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Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.263 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-220-of-1982 / Section 285.263
Bonds and notes; general obligations; negotiability; issuance subject to agency financing reporting act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The authority may issue its negotiable bonds and notes in a principal amount, which in the opinion of the authority is necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving its corporate purposes, the payment of interest on bonds and notes of the authority, the establishment of reserves to secure bonds and notes, and all other expenditures of the authority incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers.

The authority may issue renewal notes, issue bonds to pay notes, and if it determines refunding expedient, refund bonds by the issuance of new bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and issue bonds partly to refund bonds then outstanding and partly for any other purpose. The refunding bonds shall be sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase, redemption, or payment of the bonds to be refunded.

Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its notes or bonds shall be general obligations of the authority payable out of revenues or money of the authority, subject only to agreements with the holders of particular notes or bonds pledging any particular receipts or revenues.

Whether or not the notes or bonds are of a form or character as to be negotiable instruments under the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.1101 to 440.11102, the notes or bonds shall be and are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of the uniform commercial code, subject only to the provisions of the notes or bonds for registration.

Bonds and notes issued under this act are not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

The issuance of bonds and notes under this act is subject to the agency financing reporting act.

History: 1982, Act 220, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1982; Am. 1983, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1983; Am. 2002, Act 381, Imd. Eff. May 24, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.209c — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-188-of-1899 / Section 205.209c
Wrongful delivery or surrender of possession or custody of assets; liability for tax, interest, and penalty; payment enforceable in civil action by attorney general; taxation of costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9c.

Any safe and collateral deposit company, trust company, corporation, bank, or other institution, or person delivering or surrendering possession or custody of securities, deposits, or other assets without compliance with the applicable provisions of sections 9, 9a, 9e, and 9f shall be liable for the amount of the tax and interest and penalty due or thereafter to become due with respect to the estate of any resident or nonresident decedent of which such securities, deposits, or other assets of the contents of a safe deposit box or compartment are a part, to the extent that any tax, interest, and penalty is due or may become due upon the amount of such estate represented by such securities, deposits, or other assets so delivered or surrendered, or by the contents of such safe deposit box or compartment, and the payment thereof may be enforced in a civil action instituted and maintained by the attorney general, or other person or officer duly authorized by the attorney general. Any judgment rendered in such action shall carry costs to be taxed as in other cases.

History: Add. 1941, Act 235, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 205.209c; Am. 1963, Act 100, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1982, Act 378, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.751 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-258-of-2003 / Section 124.751
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "land bank fast track act".

History: 2003, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.1054 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-234-of-1988 / Section 35.1054
Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund commission; establishment; appointment and qualifications of members; meetings; quorum; conducting business at public meeting; availability of writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The Vietnam veterans memorial monument fund commission is established as the governing body of the monument fund. The commission consists of 9 members. The governor shall appoint 5 members of the commission, not less than 2 of whom shall be Vietnam veterans. The speaker of the house of representatives and the senate majority leader shall each appoint 2 members of the commission. Not less than 1 of each 2 shall be a Vietnam veteran.

The commission shall initially convene within 6 months after the first deposit of money in the monument fund. The commission shall meet often enough to expedite the completion of the monument as prescribed in section 5. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for conducting business.

The commission shall conduct its business at public meetings held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function shall be available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1988, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.34115 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.34115
Irrigation board; conducting business at public meeting; notice; calling and notice of meetings; affidavit as proof of mailing; waiver of additional notice; quorum; adjournment; action by board; signing of orders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34115.

The business that the irrigation board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the irrigation board held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.

A meeting of the irrigation board may be called by the chairperson or by 2 members of the irrigation board. In addition to the notice prescribed in subsection (1), notice setting forth the time and place of the meeting shall be sent by certified mail to each member. That notice shall be mailed not less than 5 days before the meeting. The affidavit of the chairperson as to this mailing shall be conclusive proof of the mailing.

The notice of a meeting prescribed in subsection (2) is not required if all members are present. A member of the board may waive the additional mailed notice of a meeting, either before or after the meeting.

A majority of the members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, but a lesser number may adjourn the meeting. Unless otherwise provided in this part, an action shall not be taken by the board except by a majority vote of the board's members. The adjournment of the hearing need not be advertised. Each order issued by the irrigation board shall be signed by the chairperson.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1759 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1759
Corporate governance policies; information made available to director.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1759.

(1) The insurer or insurance group has discretion over the responses to the CGAD inquiries if the CGAD contains the material information necessary to permit the director to gain an understanding of the insurer's or group's corporate governance structure, policies, and practices. The director may request additional information that he or she considers material and necessary to provide the director with a clear understanding of the corporate governance policies, the reporting or information system, or the controls implementing those policies.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the CGAD must be prepared as prescribed by the director. Documentation and supporting information related to the CGAD must be maintained and made available on examination or on request of the director.

History: Add. 2018, Act 520, Eff. Jan. 1, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3302 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3302
Informal probate; duty of register; effect of informal probate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3302.

