February 28, 2008, Introduced by Rep. LaJoy and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1909 PA 283, entitled
"An act to revise, consolidate, and add to the laws relating to the
establishment, opening, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering,
improvement, maintenance, and use of the public highways and
private roads; the condemnation of property and gravel therefor;
the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; maintaining
public access to waterways under certain conditions; setting and
protecting shade trees, drainage, and cutting weeds and brush
within this state; providing for the election or appointment and
defining the powers, duties, and compensation of state, county,
township, and district highway officials; and to prescribe
penalties and provide remedies,"
by amending section 20g of chapter I (MCL 221.20g).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
CHAPTER I
Sec. 20g. (1) Any road determined to be a public highway in
accordance with this chapter shall be improved by the township or
the board of county road commissioners to standards determined in
writing by the board of county road commissioners of that county.
The standards may be less than the standards adopted by that board
of county road commissioners for construction of subdivision
streets.
(2) The township or the board of county road commissioners may
specially assess all or part of the costs of the improvements
against
benefited property owners pursuant to Act No. 188 of the
Public
Acts of 1954, as amended, being sections 41.721 to 41.737 of
the
Michigan Compiled Laws under 1954 PA 188, MCL 41.721 to 41.738.
(3) The petition required by section 20a may serve as the
petition for commencing special assessment proceedings if the
petition
so states language
specifically provides for the
assessment.
(4) Upon completion of the improvements to board of county
road commissioners standards the public highway shall be accepted
by the board of county road commissioners as a county road and made
a
part of the county road system. in accordance with the provisions
of
section 18 of chapter 4.
(5) Between the time that the court enters its order declaring
that the road is a public highway and the time that the public
highway is accepted by the board of county road commissioners
neither the township nor the board of county road commissioners
shall be responsible for maintaining the public highway nor be
liable for failure to maintain the public highway.