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Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.721 (2026)

Public improvements by township board; bonds; special assessments to defray costs.

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PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS


Act 188 of 1954


41.721 Public improvements by township board; bonds; special assessments to defray costs.

Sec. 1.

    The township board has the power to make an improvement named in this act, to provide for the payment of an improvement by the issuance of bonds as provided in section 15, and to determine that the whole or any part of the cost of an improvement shall be defrayed by special assessments against the property especially benefited by the improvement. The cost of engineering services and all expenses incident to the proceedings for the making and financing of the improvement shall be deemed to be a part of the cost of the improvement.

History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1969–2025 · leading case: Niles Twp. v. Berrien Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 683 N.W.2d 148 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004).
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Niles Twp. v. Berrien Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 683 N.W.2d 148 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 9× “803, which in turn requires compliance with MCL 41.721 to 41.738. The county points to four procedural defects arising from the alleged failure to comply with MCL 41.”
Niles Twp. v. Berrien Cty. Bd. of Comm'rs, 683 N.W.2d 148 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 9× “803, which in turn requires compliance with MCL 41.721 to 41.738. The county points to four procedural defects arising from the alleged failure to comply with MCL 41.”
Ashley Ann Arbor, LLC v. Pittsfield Charter Twp., 829 N.W.2d 299 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “725(1)(d) of the public improvements act (PIA), MCL 41.721 et seq. The MTT scheduled Ashley’s petition for a hearing on the September 16-30, 2011 “Prehearing General Call.”
Wikman v. City of Novi, 322 N.W.2d 103 (Mich. 1982). · cites it 2× “[24] MCL 41.721 et seq.; MSA 5.2770(51) et seq.”
Trussell v. Decker, 382 N.W.2d 778 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “In this matter of first impression *314 we are asked to decide the sufficiency of notice given plaintiff of a proposed special assessment district for a water improvement project to be constructed by the township under MCL 41.721 et seq.; MSA 5.2770(51) et seq.”
Michigan's Adventure, Inc. v. Dalton Twp., 782 N.W.2d 806 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “Briefly stated, plaintiffs’ contention is that the special assessments imposed by the township to improve a sewer system far exceed any benefit conferred by that sewer system on the properties against which the assessments were made. Plaintiffs claim that their constitutional…”
Bates v. Colony Park Ass'n, 393 F. Supp. 2d 578 (E.D. Mich. 2005). · cites it 2× “” Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.721 . Plaintiffs apparently claim that the $650,000 amount approved by the Township board failed to account for all of these costs.”
Blaser v. East Bay Twp., 617 N.W.2d 742 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “MCL 41.721; MSA 5.2770(51) grants townships the authority to make improvements and to establish special assessment districts to pay for the improvements: *253 The township board has the power to make an improvement named in this act,[ 1 ] to provide for the payment of an…”
Twp. of Gaines v. Carlson, Hohloch, Mitchell & Piotrowski, Inc., 261 N.W.2d 71 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). “, MCLA 41.721 et seq.; MSA 5.2770(51) et seq.”
Spear v. Twp. of Fenton, 170 N.W.2d 312 (Mich. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “■ • • The special assessment district was established pursuant to the provisions of PA 1954, No 188, MCLA § 41.721 et seq. (Stat Ann 1958 Rev § 5.”
Evangelos Gianakos v. Indep. Twp. (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 5× “The tribunal noted that the Township imposed the special assessment pursuant to MCL 41.721, et seq., and that MCL 41.721 authorized township boards to make certain improvements and to defray the costs of those improvements through special assessments levied against the…”
Rusak v. Acme Twp., 336 N.W.2d 771 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “The making of public improvements by townships in this state is governed by MCL 41.721 et seq.; MSA 5.2770(51) et seq.”
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