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Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.100 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.100
Retirement system service credits; continuation by employees of city or county department when transferred to state department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 100.

Persons who were employees of a city or county department of social welfare immediately prior to the effective date of this amendatory act, who (1) were members of a city or county retirement system and (2) become members of the state employees' retirement system, shall be entitled to benefits provided by Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended, entitled "An act to provide for the preservation and continuity of retirement system service credits for public employees who transfer their employment between units of government", notwithstanding that the city or county might not have adopted the said Act No. 88. Whenever the service requirements for benefits to be paid under Act No. 240 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, to the said persons who become members of the state employees' retirement system are lower than the service requirements in the said Act No. 88, the provisions of the said Act No. 240 shall apply with respect to the said persons.

History: Add. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.704 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-388-of-1913 / Section 550.704
Loss in case of damage; fixing amount.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

In case any buildings or property of the state other than those insured under the provisions of section 1 shall be damaged by fire, lightning, windstorm, explosion, riot, riot attending a strike, civil commotion, falling aircraft, hail (except growing crops) and smoke, caused from faulty operation of a heating plant using oil or gas fuel the controller, within 30 days or as soon as possible thereafter, shall ascertain and fix the amount of such damage. The ascertained amount of such damage shall in no case be less than the amount necessary to rebuild, repair or replace the property so damaged.

History: 1913, Act 388, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 9271; CL 1929, 12683; Am. 1945, Act 314, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1945; CL 1948, 550.704; Am. 1965, Act 365, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1407 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1407
Emergency 9-1-1 fund; creation; disposition of assets; money remaining in fund; expenditure; disbursement; audit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 407.

(1) The emergency 9-1-1 fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets as provided under this act and from any source for deposit into the fund. Money may be deposited into the fund by electronic funds transfer. Money in the CMRS emergency telephone fund on July 1, 2008 must be deposited into the fund and expended as provided by this act. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year remains in the fund and does not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The department of treasury shall expend money from the fund only as provided in this act. The disbursement of money may be by electronic funds transfer.

(5) The auditor general shall audit the fund at least biennially.

History: Add. 1999, Act 78, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1999; Am. 2007, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007; Am. 2018, Act 51, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.13a — MI Code / Chapter 42 / Act Act-359-of-1947 / Section 42.13a
Free public library; establishment or reestablishment and maintenance; conditions; ordinance; resolution; board of directors; appointment of library advisory committee; rules and regulations; state aid.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13a.

(1) The township board of a charter township may do either of the following:

(a) Establish and maintain a free public library if the charter township is in a county with a population of more than 750,000 but less than 2,000,000 and has not been located within the service area of an established free public library for the previous 3 years.

(b) Reestablish and maintain under this act a free public library established as a township library under a repealed act that served the charter township.

(2) The board shall establish or reestablish a free public library under subsection (1) by adopting an ordinance or passing a resolution as provided by law. The board shall file a copy of the ordinance or resolution with the department of education within 10 days after adoption or passage.

(3) The township board shall serve as board of directors for the library with final authority over all library matters. The township board shall appoint a library advisory committee consisting of 7 members holding staggered 3-year terms to advise the township board with regard to development, operation, and maintenance of the library. The township board may fill vacancies on the library advisory committee and may remove a member with or without cause.

(4) The township board shall establish the rules and regulations for the operation of the library, appoint a library director and authorize the hiring of qualified assistants, establish a separate and dedicated library fund, and pass any necessary ordinances governing the operations of the library.

(5) A free public library established or reestablished and operated under this section is a public library for the purposes of the state aid to public libraries act, 1977 PA 89, MCL 397.551 to 397.576.

History: Add. 2006, Act 596, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007; Am. 2012, Act 191, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2012; Am. 2019, Act 24, Imd. Eff. June 18, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.14807 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.14807
Fraud as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14807.

A person who uses this part to commit fraud is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $25,000.00.

History: Add. 1996, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1535 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1535
Vendor as authorized to do business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 535.

A vendor shall be a person authorized to do business under the laws of this state.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.19 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.19
"Physical disability" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

As used in this act, "physical disability" means that term as defined in section 6 of the adult foster care facility licensing act, 1979 PA 218, MCL 400.706.

History: Add. 2014, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.203 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.203
Assessor's plat; payment of costs and expenses; cost charged to land.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203.

The actual and necessary costs and expenses of making assessor's plats shall be paid out of the general fund of the city, incorporated village, or township whose governing body ordered the plat. All of the cost may be charged to the land so platted. Of the cost charged to the land so platted, 1/2 shall be based on the proportion that the area of each parcel bears to the total area of the plat and 1/2 shall be charged equally to each parcel included in the assessor's plat, as a special assessment on the land, in the manner provided in Act No. 67 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 41.921 to 41.925 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 1969, Act 308, Imd. Eff. Aug. 14, 1969; Am. 1976, Act 431, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.961j — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-31-of-1948-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 123.961j
Bonds subject to revised municipal finance act; tax exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11j.

All bonds authorized under this act are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

The principal and interest on bonds issued under this act are exempt from taxation by this state and by any other taxing authority within this state.

