(1) A district may be established by filing a petition, signed by 10 or more owners of forest land who control a total combined acreage of not less than 50,000 acres lying within the limits of the gross territorial boundary proposed to be organized into a district, with the department asking that a district be organized in the territory described in the petition. The petition shall state all of the following:
  (a) The proposed name of the district.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.50124

  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  (b) A legal description of the forest land proposed to be organized as the district, including the proposed gross territorial boundary of the district.
  (c) A tentative implementation schedule for the forest practices functions and services the district will perform.
  (d) An analysis that demonstrates the economic and administrative feasibility of a district within the defined boundaries.
  (e) A request that the boundaries for the district be established.
  (2) If more than 1 petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the department shall determine which of the districts shall encompass that territory.
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