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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487) › Section 247.474 - Proceedings; Recommencement; Notice of Hearing; Credit for Tax Paid.

247.474 Proceedings; recommencement; notice of hearing; credit for tax paid.
Sec. 74.
Whenever the work of improving any highway has been wholly or partly completed, and payment for same has not been legally made, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall proceed without unnecessary delay to start such proceedings anew, providing the petition for the improvement confers jurisdiction upon the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, at such a stage as may be correct; and the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall proceed to take the necessary steps under the provisions of this act, and shall reassess upon the lands benefited by the improvement, the original cost thereof, together with all expense of completing the proceedings, and continue so to do, until such improvement has been legally constructed: Provided, That on such recording and legally completing the proceedings, it shall not be necessary to re-advertise the letting or to make a new contract for the letting and constructing of the improvement, but the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall advertise a day of review for benefits in the manner provided in the first instance: Provided further, That any person who has paid taxes for benefits assessed against him for such improvement, shall be allowed the amount so paid; and the collecting officer shall accept the receipt theretofore issued as cash, and the same shall be applied upon such new assessment.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4744 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4389 ;-- CL 1948, 247.474
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487) › Section 247.476 - Saving Clause.

247.476 Saving clause.
Sec. 76.
All proceedings heretofore taken under this act shall not be defeated or nullified because of any irregularity therein if there has been a substantial compliance with the requirements of the said measure as hereby amended. Such proceedings heretofore commenced under said act shall not be invalidated either in whole or in part hereby, but may be completed under the provisions hereof.
History:
Add. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4391 ;-- CL 1948, 247.476
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487) › Section 247.477 - Clerical Errors; Correction.

247.477 Clerical errors; correction.
Sec. 77.
After the county road commissioners shall have made their apportionment of benefits, and held a review of the same, whether an appeal has been taken therefrom or not, but in case of appeal, then after such appeal shall have been decided, and it shall appear that any parcel of land has been omitted by clerical error within the boundaries of the district finally established, or that parcels of land have been misdescribed, or the acreage stated to be more or less than it really is or that the amount appearing on the roll as assessed against any parcel of land is erroneous because of a clerical error, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, may correct such errors in the manner herein provided.
History:
Add. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4392 ;-- CL 1948, 247.477
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487) › Section 247.478 - Clerical Errors; Notice of Review and Correction.

247.478 Clerical errors; notice of review and correction.
Sec. 78.
The county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, on discovering any of the aforesaid errors, may make their order reciting the particular errors, or that there appears to be error in the designated descriptions, and give notice of the review and correction thereof in any road district affected in the same manner as is required for the review of the apportionment of benefits in the first instance, except that the county at large or townships at large need not be notified. The meeting of the county road commissioners or of the state highway commissioner to review and correct such errors shall be held at some place in the road district to be affected.
History:
Add. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4393 ;-- CL 1948, 247.478
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487) › Section 247.479 - Clerical Errors; Correction of Omissions, Descriptions, Acreage, Apportionment of Benefits.

247.479 Clerical errors; correction of omissions, descriptions, acreage, apportionment of benefits.
Sec. 79.
At such meeting, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall correct the errors aforesaid. Such meeting may be adjourned from time to time, public announcement of such adjournment being made in each case. Where lands within the boundaries of the assessment district as established have been omitted by clerical mistake from the apportionment of benefits, or from the special assessment roll, they may be added thereto, and shall be assessed their proportionate share of the cost of the improvement. Where lands have been erroneously described, they shall be correctly described as near as may be. Where the acreage of any parcel is erroneously stated to be more or less than it really is, such acreage shall be correctly stated as near as may be. Where the apportionment of benefits has already been determined by the state highway commissioner, or by the appellate boards, upon an acreage basis, the tax or apportionment upon any parcel where the acreage was wrong in the first instance shall be increased or reduced as the case may be, proportionate to the increase or decrease of the acreage of that parcel. Where any parcel of land is charged on the roll with an assessment that is improper because of some clerical error, such assessment shall be corrected.
History:
Add. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4394 ;-- CL 1948, 247.479
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487) › Section 247.480 - Correction of Tax in Next Assessment Roll.

