Title 247, HIGHWAYS

WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article V of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 vests the executive power of the State of Michigan in the Governor; WHEREAS, Section 2 of Article V of the Michigan Constitution of 1963 empowers the Governor to make changes in the organization of the executive…

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to cut, destroy or otherwise injure any shade or ornamental tree or shrub growing within the limits of any public highway within the state of Michigan without the consent of the authorities having jurisdiction over such road. In the case of a trunk li…

Sec. 2. The state highway commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered as a part of the maintenance of trunk line and federal aided roads to protect trees and shrubs set out along and within the limits of such roads and to set out such trees and shrubs as may be furnished to h…

Sec. 1. (1) The state trunk line highway system of this state consists of all roads, streets, and highways, either located within or outside the limits of incorporated cities and villages, that are made state trunk line highways under the laws of this state. The director of the d…

Sec. 1a. All state trunk line highways now or hereafter established as provided by law, shall be constructed, maintained and improved in accordance with the provisions of this act under the direction, supervision and control of the state highway commissioner. The commissioner sha…

Sec. 1b. (1) The state transportation department shall bear the entire cost of maintaining, in accordance with standards and specifications of the department, all state trunk line highways including highways within incorporated cities and villages except that the cost of maintain…

Sec. 1c. (1) The department shall bear the cost of opening, widening, and improving, including construction and reconstruction, in accordance with standards and specifications of the department, all state trunk line highways, subject to all of the following provisions: (a) Incorp…

Sec. 1d. The governing body of a city or village and the state highway commission may enter into a contract to effectuate joint participation in the cost of opening, widening and improving, including construction and reconstruction, of a state trunk line highway, the terms of whi…

Sec. 1e. Whenever the board of county road commissioners of any county shall have funds available, the board may enter into a contract or agreement, with any incorporated city or village within the county, assuming the obligations in whole or in part of the city or village undert…

Sec. 1f. The obligation of any city under 30,000 population which prior to July 1, 1957 entered into a contract with the state highway department pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 19 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, for the construction of state trunkline highways, whi…

Sec. 1g. The transportation asset management council, in conjunction with the department, counties, and municipalities, shall develop and implement a pavement management system for each mile of roadway on the federal-aid eligible highway system in Michigan. This pavement manageme…

Sec. 1h. (1) The department shall develop and implement a life-cycle cost analysis for each project for which the estimated total pavement costs exceed $1,500,000.00 funded in whole or in part with state funds. The department shall design and award paving projects utilizing mater…

Sec. 1i. (1) Notwithstanding section 1h, the department may conduct pavement demonstration projects to evaluate new construction methods, materials, or designs that do not have actual Michigan historical project maintenance, repair, or resurfacing schedules or costs recorded by t…

Sec. 1j. (1) No later than December 1, 2015, the department shall form a special internal task force specifically named the roads innovation task force. The purpose of the task force shall be to create a comprehensive public report that does all of the following: (a) Evaluates ro…

Sec. 2. By December 1, 1951, a tentative system of county primary roads shall be selected by the board of county road commissioners in each county and certified to the state transportation department for its approval. Such tentative system of county primary roads shall be selecte…

Sec. 3. Roads may, from time to time, be included in or deleted from the county primary road system of any county by selection of the county road commission and approval of the state highway commissioner in the same manner and by the same procedure as provided in section 2 hereof…

Sec. 4. All roads under the jurisdiction of the board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties of the state not included in the county primary system as finally approved shall be certified to and reviewed and approved or deleted by the state highway commission…

Sec. 5. All roads, streets and highways included in the county primary road system of any county shall be officially known as county primary roads, and all roads, streets and highways included in the county local road system of any county shall be officially known as county local…

Sec. 5a. (1) The board of county road commissioners of each county may establish a system of seasonal county roads, which may be part of either the county primary road system, the county local road system, or both systems. A board of county road commissioners in establishing a sy…

Sec. 6. Within 6 months from the effective date of this act, a tentative system of major streets shall be selected in each incorporated city and village of the state and certified to the state highway commissioner for his approval. Such tentative system of major streets shall be …

Sec. 7. Streets may, from time to time, be included in or deleted from the major street system of any municipality by selection by the governing body thereof and approval of the state highway commissioner in the same manner and by the same procedure as provided in section 6 hereo…

Sec. 8. All streets within the corporate limits and under the jurisdiction of each municipality of the state, exclusive of state trunk line highways and county roads, and not included in the major street system of such municipality as finally approved shall be certified to and re…

Sec. 9. All roads, streets and highways included in the major street system of any municipality shall be officially known as city or village major streets as the case may be, and all roads, streets and highways included in the local street system of any municipality shall be offi…

