After a 30-day comment period and an opportunity for a public hearing, the department may make additions, deletions, or changes in the Pure Michigan byway system for 1 or more of the following reasons:
(a) By resolution, the governing body of a county or city requests that a particular named route lying within its jurisdictional boundaries be added to or deleted from the Pure Michigan byway system. The department shall not add a route to the system if the governing body of a county or city adopts a resolution requesting that a route not be added. The department shall remove a route from the system within 1 year after a resolution is adopted by a county or city requesting removal.(b) The department proposes to add or delete any named route or portion of a route to the Pure Michigan byway system.(c) The department proposes any action that would result in a change in the scenic, historical, or recreational character of any route on the Pure Michigan byway system that is determined to be substantial by the department.Amended by 2014, Act 445,s 5, eff. 12/30/2014.1993, Act 69, Imd. Eff. 6/22/1993.