Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738)
Section 41.726 - Filing and Review of Special Assessment Roll; Hearing; Notice; Adjournments; Objections; Confirmation, Referral, or Annulment; Endorsement; Finality; Action Contesting Assessment.

Sec. 6.
(1) When a special assessment roll is reported by the supervisor to the township board, the assessment roll shall be filed in the office of the township clerk. Before confirming the assessment roll, the township board shall appoint a time and place when it will meet, review, and hear any objections to the assessment roll. The township board shall give notice of the hearing and the filing of the assessment roll as required by section 4a.
(2) A hearing under this section may be adjourned from time to time without further notice. A person objecting to the assessment roll shall file the objection in writing with the township clerk before the close of the hearing or within such further time as the township board may grant. After the hearing the township board, at the same or at a subsequent meeting, may confirm the special assessment roll as reported to the township board by the supervisor or as amended or corrected by the township board; may refer the assessment roll back to the supervisor for revision; or may annul it and direct a new roll to be made.
(3) If a special assessment roll is confirmed, the township clerk shall endorse on the assessment roll the date of the confirmation. After the confirmation of the special assessment roll, all assessments on that assessment roll shall be final and conclusive unless an action contesting an assessment is filed in a court of competent jurisdiction within 30 days after the date of confirmation.
History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 41 - Townships

Act 188 of 1954 - Public Improvements (41.721 - 41.738)

Section 41.721 - Public Improvements by Township Board; Bonds; Special Assessments to Defray Costs.

Section 41.721a - “Record Owner” Defined.

Section 41.722 - Types of Improvements Authorized; Approval; Conditions.

Section 41.723 - Written Objections; Petition; Filing; Signatures; Determining Record Owners; Determining Sufficiency of Petition; Supplement to Petition; Validity of Signatures.

Section 41.724 - Plans; Cost Estimate; Resolution; Designation of Special Assessment District; Hearing; Notice; Periodic Redeterminations of Cost; Objections; Adding Property to Special Assessment District; Supplemental Petition; Filing by Railroad C...

Section 41.724a - Notice of Hearings in Special Assessment Proceedings.

Section 41.725 - Approval or Determination by Township Board; Levy of Special Assessment.

Section 41.726 - Filing and Review of Special Assessment Roll; Hearing; Notice; Adjournments; Objections; Confirmation, Referral, or Annulment; Endorsement; Finality; Action Contesting Assessment.

Section 41.727 - Payment of Special Assessments in Installments; Amount of Installment; Extension; Due Dates; Interest on Unpaid Installments; Lien; Limitation; Statement of Amount; Payment of Future Due Installments; Delinquent Installment; Penalty.

Section 41.728 - Special Assessments to Constitute Lien; Limitation; Character and Effect.

Section 41.729 - Special Assessments; Collection by Township Treasurer, Report of Delinquencies.

Section 41.729a - Deferred Assessment; Application; Evidence of Hardship; Ordinance; Deferred Assessment as Recorded Lien.

Section 41.730 - Special Assessments; Delinquencies, Reassessment.

Section 41.731 - Division of Lands; Apportionment of Uncollected Assessments.

Section 41.732 - Special Assessment Roll; Insufficiency, Additional Pro Rata Assessments; Surplus, Refunds.

Section 41.733 - Illegal Special Assessment; Reassessment Proceedings.

Section 41.734 - Exempt Corporations; Agreement to Pay Assessment.

Section 41.734a - Assessment on Platted Corner Lots; Payment of Portion by Governing Body.

Section 41.735 - Bonds.

Section 41.735a - Township Improvement Revolving Fund; Advances; Interest.

Section 41.735b - Township Improvement Revolving Fund; Transfer of Funds; Amount.

Section 41.735c - Special Assessments to Defray Certain Obligations.

Section 41.736 - Public Improvements; Powers Granted to Townships.

Section 41.737 - Scope of Act.

Section 41.738 - Use of Interest Earned From Investments, Money From Bond Proceeds, or Money From Interest and Penalties on Unpaid Special Assessment.