Sec. 9a. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Asset management" means an ongoing process of maintaining, preserving, upgrading, and operating physical assets cost-effectively, based on a continuous physical inventory and condition assessment and investment to achieve established per…

Sec. 9b. (1) After the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall do all of the following regarding contracts to construct or repair roads or bridges: (a) Establish technical assistance programs to prepare minority business enterprises to c…

Sec. 9c. (1) By February 1, 2008, the governor shall appoint not more than 9 persons who shall serve as a task force to review the adequacy of surface transportation and aeronautics service provision and finance in this state. The governor shall not appoint a member that represen…

Sec. 9d. As used in this act, "port facility" means a commercial facility located alongside a navigable waterway used for commercial vessels and includes any of the following types of facilities: (a) A seawall jetty, pier, wharf, or dock. (b) A warehouse, storehouse, elevator, gr…

Sec. 10. (1) A fund to be known as the Michigan transportation fund is established in the state treasury as a separate fund. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fun…

Sec. 10a. (1) Annually the state transportation department shall determine the miles of state trunk line highways, county primary and local roads, and city and village major and local streets transferred to and from state, county, city, or village jurisdiction during the precedin…

Sec. 10b. (1) A fund to be known as the comprehensive transportation fund is established and shall be set up and maintained in the state treasury as a separate fund. In addition to the money distributed to the comprehensive transportation fund pursuant to this act, the money auth…

Sec. 10c. As used in this act: (a) "Urban or rural area" means a contiguous developed area, including the immediate surrounding area, where transportation services should reasonably be provided presently or in the future; the area within the jurisdiction of an eligible authority;…

Sec. 10d. The comprehensive transportation fund shall be distributed to eligible authorities for public transportation purposes, distributed to eligible governmental agencies which are not within the jurisdiction of an eligible authority for public transportation purposes, distri…

Sec. 10e. (1) The comprehensive transportation fund is appropriated for each fiscal year in the following order of priority. (2) The first priority is to pay, but only from money restricted as to use by section 9 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963, the principal and …

Sec. 10g. The state transportation department shall promulgate rules for the implementation and administration of the comprehensive transportation fund pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended.

Sec. 10h. (1) By May 1 of each year, the state transportation commission shall report to each member of the legislature, the governor, and the auditor general its recommendations for a transportation program that the state transportation commission acts on under section 10e(10). …

Sec. 10j. (1) An eligible authority or eligible governmental agency may not receive a grant or distribution pursuant to this act if it has an employee which is considered to be a state employee or is subject to the jurisdiction of the department of civil service. (2) An eligible …

Sec. 10k. (1) Transportation purposes as provided in this act include provisions for facilities and services for nonmotorized transportation. (2) Of the funds allocated from the Michigan transportation fund to the state trunk line fund and to the counties, cities, and villages, a…

Sec. 10l. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), for each 12-month period beginning October 1, 1987, and each 12-month period thereafter, $2,000,000.00 shall be returned from the distribution under section 10e(4)(a) by each eligible authority organized or continued under the reg…

Sec. 10m. An eligible authority or eligible governmental agency shall make available, at no cost, a schedule of the times at which public transportation services are offered by the eligible authority or eligible governmental agency as exclusively determined by the eligible author…

Sec. 10n. (1) Funds from the comprehensive transportation fund may be distributed to a trustee, or to the Michigan municipal bond authority as created under the shared credit rating act, 1985 PA 227, MCL 141.1051 to 141.1076, that is authorized to receive the funds under a borrow…

Sec. 10o. (1) Twenty-three to twenty-seven percent of the DOT-FHWA highway research, planning, and construction federal funds appropriated to this state from the federal government for road and bridge construction must be allocated to programs administered by local jurisdictions …

Sec. 10p. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Complete streets" means roadways planned, designed, and constructed to provide appropriate access to all legal users in a manner that promotes safe and efficient movement of people and goods whether by car, truck, transit, assistive dev…

Sec. 10r. (1) The department shall engage an outside consulting firm to conduct a feasibility study and strategic implementation plan on tolling highways of this state, including revenue projections based on an analysis of optimal tolling rates, vehicle counts and types by state …

Sec. 10s. (1) The maritime and port facility assistance office is created in the department. The office shall do both of the following: (a) Assist owners of port facilities in this state by doing all of the following: (i) Administering the grant program as described in subsection…

Sec. 11. (1) A fund to be known as the state trunk line fund is established in the state treasury as a separate fund. The money deposited in the state trunk line fund is appropriated to the department for the following purposes in the following order of priority: (a) For the paym…

Sec. 11a. (1) As provided in this section, the department must implement a pilot program on the use of agricultural additives to control ice on public roads, highways, and bridges in this state and to review the potential efficacy and environmental impacts of agricultural additiv…