Const 1963, art 7, § 29;
No person, partnership, association or corporation, public or private, operating a public utility shall have the right to the use of the highways, streets, alleys or other public places of any county, township, city or village for wires, poles, pipes, tracks, conduits or other utility facilities, without the consent of the duly constituted authority of the county, township, city or village; or to transact local business therein without first obtaining a franchise from the township, city or village. Except as otherwise provided in this constitution the right of all counties, townships, cities and villages to the reasonable control of their highways, streets, alleys and public places is hereby reserved to such local units of government.
No person, partnership, association or corporation, public or private, operating a public utility shall have the right to the use of the highways, streets, alleys or other public places of any county, township, city
,or villageor townshipfor wires, poles, pipes, tracks,orconduits or other utility facilities, without the consent of the duly constitutedauthoritiesauthority ofsuchthe county, township, city,or villageor township;noror to transactalocal business therein without first obtaining a franchisethereforfromsuchthe township, city,or villageor township. Except as otherwise provided in this constitution the right of all counties, townships, cities,and villagesand townshipsto the reasonable control of their highways, streets, alleys and public places is hereby reserved to suchcities, villages and townshipslocal units of government.
Const 1908, art 8, § 28;
No person, partnership, association or corporation operating a public utility shall have the right to the use of the highways, streets, alleys or other public places of any city, village or township for wires, poles, pipes, tracks or conduits, without the consent of the duly constituted authorities of such city, village or township; nor to transact a local business therein without first obtaining a franchise therefor from such city, village or township. The right of all cities, villages and townships to the reasonable control of their streets, alleys and public places is hereby reserved to such cities, villages and townships.