History: Add. 1973, Act 110, Imd. Eff. Aug. 19, 1973; Am. 1978, Act 365, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1980; Am. 1983, Act 29, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1983; Am. 2002, Act 306, Imd. Eff. May 13, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2894 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2894
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2894.

A person shall not:

Wilfully and knowingly refuse to provide vital records information required by this part or the rules promulgated pursuant to this part.

Wilfully and knowingly make a false statement in a vital record or report required to be filed under this code, or in an application for an amendment or for a certified copy of a vital record.

Wilfully and knowingly supply false information intending that the information be used in the preparation of a vital record or amendment thereof.

Wilfully and knowingly obtain, possess, use, sell, furnish, or attempt to obtain, possess, use, sell, or furnish to another person, for any purpose of deception, a counterfeited, altered, amended, or mutilated vital record or certified copy thereof.

Wilfully and knowingly furnish or process a vital record or a certified copy of a vital record with the knowledge or intention that it be used for the purposes of deception.

A person shall not make, counterfeit, alter, amend, or mutilate a vital record or report required to be filed under this part with the intent to deceive.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7210 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.7210
Inclusion of controlled substances by whatever name designated.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7210.

The controlled substances listed or to be listed in the schedules in sections 7212, 7214, 7216, 7218, and 7220 are included by whatever official, common, usual, chemical, or trade name designated.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.152 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-35-of-1970 / Section 390.152
Board of control; members, terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The board shall consist of 8 members who shall hold office for terms of 8 years and who shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, except of the members first appointed 2 shall serve for 2 years, 2 for 4 years, 2 for 6 years and 2 for 8 years. The president of the institution shall be ex officio a member of the board without the right to vote.

History: 1970, Act 35, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.439 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-130-of-1879 / Section 457.439
Amendment of articles; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Every corporation organized or existing under the provisions of this act may at any regular meeting or at any meeting duly called for that purpose, amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, but such amendment shall not become operative until a copy of such amendment, signed by the presiding officer and the secretary of the corporation shall have been recorded as is provided herein for the recording of original articles of association when such amendment shall have the same force and effect as though included in the original articles.

History: Add. 1895, Act 255, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 8025; CL 1915, 10497; CL 1929, 10702; CL 1948, 457.439
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80124b — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80124b
Great Lakes protection specialty watercraft decal; use of money received from sale; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80124b.

Money received by the secretary of state from the sale of each Great Lakes protection specialty watercraft decal under section 80124a shall be used as follows:

$10.00 shall be retained by the secretary of state for use in creating and distributing the decal.

$25.00 shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the Michigan Great Lakes protection fund to be used for research on aquatic nuisance species, for public education of the threat of aquatic nuisance species, and for efforts to eradicate aquatic nuisance species from the Great Lakes and other waters of the state.

As used in this section:

"Aquatic nuisance species" means that term as it is defined in section 3101.

"Michigan Great Lakes protection fund" means the Michigan Great Lakes protection fund created in section 32905.

History: Add. 2003, Act 294, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.961 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-88-of-2013 / Section 206.961
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan Alzheimer's association fund act".

History: 2013, Act 88, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.990g — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-120-of-1961 / Section 125.990g
Management of day-to-day activities; members; duties and responsibilities; reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10g.

(1) The board shall manage the activities of the business improvement zone and implementation of the zone plan.

(2) The board must consist of an odd number of directors and must not be smaller than 5 and not larger than 15 in number. The board may include 1 director nominated by the chief executive of the city or village and confirmed by the governing body of the city or village. A nomination not disapproved by a governing body within 60 days stands confirmed.

(3) The duties and responsibilities of the board must be prescribed in the zone plan and to the extent applicable must include all of the following duties and responsibilities:

(a) Developing administrative procedures relating to the implementation of the zone plan.

(b) Recommending amendments to the zone plan.

(c) Scheduling and conducting an annual meeting of the property owners.

(d) Developing a zone plan for the next qualifying period.

(4) Members of the board shall serve without compensation. However, members of the board may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the board.

History: Add. 2001, Act 260, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002; Am. 2013, Act 126, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 262, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018; Am. 2020, Act 91, Imd. Eff. June 16, 2020; Am. 2023, Act 80, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.251 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-150-of-1962 / Section 423.251
Strikes or lockouts; employment of strikebreakers prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

No person, partnership, firm or corporation, or officer or agent thereof, involved in a strike or lockout shall knowingly employ in place of an employee involved in the strike or lockout any person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in the place of employees involved in a strike or lockout.

History: 1962, Act 150, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5801 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5801
Limitation on actions; time periods; defendant claiming title under deed, court-ordered sale, tax deed, or will; other cases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5801.

No person may bring or maintain any action for the recovery or possession of any lands or make any entry upon any lands unless, after the claim or right to make the entry first accrued to himself or to someone through whom he claims, he commences the action or makes the entry within the periods of time prescribed by this section.

