Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.61724

  • 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
  • Oil and gas: means oil and gas as such in combination one with the other and also means oil, gas, casinghead gas, casinghead gasoline, gas distillate, or other hydrocarbons, or any combination or combinations of these substances, which may be found in or produced from a common source of supply of oil, gas, oil and gas, or gas distillate. See Michigan Laws 324.61701
  • 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
   The department or other proper board or officer of the state having the control and management of state land and the proper board or officer of any political, municipal, or other subdivision or agency of the state, on behalf of the state or of the political, municipal, or other subdivision or agency of the state, with respect to land or oil and gas rights subject to the control and management of that respective board, body, or officer, may consent to or participate in any plan or program of unitization initiated or adopted under this part.