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Chapter 247 - HIGHWAYS
Act 130 of 1931 ‑ Repealed-CONSOLIDATION OF TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY ROAD SYSTEMS (247.1 - 247.13)
Act 1 of 1937 (Ex. Sess.) ‑ Repealed-SNOW REMOVAL ON COUNTY ROADS (247.21 - 247.25)
Act 174 of 1921 ‑ Repealed-WATERWAYS ON OVERFLOWED LANDS (247.31 - 247.33)
Act 341 of 1927 ‑ DISCONTINUATION OF HIGHWAY BORDERING LAKE OR STREAM (247.41 - 247.46)
     Section 247.41 ‑ Highway bordering on lake or stream; abandonment, discontinuation, alteration, or vacation.
     Section 247.42 ‑ Highway bordering on lake or stream; application signed by landowners.
     Section 247.43 ‑ Highway bordering on lake or stream; hearing; notice; publication; posting; service.
     Section 247.44 ‑ Highway bordering on lake or stream; court order; operation and maintenance of property; effect of noncompliance with subsection (3); reopening road ending; closure; initiation of proceedings.
     Section 247.45 ‑ Highway bordering on lake or stream; appeal.
     Section 247.46 ‑ “Adjacent” and “highway” defined.
Act 184 of 1917 ‑ Repealed-NOXIOUS WEEDS, WILD GRASS, OR FOUL SEEDS (247.51 - 247.52)
Act 359 of 1941 ‑ NOXIOUS WEEDS (247.61 - 247.72)
***** 247.62.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE 91 DAYS AFTER ADJOURNMENT OF THE 2024 REGULAR SESSION SINE DIE ***** ***** 247.62 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE 91 DAYS AFTER ADJOURNMENT OF THE 2024 REGULAR SESSION SINE DIE: See 247.62.amended *****
     Section 247.61 ‑ Commissioner of noxious weeds; appointment, term, removal, report.
     Section 247.62 ‑ Noxious weeds; definition.
     Section 247.62.amended ‑ Noxious weeds; definition; exclusion of milkweed.
     Section 247.63 ‑ Noxious weeds; eradication; duty of commissioner.
     Section 247.64 ‑ Destruction of noxious weeds; duty of owner, commissioner, agent, and department of natural resources and environment; notice; ordinance; resolution; expenses; lien; penalty; exceptions; action in court of claims.
     Section 247.64a ‑ Cutting of weeds by township, city, or village; publication of notice; charging cost to owner; provisions inapplicable to railroads.
     Section 247.65 ‑ Noxious weeds; means of eradication; limitation of expense.
     Section 247.66 ‑ Noxious weeds; prosecution of violators of act.
     Section 247.67 ‑ Commissioner; annual report, contents.
     Section 247.68 ‑ Department of agriculture; duty to enforce law; cooperation with commissioners.
     Section 247.69 ‑ Board of supervisors; auditing accounts of commissioner; payment.
     Section 247.70 ‑ County board of commissioners; appropriation; powers; penalties; jurisdiction.
     Section 247.71 ‑ Railroads; failure to comply, penalty.
     Section 247.72 ‑ Highways; noxious weeds; duty of officials to prevent growth.
Act 227 of 1933 ‑ Repealed-ABOLITION OF BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS (247.101 - 247.103)
Act 217 of 1925 ‑ Repealed-HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES IN PLATTED PORTION OF UNINCORPORATED VILLAGES (247.111 - 247.111)
Act 253 of 1917 ‑ TRANSFERS FROM GENERAL FUND TO COUNTY ROAD FUND (247.121 - 247.121)
     Section 247.121 ‑ Transfer of surplus funds.
Act 202 of 1925 ‑ Repealed-TOWNSHIP ROADS (247.131 - 247.142)
Act 220 of 1925 ‑ Repealed-STATE REWARD ROADS; BONDS (247.151 - 247.151)
Act 195 of 1929 ‑ Repealed-STATE REWARD ROADS; LIMITATION (247.161 - 247.161)
Act 368 of 1925 ‑ HIGHWAY OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS; USE OF HIGHWAY BY PUBLIC UTILITIES (247.171 - 247.191)
     Section 247.171 ‑ Encroachments; removal order, service; temporary permit.
     Section 247.171a ‑ Rights-of-way, bridges, towers, and welcome centers; use to provide travel-related information through electronic technologies.
     Section 247.172 ‑ Encroachments; removal by commissioner, penalty, expense charged to occupant, collection by tax; limitation.
     Section 247.173 ‑ Encroachments; denied, notice to commissioner; trespass action.
     Section 247.174 ‑ Trespass action; brought by commissioner.
     Section 247.175 ‑ Trespass action; pleadings and trial.
     Section 247.176 ‑ Trespass action; trial and verdict.
