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.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 1 - Constitution of The State of Michigan of 1963
CONSTITUTION OF MICHIGAN OF 1963 - State Constitution (Article I § 1 - § 0)
Article VII - Local Government (Article VII § 1...§ 34)
Article VII § 1 Counties; Corporate Character, Powers and Immunities.
Article VII § 2 County Charters.
Article VII § 3 Reduction of Size of County.
Article VII § 4 County Officers; Terms, Combination.
Article VII § 5 Offices at County Seat.
Article VII § 6 Sheriffs; Security, Responsibility for Acts, Ineligibility for Other Office.
Article VII § 7 Boards of Supervisors; Members.
Article VII § 8 Legislative, Administrative, and Other Powers and Duties of Boards.
Article VII § 9 Compensation of County Officers.
Article VII § 10 Removal of County Seat.
Article VII § 11 Indebtedness, Limitation.
Article VII § 12 Navigable Streams, Permission to Bridge or Dam.
Article VII § 13 Consolidation of Counties, Approval by Electors.
Article VII § 14 Organization and Consolidation of Townships.
Article VII § 15 County Intervention in Public Utility Service and Rate Proceedings.
Article VII § 16 Highways, Bridges, Culverts, Airports; Road Tax Limitation.
Article VII § 17 Townships; Corporate Character, Powers and Immunities.
Article VII § 18 Township Officers; Term, Powers and Duties.
Article VII § 19 Township Public Utility Franchises.
Article VII § 20 Townships, Dissolution; Villages as Cities.
Article VII § 21 Cities and Villages; Incorporation, Taxes, Indebtedness.
Article VII § 22 Charters, Resolutions, Ordinances; Enumeration of Powers.
Article VII § 23 Parks, Boulevards, Cemeteries, Hospitals.
Article VII § 24 Public Service Facilities.
Article VII § 25 Public Utilities; Acquisition, Franchises, Sale.
Article VII § 26 Cities and Villages, Loan of Credit.
Article VII § 27 Metropolitan Governments and Authorities.
Article VII § 29 Highways, Streets, Alleys, Public Places; Control, Use by Public Utilities.
Article VII § 30 Franchises and Licenses, Duration.
Article VII § 31 Vacation or Alteration of Roads, Streets, Alleys, Public Places.
Article VII § 32 Budgets, Public Hearing.