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Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.765 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-184-of-1994 / Section 290.765
Grower's license; dealer's license; fee; expiration; requirement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

A grower shall be licensed by the department and pay a $25.00 annual license fee. A grower's license expires annually on August 14. A person shall not sell or distribute cultivated ginseng unless licensed by the department.

A dealer shall be licensed by the department and pay a $100.00 annual license fee. A dealer's license is nontransferable. A dealer's license expires annually on August 14. A person shall not act as a dealer unless licensed by the department. The licensing requirements of this section do not apply to a person purchasing dried ginseng solely for retail sale in Michigan to individuals for personal consumption.

A person who acts as both a grower and a dealer must be licensed as both a grower and a dealer.

History: 1994, Act 184, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.277 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-226-of-2005 / Section 129.277
Appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) One million dollars is appropriated from the general fund to the authority for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006 for all of the following purposes:

(a) Payment of operating expenses of the authority.

(b) Funding any reserve requirements.

(2) Money appropriated under this section that is not expended before the end of the state fiscal year ending September 30, 2006 shall not revert to the general fund and may be retained and used by the authority for the purposes authorized by subsection (1).

History: 2005, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Nov. 21, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.352 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-94-of-1923 / Section 460.352
Suit to review order; time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The time allowed by law for the bringing of suit to review any order of the commission, shall continue after the order denying a rehearing or made upon a rehearing, for the same number of days now provided by law for review of the order upon which such rehearing was denied or had.

History: 1923, Act 94, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923; CL 1929, 11082; CL 1948, 460.352
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16274 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16274
Human cloning; prohibited acts; exception; violation of subsection (1); private right of action; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16274.

A licensee or registrant shall not engage in or attempt to engage in human cloning.

Subsection (1) does not prohibit scientific research or cell-based therapies not specifically prohibited by that subsection.

A licensee or registrant who violates subsection (1) is subject to the administrative penalties prescribed in sections 16221 and 16226 and to the civil penalty prescribed in section 16275.

This section does not give a person a private right of action.

As used in this section:

"Human cloning" means the use of human somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to produce a human embryo.

"Human embryo" means a human egg cell with a full genetic composition capable of differentiating and maturing into a complete human being.

"Human somatic cell" means a cell of a developing or fully developed human being that is not and will not become a sperm or egg cell.

"Human somatic cell nuclear transfer" means transferring the nucleus of a human somatic cell into an egg cell from which the nucleus has been removed or rendered inert.

History: Add. 1998, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.437 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.437
Probate judges; certificate of election by board of county canvassers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 437.

The board of county canvassers shall determine which candidate or candidates for the office of judge of probate received the greatest number of votes and shall declare such candidate or candidates duly elected. The said board shall forthwith make and subscribe on its statement of returns a certificate of such determination and deliver the same to the county clerk.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.2084 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.2084
"Army Sergeant First Class Michael Cathcart Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 1084.

The portion of highway M-15 beginning at the intersection of M-15 and Cass Avenue Road in Portsmouth Charter Township and extending north to the intersection of M-15 and Ridge Road in the city of Bay City shall be known as the "Army Sergeant First Class Michael Cathcart Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2019, Act 51, Eff. Dec. 26, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.32c — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.32c
Reconsideration of claims filed after March 15, 2020; prohibited solely on applicability of executive order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32c.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, for a claim filed after March 15, 2020, but before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the unemployment agency shall not reconsider the claim based solely on whether an applicable executive order issued by the governor that was in effect at the time the claim was initially examined did or did not have the force of law.

(2) A new, additional, or continued claim for unemployment benefits filed within 28 days after the last day the claimant worked is considered to have been filed on time under this act and the rules promulgated under this act. This subsection does not apply after March 31, 2021.

History: Add. 2020, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2020; Am. 2020, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30901 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30901
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30901.