247.480 Correction of tax in next assessment roll.
Sec. 80.
If a parcel of land shall have been erroneously assessed too high by reason of a mistake in the acreage of the parcel, and 1 or more years' tax shall have been paid thereon, the board of county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, in their next assessment roll after the hearing herein provided, shall credit such parcel with the excessive tax theretofore paid or charged to it, and thereafter shall place the same upon the assessment roll as equalized under this act. If a parcel of land theretofore has been assessed too low by reason of a mistake of the acreage of such parcel, the board of county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, in the aforesaid next roll, shall charge such parcel with the additional tax which said parcel did not pay or was not charged with on prior rolls by reason of the mistake aforesaid, and thereafter shall place such parcel upon the assessment roll as equalized under this act. If any parcel of land has been erroneously omitted from the apportionment of benefits of the tax roll, the board of county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, in their next assessment roll shall add such parcel to the roll and charge the same with all taxes theretofore omitted, as well as the tax it should regularly bear on that roll, and thereafter shall place the same upon the assessment roll as equalized under this act. It shall be assessed its just proportion of the cost of the same. Where the tax upon any parcel of land as shown by the roll is improper because of some clerical error the same shall be corrected, and the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, in their next assessment roll shall charge such parcel with the tax found to have been omitted, or credit said parcel with the amount of tax theretofore charged in excess of what it should have been; and thereafter they shall place said parcel upon the assessment roll as equalized under this act.
History:
Add. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4395 ;-- CL 1948, 247.480
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487) › Section 247.481 - Change in Apportionment or Tax; Restriction.

247.481 Change in apportionment or tax; restriction.
Sec. 81.
The county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, shall have no power to change the apportionment or tax upon any parcels of land except for the errors as in this act provided, or has been provided in said Act No. 59 of the Public Acts of 1915.
History:
Add. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4396 ;-- CL 1948, 247.481
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of Act 59 of 1915, referred to in this section, see MCL 247.418 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487) › Section 247.482-247.487 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

247.482-247.487 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections provided for construction or widening of highway into city and for a refunding plan for special assessments.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Repealed - Act 237 of 1987 - Local Road Improvements and Operations Revenue Act (247.521 - 247.525)

LOCAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONS REVENUE ACT
Act 237 of 1987
247.521-247.525 Repealed. 1987, Act 237, Eff. Dec. 31, 1992.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Repealed - Act 59 of 1944 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Revolving Fund for Highway Planning and Construction (247.601 - 247.603)

REVOLVING FUND FOR HIGHWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
Act 59 of 1944 (1st Ex. Sess.)
247.601-247.603 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.651a - State Trunk Line Highway System; Construction, Maintenance, Improvement; Control of State Highway Commissioner; Change in Line of Road.

247.651a State trunk line highway system; construction, maintenance, improvement; control of state highway commissioner; change in line of road.
Sec. 1a.
All state trunk line highways now or hereafter established as provided by law, shall be constructed, maintained and improved in accordance with the provisions of this act under the direction, supervision and control of the state highway commissioner. The commissioner shall make surveys and proper plans and specifications and take charge of the construction and maintenance of the state trunk line highways. For the purpose of securing a more direct and favorable location, minor changes in the line of any road may be made when, in the judgment of the state highway commissioner, the changes make for the safety of public travel.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.651b - Cost of Maintaining State Trunk Line Highways; Preservation of Aesthetic and Historic Character of Abutting National Historic Landmark; Service Plaza Prohibited.

