Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.335
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Tapping or making connection with mains of water supply district; payment; plan for financing, maintenance, and control of improvement.
Official statutory text
Sec. 5.
A person or property owner shall not tap or make a connection with the mains of a water supply district established under section 1 without having paid for the privilege. On compliance with the provisions of section 3, the township board shall promulgate and adopt, by resolution, a plan for financing, maintenance, and control of the improvement. The plan shall provide all of the following:
The minimum payment for the privilege of tapping and making of each private connection with the mains.
A specified date by which all minimum payments shall be made to the township treasurer. The date shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after completion of the publication required by section 6.
The amount payable to the township treasurer after the date specified pursuant to subdivision (b) for the privilege of tapping and making of each private connection with the mains. This amount shall be not more than 50% nor less than 20% greater than the minimum payment specified pursuant to subdivision (a).
Rules and regulations designed to vest exclusive governing control of the mains and fittings in the township board and to maintain and preserve adequate water pressure throughout the mains. The rules and regulations shall conform to the contract made under section 1. The rules and regulations shall include a provision limiting the number of private connections that may be purchased and made with the mains; a provision limiting the length of all private connections with the mains; provisions declaring the maximum size of pipe that may be used by all persons and property owners in making and maintaining private connections with the mains; a provision for minimum distance, on either or both sides of the mains, between taps for all private connections; and general provisions governing use and control of the mains, assessment of water rates, collection and payment of water rates, and suitable penalties for nonpayment of the rates.
History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941; CL 1948, 41.335; Am. 1949, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1949; Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
A person or property owner shall not tap or make a connection with the mains of a water supply district established under section 1 without having paid for the privilege. On compliance with the provisions of section 3, the township board shall promulgate and adopt, by resolution, a plan for financing, maintenance, and control of the improvement. The plan shall provide all of the following:
The minimum payment for the privilege of tapping and making of each private connection with the mains.
A specified date by which all minimum payments shall be made to the township treasurer. The date shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after completion of the publication required by section 6.
The amount payable to the township treasurer after the date specified pursuant to subdivision (b) for the privilege of tapping and making of each private connection with the mains. This amount shall be not more than 50% nor less than 20% greater than the minimum payment specified pursuant to subdivision (a).
Rules and regulations designed to vest exclusive governing control of the mains and fittings in the township board and to maintain and preserve adequate water pressure throughout the mains. The rules and regulations shall conform to the contract made under section 1. The rules and regulations shall include a provision limiting the number of private connections that may be purchased and made with the mains; a provision limiting the length of all private connections with the mains; provisions declaring the maximum size of pipe that may be used by all persons and property owners in making and maintaining private connections with the mains; a provision for minimum distance, on either or both sides of the mains, between taps for all private connections; and general provisions governing use and control of the mains, assessment of water rates, collection and payment of water rates, and suitable penalties for nonpayment of the rates.
History: 1941, Act 107, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941; CL 1948, 41.335; Am. 1949, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1949; Am. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
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