May 8, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Hughes and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 40, entitled
"The drain code of 1956,"
(MCL 280.1 to 280.630) by adding section 202.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 202. (1) The owner or operator of a farm may perform
routine maintenance on a county drain located on the farm property.
The owner or operator shall perform the maintenance under the
oversight of and pursuant to a written agreement with the county
drain commissioner.
(2) As used in this section, "farm" means that term as defined
in section 2 of the Michigan right to farm act, 1981 PA 93, MCL
286.472.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.