247.651b Cost of maintaining state trunk line highways; preservation of aesthetic and historic character of abutting national historic landmark; service plaza prohibited.
Sec. 1b.
(1) The state transportation department shall bear the entire cost of maintaining, in accordance with standards and specifications of the department, all state trunk line highways including highways within incorporated cities and villages except that the cost of maintaining additional width for local purposes as provided in section 1c shall be borne by the city or village.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as part of the construction or reconstruction of a state trunk line highway which abuts a location designated as a national historic landmark pursuant to the national historic preservation act, Public Law 89-665, 80 Stat. 915, and 36 C.F.R. part 65, the department may include within the project, expenditures deemed necessary to mitigate the adverse impact of the state trunk line highway on the aesthetic and historic character of that abutting area. The installation or maintenance of lighting to preserve the aesthetic and historic character of the abutting area shall not impose a duty on the department to provide or maintain lighting for the improved portion of the highway designed for vehicular travel.
(3) The state transportation department shall not use funds allocated under this act for the development or construction of a service plaza.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 298, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 4, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 498, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.651e - Contract With City or Village for Joint Participation in Cost; Assumption by Board of County Road Commissioners, Approval.

247.651e Contract with city or village for joint participation in cost; assumption by board of county road commissioners, approval.
Sec. 1e.
Whenever the board of county road commissioners of any county shall have funds available, the board may enter into a contract or agreement, with any incorporated city or village within the county, assuming the obligations in whole or in part of the city or village undertaken by contract or agreement with the state highway commissioner under the provisions hereof or approved hereby. The board may contract or agree to carry on, in whole or in part, the improvement or construction required thereby, and may institute and conduct condemnation proceedings necessary therefor. No contract or agreement by any board of county road commissioners shall be effective until approved by resolution of the board of supervisors of the county and of the legislative body of the incorporated city or village concerned. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to abolish, limit or restrict the powers and duties of the state highway commissioner or of incorporated cities or villages as prescribed by this act.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.651f - State Trunk Lines; Cancellation of Municipal Obligations; Assumption by State.

247.651f State trunk lines; cancellation of municipal obligations; assumption by state.
Sec. 1f.
The obligation of any city under 30,000 population which prior to July 1, 1957 entered into a contract with the state highway department pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 19 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, for the construction of state trunkline highways, which highways have been taken over as part of the interstate and defense highway system, is hereby canceled and the city is relieved of any obligation remaining under the contract. The state highway department shall assume the obligation still outstanding under the terms of such a contract upon the effective date of this amendatory act.
History:
Add. 1965, Act 352, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.651g - Pavement Management System.

247.651g Pavement management system.
Sec. 1g.
The transportation asset management council, in conjunction with the department, counties, and municipalities, shall develop and implement a pavement management system for each mile of roadway on the federal-aid eligible highway system in Michigan. This pavement management system shall attempt to ensure that a disproportionate share of pavement shall not become due for replacement or major repair at the same time. The transportation asset management council shall provide local road agencies with the training needed to utilize the pavement management system in accordance with this section.
History:
Add. 1997, Act 79, Eff. July 28, 1997 ;-- Am. 2007, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.651h - Life-Cycle Cost Analysis; "Life-Cycle Cost" Defined; Substitutes for Requirements Listed in Subsection (3).

247.651h Life-cycle cost analysis; "life-cycle cost" defined; substitutes for requirements listed in subsection (3).
Sec. 1h.
(1) The department shall develop and implement a life-cycle cost analysis for each project for which the estimated total pavement costs exceed $1,500,000.00 funded in whole or in part with state funds. The department shall design and award paving projects utilizing material having the lowest life-cycle cost. All pavement design life shall ensure that state funds are utilized as efficiently as possible.
(2) As used in this section and section 1i, "life-cycle cost" means the total of the cost of the initial project plus all anticipated costs for subsequent maintenance, repair, or resurfacing over the life of the pavement.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, life-cycle cost shall compare equivalent designs and shall be based upon Michigan's actual historic project maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules and costs as recorded by the pavement management system, and shall include estimates of user costs throughout the entire pavement life.
(4) For pavement projects for which there are no relevant Michigan actual historic project maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules and costs as recorded by the pavement management system, the department may use either of the following as a substitute for the requirements listed in subsection (3):
(a) Actual historical and comparable data for reasonably equivalent designs from geographic locations with similar climates, soil structures, or vehicle traffic.
(b) The department may determine appropriate estimated maintenance, repair, and resurfacing schedules for a project by using preliminary results from a demonstration project described in section 1i(1) that is underway at the time of the project. The schedules described in this subdivision shall be determined using appropriate engineering analysis techniques and shall be approved by the chief engineer of the department. The temporary schedules described in this subdivision shall be superseded by actual performance data as it is developed.
History:
Add. 1997, Act 79, Eff. July 28, 1997 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 457, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 501 of 2008 provides:"Enacting section 1. The legislature intends that this amendatory act provide the department with the necessary flexibility to utilize pavement designs which have not been used in Michigan but have been used successfully in other states."
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.652 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Selection and Certification; Check and Review; Approval; County Primary Road System.

