Michigan Laws 280.511 – Definitions
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Whenever used in this chapter, except when otherwise indicated by the context:
(a) “State” means this state.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 280.511
- county drain commissioner: means the elected county drain commissioner or the person or persons designated to perform the duties of the elected county drain commissioner as provided in section 21 and 21a. See Michigan Laws 280.4
- 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
- State: means this state. See Michigan Laws 280.511
(b) “Public corporation” includes this state, counties, cities, villages, townships, metropolitan districts and authorities created by or pursuant to state statutes.
(c) “Agencies” includes those officers, boards, commissions and other bodies created by public corporations or by the federal government, which are authorized to act in their own names.
(d) “Director of agriculture” means the director of the state department of agriculture.
(e) “Intercounty drain” means any drain, irrespective of size, carrying drainage water or sewage originating in more than 1 county, and includes drains located, established and constructed by a county drain commissioner or drainage board, by a city, village or township.