     Section 247.177 ‑ Trespass action; trial and appeal.
     Section 247.178 ‑ Encroachment; removal by commissioner; penalty on owner or occupant for neglect.
     Section 247.179 ‑ Encroachment; removal, interference, penalty.
     Section 247.180 ‑ Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; notice to remove; removal; removal by commissioner, sale; proceeds, disposition.
     Section 247.181 ‑ Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; no value, compensation for removing.
     Section 247.182 ‑ Obstructions; road fence if dangerous, penalty.
     Section 247.183 ‑ Public utilities, cable television companies, broadband companies, and municipalities; construction and maintenance of structures; consent of governing body; construction and maintenance of utility lines and structures longitudinally within limited access highway rights-of-way; standards; charges; use of revenue; relocation permit; use of electronic devices within limited access and rights-of-way to provide travel-related information.
     Section 247.184 ‑ Consent of county or state to construction.
     Section 247.184a ‑ Surveillance of occupied manhole; exceptions; training and duties of second employee.
     Section 247.185 ‑ Paramount rights of public; injury to trees and shrubs; regulation of rights.
     Section 247.186 ‑ Public utility; placing poles, fixtures, wires, or cables.
     Section 247.187 ‑ Encroachments; removal, expense of removal by commissioner.
     Section 247.188 ‑ Obstructions to traffic; moving; permit, bond; penalty.
     Section 247.189 ‑ Repealed. 2020, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 29, 2021.
     Section 247.190 ‑ Width of highway; encroachment does not give right to land.
     Section 247.191 ‑ Act inapplicable to encroachments and obstructions erected under MCL 257.1701 et seq.
Act 393 of 1913 ‑ PRIVATE ROADS (247.201 - 247.201)
     Section 247.201 ‑ Private roads; ingress and egress, application.
Act 172 of 1915 ‑ ROADS TO ISOLATED LANDS (247.211 - 247.211)
     Section 247.211 ‑ Isolated lands; road established, width, record.
Act 283 of 1921 ‑ TEMPORARY HIGHWAYS (247.221 - 247.221)
     Section 247.221 ‑ Temporary road for transportation of forest products.
Act 36 of 1919 ‑ Repealed-PLANTING OF TREES (247.231 - 247.235)
Act 2 of 1921 (1st Ex. Sess.) ‑ TREES AND SHRUBS (247.241 - 247.242)
     Section 247.241 ‑ Trees or shrubs; unlawful cutting, destruction; penalty.
     Section 247.242 ‑ Trees or shrubs; planting and protection.
Act 357 of 1913 ‑ Repealed-CLAIMS FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS (247.251 - 247.251)
Act 75 of 1929 ‑ Repealed-TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE FUNDS (247.261 - 247.264)
Act 108 of 1925 ‑ Repealed-MARKING HIGHWAYS; SIGNS (247.271 - 247.281)
Act 165 of 1917 ‑ CLOSING ROADS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (247.291 - 247.293)
     Section 247.291 ‑ Closing highways or bridges for construction or repair; barriers.
     Section 247.291a ‑ Barrier requirements; closure of freeways or bridges; exception.
     Section 247.291b ‑ Definitions.
     Section 247.292 ‑ Closing of highways or bridges for construction or repair; detours, notices, removal of barriers on completion of work.
     Section 247.293 ‑ Refusal to provide barriers; penalty.
Act 186 of 1937 ‑ Repealed-TRAFFIC SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND GUIDE POSTS (247.301 - 247.306)
Act 295 of 1937 ‑ MECHANICALLY OPERATED BARRICADING DEVICES (247.311 - 247.314)
     Section 247.311 ‑ Highways; definition.
     Section 247.312 ‑ Automatic or mechanically operated barricading devices.
     Section 247.313 ‑ Barricading devices on highway; automatic; warning signs, size, wording, distance.
     Section 247.314 ‑ Barricading devices; expense.
Act 200 of 1969 ‑ DRIVEWAYS, BANNERS, AND PARADES (247.321 - 247.329)
     Section 247.321 ‑ Driveways, banners and parades on highways; definitions.
     Section 247.322 ‑ Permit; requirement, local ordinances.
     Section 247.323 ‑ Permits to temporarily close highway and for banners, decorations, or similar objects; issuance; requests; arrangements for handling highway traffic; section inapplicable to racing event.
     Section 247.324 ‑ Permit; driveways; rules.
     Section 247.325 ‑ Rules; local adoption.
     Section 247.326 ‑ Permit; issuance requirements; revocation.
     Section 247.327 ‑ Correction of driveway in violation of rules; applicability; notice; failure to correct; reimbursement; "constructed or reconstructed" defined.
     Section 247.328 ‑ Construction of act.
     Section 247.329 ‑ Authorization of city or village to issue permits with respect to state trunk line highways; conditions; permit issued by city pursuant to MCL 257.1701 et seq.
