Sec. 482. Any 1 or more county drains or any portion thereof, now or hereafter existing, may be cleaned out, relocated, widened, deepened, straightened, extended, tiled, interconnected or otherwise improved, or branches added or connected thereto, when necessary for the public health, in the same manner as a county drain may be located, established and constructed under this chapter, with such variations in the proceedings as may be necessary to make the same applicable, and also the cost thereof may be financed in like manner. A project to improve county drains may include backfilling and leveling any portion thereof no longer needed after the improvements.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.482
Improvements or additions to drains for public health
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 197 Mich. App. 723 - Kramer v. City of Dearborn Heights (1993)
Most recently applied in 197 Mich. App. 723 - Kramer v. City of Dearborn Heights (January 1993)
1956, Act 40, Imd
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