Administrative Rules for
Part 615 -
Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, Act No. 451 of the Public
Acts of 1994, as amended
Sec. 61517.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the
circuit court of Ingham county has exclusive jurisdiction over all suits
brought against the department, the supervisor, or any agent or employee of the
department or supervisor, by or on account of any matter or thing arising under
this part. A temporary restraining order
or injunction shall not be granted in any suit described in this section except
after due notice and for good cause shown.
(2) A suit brought against the supervisor
pertaining to an order of the supervisor requiring the pooling of properties or
parts of properties under section 61513(4) may be brought in the circuit court
for the county in which the oil or gas rights are located or in the circuit
court of Ingham county. A suit brought
in the circuit court of Ingham county against the supervisor pertaining to an
order of the supervisor requiring the pooling of properties or parts of
properties under section 61513(4) may be removed to the circuit court for the
county in which the oil or gas rights are located upon petition by a majority
of the owners of the oil and gas rights who are subject to the order. Additionally, if all of the owners of the oil
and gas interests being pooled reside in a county in
History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff.
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