STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (EXCERPT) Act 51 of 1951
247.670a Contract for preservation of county local road system within township.
Sec. 20a.
A board of county road commissioners in a county and the township board of a township having a population of not less than 15,000, as determined by the most recent statewide federal census, and which in the prior year and the contract year will have levied a property tax of not less than 1 mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of the township for the improvement or preservation of county roads within the township, may exercise the provisions of this section only by entering into a written contract of not more than 1 year providing for the preservation by the township of all or any part of the county local road system within that township, subject to, but not limited to, the following conditions:
(a) The contract shall specify the total amount of money that shall be annually expended by the contracting township for the preservation of the local road system or part thereof. The contracting road commission may pay not more than 90% of the amount specified in the contract to the contracting township annually. The contracting road commission shall not pay more than 66% of an amount equal to the average annual amount of funds expended by the county road commission on the local road system located within the contracting township for construction and preservation purposes over the previous 5-year period from local road funds received by the county under this act. Any funds expended by the contracting road commission on the local road system located within the contracting township in excess of 66% shall be matched by the contracting township. The amount paid the contracting township shall not directly or indirectly include money transferred from the primary fund allocation to the county as set forth in section 12(8).
(b) The contracting township shall keep separate accounts and accurate and uniform records on all road preservation work and funds, and shall file with the state transportation commission and the contracting county road commission on or before April 1 of each year, on forms to be provided by the state transportation commission, a report showing the disposition of funds received and expended for road purposes.
(c) The contract shall require the contracting township to provide insurance covering the contracting road commission's liability for failure to preserve the local roads specified in the contract.
(d) The contracting road commission shall determine and specify the equipment and personnel necessary to provide the preservation as set forth in the contract, and the contract shall not take effect until the contracting township has acquired the necessary equipment and personnel specified in the contract.
(e) As used in this section:
(i) "County road commission" means the board of county road commissioners elected or appointed pursuant to section 6 of chapter IV of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.6, or, in the case of a charter county with a population of 2,000,000 or more with an elected county executive that does not have a board of county road commissioners, the county executive for ministerial functions and the county commission provided for in section 14(1)(d) of 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.514, for legislative functions.
(ii) "Preservation" means that term as defined in section 10c unless the contracting parties specify a different meaning in the contract.
History: Add. 1974, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 1974 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 498, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 2005 Popular Name: McNitt Act Popular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (EXCERPT) Act 51 of 1951
247.670a Contract for preservation of county local road system within township.
Sec. 20a.
A board of county road commissioners in a county and the township board of a township having a population of not less than 15,000, as determined by the most recent statewide federal census, and which in the prior year and the contract year will have levied a property tax of not less than 1 mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of the township for the improvement or preservation of county roads within the township, may exercise the provisions of this section only by entering into a written contract of not more than 1 year providing for the preservation by the township of all or any part of the county local road system within that township, subject to, but not limited to, the following conditions:
(a) The contract shall specify the total amount of money that shall be annually expended by the contracting township for the preservation of the local road system or part thereof. The contracting road commission may pay not more than 90% of the amount specified in the contract to the contracting township annually. The contracting road commission shall not pay more than 66% of an amount equal to the average annual amount of funds expended by the county road commission on the local road system located within the contracting township for construction and preservation purposes over the previous 5-year period from local road funds received by the county under this act. Any funds expended by the contracting road commission on the local road system located within the contracting township in excess of 66% shall be matched by the contracting township. The amount paid the contracting township shall not directly or indirectly include money transferred from the primary fund allocation to the county as set forth in section 12(8).
(b) The contracting township shall keep separate accounts and accurate and uniform records on all road preservation work and funds, and shall file with the state transportation commission and the contracting county road commission on or before April 1 of each year, on forms to be provided by the state transportation commission, a report showing the disposition of funds received and expended for road purposes.
(c) The contract shall require the contracting township to provide insurance covering the contracting road commission's liability for failure to preserve the local roads specified in the contract.
(d) The contracting road commission shall determine and specify the equipment and personnel necessary to provide the preservation as set forth in the contract, and the contract shall not take effect until the contracting township has acquired the necessary equipment and personnel specified in the contract.
(e) As used in this section:
(i) "County road commission" means the board of county road commissioners elected or appointed pursuant to section 6 of chapter IV of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.6, or, in the case of a charter county with a population of 2,000,000 or more with an elected county executive that does not have a board of county road commissioners, the county executive for ministerial functions and the county commission provided for in section 14(1)(d) of 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.514, for legislative functions.
(ii) "Preservation" means that term as defined in section 10c unless the contracting parties specify a different meaning in the contract.
History: Add. 1974, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 1974 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 498, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 2005 Popular Name: McNitt Act Popular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (EXCERPT) Act 51 of 1951
247.670a Contract for preservation of county local road system within township.
Sec. 20a.
A board of county road commissioners in a county and the township board of a township having a population of not less than 15,000, as determined by the most recent statewide federal census, and which in the prior year and the contract year will have levied a property tax of not less than 1 mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of the township for the improvement or preservation of county roads within the township, may exercise the provisions of this section only by entering into a written contract of not more than 1 year providing for the preservation by the township of all or any part of the county local road system within that township, subject to, but not limited to, the following conditions:
(a) The contract shall specify the total amount of money that shall be annually expended by the contracting township for the preservation of the local road system or part thereof. The contracting road commission may pay not more than 90% of the amount specified in the contract to the contracting township annually. The contracting road commission shall not pay more than 66% of an amount equal to the average annual amount of funds expended by the county road commission on the local road system located within the contracting township for construction and preservation purposes over the previous 5-year period from local road funds received by the county under this act. Any funds expended by the contracting road commission on the local road system located within the contracting township in excess of 66% shall be matched by the contracting township. The amount paid the contracting township shall not directly or indirectly include money transferred from the primary fund allocation to the county as set forth in section 12(8).
(b) The contracting township shall keep separate accounts and accurate and uniform records on all road preservation work and funds, and shall file with the state transportation commission and the contracting county road commission on or before April 1 of each year, on forms to be provided by the state transportation commission, a report showing the disposition of funds received and expended for road purposes.
(c) The contract shall require the contracting township to provide insurance covering the contracting road commission's liability for failure to preserve the local roads specified in the contract.
(d) The contracting road commission shall determine and specify the equipment and personnel necessary to provide the preservation as set forth in the contract, and the contract shall not take effect until the contracting township has acquired the necessary equipment and personnel specified in the contract.
(e) As used in this section:
(i) "County road commission" means the board of county road commissioners elected or appointed pursuant to section 6 of chapter IV of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.6, or, in the case of a charter county with a population of 2,000,000 or more with an elected county executive that does not have a board of county road commissioners, the county executive for ministerial functions and the county commission provided for in section 14(1)(d) of 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.514, for legislative functions.
(ii) "Preservation" means that term as defined in section 10c unless the contracting parties specify a different meaning in the contract.
History: Add. 1974, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 1974 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 498, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 2005 Popular Name: McNitt Act Popular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
