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Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.221 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-172-of-1913 / Section 32.221
Crawford county land; Michigan state military board authority to accept certain lands for state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The military board of the state of Michigan is hereby authorized and empowered to accept from the owner or owners thereof, for and in behalf of the state of Michigan, all those certain pieces or parcels of lands situated in Crawford county in this state, described in section 2 of this act, by deed of gift, in fee simple, free from lien of taxes or other encumbrances, upon the conditions and for the purposes prescribed in section 3 hereof.

History: 1913, Act 172, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1913; CL 1915, 989; CL 1929, 751; CL 1948, 32.221
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20197 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20197
Human cloning in facility owned or operated by health facility or agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20197.

A health facility or agency shall not allow a licensee or registrant under article 15 or any other individual to engage in or attempt to engage in human cloning in a facility owned or operated by the health facility or agency.

Subsection (1) does not prohibit a health facility or agency from allowing a licensee or registrant under article 15 or any other individual from engaging in scientific research or cell-based therapies not specifically prohibited by that subsection.

A health facility or agency that violates subsection (1) is subject to the administrative penalties prescribed in section 20165(4).

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

As used in this section, "human cloning" means that term as defined in section 16274.

History: Add. 1998, Act 108, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.541 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-263-of-1897 / Section 211.541
Land held as state tax land with other land; tax application; affidavit; proportionate payment; deed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

If any person, firm, or corporation, owning or claiming to own 1 or more government subdivisions of land or 1 or more lots or blocks included within the limits of any township, village, or city plat included in the assessment with other government subdivisions of land or with other lots or blocks upon the tax roll, makes an affidavit, or causes an affidavit to be made by any person having knowledge of the facts, to the state treasurer, setting forth that the person, firm, or corporation owns at the time of making the affidavit the government subdivision of land or the lot, lots, or blocks and that the government subdivision or lot, lots, or blocks have been included upon the assessment roll and have been sold and are held as state tax land with other government subdivisions of land or with other lots or blocks and that the affiant seeks to pay all the taxes assessed against the land, and upon tender by the person, firm, or corporation to the state treasurer, the proportionate amount of taxes, interest, and charges accrued against that description of land as appearing by the tax lists and records at the time the tender or payment and affidavit is made, the state treasurer shall, upon payment, issue to that person, firm, or corporation, a deed of the description or descriptions of land described in the affidavit.

History: 1897, Act 263, Eff. Aug. 30, 1897; CL 1897, 3984; Am. 1913, Act 225, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 4198; CL 1929, 3750; CL 1948, 211.541; Am. 2002, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.373 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.373
Township clerk; appointment of substitute to perform election law duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 373.

If neither the township clerk nor any deputy township clerk shall be available to perform any necessary functions in connection with registrations, nominations or elections during the usual or required times for performing such functions, the township board shall appoint some qualified person who is a registered elector of the township to perform such functions until such time as the clerk or a deputy resume their duties. Any such person so appointed shall have all of the powers and authority of a deputy appointed by the clerk pertaining to registrations, nominations and elections.

History: Add. 1957, Act 221, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 325.1005 — MI Code / Chapter 325 / Act Act-399-of-1976 / Section 325.1005
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The department shall promulgate and enforce rules to carry out this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. The rules, at a minimum, shall include the following:

Requirements for the submission of reports, plans, and specifications for the design and construction of a waterworks system or a part thereof, and a plan for operating and maintaining all or a part of the waterworks system, including the protection of water quality within the distribution system as necessary to protect the public health.

State drinking water standards and associated monitoring requirements, the attainment and maintenance of which are necessary to protect the public health.

The classification of waterworks systems or portions thereof, the examination for certification of the operators of those systems including shift operators of water treatment systems, and for the issuance, suspension, and revocation of certificates.

Criteria for capacity assessments performed by the department at community supplies, nontransient noncommunity water supplies, or a public water supply applying to the department for assistance under part 54 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5401 to 324.5418.

Requirements for provision of facilities by public water supplies that will assure an adequate and reliable supply of drinking water on a continuous basis.

