Michigan Compiled Laws Act 188 Of 1954 Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738)

• Section 41.721 Public Improvements By Township Board; Bonds; Special Assessments To Defray Costs.
  The township board has the power to make an improvement named in this act, to provide for the payment of an improvement by the...
• Section 41.721a “record Owner” Defined.
  As used in this act, “record owner” means a person, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, possessed of the most...
• Section 41.722 Types Of Improvements Authorized; Approval; Conditions.
  (1) The following improvements may be made under this act: (a) The construction, improvement, and maintenance of storm or sanitary sewers or the improvement...
• Section 41.723 Written Objections; Petition; Filing; Signatures; Determining Record Owners; Determining Sufficiency Of Petition; Supplement To Petition; Validity Of Signatures.
  (1) The township board may proceed to carry out an improvement as provided in this act unless written objections to the improvement are filed...
• Section 41.724 Plans; Cost Estimate; Resolution; Designation Of Special Assessment District; Hearing; Notice; Periodic Redeterminations Of Cost; Objections; Adding Property To Special Assessment District; Supplemental Petition; Filing By Railroad Companies; Additional Notice; Affidavit Of Service.
  (1) Upon receipt of a petition or upon determination of the township board if a petition is not required under section 3, the township...
• Section 41.724a Notice Of Hearings In Special Assessment Proceedings.
  (1) If special assessments are made against property, notice of hearings in the special assessment proceedings shall be given as provided in this section....
• Section 41.725 Approval Or Determination By Township Board; Levy Of Special Assessment.
  (1) If, after the hearing provided for in section 4, the township board desires to proceed with the improvement, the township board shall approve...
• Section 41.726 Filing And Review Of Special Assessment Roll; Hearing; Notice; Adjournments; Objections; Confirmation, Referral, Or Annulment; Endorsement; Finality; Action Contesting Assessment.
  (1) When a special assessment roll is reported by the supervisor to the township board, the assessment roll shall be filed in the office...
• Section 41.727 Payment Of Special Assessments In Installments; Amount Of Installment; Extension; Due Dates; Interest On Unpaid Installments; Lien; Limitation; Statement Of Amount; Payment Of Future Due Installments; Delinquent Installment; Penalty.
  (1) The township board may provide that special assessments are payable in 1 or more installments, but the amount of an installment shall not...
• Section 41.728 Special Assessments To Constitute Lien; Limitation; Character And Effect.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), all special assessments contained in any special assessment roll shall, from the date of confirmation of...
• Section 41.729 Special Assessments; Collection By Township Treasurer, Report Of Delinquencies.
  When any special assessment roll shall be confirmed the township board shall direct the assessments made therein to be collected. The township clerk shall...
• Section 41.729a Deferred Assessment; Application; Evidence Of Hardship; Ordinance; Deferred Assessment As Recorded Lien.
  (1) An owner of property who by reason of hardship is unable to contribute to the cost of an assessment for an improvement authorized...
• Section 41.730 Special Assessments; Delinquencies, Reassessment.
  In case the treasurer shall, as above provided, report as delinquent any assessment or part thereof, the township board shall certify the same to...
• Section 41.731 Division Of Lands; Apportionment Of Uncollected Assessments.
  Should any parcel of land be divided after a special assessment thereon has been confirmed, and before the collection thereof, the township board may...
• Section 41.732 Special Assessment Roll; Insufficiency, Additional Pro Rata Assessments; Surplus, Refunds.
  Should the assessments in any special assessment roll prove insufficient for any reason, including the noncollection thereof, to pay for the improvement for which...
• Section 41.733 Illegal Special Assessment; Reassessment Proceedings.
  Whenever any special assessment shall, in the opinion of the township board, be invalid by reason of irregularities or informalities in the proceedings, or...
• Section 41.734 Exempt Corporations; Agreement To Pay Assessment.
  The governing body of any public or private corporation whose lands are exempt by law may, by resolution, agree to pay the special assessments...
• Section 41.734a Assessment On Platted Corner Lots; Payment Of Portion By Governing Body.
  The governing body of any township, by resolution, may agree to pay up to 1/3 of the cost of the special assessment levied against...
• Section 41.735 Bonds.
  The township board may borrow money and issue the bonds of the township in anticipation of the collection of special assessments to defray all...
• Section 41.735a Township Improvement Revolving Fund; Advances; Interest.
  As an alternate method of defraying the cost of an improvement made under this act, after the special assessment roll for the improvement is...
• Section 41.735b Township Improvement Revolving Fund; Transfer Of Funds; Amount.
  The township board of any township by resolution may create and designate a fund to be known as the township improvement revolving fund. Before...
• Section 41.735c Special Assessments To Defray Certain Obligations.
  The township board may determine that the whole or any part of an obligation of the township assessed or contracted for pursuant to Act...
• Section 41.736 Public Improvements; Powers Granted To Townships.
  The powers herein granted may be exercised by any township and shall be in addition to the powers granted by any other statute. History:...
• Section 41.737 Scope Of Act.
  The provisions of this act shall not apply to any obligations issued or assessments levied except in accordance with the provisions of this act...
• Section 41.738 Use Of Interest Earned From Investments, Money From Bond Proceeds, Or Money From Interest And Penalties On Unpaid Special Assessment.
  Interest earned from the investment of money collected under a special assessment under this act or of money received as bond proceeds from a...

Last modified: October 10, 2016