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Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.156 (2026)

Bids; board of review, appointment, meeting, time, notice, duties.

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THE DRAIN CODE OF 1956

Act 40 of 1956

280.156 Bids; board of review, appointment, meeting, time, notice, duties.

Sec. 156.

The probate court upon receipt of any such application as hereinbefore provided for shall forthwith notify the commissioner in writing of such appeal, and shall thereupon make an order appointing 3 disinterested and competent freeholders of such county, not residents of the township or townships affected by said drain, as members of a board of review. The persons so appointed shall constitute the board of review. The court shall thereupon, with the concurrence of the commissioner, immediately fix the time and place when and where said board of review shall meet to review said apportionments, which time shall not be less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of filing such appeal. The commissioner shall thereupon give notice to the persons so appointed of their appointment and of the time and place of meeting, and shall give notice of such meeting by posting notices in at least 5 public places in each township forming a part of the drainage district, and shall serve a like notice upon the appellant if he be a resident of any township affected. Such notice shall be made not less than 5 days before the day of hearing and shall be made by personal service. Proof of service of notice of appeal shall be made by the person serving said notice and be filed in the office of the judge of probate. At such hearing the board of review shall have the right, and it shall be their duty, to review all apportionments for benefits made by the commissioner on such drain. The persons so appointed shall be sworn by the commissioner to faithfully discharge the duties of such board of review.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1968–2009 · leading case: In Re Proj. Cost & Special Assessment Roll for Chappel Dam, 762 N.W.2d 192 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009).

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In Re Proj. Cost & Special Assessment Roll for Chappel Dam, 762 N.W.2d 192 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “At such hearing the board of review shall have the right, and it shall he their duty, to review all apportionments for benefits made by the commissioner on such drain.”

In Re Jude, 578 N.W.2d 704 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). “Pursuant to the notice requirements of the Drain Code, MCL 280.156; MSA 11.1156, the drain commissioner posted notice that the board of review would meet on August 27, 1996, for the purpose of reviewing the apportionment.”

Muskegon Twp. v. Muskegon Cnty. Drain Comm'r, 257 N.W.2d 224 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 5× “MCLA 280.156; MSA 11.1156. The board of review met on February 26, 1975, and again on March 21, 1975.”

Kerrigan v. Saginaw Cnty. Drain Comm'r, 162 N.W.2d 289 (Mich. Ct. App. 1968). “The'probate judge made an ex parte order purportedly pursuant to CLS 1961, § 280.156 (Stat Ann 1960 Rev §11.1156) on September 16, 1966, and thereafter defendant filed a motion to dismiss which was not acted upon.”

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