Rules governing public water supplies promulgated under former 1913 PA 98, and which were in effect on January 4, 1977 are continued in accordance with section 31 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.231, and may be amended or rescinded by the director under this act.

No rule promulgated may require the addition of any substance for preventive health care purposes unrelated to contamination of drinking water.

History: 1976, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1977; Am. 1998, Act 56, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.535 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-136-of-1891 / Section 457.535
Subordinate courts; chartering; existing courts, regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Such corporation, when duly formed, shall have power to institute and charter subordinate courts of said order within this state, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute and establish such general laws and by-laws, ordinances and regulations for the government of such subordinate courts not repugnant to the law or to the constitution or regulations of the high court and the supreme court of the Independent Order of Foresters as to them shall seem proper and necessary; and in case of violation or non-compliance with such ordinances, by-laws and regulations, to revoke and annul the charter granted to such subordinate courts: Provided, That the existing subordinate courts heretofore duly chartered by the high court of Michigan or the supreme court, shall be subject to the control of the said high court 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.

History: 1891, Act 136, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8062; CL 1915, 10536; CL 1929, 10741; CL 1948, 457.535
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.9 — MI Code / Chapter 42 / Act Act-359-of-1947 / Section 42.9
Township officers; powers and duties; additional officers, limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The township supervisor, township clerk, township treasurer, justices of the peace, and constables in each charter township shall have and perform the duties and functions required of such officers by state law. The township board may, by resolution, upon the recommendation of the supervisor, or of the township superintendent if one shall be appointed, create such additional officers as may be necessary to administer the affairs of the township government, or may combine any administrative offices in any manner not inconsistent with state law, and prescribe the duties thereof. No creation of any additional administrative office or combination thereof shall abolish the offices of township clerk or township treasurer nor diminish any of the duties or responsibilities of those offices which are prescribed by state law.

History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 42.9
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1017d — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1017d
“Tier 1” and “Tier 2” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17d.

"Tier 1" means the retirement plan available under this act to a member who first became a legislator or lieutenant governor before March 31, 1997 and who does not elect to become a qualified participant of Tier 2.

"Tier 2" means the retirement plan established pursuant to the internal revenue code that is available to qualified participants under sections 61 to 80.

History: Add. 1996, Act 486, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.188 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-352-of-1925 / Section 213.188
Benefits to owners; deduction from damage costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

If any discontinued highway shall be upon lands through which a new highway shall be laid out, the same may be taken into consideration in estimating the damages sustained by the owner of such lands; and in like manner the benefits accruing to owners of lands by reason of laying-out, altering, widening or otherwise improving any highway or of changing the line thereof, shall be taken into consideration in determining the damages to be paid to any such owner as compensation for the taking of any of his property for any such highway purpose. In each such case, the board or commissioner having the matter in charge, or the court commissioners, as the case may be, shall state such fact and the amount deducted on account thereof in the determination, or report, as the case may be: Provided, however, That benefits shall not be taken into consideration as above stated in case there is any assessment levied on the abutting property by reason of the laying out, altering, widening or otherwise improving said highway.

History: 1925, Act 352, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925; CL 1929, 3901; Am. 1931, Act 216, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1941, Act 279, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 213.188
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2664 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2664
Contributions by employer and participant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 714.

(1) This section is subject to the vesting requirements of section 715.

(2) A qualified participant's employer shall contribute to the qualified participant's account in Tier 2 an amount equal to 4% of the qualified participant's salary.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a qualified participant may periodically elect to contribute up to 3% of his or her salary to his or her Tier 2 account. Beginning April 10, 2025, a qualified participant may periodically elect to contribute up to 5% of his or her salary to his or her Tier 2 account. The qualified participant's employer shall make an additional contribution to the qualified participant's Tier 2 account in an amount equal to the contribution made by the qualified participant under this subsection.

(4) A qualified participant may make contributions in addition to contributions made under subsection (3) to the qualified participant's Tier 2 account as permitted by the state treasurer and the internal revenue code. The qualified participant's employer shall not match contributions made by the qualified participant under this subsection.

