Maintenance and repair of private roads

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires all persons that have a right to use a private road or driveway located on an access easement (beneficial users) to contribute to the reasonable and necessary costs of maintenance and repair of the private road or driveway. If the beneficial users enter into a written agreement to determine how costs are shared, that agreement controls. In the absence of a written agreement, the bill requires the beneficial users to contribute an equitable share based on the amount and intensity of each beneficial user's actual use in proportion to the amount and intensity of all beneficial users' actual use.

The cost-sharing obligation created in the bill does not apply to any of the following:

Who's behind it

Joan Ballweg, a Republican, is its author⁠.

4 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

• Amendment Histories
• LC Amendment Memo