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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.539 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.539
City and county primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks, public notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 539.

If, upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions in any primary for city or county, it appears that there is no opposition to any candidate for any office upon any ticket, then the city or county clerk, as the case may be, shall certify to the board of election commissioners the names of all persons whose petitions have been properly filed and the office for which such petitions were filed, and such persons shall be declared by such board of election commissioners nominees for the respective offices, and such county clerk shall forthwith notify the several clerks of the townships and cities interested, if any, and give notice that the primary will not be held as contemplated, giving the reasons therefor, and a public notice shall be given of such determination by a brief notice published by such clerk in a newspaper circulated in such county.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.1 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.1
Income tax act of 1967; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act is for the purpose of meeting deficiencies in state funds and shall be known and may be cited as the "income tax act of 1967".

History: 1967, Act 281, Eff. Oct. 1, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.24d — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.24d
Structures or improvements approved for acquisition by governmental units; exemption; affidavit; false statement; notice of reoccupancy; noncompliance; condition for exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24d.

When the occupancy of a structure or improvement approved for acquisition by the appropriate units of local and federal government is subsequently vacated, the real property shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation on the tax day next following the vacation and until the property is acquired by the local public agency, the plan of acquisition is abandoned or the property is reinhabited.

To obtain the exemption, each year the property owner shall file with the local assessing officer an affidavit showing that the property possesses the qualifications for exemption and including his sworn statement that the property is vacant and shall remain vacant during the total tax year. The claim for exemption shall thereafter be open to public inspection.

A person shall not claim or be allowed more than 1 exemption for each such property under this section. The claim for exemption shall thereafter be open to public inspection.

If the owner knowingly makes a false statement on his affidavit he shall be subject to a civil penalty equal to 2 times the taxes the owner would have paid on the property but for the exemption plus interest compounded annually at a rate of 6%.

If the property is reoccupied for any purpose or any period during the tax year for which the exemption is applicable, the owner within 10 days following the date of reoccupancy shall so notify the local assessing officer in writing and shall pay to the treasurer of the local unit an amount equal to the amount of taxes that would have been paid on the property but for the exemption. If the owner fails to comply with this subsection or subsection (6) he shall be subject to the penalty prescribed in subsection (4).

As a condition for the exemption provided in this section, the owner shall render and maintain the property safe from vandalism and from becoming a public nuisance as may reasonably be required by the local assessing officer.

History: Add. 1972, Act 283, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60303 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60303
Soil and economic survey; completion; report; copies; printing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60303.

Upon completion of the soil and economic survey in any county, the department shall cause a full and detailed report of the soil and economic survey to be made. The department shall cause as many copies of the report to be printed as the department determines are necessary. The expense of the printing shall be paid out of the general fund in the same way that other state printing is, by law, required to be paid for.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.226a — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-1-of-1895 / Section 457.226a
Nonprofit corporation as manager of other corporations; evidence; trust fund for unknown interests.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6a.

Any nonprofit corporation which occupies and manages all of the assets and liabilities of any corporation organized under the provisions of this act and such nonprofit corporation is organized for and has carried out the same purposes as the corporation organized under this act, and has paid all taxes assessed against the property thereof, shall be deemed to be validly organized for the purposes of the original corporation and where such nonprofit corporation has maintained the possession of all known existing records and stock certificate records as well as all other property, real or personal, for a period of 10 years or more without express objection of known stockholders of record of the corporation organized under the provisions of this act and such nonprofit corporation has recognized the rights of the owners of stock certificates in the corporation organized under this act as one and the same as the rights of stockholders in the nonprofit corporation and upon such nonprofit corporation establishing a trust fund for the protection of any unknown interest in the corporation organized under this act, all of the rights, title and interest to all real or personal properties and records in the possession of such nonprofit corporation shall hereafter be vested in such nonprofit corporation.

