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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 368 of 1925


HIGHWAY OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS; USE OF HIGHWAY BY PUBLIC UTILITIES

Act 368 of 1925

AN ACT to prohibit obstructions and encroachments on public highways, to provide for the removal thereof, to prescribe the conditions under which telegraph, telephone, power, and other public utility companies, cable television companies and municipalities may enter upon, construct and maintain telegraph, telephone, power or cable television lines, pipe lines, wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers and like structures upon, over, across or under public roads, bridges, streets and waters and to provide penalties for the violation of this act.


History: 1925, Act 368, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;--Am. 1972, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 1972




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentDescription
Section 247.171Encroachments; removal order, service; temporary permit.
Section 247.171aRights-of-way, bridges, towers, and welcome centers; use to provide travel-related information through electronic technologies.
Section 247.172Encroachments; removal by commissioner, penalty, expense charged to occupant, collection by tax; limitation.
Section 247.173Encroachments; denied, notice to commissioner; trespass action.
Section 247.174Trespass action; brought by commissioner.
Section 247.175Trespass action; pleadings and trial.
Section 247.176Trespass action; trial and verdict.
Section 247.177Trespass action; trial and appeal.
Section 247.178Encroachment; removal by commissioner; penalty on owner or occupant for neglect.
Section 247.179Encroachment; removal, interference, penalty.
Section 247.180Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; notice to remove; removal; removal by commissioner, sale; proceeds, disposition.
Section 247.181Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; no value, compensation for removing.
Section 247.182Obstructions; road fence if dangerous, penalty.
Section 247.183Public utilities, cable television companies, and municipalities; construction and maintenance of structures; consent of governing body; construction and maintenance of utility lines and structures longitudinally within limited access highway rights-of-way; standards; charges; use of revenue; use of electronic devices within limited access and rights-of-way to provide travel-related information.
Section 247.184Consent of county or state to construction.
Section 247.184aSurveillance of occupied manhole; exceptions; training and duties of second employee.
Section 247.185Paramount rights of public; injury to trees and shrubs; regulation of rights.
Section 247.186Public utility; placing poles, fixtures, wires, or cables.
Section 247.187Encroachments; removal, expense of removal by commissioner.
Section 247.188Obstructions to traffic; moving; permit, bond; penalty.
Section 247.189Obstructions to traffic; left in roadway, penalty.
Section 247.190Width of highway; encroachment does not give right to land.
Section 247.191Act inapplicable to encroachments and obstructions erected under § 257.1701 et seq.

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