Michigan

280.1 Drain code of 1956; short title.

280.2 Drains; location, establishment, construction, maintenance, and improvements; petition.

280.3 Drain; definition.

280.4 “Commissioner,”“drain commissioner,” or “county drain commissioner” defined.

280.5 Drainage district; body corporate; powers.

280.6 Drains; public easements and rights of way; use; release, notice, protest.

280.8 Conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of writings to public.

280.10 Drains; location; meetings; jurisdiction of commissioner; exception; payment of bonds or drain orders; deficiency.

280.11 Easement; right of way; release of damages; recording.

280.12 Specification of time; directory or mandatory.

280.21 County drain commissioner; election; term; temporary replacement; vacancy; bond; abolishment of office in certain counties; transfer of power and duties; effect of

280.21a Powers and duties of drain commissioner performed by designated persons in certain counties.

280.22 Drain commissioner; establishment of office.

280.23 Drain commissioner; jurisdiction; drains in more than one county; outlet only in another county.

280.24 Deputy commissioners; appointment; revocation; bond; powers and duties.

280.25 Deputy drain commissioner; liability of commissioner and bondsmen; liability of drainage district; public liability or other insurance.

280.26 Deputy drain commissioner; salary, expenses, reports to drain commissioner.

280.27 Supplies; blank applications, office, location, hours.

280.28 County drain commissioner; salary and expenses; itemized and verified expense account.

280.29 Surveys; use of books, equipment, field notes, profiles, blueprints, specifications, estimates, engineers.

280.30 Drainage district; financial statement, records, prerequisites to tax spread.

280.31 List of drainage districts assessed for maintenance work; annual report and financial statement to county board of commissioners; reports and information required

280.32 Drain commissioner; social security; agreement for coverage; appropriation.

280.33 Salary of commissioner, deputy commissioners, clerks, and employees; payment from general fund; drain maintenance employees; hiring, status, and compensation; reim

280.51 County drainage districts; application, signers, eligibility, sufficiency; deposit for costs.

280.52 County drainage districts; practicability of drainage; survey, determination; tax delinquency.

280.53 County drains; surveyor, duties; route.

280.54 Order designating county drainage district; contents; notice of filing; amendment of name or number of drain; procedure.

280.71 Petition to establish drain districts; filing, signers, certificate of county treasurer; municipality-signed petition.

280.72 Board of determination; appointment, qualifications, and compensation of members; location of meeting; failure or refusal to serve; informing legislator of persons

280.72a Judicial determination of necessity; filing of action.

280.73 Proposed drain; plans, specifications and cost estimates; route, approval; easements on rights of way.

280.74 Release of right of way; acknowledgments, oaths, form, area, signature of wife, resolution covering street or public place; open drain.

280.75 Condemnation proceedings; obtaining right-of-way, easement, or other property interest.

280.76 Repealed.

280.77 Repealed.

280.78 Repealed.

280.79 Repealed.

280.80 Repealed.

280.81 Repealed.

280.82 Repealed.

280.83 Repealed.

280.84 Repealed.

280.85 Owner's use of land of right of way.

280.86 Repealed.

280.87 Repealed.

280.88 Repealed.

280.101 Intercounty drainage districts; application; filing; signatures; eligibility.

280.102 Intercounty drainage districts; copies; joint drainage board, meeting, time, location, notice.

280.103 Chairperson of drainage board; disqualification of member; determination of practicability; survey.

280.104 Surveyor; duties as to intercounty drain, delivery of papers to board; route.

280.105 Order designating intercounty drainage district; contents, notice of filing, copies furnished commissioners; amendment of name or number of drain; costs.

280.106 Review of apportionment by arbitration board; claim for review; nomination and selection of board members; meeting; notice; election of chairperson and secretary;

280.121 Intercounty drains; petition to establish; filing, signatures; certificate of county treasurer; eligibility of signers; "municipality" defined.

280.122 Drainage board; duties generally; voting; notice of meeting; affidavit of mailing; failure to receive notice; expense of notification; drainage board as board of

280.122a Judicial determination of drain necessity; filing of action.