Act 96 of 1959 ‑ BUS PASSENGER SHELTERS (247.331 - 247.336)
     Section 247.331 ‑ Bus passenger shelters; definitions.
     Section 247.332 ‑ Bus passenger shelters; construction on highways, municipal consent.
     Section 247.333 ‑ Bus passenger shelters; county and state highways, consent.
     Section 247.334 ‑ Bus passenger shelters; construction, municipal supervision.
     Section 247.335 ‑ Bus passenger shelters; convenience of public.
     Section 247.336 ‑ Bus passenger shelters; advertisements, approval.
Act 140 of 1972 ‑ SIGNS MARKING TOWNSHIP LIMITS (247.341 - 247.341)
     Section 247.341 ‑ Signs marking township limits.
Act 111 of 1956 ‑ HIGHWAYS WITHIN TOWNSHIPS (247.351 - 247.356)
     Section 247.351 ‑ Highways within townships; contracts, structures included.
     Section 247.352 ‑ Highways within townships; contracts, contents; approval by electors, board of county road commissioners; execution.
     Section 247.353 ‑ Highways within townships; funds.
     Section 247.354 ‑ Bonds issued in anticipation of sales tax money; additional security; irrevocable pledge and appropriation; annual debt service requirements; limitation; successive borrowings; bonds and notes subject to revised municipal finance act.
     Section 247.355 ‑ General obligation bonds.
     Section 247.356 ‑ Townships and boards of county road commissioners; enlargement of powers.
Act 387 of 1965 ‑ SNOW REMOVAL FROM PRIVATE WAYS (247.361 - 247.363)
     Section 247.361 ‑ Snow removal from private ways; request; contract; liability; validity of snow removal operations.
     Section 247.362 ‑ Snow removal; service charges, determination; reimbursement of county.
     Section 247.363 ‑ Snow removal; advance payment, disposition of funds.
Act 234 of 1968 ‑ Repealed-MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE ROADS (247.371 - 247.375)
Act 150 of 1970 ‑ Repealed-NATURAL BEAUTY ROADS (247.381 - 247.386)
Act 139 of 1972 ‑ MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE ROADS (247.391 - 247.398)
     Section 247.391 ‑ Contract for maintenance of private roads; special assessment district; petition.
     Section 247.392 ‑ Allocation of costs; notice of public hearings.
     Section 247.393 ‑ Procedures and requirements.
     Section 247.394 ‑ Annual program; duration of program; assessment period.
     Section 247.395 ‑ “Maintenance” defined.
     Section 247.396 ‑ Contract with board of county road commissioners.
     Section 247.397 ‑ Repealed. 1978, Act 108, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1978.
     Section 247.398 ‑ Repeal of MCL 247.371 to 247.375.
Act 299 of 1996 ‑ TOURIST-ORIENTED DIRECTIONAL SIGNS (247.401 - 247.405)
     Section 247.401 ‑ Definitions.
     Section 247.402 ‑ Tourist-oriented directional signs and markers; placement program; contract with nongovernmental entity.
     Section 247.403 ‑ Directional sign program; participation by operator of tourist-oriented activity; application; fee; determination; appeal; issuance of permit; order canceling permit; removal of signs; tourist-oriented directional signs.
     Section 247.404 ‑ Sign specifications; symbols; multiple signs; location.
     Section 247.405 ‑ Permit fee; calculation; public notice.
Act 59 of 1915 ‑ CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS (247.415 - 247.487)
     59‑1915‑ASSESSMENT. ‑ ASSESSMENT. (247.415...247.436)
          Section 247.415‑247.417 ‑ Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
          Section 247.418 ‑ Review of roll; notice, posting, publishing, service.
          Section 247.419 ‑ Hearing of objections; adjournment; roll, approval, filing of copy.
          Section 247.420 ‑ Yearly roll for divided improvement.
          Section 247.421 ‑ Rolls; computation of cost, total.
          Section 247.422 ‑ Rolls; tax assessment, certification, collection of tax; township exemption.
          Section 247.422a ‑ Lands assessed for Covert road; purchase of part or interest; apportionment of assessment, procedure; expenses.
          Section 247.423 ‑ Division of roll for total cost of improvement by number of years in which assessment paid; interest charge; payment of full tax; notice of taxes paid in full and of delinquent taxes; payment of tax spread against township at large; present payment of annual installments by county.
          Section 247.424 ‑ Interest on annual installments; preparation of annual tax rolls or assessments; delivery and collection of rolls for successive installments; hearing of objections; installments, interest, and charges as lien on land.
          Section 247.425 ‑ Money collected; disposition; disbursement; interest; secured deposits; limitation on acceptable assets; designation of financial institution; “financial institution” defined.
          Section 247.426, 247.427 ‑ Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
          Section 247.428 ‑ Certification of sums to be paid.
