December 2, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Price and referred to the Committee on Local Government.
A bill to amend 1919 PA 398, entitled
"An act to authorize the construction of bridges over navigable
streams and waters in certain cases, for the continuance of public
highways over such water as avenues of public travel; to authorize
the levying, spreading and collecting of special taxes and
assessments for any such bridge; to authorize the borrowing of
money and issuance of bonds under certain restrictions, regulations
and limitations; to provide for the recovery by the owners of
property or property rights abutting upon or adjoining any such
highway of their damages resulting by reason of the construction of
such bridge and providing the procedure for recovery of such
damages; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain officers
with reference thereto,"
by amending section 5 (MCL 254.55).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
5. Said A board of county road commissioners shall by
resolution speedily prepare a proposed special assessment district
for
such the work
described in section 1, fixing it by
resolution
which
shall embody include a description of the boundaries thereof
of
the proposed special assessment district.
They The board shall
fix
a time and place to hear objections to such the proposed
special
assessment district and give notice thereof of the hearing
as
hereinafter provided in
this section. Such The notice
shall set
forth
a description of describe the boundaries of the proposed
special
assessment district or the several parcels of land proposed
to
be assessed on account of such work, and the time and place of
hearing.
At this the hearing, all parties or persons interested
persons shall be given an opportunity to present their objections,
if
any, to such the proposed special assessment district. Notice
Before January 1, 2015, the board of county road commissioners
shall
give notice of this the hearing
shall be given by the county
road
commissioners at least 10 days
prior to such the hearing by
causing
publishing a notice thereof to be published of the hearing
at
least once in each week for 2 consecutive
weeks in succession in
some
a newspaper published and of general circulation in such
the
county, and by posting in public and conspicuous places 5 notices
in each township, city, and village within which the assessment
district
lies in whole or in part, and within the limits of such
the district, and also by posting such notice in
any public place
which
may be provided in the county seat
for the posting of public
notices. Beginning January 1, 2015, notice of a hearing under this
section shall be published using tier A public notice as provided
in
the local government public notice act. At
this the hearing, the
county
road commissioners shall , subject to the foregoing, make
any changes in the specifications deemed by them advisable, without
further
notice or hearing, provided such if those changes do not
increase
the estimates by more than 10 per cent. 10%. If
they do
the changes in the specifications increase the estimates by more
than
10 per cent 10%, then the
board of county road commissioners
shall
hold a new hearing shall be had and
shall give notice thereof
given,
as in the first instance of
the hearing as provided in this
section. At said the new hearing, the board of county
road
commissioners may alter the boundaries of the proposed assessment
district. :
Provided, however, That if said. If
a special
assessment
district is enlarged or otherwise
altered so as to
embrace
include additional lands, the board of county road
commissioners
shall hold a hearing thereon on the enlargement or
alteration
after due giving notice
shall be had as hereinbefore
provided in this section.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5560 (request no.
03796'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.