HB-6295, As Passed House, November 10, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 6295

                                                                             A bill to amend 1967 PA 288, entitled                                             

"Land division act,"                                                        

by amending section 222 (MCL 560.222) and by adding section                 

222a.                                                                       

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 222.   To Except as provided in section 222a, to

2   vacate, correct, or revise a recorded plat or any part of  it a            

3   recorded plat, a complaint shall be filed in the circuit court by           

4   the owner of a lot in the subdivision, a person of record                   

5   claiming under the owner, or the governing body of the                      

6   municipality in which the subdivision covered by the plat is                

7   located.                                                                    

8   Sec. 222a.  (1) Notwithstanding section 222, a public                       

9   utility easement that is part of a recorded plat may be                     

10  relinquished without filing an action in circuit court if a                 

1   written agreement for that purpose is entered into among all of             

2   the following parties:                                                      

3       (a) The public utility or municipal entity that has the right               

4   to use the recorded easement.                                               

5       (b) The owner or owners of record of each platted lot or                    

6   parcel of land subject to the easement.                                     

7       (c) A two-thirds majority of the owners of record of each                   

8   platted lot or parcel of land within 300 feet of any part of the            

9   recorded easement.                                                          

10      (d) The governing board of the municipality in which the                    

11  subdivision covered by the plat is located.                                 

12      (2) An agreement described in subsection (1) shall meet all                 

13  applicable requirements for recordation and is effective upon               

14  being recorded with the register of deeds and filed with the                

15  department of labor and economic growth.  The register of deeds             

16  and the department of labor and economic growth shall                       

17  cross-reference the document to the affected plat.