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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 280.273

  • drain: whenever used in this act , shall include the main stream or trunk and all tributaries or branches of any creek or river, any watercourse or ditch, either open or closed, any covered drain, any sanitary or any combined sanitary and storm sewer or storm sewer or conduit composed of tile, brick, concrete, or other material, any structures or mechanical devices, that will properly purify the flow of such drains, any pumping equipment necessary to assist or relieve the flow of such drains and any levee, dike, barrier, or a combination of any or all of same constructed, or proposed to be constructed, for the purpose of drainage or for the purification of the flow of such drains, but shall not include any dam and flowage rights used in connection therewith which is used for the generation of power by a public utility subject to regulation by the public service commission. See Michigan Laws 280.3
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     In case any drain tax heretofore or to be hereafter assessed shall be set aside, except for causes that would deprive the commissioner of jurisdiction to construct the drain, the commissioner may begin proceedings anew at the stage where they shall be correct. In case a drain tax can or may be set aside for error in description or other defect in the commissioner’s or township treasurer’s roll, the commissioner shall report the same to the board of supervisors at their October session, who shall order the same reassessed upon the proper description. Such report may be made at any time before the sale of the land for such tax.