280.123 Apportionment of benefits; assessment, correction, appeal.

280.124 Meetings of drainage board to receive bids and review apportionment of benefits; notice.

280.125 Meetings of drainage board; review, appeal, computation of costs.

280.126 Construction of drain; receipt of bids and letting of contracts; abandonment of petition; order; notice.

280.127 Releases of right of way and damages.

280.128 Condemnation proceedings; obtaining right-of-way, easement, or other property interest.

280.129 Repealed.

280.130 Computation of construction cost; certification of special assessment rolls, filing; levy and collection of taxes.

280.131 Drain record; certified copies furnished other commissioners, filing.

280.132 Drainage bonds; issuance; terms; deposit of money; disposition.

280.133 Interstate drain; application and petition, drainage district, proceedings; release of right of way, obstruction agreement.

280.134 Intercounty drain; venue of actions; appointment of outside circuit judge.

280.135 County or intercounty drain; extension into county not in original drainage district; adding to or removing lands from district; procedure; apportionment of cost;

280.151 Final order of determination; filing; contracts for sections or whole; apportionment of costs, benefits; review, appeal.

280.152 Apportionment of benefits; description of lands.

280.153 Order to contain description of special assessment district; designation.

280.154 Advertisement for receipt of bids and review of apportionment of benefits; publication and mailing of notice; affidavit of mailing; failure to receive notice; con

280.155 Bids; appeal; application for board of review, bond.

280.156 Bids; board of review, appointment, meeting, time, notice, duties.

280.157 Board of review; duties generally; changes in apportionment; added lands; adjournment; notice; action and decision.

280.158 Appeal cost and expenses; liability on bond.

280.159 Board of review; vacancies, adjournment.

280.160 Liability for costs; only one board of review, adjournment.

280.161 Certiorari to review drain proceedings and taxes; issues of fact, costs, postponement of proceedings.

280.162 Village or city; incorporation or annexation; reapportionment of cost of drain.

280.191 County drains; maintenance and improvements; petition; determination of necessity; apportionment.

280.192 Intercounty drain; cleaning out; petition; drainage board; procedure.

280.193 Drains; apportionment for cleaning, widening, deepening, straightening, and extending; review; notice; consolidated districts.

280.194 Petitions and proceedings; description of drain, relief drains.

280.195 Further right of way; damages.

280.196 Inspection of county and intercounty drains; deposits in drain fund; expenditures for inspection, repair, and maintenance of drain; assessment; resolution approvi

280.196a Drain not established under act; removal of debris from watercourse; conditions; permission from property owner; costs.

280.197 Surveying drain and reviewing district boundaries, laying out revised district, or making profiles, plans, or estimates of work; retaining services of surveyor or

280.198 Drain taxes; subsequent assessment.

280.199 Cleaning out drain; apportionment of cost; use of surplus in drain fund.

280.200 Cleaning out drain; cost of maintenance and repair; public contracts.

280.201 Entering property for excavation or tree removal; notice; exception.

280.221 Construction of drain; advertisement and receipt of bids; sealed bids; contracts; bonds; abandonment of petition; order; notice; affidavit; board of county road c

280.222 Letting contracts; rejection of bids; adjournment.

280.223 Deposit with bid; purpose; retention of deposit; damages for nonexecuted contract; return of deposit; disposition of forfeited money; security; conditions and lim

280.241 Inspection of drain; order of approval, payments on contract.

280.242 Extension of time on contract; forfeiture; reletting unfinished portion; recovery of excess cost.

280.243 Deficiency; assessment, collection, review, appeal; embezzlement; payment from county general fund, conditions.

280.244 Drain orders; drawing and payment, restrictions; payment from county general fund, reimbursement.

280.245 Drain orders; contents, recording; payment; insufficient funds, interest; drain order redemption fund; payment of drainage taxes; reports to commissioner by count

280.246 Advertising rates; fees of judge of probate and other officers.

280.247 Attorney; employment; expenses and costs, payment from drain fund; prosecuting attorney; "attendant expenses and costs" defined.

