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Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 117. Home Rule Cities § 117.9b

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 9b. (1) In addition to the detachment procedures otherwise authorized by this act, territory may be detached from a city if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The territory to be detached was annexed to the city after the city was incorporated.

(b) The territory to be detached is to be reattached to the municipality from which that territory was annexed.

(c) The city does not provide water or sewer service in the territory to be detached.

(d) The council of the city from which the territory is being detached approves a resolution authorizing the detachment of the territory and confirming an agreement relating to the detachment.

(e) The legislative body of the municipality from which the territory to be detached was annexed approves a resolution authorizing detachment of the territory and confirming an agreement related to the detachment.

(2) The city and municipality involved in a detachment under this section may enter into an intergovernmental agreement which imposes conditions on the detachment. The conditions may include, but need not be limited to, building restrictions and zoning within the territory to be detached.

(3) Territory detached under this section is immediately reannexed to the detaching city if any of the following occurs:

(a) The city can and agrees to provide water and sewer services, the city certifies these facts to the state boundary commission, and the state boundary commission finds that the city can provide water and sewer services to this territory.

(b) The municipality to which the territory was reattached fails to comply with the intergovernmental agreement, the city certifies that fact to the state boundary commission, and the state boundary commission finds that the municipality is not in compliance.

(4) Reannexation pursuant to subsection (3) shall not be subject to the annexation requirements and restrictions of this act; Act No. 191 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 123.1001 to 123.1020 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; or Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 42.1 to 42.34 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

(5) All or part of territory detached under this section shall not be subject to annexation.

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