Michigan § 141.322 - Acquisition or improvement of parks; financing; establishment of special assessment district; petition; acquisition by condemnation prohibited; scope of powers.
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§ 141.322. Acquisition or improvement of parks; financing; establishment of special assessment district; petition; acquisition by condemnation prohibited; scope of powers.
The county board of commissioners of a county may acquire or improve a park, defray all or part of the cost of the park acquisition or improvement by special assessments, and finance the park acquisition or improvement by borrowing money and issuing bonds in anticipation of the collection of the special assessments, in the same manner as a board of county road commissioners proceeding under sections 1 to 17 of Act No. 246 of the Public Acts of 1931, being sections 41.271 to 41.287 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. However, the proceedings for the establishment of a special assessment district shall be initiated by filing with the county board of commissioners a petition meeting both of the following requirements:
The petition is signed by record owners of land constituting not less than 2/3 of the total land area in the special assessment district as finally established.
The petition is signed by 2/3 of the record owners of land in the special assessment district as finally established.
The city council of a city organized under the fourth class city act, Act No. 215 of the Public Acts of 1895, being sections 81.1 to 113.20 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may acquire or improve a park, defray all or part of the cost of the park acquisition or improvement by special assessments, and finance the park acquisition or improvement by borrowing money and issuing bonds in anticipation of the collection of the special assessments, in the same manner as authorized in an ordinance adopted under chapter XXIVA of Act No. 215 of the Public Acts of 1895, being sections 104A.1 to 104A.5 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. However, the proceedings for the establishment of a special assessment district shall be initiated by the filing of a petition meeting both of the following requirements:
The petition is signed by record owners of land constituting not less than 2/3 of the total land area in the special assessment district as finally established.
The petition is signed by 2/3 of the record owners of land in the special assessment district as finally established.
The legislative body of a city organized under the home rule city act, Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, being sections 117.1 to 117.38 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, may acquire or improve a park, defray all or part of the cost of the park acquisition or improvement by special assessments, and finance the park acquisition or improvement by borrowing money and issuing bonds in anticipation of the collection of the special assessments, in the same manner as authorized for other public improvements in charter provisions adopted under sections 4a(7) and 4d of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, being sections 117.4a and 117.4d of the Michigan Compiled Laws. However, the proceedings for the establishment of a special assessment district shall be initiated by the filing of a petition meeting both of the following requirements:
The petition is signed by record owners of land constituting not less than 2/3 of the total land area in the special assessment district as finally established.
The petition is signed by 2/3 of the record owners of land in the special assessment district as finally established.
The legislative body of a village or the township board of a township may acquire or improve a park, defray all or part of the cost of the park acquisition or improvement by special assessments, and finance the park acquisition or improvement by borrowing money and issuing bonds in anticipation of the collection of special assessments, in the same manner as authorized by sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the township and village public improvement and public service act, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1923, being sections 41.411, 41.412, 41.413, and 41.414 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The proceedings for the establishment of a special assessment district shall be initiated by filing a petition meeting both of the following requirements:
The petition is signed by record owners of land constituting not less than 2/3 of the total land area in the special assessment district as finally established.
The petition is signed by 2/3 of the record owners of land in the special assessment district as finally established.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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