Michigan Compiled Laws 283-1909-iv Chapter IV County Road Law (224.1...224.32)

• Section 224.1 Adoption Of County Road System; Referendum; Form Of Resolution; Special Election; Violation Of Mcl 168.1 To 168.992 Applicable To Petitions; Penalties.
  (1) On petition signed by registered electors of a county equal to not less than 10% of the registered electors residing in each of...
• Section 224.2 Election; Time Notice, Form.
  At least 3 weeks shall intervene between the adoption of the resolution by the board of supervisors and the time of holding such election....
• Section 224.3 Election; Publication Of Notice, Ballots.
  Said clerk shall cause such notice, printed in the form of a handbill, to be posted in 3 or more public places in each...
• Section 224.4 Election; Results.
  If upon the canvass of the votes cast at such election it shall appear that the majority is in favor of the adoption thereof,...
• Section 224.5 Election; Conduct.
  In all elections held under this act the manner of preparing and distributing the ballots, the manner of conducting, canvassing, returning and declaring the...
• Section 224.6 Board Of County Road Commissioners; Election Or Appointment; Notice Of Election; Date; Term Of Office; Removal From Office; Notice Of Charges; County With Population Of 750,000 Or More; Powers And Duties; Reorganization; Expenditure Of Funds; Alteration Of Number Of County Road Commissions; Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of County Road Commissioners To County Board Of Commissioners; Resolution.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law and under subsection (4), (5), (7), or (8), in a county where the county road system is...
• Section 224.7 County Road Commissioners; Oath, Bond, Regular Term, Succession, Eligibility.
  Any person elected or appointed county road commissioner shall, within 10 days after being notified in writing by the clerk of such county of...
• Section 224.8 County Road Commissioners; Vacancies; Compensation; Participation In Insurance Or Retirement Program.
  (1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of county road commissioner, the county board of commissioners shall appoint a county road commissioner to...
• Section 224.9 Board Of County Road Commissioners; Body Corporate; Common Seal; Quorum; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Chairperson; Function Of Board; Other Employment; Appointment Of Superintendent; Official Name For Suing, Being Sued, And Holding Land; Service Of Process; Conveyances; Clerk; Records And Accounts; Secretary; Salaries.
  (1) The board of county road commissioners shall constitute and be a body corporate with the right of making and using a common seal...
• Section 224.9a Availability Of Writings To Public.
  A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the court commissioners appointed under this act or a board, road institute,...
• Section 224.10 Board Of County Road Commissioners Subject To Mcl 15.321 To 15.330; Employment And Duties Of County Highway Engineer; Professional And Consultant Services; Laborers; Purchase Of Machines, Tools, Appliances, And Materials; Advertising For Sealed Proposals For Purchase Of Vehicles; Equal Opportunity For Minority Business Enterprises; Plan; Purchase Of Property For Public Purposes.
  (1) The clerk and the members of a board of county road commissioners are subject to 1968 PA 317, MCL 15.321 to 15.330. (2)...
• Section 224.10a Employees And Retirees Of Board Of County Road Commissioners; Insurance; Annuities Or Benefits; Participation; Purchase; Participation For Members Of Collective Bargaining Unit; Report; Credit For Previous Service.
  (1) The board of county road commissioners may participate in the cost of, or provide life, health and accident, and hospitalization insurance for employees...
• Section 224.11 Construction Or Improvement Of Roads; Public Hearing; Notice; Opposition Of Certain Record Owners; Purchase Of Private Property.
  (1) The board of county road commissioners may lay out new roads within the county as they consider necessary. The roads shall be not...
• Section 224.11a County Road Commissioners; Acceptance Of Land, Payment Of Taxes And Special Assessments.
  The board of county road commissioners in laying out, widening, changing or straightening, or in any manner acquiring lands for county road purposes, shall...
• Section 224.12 Condemnation; Petition For Appointment Of Commissioners; Order For Hearing; Publication And Service; Proof.
  Whenever said board shall by resolution declare it necessary to condemn private property for the laying out, widening, changing or straightening of any road...
• Section 224.13 Condemnation; Commissioners; Appointment, Duties, Qualifications.
  On the day of hearing, the court shall hear the parties and appoint 3 disinterested persons commissioners, herein called court commissioners, whose duty it...
• Section 224.14 Condemnation; Meeting Of Court Commissioners; Adjournment; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Subpoenas; Oaths; View Of Premises; Hearing Proofs And Allegations; Decision; Report; Further Proceedings; Determination Of Damages.
  (1) The court commissioners shall meet at the time and place ordered by the court. If all the commissioners do not appear, a smaller...
• Section 224.15 Condemnation; Powers Of Court.
  The court may, at the time of the filing of the report or at such other time to which it may adjourn the proceedings,...
• Section 224.16 Condemnation; Payment Of Awards; Certificate Of Court, Recording; Vesting Of Title; Prima Facie Evidence; Court Commissioners, Compensation, Expenses.
  After the court shall confirm the report of the court commissioners, it shall enter an order authorizing the board of county road commissioners to...