280.248 Expenses of state director of agriculture or deputy; payment.

280.261 Computation of cost; items included; contingent expenses.

280.262 Special assessment roll and tax assessment roll; contents; installment payments.

280.263 Spread of drain taxes on rolls; time.

280.264 Statement of assessments upon township at large furnished township treasurer.

280.265 Drain taxes; general tax law applicable, payment under protest, action, lien, personal claim.

280.266 Return of delinquent drain taxes; general tax law applicable.

280.267 Injunction after assessment.

280.268 Perpetual injunction not allowed for informalities; plaintiff may show injury.

280.269 Invalidation proceedings; proofs, correction of damages or assessment, order, costs.

280.270 Tax lien; proceeding to compel spread of tax; established drains.

280.271 Tax collection suits; tax reassessment.

280.272 Tax collection suits; assumpsit; prima facie evidence, judgment based on benefits; authority to sue.

280.273 New proceedings when tax set aside; report of defects to supervisors, reassessment.

280.274 Invalidation proceedings; commissioner as party.

280.275 Drainage district bonds; issuance; terms; sale subject to revised municipal finance act; premium; limitation on payment from county general fund.

280.276 County drainage district bonds or notes; intracounty drains; faith and credit; advancement by county, reassessment.

280.277 Drainage district bonds; delinquent assessments, advance by cities, villages, or townships; reimbursement; reassessment; validation of drain orders or bonds.

280.278 Interest on installments of drain taxes; payment of interest; disposition and use of installments and interest; bank deposits; interest on bonds or notes.

280.279 Special assessments; payment in full; notice to commissioner; deficiency assessment.

280.280 Additional assessments; levy; surplus; exemption of certain lands from deficiency assessments; purpose.

280.281 Special drain assessment; definition of municipal corporation.

280.282 Investment of surplus funds; consolidation of drainage district funds; disposition and use of interest; revolving maintenance fund; consolidation with other funds

280.283 Use or transfer of surplus construction funds; contract with public corporation; provisions of contract; return of surplus construction funds to state transportat

280.301 Revolving drain fund; creation, use.

280.302 Revolving drain fund; use; intercounty drains; expenses after date of letting drain contracts.

280.303 Revolving drain fund; accounting records; reimbursement.

280.304 Revolving drain fund; deposit in bank; interest.

280.305 Revolving drain fund; transfer to particular drain fund of moneys under former law, use.

280.306 Revolving fund; expenditures or obligation before completion of improvement; report to county board of commissioners; apportionment.

280.307 Revolving fund; expenditures or obligation before completion of improvement; intercounty drainage district, apportionment; recovery of money.

280.321 Drains in public highways; permit; release of right of way.

280.322 Drains in public highways; cost of construction; contract; maintenance, bridges or culverts to farms.

280.322b Drains; highways, crossing; expenses.

280.323 Drains along public highways; consent; disposition of materials; apportionment against state trunk line highway; payment of assessment; certificate of amount due;

280.324 Drainage across lands adjacent to highways; right of way; approval of purchase.

280.325 Cost to township for highway drainage; report by county road commission, drain fund.

280.326 Construction report; restriction on county road commission.

280.327 Construction or maintenance of highway; county or intercounty drain; application or petition, procedure, jurisdiction, and authority of county drain commissioner

280.328 Forwarding engineering plans to drain commissioner.

280.341 Drains along railroad; release of right of way; consent.

280.342 Drains across public utility right of way; mandamus to compel opening; costs.

280.343 Violation of act; penalty.

280.351 Dams in drains to control flow, water levels and seepage; removal of drainage by pumps.

280.352 Dams in drains; petition, signers, contents, examination, finding.

280.353 Dams in drains; first order of determination, contents.

280.354 Dams in drains; construction contract with owners of lands benefited; default, contract for completion, costs and expenses.

