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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 111 of 1956 - Highways Within Townships (247.351 - 247.356) › Section 247.353 - Highways Within Townships; Funds.

247.353 Highways within townships; funds.
Sec. 3.
For the purpose of obtaining funds to carry out the provisions of this act the township board of any township which is a party to such a contract is hereby authorized to pay its allocable share of the cost of any such highway improvements from any, all, or any combination of, the following methods of raising money therefor: (a) From the contingent fund of the township; (b) from the proceeds of special assessments levied on property benefited by the highway improvement, the procedures relative to making and collecting said special assessments to conform to the procedures provided by Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 41.721 to 41.737, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948: Provided, That when a contract has been duly executed as authorized by this act no petition shall be required to authorize the levy and collection of special assessments; (c) from proceeds of sale of bonds or short term notes which the township is hereby authorized to issue in anticipation of sales tax moneys to be returned to the township pursuant to section 23 of article 10 of the state constitution; or (d) from the proceeds of sale of general obligation bonds of the township which the township is hereby authorized to issue.
History:
1956, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1956
Compiler's Notes:
In this section, “section 23 of article 10 of the state constitution” refers to the Constitution of 1908. See now Const. 1963, Art. IX, §§ 8, 10, and 11.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 111 of 1956 - Highways Within Townships (247.351 - 247.356) › Section 247.354 - Bonds Issued in Anticipation of Sales Tax Money; Additional Security; Irrevocable Pledge and Appropriation; Annual Debt Service Requirements; Limitation; Successive Borrowings; Bonds and Notes Subject to Revised Municipal Finance Act.

247.354 Bonds issued in anticipation of sales tax money; additional security; irrevocable pledge and appropriation; annual debt service requirements; limitation; successive borrowings; bonds and notes subject to revised municipal finance act.
Sec. 4.
(1) Bonds issued under this act in anticipation of sales tax revenue to be returned to the township shall be payable primarily from the proceeds of revenues derived from sales tax revenue collected by the state and returned to the township under section 10 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.
(2) As additional security for the payment of the bonds, the township board may submit to the qualified electors of the township the question of pledging the full faith and credit of the township for the payment of the bonds, as provided in section 5; and if a majority of the qualified electors voting on the issue approve the question, the township board may pledge the full faith and credit of the township for the payment of the bonds, in which event, if the sales tax proceeds are not sufficient to pay the bonds and the interest on the bonds, they shall be payable from any money in the contingent fund of the township or from ad valorem taxes that the township shall levy without limitation as to rate or amount.
(3) The township board in the resolution shall make an irrevocable pledge and appropriation of an amount sufficient for payment of the principal of and interest upon the bonds or short term notes from revenues derived from sales tax revenue collected by the state and returned to the township under section 10 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963. The township board may not pledge for annual debt service requirements in any future calendar year on the bonds or short term notes an amount in excess of 50% of the average revenues derived from sales tax revenues collected by the state and returned to the township under section 10 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 in the 3 calendar years immediately preceding the borrowing. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as a prohibition against successive borrowings if the total amount of revenues pledged for annual debt service requirements does not exceed the applicable percentage described in this section.
(4) Bonds and notes issued under this act are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.
History:
1956, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1956 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 109, Imd. Eff. July 6, 1983 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 336, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 111 of 1956 - Highways Within Townships (247.351 - 247.356) › Section 247.355 - General Obligation Bonds.

247.355 General obligation bonds.
Sec. 5.
General obligation bonds issued under this act shall be issued only after their issuance has been authorized by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the township voting on the proposition of issuing the bonds at a general or special township election and only after the qualified electors of the township have voted an increase in the tax rate limitation imposed by section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, in an amount and for a period of time necessary to permit the collection of taxes in an amount sufficient to meet the principal and interest requirements on the proposed bonds. A township may not issue general obligation bonds under this act for an amount greater than 10% of the total assessed valuation of the township. The general obligation bonds shall be issued and sold subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.
History:
1956, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1956 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 101, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1974 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 336, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 111 of 1956 - Highways Within Townships (247.351 - 247.356) › Section 247.356 - Townships and Boards of County Road Commissioners; Enlargement of Powers.

