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Land use: land division; number of parcels resulting from division; authorize counties and municipalities to increase. Amends sec. 108 of 1967 PA 288 (MCL 560.108).

Land use: land division; number of parcels resulting from division; authorize counties and municipalities to increase. Amends sec. 108 of 1967 PA 288 (MCL 560.108).

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Kevin Hertel (District 12)
Last action
2025-12-23
Official status
ASSIGNED PA 0058'25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Land use: land division; number of parcels resulting from division; authorize counties and municipalities to increase. Amends sec. 108 of 1967 PA 288 (MCL 560.108).

Land use: land division; number of parcels resulting from division; authorize counties and municipalities to increase.

What This Bill Does

  • Land use: land division; number of parcels resulting from division; authorize counties and municipalities to increase.
  • Amends sec.
  • 108 of 1967 PA 288 (MCL 560.108).

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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H-1

13

reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

Plain English: reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) 13

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S-2

3

REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) 2/25/2025

Plain English: REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) 2/25/2025 3

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Bill History

  1. 2025-12-23 SJ 115 Pg. 1913

    PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 12/19/2025 2:30 PM

  2. 2025-12-23 SJ 116 Pg. 1915

    APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 12/23/2025 10:38 AM

  3. 2025-12-23 SJ 116 Pg. 1916

    FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 12/23/2025 12:08 PM

  4. 2025-12-23 SJ 116 Pg. 1915

    ASSIGNED PA 0058'25

  5. 2025-12-18 HJ 117 Pg. 2011

    motion withdrawn

  6. 2025-12-18 HJ 117 Pg. 2011

    returned to Senate

  7. 2025-12-18 SJ 114 Pg. 1893

    PASSED BY HOUSE WITH SUBSTITUTE (H-1) WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

  8. 2025-12-18 SJ 114 Pg. 1893

    RULES SUSPENDED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION

  9. 2025-12-18 SJ 114 Pg. 1893

    HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-1) CONCURRED IN

  10. 2025-12-18 SJ 114 Pg. 1893

    ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 366 YEAS 30 NAYS 4 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 1

  11. 2025-12-18 SJ 114 Pg. 1894

    FULL TITLE AGREED TO

  12. 2025-12-18 SJ 114 Pg. 1894

    ORDERED ENROLLED

  13. 2025-12-17 HJ 116 Pg. 1985

    motion to reconsider passage

  14. 2025-12-17 HJ 116 Pg. 1985

    postponed for the day

  15. 2025-12-16 HJ 115 Pg. 1923

    read a second time

  16. 2025-12-16 HJ 115 Pg. 1923

    substitute (H-1) adopted

  17. 2025-12-16 HJ 115 Pg. 1923

    placed on third reading

  18. 2025-12-16 HJ 115 Pg. 1939

    placed on immediate passage

  19. 2025-12-16 HJ 115 Pg. 1939

    read a third time

  20. 2025-12-16 HJ 115 Pg. 1939

    passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #338 Yeas 97 Nays 8 Excused 0 Not Voting 5

  21. 2025-12-16 HJ 115 Pg. 1939

    inserted full title

  22. 2025-12-11 HJ 114 Pg. 1909

    reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1)

  23. 2025-12-11 HJ 114 Pg. 1909

    referred to second reading

  24. 2025-03-12 SJ 23 Pg. 191

    AMENDMENT(S) ADOPTED

  25. 2025-03-12 SJ 23 Pg. 191

    PASSED ROLL CALL # 17 YEAS 30 NAYS 6 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0

  26. 2025-03-12 HJ 26 Pg. 231

    received on 03/12/2025

  27. 2025-03-12 HJ 26 Pg. 234

    read a first time

  28. 2025-03-12 HJ 26 Pg. 234

    referred to Committee on Regulatory Reform

  29. 2025-03-05 SJ 20 Pg. 162

    REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)

  30. 2025-03-05 SJ 20 Pg. 162

    SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN

  31. 2025-03-05 SJ 20 Pg. 162

    PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)

  32. 2025-02-26 SJ 18 Pg. 151

    REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) 2/25/2025

  33. 2025-02-26 SJ 18 Pg. 151

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2)

  34. 2025-01-22 SJ 5 Pg. 40

    INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KEVIN HERTEL

  35. 2025-01-22 SJ 5 Pg. 40

    REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Official Summary Text

Land use: land division; number of parcels resulting from division; authorize counties and municipalities to increase. Amends sec. 108 of 1967 PA 288 (MCL 560.108).

