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Chapter 41 - Townships
Act 188 of 1954 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (41.721 - 41.738)
AN ACT to provide for the making of certain improvements by townships; to provide for paying for the improvements by the issuance of bonds; to provide for the levying of taxes; to provide for assessing the whole or a part of the cost of improvements against property benefited; and to provide for the issuance of bonds in anticipation of the collection of special assessments and for the obligation of the township on the bonds.
History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1995
- 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 companies; additional notice; affidavit of service.
- 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.
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