Upon receipt of an application requesting informal probate of a will and after making the findings required by section 3303, the register shall issue a written statement of informal probate. Informal probate is conclusive as to all persons until superseded by an order in a formal testacy proceeding. A defect in an application or procedure relating to the application that leads to informal probate of a will does not render the probate void.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3811 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-33-of-2008 / Section 125.3811
Planning commission; creation; adoption of ordinance by local unit of government; notice required; exception; adoption of charter provision by city or home rule village; effect of repeal of planning act; continued exercise or transfer of powers and duties of zoning board or zoning commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) A local unit of government may adopt an ordinance creating a planning commission with powers and duties provided in this act. The planning commission of a local unit of government shall be officially called "the planning commission", even if a charter, ordinance, or resolution uses a different name such as "plan board" or "planning board".

(2) Within 14 days after a local unit of government adopts an ordinance under subsection (1) creating a planning commission, the clerk of the local unit shall transmit notice of the adoption to the planning commission of the county where the local unit is located. However, if there is not a county planning commission or if the local unit adopting the ordinance is a county, notice shall be transmitted to the regional planning commission engaged in planning for the region within which the local unit is located. Notice under this subsection is not required when a planning commission created before the effective date of this act continues in existence under this act, but is required when an ordinance governing or creating a planning commission is amended or superseded under section 81(2)(b) or (3)(b).

(3) If, after the effective date of this act, a city or home rule village adopts a charter provision providing for a planning commission, the charter provision shall be implemented by an ordinance that conforms to this act. Section 81(2) provides for the continuation of a planning commission created by a charter provision adopted before the effective date of this act.

(4) Section 81(3) provides for the continuation of a planning commission created under a planning act repealed under section 85.

(5) Section 83 provides for the continued exercise by a planning commission, or the transfer to a planning commission, of the powers and duties of a zoning board or zoning commission.

History: 2008, Act 33, Eff. Sept. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.431 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-84-of-1903 / Section 211.431
Deeds to state; title absolute; executed deeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

After the expiration of 6 months from and after the time when any deed made to the state under the provisions of section 127 or section 67a of Act 206 of the Public Acts of 1893 , being the general tax law, and acts amendatory thereto, shall have been recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which the land so deeded shall be situated, the title of the state in and to the same shall be deemed to be absolute and complete, and no suit or proceeding shall thereafter be instituted by any person claiming through the original or government title to set aside, vacate or annul the said deed or the title derived thereunder: Provided, That as to all lands heretofore deeded to the state under the provisions of said section 67a of said Act 206 of the Public Acts of 1893, the title of the state thereto shall be deemed to be absolute and complete after a period of 6 months from the taking effect of this act, and no suit or proceeding shall thereafter be instituted by any person claiming through the original or government title to set aside, vacate or annul said deed or deeds or the title derived thereunder.

History: 1903, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903; CL 1915, 4161; CL 1929, 3724; Am. 1943, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1943; CL 1948, 211.431
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20182 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20182
Abortion; objection; participation in medical procedures not required; immunity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20182.

A physician, or other individual who is a member of or associated with a hospital, clinic, institution, teaching institution, or other health facility, or a nurse, medical student, student nurse, or other employee of a hospital, clinic, institution, teaching institution, or other health facility in which an abortion is performed, who states an objection to abortion on professional, ethical, moral, or religious grounds, is not required to participate in the medical procedures which will result in abortion. The refusal by the individual to participate does not create a liability for damages on account of the refusal or for any disciplinary or discriminatory action by the patient, hospital, clinic, institution, teaching institution, or other health facility against the individual.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1307a — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1307a
Use of seclusion and restraint in public schools; adoption and implementation of local policy; noncompliance as violation of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1307a.

Not later than December 1, 2016, the department shall develop a state policy regarding the use of seclusion and restraint in the public schools that includes all of the elements under sections 1307b to 1307h, along with guidelines as the department considers appropriate. Not later than the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall adopt and implement a local policy that is consistent with the state policy under this section. A person who fails to comply with this section or who fails to comply with any of the requirements of the state policy developed under this section is considered to have failed to comply with and to have violated this act.

History: Add. 2016, Act 395, Eff. Mar. 29, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.241 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-106-of-1925 / Section 390.241
Agricultural experiment stations; more complete endowment, state assent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state of Michigan assents to the purposes of the grants of money authorized by the act of the congress of the United States, entitled "An act to authorize the more complete endowment of agricultural experiment stations, and for other purposes", approved February 24, 1925.

History: 1925, Act 106, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 7892; CL 1948, 390.241
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.6125 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.6125
Ice bins and machines; connection with waste line.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6125.

The waste line from ice storage bins and ice machines shall not be directly connected with another waste line and shall be drained through an air gap.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6p — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-3-of-1939 / Section 460.6p
Rates subject to electric transmission line certification act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6p.

