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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47904 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47904
Violation of part; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47904.

A person who violates this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both, and the person shall be liable civilly for damages done in an action in any court having jurisdiction.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 10.77 — MI Code / Chapter 10 / Act Act-1-of-1968 / Section 10.77
Promulgation of rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The commission shall have no authority to promulgate rules and regulations.

History: 1968, Act 1, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.51104 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.51104
Forestland; evaluation; hearing; notice; conduct; approval; record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51104.

Upon receipt of the application, the forest management plan certification, the timber rights certification, and the application fee described in section 51103, the department shall evaluate the forestland offered and fix a date for a public hearing upon the eligibility of the forestland for determination as a commercial forest. The hearing shall be held in the county where the land is located not later than November 1 following receipt of the application. Applications offering lands in the same county may be heard on the same day and at the same place. The department shall publish a notice of hearing and a list of the legal descriptions of lands being considered for determination as commercial forests in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land is located. The notice of hearing shall be published at least 20 days before the date of the hearing. At the time of publication, the department shall provide a copy of the notice of hearing and a list of descriptions of land in each township to be considered for determination as a commercial forest to each township supervisor in whose township the lands are located. Any person who wishes may testify as to eligibility for determination as a commercial forest of any of the described lands. The hearing shall be conducted by the department.

After the hearing, if the department determines that the applicant and forestland meet the requirements of this part and determines that all valid taxes assessed against that forestland have been paid, the department shall approve the application. Upon approval of the application, the department shall immediately record a listing certificate in the register of deeds office in the county in which the land is located with the department approval endorsed on the listing certificate and forward a copy of the listing certificate to the applicant and to the township supervisor of the township in which the land is located.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20165 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20165
Denying, limiting, suspending, or revoking application, license, or certification; notice of intent; imposition of administrative fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20165.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, after notice of intent to an applicant or licensee to deny, limit, suspend, or revoke the applicant's application or licensee's license or certification and an opportunity for a hearing, the department may deny, limit, suspend, or revoke the application, license, or certification or impose an administrative fine on a licensee if 1 or more of the following exist:

(a) Fraud or deceit in obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or certification or in the operation of the licensed health facility or agency.

(b) A violation of this article or a rule promulgated under this article.

(c) False or misleading advertising.

(d) Negligence or failure to exercise due care, including negligent supervision of employees and subordinates.

(e) Permitting a license or certificate to be used by an unauthorized health facility or agency.

(f) Evidence of abuse regarding a patient's health, welfare, or safety or the denial of a patient's rights.

(g) Failure to comply with section 10115.

(h) Failure to comply with part 222 or a term, condition, or stipulation of a certificate of need issued under part 222, or both.

(i) A violation of section 20197(1).

(2) The department may deny an application for a license or certification based on a finding of a condition or practice that would constitute a violation of this article if the applicant were a licensee.

(3) Denial, suspension, or revocation of an individual emergency medical services personnel license under part 209 is governed by section 20958.

(4) If the department determines under subsection (1) that a health facility or agency has violated section 20197(1), the department shall impose an administrative fine of $5,000,000.00 on the health facility or agency.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1986, Act 186, Eff. Oct. 7, 1986; Am. 1988, Act 332, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988; Am. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990; Am. 1998, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999; Am. 2008, Act 39, Eff. May 1, 2008; Am. 2024, Act 250, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.422a — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.422a
Lands assessed for Covert road; purchase of part or interest; apportionment of assessment, procedure; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22a.

