Michigan Compiled Laws 451-1994-iii-1-inland-waters-309 Part 309 Inland Lake Improvements (324.30901...324.30929)

• Section 324.30901 Definitions.
  As used in this part: (a) “Benefit” or “benefits” means advantages resulting from a project to public corporations, the inhabitants of public corporations, the...
• Section 324.30902 Petition For Improvement Of Lake Or Wetland; Local Governing Bodies' Powers; Lake Boards.
  (1) The local governing body of any local unit of government in which the whole or any part of the waters of any public...
• Section 324.30903 Lake Board; Composition; Election Of Chairperson, Treasurer, And Secretary; Quorum; Concurrence Of Majority Required; Technical Data; Recommendations.
  (1) The lake board shall consist of all of the following: (a) A member of the county board of commissioners appointed by the chairperson...
• Section 324.30904 Initiation Of Action By Freeholders.
  Action may be initiated under section 30902 relating to any private inland lake only upon petition of 2/3 of the freeholders owning lands abutting...
• Section 324.30905 Preliminary Costs; Revolving Funds; Assessments.
  The county board of commissioners may provide for a revolving fund to pay for the preliminary costs of improvement projects within the county. The...
• Section 324.30906 Institution Of Proceedings For Lake Improvement; Conflicts With Local Ordinances And Charters.
  (1) Whenever a local governing body, in accordance with section 30902, considers it expedient to have a lake improved, it, by resolution, shall direct...
• Section 324.30907 Lake Improvement; Initiation By Department.
  If the department considers it expedient, in accordance with section 30902, to have a lake dredged or improved, the department may petition the local...
• Section 324.30908 Lake Board; Determination Of Scope Of Project; Establishment Of Special Assessment Districts; Ministerial Duties.
  The lake board, when instructed by resolution of the local governing body, shall determine the scope of the project and shall establish a special...
• Section 324.30909 Engineering And Economic Reports; Cost Estimates.
  (1) The lake board shall retain a licensed professional engineer to prepare an engineering feasibility report, an economic study report, and an estimate of...
• Section 324.30910 Review Of Reports By Board; Determinations Of Practicability; Public Hearings; Notice; Determination.
  Within 60 days after his or her receipt of the reports, the chairperson shall hold a meeting of the lake board to review the...
• Section 324.30911 County Contributions Toward Costs Of Improvement.
  The county board of commissioners may provide up to 25% of the cost of a lake improvement project on any public inland lake. History:...
• Section 324.30912 Approval Of Plans And Cost Estimates; Sufficiency Of Petition; Resolution; Publication; Assessment Roll.
  If the lake board passes a resolution in which it determines the project to be practicable, the lake board shall determine to proceed with...
• Section 324.30913 Report Of Assessment To Lake Board; Review; Notice And Hearing; Confirmation.
  The assessment roll shall be reported to the lake board by the assessing official of the local unit or units of government initiating the...
• Section 324.30914 Special Assessments; Installments; Interest; Penalties.
  Upon the confirmation of the assessment roll, the lake board may provide that the assessments be payable in 1 or more approximately equal annual...
• Section 324.30915 Special Assessments; Liens.
  All special assessments contained in any special assessment roll, including any part of the special assessment payment that is deferred, constitute a lien, from...
• Section 324.30916 Special Assessments; Collections.
  When any special assessment roll is confirmed, the lake board shall direct the assessments made in the roll to be collected. The clerk of...
• Section 324.30917 Delinquent Assessments; Reassessment.
  If the treasurer reports as delinquent any assessment or part of an assessment, the lake board shall certify the delinquency to the assessing official...
• Section 324.30918 Division Of Land Parcels; Uncollected Assessment Apportioned.
  If any parcel of land is divided after a special assessment on the land has been confirmed and before the collection of the assessment,...
• Section 324.30919 Additional Special Assessments.
  If the assessments in any special assessment roll prove insufficient for any reason, including the noncollection of the assessment, to pay for the improvement...
• Section 324.30920 Special Assessments; Invalidity And New Assessments.
  Whenever, in the opinion of the lake board, any special assessment is invalid by reason of irregularities or informalities in the proceedings, or if...
• Section 324.30921 Special Assessments; Exempt Lands.
  The governing body of any department of the state or any of its political subdivisions, municipalities, school districts, townships, or counties, whose lands are...
• Section 324.30922 Borrowing; Issuance Of Lake Level Orders And Bonds.
  The lake board may borrow money and issue lake level orders or the bonds of the special assessment district in anticipation of the collection...
• Section 324.30923 Condemnation; Commencement And Conduct Of Proceedings.
  Whenever the lake board determines by proper resolution that it is necessary to condemn private property for the purpose of this part, the condemnation...
• Section 324.30924 Gifts And Grants-in-aid; Acceptance By Lake Board; Contract Or Agreement.
  (1) The lake board may receive and accept gifts or grants-in-aid for the purpose of implementing this part. (2) The lake board may contract...
• Section 324.30925 Gifts And Grants-in-aid; Acceptance By Department.
  The department in carrying out the purposes of this part may receive and accept, on behalf of the state, gifts and grants-in-aid. History: Add....
• Section 324.30926 Advertising For Bids; Letting Of Contracts; Work Relief Project.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the chairperson of the lake board shall advertise for bids. A contract shall be let to the...
• Section 324.30927 Costs Of Projects; Computation; Expenditures; Representation By Attorney.
  (1) Within 10 days after the letting of contracts or, in case of an appeal, immediately after the appeal has been decided, the lake...
• Section 324.30928 Intervention By Department.
  Whenever a public inland lake is to be improved, the department may intervene for the protection and conservation of the natural resources of the...
• Section 324.30929 Lake Board For Inland Lake; Dissolution.
  A lake board for an inland lake is dissolved if all of the following requirements are met: (a) The governing body of each local...

Last modified: October 10, 2016