Michigan Laws 324.64102 – Contracts for taking of peat from state-owned lands
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.64102
- 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
- peat: means a deposit of unconsolidated, naturally occurring soil material consisting of decomposed and partially decomposed mosses, sedges, trees, and other wetland plants, having 12% or greater organic carbon content on a dry weight basis. See Michigan Laws 324.64101
- 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
Subject to the requirements of this part, the department may make contracts with persons for the taking of peat from state owned lands upon terms consistent with this part, if not less than 10% of the surface area of all eligible and potentially leasable parcels of state owned land containing peat is set aside and preserved in its original natural state as a unique, irreplaceable natural resource of significant historical value.