Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.482 (2026)

Improvements or additions to drains for public health.

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THE DRAIN CODE OF 1956

Act 40 of 1956

280.482 Improvements or additions to drains for public health.

Sec. 482.

Any 1 or more county drains or any portion thereof, now or hereafter existing, may be cleaned out, relocated, widened, deepened, straightened, extended, tiled, interconnected or otherwise improved, or branches added or connected thereto, when necessary for the public health, in the same manner as a county drain may be located, established and constructed under this chapter, with such variations in the proceedings as may be necessary to make the same applicable, and also the cost thereof may be financed in like manner. A project to improve county drains may include backfilling and leveling any portion thereof no longer needed after the improvements.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 46, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1961 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 215, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1971

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1993–1993 · leading case: Kramer v. City of Dearborn Heights, 496 N.W.2d 301 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993).

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Kramer v. City of Dearborn Heights, 496 N.W.2d 301 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993). “As the trial court noted, MCL 280.482; MSA 11.1482 authorizes any improvement necessary for the public health and, thus, provides a sufficient basis for the consolidation here.”

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