Opinion ID: 1243449
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: disconnected land

Text: Lastly, Novi Township contends that land disconnected from the Village of Novi by court orders entered pursuant to the farmland disconnection act [42] was not properly annexed to the City of Novi. The township acknowledges that disconnection is not necessarily permanent and that new facts might arise which could render a disconnection order obsolete. A disconnection order does not create a vested right or legally protected interest beyond the power of the Legislature to provide for annexation of the land disconnected. Disconnected land is subject to annexation by a city pursuant to the provisions of the 1970 amendment. Exercise by the commission of the power to annex disconnected land does not constitute a collateral attack on the judgment of the circuit court disconnecting the land. Reversed. The orders of the commission in Midland Township and Brighton Township shall be effected as of the earliest practicable date; those cases are remanded to the circuit courts for the sole purpose of implementing the commission's orders in accordance with the statutes. [43] The Novi Township petition is remanded to the commission for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. No costs, a public question.