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Code · Michigan · Chapter 460 — Public Utilities

460.816 Eminent domain.

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460.816 Eminent domain.
Sec. 16.
A municipality may take private property under Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, being sections 213.21 to 213.41 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for the purposes defined in and authorized by this act, which taking and use shall be considered necessary for public purposes and for public benefit, except that a municipality shall not exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire an existing electrical generation or transmission facility or a part thereof held in private ownership, without first securing in writing the approval of the lawful private owner or owners.
The acquired property may be conveyed for use in joint agency or joint venture projects authorized by this act in a manner and upon terms as the municipality deems appropriate.
History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
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