247.356 Townships and boards of county road commissioners; enlargement of powers.
Sec. 6.
The powers herein granted shall be deemed an enlargement of any power granted to townships and boards of county road commissioners.
History:
1956, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1956
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 387 of 1965 - Snow Removal From Private Ways (247.361 - 247.363) › Section 247.361 - Snow Removal From Private Ways; Request; Contract; Liability; Validity of Snow Removal Operations.

247.361 Snow removal from private ways; request; contract; liability; validity of snow removal operations.
Sec. 1.
(1) Upon request by the county board of commissioners, the board of county road commissioners of any county in the upper peninsula with a voted millage for snow removal may remove snow from driveways and roads situated on private property within the county, without cost to the property owner.
(2) In any county in the upper peninsula without a voted millage for snow removal, the board of county road commissioners may contract with the owners of private driveways or roads to remove snow from the private driveway or road. The contract shall provide for the reimbursement of the snow removal cost to the board of county road commissioners.
(3) The county shall not be liable for damages resulting from the snow removal work.
(4) Any snow removal operations conducted on driveways and roads situated on private property before the effective date of this subsection is declared valid.
History:
1965, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1965 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 310, Imd. Eff. Dec. 4, 1980
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 387 of 1965 - Snow Removal From Private Ways (247.361 - 247.363) › Section 247.362 - Snow Removal; Service Charges, Determination; Reimbursement of County.

247.362 Snow removal; service charges, determination; reimbursement of county.
Sec. 2.
Before entering into the contracts, the board of county road commissioners shall determine the charges to be made for snow removal service, which charges shall be sufficient to completely reimburse the county road commission for all expenses of whatsoever nature incurred in the performance of snow removal.
History:
1965, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 387 of 1965 - Snow Removal From Private Ways (247.361 - 247.363) › Section 247.363 - Snow Removal; Advance Payment, Disposition of Funds.

247.363 Snow removal; advance payment, disposition of funds.
Sec. 3.
Upon entering into the contract, the board of county road commissioners shall demand and receive sufficient payment from the property owners to fully pay for the services to be rendered for at least 30 days in advance. All payments shall be turned over to the county treasurer, who shall credit them to the county road fund.
History:
1965, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 139 of 1972 - Maintenance of Private Roads (247.391 - 247.398) › Section 247.391 - Contract for Maintenance of Private Roads; Special Assessment District; Petition.

247.391 Contract for maintenance of private roads; special assessment district; petition.
Sec. 1.
In any township, the township board may contract for the maintenance or improvement of any private roads within the township by the creation of a special assessment district. Fifty-one percent of the property owners owning the frontage along a private road shall be required to request the improvement or maintenance by petition to the township board.
History:
1972, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 139 of 1972 - Maintenance of Private Roads (247.391 - 247.398) › Section 247.392 - Allocation of Costs; Notice of Public Hearings.

247.392 Allocation of costs; notice of public hearings.
Sec. 2.
Upon receiving a petition, the township board of any township may enter into a contract or make any maintenance or improvement with the allocation of cost to be spread against all of the owners in the special assessment district benefiting on a pro rata frontage basis or against each owner equally in the special assessment district benefiting. The maintenance or improvement and assessment of cost must not be completed until the township board has created the special assessment district and assessed the properties with proper notice of public hearings to all of the owners of property within the special assessment district to be benefited.
History:
1972, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1972 ;-- Am. 2022, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 14, 2022
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 139 of 1972 - Maintenance of Private Roads (247.391 - 247.398) › Section 247.393 - Procedures and Requirements.

