River, Creek, or Watercourse; Petition to Inclusion in Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 280.541
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280.541 River, creek, or watercourse; petition to inclusion in jurisdiction.
Sec. 541.
A petition meeting the requirements of this chapter as to petitioners, execution and filing may request, for reasons of public health, that jurisdiction be assumed over all or a specified part of the bed, tributaries, banks and flood plains of a river, creek or watercourse, not part of an established drain. The petition shall describe the existing or threatened conditions which cause or increase the danger of flooding, pollution, desecration or obstruction of such river, creek or watercourse, and shall specify, in general terms, the works, property acquisition, actions or procedures deemed necessary to remove or lessen such danger.
History: Add. 1965, Act 194, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965 Popular Name: Act 40
Section: 280.535 280.536 280.537 280.538 280.538a 280.539 280.540 280.541 280.542 280.543 280.544 280.545 280.546 280.547 280.547a
Last modified: March 17, 2013
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