247.652 Tentative system of county primary roads; selection and certification; check and review; approval; county primary road system.
Sec. 2.
By December 1, 1951, a tentative system of county primary roads shall be selected by the board of county road commissioners in each county and certified to the state transportation department for its approval. Such tentative system of county primary roads shall be selected on the basis of greatest general importance to the county and shall include any such county roads then legally established and existing as such within the limits of incorporated cities and villages. Each such tentative system of county primary roads certified to the state transportation department shall be checked and reviewed under its direction. Within 6 months after receipt by the department of each such certification, the state transportation department shall approve such part of that tentative system of county primary roads as the department determines is appropriate and shall certify to that board of county road commissioners the approved portion of the tentative system and any deletions therefrom. So much of the tentative system of county primary roads of any county as is approved by the state transportation department shall constitute the county primary road system of that county for all purposes and shall be officially known as the county primary road system of that county.
History:
1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.653 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Roads Included or Deleted.

247.653 Tentative system of county primary roads; roads included or deleted.
Sec. 3.
Roads may, from time to time, be included in or deleted from the county primary road system of any county by selection of the county road commission and approval of the state highway commissioner in the same manner and by the same procedure as provided in section 2 hereof for the adoption of any county primary road system in the first instance.
History:
1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.654 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Roads Under Jurisdiction of County Road Commissioners; Certification and Review.

247.654 Tentative system of county primary roads; roads under jurisdiction of county road commissioners; certification and review.
Sec. 4.
All roads under the jurisdiction of the board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties of the state not included in the county primary system as finally approved shall be certified to and reviewed and approved or deleted by the state highway commissioner in the same manner as provided in section 2 hereof for the county primary road system and when finally approved by the state highway commissioner shall constitute and be the county local road system of that county, which may thereafter be added to or deleted from in the same manner as provided in section 3 of this act for the county primary road system.
History:
1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.655 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Official Name; Establishment, Certification, and Approval.

247.655 Tentative system of county primary roads; official name; establishment, certification, and approval.
Sec. 5.
All roads, streets and highways included in the county primary road system of any county shall be officially known as county primary roads, and all roads, streets and highways included in the county local road system of any county shall be officially known as county local roads. For a period of 2 years after the effective date of this act, the primary road system and the local road system in each county, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as determined by the state highway commissioner, and thereafter the local road system and the primary road system in each county, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as established by certification to and approved by the state highway commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act.
History:
1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.656 - Tentative System of Streets; Selection and Certification; Approval.

247.656 Tentative system of streets; selection and certification; approval.
Sec. 6.
Within 6 months from the effective date of this act, a tentative system of major streets shall be selected in each incorporated city and village of the state and certified to the state highway commissioner for his approval. Such tentative system of major streets shall be selected in each incorporated city and village under the direction of the governing body thereof on the basis of greatest general importance to such municipality and shall not include any of the trunk line highways or county roads within the limits of such municipality. Each such tentative system of major streets certified to the state highway commissioner shall be checked and reviewed under his direction. Within 6 months after receipt by him of each such certification the state highway commissioner shall approve such part of that tentative system of major streets as complies with the uniform standards and specifications adopted and established as hereinbefore provided and shall reject and delete any part that does not so comply and shall certify to that city or village the approved portion of the tentative system and any deletions therefrom. So much of the tentative system of major streets of any city or village as is approved by the state highway commissioner shall constitute the major street system of that municipality for all purposes, and shall be known officially as the major street system of that city or village as the case may be.
History:
1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.657 - Tentative System of Streets; Included or Deleted.

