Michigan Compiled Laws 40-1956-18. Chapter 18. Obstructions In Drains; Sewage; Miscellaneous Provisions. (280.421...280.435)

• Section 280.421 Obstructions; Removal; Expenses, Notice; Livestock; Criminal Complaint.
  Whenever any person shall obstruct any established drain, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to cause such obstruction to be removed. Any...
• Section 280.422 Obstructions; Public Utility Companies; Removal, Mandamus.
  Railroad or railway companies, telephone, telegraph, or pipeline companies and other utilities shall not obstruct established drains, nor shall they lessen the area of...
• Section 280.423 Discharge Of Certain Sewage Or Waste Matter Into Drains Prohibited; Construction To Purify Flow; Petitions; Order Of Determination; Findings; Construction Of Drain; Plans And Specifications; Contracts; Costs; Review; Acquisition Of Land; Application And Fee For Sewer Connections; Powers Of Drain Commissioner Or Drainage Board; Failure To Comply With Section; Violation As Misdemeanor; Fine; “person” Defined.
  (1) A person shall not continue to discharge or permit to be discharged into any county drain or intercounty drain of the state any...
• Section 280.424 Inadequate Disposal Or Filtration Plant; Abatement Of Nuisance; Estimate Of Annual Cost; Appeal; Notice; Posting; Review Of Apportionment; Board Of Review; Meeting; Proceedings; Determination; Payment; Assessment; Water Rates.
  Whenever a disposal plant, filtration plant or other mechanical device to purify the flow of such drain or sewer has been heretofore constructed, but...
• Section 280.425 Petition To Construct Open Or Closed Drain; Permission Of Commissioners Or Drainage Board; Consent Of Landowners; Expense; Time And Manner Of Construction; Protection Of Drain Entrance; Signature Of Applicant Or Petitioner; Tiling Source Of Drain Or Open Drain; Permit To Tile Established Drain.
  A landowner in the drainage district whose land requires additional drainage may petition the commissioner for permission to construct an open or closed drain,...
• Section 280.426 Drain Orders Received For Drain Taxes.
  The drain orders issued for each particular drain shall be received for drain taxes for benefits levied for the construction of such drain by...
• Section 280.427 Corporation Or Land Contract Vendee As Freeholder; Corporate Agent Or Officer As Signer Of Petition.
  In any application or petition required to be filed under this act, a freeholder shall be deemed to include a corporation owning land and...
• Section 280.428 Drainage District Including State Lands; Assessment, Payment.
  If any drain commissioner shall receive an application to lay out a drainage district which will include land owned by the state of Michigan,...
• Section 280.429 Flood Control Projects; Easements To United States; Approval.
  Subject to the consent and approval of the several boards of supervisors of this state and the boards of supervisors of the counties comprising...
• Section 280.430 Sanitary Sewage; Contracts For Use Of Drains; Charges; Lien; Cost Included In Charges.
  (1) Whenever any county or intercounty drain is used for the transportation of sanitary sewage, the county or counties within whose boundaries the drainage...
• Section 280.431 Contracts For Drain Projects; Federal Government; Public Corporations; Relief From Assessments; Flood Control Projects; Conservation And Utilization Of Soil And Water; “public Corporation” Defined.
  The drain commissioner or drainage board may contract or make agreements with the federal government, including any agency thereof, whereby the federal government will...
• Section 280.432 Obstruction Of Drain Commissioner; Drainage Board Or Agents; Misdemeanor.
  Whoever, after the drain commissioner has given notice by first class mail, that the drain commissioner, drainage board or their agents will go upon...
• Section 280.433 Enlargement Of Drainage District; Agreement; Construction And Cost Of Drainage Facilities; Certificate Of Registered Professional Engineer; Payment Of Excess Amount And Pro Rata Equitable Share; Liability Of Added Lands For Assessments; Dedication, Conveyance, Or Transfer Of Drain Facilities And Property; Extension Of Drain; Notice Of Agreement; Procedure For Establishment Of Existing Private Drain; Deposit; Special Drain Fund.
  (1) An existing intracounty or intercounty drainage district may be enlarged and the drain located in the district may be extended or have branches...
• Section 280.434 Drain Project; Construction Or Studies; Borrowing Money Or Accepting Advances; Reimbursement; Contract Or Note As Evidence Of Obligation; Full Faith And Credit; Source Of Payments; Applicability Of Section.
  (1) A drainage district may borrow money or accept the advance of work, material, or money from a public or private corporation, partnership, association,...
• Section 280.435 Financing Of Flood Control Or Drainage Projects; Contract Or Agreement With Federal Government; Payments And Purposes; Determination Of Necessity; Notes Or Bonds; Issuance Subject To Revised Municipal Finance Act.
  (1) The drain commissioner or drainage board may contract or make agreements with the federal government, or any agency of the federal government, for...

Last modified: October 10, 2016