§ 247.851 Transfer of jurisdiction over highways; definitions
§ 247.852 Transfer of jurisdiction; consent required; agreement, contents; effective date
§ 247.853 Transfer of jurisdiction; non-consent, proceedings to determine question; time for granting
§ 247.854 Determination board; membership appointment
§ 247.855 Board; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; date and place of hearing; notice to parties; hearing testimony and receiving evidence; reconvening of board; quorum; vote require
§ 247.856 Determination of board; factors
§ 247.857 Final determination of board; time; notice; effect of denial; effective date
§ 247.858 Determination of board; contents; transferor’s duties; renovation, costs
§ 247.859 Compensation and expenses of board; payment
§ 247.860 Transfers not subject to act
§ 247.861 Laws superseded; exception
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 247 > Act 296 of 1969 - Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Highways

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Board: means the highway jurisdiction determination board. See Michigan Laws 247.851
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Highway: means a highway, road or street. See Michigan Laws 247.851
  • Highway authority: means the state highway commission, a board of county road commissioners or the governing body of a city or village. See Michigan Laws 247.851
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • 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.
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • 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
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o