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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 247.663a

  • commission: means the state transportation commission established in section 28 of article V of the state constitution of 1963. See Michigan Laws 247.660c
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Governmental unit: means the state transportation department, the state transportation commission, a county road commission, a city, or a village. See Michigan Laws 247.660c
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
     The state transportation commission, the county road commissions, and the cities and villages of the state, acting individually or jointly in accordance with a contract, may acquire by purchase or condemnation, in advance of actual construction programming, private property situated within the right of way of a highway project planned for future construction by the governmental unit, and may expend for the advance acquisition of right of way money received by the governmental unit from the Michigan transportation fund. Revenue received from a rental or lease of property so acquired or from the disposition of an improvement on that property or the proceeds of the sale of excess parcels of property so acquired shall be expended by the governmental unit for highway purposes in accordance with this act.