247.393 Procedures and requirements.
Sec. 3.
The making of improvements or the maintenance of private roads and the creation of a special assessment district and the assessments levied to be placed upon the tax roll of the township shall all be in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being sections 41.721 to 41.737 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.
History:
1972, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 139 of 1972 - Maintenance of Private Roads (247.391 - 247.398) › Section 247.394 - Annual Program; Duration of Program; Assessment Period.

247.394 Annual program; duration of program; assessment period.
Sec. 4.
The maintenance or improvement approved by the township board may be an annual maintenance or improvement program not to exceed 5 years in scope and the assessment district shall not be assessed for a period longer than 5 years unless a new district with a new assessment is created to continue the program.
History:
1972, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 139 of 1972 - Maintenance of Private Roads (247.391 - 247.398) › Section 247.395 - “Maintenance” Defined.

247.395 “Maintenance” defined.
Sec. 5.
Maintenance, as used in this act, is defined as that word applies and has been adopted by the department of state highways manual to cities and villages.
History:
1972, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 139 of 1972 - Maintenance of Private Roads (247.391 - 247.398) › Section 247.396 - Contract With Board of County Road Commissioners.

247.396 Contract with board of county road commissioners.
Sec. 6.
The township board may enter into contracts with the board of county road commissioners to provide maintenance or make improvement but such contracts shall include specific terms holding and saving the county free from damages resulting from the maintenance or improvement of private roads.
History:
1972, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 139 of 1972 - Maintenance of Private Roads (247.391 - 247.398) › Section 247.397 - Repealed. 1978, Act 108, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1978.

247.397 Repealed. 1978, Act 108, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to applicability of act to platted private roads.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 139 of 1972 - Maintenance of Private Roads (247.391 - 247.398) › Section 247.398 - Repeal of MCL 247.371 to 247.375.

247.398 Repeal of MCL 247.371 to 247.375.
Sec. 8.
Act No. 234 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 247.371 to 247.375 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.
History:
1972, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 299 of 1996 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (247.401 - 247.405) › Section 247.401 - Definitions.

247.401 Definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Department" means the state transportation department.
(b) "Eligible attraction" means a tourist-oriented activity that is all of the following:
(i) Within 10 miles of the rural road for which a tourist-oriented directional sign is sought, unless otherwise restricted or permitted by the department.
(ii) Not visible from the rural road for which a tourist-oriented directional sign is sought unless a sign for an eligible attraction is already in place in the vicinity for which the tourist-oriented directional sign is sought.
(iii) In compliance with section 131 of title 23 of the United States Code, 23 USC 131, and the national standards, criteria, and rules established under that act, if the activity is advertised by rural road signs.
(c) "Rural road" means a highway as that term is defined in section 20 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.20, but does not include either of the following:
(i) A freeway as that term is defined in section 18a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.18a.
(ii) A road that is part of the national system of interstate and defense highways.
(d) "Tourist-oriented activity" means a lawful cultural, historical, recreational, educational, or commercial activity that is annually attended by 2,000 or more people and for which a major portion of the activity's income or visitors are derived during the normal business season from motorists not residing in the immediate area of the activity.
(e) "Tourist-oriented directional sign" means a sign used to provide motorists with advanced notice of a tourist-oriented activity.
History:
1996, Act 299, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 528, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 45, Eff. Sept. 5, 2017
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 299 of 1996 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (247.401 - 247.405) › Section 247.402 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs and Markers; Placement Program; Contract With Nongovernmental Entity.

