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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-460 > Act-448-of-1976 > 448-1976-3 > Section-460-845MICHIGAN ENERGY EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1976 (EXCERPT)
Act 448 of 1976
460.845 Eminent domain.
Sec. 45.
A joint agency may take private property under Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, or any other applicable law as determined necessary by a joint agency for carrying out its purpose, except that a joint agency 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, including, without limitation, nonprofit corporation, without first securing in writing the approval of the lawful private owner or owners.
History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
