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Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.118 (2026)

Charges for services; providing medical care without charge or at reduced rates; free service to land bank fast track authority.

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THE REVENUE BOND ACT OF 1933


Act 94 of 1933


141.118 Charges for services; providing medical care without charge or at reduced rates; free service to land bank fast track authority.

Sec. 18.

    (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or (3), free service shall not be furnished by a public improvement to a person, firm, or corporation, public or private, or to a public agency or instrumentality. The reasonable cost and value of any service rendered to a public corporation, including the borrower, by a public improvement must be charged against the public corporation and must be paid for as the service accrues from the public corporation's current funds or from the proceeds of taxes, which the public corporation, within constitutional limitations, is hereby authorized and required to levy in an amount sufficient for that purpose, or both, and those charges, when so paid, shall be accounted for in the same manner as other revenues of the public improvement.

    (2) A public improvement that is a hospital or other health care facility may provide medical care to the indigent without charge or at reduced rates and may provide medical care without charge to comply with conditions for the receipt of a grant or contribution from a public or private donor.

    (3) A public improvement may provide a free service to a land bank fast track authority created under the land bank fast track act, 2003 PA 258, MCL 124.751 to 124.774.

    

History: 1933, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1933 ;-- Am. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 7, 1946 ;-- CL 1948, 141.118 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 205, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1972–2022 · leading case: NL Ventures VI Farmington, LLC v. City of Livonia, 886 N.W.2d 772 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
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NL Ventures VI Farmington, LLC v. City of Livonia, 886 N.W.2d 772 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “” MCL 141.118(1). As a result: Charges for services furnished to a premises may be a lien on the premises, and those charges delinquent for 6 months or more may be certified annually to the proper tax assessing officer or agency who shall enter the lien on the next tax roll…”
Alan v. Wayne Cnty., 200 N.W.2d 628 (Mich. 1972). · cites it 2× “2751 and the prohibition of free services under Act 94, § 18; MCLA 141.118; MSA 5.2748 are disposed of by our holdings above.”
City of Detroit Ex Rel. Detroit Water & Sewerage Dep't v. Michigan, 594 F. Supp. 574 (E.D. Mich. 1984). · cites it 2× “Mich.Comp.Laws § 141.118 (1970). Section 18 requires that “free services shall not be furnished by a public improvement” to a public corporation, public agency, or public instrumentality.”
City of Detroit v. State, 803 F.2d 1411 (6th Cir. 1986). · cites it 5× “The City claimed that it was entitled to have a contract implied as a matter of law for payment of these charges and, alterna- *1414 tively, that the Revenue Bond Act of 1933, Mich.Comp.Laws Ann. § 141.118 (1979), created an obligation upon WCRC to pay the charges properly…”
Jamila Youmans v. Charter Twp. of Bloomfield (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 5× “In particular, plaintiff argues that those charges are unlawful because they permit the Township to receive “free service” in contravention of MCL 141.118(1), which provides, in pertinent part: Except as provided in subsection (2),[13] free service shall not be furnished by a…”
City of Highland Park v. Wayne Cnty. (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “]” MCL 141.118(1). Plaintiff’s claim would rely on the fact that the portion of the fee attributable to storm water runoff from defendant’s roads was not a “service rendered [to plaintiff] .”
City of Highland Park v. Wayne Cnty. (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “]” MCL 141.118(1). Plaintiff’s claim would rely on the fact that the portion of the fee attributable to storm water runoff from defendant’s roads was not a “service rendered [to plaintiff] .”
Leonard S Bohn v. City of Taylor (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “For the same reasons, plaintiffs fail to establish that the City is receiving “free service” from the water and sewer department in contravention of MCL 141.118(1)3 by not paying for public fire protection costs.”
City of Highland Park v. State Land Bank Auth. (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “MCL 141.118(1) provides as follows: Except as provided in subsection (2) [which is applicable only to hospitals or health care facilities], free service shall not be furnished by a public improvement to a person, firm, or corporation, public or private, or to a public agency or…”
City of Highland Park v. State Land Bank Auth. (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “MCL 141.118(1) provides as follows: Except as provided in subsection (2) [which is applicable only to hospitals or health care facilities], free service shall not be furnished by a public improvement to a person, firm, or corporation, public or private, or to a public agency or…”
Oakland Park LLC v. City of Detroit (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “6093 constitutes a de facto “ad valorem tax,” plaintiffs switch gears, beginning to refer to that “tax” as the imposition of “wastewater treatment fees” that were allegedly unlawful when the Headlee Amendment was enacted under both the Federal Clean Water Act, 33 USC…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.118(1) — 7 cases
NL Ventures VI Farmington, LLC v. City of Livonia, 886 N.W.2d 772 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “” MCL 141.118(1). As a result: Charges for services furnished to a premises may be a lien on the premises, and those charges delinquent for 6 months or more may be certified annually to the proper tax assessing officer or agency who shall enter the lien on the next tax roll…”
Jamila Youmans v. Charter Twp. of Bloomfield (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “In particular, plaintiff argues that those charges are unlawful because they permit the Township to receive “free service” in contravention of MCL 141.118(1), which provides, in pertinent part: Except as provided in subsection (2),[13] free service shall not be furnished by a…”
City of Highland Park v. Wayne Cnty. (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “]” MCL 141.118(1). Plaintiff’s claim would rely on the fact that the portion of the fee attributable to storm water runoff from defendant’s roads was not a “service rendered [to plaintiff] .”
City of Highland Park v. Wayne Cnty. (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “]” MCL 141.118(1). Plaintiff’s claim would rely on the fact that the portion of the fee attributable to storm water runoff from defendant’s roads was not a “service rendered [to plaintiff] .”
Leonard S Bohn v. City of Taylor (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “For the same reasons, plaintiffs fail to establish that the City is receiving “free service” from the water and sewer department in contravention of MCL 141.118(1)3 by not paying for public fire protection costs.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.118(2) — 1 case
Jamila Youmans v. Charter Twp. of Bloomfield (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “In particular, plaintiff argues that those charges are unlawful because they permit the Township to receive “free service” in contravention of MCL 141.118(1), which provides, in pertinent part: Except as provided in subsection (2),[13] free service shall not be furnished by a…”
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