247.402 Tourist-oriented directional signs and markers; placement program; contract with nongovernmental entity.
Sec. 2.
(1) Within 6 months after the effective date of this act, the department shall implement a program for the placement of tourist-oriented directional signs and markers within the right-of-way of those portions of rural roads within state jurisdiction. At a minimum, the program shall include all of the following:
(a) The form of the application for a permit to participate in the program.
(b) The criteria for limiting the number of permits for a single site or area.
(c) The criteria for issuing a permit for which multiple applications have been received.
(d) The removal or covering of signs, if necessary, during the off-season of an eligible attraction that operates seasonally.
(e) Criteria for including on a sign the season and hours of operation of an eligible attraction.
(f) Criteria for awarding sign manufacturing, installation, or maintenance contracts to nongovernmental agencies.
(g) A provision specifying that a person who obtains a permit under this act is responsible for payment of all costs incurred in the replacement of a sign, including the costs of manufacturing and installing the replacement sign, and covering of the sign, if necessary.
(h) Provision for the establishment of a review board to consider and grant or deny applications for the waiver of distance requirements imposed under this act for tourist-oriented directional signs. The review board shall consist of at least 1 member representative of the state transportation department, at least 1 member representative of the department of agriculture, at least 1 member representative of the Michigan travel bureau, and at least 2 members representative of persons in the general public who are engaged in tourist-oriented activities.
(2) The department may authorize a nongovernmental entity to manufacture, install, and maintain signs under this act pursuant to a written contract. The written contract shall not prohibit the nongovernmental entity from making a reasonable profit, which shall be determined by the department.
History:
1996, Act 299, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 299 of 1996 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (247.401 - 247.405) › Section 247.404 - Sign Specifications; Symbols; Multiple Signs; Location.

247.404 Sign specifications; symbols; multiple signs; location.
Sec. 4.
(1) The size, location, design, and arrangement of each tourist-oriented directional sign subject to this act shall conform to the specifications for signs contained in the state manual of uniform traffic control devices.
(2) The department shall develop optional, standardized symbols for different types of activities associated with eligible attractions. The symbols may be used on signs in conjunction with other directional information. If more than 1 eligible attraction requires a sign at the same location, multiple signs may be combined on the same panel in accordance with the state manual of uniform traffic control devices.
(3) Signs governed by this act may be erected at locations the department determines appropriate to ensure adequate sight distance, intersection vehicle maneuvers, and public safety.
History:
1996, Act 299, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 299 of 1996 - Tourist-Oriented Directional Signs (247.401 - 247.405) › Section 247.405 - Permit Fee; Calculation; Public Notice.

247.405 Permit fee; calculation; public notice.
Sec. 5.
The department or its designee may impose a reasonable fee for a permit issued under this act, which shall be calculated to include reimbursement for the department's anticipated costs in implementing and administering this act, including the costs of installing, repairing, covering during an off-season, and removing signs. However, at least 60 days before the imposition of a fee or fee increase under this section, the department shall provide public notice of the proposed fee or fee increase to the general public and shall notify in writing standing committees of the legislature that are primarily responsible for transportation and tourism issues.
History:
1996, Act 299, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.415-247.417 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

247.415-247.417 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to payment of assessments in installments, creation of special assessment districts, and cost apportionment.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.418 - Review of Roll; Notice, Posting, Publishing, Service.

247.418 Review of roll; notice, posting, publishing, service.
Sec. 18.
On the completion of the roll, apportioning the per cent of benefits to be paid by the respective parties and municipalities, the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall give notice by advertising and posting, of a review of said roll. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publishing a notice thereof, at least 2 insertions in some newspaper published and of general circulation in the county, if there is one. Such notice shall be so published at least once not less than 10 days prior to the hearing. If there is no such newspaper within the county, then the publishing of such notice will not be necessary. The county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall also give notice of such hearing by posting notices thereof in 5 conspicuous and public places in each township where the special assessment district is located, within the limits of said district at least 10 days prior to such hearing. They shall also serve notice of such hearing upon each township or city to be assessed, and upon the county, in case the same is operating under the county road system, at least 10 days prior to such hearing. Such notice may be served upon the clerks of the county or townships, respectively, as notice to such county or townships.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4688 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- Am. 1921, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 4333 ;-- CL 1948, 247.418
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.419 - Hearing of Objections; Adjournment; Roll, Approval, Filing of Copy.

