Title 247, HIGHWAYS

Sec. 12b. (1) The amounts returned to the counties for the county urban system as provided in section 12(4) shall be distributed on the basis of the county road mileage contained within the urban area boundaries as established pursuant to this section. (2) On January 3, 1973, the…

Sec. 12c. (1) A city or village which desires to have a county primary road, which is under the jurisdiction of a county road commission and which lies within the corporate limits of the city or village, placed under the jurisdiction of the city or village, shall present a resolu…

Sec. 13. (1) The amount distributed to cities and villages must be returned to the treasurers of the cities and villages in the manner, for the purposes, and under the terms and conditions specified in this section. The amount received by a newly incorporated municipality must be…

Sec. 13a. The state transportation commission, the county road commissions, and the cities and villages of the state, acting individually or jointly in accordance with a contract, may acquire by purchase or condemnation, in advance of actual construction programming, private prop…

Sec. 13b. A county road commission may contract with other county road commissions or with the department for the purchase and use of equipment or machinery necessary for the construction, maintenance, or operation of a road or highway.

Sec. 13c. (1) The neighborhood roads fund is created in the state treasury as a separate fund. (2) The state treasurer must deposit money and other assets received from any source in the fund. The state treasurer must direct the investment of money in the fund and credit interest…

Sec. 14. (1) Each county road commission and city and village of the state shall prepare biennial primary road and major street programs, based on long-range plans, and shall make the programs available for review by the public. (2) Separate accounts must be kept by cities, villa…

Sec. 14a. Expenditure of funds allocated by this act to the department of state highways or to a county road commission to pay the cost of drain assessments under Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of 1956, as amended, being sections 280.1 to 280.623 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, impo…

Sec. 15. (1) Before May 2 of each year, each county road commission or the county executive or other agency acting as the county road commission shall file with the director of the state transportation department, each township in the county, and the clerk of the county, on forms…

Sec. 15a. County road commissions and cities and villages shall establish, where applicable, intergovernmental highway corridor planning preservation committees for the purpose of developing corridor plans in order to provide a stable economic environment for businesses in the co…

Sec. 15b. (1) Road authorities shall mow the right-of-way of a public road in accordance with the requirements prescribed in this section, subject to the following: (a) This section does not apply within the limits of a city or village. (b) This section is not mandatory with resp…

Sec. 16. The failure of a county road commission, city, or village to apply money returned pursuant to this act, to the purposes prescribed in this act, shall result in the forfeiture by the county road commission, city, or village of funds to which it may have been entitled unde…

Sec. 17. (1) At the end of each month, the secretary of state shall certify to the state transportation department and the director of the department of management and budget the amounts received from the counties for motor vehicle taxes during the preceding month pursuant to the…

Sec. 17a. There is hereby established the office of audit within the department to conduct financial and performance audits. The office shall be headed by an individual appointed by, and serving at the pleasure of, the state transportation commission. The duties, functions, and r…

Sec. 18a. Subject to the provisions and the limitations set forth in this act, money in the Michigan transportation fund, distributed as provided in this act, may be expended for the payment of the principal and interest on notes and bonds issued or other indebtedness incurred by…

Sec. 18b. (1) The state transportation commission may borrow money and issue notes or bonds for the following purposes: (a) To pay all or any portion of or to make loans, grants, or contract payments to pay all or any portion of any capital costs for the purposes described in sec…

Sec. 18c. (1) A county may borrow money and issue bonds to pay all or any portion of the cost of the construction or reconstruction of highways, including limited access highways, which by law a county road commission is authorized to construct or reconstruct, or participate with…

Sec. 18d. (1) The state transportation commission, county road commission, and a city or village may enter into a contract providing for the construction or reconstruction of highways, including limited access highways, under the jurisdiction and control of 1 of the contracting p…

Sec. 18e. Except for bonds issued under section 18c, bonds issued by a governmental unit under this act shall be serial bonds with periodic maturities, or term bonds, with mandatory redemption requirements, or both serial and term bonds, the aggregate of which shall not exceed 30…

Sec. 18f. If the aggregate maturities of the bonds exceed 15 years, the bonds shall not be issued until the state transportation department has approved the construction to be financed by the proceeds of the bonds. The sale price of the bonds shall not be less than the minimum pr…

Sec. 18g. Nothing contained in this act shall be construed in such manner as to violate or impair any substantive rights existing in the holders of any outstanding bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued under the provisions of Act No. 205 of the Public Acts of 194…

Sec. 18h. Any bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the negotiable instruments law. Any bonds and interest coupons shall be made payable in lawful money of the United States of America, and …

Sec. 18i. The provisions of this act shall be construed as cumulative authority for the exercise of the bonding powers herein granted and shall not be construed to repeal any existing laws with respect thereto, it being the purpose and intention of this act to create full and com…

Sec. 18j. (1) Beginning September 30, 2015, each local road agency shall annually certify to the department that it satisfies 1 of the following conditions with respect to employees: (a) The local road agency has developed and publicized an employee compensation plan that the loc…

Sec. 18k. If the state transportation commission, by resolution, after January 1, 1983, authorizes the issuance of notes or bonds, the state transportation commission shall provide the appropriations committees of the senate and the house of representatives with a list of the pro…

Sec. 18l. (1) In order to provide a more immediate economic impact and the creation of job opportunities by accelerating vital transportation projects as part of an infrastructure investment program, the state transportation commission, as soon as possible after the effective dat…

Sec. 18m. (1) A local road agency or a public transportation system may borrow money from a state infrastructure bank program administered by the department in accordance with regulations of the state infrastructure bank program of the United States Department of Transportation. …

Sec. 19. The board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties shall, within 1 year from the effective date of this act, complete the taking over as county roads of all roads, streets and alleys heretofore required to be taken over as county roads by the provisio…

Sec. 20. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act the township board of any township may appropriate any unexpended balances in the contingent or general fund of the township without submitting the question to the electors of said township, or raise money by the issuance …

Sec. 20a. A board of county road commissioners in a county and the township board of a township with a population of 15,000 or more, and which in the prior year and the contract year will have levied a property tax of not less than 1 mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of t…

Sec. 21. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and the following acts and parts of acts, are hereby repealed, viz: sections 19, 19a, 19b, 19e and 19f of Act No. 150 of the Public Acts of 1927, being sections 207.119, 207.119a, 207.119b, 207.119e…

Sec. 22. This act shall become effective June 1, 1951.

Sec. 23. This act shall not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 41 of the 1951 session of the legislature, relative to increase in the privilege tax for the use of the public highways by owners and drivers of motor vehicles is enacted into law and becomes effective.

Sec. 24. The state transportation commission may issue refunding bonds or advance refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding notes or bonds issued under this act before the effective date of this section. Those refunding bonds or advance refunding bonds shall be issued in accor…

Sec. 25. (1) The truck safety fund is established and shall be maintained in the state treasury. The truck safety fund shall be administered by the office of highway safety planning within the department of state police. (2) The Michigan truck safety commission is established in …