As used in this part:

"Benefit" or "benefits" means advantages resulting from a project to public corporations, the inhabitants of public corporations, the inhabitants of this state, and property within public corporations. Benefit includes benefits that result from elimination of pollution and elimination of flood damage, elimination of water conditions that jeopardize the public health or safety; increase of the value or use of lands and property arising from improving a lake or lakes as a result of the lake project and the improvement or development of a lake for conservation of fish and wildlife and the use, improvement, or development of a lake for fishing, wildlife, boating, swimming, or any other recreational, agricultural, or conservation uses.

"Inland lake" means a public inland lake or a private inland lake.

"Interested person" means a person who has a record interest in the title to, right of ingress to, or reversionary right to a piece or parcel of land that would be affected by a permanent change in the bottomland of a natural or artificial, public or private inland lake, or adjacent wetland. In all cases, whether having such an interest or not, the department is an interested person.

"Local governing body" means the legislative body of a local unit of government.

"Preliminary costs" includes costs of the engineering feasibility report, economic study, estimate of total cost, and cost of setting up the assessment district.

"Private inland lake" means an inland lake other than a public inland lake.

"Public inland lake" means a lake that is accessible to the public by publicly owned lands or highways contiguous to publicly owned lands or by the bed of a stream, except the Great Lakes and connecting waters.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1146 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1146
Appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 146.

A person aggrieved by a decision of the director or bureau of fire services created in section 1b of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, may appeal to the circuit court, requesting an order reversing the decision. The appeal shall be based upon the whole record, and the circuit court shall consider whether the decision is authorized by law and supported by competent evidence.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 2006, Act 207, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1206 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1206
Insurance producer license; issuance; qualification in line of insurance; duration; reinstatement; contents of license; change of name or address; ministerial functions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1206.

Unless denied licensure under section 1239, persons who have met the requirements of sections 1204 and 1205 shall be issued an insurance producer license. An individual insurance producer may receive a license for a qualification in 1 or more of the following lines of insurance:

Life--insurance coverage on human lives including benefits of endowment and annuities, and may include benefits in the event of death or dismemberment by accident and benefits for disability income.

Accident and health or sickness--insurance coverage for sickness, bodily injury, or accidental death and may include benefits for disability income.

Property--insurance coverage for the direct or consequential loss or damage to property of every kind.

Casualty--insurance coverage against legal liability, including that for death, injury, or disability or damage to real or personal property.

Variable life and variable annuity products--insurance coverage provided under variable life insurance contracts and variable annuities.

Personal lines--property and casualty insurance coverage sold to individuals and families for primarily noncommercial purposes.

Credit--limited line credit insurance.

Any other line of insurance permitted under state laws or rules.

An insurance producer license shall remain in effect unless revoked or suspended as long as education requirements for resident individual producers are met by the due date.

An individual insurance producer who allows his or her license to lapse for a reason other than not meeting the requirements of section 1204c may reinstate the same license without the necessity of passing a written examination if he or she does so not later than 12 months after the date of the lapse.

A license under subsection (1) shall contain the licensee's name, address, personal identification number, and the date of issuance, the qualifications, the expiration date, and any other information the commissioner considers necessary.

Licensees shall inform the commissioner by any means acceptable to the commissioner of a change of legal name or address within 30 days of the change.

The commissioner may contract with nongovernmental entities to perform any ministerial functions, including the collection of fees, related to producer licensing that the commissioner considers appropriate.

History: Add. 1972, Act 133, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 1982, Act 501, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982; Am. 1989, Act 68, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1989; Am. 1992, Act 1, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Am. 2001, Act 228, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.65 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-26-of-1907 / Section 458.65
Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Said church, when so organized, shall be in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity subject to the discipline, rules and usages, and ministerial appointments of the Methodist Protestant church, as from time to time authorized by the general conference of said church, and the annual conference within whose bounds said corporation may be situated.

History: 1907, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1907; CL 1915, 11063; CL 1929, 10878; CL 1948, 458.65
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1181 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-49-of-2008 / Section 123.1181
Election costs; reimbursement to county or municipality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) If a majority of the electors in the county voting on the question of a tax as provided in section 13 approve the tax, the county clerk of the county shall charge the authority and the authority shall reimburse the county for the actual costs the county incurs in the election for the tax under section 13.

