Section 460.566 - Public meeting as condition for certificate application(1) Before applying for a certificate under section 5, an electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall schedule and hold a public meeting in each municipality through which a proposed major transmission line for which a plan has been submitted under section 4 would pass. A public meeting held in a township satisfies the requirement that a public meeting be held in each affected village located within the township.(2) In the 60 days before a public meeting held under subsection (1), the electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall offer in writing to meet with the chief elected official of each affected municipality or his or her designee to discuss the utility's, affiliated transmission company's, or independent transmission company's desire to build the major transmission line and to explore the routes to be considered.Amended by 2004, Act 198, s 5, eff. 7/12/2004.1995, Act 30, Imd. Eff. 5/17/1995.