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Constitution of the State of Michigan of 1963 Article X, Section 2 Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation therefor being first made or secured in a manner prescribed by law. Compensation shall be determined in proceeding of a court of record. Suggested Constitutional Amendment Article X, Section 2, shall be deleted. The following section shall be added to Article I, The Declaration of Rights: (a) Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation therefore being first made or secured in a manner prescribed by law. Compensation shall be determined in proceeding of a court of record. (b) No owner shall be deprived of a use of property, or any part thereof, by governmental regulation or action that results in a non negligible reduction in fair market value without full compensation determined by a jury. No prior resort to administrative remedies shall be required. The court shall award reasonable attorney fees and costs to any prevailing owner. |