Any person who has, or shall become the owner of, any interest, less than the whole, in any lands subject to the special assessments for road purposes as provided in this act, and the acquiring of said interest occurred or shall occur subsequent to the time for appeal from the roll as referred to in section 22 of this act, may pay on the part thus acquired and owned, its proportionate share of said road assessments, by paying an amount having the same relation to the whole assessment as the area of the part on which payment is made has to the whole area originally assessed: Provided, That anyone desiring to so pay shall make application in writing to the county road commission or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, setting forth fully and correctly a description of the part or parcel of land upon which the applicant desires to pay the assessment and also setting forth therein the interest of the applicant in such part or parcel. It shall be the duty of the county road commission or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, to cause the description and claimed ownership to be checked, and if satisfied that the applicant is the owner of the interest claimed, said county road commission or state highway commissioner shall make a certificate over the signature of the proper officers and official seal, setting forth the proportion of the road assessment to be borne by the parcel, parcels or interest of the applicant and file the same in the office of the county treasurer of the county in which the lands in question lie and shall thereafter, and shall so long as any assessments under this act remain unpaid, prepare the annual rolls as provided in this act in accordance with any such division or divisions of such road assessment: Provided, That the actual costs incurred by said county road commission or state highway commissioner, as the case may be, shall be paid by such applicant, which cost, in the case of platted lands, of which a plat is of record in the county where the lands lie, shall not exceed $10.00 per lot and in the case of unplatted lands shall not exceed $50.00. These costs shall be paid before the filing of the certificate aforesaid in the office of the county treasurer.

History: Add. 1941, Act 253, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 247.422a
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 32 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 32
Laws imposing taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

Every law which imposes, continues or revives a tax shall distinctly state the tax.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 32, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.375 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.375
Railroad police officer; oath.
Status: in_force

Sec. 375.

Before performing the duties of office and within 30 days after receiving notice from the director of the department of state police of appointment, a railroad police officer appointed shall take and file with the director the oath prescribed by the state constitution of 1963.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.610 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-173-of-1958 / Section 550.610
Policy or certificate; delivery to debtor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The individual policy or group certificate of insurance shall be delivered to the insured debtor at the time the indebtedness is incurred except as hereinafter provided.

History: 1958, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2910 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2910
Barring right to disclaim.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2910.

The right to disclaim property is barred by any of the following events that occur after the event giving rise to the right to disclaim and before the disclaimer is perfected:

An assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge, or transfer of the property, or a contract for such a transaction.

A written waiver of the right to disclaim.

An acceptance of the disclaimable interest or a benefit under the disclaimable interest after actual knowledge that a property right has been conferred.

A sale of the property under judicial sale.

The expiration of the permitted applicable perpetuities period.

The right to disclaim is barred to the extent provided by other applicable law. A partial bar does not preclude the disclaimant from disclaiming all or any part of the balance of the property if the disclaimant has received a portion of the property and there still remains an interest that the disclaimant is yet to receive. An act that bars the right to disclaim a present interest in joint property does not bar the right to disclaim a future interest in joint property.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 314, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 61.1b — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 61.1b
Construction of act; validation of bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1b.

No provision of this act shall apply or be construed as having heretofore applied to any village incorporated or reincorporated under Act No. 278 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 78.1 to 78.28 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, unless specifically adopted by the electors as a part of its village charter. The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be in the nature of charter provisions for any village incorporated thereunder or subject thereto and any such provision may be altered or removed by amendment adopted by the electors as provided in Act No. 278 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, provided that the effect of the amendment is such as might legally be accomplished by charter provision in the case of a village operating under Act No. 278. All such amendments heretofore so adopted by any village incorporated under or subject to this act, and all actions heretofore taken and all bonds heretofore issued under or in accordance with such amendments, are hereby validated to the same effect as if the foregoing provision had been in effect when such amendments were adopted.

History: Add. 1962, Act 186, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1962
Mich. Comp. Laws § 442.212 — MI Code / Chapter 442 / Act Act-39-of-1961 / Section 442.212
Conduct of certain sales; license required; application of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

No person shall advertise, represent or hold out that any sale of goods is an insurance, bankruptcy, mortgage, insolvent, assignee's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's, trustee's, removal or sale, going out of business or sale of goods damaged by fire, smoke, water or otherwise, unless he first obtains a license to conduct the sale from the clerk of the city, village or township in which he proposes to conduct a sale. This act shall not apply to any sales by a person regularly engaged in insurance or salvage sale of goods, or the sale of goods which have been damaged by fire, smoke, water or otherwise, who acquired the goods for the account of others as a result of fire or other casualty.