247.657 Tentative system of streets; included or deleted.
Sec. 7.
Streets may, from time to time, be included in or deleted from the major street system of any municipality by selection by the governing body thereof and approval of the state highway commissioner in the same manner and by the same procedure as provided in section 6 hereof for the adoption of any major street system in the first instance.
History:
1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.658 - Tentative System of Streets; Streets Not Included, Certification and Approval.

247.658 Tentative system of streets; streets not included, certification and approval.
Sec. 8.
All streets within the corporate limits and under the jurisdiction of each municipality of the state, exclusive of state trunk line highways and county roads, and not included in the major street system of such municipality as finally approved shall be certified to and reviewed and approved or deleted by the state highway commissioner in the same manner as provided in section 6 hereof for the major street system and when finally approved by the state highway commissioner shall constitute and be the local street system of that city or village, which may thereafter be added to or deleted from in the same manner as provided in section 7 of this act for city or village major street systems.
History:
1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.659 - Tentative System of Streets; Official Name; Establishment and Certification.

247.659 Tentative system of streets; official name; establishment and certification.
Sec. 9.
All roads, streets and highways included in the major street system of any municipality shall be officially known as city or village major streets as the case may be, and all roads, streets and highways included in the local street system of any municipality shall be officially known as city or village local streets, as the case may be. For a period of 2 years after the effective date of this act, the major street system and the local street system in each city and village, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as determined by the state highway commissioner, and thereafter the major street system and the local street system in each city and village, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as established by certification to and approval by the state highway commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act.
History:
1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.659d - "Port Facility" Definition.

247.659d "Port facility" definition.
Sec. 9d.
As used in this act, "port facility" means a commercial facility located alongside a navigable waterway used for commercial vessels and includes any of the following types of facilities:
(a) A seawall jetty, pier, wharf, or dock.
(b) A warehouse, storehouse, elevator, grain bin, cold storage plant, terminal icing plant, bunker, or oil tank.
(c) A ferry, canal, lock, seaway, or conveyor.
(d) A modern appliance for the economical handling, storage, or transportation of freight and handling of passenger traffic.
(e) A transfer or terminal facility required for the efficient operation or development of a port or harbor.
(f) Any other port or harbor improvement to assist with commercial operations.
(g) An improvement, enlargement, remodeling, or extension of a facility described in this section.
History:
Add. 2022, Act 158, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2022
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.660d - Comprehensive Transportation Fund; Distribution.

247.660d Comprehensive transportation fund; distribution.
Sec. 10d.
The comprehensive transportation fund shall be distributed to eligible authorities for public transportation purposes, distributed to eligible governmental agencies which are not within the jurisdiction of an eligible authority for public transportation purposes, distributed to a regional transit authority, for public transportation purposes, and expended by the department for public transportation purposes. A distribution to an eligible governmental agency located within the jurisdiction of an eligible authority for public transportation purposes may be made directly if the eligible governmental agency was providing public transportation service on January 3, 1973. Except for an eligible governmental agency that was providing public transportation service on January 3, 1973, distribution for public transportation purposes may be made directly to an eligible governmental agency located within the jurisdiction of an eligible governmental agency or eligible authority that is providing public transportation service on the date of the creation of the comprehensive transportation fund, only if approved by the eligible governmental agency or eligible authority in which the eligible governmental agency is located. Further, except for an eligible governmental agency or eligible authority in whose jurisdiction is located an eligible governmental agency that was providing public transportation service on January 3, 1973, a distribution may be made directly to an eligible governmental agency or eligible authority in whose jurisdiction is located an eligible governmental agency that is providing public transportation service on the date of the creation of the comprehensive transportation fund, only if approved by the eligible governmental agency located within the eligible governmental agency or eligible authority. A county that withdraws from an eligible authority shall not be considered to be within the jurisdiction of the eligible authority.
History:
Add. 1976, Act 297, Eff. Nov. 15, 1976 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 391, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012
Compiler's Notes:
Former MCL 247.660d, pertaining to use and objectives of general transportation fund, was repealed by Act 296 of 1976.
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.660f - Repealed. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983.