When the defendant claims title to the land in question by or through some deed made upon the sale of the premises by an executor, administrator, guardian, or testamentary trustee; or by a sheriff or other proper ministerial officer under the order, judgment, process, or decree of a court or legal tribunal of competent jurisdiction within this state, or by a sheriff upon a mortgage foreclosure sale the period of limitation is 5 years.

When the defendant claims title under some deed made by an officer of this state or of the United States who is authorized to make deeds upon the sale of lands for taxes assessed and levied within this state the period of limitation is 10 years.

When the defendant claims title through a devise in any will, the period of limitation is 15 years after the probate of the will in this state.

In all other cases under this section, the period of limitation is 15 years.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.31 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-7-of-1955 / Section 2.31
State tree.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The white pine (Pinus strobus, L.) is hereby adopted as the official state tree for the state of Michigan.

History: 1955, Act 7, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43556 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43556
Hunter access leases on private land; lease payments; control of hunter access by participating landowners; cancellation of lease agreement; forfeiture of lease payments; posting boundaries of leased land; cause of action for injuries; orders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43556.

(1) The department may utilize the game and fish protection account for the purpose of acquiring and administering hunter access leases on private land.

(2) The department may determine and provide lease payments in amounts that are related to the benefits the leased land provides for public use if for a designated lease period a participating landowner agrees to allow public access to certain lands for the purpose of hunting. Department field personnel shall inspect the lands and determine their value to the program. Final approval of lease proposals shall be made by the department.

(3) Participating landowners have authority to control hunter access according to the terms of the lease agreement, including terms requiring a hunter to obtain verbal or written permission to hunt on the participating landowners' land.

(4) Pursuant to rules adopted under this section, participating landowners may cancel their lease agreement at any time prior to the expiration of the lease. Cancellation of the agreement prior to the expiration of the lease shall result in the forfeiture of all lease payments that have been received by the participating landowner for the year in which cancellation occurs.

(5) Participating landowners shall post, with signs provided by the department, the boundaries of land leased under this section.

(6) A cause of action shall not arise for injuries to persons hunting on lands leased under this section unless the injuries were caused by the gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct of the owner, tenant, or lessee.

(7) The department may issue orders pursuant to part 401 governing the administration and operation of a hunting access program.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 585, Eff. Mar. 1, 1997; Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2866 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2866
Violation of chapter; forfeiture and disposition of fine; revocation of authority to transact business; reinstatement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2866.

Any person that, either as principal or agent, wilfully issues or causes to be issued, any policy or contract of fire insurance on property situated within this state, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall forfeit the sum of $1,500.00 for each policy or contract so issued. However, the maximum fine forfeited by a person under this subsection shall not exceed $10,000.00 in a 2-year period. A fine collected under this subsection shall be turned over to the state treasurer and credited to the general fund of the state.

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter, upon notice and satisfactory proof of the violation being made to the commissioner, may have its authority to transact business in this state revoked for a period of not less than 90 days; and any person whose license to do business in this state is so revoked by the commissioner, shall not again be permitted to do business in this state until all penalties due under this chapter are paid, together with any expenses that may be due under the provisions of this chapter, to the commissioner.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1984, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.126 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-12-of-1843 / Section 322.126
New locations of state lands; record and plat.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

All new locations of state lands, for any purpose, shall be immediately entered of record and platted as aforesaid.

History: 1843, Act 12, Eff. Mar. 4, 1843; CL 1857, 151; CL 1871, 216; How. 5217; CL 1897, 1277; CL 1915, 416; CL 1929, 5805; CL 1948, 322.126
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13703 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13703
Consolidated bank; rights, privileges, and powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3703.

If approval and certification of the consolidation agreement as required by section 3701 have been completed, the corporate existence of each consolidating organization is merged into and continued in the consolidated bank. To the extent authorized by this act, the consolidated bank possesses all the rights, interests, privileges, powers, and franchises and is subject to all the restrictions, disabilities, liabilities, and duties of each of the consolidating organizations. The title to all property, real, personal, and mixed, is transferred to the consolidated bank, and shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of this act.

A consolidated bank holds and enjoys the same and all rights of property, franchises, and interests, including appointments, designations, and nominations and all other rights and interests as a fiduciary, in the same manner and to the same extent as those rights and interests were held or enjoyed by each consolidating organization at the time of the consolidation. If a consolidating organization at the time of consolidation was acting under appointment of any court as a fiduciary, the consolidated bank is subject to removal by a court of competent jurisdiction.

A consolidated bank shall file with each court or other public tribunal, agency, or officer in any state by which any of the consolidating organizations have been appointed as a fiduciary, and in the court file of each estate, suit, or any other proceeding in which any of them has been acting as a fiduciary, an affidavit setting forth the fact of consolidation, the name of each consolidating organization, the name of the consolidated bank, the location of its principal office, and the amount of its capital and surplus. This subsection does not require filing of an affidavit related to any consolidating organization that after the consolidation retains the same corporate name, charter, and principal office location.

The liability of any consolidating organization or of a shareholder, director, or officer of a consolidating organization, or the rights or remedies of the creditors of, or other persons transacting business with, the consolidating organization shall not be altered or impaired as the result of a consolidation.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000