Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)
Section 41.288 - Installation of Sidewalks and Elevated Structures; Payment; Contracts; Approval.

Sec. 18.
(1) The township board of a township may install sidewalks along the sides of a highway and may install elevated structures for foot travel over highways in the township. The township board may pay for the elevated structures out of the funds of the township or purchase the elevated structures on title retaining contracts. Contracts shall not be entered into or issued for a period longer than 10 years. A highway under the jurisdiction of the director of the state transportation department or the board of county road commissioners shall not be improved under this act without the written approval of the director of the state transportation department or the board of county road commissioners.
(2) In proceedings under this section, the township board may provide that the cost of the sidewalk or elevated structure shall be paid entirely by public money and may allocate for this purpose unexpended money in the contingent fund or general fund of the township.
History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989

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Chapter 41 - Townships

Act 246 of 1931 - Pavements, Sidewalks, and Elevated Structures (41.271 - 41.290)

Section 41.271 - Pavements or Sidewalks; Application by Petition; Eligibility of Signers, Certificate of Tax Status; Authority of County Road Commissioners; Highway or Public Highway, Definition.

Section 41.271a - Pavements or Sidewalks; Application by Resolution of Township Board; Declaration of Necessity, Public Hearing; Petition for Discontinuance.

Section 41.272 - Pavements or Sidewalks; Survey, Plat; Adoption of Materials, Grade and Manner of Construction by County Road Commissioners.

Section 41.273 - Bridges, Drains, Curbing, Culverts and Additional Rights of Way; Deemed Part of Improvement.

Section 41.274 - Pavements or Sidewalks; First Order of Determination, Specifications, Description of Assessment District by County Road Commissioners; Location Along State Trunk Line, Approval by State Highway Commissioner.

Section 41.275 - Pavements or Sidewalks; Hearing of Objections, Notice, Contents; Change in Specifications or Boundaries of Assessment District, New Hearing.

Section 41.276 - Pavements or Sidewalks; Liability of Petitioners.

Section 41.277 - Pavements or Sidewalks; Final Order of Determination, Attachment of Specifications.

Section 41.278 - Contracts for Construction of Improvement; Bids, Notice, Procedure; Commencement of Construction.

Section 41.279 - Special Assessment District; Determination, Announcement, Addition of Lands; Determination of Installments.

Section 41.280 - Assessment of Benefits Against Township and Parcels of Land; Review; Assessment Against State Lands; Numbering of Districts.

Section 41.281 - Creation of Indebtedness; Approval by Township Board; Limitation on Issue of Township Bonds.

Section 41.282 - Maintenance and Repair of Improvement; Proration of Expense of Joint Improvement.

Section 41.283 - Proceedings Governed by MCL 247.418 to 247.481; Records; Reports.

Section 41.283a - Bonds; Issuance and Sale; Full Faith and Credit; Assessment District Sinking Fund; Bonds Subject to Revised Municipal Finance Act.

Section 41.284 - Advancement of County Road Funds; Reimbursement by Township.

Section 41.285 - County Board of Supervisors; Appropriation of Funds for Advancement; Establishment of Revolving Fund.

Section 41.286 - Hearing Examiners; Powers and Duties; Determination of Board of County Road Commissioners, Petition for Reconsideration, Filing; Notice, Hearing.

Section 41.287 - Validation of Prior Actions, Special Assessments, and Bonds.

Section 41.288 - Installation of Sidewalks and Elevated Structures; Payment; Contracts; Approval.

Section 41.288a - Sidewalk Construction, Repair, or Maintenance; Order; Meeting; Notice; Assessment of Costs; Approval; Election.

Section 41.288b - Public Street Cleaning Vehicles and Snow Removal Equipment.

Section 41.289 - Lighting of Roads, Highways, and Bridges Generally.

Section 41.289a - Lighting of Roads, Highways, and Bridges; Supervision; Contracts.

Section 41.289b - Expenses for Lighting Highways; Special Assessment; Hearing; Notice.

Section 41.289c - Assessment in District for Lighting Roads, Highways, and Bridges.

Section 41.289d - Relieving District of Duty to Light Streets or Highways.

Section 41.290 - Lighting County Roads, Highways, and Bridges; Expense; Contracts; Extension of Lines or Service; Payment; Statement and Budget; Apportionment of Sum Required; Tax; Lighting State Trunk Line Highways and Bridges.