          Section 247.429 ‑ Deficiency assessments; surplus, crediting, transfer.
          Section 247.431 ‑ Orders on improvement fund; payment, limitation.
          Section 247.432 ‑ Donation of money; application, return.
          Section 247.433 ‑ Taxes; interest charges, collection, powers of collecting officers, return as delinquent, lien.
          Section 247.434 ‑ Taxes; rejection; reassessment.
          Section 247.435 ‑ Taxes; apportionment on parcels; notice of hearing; correction of roll.
          Section 247.436 ‑ Legality of proceedings, evidence; finality of determination.
     59‑1915‑STATE‑HIGHWAY‑COMMISSIONER. ‑ STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER. (247.437...247.440)
          Section 247.437 ‑ Petition for improvement; transmission to proper authorities.
          Section 247.438 ‑ Deputy; acting for commissioner, legal effect.
          Section 247.440 ‑ Jurisdiction over highways in more than one county.
     59‑1915‑REVIEW‑OF‑ASSESSMENTS. ‑ REVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS. (247.441...247.452)
          Section 247.441 ‑ Appeal by municipality; application for board of review, limitations; authorized representative.
          Section 247.442 ‑ Appeal by municipality; hearing, notice; board of review or joint board; appointment, meeting, notice, duties.
          Section 247.443 ‑ Board of review; duty, limitation, oath.
          Section 247.444 ‑ Board of review; hearing, view of lands, correction of errors, additions; hearing of objections on change; decision, preparation and finality.
          Section 247.445 ‑ Costs of appeals.
          Section 247.446 ‑ Appeal by land owner; application for board of review; bond, liability, costs.
          Section 247.447 ‑ Appeal by land owner; board of review, appointment, eligibility, notice; hearing, notice; assessment district in more than one county.
          Section 247.448 ‑ Apportionment final; hearing, duties of board; boundaries of districts.
          Section 247.449 ‑ Hearing; adjournment.
          Section 247.450 ‑ Determination; certification, finality.
          Section 247.451 ‑ Vacancy on board; filling.
          Section 247.452 ‑ Assessment rolls; spread and collection; delayed report of rolls, subsequent installments.
     59‑1915‑MISCELLANEOUS. ‑ MISCELLANEOUS. (247.453...247.465)
          Section 247.453 ‑ Tax set aside; new proceedings.
          Section 247.454 ‑ Apportionment based on benefits; description of lands.
          Section 247.456 ‑ Drainage; petition of commissioner.
          Section 247.457 ‑ Legal and clerical service, expenses.
          Section 247.458 ‑ Record of proceedings; supplies.
          Section 247.459 ‑ County road commissioners; annual report.
          Section 247.460 ‑ County road commissioners; administrative board.
          Section 247.461 ‑ County road commissioners; disqualification to act; procedure; special road commissioner.
          Section 247.462 ‑ Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
          Section 247.463 ‑ Estimates and certificates of completed work; payments on contracts, prerequisites, portion withheld.
          Section 247.464 ‑ Repealed. 1963, Act 213, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963.
          Section 247.465 ‑ Contracts under $500; payments.
     59‑1915‑ACTIONS‑AND‑HEARING‑PROVISIONS. ‑ ACTIONS AND HEARING PROVISIONS. (247.466...247.487)
          Section 247.466 ‑ Certiorari; notice, hearing, bond; proceedings, setting aside; costs; postponement in letting of contracts.
          Section 247.467 ‑ Tax assessment; irregularities not prejudicial; presumptions; prima facie evidence; absent or omitted records; signing of papers; deeds.
          Section 247.468 ‑ Limitation of actions; tax payment under protest; suit against county.
          Section 247.469 ‑ Injunction restricted.
          Section 247.470 ‑ Faulty proceedings; collection of tax; new proceedings.
          Section 247.471 ‑ Delinquent tax; collection.
          Section 247.472 ‑ Tax set aside; parties to action.
          Section 247.473 ‑ Tax set aside; new proceedings.
          Section 247.474 ‑ Proceedings; recommencement; notice of hearing; credit for tax paid.
          Section 247.476 ‑ Saving clause.
          Section 247.477 ‑ Clerical errors; correction.
          Section 247.478 ‑ Clerical errors; notice of review and correction.
          Section 247.479 ‑ Clerical errors; correction of omissions, descriptions, acreage, apportionment of benefits.
          Section 247.480 ‑ Correction of tax in next assessment roll.
          Section 247.481 ‑ Change in apportionment or tax; restriction.
          Section 247.482‑247.487 ‑ Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Act 237 of 1987 ‑ Repealed-LOCAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONS REVENUE ACT (247.521 - 247.525)
Act 59 of 1944 (1st Ex. Sess.) ‑ Repealed-REVOLVING FUND FOR HIGHWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION (247.601 - 247.603)
Act 51 of 1951 ‑ STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (247.651 - 247.675)
     Section 247.651 ‑ State trunk line highway system; additions and deletions; operating license agreement with regional transit authority to operate public transit system; lane designation for high-occupancy vehicles.
