Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.243 (2026)

Deficiency; assessment, collection, review, appeal; embezzlement; payment from county general fund, conditions.

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THE DRAIN CODE OF 1956


Act 40 of 1956


280.243 Deficiency; assessment, collection, review, appeal; embezzlement; payment from county general fund, conditions.

Sec. 243.

    Whenever the amount assessed for the construction of any drain shall not be sufficient to complete the same, and to pay all the costs and incidental expenses or to pay the principal and interest on bonds if such are issued, a further assessment shall be made to meet the deficit or additional expense. Such further assessment shall be apportioned, assessed, levied and collected as provided in the first instance, and on the same percentage, and shall be collected in 1 year, but there shall be no review of nor appeal from such further assessment: Provided, That whenever by reason of the embezzlement or other wrongful act of any county official or by reason of the conspiracy of any county official with any other person or persons to defraud any drainage district, township or county, there shall be any deficiency as aforesaid, the board of supervisors of any county traversed by the drain may provide for the payment, out of the general fund of the county, of all or any part of such additional assessment as may be apportioned to that part of the drainage district within such county, or for the refunding to taxpayers of any such assessment which may have been paid.

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

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1982–1993 · leading case: Wikman v. City of Novi, 322 N.W.2d 103 (Mich. 1982).
Wikman v. City of Novi, 322 N.W.2d 103 (Mich. 1982). · cites it 2× “See also MCL 280.72a; MSA 11.1072(1); MCL 280.88; MSA 11.”
Romulus City Treasurer v. Wayne Cnty. Drain Comm'r, 322 N.W.2d 152 (Mich. 1982). · cites it 2× “1191, MCL 280.243; MSA 11.1243, MCL 280.493; MSA 11.”
Kramer v. City of Dearborn Heights, 496 N.W.2d 301 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “The statute cited by plaintiffs, MCL 280.243; MSA 11.1243, does not apply in this case.”
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