(5) A qualified participant who makes a written election under section 701a may elect to contribute up to 6% of his or her salary to his or her Tier 2 account. In lieu of employer contributions under subsection (3), the qualified participant's employer shall make an additional contribution to the qualified participant's Tier 2 account in an amount equal to the contribution made by the qualified participant under this subsection. This subsection applies for a period as determined by the department that equals the time in which a Tier 1 member was not able to make contributions to the Tier 2 plan because of the temporary restraining order issued in the case of Michigan Judges Assn v Treasurer of Michigan , opinion of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Case No. 98-DT-72771-CV).

(6) Beginning January 1, 2002, a qualified participant who is a plan 1 member or a plan 2 member, on taking office and while he or she remains in office, shall contribute 2.0% of the qualified participant's compensation to the retirement system. The retirement system shall deposit the contribution under this subsection into the reserve for health benefits for hospital and medical-surgical and sick care benefits as provided in section 719.

History: Add. 1996, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 1999, Act 215, Eff. May 30, 2000; Am. 2002, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002; Am. 2024, Act 152, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4747 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4747
Issuance of regulations; employment of legal counsel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4747.

(1) The commissioner may issue regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Regulations issued pursuant to this section do not affect an SPFC insurance securitization in effect at the time of the issuance of the regulation.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner may employ legal counsel as he or she considers necessary to assist in his or her responsibilities under this chapter.

History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1303a — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1303a
Michigan craft beverage council fund; creation; receipt of money or other assets; deposit; investment; interest and earnings; money remaining at close of fiscal year; expenditure; "Michigan craft beverage council" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303a.

(1) The Michigan craft beverage council fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the Michigan craft beverage council fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the Michigan craft beverage council fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the Michigan craft beverage council fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the Michigan craft beverage council fund at the close of the fiscal year must remain in the fund and must not lapse to the general fund. However, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, $476,500.00 of the money in the Michigan craft beverage council fund is transferred to and must be deposited into the general fund.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), money from the Michigan craft beverage council fund must be expended annually, on appropriation, for the following:

(a) Not more than $80,000.00 may be used by the department of agriculture and rural development to administer the grants program under section 303.

(b) Not less than 50% of the money that is expended after the expenditure under subdivision (a) may be used for grants under section 303(7)(a).

(c) For grants under section 303(7)(b).

(d) For the Michigan craft beverage council to carry out its responsibilities under this act.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), if the Michigan craft beverage council receives money under section 303(9)(a), the money may be expended for the purposes and subject to the conditions for which it was received.

(6) As used in this section, "Michigan craft beverage council" means the Michigan craft beverage council created in section 303.

History: Add. 2018, Act 155, Eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Am. 2020, Act 200, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.342 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-330-of-2008 / Section 285.342
Duties of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) The department shall do the following:

(a) Review and study all information available within any agency or department of state government to determine the body of relevant information regarding the establishing in this state of a production facility for an alternative fuel.

(b) Compile, in written or electronic format, information in a concise and readable form regarding the procedures for preparing and executing applications and approvals necessary for the establishing of a production facility for alternative fuels.

(c) Publish and make available to the public, in written or electronic format, the information described in subdivision (b) in separate categories for biodiesel fuel, ethanol, and other categories of alternative fuels.

(2) As part of the function described in subsection (1), the department shall specifically indicate procedures and processes that are housed in the department of environmental quality, the department of labor and economic growth, and the Michigan economic development corporation.

(3) The department may identify mechanisms that promote effective communication and coordination of efforts between this state and local governments, private industry, and institutions of higher education concerning the investigation, research into, and promotion of alternative fuels.

(4) The department may also review any state regulation that may hinder the use, research, and development of alternative fuels and vehicles that are able to utilize them and recommend changes to the governor and to the legislature.

History: 2008, Act 330, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.508f — MI Code / Chapter 393 / Act Act-204-of-1982 / Section 393.508f
Deposit of money received under MCL 393.508c and 393.508e.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8f.

(1) Money received under sections 8c and 8e shall be deposited into the division on deafness fund established in section 8 of the division of deafness act, 1937 PA 72, MCL 408.208, and expended as described in that section.

(2) Money received under sections 8c and 8e that is deposited into the division on deafness fund as provided in subsection (1) shall be expended to cover costs associated with the division on deaf and hard of hearing within the commission on disability concerns.

History: Add. 2010, Act 74, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.319 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 45.319
County officers; deposit, filing, and preservation of bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 119.

Each officer required by the county board of commissioners to give an individual bond, except the treasurer, before entering upon the duties of office, and within the time limit described in section 118 of this chapter for depositing the officer's oath, shall deposit the bond with the treasurer, who shall file and preserve the same in the treasurer's office. Each treasurer required by a county board of commissioners to give an individual bond before entering upon the duties of office, and within the time limit described in section 118 of this chapter for depositing the treasurer's oath, shall deposit his or her bond with the clerk of the county, who shall file and preserve the same in the clerk's office.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14; CL 1857, 467; CL 1871, 609; How. 639; CL 1897, 2642; CL 1915, 2506; CL 1929, 1418; CL 1948, 45.319; Am. 1978, Act 635, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 119.53 — MI Code / Chapter 119 / Act Act-147-of-1939 / Section 119.53
Powers; co-operation; charges; succession to rights; vote.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The Huron-Clinton metropolitan authority, either acting alone or in cooperation with the department of conservation, the state highway department, any board of county road commissioners, or any federal or other state or local body having authority to construct and maintain parks or highways, shall have the power to make plans for and promote, and/or to acquire, construct, own, operate and maintain, within or without the limits of the metropolitan district, parks, connecting drives, and/or limited access highways. Said authority may fix and collect fees and charges for use of facilities under its control, and, for its uses, may sell or purchase lands and may acquire and succeed to any or all the rights, obligations, and property pertaining to parks or highways of the state or of any county, city, village, or township comprising territory within the limits of the said metropolitan district: Provided, That no county, city, village, or township shall surrender any such rights, obligations, or property without the approval thereof by a majority vote of the electors of any such county, city, village or township, voting on such proposition.

History: 1939, Act 147, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 119.53
Mich. Comp. Laws § 91.7 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 91.7
Railroad companies; drainage repairs; failure, expense of company.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The council shall have power to require and compel any railroad company and any street railway company to make, keep open and in repair, such ditches, drains, sewers and culverts, along and under, or across their railroad tracks, as may be necessary to drain their grounds and right of way properly, and in such manner as the council shall direct, so that the natural drainage of adjacent property shall not be impeded. If any such railroad company or street railway company shall neglect to perform any such requirement, according to the directions of the council, the council may cause the work to be done at the expense of such company, and the amount of such expense may be collected at the suit of the city against the company, in a civil action, before any court having jurisdiction of the cause.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3113; CL 1915, 3027; CL 1929, 1951; CL 1948, 91.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.431 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-111-of-2018 / Section 286.431
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "agricultural disaster loan origination program act".

History: 2018, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.616a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.616a
Canvass of returns; certification of results; release of ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and equipment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 616a.

(1) The board of state canvassers shall canvass the returns received from the boards of county canvassers and certify the statewide and congressional district results of the presidential primary election to the secretary of state.

(2) The secretary of state shall certify the statewide and congressional district results of the presidential primary election to the chairperson of the state central committee of each participating political party.

(3) Notwithstanding sections 831 and 847 or an administrative rule promulgated pursuant to section 794c, after the canvass by the board of state canvassers under subsection (1), the secretary of state may authorize the immediate release of all ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and equipment used in each precinct of a city that conducts a city election in the first week of April if both of the following requirements are met:

(a) The county clerk certifies that no defect in or mechanical malfunction of a voting machine, voting device, ballot, or other election equipment or material was discovered or alleged before the date of the completion of the state canvass.

(b) The county clerk certifies that no other election for offices or questions appeared on the same election equipment used in the precinct for the presidential primary election.

History: Add. 1988, Act 275, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988