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Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.475 (2026)

Statutory or charter tax limitations inapplicable; rate or amount of taxes.

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THE DRAIN CODE OF 1956


Act 40 of 1956


280.475 Statutory or charter tax limitations inapplicable; rate or amount of taxes.

Sec. 475.

    Taxes levied by a public corporation for the payment of assessments hereunder shall not be deemed to be within any statutory or charter tax limitation. A public corporation may impose taxes without limitation as to rate or amount for the payment of the assessments in anticipation of which bonds are issued, which taxes shall be in addition to any taxes that the public corporation may otherwise be authorized to levy but not more than the rate or amount sufficient therefor.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1959 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 208, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1974

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Cited in 1 case, 1959–1959 · leading case: Twp. of Southfield v. Drainage Bd. for Twelve Towns Relief Dr., 97 N.W.2d 821 (Mich. 1959).
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Twp. of Southfield v. Drainage Bd. for Twelve Towns Relief Dr., 97 N.W.2d 821 (Mich. 1959). “The township also contends that section 475 of the act (CLS 1956, § 280.475 [Stat Ann 1957 Cum Supp § 11.1475]) is unconstitutional in that it tends to put all such tax assessments outside the constitutional tax limitation by removing the resulting indebtedness from the…”
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