Sec. 20.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act the township board of any township may appropriate any unexpended balances in the contingent or general fund of the township without submitting the question to the electors of said township, or raise money by the issuance of bonds of the township in the same manner and to the same extent as provided in sections 8 to 18 of chapter 14 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909, being sections 234.8 to 234.18, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and to pay any sum so appropriated or raised into the county road fund of the county for the maintenance and/or improvement of county roads within the townships, or for the widening of state trunk line highways beyond the width required for state trunk line traffic in unincorporated areas of such township, pursuant to an agreement between the township and the county road commission. Where funds are to be used for the widening of a state trunk line highway, the county road commission shall enter into agreement with the state highway commissioner for the work. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act the township board of any township may also levy a property tax of not to exceed 3 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of the township in any year for the maintenance or improvement of county roads within the township or for the widening of state trunk line highways, as aforesaid, without submitting the question to the electors of said township, and pay any sum so raised into the county road fund of the county for the aforesaid purposes pursuant to an agreement with the county road commission: Provided, That in addition to the foregoing powers any township may, when authorized by a vote of the electorate, levy a property tax of not to exceed 6 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of the township in any year for the maintenance or improvement of county roads or for the widening of state trunk line highways beyond the width required for state trunk line traffic in unincorporated areas of the township and pay any sum so raised into the county road fund of the county for the maintenance and/or improvement of county roads within such township or the widening of state trunk line highways, as aforesaid, pursuant to an agreement between the township and the county road commission. Where funds are to be used for the widening of a state trunk line highway, the county road commission shall enter into agreement with the state highway commissioner for such work. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act the township board of any township in the county of Marquette, out of any unexpended balances in the contingent or general fund of the township, after first submitting the question to the electors of the township, and a majority of those voting thereon approve of such expenditure, may purchase and operate snow removal equipment.
History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 86, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1953 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 102, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1954 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1956 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 153, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 Popular Name: McNitt ActPopular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 51 of 1951 - State Trunk Line Highway System (247.651 - 247.675)
Section 247.651c - Cost of Opening, Widening, and Improving State Trunk Line Highways.
Section 247.651f - State Trunk Lines; Cancellation of Municipal Obligations; Assumption by State.
Section 247.651g - Pavement Management System.
Section 247.651i - Demonstration Projects.
Section 247.653 - Tentative System of County Primary Roads; Roads Included or Deleted.
Section 247.655a - Seasonal County Road System.
Section 247.656 - Tentative System of Streets; Selection and Certification; Approval.
Section 247.657 - Tentative System of Streets; Included or Deleted.
Section 247.658 - Tentative System of Streets; Streets Not Included, Certification and Approval.
Section 247.659 - Tentative System of Streets; Official Name; Establishment and Certification.
Section 247.659d - "Port Facility" Definition.
Section 247.660b - Comprehensive Transportation Fund.
Section 247.660c - Definitions.
Section 247.660d - Comprehensive Transportation Fund; Distribution.
Section 247.660f - Repealed. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
Section 247.660i - Repealed. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978.
Section 247.660n - Comprehensive Transportation Fund; Distribution of Funds; Notes.
Section 247.660s - Maritime and Port Facility Assistance Office; Responsibilities and Duties.
Section 247.661a - Use of Agricultural Additives Pilot Program; Report to Legislature.
Section 247.661b - Repealed. 2004, Act 384, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004.
Section 247.661d - Report to Legislature on Changes in Department's Accounting System.
Section 247.661h - Local Agency Wetland Mitigation Board Fund; Advisory Board; Duties.
Section 247.662a - Snow Removal; Distribution of Amount Returned to County Road Commission.
Section 247.662b - County Urban System; Distribution of Amounts Returned; Urban Area Boundaries.
Section 247.664a - Expenditures to Pay Cost of Drain Assessments; Rules.
Section 247.665a - Intergovernmental Highway Corridor Planning Preservation Committees.
Section 247.665b - Mowing Right-of-Way of Public Road.
Section 247.666 - Forfeiture of Funds.
Section 247.667 - Certifications Required; Warrants; Checks; Mandamus; Report.
Section 247.667a - Office of Audit; Creation; Head; Duties, Functions, and Responsibilities.
Section 247.668 - Repealed. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957.
Section 247.668b - State Transportation Commission; Bonds and Notes.
Section 247.668c - Counties; Bonds.
Section 247.668f - Approval of Construction; Sale Price of Bonds.
Section 247.668g - Bonds; Protection of Outstanding Bonds.
Section 247.668h - Bonds; Negotiability; Payment, Exemption From Taxation.
Section 247.668i - Cumulative Authority of Act.
Section 247.668k - List of Projects for Which Notes or Bonds to Be Issued.
Section 247.668l - Borrowing Money and Issuing Notes or Bonds in Anticipation of Federal Funds.
Section 247.668m - Borrowing From a State Infrastructure Bank Program.
Section 247.669 - Roads, Streets, and Alleys Taken Over as County Roads.
Section 247.670a - Contract for Preservation of County Local Road System Within Township.
Section 247.672 - Effective Date of Act.
Section 247.673 - Effective Upon Passage of Certain Act.
Section 247.674 - Refunding Bonds or Advance Refunding Bonds.