     Section 247.651a ‑ State trunk line highway system; construction, maintenance, improvement; control of state highway commissioner; change in line of road.
     Section 247.651b ‑ Cost of maintaining state trunk line highways; preservation of aesthetic and historic character of abutting national historic landmark; service plaza prohibited.
     Section 247.651c ‑ Cost of opening, widening, and improving state trunk line highways.
     Section 247.651d ‑ Contract for joint participation in cost; approval; renegotiation; local taxation; bonds; special assessment.
     Section 247.651e ‑ Contract with city or village for joint participation in cost; assumption by board of county road commissioners, approval.
     Section 247.651f ‑ State trunk lines; cancellation of municipal obligations; assumption by state.
     Section 247.651g ‑ Pavement management system.
     Section 247.651h ‑ Life-cycle cost analysis; "life-cycle cost" defined; substitutes for requirements listed in subsection (3).
     Section 247.651i ‑ Demonstration projects.
     Section 247.651j ‑ Road innovation task force; purpose; report; availability of report to public; update of finalized report; deposit of amount into state treasury; roads innovation fund; creation; investment; interest and earnings; money remaining in fund at close of fiscal year; expenditure; 1-time concurrent resolution.
     Section 247.652 ‑ Tentative system of county primary roads; selection and certification; check and review; approval; county primary road system.
     Section 247.653 ‑ Tentative system of county primary roads; roads included or deleted.
     Section 247.654 ‑ Tentative system of county primary roads; roads under jurisdiction of county road commissioners; certification and review.
     Section 247.655 ‑ Tentative system of county primary roads; official name; establishment, certification, and approval.
     Section 247.655a ‑ Seasonal county road system.
     Section 247.656 ‑ Tentative system of streets; selection and certification; approval.
     Section 247.657 ‑ Tentative system of streets; included or deleted.
     Section 247.658 ‑ Tentative system of streets; streets not included, certification and approval.
     Section 247.659 ‑ Tentative system of streets; official name; establishment and certification.
     Section 247.659a ‑ Definitions; transportation asset management council; creation; charge; membership; appointments; Michigan infrastructure council; staff and technical assistance; advisory committee; infrastructure asset management pilot program; template for asset management plan; report including multiyear program; submission and review asset management plan; compliance; notice of progress; annual report; funding; records on road and bridge work performed and funds expended; federal grants or loans.
     Section 247.659b ‑ Contracts to construct or repair roads or bridges; assistance to minority business enterprises; notice to legislative committees; definitions; other duties of department.
     Section 247.659c ‑ Review of adequacy of surface transportation and aeronautics service provision and finance; appointment of task force by governor; duties; membership; citizens advisory committee; creation; purpose; technical staff and administrative support; focus of task force; report and recommendations.
     Section 247.659d ‑ "Port facility" definition.
     Section 247.660 ‑ Michigan transportation fund; establishment; use of appropriated money; programs; allocation to transportation economic development fund; establishment of local bridge fund and regional bridge councils; distribution and allocation of money; report; rules; selection of bridge projects for funding; availability of list to interested parties; implementation of bridge project by county road commission, city, or village.
     Section 247.660a ‑ Transferred mileage; worth per mile of county primary and local roads; determination of money to be transferred; jurisdictional transfers made after July 1, 1992; construction of subsections (4) and (5); transfer of funds included in appropriation.
     Section 247.660b ‑ Comprehensive transportation fund.
     Section 247.660c ‑ Definitions.
     Section 247.660d ‑ Comprehensive transportation fund; distribution.
     Section 247.660e ‑ Comprehensive transportation fund; appropriation and expenditure; order of priority; capital grants; instructions; submission of local transportation program to department; department transportation program; proposed state transportation program; action by commission; approval of projects; agreement; approval of multiyear public transportation program; grant-in-aid instrument; audits; source of funds for payment of eligible capital projects, local bus new services, and intercity passenger operating assistance projects; demand actuated service; plan; exceptions; annual report; appropriation; application, receipt, and disbursement of funds.
     Section 247.660f ‑ Repealed. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
     Section 247.660g ‑ Rules.
     Section 247.660h ‑ Report by state transportation commission to legislature, governor, and auditor general; contents; audit; cost; submission of audit report and management letter to department; minimum audit standards and requirements; task force.
     Section 247.660i ‑ Repealed. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978.
     Section 247.660j ‑ Ineligibility for grant or distribution; accrued pension or retirement liabilities.