History: Add. 1956, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.946 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.946
Home office, lands, and buildings; includable as qualified assets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 946.

Subject to the limitations in section 901, qualified assets for purposes of section 901 include a home office, lands, and buildings as follows:

A building in which the insurer has its principal home office and the land upon which the building stands.

Real estate requisite for its accommodation in the convenient transaction of its business.

Other real estate requisite or desirable for the protection or enhancement of the value of real estate described under subdivisions (a) and (b).

Any parcel of real estate acquired under this section may include excess space for rental to others or if the excess is reasonably required in order to have a building that would be an economic unit.

Real estate under this section may be subject to a mortgage.

Any real estate investment under this section that would result in a total real estate investment in excess of 10% of a domestic insurer's capital and surplus shall not be made until a certificate of permission for the purchase or construction of the property is granted by the commissioner. The commissioner may require an appraisal of the property considered for investment by 3 qualified appraisers, appointed by the commissioner for the purpose of the appraisal, and their certification to the commissioner of a valuation of the property at least equal to the amount that is proposed to be invested in the property by the insurer.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1957, Act 91, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1969, Act 318, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970; Am. 1992, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 1992; Am. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994; Am. 2002, Act 462, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1309 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-332-of-1965 / Section 445.1309
Optional method of computing finance charge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 309.

Instead of a finance charge computed on the principal amount financed as determined under section 203 or 308, the seller may charge from time to time a finance charge consisting of interest on the amount of the unpaid principal balance of the contract. In this event, the transaction shall be subject to this act as modified by the following provisions:

Finance charge shall mean the estimated amount of consideration in excess of the cash price which the buyer will pay in the form of interest assuming that each scheduled payment is made on the date it is due and in the scheduled amount.

The maximum estimated finance charge shall not exceed the maximum dollar amount allowed pursuant to section 301 for contracts of the same contractual maturity computed on the actual number of days between installment payments.

The number and amount of installment payments required to be stated pursuant to sections 203 and 308 shall be estimated for purposes of this section assuming that each scheduled payment is made on the date it is due and in the scheduled amount.

The holder of the contract shall have the option of deferring interest charges which accrue due to installment payments being received later than the periodic installment due date. The deferred interest charge shall be computed on the basis of additional interest charges accruing for late installment payments and appropriate interest reductions for installment payments made before the due date. On contracts providing for equal monthly installments, if the final installment is more than 105% of a previous installment as a result of the deferred interest charges, the installment buyer shall be given the option to pay the deferred interest charges not less than 25 days after the date the last installment payment is due.

If the entire principal balance is prepaid in full, together with all interest incurred to the date of prepayment, the balance of the original finance charge shall be canceled and the provisions of section 303 respecting a refund credit shall not be applicable.

History: Add. 1978, Act 96, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1768 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1768
Restriction on transfer of shares without certificates; retention of rights.
Status: in_force

Sec. 768.

The corporation may restrict the transfer of shares without certificates from the date the demand for their payment is received until the proposed corporate action is taken or the restrictions released under section 770.

The person for whom dissenters' rights are asserted as to shares without certificates retains all other rights of a shareholder until these rights are canceled or modified by the taking of the proposed corporate action.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1985, Act 76, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1985; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.157b — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.157b
Solicitation to commit murder or felony; penalty; affirmative defense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 157b.

For purposes of this section, "solicit" means to offer to give, promise to give, or give any money, services, or anything of value, or to forgive or promise to forgive a debt or obligation.

A person who solicits another person to commit murder, or who solicits another person to do or omit to do an act which if completed would constitute murder, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life or any term of years.

Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who solicits another person to commit a felony, or who solicits another person to do or omit to do an act which if completed would constitute a felony, is punishable as follows:

If the offense solicited is a felony punishable by imprisonment for life, or for 5 years or more, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, or both.

If the offense solicited is a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term less than 5 years or by a fine, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, or both, except that a term of imprisonment shall not exceed 1/2 of the maximum imprisonment which can be imposed if the offense solicited is committed.