(2) If a municipality conducts the election and a majority of the electors in the county voting on the question of a tax as provided in section 13 approve the tax, the clerk of that municipality shall charge the authority and the authority shall reimburse the municipality for the actual costs the municipality incurs in conducting the election if the election is not held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled election in that municipality.

(3) If a majority of the electors in the county voting on the question of a tax as provided in section 13 approve the tax, in addition to costs reimbursed under subsection (1) or (2), a county or municipality shall charge the authority and the authority shall reimburse the county or municipality for actual costs that the county or municipality incurs and that are exclusively attributable to an election for a tax authorized under this act.

(4) The actual costs that a county or municipality incurs shall be based on the number of hours of work done in conducting the election, the rates of compensation of the workers, and the cost of materials supplied in the election.

History: 2008, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.152 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-220-of-1929 / Section 290.152
Potatoes; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The following terms, wherever used in this act, or in rules and regulations later promulgated by the commissioner of agriculture, shall have the meaning as indicated:

"Mature" means that the outer skin (epidermis) does not loosen or "feather" readily during the ordinary methods of handling: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to new potatoes known and sold as such, and in other respects conforming to the provisions of this act;

"Bright" means free from dirt or other foreign matter or discoloration from any cause so that the outer skin (epidermis) has the attractive color normal for the variety;

"Smooth" means free from second growth, growth cracks and other abnormal, rough surfaces;

"Well-shaped" means that normal, typical shape for the variety in the district where grown and free from pointed, dumbbell shaped, successively elongated, and other ill-formed potatoes;

"Free from damage" means that the appearance shall not be injured to an extent readily apparent upon casual examination of the lot, and that any damage from the causes mentioned can be removed in the ordinary process of preparation for use without appreciable waste in addition to that which would occur if the potato were perfect. Loss of outer skin (epidermis) shall not be considered as an injury to the appearance;

"Diameter" means the greatest dimension at right angles to the longitudinal axis;

"Soft rot" means a soft, mushy condition of the tissues from whatever cause;

"Badly misshapen" means of such shape as to cause appreciable waste in the ordinary process of preparation for use in addition to that which would occur if the potato were perfect;

"Free from serious damage" means that any damage from the causes mentioned can be removed by the ordinary process of paring without increase in waste of more than 10 per cent, by weight, over that which would occur if the potato were perfect;

"Container" or "package" means cloth or fiber sack (such as is customarily used for the shipment of potatoes), barrel, box, crate, hamper or basket.

History: 1929, Act 220, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 5604; CL 1948, 290.152
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32905 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32905
Michigan Great Lakes protection fund; creation; sources of money; investment of fund; crediting interest and earnings to fund; money not to revert to general fund; annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32905.

The Michigan Great Lakes protection fund is created in the state treasury.

The fund shall receive money from the following sources:

Money received by the state from the Great Lakes protection fund authorized in part 331.

Gifts and contributions to the fund.

Other sources provided by law.

The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. Interest and earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund.

The state treasurer shall annually report to the board and the department on the amount of money in the fund.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.110 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 433.110
Notice of beasts distrained; publication in newspaper.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

In case notice shall be given by posting up the same, if no person shall appear to claim the beasts within 7 days after the day of impounding, a like notice shall be published for 3 successive weeks, in some public newspaper, if any shall be published within 20 miles of the place of impounding, the first publication to be within 15 days after the day of impounding.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 125; CL 1857, 5055; CL 1871, 6776; How. 8364; CL 1897, 10697; CL 1915, 14788; CL 1929, 9070; CL 1948, 433.110
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80138 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80138
Transmission of information for analytical or statistical purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80138.

In accordance with a request by an authorized official or agency of the United States or by the department, information compiled or otherwise available to the secretary of state and the department under this part shall be transmitted to the official or agency of the United States or to the department for analytical and statistical purposes.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.997 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-132-of-2007 / Section 287.997
Noncompliance with act or grant provisions; ineligibility for future grants; repayment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) An organization that receives a grant under this act that does not comply with the provisions of this act or the terms of the grant as determined by the department is not eligible for any future grant under this act.

