City of Au Gres MDOT Reports

What is Title VI? Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 200d), related statutes and regulations provide that no person shall on the ground of race, color, national origin, sex, or disabilities be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal funds.  Full Report: Title VI Sub-Recipient Annual Certification

What is Public Act 51? Article IX, Section 9, of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, as amended, states that “All specific taxes . . . imposed directly or indirectly on fuels sold or used to propel motor vehicles upon highways. . . or on registered motor vehicles . . . shall, after payment of necessary collection expenses, be used exclusively for transportation purposes. . .”

Public Act 51 of 1951, as amended (“Act 51”) governs the distribution of this revenue. The following pages summarize this distribution.

Act 51 creates a fund into which specific transportation taxes are deposited, and prescribes how these revenues are to be distributed and the purposes for which they can be spent. Act 51 establishes jurisdictional road networks, sets priorities for the use of transportation revenues, and allows bonded indebtedness for transportation improvements and guarantees repayment of debt.

The Act also imposes administrative requirements on road agencies, and creates several institutions not having to do with finance.

Full Report: Public Act 51, Section18j