Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 119. Metropolitan Districts § 119.17a

Sec. 17a. (1) In addition to the method for dissolving a metropolitan district as provided in section 16,  1 the dissolution of a metropolitan district may be initiated by a petition signed by not less than 5% of the registered electors residing in the metropolitan district. The petition shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the largest number of registered electors in the metropolitan district reside as provided in section 646a(2) of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.646a. The ballot question proposing the dissolution of the metropolitan district shall be submitted to the electors in the metropolitan district at the next regular election held in the metropolitan district that occurs not less than 84 days after the filing of the petition.

(2) The ballot question language for the proposed dissolution of the metropolitan district shall be in substantially the following form on the ballot:

(3) If a majority of the electors in the metropolitan district voting at the election approve of the dissolution of the metropolitan district, the metropolitan district shall be dissolved within 2 years after the election as provided in section 17b.  2