(2) An organization that receives a grant under this act that does not comply with the provisions of this act or the terms of the grant shall be required to repay to the department the amount of the grant, or a portion of the grant, as determined by the department.

History: 2007, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 72.4 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 72.4
Authorized village lighting; borrowing; limitation; payment; bonds; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A village may borrow a sum of money not exceeding 5% of the taxable value of the property in the village as shown by the last preceding tax roll, to be used exclusively for the purpose of purchasing or constructing and maintaining lighting works as provided in this chapter. The council may fix the time and place of the payment of the principal and interest of the debt contracted under the provisions of this chapter, and issue bonds of the village for those purposes. Bonds issued under this section are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

The total amount expended for the purchase or construction of the lighting works shall not exceed the amount of the estimate of expense provided for in section 3 of this chapter.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2904; CL 1915, 2778; CL 1929, 1687; CL 1948, 72.4; Am. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998; Am. 2002, Act 276, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 10 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article V § 10
Removal or suspension of officers; grounds, report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The governor shall have power and it shall be his duty to inquire into the condition and administration of any public office and the acts of any public officer, elective or appointive. He may remove or suspend from office for gross neglect of duty or for corrupt conduct in office, or for any other misfeasance or malfeasance therein, any elective or appointive state officer, except legislative or judicial, and shall report the reasons for such removal or suspension to the legislature.

History: Const. 1963, Art. V, § 10, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.32 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-11-of-1899 / Section 458.32
Trustees; evidence of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

It is further provided that the execution by the acting trustees of said corporation, in proper form, of any deed, mortgage, note, bond, or other obligation or contract of said corporation, shall be prima facie evidence of the proper appointment of said trustees and that the necessary steps have been taken to give them full authority to make such transaction.

History: 1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899; CL 1915, 10926; CL 1929, 10857; CL 1948, 458.32
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1342 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-248-of-2005 / Section 390.1342
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Academic year" means the period from August 1 of a calendar year to July 31 of the next calendar year.

(b) "Authority" means the Michigan higher education assistance authority created by 1960 PA 77, MCL 390.951 to 390.961.

(c) "Eligible institution" means a degree or certificate granting public or independent nonprofit college or university, junior college, or community college in this state.

(d) "Eligible tuition" means the tuition charged by an eligible institution for an undergraduate class.

(e) "Full-time student" means a student enrolled in at least 12 credit hours in an academic semester or its equivalent number of credit hours in a term or quarter, as determined by the authority.

(f) "Michigan veteran" means an individual whose legal residence immediately before entering military service was in this state and who does not later reside outside of this state for a period of more than 2 years, or an individual who establishes legal residency in this state after entering military service.

(g) "Part-time student" means a student who is not a full-time student, but is enrolled in at least the number of credit hours in a semester, term, or quarter that the authority defines as a 1/2-time course of study.

(h) "Undergraduate class" means a class or course that provides a student with academic credit applicable toward a bachelor or associate degree from an eligible institution.

History: 2005, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.22233 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.22233
Waiver of criteria and procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22233.

If the department determines that a proposed project is nonsubstantive in nature and does not warrant a full review, the department may waive certain criteria and procedures otherwise required under this part.

History: Add. 1988, Act 332, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.83106 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.83106
Camping permit; fee; permit to use lands and facilities; exception; deposit of money into account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 83106.

(1) The department may require a person to obtain a permit for camping in designated state forest campgrounds and may establish and collect a fee for the camping permit. However, at least 6 months before increasing a camping permit fee, the department shall provide written notice of its intent to do so to the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives that have primary jurisdiction over legislation pertaining to natural resources and the environment.

(2) The department may require a person to obtain a permit, except as otherwise provided by law, for the use of lands and facilities within the state forest as designated by the department for recreation use. The department shall not require a permit or payment of a fee for use of a state forest nonmotorized trail or pathway or state forest campground facility except as provided in subsection (1) or otherwise provided in this act.

(3) Money collected under this section shall be deposited into the forest recreation account.

History: Add. 1998, Act 418, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1998; Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006; Am. 2010, Act 34, Eff. Oct. 1, 2010