Sec. 5.
(1) For the accomplishment of the purposes of this act, the municipality shall acquire fee simple title in real property by purchase, gift, or exchange, and may acquire under this act title to blighted property by condemnation. The municipality shall then apply that blighted property acquired by condemnation under this act and other real property acquired by other means to the expressed purposes of this act.
(2) By authority of this act for blighted property, or by authority of other state law authorizing the condemnation of property for other public uses, the local legislative body may institute and prosecute proceedings under the power of eminent domain in accordance with the state constitution of 1963 and the laws of the state or provisions of any local charter relative to condemnation. A resident owner in a development area may not be dispossessed after condemnation under the provisions of this act until other adequate housing accommodations are available, to the people displaced.
History: 1945, Act 344, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1945 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 237, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 125.75 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 677, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 2007
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning
Act 344 of 1945 - Blighted Area Rehabilitation (125.71 - 125.84)
Section 125.71 - Legislative Findings and Declaration.
Section 125.73 - Powers of Municipality.
Section 125.75a - Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas; Urban Renewal Plat.
Section 125.76 - Acquisition of Property; Jurisdiction of Public Agencies.
Section 125.77 - Repealed. 1957, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957.
Section 125.77a - Municipal Bonds or Notes.
Section 125.77c - Tax Revenues.
Section 125.79 - Modification of Plan; Hearing.
Section 125.80 - Work Done in Accordance With Plan.
Section 125.81 - Designation of Administrative Agency.
Section 125.82 - Action by Ordinance or Resolution; Validation of Prior Actions.