247.660f Repealed. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to development, review, and approval of annual public transportation program.
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.660g - Rules.

247.660g Rules.
Sec. 10g.
The state transportation department shall promulgate rules for the implementation and administration of the comprehensive transportation fund pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended.
History:
Add. 1972, Act 327, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1973 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 58, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1979
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
Admin Rule:
R 247.4101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.660i - Repealed. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978.

247.660i Repealed. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided for the creation of a public transportation council.A former MCL 247.660i, pertaining to creation of a public transportation council, was repealed by Act 296 of 1976.
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.660j - Ineligibility for Grant or Distribution; Accrued Pension or Retirement Liabilities.

247.660j Ineligibility for grant or distribution; accrued pension or retirement liabilities.
Sec. 10j.
(1) An eligible authority or eligible governmental agency may not receive a grant or distribution pursuant to this act if it has an employee which is considered to be a state employee or is subject to the jurisdiction of the department of civil service.
(2) An eligible authority may not receive a grant or distribution pursuant to this act if the eligible authority assumes responsibility for a pension or retirement benefit which accrued to former employees of acquired public or private transportation systems who are not transferred as regular employees to the authority at the time of acquisition in conformity with sections 13 and 24 of Act No. 204 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, being sections 124.413 and 124.424 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(3) Nothing in this section shall relieve former employers of any accrued pension or retirement liabilities to employees or former employees not transferred at the time of acquisition.
History:
Add. 1972, Act 327, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1973 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.660m - Schedule.

247.660m Schedule.
Sec. 10m.
An eligible authority or eligible governmental agency shall make available, at no cost, a schedule of the times at which public transportation services are offered by the eligible authority or eligible governmental agency as exclusively determined by the eligible authority or eligible governmental agency.
History:
Add. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.660r - Tolling Highways; Feasibility Study and Strategic Implementation Plan; Written Report.

247.660r Tolling highways; feasibility study and strategic implementation plan; written report.
Sec. 10r.
(1) The department shall engage an outside consulting firm to conduct a feasibility study and strategic implementation plan on tolling highways of this state, including revenue projections based on an analysis of optimal tolling rates, vehicle counts and types by state of registration, and traffic diversion.
(2) The feasibility study described in subsection (1) must consider all of the following:
(a) The economic impact and feasibility of tolling particular highways of this state.
(b) The ability to provide discounts or credits or otherwise lessen the impact of tolling on local, commuter, and in-state operators.
(c) Information related to the number and impact of out-of-state operators expected to use highways of this state.
(d) The rationale for the federal authorization of any tolling plan that may be submitted by this state to the United States Department of Transportation.
(e) The optimal levels at which tolls may reasonably be expected to be set for passenger vehicles and other vehicles.
(f) Appropriate tolling rules regarding population center local traffic.
(g) This state's ability to enter into monetization agreements or long-term contracts for initial construction, long-term maintenance, installation, and operation of tolling facilities.
(h) Any estimates of which highway facilities would be conducive to tolling operations.
(i) Ways to maximize the use of Michigan workers and products made in this state.
(3) A written report on the feasibility study and strategic implementation plan shall be delivered not later than January 31, 2023 to the governor, the senate majority leader, the senate minority leader, the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives standing committees on transportation, and the senate and house of representatives appropriations subcommittees on transportation.
(4) It is the intent of the legislature that this state become qualified to apply to the United States Federal Highway Administration under the Interstate System Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Pilot Program, 23 USC 101 to 170, or any successor program that may be authorized in federal law.
History:
Add. 2020, Act 140, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2020 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 73, Imd. Eff. May 5, 2022
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.660s - Maritime and Port Facility Assistance Office; Responsibilities and Duties.

