{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-article-vii-3","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VII § 3","heading":"Reduction of size of county.","body":"Sec. 3.\n\nNo organized county shall be reduced by the organization of new counties to less than 16 townships as surveyed by the United States, unless approved in the manner prescribed by law by a majority of electors voting thereon in each county to be affected.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 1","Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20VII%20%C2%A7%203","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"8e4f2c477231f5e2e4c715dae5aa4e59ec29647db08db63115e089345bb734b0","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-article-vii-29","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-article-vii-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}