• Section 224.17 County Line Road; Establishment; Proceedings; Arbitration; Hearing; Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Adjournment; Allotment; Refusing Or Neglecting To Construct Or Maintain Road; Petition; Duty Of State Highway Commission; Deduction From Weight And Gasoline Tax Refunds.
  The boards of county road commissioners of adjoining counties may unite in laying out and establishing a county road on or near the line...
• Section 224.18 State Reward; Map; Conversion; Determination; Notice; Official Name; Intercounty Roads; Abandonment; Discontinuance Of Jurisdiction; Petition; List Of Occupants On Abutting Land; Hearing; Property As Site Of Public Access; Determination As Binding; Easement; Operation And Maintenance Of Property; Effect Of Noncompliance With Subsection (12); Reopening Road Ending; Closure; Initiation Of Proceedings.
  (1) If state reward is to be applied for, the board of county road commissioners shall file with the state transportation commission, for its...
• Section 224.19 Board Of County Road Commissioners; Powers And Duties Generally.
  (1) The board of county road commissioners may grade, drain, construct, gravel, shale, or macadamize a road under its control, make an improvement in...
• Section 224.19a Contract For Maintenance Of Road Surface; Charges; Payment Of Damages.
  (1) As used in this section: (a) “Board” means the governing body of a fair or exposition, which board is created under section 2...
• Section 224.19b Working Within Right-of-way Of County Road; Permit Required; Exceptions; Permit Requirements And Schedule Of Fees; Itemization Of Costs; Annual And Emergency Permits; Security.
  (1) A person, partnership, association, corporation or governmental entity shall not construct, operate, maintain or remove a facility or perform any other work within...
• Section 224.19c Road Project; Conditions Requiring Competitive Bidding; Very Low-volume Local Road Project; Requirements; Definitions.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and subject to subsections (4) and (6), if a single township contributes 50% or more...
• Section 224.20 County Road Commissioners; Surveys; Tax, Determination, Maximum; Submission To Supervisors, Revision, Apportionment; Tax Levy, Collection, Disbursement.
  Before the first day of October of each year said board of county road commissioners shall cause preliminary surveys, general plans, specifications and estimates...
• Section 224.20a County Road Tax; Nonapplication Of Tax Rate Limitations; Local Approval; Use Of Revenues.
  The tax rate limitations of section 20 shall not apply where an extra tax levy has been approved by the electorate of the county...
• Section 224.20b Tax Levy For Highway, Road, And Street Purposes; Submission To Electorate; Allocation And Use Of Revenues.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the board of commissioners of any county by proper resolution may submit to the electorate of...
• Section 224.21 County Road Commissioners; Authority To Obligate County Limitation; Roads Under Construction; Duty Of County To Keep Roads In Repair; Actions Brought Against Board; Liability For Damages.
  (1) A board of county road commissioners shall not contract indebtedness for an amount in excess of the money credited to the board and...
• Section 224.22 Bond Issue; Submission To Electors; Notice; Vote; Expenditure Of Proceeds; Contract Indebtedness Or Bonds Subject To Revised Municipal Finance Act.
  If the board of supervisors of the county by a majority vote of all the members elected to and serving resolve to contract indebtedness...
• Section 224.23, 224.24 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections defined “township roads”, put them in care of township board and highway commissioner, and provided that county road law be...
• Section 224.25 Board Of County Road Commissioners; Statement Of Accounts Made To Board Of Supervisors, Audit, Proof Of Filing, Publication, Statement Of County Clerk, Filing With State Highway Commissioner.
  Accurate accounts shall be kept under the direction of the board of all money received and disbursed by it, and a full statement thereof...
• Section 224.26 Audit Required; Frequency.
  (1) Every county road commission in counties of more than 50,000 population shall have an annual audit of its financial records, accounts, and procedures,...
• Section 224.27 Audit; Contract With Certified Public Accountant; Audit As Public Record; Certain Persons To Receive Copies; Failure To Provide Audit; Cost; Powers, Duties, And Functions Of State Agencies Not Affected.
  Each county road commission shall contract with a certified public accountant to perform the audit. The proposed contract with the certified public accountant shall...
• Section 224.28 Audit Report; Contents.
  An audit report shall: (a) State that the audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and with the standards as provided...
• Section 224.29 Audit Report; Public Inspection.
  The audit reports submitted under this act shall be made available for public inspection. History: Add. 1975, Act 199, Imd. Eff. Aug. 14, 1975...
• Section 224.30 Statutory Violations; Institution Of Proceedings.
  (1) If an audit or investigation conducted under this act discloses statutory violations on the part of an officer, employee, or board of a...
• Section 224.31 Verification Of Transactions; Immunity Of Bank, Contractor, Or Other Person Providing Information.
  (1) For purpose of verifying transactions disclosed by an audit or investigation, a person or firm authorized to conduct an audit under this act...
• Section 224.32 Access To, Examination Of, Or Production Of Records Or Property.
  (1) An authorized employee of any state agency, department, board or commission, certified public accountant, or firm of certified public accountants conducting an audit...

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