History: 1961, Act 39, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.687 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.687
Special lamps for passenger buses, trucks and trailers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 687.

The sections of this chapter immediately following relating to clearance and marker lamps, reflectors and stop lights shall apply as stated in said sections to vehicles of the type therein enumerated, namely: Passenger busses, trucks, truck tractors, and certain trailers, semi-trailers, and pole-trailers, respectively, when operated upon any highway, and said vehicles shall be equipped as required and all lamp equipment required shall be lighted at the times mentioned in section 684 of this chapter except that clearance and side marker lamps need not be lighted on any said vehicle when operated within any municipality where there is sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.1e — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-207-of-1941 / Section 29.1e
Uniforms, equipment, and other articles; prohibited acts; violation; penalty; "facsimile" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1e.

(1) The bureau shall provide the state fire marshal and any deputy state fire marshals with suitable uniforms, equipment, and other articles necessary to carry out this act. The state fire marshal shall prescribe the uniforms and equipment for the state fire marshal and any deputy state fire marshals.

(2) A person shall not sell, furnish, possess, wear, exhibit, display, or use a badge, patch, uniform, or facsimile of a badge, patch, or uniform of the state fire marshal or a deputy state fire marshal unless 1 or more of the following apply:

(a) The person is authorized to do so by the state fire marshal.

(b) The person is the state fire marshal or a deputy state fire marshal.

(c) The badge is a retirement badge and is in the possession of a retired state fire marshal or deputy state fire marshal.

(d) The badge, patch, or uniform is the badge, patch, or uniform of a deceased state fire marshal or deputy state fire marshal and is in the possession of his or her spouse, child, or next of kin.

(e) The person is a collector of badges, patches, uniforms, or facsimiles. A badge, patch, uniform, or facsimile possessed as part of a collection shall be in a container or display case when being transported.

(f) The person is in the theatrical profession and wears the badge, patch, uniform, or facsimile while actually engaged in following that profession.

(3) A person who violates subsection (2) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both. A charge under or a conviction or punishment for a violation of this section does not prevent a person from being charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of law arising from the same transaction.

(4) As used in this section, "facsimile" includes both an exact replica of an existing item and a close imitation of an existing item.

History: Add. 2006, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1383 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-105-of-2015 / Section 123.1383
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Educational institution" means any of the following:

( i ) A school district, an intermediate school district, or a public school academy as those terms are defined in sections 4 to 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.4 to 380.6.

( ii ) A community college established under the community college act of 1966, 1966 PA 331, MCL 389.1 to 389.195, or under part 25 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1601 to 380.1607.

(b) "Employee" means a person employed in this state by an employer.

(c) "Employer" means a person or entity engaging in or intending to engage in a commercial activity, enterprise, or business in this state, but excludes a local governmental body or an educational institution.

(d) "Local governmental body" means any local government or its subdivision, including, but not limited to, a city, village, township, county, or educational institution; a local public authority, agency, board, commission, or other local governmental, quasi-governmental, or quasi-public body; or a public body that acts or purports to act in a commercial, business, economic development, or similar capacity for a local government or its subdivision. Local governmental body does not include an authority established by interlocal agreement under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512, to which this state is a party.

(e) "Ordinance, local policy, or local resolution" does not include the terms of an agreement voluntarily offered to a local governmental body by an owner, purchaser, or developer of property.

