2016 House Bill 5279

Revise drain project approval process

Introduced in the House

Jan. 28, 2016

Introduced by Rep. Ben Glardon (R-85)

To include villages in the law that specifies procedures for gaining approval of drain projects that involve property in more than one drain district. This refers to the networks of ditches and streams that are used to “drain” much of Michigan’s farmland, which was largely swamp and bog before the drain networks were created a century ago and more.

Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance