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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.518 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-78-of-1935 / Section 38.518
Rescission of act by majority of electors; submission of question; form of ballot; canvass; certification of results; effect of vote in favor of rescission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

This act shall continue in full force and effect in any city, village, or municipality in which it has been properly adopted until rescinded by a majority of the electors voting thereon at an election at which the question of rescission of this act for that city, village, or municipality is properly submitted.

The governing body of any city, village, or municipality, by resolution, may submit the question of rescission of this act, as it relates to the fire department or police department, or both, to the electors of that city, village, or municipality at any regular or special election.

The form of ballot shall be as follows:

"Shall Act No. 78 of the Public Acts of 1935, entitled as amended, 'An act to establish and provide a board of civil service commissioners in cities, villages, and municipalities having full-time paid members in the fire or police departments, or both; to provide a civil service system based upon examination and investigation as to merit, efficiency, and fitness for appointment, employment, and promotion of all full-time paid members appointed in the fire and police departments and respective cities, villages, and municipalities; to regulate the transfer, reinstatement, suspension, and discharge of officers, fire fighters, and police officers; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,' be rescinded?

Yes ( )

No ( )."

The ballots shall be cast and canvassed, and the results of the election certified in the same manner as ballots on any question submitted to the electors of the city, village, or municipality. If the majority of the qualified electors of the city, village, or municipality vote in favor of the rescission of this act, then this act is rescinded in that city, village, or municipality.

History: Add. 1951, Act 88, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1986, Act 155, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1271 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-392-of-2012 / Section 123.1271
Authority as public municipal corporation and public body corporate; powers; maintenance of books and records; implementation of best value supply chain and procurement practice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) An authority is a public municipal corporation. The authority is a public body corporate with the power to sue and be sued in any court of this state. The authority possesses all the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of its incorporation. The enumeration of any powers in this act shall not be construed as a limitation on an authority's general powers.

(2) An authority may do any of the following:

(a) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of the authority's affairs and the conducting of its business.

(b) Adopt an official seal and alter the seal at its pleasure.

(c) Maintain an office at a place or places within this state as it may designate.

(d) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead, and be impleaded.

(e) Determine the location of any project constructed by it under this act and determine, in its discretion and without reference to any other provisions of this act or any other law, the design, standards, and the materials of construction, and construct, maintain, repair, and operate the project.

(f) Issue bonds of the authority for any of its corporate purposes under those means as provided in this act.

(g) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the use of any project operated or constructed by it under the provisions of this act.

(h) Acquire, hold, lease, and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this act.

(i) Engage engineering, legal, and other professional services as considered necessary to effectuate the purposes of the authority.

(3) The authority shall maintain its books and records and its funds on an enterprise fund basis. An authority shall not pay any net proceeds or profits to its local government, but may pay the local government for services provided.

(4) Following the appointment of the authority board, the board shall implement a best value supply chain and procurement practice and shall annually report to the governing body of the local government.

History: 2012, Act 392, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3433 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-236-of-1996 / Section 338.3433
Suspension order issued pursuant to support and parenting time enforcement act; compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

An occupational regulatory agency shall comply with a suspension order issued as provided in the support and parenting time enforcement act, Act No. 295 of the Public Acts of 1982, being sections 552.601 to 552.650 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, within 7 business days after receipt of the suspension order.

History: 1996, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.302 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-57-of-1925 / Section 290.302
Standards of quality and purity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

That when used in this chapter, the standards of quality and purity of gum spirits of turpentine, steam distilled wood turpentine, destructively distilled wood turpentine, gum rosin and wood rosin shall be those of the official naval stores standards of the United States, as set forth in the federal naval stores act or amendments thereto.

History: 1925, Act 57, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 5627; CL 1948, 290.302
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.783 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-177-of-2004 / Section 28.783
Michigan law enforcement officers memorial monument fund; creation as separate fund; disposition of money and interest accrued.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The Michigan law enforcement officers memorial monument fund is created as a separate fund in the department of treasury. The state treasurer shall seek appropriate federal tax status for the monument fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the monument fund the money appropriated to the monument fund, money received for the monument fund under section 6, and all interest that accrues on money in the monument fund. The commission may use money in the monument fund as described in this act.

History: 2004, Act 177, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.912 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.912
Annexation of school district; increase in tax limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 912.

If a school district which has voted to increase the constitutional limitation on taxes for either building and site or general fund purposes and the term of years for which the millage was voted has not expired proposes to annex a school district, the resolution of the annexing board prescribed by section 901 may provide that the annexation shall become effective only if the school electors of the district to be annexed approve an increase in the constitutional limitation on taxes for the same amounts, for the same purposes, and for the same years as are in effect in the annexing school district.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1308 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1308
Hearing on tentative 9-1-1 service plan; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 308.

The clerk of each county that has adopted a tentative 9-1-1 service plan under section 303 shall give notice by publication of the hearing on the tentative 9-1-1 service plan to be held under section 309. The notice must be published twice in a newspaper or other media outlet of general circulation within the county, the first publication of the notice occurring at least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. The notice must state all of the following:

(a) The time, date, and place of the hearing.

(b) A description of the boundaries of the 9-1-1 service district of the final 9-1-1 service plan.

(c) If the board of commissioners of the county, after a hearing, adopts the final 9-1-1 service plan under this act, the state 9-1-1 charge and, if a county 9-1-1 charge has been approved, a county 9-1-1 charge must be collected on a uniform basis from all service users within the 9-1-1 service district.

(d) The location where an electronic or paper copy of the tentative 9-1-1 service plan can be obtained.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986; Am. 1994, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1994; Am. 2007, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007; Am. 2021, Act 126, Imd. Eff. Dec. 17, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.261 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.261
Coins; counterfeiting; possession of less than 5 counterfeit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 261.

Possession of less than 5 pieces of counterfeit coin-Any person who shall have in his possession any number of pieces less than 5, of the counterfeit coin mentioned in the next preceding section, knowing the same to be counterfeit, with intent to utter and pass the same as true, and any person who shall utter, pass, or tender in payment as true, any such counterfeit coin, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 10 years, or by a fine of not more than 5,000 dollars.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.261
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43905 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43905
Duties of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43905.

The department shall do all of the following:

Develop long-range nongame wildlife plans.

Provide information to the public about the value of nongame fish and wildlife and their habitats.

Review and develop proposals for projects to implement the long-range management plan.

Determine the interests and opinions of the public in managing nongame fish and wildlife.

Encourage public involvement by offering projects and activities with which the public can become involved to increase their knowledge and understanding of nongame fish and wildlife resources in this state.

Integrate the nongame fish and wildlife program with other department programs that affect or benefit nongame fish and wildlife or their habitats.

Purchase and develop critical nongame wildlife habitats in this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2000, Act 69, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1655 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1655
Venue; change; conditions; expense of trial.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1655.

On such grounds and conditions as may be provided by court rule, the venue of any civil action brought in a proper county may be changed to any other county, and the action there tried. The court of the county to which the transfer is made shall thereupon have full jurisdiction of the action as though the action had been originally commenced therein. In every such case all expenses of the trial which would be chargeable to the county in which the action originated had the action been tried therein, as determined by the circuit judge of the county to which the action has been transferred, shall be a charge upon the county in which the action originated.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.1013 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-246-of-2000 / Section 287.1013
Inspection of facility; violation; consultation with expert on wolf-dog cross identification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A facility is subject to inspection at reasonable hours by a law enforcement officer to ensure compliance with this act.

Subject to subsection (3), if there is probable cause to believe that this act is being violated, a law enforcement officer shall do 1 of the following:

Issue to the violator a notice of the violation under section 14.

Arrest the violator or seek a warrant for his or her arrest, as appropriate under chapter IV of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 764.1 to 764.29, for a misdemeanor under section 15.

File a sworn complaint under section 16(3).

If a law enforcement officer believes that a canid is a wolf-dog cross but the owner of the canid is unable or unwilling to verify that the canid is a wolf-dog cross, the law enforcement officer, before enforcing this act, shall consult with an expert on wolf-dog cross identification. The expert on wolf-dog cross identification shall consider all relevant aspects of identification, such as behavioral characteristics, and morphological traits, including gait, and any necropsy results. Consultation with an expert on wolf-dog cross identification is not a prerequisite to enforcing this act for a violation of section 3(1)(d) or (e).

History: 2000, Act 246, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.569 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.569
Bonds; issuance; maturity; mandatory exemption; signatures; collection of assessments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 569.

The board may issue bonds for and on behalf of the water management district, in anticipation of the collection of any or all installments of assessments, and pledge the full faith and credit of the water management district for the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds. The bonds shall mature or be subject to mandatory redemption with the last maturity not later than 2 1/2 years after the due date of the last installment of the assessments. However, there may be more than 1 principal maturity or mandatory redemption date during any 12-month period. The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson and secretary of the board, who shall cause their facsimile signatures to be affixed to the interest coupons attached thereto. Collections of both principal and interest on all installments of assessments in anticipation of which bonds shall have been issued shall be kept in a separate bank account by the treasurer for the board and used for no other purpose than the payment of principal and interest on the bonds until the full payment of the principal and interest on the bonds.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 2016, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8128a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8128a
Fifty-ninth district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8128a.

The fifty-ninth district consists of the cities of Grandville and Walker, is a district of the third class and has 1 judge.

History: Add. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2688b — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-376-of-1996 / Section 125.2688b
Applicability of MCL 15.261 to 15.275 to local governmental units.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8b.

It is the intent of the legislature that local governmental units subject to this act shall follow all state statutes that relate to condemnation of property and the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.

History: Add. 1999, Act 98, Eff. Oct. 11, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.528 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-251-of-1968 / Section 456.528
Commissioner; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) The commissioner shall promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement and administer this act, including, but not limited to, rules regarding all of the following:

(a) The maintenance of records relative to the financial aspects of cemeteries.

(b) Requirements for applications for the granting of permits and registrations required under this act, including, but not limited to, the good moral character and financial security, responsibility, and stability of persons having an interest in the cemetery and all persons with decision-making authority that are employed by the applicant, registrant, or permittee.

(c) The formal and informal procedures governing the conduct of contested cases under this act before the commissioner or a hearing officer designated by the commissioner.

(d) The establishment, control, record keeping, and auditing of endowment care trusts, merchandise trust accounts, and related trust funds.

(e) Requirements for trust agreements, endowment care trusts, and merchandise trust accounts.

(f) The full disclosure of the source, nature, and amount of consideration to be used in the sale or transfer of a cemetery.

(g) Submission of annual reports in accordance with section 16(12) and (13), including requests for extensions.

(2) The commissioner shall update any existing rules that must be changed due to the amendatory act that added this subsection within 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.

History: 1968, Act 251, Eff. Sept. 15, 1968; Am. 1972, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Oct. 30, 1972; Am. 1982, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982; Am. 2004, Act 22, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.351 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-40-of-1965 / Section 213.351
Property acquired for public purposes; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Occupant" means an individual, family, business, including the operation of a farm, or a nonprofit organization, required by a public agency to vacate real property because of a public improvement project.

"Family" means 2 or more persons who are living together in the same quarters.

"Moving expense" means the cost of dismantling, disconnecting, crating, loading, insuring, temporary storing, transporting, unloading, reassembling, reconnecting and reinstalling of personal property, exclusive of trade fixtures and exclusive of the cost of any improvements, alterations or any other changes in or to any structure in effecting such reinstallation.

History: 1965, Act 40, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.589 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-78-of-1891 / Section 457.589
Governing law; amendment of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

All corporations formed under this act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 73 of the Compiled Laws of this state, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act; and the legislature may alter or amend this act at any time.

