A bill to amend 1909 PA 283, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and add to the laws relating to the establishment, opening, discontinuing, vacating, closing, altering, improvement, maintenance, and use of the public highways and private roads; the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and preservation of bridges; maintaining public access to waterways under certain conditions; setting and protecting shade trees, drainage, and cutting weeds and brush within this state; providing for the election or appointment and defining the powers, duties, and compensation of state, county, township, and district highway officials; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies," by amending section 10 (MCL 224.10), as amended by 2020 PA 286.
Mandates that county road commissioners employ a competent county highway engineer and allows for the employment of the same engineer by multiple counties if necessary. It increases the expenditure threshold for purchasing machines, tools, appliances, and materials from $15,000 to $50,000, and in emergency conditions, from $50,000 to $250,000. Additionally, the bill requires the state treasurer to adjust these dollar amounts annually based on the Detroit Consumer Price Index.
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Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