Current Bill Text

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Act No. 58
Public Acts of 2025
Approved by the Governor
December 23, 2025
Filed with the Secretary of State
December 23, 2025
EFFECTIVE DATE: Sine Die
(91st day after final adjournment of the 2025 Regular Session)

STATE OF MICHIGAN
103RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2025
Introduced by Senator Hertel
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 23
AN ACT to amend 1967 PA 288, entitled “An act to regulate the division of land; to promote the public health,
safety, and general welfare; to further the orderly layout and use of land; to require that the land be suitable for
building sites and public improvements and that there be adequate drainage of the land; to provide for proper
ingress and egress to lots and parcels; to promote proper surveying and monumenting of land subdivided and
conveyed by accurate legal descriptions; to provide for the approvals to be obtained prior to the recording and
filing of plats and other land divisions; to provide for the establishment of special assessment districts and for the
imposition of special assessments to defray the cost of the operation and maintenance of retention basins for land
within a final plat; to establish the procedure for vacating, correcting, and re vising plats; to control residential
building development within floodplain areas; to provide for reserving easements for utilities in vacated streets
and alleys; to provide for the filing of amended plats; to provide for the making of assessors plats; to provide
penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates; and to
repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 108 (MCL 560.108), as added by 1996 PA 591.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 108. (1) A division is not subject to the platting requirements of this act.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the division, together with any previous divisions of the same parent parcel or
parent tract, shall result in a number of parcels not more than the sum of the following, as applicable:
(a) For the first 10 acres or fraction thereof in the parent parcel or parent tract, the following number of parcels:
(i) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (6), until 1 year after that date,
and subject to subsection (6), 4 parcels.
(ii) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (6), 10 parcels.
(b) For each whole 10 acres in excess of the first 10 acres in the parent parcel or parent tract, 1 additional
parcel, for up to a maximum of 11 additional parcels.
(c) For each whole 40 acres in excess of the first 120 acres in the parent parcel or parent tract, 1 additional
parcel.
(3) For a parent parcel or parent tract of not less than 20 acres, the division may result in a total of 2 parcels
in addition to those permitted by subsection (2) if 1 or both of the following apply:
(a) Because of the establishment of 1 or more new roads, no new driveway accesses to an existing public road
for any of the resulting parcels under subsection (2) or this subsection are created or required.
(b) One of the resulting parcels under subsection (2) and this subsection comprises not less than 60% of the
area of the parent parcel or parent tract.
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(4) A parcel of 40 acres or more created by the division of a parent parcel or parent tract shall not be counted
toward the number of parcels permitted under subsections (2) and (3) and is not subject to section 109, if the
parcel is accessible.
(5) A parcel or tract created by an exempt split or a division is not a new parent parcel or parent tract and may
be further partitioned or split without being subject to the platting requirements of this act if all of the following
requirements are met:
(a) Not less than 10 years have elapsed since the parcel or tract was recorded.
(b) The partitioning or splitting results in not more than the following number of parcels, whichever is less:
(i) Two parcels for the first 10 acres or fraction thereof in the parcel or tract plus 1 additional parcel for each
whole 10 acres in excess of the first 10 acres in the parcel or tract.
(ii) Seven parcels or 10 parcels if one of the resulting parcels under this subsection comprises not less than
60% of the area of the parcel or tract being partitioned or split.
(c) The partitioning or splitting satisfies the requirements of section 109.
(6) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, a parcel or tract may be
partitioned or split at any time into a greater number of parcels or tracts than otherwise authorized by this section
if the partitioning or spli tting is authorized by and complies with standards set forth in an ordinance of the
municipality or county having authority to approve or disapprove a division under section 109(1).
(7) A parcel or tract created under the provisions of subsection (5) or of an ordinance described in subsection (6)
may not be further partitioned or split without being subject to the platting requirements of this act, except in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (5) or of an ordinance described in subsection (6).

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________

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Governor