41.721 Public improvements by township board; bonds; special assessments to defray costs. Sec. 1. The township board has the power to make an improvement named in this act, to provide for the payment of an improvement by the issuance of bonds as provided in section 15, and to determine that the whole or any part […]
41.721a “Record owner” defined. Sec. 1a. As used in this act, “record owner” means a person, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, possessed of the most recent fee title or a land contract vendee’s interest in the land as shown by the records of the county register of deeds. History: Add. […]
41.722 Types of improvements authorized; approval; conditions. Sec. 2. (1) The following improvements may be made under this act: (a) The construction, improvement, and maintenance of storm or sanitary sewers or the improvement and maintenance of, but not the construction of new or expanded, combined storm and sanitary sewer systems. (b) The construction, improvement, and […]
41.723 Written objections; petition; filing; signatures; determining record owners; determining sufficiency of petition; supplement to petition; validity of signatures. Sec. 3. (1) The township board may proceed to carry out an improvement as provided in this act unless written objections to the improvement are filed with the township board at or before the hearing provided […]
41.724 Plans; cost estimate; resolution; designation of special assessment district; hearing; notice; periodic redeterminations of cost; objections; adding property to special assessment district; supplemental petition; filing by railroad companies; additional notice; affidavit of service. Sec. 4. (1) Upon receipt of a petition or upon determination of the township board if a petition is not required […]
41.724a Notice of hearings in special assessment proceedings. Sec. 4a. (1) If special assessments are made against property, notice of hearings in the special assessment proceedings shall be given as provided in this section. (2) Notice of hearings in special assessment proceedings shall be given to each record owner of, or party in interest in, […]
41.725 Approval or determination by township board; levy of special assessment. Sec. 5. (1) If, after the hearing provided for in section 4, the township board desires to proceed with the improvement, the township board shall approve or determine by resolution all of the following: (a) The completion of the improvement. (b) The plans and […]
41.726 Filing and review of special assessment roll; hearing; notice; adjournments; objections; confirmation, referral, or annulment; endorsement; finality; action contesting assessment. Sec. 6. (1) When a special assessment roll is reported by the supervisor to the township board, the assessment roll shall be filed in the office of the township clerk. Before confirming the assessment […]
41.727 Payment of special assessments in installments; amount of installment; extension; due dates; interest on unpaid installments; lien; limitation; statement of amount; payment of future due installments; delinquent installment; penalty. Sec. 7. (1) The township board may provide that special assessments are payable in 1 or more installments, but the amount of an installment shall […]
41.728 Special assessments to constitute lien; limitation; character and effect. Sec. 8. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), all special assessments contained in any special assessment roll shall, from the date of confirmation of that roll, constitute a lien upon the respective parcels of property assessed. (2) If the township board provides that […]
41.729 Special assessments; collection by township treasurer, report of delinquencies. Sec. 9. When any special assessment roll shall be confirmed the township board shall direct the assessments made therein to be collected. The township clerk shall thereupon deliver to the township treasurer such special assessment roll, to which he shall attach his warrant commanding the […]
41.729a Deferred assessment; application; evidence of hardship; ordinance; deferred assessment as recorded lien. Sec. 9a. (1) An owner of property who by reason of hardship is unable to contribute to the cost of an assessment for an improvement authorized in section 2(1)(a), (b), (c), (g), (h), or (n) may have the assessment deferred by application […]
41.730 Special assessments; delinquencies, reassessment. Sec. 10. In case the treasurer shall, as above provided, report as delinquent any assessment or part thereof, the township board shall certify the same to the supervisor, who shall reassess on the annual township tax roll of such year in a column headed “special assessments” the sum so delinquent, […]
41.731 Division of lands; apportionment of uncollected assessments. Sec. 11. Should any parcel of land be divided after a special assessment thereon has been confirmed, and before the collection thereof, the township board may require the supervisor to apportion the uncollected amounts between the several divisions thereof and the report of such apportionment when confirmed […]
41.732 Special assessment roll; insufficiency, additional pro rata assessments; surplus, refunds. Sec. 12. Should the assessments in any special assessment roll prove insufficient for any reason, including the noncollection thereof, to pay for the improvement for which they were made or to pay the principal and interest on the bonds issued in anticipation of the […]
41.733 Illegal special assessment; reassessment proceedings. Sec. 13. Whenever any special assessment shall, in the opinion of the township board, be invalid by reason of irregularities or informalities in the proceedings, or if any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge such assessment to be illegal, the township board shall, whether the improvement has been made […]
41.734 Exempt corporations; agreement to pay assessment. Sec. 14. The governing body of any public or private corporation whose lands are exempt by law may, by resolution, agree to pay the special assessments against such lands, and in such case the assessment, including all the installments thereof, shall be a valid claim against such corporation. […]
41.734a Assessment on platted corner lots; payment of portion by governing body. Sec. 14a. The governing body of any township, by resolution, may agree to pay up to 1/3 of the cost of the special assessment levied against any platted corner lot for the payment of public improvements authorized under the provisions of this act. […]
41.735 Bonds. Sec. 15. The township board may borrow money and issue the bonds of the township in anticipation of the collection of special assessments to defray all or any part of the cost of any improvement made under this act after the special assessment roll is confirmed. Bonds issued under this section shall not […]
41.735a Township improvement revolving fund; advances; interest. Sec. 15a. As an alternate method of defraying the cost of an improvement made under this act, after the special assessment roll for the improvement is confirmed, the township board may pay the cost of the improvement from the township improvement revolving fund. The amount advanced shall not […]
