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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1765 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1765
Notice of intent to demand payment for shares.
Status: in_force

Sec. 765.

(1) If a proposed corporate action that creates dissenters' rights under section 762 is submitted to a vote at a shareholders' meeting, a shareholder that wishes to assert dissenters' rights must deliver to the corporation before the vote is taken written notice of his, her, or its intent to demand payment for his, her, or its shares if the proposed action is effectuated and must not vote his, her, or its shares in favor of the proposed action.

(2) If a corporate action creates dissenters' rights under section 762(1)(a)( ii ) or (b)( ii ), a shareholder that wishes to assert dissenters' rights must deliver to the corporation before the shares are purchased pursuant to the offer written notice of his, her, or its intent to demand payment for his, her, or its shares if the proposed action is taken and must not tender, or cause or permit to be tendered, any shares in response to the offer.

(3) A shareholder that does not satisfy the requirements of subsection (1) or (2), as applicable, is not entitled to payment for his, her, or its shares under this act.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 395.365 — MI Code / Chapter 395 / Act Act-256-of-2024 / Section 395.365
Scholarship eligibility criteria; application.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The department may award a scholarship for eligible costs under this act to an individual determined by the department to meet all of the following eligibility criteria:

(a) Has not been awarded a scholarship under this act at the time the individual submits an application.

(b) Demonstrates a financial hardship through household income or through receipt of financial assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program; the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children; the Social Security Administration SSI program; or another program.

(c) Completes a signed application stating an intent to become a doula in this state and provides proof of residency in this state.

(d) Will serve as a doula in a health professional shortage area as that term is defined in 42 USC 254e, or with a medically underserved population as that term is defined in 42 USC 254b.

(e) Meets any other standards established in the rules promulgated by the department under section 3.

(2) An individual may apply for a scholarship under this act by completing an application on a form provided by the department.

History: 2024, Act 256, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.55 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-55-of-1895 / Section 457.55
Subordinate lodge; incorporation; making and executing articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; associates and successors as body politic and corporate; powers; limitations; evidence of existence and incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The 5 principal officers, or in lieu thereof any 5 or more persons, residents of this state being members of a district or subordinate lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution, having been duly chartered by the supreme grand lodge of the United States and approved by the grand lodge of this state, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, specifying as provided in section 2 of this act, and file a copy of the same with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by the name they and their successors shall have succession and shall be persons in the law capable to purchase, hold, enjoy, grant, sell, give, lease, and demise real and personal estate; of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal, and change and alter the same at pleasure; and a certified copy of a record of such articles of association, under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation: Provided, Said corporation shall be limited to the powers and provisions of section 3 of this act, regarding real and personal estate, and the proceeds thereof, under the rules and regulations of the grand lodge, and may elect or appoint from among its members such officers, under such name and style as shall be in accordance with its constitution.

History: 1895, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1895; CL 1897, 7837; CL 1915, 10273; CL 1929, 10563; CL 1948, 457.55; Am. 1982, Act 77, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 429.357 — MI Code / Chapter 429 / Act Act-317-of-1975 / Section 429.357
Violation as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1975, Act 317, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1725 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-625-of-2012 / Section 18.1725
Scope of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Nothing in this act mandates or shall be construed to mandate any of the following:

(a) That government units join or pay membership dues to organizations involved in energy efficiency, sustainable development, or similar practices.

(b) That government units abide by or otherwise follow international standards related to performance measurement and verification protocol.

History: 2012, Act 625, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.652 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-267-of-2001 / Section 288.652
Access to markets for milk and dairy products; certificate of free sale; application; fees; "certificate of free sale" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 92.

(1) To facilitate continued access to markets for milk and dairy products, the department may do 1 or both of the following:

(a) At the request of a processor or based upon records voluntarily supplied by a processor, inspect, audit, or certify a dairy plant where milk or dairy products are processed, pasteurized, or aseptically processed in this state.

(b) Issue certificates of free sale under subsection (3).

(2) A processor shall submit an application for a certificate of free sale on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department.

(3) The department shall grant or deny an application for a certificate of free sale within 10 business days after the department receives a completed application under subsection (2) and the application fee under subsection (4). If the department determines that the application meets the requirements of this act and the rules promulgated under this act, the department shall issue a certificate of free sale. If the department determines that the application does not meet the requirements of this act or the rules promulgated under this act, the department shall deny the application and send a written notice to the processor stating the reasons for the denial.

(4) If a certificate of free sale is issued under subsection (3), the processor shall pay the department the following fees, as applicable:

(a) An application fee, $60.00.

(b) A duplicate copy of a certificate of free sale, $10.00.

(5) A fee collected under subsection (4) must be deposited in the dairy and food safety fund created in section 4117 of the food law of 2000, MCL 289.4117.