The rates of an electric utility are subject to the electric transmission line certification act.

History: Add. 1995, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.51 — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-204-of-1958 / Section 2.51
Constitutional convention delegates; compensation for services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Each seated delegate to a convention for revising the constitution of Michigan shall receive for his services the sum of $500.00 semi-monthly, commencing on the day the delegate is seated and continuing to the final adjournment of the convention or until a vacancy in his seat if a vacancy should sooner occur. No delegate shall receive more than $7,500.00, and each seated delegate shall be entitled to at least $1,000.00 as the constitution provides.

History: 1958, Act 204, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.803 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-470-of-2016 / Section 399.803
Michigan history center; establishment; operation; duties; use of funds; fees; gifts and bequests; deposit of collected money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) The Michigan history center is established in the department.

(2) The archives of Michigan and the Michigan history museum shall be operated under the control and supervision of the center.

(3) Using modern professional practices, the center shall do all of the following:

(a) Advise the department on history policies and programs and serve as a forum for citizen concerns and input.

(b) Collect, provide stewardship for, and interpret materials, including, but not limited to, archival records in all available media, artifacts, oral histories, and published family history references, that document and illustrate the history of this state and its people. The center shall make these materials available to the public in a manner consistent with their preservation for future generations, using techniques that include, but are not limited to, museum exhibits, historical markers, public programs, public research facilities, and online materials.

(c) Create Michigan-focused educational programs and materials that reinforce adopted state educational standards.

(d) Provide professional assistance to other state and local government agencies related to records designated for preservation by approved records retention schedules.

(e) Use its resources to support heritage tourism and community development in this state.

(f) Represent this state in its partnership with the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve.

(g) Provide professional expertise and leadership for the preservation and interpretation of history on state lands.

(4) Money collected by the center for historical markers, document reproduction and services, conferences, admissions, workshops, training classes, and the use of specialized equipment, facilities, exhibits, collections, and software shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the operations fund. Subject to the annual appropriations process, the center may charge reasonable fees for admissions and other services described in this subsection. Fees collected under this subsection shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the operations fund.

(5) The center may accept gifts and bequests, including tangible and intangible property, for the furtherance of its authorized purposes. Money collected under this subsection shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit into the operations fund.

History: 2016, Act 470, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017; Am. 2017, Act 187, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 29 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article V § 29
Civil rights commission; members, term, duties, appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

There is hereby established a civil rights commission which shall consist of eight persons, not more than four of whom shall be members of the same political party, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for four-year terms not more than two of which shall expire in the same year. It shall be the duty of the commission in a manner which may be prescribed by law to investigate alleged discrimination against any person because of religion, race, color or national origin in the enjoyment of the civil rights guaranteed by law and by this constitution, and to secure the equal protection of such civil rights without such discrimination. The legislature shall provide an annual appropriation for the effective operation of the commission.

The commission shall have power, in accordance with the provisions of this constitution and of general laws governing administrative agencies, to promulgate rules and regulations for its own procedures, to hold hearings, administer oaths, through court authorization to require the attendance of witnesses and the submission of records, to take testimony, and to issue appropriate orders. The commission shall have other powers provided by law to carry out its purposes. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to diminish the right of any party to direct and immediate legal or equitable remedies in the courts of this state.

Appeals from final orders of the commission, including cease and desist orders and refusals to issue complaints, shall be tried de novo before the circuit court having jurisdiction provided by law.

History: Const. 1963, Art. V, § 29, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.28 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 552.28
Judgment for alimony or allowance or for appointment of trustees; revision or alteration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

On petition of either party, after a judgment for alimony or other allowance for either party or a child, or after a judgment for the appointment of trustees to receive and hold property for the use of either party or a child, and subject to section 17, the court may revise and alter the judgment, respecting the amount or payment of the alimony or allowance, and also respecting the appropriation and payment of the principal and income of the property held in trust, and may make any judgment respecting any of the matters that the court might have made in the original action.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84; CL 1857, 3249; CL 1871, 4760; How. 6248; CL 1897, 8641; CL 1915, 11417; CL 1929, 12748; CL 1948, 552.28; Am. 1970, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970; Am. 1992, Act 290, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.509x — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.509x
Application considered as received; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 509x.

An application for registration is considered received on or before the fifteenth day before an election if 1 of the following requirements is met:

(a) An application is received at a department of state office, a designated voter registration agency, or the office of a county, city, or township clerk on or before the fifteenth day before an election.

(b) An application is received through the mail that is postmarked on or before the fifteenth day before an election.

(c) An application is received through the mail on or before the eighth day before an election, if the postmark is missing or is unclear and the application, on its face, is dated by the applicant on or before the fifteenth day before an election. The clerk shall consider an application received under this subdivision as received before the fifteenth day before an election.

(d) An application is submitted electronically through the electronic voter registration interface on or before the fifteenth day before an election.

History: Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 354, Eff. Feb. 13, 2019; Am. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018