An act to amend 1956 PA 40, entitled “An act to codify the laws relating to the laying out of drainage districts, the consolidation of drainage districts, the construction and maintenance of drains, sewers, pumping equipment, bridges, culverts, fords, and the structures and mechanical devices to properly purify the flow of drains; to provide for flood control projects; to provide for water management, water management districts, and subdistricts, and for flood control and drainage projects within drainage districts; to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes; to provide for the investment of funds; to provide for the deposit of funds for future maintenance of drains; to authorize public corporations to impose taxes for the payment of assessments in anticipation of which bonds are issued; to provide for the issuance of bonds by drainage districts and for the pledge of the full faith and credit of counties for payment of the bonds; to authorize counties to impose taxes when necessary to pay principal and interest on bonds for which full faith and credit is pledged; to validate certain acts and bonds; and to prescribe penalties,” by amending section 196 (MCL 280.196), as amended by 2020 PA 291.
When a drainage district’s drain fund contains less than $5,000 per mile or fraction of a mile of a drain, the drain commissioner or drainage board, as appropriate, can only assess the district up to $2,500 per mile or fraction of a mile in a single year for drain inspection, repair, and maintenance. House Bill 5188 would double these amounts, allowing a drain commissioner or board to assess a district up to $5,000 per mile or fraction of a mile when the drain fund is below $10,000 per mile or fraction of a mile of a drain.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Local Government and Municipal Finance
Reported with substitute H-2
Substitute H-2 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the House 76 to 33 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Local Government
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 24 to 12 (details)
