NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
Act 451 of 1994
324.72102 Legislative findings.
Sec. 72102.
The legislature finds that a statewide system of trails will provide for public enjoyment, health, and fitness; encourage constructive leisure-time activities; protect open space, cultural and historical resources, and habitat for wildlife and plants; enhance the local and state economies; link communities, parks, and natural resources; create opportunities for rural-urban exchange, agricultural education, and the marketing of farm products; and preserve corridors for possible future use for other public purposes. Therefore, the planning, acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance of trails are in the best interest of this state and are a public purpose.
History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2010 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 211, Eff. Sept. 25, 2014
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Notes of Decisions
Duffy v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 805 N.W.2d 399 (Mich. 2011).
· cites it 4× “[and to] enhance the local and state economies,” MCL 324.72102. The act defines 4 The most pertinent definition available is for the word “trail,” which is defined as “a path or track made in overgrown or rough terrain by the passage of people or animals.”
Bingham Twp. v. RLTD R.R., 624 N.W.2d 725 (Mich. 2001).
· cites it 2× “The Legislature later adopted the Michigan trailways act, MCL 324.72102; MSA 13A.72102, in which it again stated that the acquisition, development, and maintenance of Michigan trailways is in the best interest of the state and is declared to be a public purpose.”
Bingham Twp. v. Rltd R.R. Corp., 576 N.W.2d 731 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 2× “The Legislature later adopted the Michigan trailways act, MCL 324.72102; MSA 13A.72102, in which it again stated that the acquisition, development, and maintenance of Michigan trailways is in the best interest of the state and is declared to be a public purpose.”
Bingham Twp. v. RLTD R.R., 603 N.W.2d 795 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999).
“[MCL 324.72102; MSA 13A.72102.] In the present case, we find that if the township were permitted to hinder and otherwise interfere with the process of the trailway’s development into a Michigan trailway, construction and maintenance of the trailway would be virtually impossible.”
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