Title 41, TOWNSHIPS

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 purp…

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 t…

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 which a special assessment district is created under the provisions of this act may, by…

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 certificati…

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 to finance proposed improvements un…

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 examiners, after the necessary examinations and hearings, sh…

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 vali…

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 the township or purchase …

Sec. 18a. (1) The township board of a township may order the construction, repair, or maintenance of, or may construct, repair, or maintain sidewalks in a designated area within the township because of the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the township. (2) The towns…

Sec. 18b. The township board of a township, by a majority vote at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, may authorize the purchase of a public street cleaning vehicle or vehicles and snow removal equipment, and may provide for the maintenance and operati…

Sec. 19. The township board of a township may authorize the expenditure of funds to provide for the lighting by artificial means of roads, highways, and bridges in the township that are located outside of the limits of incorporated villages. The expense of the lighting shall be p…

Sec. 19a. If lighting of a road, highway, or bridge is provided in accordance with section 19, the supervisor of the township shall exercise general supervision over the installing and maintenance of the lighting system, under the direction of the township board. However, if a ro…

Sec. 19b. (1) The township board or boards mentioned in section 19, either on its or their own motion, or upon the filing of a petition signed by the record owners of not less than 10% of the number of parcels of land in the district to be lighted described in the petitions, may …

Sec. 19c. If the township board or boards create a district under section 19b, it or they shall determine the boundaries of the district by resolution and shall direct the township supervisor or supervisors to make a special assessment upon the lands and premises in the district …

Sec. 19d. A district that has been lighting its streets or highways under this act may be relieved of this duty by action of the township board or boards on their own motion or by a petition to the township board or boards as provided in section 19b.

Sec. 20. (1) Notwithstanding sections 19 through 19d, the board of county road commissioners of a county operating under the county road system may provide for the lighting, by artificial means, of roads, highways, and bridges under its jurisdiction, located outside of the limits…

Sec. 1. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the township board of a township, at a regular or special meeting by a majority of the members elect of the township board, may adopt ordinances regulating the public health, safety, and general welfare of persons and p…

Sec. 3. (1) The township board may provide in a township ordinance a sanction for violation of the ordinance. (2) Consistent with any of the following statutes, the township board may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation of the ordinance as a civil infraction and provid…

Sec. 3a. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway. (2) The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by an …

Sec. 4. (1) A township ordinance shall contain a provision stating when the ordinance takes effect. (2) Except as provided in section 22 of the charter township act, 1947 PA 359, MCL 42.22, and section 401 of the Michigan zoning enabling act, 2006 PA 110, MCL 125.3401, a township…

Sec. 5. (1) Within 1 week after the publication of an ordinance as provided in section 4, the township clerk shall record the ordinance in a book of ordinances kept by him or her for that purpose; record the date of the passage of the ordinance, the names of the members of the to…

Sec. 6. Each township may codify, recodify, and continue in code its ordinances, in whole or in part, without the necessity of publishing the entire code in full. The ordinance adopting the code, as well as subsequent ordinances repealing, amending, continuing, or adding to the c…

Sec. 7. The township board of a township may employ an attorney to represent the township in civil matters and in the prosecution of violations of township ordinances. The attorney shall receive the compensation determined by the township board. In prosecution of a violation of a…