247.419 Hearing of objections; adjournment; roll, approval, filing of copy.
Sec. 19.
At such review the said county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall appear and hear all objections to the proposed apportionment of benefits, and equalize the same, and may make such changes and corrections in such rolls as they shall deem just and equitable. Such hearing may be adjourned from time to time as may be necessary in the judgment of the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner, by giving legal notice of the time and place. After hearing objections, the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall sign and approve such apportionment of benefits roll, and shall file a copy thereof with the county clerk of the county, and with the township clerk of each township within which the improvement is located, or within which any lands assessed a per cent of benefits therefor are situate, or where any township at large is to be assessed a per cent of benefits on such improvement. In any case where a city is liable to an assessment at large on account of such improvement a copy of the roll aforesaid shall be filed with the clerk of said city and shall be by said clerk placed before the legislative body of the city at the next meeting thereof.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4689 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4334 ;-- CL 1948, 247.419
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.420 - Yearly Roll for Divided Improvement.

247.420 Yearly roll for divided improvement.
Sec. 20.
In case the proposed improvement is divided into sections for letting in separate years, as heretofore provided, then this roll shall be for the first section only, and a new roll shall be prepared each succeeding year for each succeeding section. Each such assessment roll shall be equalized in the manner herein provided.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4690 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4335 ;-- CL 1948, 247.420
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.421 - Rolls; Computation of Cost, Total.

247.421 Rolls; computation of cost, total.
Sec. 21.
If the rolls are made before the contracts for the construction of the improvement are let the total amount of such rolls shall be the estimates heretofore referred to, to which estimates the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall add such further sum, not exceeding 10 per cent, as shall be deemed necessary to cover contingent expenses. If the rolls are not made until after the letting of the contracts for the improvement, the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall take the contract price for such improvement, to which they shall add the incidental expenses to the time of making the roll, and to this total such further sum, not exceeding 10 per cent, as shall be deemed necessary to cover contingent expenses. Such rolls shall show the total sums exclusive of interest, which shall be paid by the county, the townships at large, and the lands benefited, and also the sums that may be payable hereunder by any cities assessed at large.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4691 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4336 ;-- CL 1948, 247.421
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.422 - Rolls; Tax Assessment, Certification, Collection of Tax; Township Exemption.

247.422 Rolls; tax assessment, certification, collection of tax; township exemption.
Sec. 22.
After the time for appeal from said roll has expired, or after an appeal shall have been decided, the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall then prepare a tax assessment roll for the first year, for the collection of taxes and shall certify the same to the several township boards, to the legislative body of any city assessed at large, and to the county clerk of the county, on or before the first day of the annual meeting of the boards of supervisors; and the several boards of supervisors shall order such taxes collected at the same time, and in the same manner as are county, state and township taxes. All provisions of law with respect to the collection of said county, state and township taxes, shall apply to these special taxes. Said board of supervisors shall also order spread on the county at large, such sum, if any, as is apportioned thereto, which sum shall be entered upon the assessment rolls with the other county taxes but in a separate column. The legislative body of any city assessed at large hereunder shall order spread and collected in the same manner as other general taxes are spread and collected the amount that may be apportioned to such city: Provided, however, That any township that is entitled to the return of the county road tax paid thereby under the provisions of section 26 of chapter 4 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, shall be exempt from the payment of any portion of the tax spread at large upon the county under the provisions thereof, and such tax shall be apportioned among the other townships and cities of such county.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4692 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4337 ;-- CL 1948, 247.422
Compiler's Notes:
Section 26 of chapter 4 of Act 283 of 1909, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 77 of 1958.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.422a - Lands Assessed for Covert Road; Purchase of Part or Interest; Apportionment of Assessment, Procedure; Expenses.

