STATE SURVEY AND REMONUMENTATION ACT (EXCERPT) Act 345 of 1990
54.268 County monumentation and remonumentation plans.
Sec. 8.
(1) Each county shall establish a county monumentation and remonumentation plan. Not later than 1 year after January 1, 1991, the commission shall create and distribute a model county plan that may be adopted by a county with any changes appropriate for that county. Not later than January 1, 1994, each county shall have submitted a county plan that is approved by the commission.
(2) A county plan shall provide for all of the following:
(a) The monumentation or remonumentation of the entire county, within 20 years, under the guidelines of the manual of instructions for the survey of the public lands of the United States, 1973, prepared by the bureau of land management of the department of interior, technical bulletin 6, or subsequent editions.
(b) The provision of copies of all survey monumentation information produced by the county plan to the county surveyor and the commission.
(c) The filing with the county surveyor and the commission of copies of all monumentation or remonumentation documents required to be recorded with the register of deeds under the corner recordation act, 1970 PA 74, MCL 54.201 to 54.210d, or recorded with the register of deeds under 1970 PA 132, MCL 54.211 to 54.213.
(d) A perpetual monument maintenance plan that provides for all corners to be checked, and if necessary remonumented, at least once every 20 years.
(e) Any other provisions reasonably required by the commission for purposes of this act.
(3) Two or more contiguous counties may submit a multicounty plan, which shall meet the same requirements within each member county as are established for a county plan under this act.
(4) If a county fails to establish and submit a plan that is approved by the commission within the time required under subsection (1), the commission shall initiate and contract for the implementation of a county plan in that county pursuant to section 10.
(5) Upon the establishment and approval by the commission of a county plan, a county may expend or borrow funds to expedite the completion of its plan. If a county or 2 or more counties elect to expend or borrow funds to expedite their county plan, the commission shall enter into a contract to provide that the costs to expedite that plan including the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under subsection (7) are reimbursed or paid from the fund as provided in section 12(2) and (4).
(6) A county or 2 or more counties that expended or borrowed money to expedite their county plan after January 1, 1991 may recapture costs expended or borrowed and used to expedite that plan, which shall be paid out of the fund as provided in section 12(2) and (4). The commission shall pay those costs to the county over a period of not less than 10 years.
(7) Upon the establishment and approval by the commission of a county plan, a county or 2 or more counties seeking to expedite their county plan may by resolution of the county board of commissioners, and without the vote of its electors, issue bonds payable primarily from the money received or to be received under the contract provided for in subsection (5). These bonds may be secured by a limited tax full faith and credit pledge of the county or counties. The bonds shall be payable in annual installments, and unless otherwise determined by the commission, the annual installments are not to exceed the length of the contract that the county or counties entered into with the commission under subsection (5). The issuance of bonds under this section shall be subject to the provisions of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.
STATE SURVEY AND REMONUMENTATION ACT (EXCERPT) Act 345 of 1990
54.268 County monumentation and remonumentation plans.
Sec. 8.
(1) Each county shall establish a county monumentation and remonumentation plan. Not later than 1 year after January 1, 1991, the commission shall create and distribute a model county plan that may be adopted by a county with any changes appropriate for that county. Not later than January 1, 1994, each county shall have submitted a county plan that is approved by the commission.
(2) A county plan shall provide for all of the following:
(a) The monumentation or remonumentation of the entire county, within 20 years, under the guidelines of the manual of instructions for the survey of the public lands of the United States, 1973, prepared by the bureau of land management of the department of interior, technical bulletin 6, or subsequent editions.
(b) The provision of copies of all survey monumentation information produced by the county plan to the county surveyor and the commission.
(c) The filing with the county surveyor and the commission of copies of all monumentation or remonumentation documents required to be recorded with the register of deeds under the corner recordation act, 1970 PA 74, MCL 54.201 to 54.210d, or recorded with the register of deeds under 1970 PA 132, MCL 54.211 to 54.213.
(d) A perpetual monument maintenance plan that provides for all corners to be checked, and if necessary remonumented, at least once every 20 years.
(e) Any other provisions reasonably required by the commission for purposes of this act.
(3) Two or more contiguous counties may submit a multicounty plan, which shall meet the same requirements within each member county as are established for a county plan under this act.