280.355 Dams in drains; supervision of work; governing provisions.

280.356 Dams in drains; intercounty drains; governing provisions.

280.381 Disqualification of commissioner; petition filed with probate judge.

280.382 Disqualification of commissioner; appointment of disinterested commissioner; duties as to county drain.

280.383 Disqualification of commissioner; appointment in case of intercounty drain.

280.384 Disinterested commissioner; salary and expenses, assessment.

280.391 Abandoned and vacated drains; procedure; private rights; new drain.

280.392 Abandoned and vacated drains; notices; disposal of money in drain funds.

280.393 Abandoned and vacated drains; duties of township treasurer in distribution of funds.

280.394 Abandoned and vacated drains; disposal of funds, payments by township treasurer.

280.395 County or intercounty drain; transfer of jurisdiction and control; conditions; approval; transfer of drain fund.

280.396 Transfer of drain project to county department of public works.

280.421 Obstructions; removal; expenses, notice; livestock; criminal complaint.

280.422 Obstructions; public utility companies; removal, mandamus.

280.423 Discharge of certain sewage or waste matter into drains prohibited; construction to purify flow; petitions; order of determination; findings; construction of drai

280.424 Inadequate disposal or filtration plant; abatement of nuisance; estimate of annual cost; appeal; notice; posting; review of apportionment; board of review; meetin

280.425 Petition to construct open or closed drain; permission of commissioners or drainage board; consent of landowners; expense; time and manner of construction; protec

280.426 Drain orders received for drain taxes.

280.427 Corporation or land contract vendee as freeholder; corporate agent or officer as signer of petition.

280.428 Drainage district including state lands; assessment, payment.

280.429 Flood control projects; easements to United States; approval.

280.430 Sanitary sewage; contracts for use of drains; charges; lien; cost included in charges.

280.431 Contracts for drain projects; federal government; public corporations; relief from assessments; flood control projects; conservation and utilization of soil and w

280.432 Obstruction of drain commissioner; drainage board or agents; misdemeanor.

280.433 Enlargement of drainage district; agreement; construction and cost of drainage facilities; certificate of registered professional engineer; payment of excess amou

280.434 Drain project; construction or studies; borrowing money or accepting advances; reimbursement; contract or note as evidence of obligation; full faith and credit; s

280.435 Financing of flood control or drainage projects; contract or agreement with federal government; payments and purposes; determination of necessity; notes or bonds;

280.441 Consolidating and organizing 2 or more drainage districts in same county as single drainage district; signing and filing petition for consolidation; land included

280.441a Consolidating and organizing 2 or more drainage districts as single drainage district within more than 1 county; signing and filing petition; land included; comp

280.442 Drainage districts; consolidation; surveys.

280.443 Drainage districts; consolidation; existing drain, recognition and credit, exemption from special assessment.

280.444 Drainage districts; consolidation; indebtedness, retirement; special assessment.

280.445 Drainage districts; consolidation; bonds and contracts, assumption by consolidated district.

280.446 Drainage districts; consolidation; abandonment or vacation of included drain; proration of moneys.

280.447 Drainage districts; consolidation; rights and powers, validation of bonds.

280.448 Drainage districts; consolidation; consent of county auditors or comptroller.

280.461 Definitions.

280.462 County drains; public health, assessment against public corporations.

280.463 Petition to locate, establish, and construct county drain; determination; filing and contents of petition; notice; certified copy of resolution; authorizing execu

280.464 Drainage board; creation; members; disqualification; compensation, mileage, and expenses; county drain commissioner as chairperson; minutes, records, and files; r

280.465 Meeting of drainage board; notice; affidavit of mailing; quorum; adjournment; action by board; signing of orders.

280.466 Drainage board; first meeting, notice.

280.467 Drainage board; tentative determinations; naming drain and drainage district; composition of district; objections; notice of hearing; final order of determination

280.468 Plans, specifications, and estimate of cost; approval, adoption, and filing; route of drain; apportionment of costs; designation of area to be served; assumption

280.469 Objections to apportionments; notice of hearing; confirmation or readjustment of apportionments; notice of rehearing; final order of apportionment.

280.470 Drainage board; lands and rights of way, condemnation; procedure, federal government participation; costs.

280.471 Drainage board; contracts with federal government or corporations; bids.

280.472 Funds; county treasurer, deputies; bonds; expenditures.

280.473 Special assessment roll; preparation; estimated or actual costs; annual installments; interest; advance payment; altering and supplementing proceedings.