247.422a Lands assessed for Covert road; purchase of part or interest; apportionment of assessment, procedure; expenses.
Sec. 22a.
Any person who has, or shall become the owner of, any interest, less than the whole, in any lands subject to the special assessments for road purposes as provided in this act, and the acquiring of said interest occurred or shall occur subsequent to the time for appeal from the roll as referred to in section 22 of this act, may pay on the part thus acquired and owned, its proportionate share of said road assessments, by paying an amount having the same relation to the whole assessment as the area of the part on which payment is made has to the whole area originally assessed: Provided, That anyone desiring to so pay shall make application in writing to the county road commission or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, setting forth fully and correctly a description of the part or parcel of land upon which the applicant desires to pay the assessment and also setting forth therein the interest of the applicant in such part or parcel. It shall be the duty of the county road commission or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, to cause the description and claimed ownership to be checked, and if satisfied that the applicant is the owner of the interest claimed, said county road commission or state highway commissioner shall make a certificate over the signature of the proper officers and official seal, setting forth the proportion of the road assessment to be borne by the parcel, parcels or interest of the applicant and file the same in the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the lands in question lie and shall thereafter, and shall so long as any assessments under this act remain unpaid, prepare the annual rolls as provided in this act in accordance with any such division or divisions of such road assessment: Provided, That the actual costs incurred by said county road commission or state highway commissioner, as the case may be, shall be paid by such applicant, which cost, in the case of platted lands, of which a plat is of record in the county where the lands lie, shall not exceed $10.00 per lot and in the case of unplatted lands shall not exceed $50.00. These costs shall be paid before the filing of the certificate aforesaid in the office of the county treasurer.
History:
Add. 1941, Act 253, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 247.422a
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.423 - Division of Roll for Total Cost of Improvement by Number of Years in Which Assessment Paid; Interest Charge; Payment of Full Tax; Notice of Taxes Paid in Full and of Delinquent Taxes; Payment of Tax Spread Against Township at Large; Present Payment of Annual Installments by County.

247.423 Division of roll for total cost of improvement by number of years in which assessment paid; interest charge; payment of full tax; notice of taxes paid in full and of delinquent taxes; payment of tax spread against township at large; present payment of annual installments by county.
Sec. 23.
Exclusive of interest, the roll for the total cost of the improvement shall be divided by the number of years in which the total assessment is to be paid. The roll prepared for the first year's collection may contain an interest charge at the rate of 6% per annum upon the total assessment from the date of the confirmation of the roll until the taxes carried on the roll are due and payable. The roll for the next year shall contain an interest charge of 6% upon the whole amount unpaid and each succeeding roll shall likewise contain an interest charge of 6% for the whole amount unpaid for the preceding year. Where bonds are to be issued in anticipation of the collection of the unpaid installments of the roll the interest charge for the first and each succeeding years' roll shall be at a rate of not more than 1% above the average rate of interest borne by the bonds. A taxpayer may pay his full tax at any time after the completion of the assessment roll and when taxes are due and save interest thereon so far forth. Upon the expiration of the time for collecting taxes hereunder the township treasurer shall notify the board of county road commissioners, or the department of state highways and transportation, of all taxes paid in full under the provisions hereof, specifying the names of the parties so paying, the dates when paid, and the amounts paid by each; and the treasurer shall likewise give notice of all delinquent taxes. The electors of a township at any regular annual meeting thereof, may, by resolution, provide for the payment of any tax spread against the township at large, in anticipation of installments thereafter to become due. The county board of commissioners of any county that is subject to the payment of annual installments, may likewise, at any regular or special meeting thereof, direct the present payment of the installments to be due at some future time, it being the intent hereof to extend to the township and to the county, the same privilege with respect to anticipation of installments and the consequent saving of interest hereinbefore granted to individual taxpayers.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4693 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4338 ;-- CL 1948, 247.423 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 308, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.424 - Interest on Annual Installments; Preparation of Annual Tax Rolls or Assessments; Delivery and Collection of Rolls for Successive Installments; Hearing of Objections; Installments, Interest, and Charges as Lien on Land.

