Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 120. Port Districts § 120.112

Sec. 12. (1) An authority may acquire by purchase or lease, when it considers the purchase or lease expedient, lands, structures, property, rights, rights of way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it considers necessary or convenient for the construction or operation of a project, upon terms and at a price as considered reasonable and agreed upon between the authority and the owner thereof.

(2) An authority may acquire by condemnation lands, property rights, rights of way, franchises, easements, and other property, or parts thereof or rights therein, of a person, partnership, association, or corporation considered by the authority to be necessary for the construction or efficient operation of a project. However, a facility currently operated as a port facility by a terminal operator or a facility owned or operated by and for the exclusive use of the owner or operator and a facility owned or operated by a common carrier or public utility shall be exempt from this subsection. The condemnation shall be made in the manner provided by Act No. 295 of the Public Acts of 1966, as amended, being sections 213.361 to 213.391 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, except where that procedure may be inconsistent with this act.

(3) An authority may sell or remove the buildings or other structures upon lands taken by the authority, and may sell or lease lands or rights or interest in lands or other property taken or purchased for the purposes of this act.