Michigan Laws 247.854 – Determination board; membership appointment
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
(1) The highway authority proposing the transfer of highway jurisdiction shall appoint 1 member of the highway jurisdiction determination board and shall notify the nonconsenting highway authority of its selection in writing. The written notification shall be by certified mail and shall include, or have attached, a proposed date for transfer of jurisdiction and a description or map showing the highway in question and the reasons why the transfer is proposed.
(2) Within 30 days after receiving the notice, the nonconsenting highway authority shall appoint 1 member of the board and shall so notify by certified mail the other highway authority and both appointed board members. If the nonconsenting highway authority fails to appoint and notify, the transfer of jurisdiction over the highway shall be without consent and shall become effective on the proposed date as provided in the notice required by subsection (1).
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 247.854
- Board: means the highway jurisdiction determination board. See Michigan Laws 247.851
- 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.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- 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
(3) Within 10 days after receipt of the notice provided in subsection (2), the 2 appointed board members shall request the American arbitration association, or its successor in function, to furnish a list of 3 members of such association who are residents of this state from which the third member shall be selected. The member first appointed shall eliminate 1 name from the list within 5 days after publication of the list, and the other appointed member shall then eliminate 1 name from the list within 5 days thereafter. The person whose name remains on the list shall be the third member and shall serve as chairman of the board. The 2 appointed members jointly shall so notify the chairman.