Section 46.176 - Board of review; designation by board of supervisors; hearing, review, and adjustment of rates, charges and assessments; meetings, time and place, notice.
COUNTY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1939 (EXCERPT)
Act 342 of 1939
46.176 Board of review; designation by board of supervisors; hearing, review, and adjustment of rates, charges and assessments; meetings, time and place, notice.
Sec. 6.
The board of supervisors shall designate either a committee selected from its membership or the board of auditors, in counties having boards of auditors, to be constituted a board of review for the purpose of hearing and reviewing rates, charges and/or assessments. At the request of any unit of government, person, firm or corporation, charged for services rendered by any county acting under the provisions hereof, and on sufficient cause being shown, or upon information presented to or obtained by said board of review of the respective county, the action of the county agency in fixing or adjusting charges and/or assessments shall be reviewed and finally determined by said board of review: Provided, That such charges and/or assessments shall in all cases be sufficient to pay operating expenses of the system and to meet sinking fund and interest requirements on bonds and to meet principal and interest payments on notes if any, and any other requirements under which such bonds or notes may be issued. The board of review shall adjust and correct rates, charges and/or assessments in order that the same shall be just and equitable. The board of review shall meet at the room of the board of supervisors in the county building on the second Monday in May and September of each year, at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon and continue in session during the day until 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon thereof and during the same hours of the 2 days following. Additional time for hearings may be granted by the board of review. Notice of hearings to be held by the board of review shall be prepared by such board and posted at 2 public places in each municipality where rates, charges and/or assessments are charged or assessed in pursuance hereof, at least 7 days prior to the second Monday in May and September.
History: 1939, Act 342, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 353, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 46.176 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 186, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1953