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2011 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 247 — HIGHWAYS
Act 368 of 1925 — HIGHWAY OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS; USE OF HIGHWAY BY PUBLIC UTILITIES (247.171 - 247.191)
- Section 247.171 — Encroachments; removal order, service; temporary permit.
- Section 247.171a — Rights-of-way, bridges, towers, and welcome centers; use to provide travel-related information through electronic technologies.
- Section 247.172 — Encroachments; removal by commissioner, penalty, expense charged to occupant, collection by tax; limitation.
- Section 247.173 — Encroachments; denied, notice to commissioner; trespass action.
- Section 247.174 — Trespass action; brought by commissioner.
- Section 247.175 — Trespass action; pleadings and trial.
- Section 247.176 — Trespass action; trial and verdict.
- Section 247.177 — Trespass action; trial and appeal.
- Section 247.178 — Encroachment; removal by commissioner; penalty on owner or occupant for neglect.
- Section 247.179 — Encroachment; removal, interference, penalty.
- Section 247.180 — Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; notice to remove; removal; removal by commissioner, sale; proceeds, disposition.
- Section 247.181 — Loose obstructions, logs, or wood; no value, compensation for removing.
- Section 247.182 — Obstructions; road fence if dangerous, penalty.
- Section 247.183 — Public 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 247.184 — Consent of county or state to construction.
- Section 247.184a — Surveillance of occupied manhole; exceptions; training and duties of second employee.
- Section 247.185 — Paramount rights of public; injury to trees and shrubs; regulation of rights.
- Section 247.186 — Public utility; placing poles, fixtures, wires, or cables.
- Section 247.187 — Encroachments; removal, expense of removal by commissioner.
- Section 247.188 — Obstructions to traffic; moving; permit, bond; penalty.
- Section 247.189 — Obstructions to traffic; left in roadway, penalty.
- Section 247.190 — Width of highway; encroachment does not give right to land.
- Section 247.191 — Act inapplicable to encroachments and obstructions erected under MCL 257.1701 et seq.
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