HB-5684, As Passed Senate, December 17, 2014

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5684

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 40, entitled

"The drain code of 1956,"

by amending section 5 (MCL 280.5).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 5. Any A drainage district heretofore or hereafter

established shall be is a body corporate with power to contract; ,

to sue and to be sued; , to acquire interests in real or personal

property by gift, purchase, lease, grant, trade, or any other

lawful method, including condemnation pursuant to the uniform

condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.51 to 213.75; and

to hold, manage, and dispose of real and personal property, in

addition to any other powers conferred upon it by law. The

foregoing provision shall apply to all drainage districts including

those established under chapters 20 and 21 of this act or under

chapters 18 and 18a of Act No. 316 of the Public Acts of 1923, as

amended.