of MCL 280.499; Definition.

280.497 Use or transfer of surplus construction funds; contract with public corporation; provisions of contract; return of surplus construction funds to state transportation department; application of MCL 280.499; definition. Sec. 497.  (1) The drainage board shall use any surplus construction funds remaining in the construction fund after completion of the project for the inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 or shall authorize the transfer of the funds to the bond and interest account, if bonds were issued, in the amounts the drainage board considers proper.  (2) The drainage board shall contract with any public corporation if that public corporation has been assessed for all or part of the cost of the drain or if land in any city, village, township, or combination thereof has been assessed for all or any part of the cost of a drain. The contract shall provide that after all outstanding drain orders or bonds are paid on a drainage district project, the drainage board shall authorize the county treasurers to pay over any portion of the surplus not needed for more than the cost of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 to the county, township, city, or village in which the drain is located or in which assessments for benefits have been assessed and collected. The payments shall be on a pro rata basis in direct proportion to the amounts assessed and collected from each county, township, city, or village. The contract shall also provide that upon receipt of the surplus funds the county, city, village, or township shall utilize the surplus funds to alleviate drainage problems in their respective jurisdictions.  (3) If state highway funds are involved in a project, the drain commissioner or drainage board, upon completion of a construction project and after all outstanding drain orders or bonds are paid on the project, shall return, on a pro rata basis, surplus construction funds in excess of the amount necessary to pay for inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 to the state transportation department for the construction, maintenance, and administration of state highways.  (4) A drainage board may apply section 499 to surplus construction funds in place of this section.  (5) As used in this section and section 499, "public corporation" includes a city, village, township, or county, or the state. History: Add. 1970, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970 ;-- Am. 1984, Act 165, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1984 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 149, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1989 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.498 (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 280.498 - Pollution in County Drain; Abatement; Petition.

280.498 Pollution in county drain; abatement; petition. Sec. 498.  Whenever the water resources commission or successor agency has determined that pollution exists in a county drain which services any city, village or township or any combination thereof and has issued an order of determination or permit to such public corporation for abatement thereof then a petition under this chapter may be filed in accordance with section 463 by any one such city having greater than 500,000 population. History: Add. 1973, Act 48, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1973 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.499 (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 280.499 - Providing Amount From Surplus Construction Funds to Inspect, Repair, and Maintain Drain; Apportioning Balance of Surplus Construction Funds to Credit of Public Corporations; Use of Funds.

280.499 Providing amount from surplus construction funds to inspect, repair, and maintain drain; apportioning balance of surplus construction funds to credit of public corporations; use of funds. Sec. 499.  (1) After the construction of a county drain for which none of the financing is obtained through special assessments under section 490, the drainage board shall provide for an amount from surplus construction funds sufficient to inspect, repair, and maintain the drain as provided in section 196. After providing for inspection, repair, and maintenance, the drainage board may apportion the balance of the surplus construction funds to separate accounts to the credit of the public corporations against which the cost of the drain is assessed. The funds shall be credited in direct proportion to amounts assessed and collected from the public corporations.  (2) Funds in an account apportioned to the credit of a public corporation under this section shall be used only for the following:  (a) To pay principal and interest on bonds issued to finance the drain for which the assessment is imposed.  (b) If bonds are not sold, to pay assessments due from the public corporation.  (c) At the request of the public corporation, to alleviate drainage problems in that public corporation. History: Add. 1984, Act 165, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1984 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 149, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1989 Popular Name: Act 40
MI Comp L § 280.511 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-21. - Chapter 21. Intercounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.511...280.549)|Section 280.511 - Definitions.

280.511 Definitions. Sec. 511.  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) "Director of agriculture" means the director of the state department of agriculture.  (e) "Intercounty drain" means any drain, irrespective of size, carrying drainage water or sewage originating in more than 1 county, and includes drains located, established and constructed by a county drain commissioner or drainage board, by a city, village or township. 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 § 280.512 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-21. - Chapter 21. Intercounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.511...280.549)|Section 280.512 - Public Health; Assessment Against Public Corporations.

280.512 Public health; assessment against public corporations. Sec. 512.  Intercounty 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 § 280.513 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 280 - Drain Code of 1956|Act 40 of 1956 - The Drain Code of 1956 (280.1 - 280.630)|40-1956-21. - Chapter 21. Intercounty Drains; Public Corporations. (280.511...280.549)|Section 280.513 - Petition to Locate, Establish, and Construct Intercounty Drain; Determination; Filing and Contents of Petition; Notice; Certified Copy of Resolution; Authorizing Execution; Order of Determination.

280.513 Petition to locate, establish, and construct intercounty drain; determination; filing and contents of petition; notice; certified copy of resolution; authorizing execution; order of determination. Sec. 513.  (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 539. If the legislative body determines that a special assessment, fee, or charge may be made under section 539, before filing a petition under this section, the legislative body shall proceed as prescribed in section 538a.  (2) If it is necessary for the public health to locate, establish, and construct an intercounty drain, a petition for that purpose may be filed with the director of the department of agriculture 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 director of the department of agriculture shall notify all public corporations in which any of the areas to be drained are located, as described in the petition, that a petition has been filed which may affect drainage in the public corporation.  (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, 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