Michigan Constitution
Article VII - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
§ 29 Highways, streets, alleys, public places; control, use by public utilities.

Universal Citation: MI Const art VII § 29

Sec. 29. No person, partnership, association or corporation, public or private, operating a public utility shall have the right to the use of the highways, streets, alleys or other public places of any county, township, city or village for wires, poles, pipes, tracks, conduits or other utility facilities, without the consent of the duly constituted authority of the county, township, city or village; or to transact local business therein without first obtaining a franchise from the township, city or village. Except as otherwise provided in this constitution the right of all counties, townships, cities and villages to the reasonable control of their highways, streets, alleys and public places is hereby reserved to such local units of government.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 29, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964.

Former constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. VIII, § 28.

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