Michigan Compiled Laws 40-1956-2. Chapter 2. County Drain Commissioner. (280.21...280.33)

• Section 280.21 County Drain Commissioner; Election; Term; Temporary Replacement; Vacancy; Bond; Abolishment Of Office In Certain Counties; Transfer Of Power And Duties; Effect Of Establishing Department Of Public Works Or Public Improvement Agency; Election Of Public Works Commissioner; Public Hearing; Abolishing Office Of Public Works Commissioner; Referring To Office As Drain Commissioner; County Governed By Mcl 280.21a; Change Of Name To Office Of Water Resources Commissioner; Criteria.
  (1) At the general election to be held in November, 1976, and each fourth year after November, 1976, a county drain commissioner shall be...
• Section 280.21a Powers And Duties Of Drain Commissioner Performed By Designated Persons In Certain Counties.
  In a county organized under a charter adopted under Act No. 293 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 45.501 to 45.521 of...
• Section 280.22 Drain Commissioner; Establishment Of Office.
  All commissioners holding such office when this act takes effect shall continue to be such commissioners until their respective successors are elected and qualified...
• Section 280.23 Drain Commissioner; Jurisdiction; Drains In More Than One County; Outlet Only In Another County.
  The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over all drains within his county, including those heretofore established and now in process of construction. Drains extending into...
• Section 280.24 Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Revocation; Bond; Powers And Duties.
  A commissioner may appoint a deputy or deputies, if the county board of commissioners approves, and may revoke the appointment at pleasure. The appointment...
• Section 280.25 Deputy Drain Commissioner; Liability Of Commissioner And Bondsmen; Liability Of Drainage District; Public Liability Or Other Insurance.
  The commissioner and his bondsmen shall be liable for all the acts and defaults of the deputy or deputies when appointed as herein provided....
• Section 280.26 Deputy Drain Commissioner; Salary, Expenses, Reports To Drain Commissioner.
  Each deputy commissioner shall receive such salary or compensation as the board of supervisors shall allow and all traveling expenses actually and necessarily spent...
• Section 280.27 Supplies; Blank Applications, Office, Location, Hours.
  County clerks, or the board of auditors in counties having such boards, shall be authorized, and it shall be their duty to procure, at...
• Section 280.28 County Drain Commissioner; Salary And Expenses; Itemized And Verified Expense Account.
  (1) Each commissioner shall receive an annual salary to be paid as other county officers are paid, the amount of the salary to be...
• Section 280.29 Surveys; Use Of Books, Equipment, Field Notes, Profiles, Blueprints, Specifications, Estimates, Engineers.
  The county shall furnish the commissioner with all necessary books and papers for use in the survey, and such office equipment as shall be...
• Section 280.30 Drainage District; Financial Statement, Records, Prerequisites To Tax Spread.
  It shall be the duty of each commissioner to make and keep a full financial statement of each drainage district. The commissioner shall also...
• Section 280.31 Submitting Annual Report And Financial Statement To County Board Of Commissioners; Reports And Information Required By Director Of Department Of Agriculture; Liability On Bond.
  (1) Each commissioner shall make a report to the county board of commissioners at its annual meeting in October of the drainage districts laid...
• Section 280.32 Drain Commissioner; Social Security; Agreement For Coverage; Appropriation.
  The board of supervisors of each county having a drain commissioner may adopt a resolution authorizing the county to enter into an agreement with...
• Section 280.33 Salary Of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, Clerks, And Employees; Payment From General Fund; Drain Maintenance Employees; Hiring, Status, And Compensation; Reimbursement Of County General Fund By Drain Districts; Waiver.
  (1) The salary of the commissioner, deputy commissioners, and clerks and employees of the drain commissioner's office shall, except as otherwise provided in this...

Last modified: October 10, 2016