41.271 Pavements or sidewalks; application by petition; eligibility of signers, certificate of tax status; authority of county road commissioners; highway or public highway, definition. Sec. 1. Whenever the owners of more than 51% of the lineal frontage of lands outside of the corporate limits of any city or village fronting or touching upon any public […]
41.271a Pavements or sidewalks; application by resolution of township board; declaration of necessity, public hearing; petition for discontinuance. Sec. 1a. Any township board, by resolution, may make application to the board of county road commissioners for the improvement of a county road or portion thereof located within the township. The resolution when received and accepted […]
41.272 Pavements or sidewalks; survey, plat; adoption of materials, grade and manner of construction by county road commissioners. Sec. 2. Upon the filing of such application, the commissioners shall proceed to examine the location, and, if they deem the proposed improvement necessary, shall cause a survey thereof and establish grades and make specifications of the […]
41.273 Bridges, drains, curbing, culverts and additional rights of way; deemed part of improvement. Sec. 3. All bridges, road drains, drainage structures, curbing, culverts and any additional right of way required shall be deemed a necessary part of any proposed improvement and the cost and expenses thereof shall be included in the special assessment roll […]
41.274 Pavements or sidewalks; first order of determination, specifications, description of assessment district by county road commissioners; location along state trunk line, approval by state highway commissioner. Sec. 4. If after such survey, establishment of grades, plans and specifications and estimates of cost have been filed with them, the commissioners shall still be of the […]
41.275 Pavements or sidewalks; hearing of objections, notice, contents; change in specifications or boundaries of assessment district, new hearing. Sec. 5. The commissioners shall hear objections to the proposed improvement at the time and place to be fixed by them either at the office of the commissioners or at some suitable place within the township […]
41.276 Pavements or sidewalks; liability of petitioners. Sec. 6. The petitioners for the construction of any improvement under the provisions of this act shall be jointly and severally liable for the costs and expense of proceedings had, but not for any portion of the construction of the improvement, in case the proceedings therefor shall be […]
41.277 Pavements or sidewalks; final order of determination, attachment of specifications. Sec. 7. Within 30 days after hearing objections, if the commissioners shall deem the proposed improvement necessary for the benefit of the public welfare and convenience, they shall make their final order in writing, under their hands, determining that the proposed improvement shall be […]
41.278 Contracts for construction of improvement; bids, notice, procedure; commencement of construction. Sec. 8. On the making of the said final order, the commissioners shall proceed to let the contract for the construction of the proposed improvement to the lowest responsible bidder, said bidder to furnish adequate security for the performance of the same, in […]
41.279 Special assessment district; determination, announcement, addition of lands; determination of installments. Sec. 9. At the time of hearing objections to the proposed improvement, the commissioners shall finally determine the special assessment district to be assessed for benefits on the construction of the proposed improvement, and shall not assess any lands therefor not included in […]
41.280 Assessment of benefits against township and parcels of land; review; assessment against state lands; numbering of districts. Sec. 10. The commissioners shall apportion the percentage of the total cost of the improvement which the township at large shall be taxed to pay by reason of the benefit to the public convenience and welfare, which […]
41.281 Creation of indebtedness; approval by township board; limitation on issue of township bonds. Sec. 11. In the creation of any indebtedness hereunder, it shall not be necessary to have the approval of the board of supervisors thereon, but no indebtedness against the township at large shall be incurred without the approval of the township […]
41.282 Maintenance and repair of improvement; proration of expense of joint improvement. Sec. 12. After the completion of said proposed improvement, the highway authorities having jurisdiction over the highway involved, shall maintain and repair said pavement and/or sidewalk and shall keep the same in a reasonably safe condition for public travel, using for this purpose […]
41.283 Proceedings governed by MCL 247.418 to 247.481; records; reports. Sec. 13. The construction of the proposed improvement, the assessment for same, the collection of the interest on the assessment, the making of any assessment district, all appeals and hearings thereon, the issuing of bonds, the collection of money, the levying of reassessments to cover […]
41.283a Bonds; issuance and sale; full faith and credit; assessment district sinking fund; bonds subject to revised municipal finance act. Sec. 13a. (1) The commissioners may issue and sell bonds and pledge the full faith and credit of the assessment district for the payment of the bonds. (2) The township board of any township in […]
41.284 Advancement of county road funds; reimbursement by township. Sec. 14. In lieu of borrowing money and issuing bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, the board of county road commissioners may advance the necessary funds for the construction of the proposed improvement from county road funds under its control, and, upon written certification by the […]
41.285 County board of supervisors; appropriation of funds for advancement; establishment of revolving fund. Sec. 15. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate necessary funds to advance the cost of any proposed improvement constructed under the provisions of this act, or said board of supervisors may set up and establish a revolving fund […]
41.286 Hearing examiners; powers and duties; determination of board of county road commissioners, petition for reconsideration, filing; notice, hearing. Sec. 16. Any board of county road commissioners may designate by resolution a hearing examiner or examiners who shall be authorized to make examinations and hold hearings as required by this act. The hearing examiner or […]
41.287 Validation of prior actions, special assessments, and bonds. Sec. 17. Actions heretofore taken, special assessments heretofore levied and bonds heretofore issued under this act, as originally adopted or subsequently amended, are validated. A board of county road commissioners acting under this act, or a township, shall not contest the validity of any such bonds […]
41.288 Installation of sidewalks and elevated structures; payment; contracts; approval. Sec. 18. (1) The township board of a township may install sidewalks along the sides of a highway and may install elevated structures for foot travel over highways in the township. The township board may pay for the elevated structures out of the funds of […]