280.474 Special assessment roll; contents; approval; statement; certification to assessed public corporation; installments and interest; advances from county funds; notic

280.475 Statutory or charter tax limitations inapplicable; rate or amount of taxes.

280.476 Bonds; issuance; maturity; mandatory redemption; signatures; collection of assessments.

280.477 Additional assessment; apportionment.

280.478 Drainage board; continuation; responsibility; expenses; relinquishment; moneys, disposition, consent.

280.479 Advancements by corporations; reimbursement.

280.480 Costs; items.

280.481 Assessments against townships and villages.

280.482 Improvements or additions to drains for public health.

280.483 Certiorari; time; legal establishment of drain.

280.484 Procedures; incorporation of other chapters in drainage board orders.

280.485 Relief drains.

280.486 Drains to which chapter applicable; sufficiency of petition.

280.487 Drainage board; absence of members, deputies, vice-chairman.

280.488 Additional grant of power; prior projects.

280.489 New cities; service of notice on township clerks or de facto city officer.

280.489a Land especially benefited by drain project; duties of legislative body; affidavit as conclusive proof of notice; meeting; powers of legislative body; reimburseme

280.490 Land especially benefited by drain project; special assessment; resolution; preparation of special assessment roll; conduct of proceedings; objections; hearing in

280.491 River, creek or watercourse; petition for inclusion within jurisdiction.

280.492 Petition; content, deposit to pay cost; drainage board hearing and notice.

280.493 Final order of determination; contents, recording, effect.

280.494 Final order of determination; recording effect on private rights.

280.495 Assessment of cost; hearing; powers.

280.496 Drainage board funds; investment of surplus, interest.

280.497 Use or transfer of surplus construction funds; contract with public corporation; provisions of contract; return of surplus construction funds to state transportat

280.498 Pollution in county drain; abatement; petition.

280.499 Providing amount from surplus construction funds to inspect, repair, and maintain drain; apportioning balance of surplus construction funds to credit of public co

280.511 Definitions.

280.512 Public health; assessment against public corporations.

280.513 Petition to locate, establish, and construct intercounty drain; determination; filing and contents of petition; notice; certified copy of resolution; authorizing

280.514 Drainage board; membership; chairperson; appointee; exception.

280.515 Augmented drainage board; members, compensation; expenses.

280.516 Minutes of meetings; secretary's duties, records, filing.

280.517 Preliminary finding; first meeting of boards, time and place, notice, selection of secretary.

280.518 Meetings of drainage board or augmented drainage board; notice; quorum; action by board; signing of orders.

280.519 Augmented drainage board; tentative determinations; naming drain and drainage district; composition of district; resolution; new meeting; objections; notice of he

280.520 Plans, specifications, and estimate of cost; approval, adoption, and filing; route of drain; apportionment of costs; designation of area to be served; assumption

280.521 Objections to apportionments; notice of hearing; confirmation or readjustment of apportionments; notice of rehearing; final order of apportionment.

280.522 Lands and rights of way; condemnation; procedure, federal government participation; prior agreement as to highways; costs.

280.523 Contracts with federal government or corporations; bids.

280.524 Designation of a county treasurer; deputies, bonds; expenditures.

280.525 Special assessment roll; preparation; estimated or actual costs; annual installments; interest; advance payment; spreading levy on county tax roll; altering or su

280.526 Special assessment roll; contents; approval; statement; certification to assessed public corporation; installments and interest; advances from county funds; notic

280.527 Statutory or charter tax limitation inapplicable; rate or amount of taxes.

280.528 Bonds; issuance; maturity; mandatory redemption; signatures; collection of assessments.

280.529 Additional assessment; apportionment.

280.530 Drainage board; continuation; responsibility; expenses; relinquishment; moneys, disposition; consent.

280.531 Advances by corporations; reimbursement.

280.532 Venue of actions; appointment of circuit judge.

280.533 Costs; items.

280.534 Deputy for director of agriculture; powers.

280.535 Improvements or additions to drains for public health.

280.536 Certiorari; time; legal establishment of drain.

280.537 Procedures; incorporation of other chapters in drainage board orders.

280.538 New cities; service of notice on township clerk or de facto city officer.

280.538a Land especially benefited by drain project; duties of legislative body; affidavit as conclusive proof of notice; meeting; powers of legislative body; reimburseme

280.539 Land especially benefited by drain projects; special assessment; resolution; preparation of special assessment roll; conduct of proceedings; objections; hearing i

280.540 Relief drains.

280.541 River, creek, or watercourse; petition to inclusion in jurisdiction.

280.542 River, creek, or watercourse; petition; content, deposit to pay costs, filing; drainage board, hearing and notice.

