NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
Act 451 of 1994
324.30702 Determination of normal inland lake level; motion or petition to initiate action; delegation of powers and duties by county board; maintenance.
Sec. 30702.
(1) The county board of a county in which an inland lake is located may upon the board's own motion, or shall within 45 days following receipt of a petition to the board of 2/3 of the owners of lands abutting the inland lake, initiate action to take the necessary steps to cause to be determined the normal level of the inland lake.
(2) Unless required to act by resolution as provided in this part, the county board may delegate powers and duties under this part to that county's commissioner, road commission, or other delegated authority.
(3) If a court-determined normal level is established pursuant to this part, the delegated authority of the county or counties in which the lake is located shall maintain that normal level.
History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the Land and Water Management Division, with the exception of the farmland and open space preservation program, natural rivers program, and Michigan information resource inventory system, to the Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, see E.R.O. No. 1995-16, compiled at MCL 324.99901 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
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Notes of Decisions
Glen Lake-Crystal River Watershed Riparians v. Glen Lake Ass'n, 695 N.W.2d 508 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005).
“In the early 1940s, in response to concerns about erosion damage caused by high water levels in Glen Lake, the Leelanau County Board of Supervisors filed an action in the Leelanau Circuit Court under the statutory predecessor of the ILLP to determine the “natural height and…”
In Re Higgins Lake (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
· cites it 7× “MCL 324.30702(1). The county board is empowered to delegate the powers of performing such actions to the county commissioner “or other delegated authority.”
Citizens for Higgins Lake Legal Levels v. Roscommon Bd of Comm'rs (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 3× “: first, MCL 324.30702(3), which provides that, “[i]f a court-determined normal level is established pursuant to this part, the delegated authority of the county or counties in which the lake is located shall maintain that normal level;” and second, MCL 324.”
Semack v. Roscommon, Cnty. of (E.D. Mich. 2025).
· cites it 2× “Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30702 (3). B. Higgins Lake On February 24, 1982, Judge Horn of the Roscommon County Circuit Court followed the procedure set forth in Part 307 and determined that the normal level of Higgins Lake is 1,154.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30702(1) — 2 cases
In Re Higgins Lake (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
“MCL 324.30702(1). The county board is empowered to delegate the powers of performing such actions to the county commissioner “or other delegated authority.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30702(2) — 1 case
In Re Higgins Lake (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
“MCL 324.30702(1). The county board is empowered to delegate the powers of performing such actions to the county commissioner “or other delegated authority.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30702(3) — 2 cases
In Re Higgins Lake (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
“MCL 324.30702(1). The county board is empowered to delegate the powers of performing such actions to the county commissioner “or other delegated authority.”
Citizens for Higgins Lake Legal Levels v. Roscommon Bd of Comm'rs (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
“: first, MCL 324.30702(3), which provides that, “[i]f a court-determined normal level is established pursuant to this part, the delegated authority of the county or counties in which the lake is located shall maintain that normal level;” and second, MCL 324.”
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