247.424 Interest on annual installments; preparation of annual tax rolls or assessments; delivery and collection of rolls for successive installments; hearing of objections; installments, interest, and charges as lien on land.
Sec. 24.
Except as provided in section 23, after the first installment of the assessment, the succeeding annual installments of all taxes and moneys to be paid shall draw interest at the rate of 6% per annum. The commissioners or commissioner shall prepare their successive annual tax rolls or assessments in proper time each year. After the first installment, the rolls for the successive installments shall be delivered to the county, city, and township clerks, as heretofore provided, and collected in the same manner as state, county, city, and township taxes are collected, as heretofore provided. A hearing of objections shall not be deemed necessary in the case of the several installment rolls. From and after the confirmation of the original assessment roll, all installments of taxes together with the interest and other charges thereon, shall be a lien on the land against which the same are assessed.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4694 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4339 ;-- CL 1948, 247.424 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 308, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.425 - Money Collected; Disposition; Disbursement; Interest; Secured Deposits; Limitation on Acceptable Assets; Designation of Financial Institution; “Financial Institution” Defined.

247.425 Money collected; disposition; disbursement; interest; secured deposits; limitation on acceptable assets; designation of financial institution; “financial institution” defined.
Sec. 25.
(1) Money collected on account of an improvement shall be paid to the county treasurer and credited to the special assessment district.
(2) The money shall be disbursed only by an order of the county road commission or the state transportation commission and only for the purposes of this act.
(3) The county treasurer shall deposit the money in a manner that will draw interest, in a financial institution approved by the county board of commissioners or by the state transportation commission. The interest accrued shall become a part of the fund.
(4) Assets acceptable for pledging to secure deposits of county funds are limited to any of the following:
(a) Assets considered acceptable to the state treasurer under section 3 of 1855 PA 105, MCL 21.143, to secure deposits of state surplus funds.
(b) Any of the following:
(i) Securities issued by the federal home loan mortgage corporation.
(ii) Securities issued by the federal national mortgage association.
(iii) Securities issued by the government national mortgage association.
(c) Other securities considered acceptable to the county and the financial institution.
(5) If the improvement is carried on by and under the direction of the state transportation commission, the commission shall designate the financial institution the money is to be deposited in under this act.
(6) As used in this section, "financial institution" means a state or nationally chartered bank or a state or federally chartered savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union whose deposits are insured by an agency of the United States government and which maintains a principal office or branch office located in this state under the laws of this state or the United States.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4695 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4340 ;-- CL 1948, 247.425 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 37, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1997
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.426, 247.427 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

247.426, 247.427 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections regulated borrowing in anticipation of proceeds and imposed limitation on indebtedness.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.428 - Certification of Sums to Be Paid.

247.428 Certification of sums to be paid.
Sec. 28.
The county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall certify to the county treasurer of the county, the various sums to be paid by the county at large, townships at large, and lands benefited in each township, and shall also certify to the treasurer of any city assessed at large the amount to be paid by such city.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4698 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4343 ;-- CL 1948, 247.428
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.429 - Deficiency Assessments; Surplus, Crediting, Transfer.

247.429 Deficiency assessments; surplus, crediting, transfer.
Sec. 29.
If the sum ordered raised shall not be enough to complete the improvement or to pay in full outstanding indebtedness with the interest thereon, whether such insufficiency is due to the anticipation of installments as provided in section 25 or otherwise, then the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall raise such additional sums as may be necessary, in the same proportion as the original roll was made. Such shortage may be raised and collected in 1 installment, for which the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner shall make their special assessment roll. Such roll shall be collected at the same time state, county and township taxes are collected. In case there is a surplus after completing the improvement amounting to 3 per cent or more of the cost of the improvement, such surplus shall be refunded or credited on the next installment of the assessment pro rata according to their assessments whether due from individuals or municipalities; where the surplus is less than 3 per cent and more than 1 per cent such surplus shall be credited to the road fund to which it belongs and applied to reducing the payments on the last annual installment, or if there is more money than is required to pay the last installment it shall be applied to reducing the last preceding installment or installments pro rata to their assessments whether due from individuals or municipalities; but any surplus less than 1 per cent shall constitute a maintenance fund to be expended under the direction of the county road commissioners or the state highway commissioner as the case may be, for the proper maintenance and repair of such road, and the state highway commissioner or the board of county road commissioners, as the case may be, shall make such refund or give such credit in all cases of roads heretofore built in which such funds may not already have been expended under the provisions of this act prior to this amendment: Provided, however, That in case such surplus amounts to $15,000.00 or less on roads already constructed under the provisions of this act, and where said road is being maintained by the county road commissioners, such surplus may be transferred by the county road commissioners to a fund to be established as a general Covert fund and to be used for the maintenance of all Covert roads, including bridges, in said county.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4699 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- Am. 1921, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 4344 ;-- Am. 1931, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1931 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 250, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 247.429
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.431 - Orders on Improvement Fund; Payment, Limitation.

