Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 720. Probate § 720.652

Sec. 2. The county board of commissioners of any county or any contiguous counties, by resolution, may authorize the chief judge of the circuit court in the county or in the contiguous counties to request the family independence agency to survey the situation and determine the need for a detention home in the area, or whenever the chief judge of the circuit court in a county is requested, in writing, by 1% but not less than 25 electors of the county to initiate proceedings for the organization of the district for the operation of a regional detention home. In either event the chief judge shall be authorized to refer the question to the family independence agency for its recommendations and approval relative to all of the following: