Sec. 14. (1) A person that proposes to construct a telegraph, telephone, power line or cable television line, broadband line, pipe lines, wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers, or like structures upon, over or under a county road or bridge, shall obtain the consent of the board of county road commissioners before commencing work. (2) A person that proposes to construct a telegraph, telephone, power line, cable television line, broadband line, pipe line, wires, cables, poles, conduits, sewers or like structures, upon, over or under a state trunk line highway, or upon, over or under any bridge that this state has participated in constructing, shall obtain the consent of the state highway commissioner before commencing work.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.184
Consent of county or state to construction
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 236 Mich. App. 67 - Candelaria v. B C General Contractors, Inc (1999)
Most recently applied in 257 Mich. App. 1 - Mayor of Lansing v. Public Service Commission (July 2003)
1925, Act 368, Eff
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