{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-iv-52","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Const. art. IV, § 52","heading":"Natural resources; conservation, pollution, impairment, destruction.","body":"Sec. 52.\n\nThe conservation and development of the natural resources of the state are hereby declared to be of paramount public concern in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the people. The legislature shall provide for the protection of the air, water and other natural resources of the state from pollution, impairment and destruction.","path":["Michigan Constitution","Article IV"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-Article%20IV%20%C2%A7%2052","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"885e53ef527483884cf8d1b5442a3dc537b2092ef33f59ecaf042109cb1f1ea3","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-iv-51","next":"us-mi/mich.-const.-art.-iv-53","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}