280.543 River, creek, or watercourse; board determination, final order, contents, recording, effect.

280.544 River, creek, or watercourse; final order of determination; recording effect on private rights.

280.545 River, creek, or watercourse; assessment of costs, hearing; powers.

280.546 Drainage board funds; investment of surplus, interest.

280.547 Surplus construction funds; use; transfer; provisions of contract with public corporation; return of funds; applicability of MCL 280.547a; definition.

280.547a Surplus construction funds; disposition; use.

280.548 Pollution in intercounty drain; abatement; petition.

280.549 Assessments against townships and villages.

280.551 Water management; definitions.

280.552 Water management; petition for flood control or drainage project, filing, signatures, contents, map.

280.553 Water management commission; members, appointment, compensation, expenses, approval of plans, orders and assessments.

280.554 Water management board; members; terms; vacancy; qualifications; chairman; procedures; employees; treasurer; bond; secretary; audit.

280.555 Water management commission or water management board; meetings; notice; quorum; adjournment; action by board; signing of orders; minutes of proceedings; records;

280.556 Water management commission; petitions, review; notice of first meeting.

280.557 Water management commission; temporary secretary, by-laws, tentative determination, amendment of petition, notice of adjourned meeting; dismissal of petition; nam

280.558 Water management board; hearing of objections; notice of hearing; preliminary order of determination; eliminating or adding public corporation.

280.559 Assessment; basis.

280.560 Preliminary plans; approval; detailed plans, contents, approval; official plans, filing.

280.561 Tentative percentage of cost for assessment; apportionment.

280.562 Hearing of objections to tentative apportionments of costs; notice of hearing; report; confirmation or readjustment of apportionment.

280.563 Water management commission; review of board's apportionment; final order of apportionment; annual meeting; work plan, advisory committees.

280.564 Lands and rights of way; condemnation, procedure, federal governmental participation; costs.

280.565 Contracts with federal government or corporations; bids.

280.566 Special assessment roll; installments, payment, interest.

280.567 Special assessment roll; contents, approval; certification to corporation assessed; annual notice of installment and interest; advancement by county; assessment a

280.568 Assessments and taxes not subject to statutory or charter debt or tax limitations.

280.569 Bonds; issuance; maturity; mandatory exemption; signatures; collection of assessments.

280.570 Additional assessment; apportionment.

280.571 Water management board; continuation, responsibility; budget, hearing, adoption.

280.572 Advancements by corporations; reimbursement.

280.573 Costs; items, contingent expenses.

280.574 Water management commission; powers.

280.575 Subdistrict; petition; official plan, final order of apportionment of cost; assessment.

280.576 Water management district in interstate river basin; powers of commission.

280.577 Venue of actions; appointment of circuit judge.

280.578 Deputy for director of agriculture; powers.

280.579 Intercounty drain; construction or improvement for flood control project.

280.580 Public and private construction in works owned by water management district; plans, approval.

280.581 Certiorari; time; legal establishment of project.

280.582 Provisions applicable.

280.583 Validation of prior bonds.

280.601 Drain commissioner; interest in contract prohibited; penalty.

280.602 Removal of stakes; injury to drain; penalty.

280.621 Repeal.

280.622 Amendment of act during progress of drain proceedings; applicable law.

280.623 Saving clause.

280.624 Prior actions and bonds validated; contest prohibited.

280.625 Alternate procedures.

280.626 Assessment to public corporations of costs in excess of those apportioned for drainage to state or county highways; apportionment.

280.627 Special assessment roll; preparation; contents; approval; certified copy of roll.

280.628 Notice of due date of installment and interest; determination of amounts due from public corporation assessed in aggregate.

280.629 Calculating amounts of assessments chargeable against debt limitations of public corporations.

280.630 Purpose and construction of chapter.