History: 1891, Act 78, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8097; CL 1915, 10571; CL 1929, 10772; CL 1948, 457.589
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712B.21 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712B.21
Appointment of counsel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) In a case in which the court determines indigency, the parent or Indian custodian has the right to court-appointed counsel in a removal, placement, or termination proceeding. The court may, in its discretion, appoint counsel for the child upon a finding that the appointment is in the best interest of the child. If state law makes no provision for appointment of counsel in those proceedings, the court shall promptly notify the secretary upon appointment of counsel.

(2) If state law does not require the appointment of a lawyer-guardian ad litem for the child, the court may, in its discretion, appoint a lawyer-guardian ad litem for the child upon a finding that the appointment is in the best interest of the child.

History: Add. 2012, Act 565, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5867 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5867
Presumption as to possession of land; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5867.

In every action for the recovery or possession of real estate, the person establishing the legal title to the premises is presumed to have been in possession of the premises within the time limited by law for bringing such action, unless it appears that the same has been possessed adversely to such legal title by the defendant or by those from or under whom he claims, or that the grantee, or his assigns, in a contract of purchase have been in possession claiming title by virtue of said contract of purchase for a period of 20 years after the last payment was due on said contract or after the last payment was made on said contract of purchase.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.59 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-325-of-1982 / Section 801.59
Ending county jail overcrowding state of emergency; conditions; certification by sheriff.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

If either of the following occur, the sheriff shall certify that fact in writing by first-class mail or personal delivery, to the judges and county officials notified pursuant to section 2 and, unless a majority of the judges and county officials so notified find upon receipt of the certification pursuant to this section that the sheriff has acted in error, the sheriff shall end the county jail overcrowding state of emergency:

(a) At any time during the county jail overcrowding state of emergency, the general prisoner population of the county jail is reduced to the level prescribed in section 6(1).

(b) The county jail's population is not reduced to the level prescribed in section 6(1) within 70 days after the declaration of the county jail overcrowding state of emergency.

History: 1982, Act 325, Eff. Feb. 8, 1983; Am. 1988, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988; Am. 2007, Act 140, Eff. Feb. 11, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1707 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-371-of-2012 / Section 691.1707
Venue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

A motion under section 5 shall be made in the court of the county in which the agreement to arbitrate specifies the arbitration hearing is to be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the court of the county in which it was held. Otherwise, the motion may be made in the court of any county in which an adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if no adverse party has a residence or place of business in this state, in the court of any county in this state. All subsequent motions shall be made in the court that heard the initial motion unless the court otherwise directs.

History: 2012, Act 371, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.221 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-189-of-1931 / Section 286.221
Inspection of public grounds; application, payment of expense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Any municipality, park board, or other board or person in control of public grounds may apply to the commissioner of agriculture for an inspection of the same with reference to the presence of insect pests or plant diseases; and upon receipt of such application, or as soon thereafter as may be conveniently practicable, the commissioner of agriculture shall comply with such request, and send to such applicant a statement as to the facts disclosed, with any recommendations which the commissioner of agriculture may deem pertinent. The expense of the special inspection shall be paid by the applicant.

History: 1931, Act 189, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 286.221
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.323 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.323
Board of city election commissioners; preparation of ballots, canvass of returns, conduct of primary and election; provisions governing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 323.

It is the duty of the board of city election commissioners to prepare the primary ballots to be used by the electors. The returns shall be canvassed by the board of county canvassers and the results certified to the board of city election commissioners, who shall prepare and furnish ballots for the ensuing election. The printing and distribution of ballots, equipment, and supplies, the conduct of the primary and election, the canvass and certification of the returns, and all other particulars shall be in accordance, as nearly as may be, with the provisions of this act governing general primaries and elections.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.545 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-302-of-1968 / Section 752.545
Repeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Sections 521 and 522 of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being sections 750.521 and 750.522 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, are repealed.

History: 1968, Act 302, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1968