     Section 247.660k ‑ Nonmotorized transportation services and facilities; expenditures; improvements as qualified nonmotorized facility; meeting requirements of section; 5-year program; notice and consultation; establishment of facilities; information and assistance as to planning, design, and construction.
     Section 247.660l ‑ Return of audit as credit to cities, villages, and townships; expenditure of credit; use of unexpended credit; final decision; expenditure by county as condition prohibited; coordination of services; “operating deficit” defined.
     Section 247.660m ‑ Schedule.
     Section 247.660n ‑ Comprehensive transportation fund; distribution of funds; notes.
     Section 247.660o ‑ Allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions; distributions; local federal aid exchange program.
     Section 247.660p ‑ Definitions; complete streets policy; duties of state transportation commission; consultation by department or county road agency with municipality; agreements for maintenance of transportation facilities.
     Section 247.660r ‑ Tolling highways; feasibility study and strategic implementation plan; written report.
     Section 247.660s ‑ Maritime and port facility assistance office; responsibilities and duties.
     Section 247.661 ‑ State trunk line fund; separate fund; appropriation; purposes; order of priority; expenditures; borrowing by local road agency; deductions; approval; notice; borrowing by state transportation commission; procedures for implementation and administration of loan program; expenditure for administrative expenses; conduct of performance audits; contracts not subject to revised municipal finance act; annual report listing warranties; definitions.
     Section 247.661a ‑ Use of agricultural additives pilot program; report to legislature.
     Section 247.661b ‑ Repealed. 2004, Act 384, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004.
     Section 247.661c ‑ Construction or preservation projects to be performed by contract awarded by competitive bidding; other method; findings; report; "local road agency" defined.
     Section 247.661d ‑ Report to legislature on changes in department's accounting system.
     Section 247.661e ‑ Local program fund; creation; purpose; distribution of funds; local federal match program; use.
     Section 247.661f ‑ Funds received under local federal match program; projects; submission; grant awards; criteria; unused bond proceeds; reports; distribution of remaining funds; additional criteria.
     Section 247.661g ‑ Movable bridge fund; contract with person or agency having jurisdiction of publicly owned movable bridge; operational procedures and costs; "operational costs" defined.
     Section 247.661h ‑ Local agency wetland mitigation board fund; advisory board; duties.
     Section 247.661i ‑ Local grade separation grant program.
     Section 247.661j ‑ Prioritization parameters of funding applications; railroad crossing projects; local grade separation grant program.
     Section 247.662 ‑ Return to county treasurers of amount distributed to county road commissions; manner, purposes, terms, and conditions; statewide purchasing pools; expenditures; urban routes; certification concerning average annual debt service requirements for bonds or notes; representation of charter county in certain transactions; expenditure for administrative expenses; conduct of performance audits; pavement warranties; permissible county expenditures.
     Section 247.662a ‑ Snow removal; distribution of amount returned to county road commission.
     Section 247.662b ‑ County urban system; distribution of amounts returned; urban area boundaries.
     Section 247.662c ‑ Placing county primary road under jurisdiction of city or village; request; response by county road commission; appeal; hearing; determination.
     Section 247.663 ‑ Return of distribution to city and village treasurers; manner, purpose, and conditions; audits; pavement warranties; permissible city or village expenditures; definitions.
     Section 247.663a ‑ Acquisition of private property within right of way of highway project; expenditure of revenue.
     Section 247.663b ‑ Contracts between county road commissions for purchase or use of equipment or machinery.
     Section 247.664 ‑ Biennial primary road and major street programs; separate accounts; records; annual report; expenditures for administration, engineering, and record keeping; noncompliance; responsibility of state for local county road support; additional funds.
     Section 247.664a ‑ Expenditures to pay cost of drain assessments; rules.
     Section 247.665 ‑ Reports showing disposition of funds appropriated, apportioned, or allocated; other information.
     Section 247.665a ‑ Intergovernmental highway corridor planning preservation committees.
     Section 247.665b ‑ Mowing right-of-way of public road.
     Section 247.666 ‑ Forfeiture of funds.
     Section 247.667 ‑ Certifications required; warrants; checks; mandamus; report.
     Section 247.667a ‑ Office of audit; creation; head; duties, functions, and responsibilities.
     Section 247.668 ‑ Repealed. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957.
     Section 247.668a ‑ Michigan transportation fund; payment of notes, bonds, or other indebtedness; notes and bonds not general obligations of state.
     Section 247.668b ‑ State transportation commission; bonds and notes.
     Section 247.668c ‑ Counties; bonds.
     Section 247.668d ‑ Contracts between governmental units for construction or reconstruction of highways; contributions; pledges; bonds; applicability of revised municipal finance act and agency financing reporting act.
     Section 247.668e ‑ Bonds of governmental unit; maturities; interest; measuring maximum annual principal and interest requirements; certification of state transportation commission concerning average annual debt service requirements for certain obligations; “preservation” defined.
