Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.655 (2026)

Tentative system of county primary roads; official name; establishment, certification, and approval.

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STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM

Act 51 of 1951

247.655 Tentative system of county primary roads; official name; establishment, certification, and approval.

Sec. 5.

All roads, streets and highways included in the county primary road system of any county shall be officially known as county primary roads, and all roads, streets and highways included in the county local road system of any county shall be officially known as county local roads. For a period of 2 years after the effective date of this act, the primary road system and the local road system in each county, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as determined by the state highway commissioner, and thereafter the local road system and the primary road system in each county, and the mileage in each such system used for all purposes under the provisions of this act, shall be as established by certification to and approved by the state highway commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act.

History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951

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McNitt Act

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Michigan Transportation Fund Act

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1980–2010 · leading case: Oshtemo Charter Twp. v. Kalamazoo Cnty. Road Comm'n, 792 N.W.2d 401 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010).

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Oshtemo Charter Twp. v. Kalamazoo Cnty. Road Comm'n, 792 N.W.2d 401 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 6× “651 through MCL 247.655. A juxtaposition of the provisions of MCL 247.”

Austin v. City of Romulus, 300 N.W.2d 672 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “1097(2) and MCL 247.655; MSA 9.1097(5) require the Board of County Road Commissioners to certify those roads selected as county primary and county local roads.”

Smith v. Dep't of Transp., 403 N.W.2d 87 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “1097(2) and MCL 247.655; MSA 9.1097(5). Austin, supra, p 672 .”

Stricker v. Dep't of State Highways, 292 N.W.2d 240 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980). “1097(2) and MCL 247.655; MSA 9.1097(5) require the Board of County Road Commissioners to certify those roads selected as county primary and county local roads.”

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