224.1 Adoption of county road system; referendum; form of resolution; special election; violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. Sec. 1. (1) On petition signed by registered electors of a county equal to not less than 10% of the registered electors residing in each of the several organized townships, incorporated villages and […]
224.10 Board of county road commissioners subject to MCL 15.321 to 15.330; employment and duties of county highway engineer; professional and consultant services; laborers; purchase of machines, tools, appliances, and materials; advertising for sealed proposals for purchase of vehicles; equal opportunity for minority business enterprises; plan; purchase of property for public purposes. Sec. 10. (1) […]
224.10a Employees and retirees of board of county road commissioners; insurance; annuities or benefits; participation; purchase; participation for members of collective bargaining unit; report; credit for previous service. Sec. 10a. (1) The board of county road commissioners may participate in the cost of, or provide life, health and accident, and hospitalization insurance for employees under […]
224.11 Construction or improvement of roads; public hearing; notice; opposition of certain record owners; purchase of private property. Sec. 11. (1) The board of county road commissioners may lay out new roads within the county as they consider necessary. The roads shall be not less than 4 rods wide. The board may also change the […]
224.11a County road commissioners; acceptance of land, payment of taxes and special assessments. Sec. 11a. The board of county road commissioners in laying out, widening, changing or straightening, or in any manner acquiring lands for county road purposes, shall not accept any lot or lands deeded to it unless all taxes and special assessments on […]
224.12 Condemnation; petition for appointment of commissioners; order for hearing; publication and service; proof. Sec. 12. Whenever said board shall by resolution declare it necessary to condemn private property for the laying out, widening, changing or straightening of any road or for any other purpose for which the board is authorized to acquire private property […]
224.13 Condemnation; commissioners; appointment, duties, qualifications. Sec. 13. On the day of hearing, the court shall hear the parties and appoint 3 disinterested persons commissioners, herein called court commissioners, whose duty it shall be to determine the necessity of such proposed road and the necessity for taking each parcel of land described in the petition […]
224.14 Condemnation; meeting of court commissioners; adjournment; conducting business at public meeting; notice; subpoenas; oaths; view of premises; hearing proofs and allegations; decision; report; further proceedings; determination of damages. Sec. 14. (1) The court commissioners shall meet at the time and place ordered by the court. If all the commissioners do not appear, a smaller […]
224.15 Condemnation; powers of court. Sec. 15. The court may, at the time of the filing of the report or at such other time to which it may adjourn the proceedings, on cause shown, set aside the report and refer it back to such court commissioners or appoint other commissioners to retry the questions involved, […]
224.16 Condemnation; payment of awards; certificate of court, recording; vesting of title; prima facie evidence; court commissioners, compensation, expenses. Sec. 16. After the court shall confirm the report of the court commissioners, it shall enter an order authorizing the board of county road commissioners to pay the several sums awarded for damages, and the board […]
224.17 County line road; establishment; proceedings; arbitration; hearing; conducting business at public meeting; notice; adjournment; allotment; refusing or neglecting to construct or maintain road; petition; duty of state highway commission; deduction from weight and gasoline tax refunds. Sec. 17. The boards of county road commissioners of adjoining counties may unite in laying out and establishing […]
224.18 State reward; map; conversion; determination; notice; official name; intercounty roads; abandonment; discontinuance of jurisdiction; petition; list of occupants on abutting land; hearing; property as site of public access; determination as binding; easement; operation and maintenance of property; effect of noncompliance with subsection (12); reopening road ending; closure; initiation of proceedings. Sec. 18. (1) If […]
224.19 Board of county road commissioners; powers and duties generally. Sec. 19. (1) The board of county road commissioners may grade, drain, construct, gravel, shale, or macadamize a road under its control, make an improvement in the road, and may extend and enlarge an improvement. The board may construct bridges and culverts on the line […]
224.19a Contract for maintenance of road surface; charges; payment of damages. Sec. 19a. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Board” means the governing body of a fair or exposition, which board is created under section 2 of Act No. 11 of the Public Acts of 1929, being section 46.152 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; […]
224.19b Working within right-of-way of county road; permit required; exceptions; permit requirements and schedule of fees; schedule of civil fines; itemization of costs; annual and emergency permits; security; certain conditions prohibited; limitation on permit fee; performance of routine maintenance or repair work; silvicultural operations; security bond or right-of-way bond; general liability insurance; right-of-way access; voluntary […]
224.19c Road project; conditions requiring competitive bidding; very low-volume local road project; requirements; definitions. Sec. 19c. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and subject to subsections (4) and (6), if a single township contributes 50% or more to the cost of a road project, the road project is located entirely within the […]
224.2 Election; time notice, form. Sec. 2. At least 3 weeks shall intervene between the adoption of the resolution by the board of supervisors and the time of holding such election. After the adoption of the resolution by the board of supervisors, the county clerk shall give notice thereof. Such notice shall be addressed to […]
224.20 County road commissioners; surveys; tax, determination, maximum; submission to supervisors, revision, apportionment; tax levy, collection, disbursement. Sec. 20. Before the first day of October of each year said board of county road commissioners shall cause preliminary surveys, general plans, specifications and estimates of roads, bridges and culverts to be made by the county highway […]
224.20a County road tax; nonapplication of tax rate limitations; local approval; use of revenues. Sec. 20a. The tax rate limitations of section 20 shall not apply where an extra tax levy has been approved by the electorate of the county of not to exceed 1/2 of 1% of the assessed valuation as equalized for the […]
224.20b Tax levy for highway, road, and street purposes; submission to electorate; allocation and use of revenues. Sec. 20b. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the board of commissioners of any county by proper resolution may submit to the electorate of the county at any general or special election the question of a […]
