Michigan § 247.854 - Determination board; membership appointment.

The highway authority proposing the transfer of highway jurisdiction shall appoint 1 member of the highway jurisdiction determination board and shall notify the nonconsenting highway authority of its selection in writing. The written notification shall be by certified mail and shall include, or have attached, a proposed date for transfer of jurisdiction and a description or map showing the highway in question and the reasons why the transfer is proposed.

Within 30 days after receiving the notice, the nonconsenting highway authority shall appoint 1 member of the board and shall so notify by certified mail the other highway authority and both appointed board members. If the nonconsenting highway authority fails to appoint and notify, the transfer of jurisdiction over the highway shall be without consent and shall become effective on the proposed date as provided in the notice required by subsection (1).

Within 10 days after receipt of the notice provided in subsection (2), the 2 appointed board members shall request the American arbitration association, or its successor in function, to furnish a list of 3 members of such association who are residents of this state from which the third member shall be selected. The member first appointed shall eliminate 1 name from the list within 5 days after publication of the list, and the other appointed member shall then eliminate 1 name from the list within 5 days thereafter. The person whose name remains on the list shall be the third member and shall serve as chairman of the board. The 2 appointed members jointly shall so notify the chairman.