(6) A certificate of free sale issued under this section is valid for 1 year.

(7) As used in this section, "certificate of free sale" means a document that is issued by the department that verifies that the milk or dairy product listed is processed, pasteurized, or aseptically processed in this state and is legally sold or distributed in this state and on the open market with the approval of the department.

History: Add. 2022, Act 128, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.919 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-218-of-1984 / Section 550.919
TPA advisory board; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; expenses; duty of board; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

A TPA advisory board is created. The board shall consist of 7 members appointed by the commissioner, at least 4 of whom shall be individuals employed by TPAs who are not in the employ of a carrier and who do not have a significant ownership interest in a carrier. The members of the board shall serve 3-year terms and shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The board shall advise the commissioner as to the operations of this act, including:

The procedure for granting licenses and certificates.

The subject areas for the written examination for managers.

The implementation of this act.

Making recommendations to the commissioner for guidelines for the implementation of sections 40 to 44.

Making recommendations to the commissioner regarding the regulatory standards for excess loss insurance required by section 32(4).

The board shall issue a report to the commissioner on the operations of this act not later than 3 years after the effective date of this act.

History: 1984, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5881 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5881
"Infant safe sleep act"; meanings of words and phrases; general definitions and principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5881.

(1) This part may be referred to as the "infant safe sleep act".

(2) For purposes of this part, the words and phrases defined in sections 5883 to 5884 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections unless the context requires otherwise.

(3) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this act.

History: Add. 2014, Act 122, Eff. Aug. 12, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.473 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-264-of-1987 / Section 141.473
Health and safety fund; creation; deposits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) The health and safety fund is created in the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer shall credit the health and safety fund with the portion of the proceeds from the excise tax on cigarettes authorized to be deposited into the health and safety fund under section 12 of the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.432.

History: 1987, Act 264, Eff. Apr. 11, 1988; Am. 1998, Act 529, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999; Am. 2022, Act 172, Imd. Eff. July 21, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.458 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-23-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 259.458
Board of appeals; members, appointment, terms, officers, removals, rules, meetings, records, subpoenas.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

Where a zoning board of appeals already exists it may be appointed as the board of appeals under this act. Otherwise, the board of appeals shall consist of 5 members, each to be appointed for a term of 3 years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, 1 of whom shall be designated as chairman and 1 of whom shall be designated as vice-chairman, which appointments shall be made by the governing body of the political subdivision adopting the regulations, or by the joint airport zoning board adopting the regulations, as the case may be; and said members shall be removable by the appointing body for cause shown, upon written charges and after notice and opportunity for public hearing before the appointing body.

The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the board of appeals shall be sufficient for all purposes including the reversal of any order, requirement, decision or determination of the administrative agency, or a decision in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under the airport zoning regulations, or to effect any variation in such regulations.

The board shall adopt rules concerning its organization and procedure and other authorized matters, consistent with the provisions of this act, and in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance or resolution by which it was created. Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. The chairman, or in his absence, the vice-chairman, may administer oaths or affirmations and issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the board shall be public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the offices of the board and shall be a public record.

In case of disobedience of a subpoena, the board or its duly authorized agents may invoke the aid of any circuit court of the state of Michigan in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records and papers pertaining to the question involved. Any of the circuit courts of the state within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena, issue an order requiring such person to appear before said board or its duly authorized agents and to produce books, records and papers if so ordered and give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1950
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 6 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 6
Real and tangible personal property; limitation on general ad valorem taxes; adoption and alteration of separate tax limitations; exceptions to limitations; property tax on school district extending into 2 or more counties.
Status: in_force

Section 6.

Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, the total amount of general ad valorem taxes imposed upon real and tangible personal property for all purposes in any one year shall not exceed 15 mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of property as finally equalized. Under procedures provided by law, which shall guarantee the right of initiative, separate tax limitations for any county and for the townships and for school districts therein, the aggregate of which shall not exceed 18 mills on each dollar of such valuation, may be adopted and thereafter altered by the vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such county voting thereon, in lieu of the limitation hereinbefore established. These limitations may be increased to an aggregate of not to exceed 50 mills on each dollar of valuation, for a period of not to exceed 20 years at any one time, if approved by a majority of the electors, qualified under Section 6 of Article II of this constitution, voting on the question.

The foregoing limitations shall not apply to taxes imposed for the payment of principal and interest on bonds approved by the electors or other evidences of indebtedness approved by the electors or for the payment of assessments or contract obligations in anticipation of which bonds are issued approved by the electors, which taxes may be imposed without limitation as to rate or amount; or, subject to the provisions of Section 25 through 34 of this article, to taxes imposed for any other purpose by any city, village, charter county, charter township, charter authority or other authority, the tax limitations of which are provided by charter or by general law.