It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of his or her criminal purpose, the actor notified the person solicited of his or her renunciation and either gave timely warning and cooperation to appropriate law enforcement authorities or otherwise made a substantial effort to prevent the performance of the criminal conduct commanded or solicited, provided that conduct does not occur. The defendant shall establish by a preponderance of the evidence the affirmative defense under this subsection.

History: Add. 1968, Act 308, Eff. July 1, 1968; Am. 1986, Act 124, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.601 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-154-of-1949 / Section 331.601
Medical center commission; declaration of necessity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It is hereby found and declared that inadequate and insufficient facilities exist, both governmental and non-governmental, for research into the causes of physical and mental disease, for the training of students in medicine, psychiatry, dentistry, and nursing; that the lack of these facilities makes it difficult, if not impossible, to secure enough competent personnel for these professions; that the centralization of the resources of a number of institutions, governmental and non-governmental, into a medical center district would create better conditions for research and training; that in order to secure a centralization of facilities a medical center commission is necessary to interest the needed institutions in such an arrangement and to acquire the land needed for a medical center district; that in order to select the most favorable location it is necessary for cities and villages to exercise their power of eminent domain to acquire land for the use of both governmental and non-governmental medical institutions; that, since medical institutions find it difficult to finance the acquisition of land or the construction of buildings, a medical center commission is necessary as a centralized method of obtaining funds from whatever sources may be available; and the necessity in the public interest for provisions herein enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination to be a public purpose and a public use.

History: 1949, Act 154, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.516 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.516
Fifteenth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 516.

The fifteenth judicial circuit consists of the county of Branch and has 1 judge.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1970, Act 30, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.71 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-38-of-1969 / Section 331.71
Applicability of chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

The state authority and each local authority shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of this chapter of this act except as to those matters which are specifically or by necessary implication provided for in chapter 2 for the state authority and chapter 3 for the local authority.

History: 1969, Act 38, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1442 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-316-of-1986 / Section 390.1442
Severability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

If any section, subsection, paragraph, clause, or provision of this act shall be adjudged unconstitutional or ineffective, no other section, subsection, paragraph, clause, or provision of this act shall on account thereof be considered invalid or ineffective, and the applicability or invalidity of any section, subsection, paragraph, clause, or provision of this act in any 1 or more instances or under any 1 or more circumstances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice its applicability or validity in any other instance or under any other circumstance.

History: 1986, Act 316, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.455 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.455
Records, books, and accounts; examination; violation; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 455.

Every person shall keep such records, books and accounts as may be necessary to determine the amount of tax for which it is liable under the provisions of this part and as the department may require for a period of 6 years. The records, books and accounts shall be open for examination at any time during regular business hours of the taxpayer by the department and its agents. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than 1 year in the county jail, or both.

History: 1967, Act 281, Eff. Oct. 1, 1967; Am. 2011, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12416 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12416
Suspension or revocation of license; grounds; notice; hearing; appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12416.

The department may suspend or revoke the license of a camp operator, after due notice and hearing, upon a finding that the camp operator is in violation of this part or the rules promulgated pursuant to this part. If the department believes that a camp operator is violating this part or the rules, the department shall set a hearing, give written notice thereof by certified mail at least 4 days before the date of the hearing, and set forth in writing the charges against the camp operator. The hearing shall be conducted according to the administrative procedures act of 1969.

After a hearing, the department may suspend the license of the camp operator for a fixed period of time or until the camp operator meets the requirements of this part and the rules or may revoke the license.

A camp operator aggrieved by the decision of the department to suspend or revoke the license may appeal as provided by the administrative procedures act of 1969.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.46 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-84-of-1879 / Section 457.46
Subordinate divisions; chartering; existing divisions; regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Such corporation when duly formed, shall have power to institute and charter subordinate divisions within this state, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute and establish such constitution, general laws and by-laws, ordinances and regulations as the state convention shall judge proper for the regulations and government of such subordinate division, not repugnant to the laws of this state: Provided, That the existing subordinate divisions heretofore duly chartered by the state convention, shall be subject to the control of the state conventions under this act as heretofore, and in the same manner and to the same extent as those that may be hereafter instituted and chartered under this act: Provided further, That in case the corporation or persons associating in the first instance, shall by death, resignation or for other causes, under the rules of the state convention become ineligible to act in such capacity, their successors may from time to time be appointed by the state division.

History: 1879, Act 84, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1879; How. 4539; CL 1897, 7830; CL 1915, 10266; CL 1929, 10556; CL 1948, 457.46
Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.1 — MI Code / Chapter 558 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 558.1
Right of widow to dower.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The widow of every deceased person, shall be entitled to dower, or the use during her natural life, of 1/3 part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance, at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully barred thereof.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66; CL 1857, 2772; CL 1871, 4269; How. 5733; CL 1897, 8918; CL 1915, 11654; CL 1929, 13072; CL 1948, 558.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.660j — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.660j
Ineligibility for grant or distribution; accrued pension or retirement liabilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10j.

An eligible authority or eligible governmental agency may not receive a grant or distribution pursuant to this act if it has an employee which is considered to be a state employee or is subject to the jurisdiction of the department of civil service.

An eligible authority may not receive a grant or distribution pursuant to this act if the eligible authority assumes responsibility for a pension or retirement benefit which accrued to former employees of acquired public or private transportation systems who are not transferred as regular employees to the authority at the time of acquisition in conformity with sections 13 and 24 of Act No. 204 of the Public Acts of 1967, as amended, being sections 124.413 and 124.424 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Nothing in this section shall relieve former employers of any accrued pension or retirement liabilities to employees or former employees not transferred at the time of acquisition.

History: Add. 1972, Act 327, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1973; Am. 1978, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4212 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4212
Ad valorem tax; borrowing in anticipation of collection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 212.

(1) An authority with the approval of the municipal governing body may levy an ad valorem tax on the real and tangible personal property not exempt by law and as finally equalized in the downtown district. The tax shall not be more than 1 mill if the downtown district is in a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more, or not more than 2 mills if the downtown district is in a municipality having a population of less than 1,000,000. The tax shall be collected by the municipality creating the authority levying the tax. The municipality shall collect the tax at the same time and in the same manner as it collects its other ad valorem taxes. The tax shall be paid to the treasurer of the authority and credited to the general fund of the authority for purposes of the authority.

(2) The municipality may at the request of the authority borrow money and issue its notes under the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, in anticipation of collection of the ad valorem tax authorized in this section.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 55.311 — MI Code / Chapter 55 / Act Act-238-of-2003 / Section 55.311
Notary fees fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.

(1) The notary fees fund is created in the state treasury. Except as otherwise provided in sections 15(2) and 21(4), an application processing fee, duplicate notary public certificate of appointment processing fee, certification processing fee, copying processing fee, reimbursement costs, or administrative fine collected under this act by the secretary shall be deposited by the state treasurer in the notary fees fund and is appropriated to defray the costs incurred by the secretary in administering this act.

(2) A processing or filing fee paid to the secretary or county clerk under this act is not refundable.

History: 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004; Am. 2006, Act 426, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.14 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.14
Nonbusiness income, nonresident and nonresident estate or trust; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

"Nonbusiness income" means all income other than business income.

"Nonresident" means any individual who is not a resident.

"Nonresident estate or trust" means any estate or trust not included in the definition of a resident estate or trust.

History: 1967, Act 281, Eff. Oct. 1, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.25107 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.25107
Repeal of MCL 722.230; time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25107.

Section 30 of Act No. 158 of the Public Acts of 1937, being section 722.230 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed 2 years after the effective date set forth in section 25211.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978