     Section 247.668f ‑ Approval of construction; sale price of bonds.
     Section 247.668g ‑ Bonds; protection of outstanding bonds.
     Section 247.668h ‑ Bonds; negotiability; payment, exemption from taxation.
     Section 247.668i ‑ Cumulative authority of act.
     Section 247.668j ‑ Annual certification that certain employee-related conditions met; failure to make certification; withholding distributions to local road agency; website.
     Section 247.668k ‑ List of projects for which notes or bonds to be issued.
     Section 247.668l ‑ Borrowing money and issuing notes or bonds in anticipation of federal funds.
     Section 247.668m ‑ Borrowing from a state infrastructure bank program.
     Section 247.669 ‑ Roads, streets, and alleys taken over as county roads.
     Section 247.670 ‑ Unexpended balances of township funds; appropriation for local road maintenance or improvement; additional powers; snow removal in Marquette county townships.
     Section 247.670a ‑ Contract for preservation of county local road system within township.
     Section 247.671 ‑ Repeal.
     Section 247.672 ‑ Effective date of act.
     Section 247.673 ‑ Effective upon passage of certain act.
     Section 247.674 ‑ Refunding bonds or advance refunding bonds.
     Section 247.675 ‑ Truck safety fund and Michigan truck safety commission; establishment; administration of fund; duty of commission; appointment, qualifications, and terms of commission members; election of chairperson; vacancy; meetings; notice; quorum; expenditure of fund; annual report.
E.R.O. No. 1997‑6 ‑ EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (247.691 - 247.691)
     Section 247.691 ‑ Transfer of powers and duties of the transportation needs study committee to the state transportation commission by type III transfer; transfer of powers and duties of the citizens advisory committee to the director of the department of transportation by type III transfer.
E.R.O. No. 2009‑34 ‑ EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (247.692 - 247.692)
     Section 247.692 ‑ Transfer of public transit association task force to department of education by type III transfer; abolishment of public transit association task force.
Act 175 of 1952 ‑ BORROWING FROM MOTOR VEHICLE HIGHWAY FUND (247.701 - 247.707)
     Section 247.701 ‑ Borrowing money and issuing bonds; purposes; bonds subject to revised municipal finance act; refunding bonds; sale; refund prohibited under certain conditions.
     Section 247.702 ‑ Authorization of bonds; cities and villages; resolution, approval, publication, contents.
     Section 247.703 ‑ Bonds; principal and interest; payment; additional security; existing contract rights; priority.
     Section 247.704 ‑ Issuance of bonds for highway purposes; cities and villages; successive borrowing.
     Section 247.705 ‑ Revenues set aside; source.
     Section 247.706 ‑ Repealed. 2002, Act 330, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002.
     Section 247.707 ‑ Prohibition of pledges.
Act 208 of 1959 ‑ SURVEYS ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY (247.751 - 247.751)
     Section 247.751 ‑ Highway surveys on public and private property; liability.
Act 63 of 2018 ‑ RAIL FIXED GUIDEWAY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (247.781 - 247.787)
     Section 247.781 ‑ Definitions.
     Section 247.783 ‑ State safety oversight entity; powers and duties.
     Section 247.785 ‑ Office of rail; designation as state safety oversight entity; powers and duties; limitation.
     Section 247.787 ‑ State safety oversight entity; legal and financial independence; funding; limitation; activities; conflict of interest policy.
Act 286 of 1964 ‑ STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (247.801 - 247.816)
     Section 247.801 ‑ Definitions.
     Section 247.802 ‑ Office of state highway commissioner abolished; transfer of power and duties; references.
     Section 247.803 ‑ State transportation commission; appointment and terms of members; vacancies; bond.
     Section 247.804 ‑ State transportation commission; officers; quorum; transaction of business.
     Section 247.805 ‑ Director; appointment, qualifications, and term; deputy director.
     Section 247.805a ‑ Bureau of urban and public transportation; chief administrative officer; deputy director of state transportation department.
     Section 247.806 ‑ State highway commission; transitional powers.
     Section 247.806a ‑ Powers of director.
     Section 247.806b ‑ Film production located in state; authorization by director or commission to use property; exception; cooperation with Michigan film office; definitions.
     Section 247.807 ‑ Powers and duties of commission.
     Section 247.807a ‑ Definitions; partial payments to contractor; retaining portion of total amount earned; specifications; escrow account; escrow agent; escrow agreement; terms.
     Section 247.808 ‑ Adoption of bylaws by commission.
     Section 247.809 ‑ Rules; violation as misdemeanor.
     Section 247.809a ‑ Conducting business at public meeting; notice.
     Section 247.810 ‑ State highway commission; issuance and execution of documents and instruments.
     Section 247.811 ‑ State highway commission; compensation, expenses, meetings, offices.