History: 2015, Act 105, Imd. Eff. June 30, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.104 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-54-of-1899 / Section 458.104
Trustees; subject to control of church; purchase and sale of realty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The trustees shall be subject, in all their official duties, to the control and direction of the church, and in case the church shall desire to buy, sell or lease real estate, then a notice declaring such desire and intention, which shall designate the property to be bought, sold or leased, shall be read at the regular church or covenant meeting next preceding the regular meeting, at which final action shall be taken authorizing such purchase, sale or lease; and after such authority shall have been so granted by the church, the trustees shall have full power to purchase, sell or lease such real estate upon such terms and conditions as shall not be inconsistent with the instructions given by the church.

History: 1899, Act 54, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1899; CL 1915, 10945; CL 1929, 10904; CL 1948, 458.104
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.571 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-159-of-1993 / Section 3.571
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Authority" means a base conversion authority as provided for in this act.

"Base" means a federal military installation on the final list of base or facility closures submitted by the base realignment and closure commission to the president of the United States and subsequently approved by congress.

"Department" means the department of commerce.

History: 1993, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Sept. 13, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.311 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.311
Compensation payments; computations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 311.

No compensation shall be paid under this act for any injury which does not incapacitate the employee from earning full wages, for a period of at least 1 week, but if incapacity extends beyond the period of 1 week, compensation shall begin on the eighth day after the injury. If incapacity continues for 2 weeks or longer or if death results from the injury, compensation shall be computed from the date of the injury.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1420 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1420
Continuing hospitalization or mental health treatment where notice of termination not withdrawn; filing petition with court; clinical certificates; hearings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 420.

If a written notice of termination of mental health treatment is given to a hospital or provider of mental health treatment under section 419, if the notice is not withdrawn, and if the hospital director or provider of mental health treatment determines that the patient is a person requiring treatment and should remain in the hospital or continue to receive mental health treatment, the hospital director, provider of mental health treatment, or other suitable person shall within 3 days after receipt of the notice file a petition with the court that complies with section 434. The petition shall be accompanied by 1 clinical certificate executed by a psychiatrist and 1 clinical certificate executed by either a physician or a licensed psychologist. If a petition is filed, the hospital or provider of mental health may continue hospitalization or mental health treatment of the patient pending hearings convened under sections 451 to 465.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1982, Act 402, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2016, Act 320, Eff. Feb. 14, 2017; Am. 2018, Act 595, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.113 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act Act-174-of-1941 / Section 555.113
Common trust funds; court accountings; jurisdiction of probate court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, a financial institution administering a fund is not required to provide an accounting to a court with regard to the fund. By application to the state probate court with jurisdiction for a county in this state where the financial institution has its principal office, a financial institution may secure approval of an accounting under the conditions established by the court.

History: 1941, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 555.113; Am. 2004, Act 586, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21325 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21325
Removal of resident from home for the aged; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21325.

If a resident of a home for the aged is receiving care in the facility in addition to the room, board, and supervised personal care specified in section 20106(3), as determined by a physician, the department shall not order the removal of the resident from the home for the aged if both of the following conditions are met:

The resident, the resident's family, the resident's physician, and the owner, operator, and governing body of the home for the aged consent to the resident's continued stay in the home for the aged.

The owner, operator, and governing body of the home for the aged commit to assuring that the resident receives the necessary additional services.

History: Add. 2000, Act 437, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8403 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8403
Affidavit forms; availability; preparation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8403.

Printed affidavit forms for the commencement of actions in the small claims division shall be available at the office of each clerk and deputy clerk of the district court who shall prepare such affidavit for a claimant upon request.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1680 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-173-of-1987 / Section 445.1680
Effect of noncompliance on validity or enforceability of mortgage loan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

Failure to comply with the provisions of this act shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any mortgage loan, unless the mortgage loan is invalid or unenforceable under the provisions of any other laws of this state or under any federal law.

History: 1987, Act 173, Imd. Eff. Nov. 18, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2152 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2152
Mental competency of testator; presumption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2152.

In proceedings for the probate of wills, it shall not be necessary for the proponent in the first instance to introduce any proof to show the competency of the decedent to make a will, but the like presumption of mental competency shall obtain as in other cases.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963