In any school district which extends into two or more counties, property taxes at the highest rate available in the county which contains the greatest part of the area of the district may be imposed and collected for school purposes throughout the district.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IX, § 6, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 7, 1978, Eff. Dec. 23, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.35102 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.35102
Wilderness, wild, and natural areas; duty of department to identify, dedicate, and administer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35102.

The department shall identify for dedication, dedicate, and administer wilderness areas, wild areas, and natural areas in accordance with this part. The department shall enlist the voluntary cooperation and support of interested citizens and conservation groups.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1503 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1503
Computation of tax for portion of year.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503.

(1) If a taxpayer's tax year to which this act applies ends before December 31, 2008 or if a taxpayer's first tax year is less than 12 months then a taxpayer subject to this act may elect to compute the tax imposed by this act for the portion of that tax year to which this act applies or that first tax year in accordance with 1 of the following methods:

(a) The tax may be computed as if this act were effective on the first day of the taxpayer's annual accounting period and the amount computed shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in the taxpayer's first tax year and the denominator of which is the number of months in the taxpayer's annual accounting period.

(b) The tax may be computed by determining the business income tax base and modified gross receipts tax base in the first tax year in accordance with an accounting method satisfactory to the department that reflects the actual business income tax base and modified gross receipts tax base attributable to the period.

(2) The method chosen by a taxpayer under this section that is subject to the tax imposed under this act and the tax imposed under part 2 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.601 to 206.713, for a portion of the same tax year shall be the same as the method used by that same taxpayer when computing the tax imposed under part 2 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.601 to 206.713, for the other portion of that same tax year.

(3) A taxpayer that is subject to the tax imposed under this act and required to file 2 separate short period annual returns encompassing a fractional part of the taxpayer's same fiscal tax year shall elect to compute the tax imposed by this act for each short period return for each respective portion of the same fiscal tax year using the same method as provided under this section. A taxpayer that files 2 separate short period annual returns for a fractional part of the same year as provided under this subsection and section 117(4) shall calculate and claim its credits based on actions taken or payments made during the period represented on each short period return of those respective parts of the same tax year.

History: 2007, Act 36, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 185, Eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Am. 2011, Act 209, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.501 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-299-of-1947 / Section 331.501
Michigan hospital survey and construction act; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act may be cited as the "Michigan hospital survey and construction act."

History: 1947, Act 299, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 331.501
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.541 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-481-of-2002 / Section 570.541
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "special tools lien act".

History: 2002, Act 481, Imd. Eff. June 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.2004 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.2004
Crediting good time credits and other statutory reductions; notice and record of expiration or reduction of sentence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1004.

(1) A prisoner shall continue to be credited with those good time credits and other statutory reductions of his or her penal sentence to which he or she is entitled while in the corrections mental health program, subject to the terms and conditions that are applicable in a state correctional facility. The prisoner shall continue to be subject to all disciplinary sanctions that are not attributable to the prisoner's mental illness or developmental disability.

(2) At the time a prisoner is admitted to the corrections mental health program, the department of corrections shall notify the director of the corrections mental health program of the date on which the sentence of the prisoner is to expire and of any reductions of the sentence recorded to date. The corrections mental health program shall enter the sentence expiration date in the record it maintains for the prisoner.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1993, Act 252, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1993; Am. 2014, Act 72, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8146 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8146
Application for discharge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8146.

If all assets justifying the expense of collection and distribution have been collected and distributed under this chapter, the liquidator shall apply to the court for discharge. The court may grant the discharge and make any other orders, including an order to transfer any remaining funds that are uneconomic to distribute, as may be considered appropriate.

Any other person may apply to the court at any time for an order under subsection (1). If the application is denied, the applicant shall pay the costs and expenses of the liquidator in resisting the application, including a reasonable attorney's fee.

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50106 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50106
Purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50106.

The purpose of this part is to stimulate improved management and utilization of forest land and forest resources within this state as recommended by Jaakko Poyry and company, Helsinki, Finland, in Michigan's timber resource development project. Economic and community development opportunities based on the forest resource will be enhanced by ensuring adequate future high-quality timber supplies, increased employment opportunities, a diversified economy, and other economic benefits and the protection, maintenance, and enhancement of a productive and stable forest resource system for the public benefit of present and future generations.

The primary purpose of this part is to demonstrate and improve the timber productivity of forest land within this state. Consistent with this purpose, the objective is to effect a utilization of waste material and determine the commercial feasibility of that waste material, as well as to improve all forest resources, such as fish and wildlife habitat and soil resources, so that the overall effect is to improve the total forest resource system.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1431 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-254-of-2010 / Section 141.1431
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "regional convention and tourism promotion act".

History: 2010, Act 254, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.171 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-250-of-1990 / Section 28.171
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "DNA identification profiling system act".

History: 1990, Act 250, Eff. June 17, 1994