247.660s Maritime and port facility assistance office; responsibilities and duties.
Sec. 10s.
(1) The maritime and port facility assistance office is created in the department. The office shall do both of the following:
(a) Assist owners of port facilities in this state by doing all of the following:
(i) Administering the grant program as described in subsection (2).
(ii) Developing a statewide strategic maritime plan.
(iii) Identifying federal funding opportunities to which owners of port facilities can apply.
(iv) Providing technical assistance to integrate and take advantage of the maritime resources of this state in moving goods within and through this state to support a global economy in a sustainable manner.
(b) Perform the duties described in the maritime and port facility assistance grant program act.
(2) The office shall implement and administer the grant program by doing all of the following:
(a) Awarding grants to publicly or privately owned port facilities for the purposes described in the maritime and port facility assistance grant program act.
(b) Establishing criteria for awarding grants consistent with the maritime and port facility assistance grant program act, and based on the impact the project will have on all of the following:
(i) Direct port facility activity.
(ii) Increasing the amount or value of freight moving through the port facility.
(iii) Overall economic development or transportation opportunities in the region.
(c) Receiving and reviewing grant applications under the maritime and port facility assistance grant program act and prescribing the form, nature, and extent of the information that must be contained in a grant application.
(d) Before disbursing grant money under the maritime and port facility assistance grant program act, entering into a grant agreement with the grant recipient.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Grant program" means the maritime and port facility assistance grant program created in section 5 of the maritime and port facility assistance grant program act.
(b) "Office" means the maritime and port facility assistance office created in subsection (1).
History:
Add. 2022, Act 158, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2022
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.661a - Use of Agricultural Additives Pilot Program; Report to Legislature.

247.661a Use of agricultural additives pilot program; report to legislature.
Sec. 11a.
(1) As provided in this section, the department must implement a pilot program on the use of agricultural additives to control ice on public roads, highways, and bridges in this state and to review the potential efficacy and environmental impacts of agricultural additives, while maintaining the safety and mobility of the motoring public.
(2) At a minimum, the pilot program described in subsection (1) must be designed to study liquid-only plow routes and must do all of the following:
(a) Identify and utilize methods for the use of agricultural additives, including, but not limited to, liquid sugar beet by-products, that promote surface adhering and reduce the freezing point of applied substances.
(b) Examine results from expanded use of agricultural additives, including, but not limited to, potential environmental and fiscal impacts.
(c) Develop best practices and technical guidelines for the use of agricultural additives, and for the expansion of the use of agricultural additives in the pilot program.
(d) Convey program information and guidance to local road agencies.
(e) Use agricultural additives in at least 3 test locations, each containing public roads, highways, and bridges that may be impacted by corrosion and a body of water that may be impacted by other commonly used deicers.
(f) Include collaboration with at least 1 local road agency.
(3) Not later than June 30, 2025, the department must submit a report on the pilot program to the members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over transportation. At a minimum, the report must summarize all of the following:
(a) Pilot program activity.
(b) Review results.
(c) Potential best practices for the statewide use of agricultural additives based on the results of the pilot program.
History:
Add. 2020, Act 310, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Compiler's Notes:
Former MCL 247.661a, which pertained to use of additional moneys in state trunk line fund was repealed by Act 234 of 1987, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987.
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675) › Section 247.661b - Repealed. 2004, Act 384, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004.

247.661b Repealed. 2004, Act 384, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to appropriations funding, and promulgation of rules for critical bridge program.
Popular Name:
McNitt Act
Popular Name:
Michigan Transportation Fund Act