     Section 247.812 ‑ State highway commission; conflict of interest.
     Section 247.813 ‑ State highway commission; records of acts, proceedings, and transactions.
     Section 247.813a ‑ Availability of writings to public.
     Section 247.814 ‑ Replacement of state highway commissioner on boards, commissions, authorities, and agencies.
     Section 247.815 ‑ Repeal.
     Section 247.816 ‑ Effective date of certain sections.
E.R.O. No. 1973‑1 ‑ EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (247.821 - 247.821)
     Section 247.821 ‑ Transfer of department of aeronautics and aeronautics commission; transfer of powers, duties, and functions of port authorities, interagency transportation council, and bureau of transportation; interagency transportation council abolished; development of transportation plan.
E.R.O. No. 1975‑1 ‑ EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (247.822 - 247.822)
     Section 247.822 ‑ Transfer of railroad regulation functions from public service commission to department of state highways and transportation.
E.R.O. No. 1982‑3 ‑ EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION ORDER (247.823 - 247.823)
     Section 247.823 ‑ Transfer of authority from public service commission to department of transportation.
Act 213 of 1967 ‑ BENEFITS UNDER FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ACT (247.841 - 247.841)
     Section 247.841 ‑ Governor's cooperation to obtain benefits granted in federal highway safety act; acceptance and use of federal funds.
Act 296 of 1969 ‑ TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION OVER HIGHWAYS (247.851 - 247.861)
     Section 247.851 ‑ Transfer of jurisdiction over highways; definitions.
     Section 247.852 ‑ Transfer of jurisdiction; consent required; agreement, contents; effective date.
     Section 247.853 ‑ Transfer of jurisdiction; non-consent, proceedings to determine question; time for granting.
     Section 247.854 ‑ Determination board; membership appointment.
     Section 247.855 ‑ Board; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; date and place of hearing; notice to parties; hearing testimony and receiving evidence; reconvening of board; quorum; vote required for final determination; inability of member to perform duties.
     Section 247.856 ‑ Determination of board; factors.
     Section 247.857 ‑ Final determination of board; time; notice; effect of denial; effective date.
     Section 247.858 ‑ Determination of board; contents; transferor's duties; renovation, costs.
     Section 247.859 ‑ Compensation and expenses of board; payment.
     Section 247.860 ‑ Transfers not subject to act.
     Section 247.861 ‑ Laws superseded; exception.
Act 231 of 1987 ‑ TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND (247.901 - 247.914)
     Section 247.901 ‑ Definitions.
     Section 247.902 ‑ Transportation economic development fund and office of economic development; establishment; purposes; sources of revenue.
     Section 247.903 ‑ Allocation of funds for projects; notice; hearings; funding projects under MCL 247.907(3) and 247.909(1)(a); coordination of projects; department as contracting agent; assistance to commission; appropriation for administration of fund; duties of commission and office of economic development.
     Section 247.905 ‑ Repealed. 1993, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Aug. 19, 1993.
     Section 247.906 ‑ Applications for projects; solicitation; form.
     Section 247.907 ‑ Submission of application; minimum requirements.
     Section 247.908 ‑ Initial review of application; criteria; recommendation; consultation; informing appropriations committees; hearings as condition to committing funds.
     Section 247.909 ‑ Project categories; requirements; criteria.
     Section 247.910 ‑ Cost of project; matching funds; evaluation criteria.
     Section 247.911 ‑ Bonds; issuance; purpose; appropriation of fund revenue; percentages; distribution to certain targeted industries.
     Section 247.912 ‑ Selection and designation of projects by urban task force; failure to submit qualified projects; proposing project result evaluation criteria; annual report; administration of projects.
     Section 247.912a ‑ Recommendations of regional rural task force for funding projects; failure to submit qualified projects; composition of task force; basis for funding projects; administration of programs and projects.
     Section 247.913 ‑ Annual report to governor and legislature.
     Section 247.914 ‑ Repealed. 1993, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Aug. 19, 1993.
Act 233 of 1987 ‑ Repealed-ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT (247.931 - 247.933)
Act 69 of 1993 ‑ MICHIGAN HERITAGE ROUTES (247.951 - 247.958)
     Section 247.951 ‑ Definitions.
     Section 247.952 ‑ Intent of the legislature.
     Section 247.953 ‑ Heritage routes; characteristics.
     Section 247.954 ‑ Pure Michigan byways; establishment; considerations; designation; trademark license; action by local government.
     Section 247.955 ‑ Repealed. 2014, Act 445, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014.
     Section 247.956 ‑ Planning, design, reconstruction, and maintenance of Pure Michigan byways; criteria.
     Section 247.957 ‑ Additions, deletions, or changes.
     Section 247.957a ‑ Designation of routes as Pure Michigan byways.
     Section 247.958 ‑ Report.

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