PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Act 188 of 1954
AN ACT to provide for the making of certain improvements by townships; to provide for paying for the improvements by the issuance of bonds; to provide for the levying of taxes; to provide for assessing the whole or a part of the cost of improvements against property benefited; and to provide for the issuance of bonds in anticipation of the collection of special assessments and for the obligation of the township on the bonds.
History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
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Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974
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Am. 1995, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1995
© 2009 Legislative Council, State of Michigan
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
| Section 41.721 | Section | Public improvements by township board; bonds; special assessments to defray costs. |
| Section 41.721a | Section | “Record owner” defined. |
| Section 41.722 | Section | Types of improvements authorized; approval; conditions. |
| Section 41.723 | Section | Written objections; petition; filing; signatures; determining record owners; determining sufficiency of petition; supplement to petition; validity of signatures. |
| Section 41.724 | Section | Plans; cost estimate; resolution; designation of special assessment district; hearing; notice; periodic redeterminations of cost; objections; adding property to special assessment district; supplemental petition; filing by railroad companies; additional notice; affidavit of service. |
| Section 41.724a | Section | Notice of hearings in special assessment proceedings. |
| Section 41.725 | Section | Approval or determination by township board; levy of special assessment. |
| Section 41.726 | Section | Filing and review of special assessment roll; hearing; notice; adjournments; objections; confirmation, referral, or annulment; endorsement; finality; action contesting assessment. |
| Section 41.727 | Section | Payment of special assessments in installments; amount of installment; extension; due dates; interest on unpaid installments; payment of future due installments; delinquent installment; penalty. |
| Section 41.728 | Section | Special assessments to constitute lien; character and effect. |
| Section 41.729 | Section | Special assessments; collection by township treasurer, report of delinquencies. |
| Section 41.729a | Section | Deferred assessment; application; evidence of hardship; ordinance; deferred assessment as recorded lien. |
| Section 41.730 | Section | Special assessments; delinquencies, reassessment. |
| Section 41.731 | Section | Division of lands; apportionment of uncollected assessments. |
| Section 41.732 | Section | Special assessment roll; insufficiency, additional pro rata assessments; surplus, refunds. |
| Section 41.733 | Section | Illegal special assessment; reassessment proceedings. |
| Section 41.734 | Section | Exempt corporations; agreement to pay assessment. |
| Section 41.734a | Section | Assessment on platted corner lots; payment of portion by governing body. |
| Section 41.735 | Section | Bonds. |
| Section 41.735a | Section | Township improvement revolving fund; advances; interest. |
| Section 41.735b | Section | Township improvement revolving fund; transfer of funds; amount. |
| Section 41.735c | Section | Special assessments to defray certain obligations. |
| Section 41.736 | Section | Public improvements; powers granted to townships. |
| Section 41.737 | Section | Scope of act. |
| Section 41.738 | Section | Use of interest earned from investments, money from bond proceeds, or money from interest and penalties on unpaid special assessment. |