Section 247.662c - Placing county primary road under jurisdiction of city or village; request; response by county road commission; appeal; hearing; determination.
STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (EXCERPT)
Act 51 of 1951
247.662c Placing county primary road under jurisdiction of city or village; request; response by county road commission; appeal; hearing; determination.
Sec. 12c.
(1) A city or village which desires to have a county primary road, which is under the jurisdiction of a county road commission and which lies within the corporate limits of the city or village, placed under the jurisdiction of the city or village, shall present a resolution of its governing body to the appropriate county road commission requesting that the county primary road be placed under the jurisdiction of the city or village. The county road commission shall respond to the request, in writing, within 90 days after its receipt of the request.
(2) If the county road commission rejects the request within 90 days after its receipt of the request, the city or village, by resolution of its governing body, not sooner than 30 days after, nor later than 90 days after, the decision of the county road commission, may appeal the decision of the county road commission to the state transportation commission.
(3) If the county road commission does not respond, in writing, within 90 days after its receipt of the request, the city or village, by resolution of its governing body, not sooner than 30 days after, nor later than 90 days after, the expiration of the 90-day period for a response, may petition the state transportation commission for a hearing on the request.
(4) The state transportation commission, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the appeal under subsection (2) or the petition under subsection (3), shall review the merits of the request. The state transportation commission in its determination as to whether the county primary road shall be placed under the jurisdiction of the city or village, shall consider all of the following:
(a) The benefits of the requested transfer to the city or village making the request.
(b) The benefits of the requested transfer to the users of the county primary road.
(c) The benefits of the requested transfer to the county with respect to the maintenance of a county road arterial network.
History: Add. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Popular Name: McNitt Act
Popular Name: Michigan Transportation Fund Act