(4) If a county fails to establish and submit a plan that is approved by the commission within the time required under subsection (1), the commission shall initiate and contract for the implementation of a county plan in that county pursuant to section 10.
(5) Upon the establishment and approval by the commission of a county plan, a county may expend or borrow funds to expedite the completion of its plan. If a county or 2 or more counties elect to expend or borrow funds to expedite their county plan, the commission shall enter into a contract to provide that the costs to expedite that plan including the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under subsection (7) are reimbursed or paid from the fund as provided in section 12(2) and (4).
(6) A county or 2 or more counties that expended or borrowed money to expedite their county plan after January 1, 1991 may recapture costs expended or borrowed and used to expedite that plan, which shall be paid out of the fund as provided in section 12(2) and (4). The commission shall pay those costs to the county over a period of not less than 10 years.
(7) Upon the establishment and approval by the commission of a county plan, a county or 2 or more counties seeking to expedite their county plan may by resolution of the county board of commissioners, and without the vote of its electors, issue bonds payable primarily from the money received or to be received under the contract provided for in subsection (5). These bonds may be secured by a limited tax full faith and credit pledge of the county or counties. The bonds shall be payable in annual installments, and unless otherwise determined by the commission, the annual installments are not to exceed the length of the contract that the county or counties entered into with the commission under subsection (5). The issuance of bonds under this section shall be subject to the provisions of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.
STATE SURVEY AND REMONUMENTATION ACT (EXCERPT) Act 345 of 1990
54.268 County monumentation and remonumentation plans.
Sec. 8.
(1) Each county shall establish a county monumentation and remonumentation plan. Not later than 1 year after January 1, 1991, the commission shall create and distribute a model county plan that may be adopted by a county with any changes appropriate for that county. Not later than January 1, 1994, each county shall have submitted a county plan that is approved by the commission.
(2) A county plan shall provide for all of the following:
(a) The monumentation or remonumentation of the entire county, within 20 years, under the guidelines of the manual of instructions for the survey of the public lands of the United States, 1973, prepared by the bureau of land management of the department of interior, technical bulletin 6, or subsequent editions.
(b) The provision of copies of all survey monumentation information produced by the county plan to the county surveyor and the commission.
(c) The filing with the county surveyor and the commission of copies of all monumentation or remonumentation documents required to be recorded with the register of deeds under the corner recordation act, 1970 PA 74, MCL 54.201 to 54.210d, or recorded with the register of deeds under 1970 PA 132, MCL 54.211 to 54.213.
(d) A perpetual monument maintenance plan that provides for all corners to be checked, and if necessary remonumented, at least once every 20 years.
(e) Any other provisions reasonably required by the commission for purposes of this act.
(3) Two or more contiguous counties may submit a multicounty plan, which shall meet the same requirements within each member county as are established for a county plan under this act.
(4) If a county fails to establish and submit a plan that is approved by the commission within the time required under subsection (1), the commission shall initiate and contract for the implementation of a county plan in that county pursuant to section 10.
(5) Upon the establishment and approval by the commission of a county plan, a county may expend or borrow funds to expedite the completion of its plan. If a county or 2 or more counties elect to expend or borrow funds to expedite their county plan, the commission shall enter into a contract to provide that the costs to expedite that plan including the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds issued under subsection (7) are reimbursed or paid from the fund as provided in section 12(2) and (4).
(6) A county or 2 or more counties that expended or borrowed money to expedite their county plan after January 1, 1991 may recapture costs expended or borrowed and used to expedite that plan, which shall be paid out of the fund as provided in section 12(2) and (4). The commission shall pay those costs to the county over a period of not less than 10 years.
(7) Upon the establishment and approval by the commission of a county plan, a county or 2 or more counties seeking to expedite their county plan may by resolution of the county board of commissioners, and without the vote of its electors, issue bonds payable primarily from the money received or to be received under the contract provided for in subsection (5). These bonds may be secured by a limited tax full faith and credit pledge of the county or counties. The bonds shall be payable in annual installments, and unless otherwise determined by the commission, the annual installments are not to exceed the length of the contract that the county or counties entered into with the commission under subsection (5). The issuance of bonds under this section shall be subject to the provisions of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.
