Section 54.266 - Expediting county's or counties' plan; payment or reimbursement of costs. - Michigan Statutes

STATE SURVEY AND REMONUMENTATION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 345 of 1990

54.266 Expediting county's or counties' plan; payment or reimbursement of costs.

Sec. 6.

(1) The commission shall do all of the following:

(a) Coordinate the restoration, maintenance, and the preservation of the land survey records of vertical and horizontal monuments, the public land survey system, and the property controlling corners established by the United States public land survey and by the national geodetic survey within this state, including, but not necessarily limited to, all pertinent field notes, plats, and documents; and coordinate the restoration, establishment, maintenance, and preservation of other boundary records otherwise established by law, or considered by the commission to be of importance.

(b) Establish, maintain, and provide safe storage facilities for a comprehensive system of recordation and dissemination of land information records.

(c) Coordinate the extension, densification, and maintenance of the horizontal and vertical control networks initiated by the federal government through the national geodetic survey and the United States geological survey.

(d) Coordinate the collection and preservation of information obtained from surveys made by persons or organizations authorized to establish monuments or land boundaries, and to assist in proper recording of monuments or land boundaries by county surveyors or registers of deeds.

(e) Foster, encourage, and promote the establishment of remonumentation programs in every county in this state.

(f) Establish and maintain a data base of information on approved monumented horizontal and vertical control in this state.

(g) On or before October 1, 1993, and biennially after October 1, 1993, submit a report to the legislature. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(i) A summary of the commission's activities regarding administration of this act.

(ii) An assessment of the progress of the implementation of county monumentation and remonumentation plans throughout this state.

(iii) A statement regarding the amount of money that was received and disbursed from the fund.

(iv) An assessment of how much money is necessary to carry out monumentation or remonumentation of the entire state.

(v) An assessment of whether the money received in the fund is adequate to implement this act.

(vi) Recommendations including, but not limited to, the level of funding that is necessary to implement this act.

(h) On or before October 1, 1993, submit a copy of the initial report that is prepared pursuant to subdivision (g) to the county board of commissioners of each county of this state.

(i) Establish and administer a grant program to counties to implement this act.

(2) If a county or 2 or more counties elect to expedite the county's or counties' plan as provided in section 8(5), the commission shall enter into a contract described in section 8(5) to pay or reimburse the costs of expediting the plan. The amount expended or borrowed for expediting the county's or counties' plan shall be paid from the fund as provided in section 12(2) and (4).

History: 1990, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 6, 1998