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Chapter 247
- HIGHWAYS
Act 130 of 1931 ‑ Repealed- CONSOLIDATION OF TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY ROAD SYSTEMS (247.1 - 247.13)
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.
Act 184 of 1917 ‑ Repealed- NOXIOUS WEEDS, WILD GRASS, OR FOUL SEEDS (247.51 - 247.52)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 247.64 ‑ 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 247.68 ‑ 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 247.72 ‑ 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Act 227 of 1933 ‑ Repealed- ABOLITION OF BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS (247.101 - 247.103)
Act 217 of 1925 ‑ Repealed- HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES IN PLATTED PORTION OF UNINCORPORATED VILLAGES (247.111 - 247.111)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)
Act 195 of 1929 ‑ Repealed- STATE REWARD ROADS; LIMITATION (247.161 - 247.161)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 247.171a ‑ 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 247.178 ‑ Encroachment; removal by commissioner; penalty on owner or occupant for neglect.
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 247.183 ‑ 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 247.184a ‑ 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 247.190 ‑ 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 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 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 247.292 ‑ Closing of highways or bridges for construction or repair; detours, notices, removal of barriers on completion of work.
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 247.313 ‑ Barricading devices on highway; automatic; warning signs, size, wording, distance.
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 247.327 ‑ Correction of driveway in violation of rules; applicability; notice; failure to correct; reimbursement; "constructed or reconstructed" defined.
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.
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 247.351 ‑ Highways within townships; contracts, structures included.
Section 247.352 ‑ Highways within townships; contracts, contents; approval by electors, board of county road commissioners; execution.
Section 247.354 ‑ 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 247.356 ‑ Townships and boards of county road commissioners; enlargement of powers.
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.
Act 234 of 1968 ‑ Repealed- MAINTENANCE OF PRIVATE ROADS (247.371 - 247.375)
Section 247.391 ‑ Contract for maintenance of private roads; special assessment district; petition.
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.
Act 59 of 1915 ‑ CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS (247.415 - 247.487)
Section 247.419 ‑ Hearing of objections; adjournment; roll, approval, filing of copy.
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 247.433 ‑ Taxes; interest charges, collection, powers of collecting officers, return as delinquent, lien.
Section 247.435 ‑ Taxes; apportionment on parcels; notice of hearing; correction of roll.
Section 247.436 ‑ Legality of proceedings, evidence; finality of determination.
Section 247.437 ‑ Petition for improvement; transmission to proper authorities.
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 247.444 ‑ Board of review; hearing, view of lands, correction of errors, additions; hearing of objections on change; decision, preparation and finality.
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 247.452 ‑ Assessment rolls; spread and collection; delayed report of rolls, subsequent installments.
Section 247.461 ‑ County road commissioners; disqualification to act; procedure; special road commissioner.
Section 247.463 ‑ Estimates and certificates of completed work; payments on contracts, prerequisites, portion withheld.
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 247.474 ‑ Proceedings; recommencement; notice of hearing; credit for tax paid.
Section 247.479 ‑ Clerical errors; correction of omissions, descriptions, acreage, apportionment of benefits.
Act 237 of 1987 ‑ Repealed- LOCAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND OPERATIONS REVENUE ACT (247.521 - 247.525)
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 247.651h ‑ Life-cycle cost analysis; "life-cycle cost" defined; substitutes for requirements listed in subsection (3).
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 247.656 ‑ Tentative system of streets; selection and certification; approval.
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 247.660 ‑ 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 247.660e ‑ 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 247.660h ‑ 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 247.660j ‑ 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 247.660n ‑ 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 247.661c ‑ 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 247.661j ‑ 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 247.665 ‑ Reports showing disposition of funds appropriated, apportioned, or allocated; other information.
Section 247.665a ‑ Intergovernmental highway corridor planning preservation committees.
Section 247.667 ‑ Certifications required; warrants; checks; mandamus; report.
Section 247.667a ‑ Office of audit; creation; head; duties, functions, and responsibilities.
Section 247.668a ‑ Michigan transportation fund; payment of notes, bonds, or other indebtedness; notes and bonds not general obligations of state.
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 247.668j ‑ Annual certification that certain employee-related conditions met; failure to make certification; withholding distributions to local road agency; website.
Section 247.668l ‑ Borrowing money and issuing notes or bonds in anticipation of federal funds.
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 247.675 ‑ 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.
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.
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.
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 247.785 ‑ 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.
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 247.806b ‑ Film production located in state; authorization by director or commission to use property; exception; cooperation with Michigan film office; definitions.
Section 247.807a ‑ Definitions; partial payments to contractor; retaining portion of total amount earned; specifications; escrow account; escrow agent; escrow agreement; terms.
Section 247.810 ‑ State highway commission; issuance and execution of documents and instruments.
Section 247.811 ‑ State highway commission; compensation, expenses, meetings, offices.
Section 247.813 ‑ State highway commission; records of acts, proceedings, and transactions.
Section 247.814 ‑ Replacement of state highway commissioner on boards, commissions, authorities, and agencies.
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.
Section 247.822 ‑ Transfer of railroad regulation functions from public service commission to department of state highways and transportation.
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 247.852 ‑ 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 247.855 ‑ 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 247.857 ‑ Final determination of board; time; notice; effect of denial; effective date.
Section 247.858 ‑ Determination of board; contents; transferor's duties; renovation, costs.
Act 231 of 1987 ‑ TRANSPORTATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND (247.901 - 247.914)
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 247.908 ‑ Initial review of application; criteria; recommendation; consultation; informing appropriations committees; hearings as condition to committing funds.
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.
Act 233 of 1987 ‑ Repealed- ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT (247.931 - 247.933)
Section 247.954 ‑ Pure Michigan byways; establishment; considerations; designation; trademark license; action by local government.
Section 247.956 ‑ Planning, design, reconstruction, and maintenance of Pure Michigan byways; criteria.