247.431 Orders on improvement fund; payment, limitation.
Sec. 31.
Orders on the improvement fund of any special assessment district created and existing hereunder, shall be drawn by the state highway commissioner or by the chairman of the board of county road commissioners on the majority vote of the members of said board, as the case may be, and countersigned by the county clerk. In no event shall any order or orders be drawn in excess of the amount raised or directed to be raised on account of any particular improvement. Such order shall be payable by any county treasurer having in custody any portion of the funds of such special assessment district or out of such funds. In any case where the special assessment district is situated in 2 or more counties, no orders shall be drawn upon the treasurer of either of said counties payable out of the funds of said district in excess of the amounts that will come into his custody as a part of said fund under the provisions hereof.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4701 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4346 ;-- CL 1948, 247.431
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.432 - Donation of Money; Application, Return.

247.432 Donation of money; application, return.
Sec. 32.
Donations of money may be received by either the state highway commissioner or the county road commissioners for the benefit of any road sought to be improved in accordance with the provisions of this act. Such money shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which such special assessment district, or the greater portion thereof, is situated. Donations received before the preparation of the assessment roll shall be so applied as to decrease proportionately special assessments apportioned against individual property owners. In the event that the proposed improvement is not made, money so donated shall be returned to the donor on the warrant of the state highway commissioner or the board of county road commissioners as the case may be.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4702 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4347 ;-- CL 1948, 247.432
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.433 - Taxes; Interest Charges, Collection, Powers of Collecting Officers, Return as Delinquent, Lien.

247.433 Taxes; interest charges, collection, powers of collecting officers, return as delinquent, lien.
Sec. 33.
All taxes assessed under the provisions of this act, shall be subject to the same interest and charges as are state and other general taxes. When the rolls are delivered to the township boards, they shall be collected in the same manner as state and other general taxes are collected. 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. All taxes not collected, shall be returned to the county treasurer, as are state and other general taxes, and may be paid to such officer. All uncollected taxes shall, by the county treasurer, be returned, together with the lands upon which they were levied, at the same time, and in the same manner as lands are returned for state, county and township taxes, and such taxes shall follow such lands the same as all other taxes, and all the general provisions of law now existing or that may be hereafter enacted for enforcing the payment of state, county and township taxes, shall apply to these special taxes, and to lands returned delinquent therefor, in the same manner, and with like effect. 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 of such lands, until they are paid.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4703 ;-- CL 1929, 4348 ;-- CL 1948, 247.433
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 247 - Highways › Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487) › 59-1915-ASSESSMENT. - Assessment. (247.415...247.436) › Section 247.434 - Taxes; Rejection; Reassessment.

247.434 Taxes; rejection; reassessment.
Sec. 34.
If any tax assessed under this act is rejected because of an error in the description of the premises sought to be charged, the tax shall be ordered charged back by the board of supervisors, 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 applicable to state, county, and township taxes.
History:
1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4704 ;-- CL 1929, 4349 ;-- CL 1948, 247.434 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 351, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002