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Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.303 — MI Code / Chapter 169 / Act Act-282-of-2023 / Section 169.303
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Candidate" means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.203.

(b) "Candidate for office" means a candidate for any of the following offices who is subject to the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282, whose candidate committee received or expended more than $1,000.00 during the election cycle, and who intends to appear on the ballot during the election cycle:

( i ) Governor.

( ii ) Lieutenant governor.

( iii ) Secretary of state.

( iv ) Attorney general.

( v ) State representative.

( vi ) State senator.

(c) "Consumer Price Index" means the most comprehensive index of consumer prices available for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.

(d) "Department" means the department of state.

(e) "Earned income" means salaries, wages, tips, bonuses, commissions, or other compensation or earnings from employment earned during the reporting period.

(f) "Form" means the financial disclosure form provided under section 6 and published by the department in accordance with section 11.

(g) "Liabilities" means what a person owes to another person, including, but not limited to, mortgages or other debts. For purposes of this act, a debt does not include a revolving debt, an unsecured debt that is from a financial institution or the federal government, or a debt owed by a business entity.

(h) "Report" means the financial disclosure report required under section 10 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963. The report must be in the form provided under section 6.

(i) "Reporting period" means the preceding calendar year.

(j) "Spouse" means an individual who is lawfully married to a candidate for office as described under 26 CFR 301.7701-18.

(k) "Unearned income" means income that is not earned from employment, including, but not limited to, financial prize, unemployment benefits, annuities, stock dividends, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing, or retirement income. Unearned income does not include inheritance money or a familial gift.

History: 2023, Act 282, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024; Am. 2025, Act 4, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2421g — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2421g
Applicability of MCL 600.2421a to 600.2421f to civil actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2421g.

Sections 2421a to 2421f shall apply to civil actions commenced after September 30, 1984.

History: Add. 1984, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984; Am. 1988, Act 203, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.572 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-198-of-1974 / Section 207.572
Industrial facilities exemption certificate; requirements for approval and issuance; application for industrial facilities exemption certificate for eligible next Michigan business; written agreement required; remedy provision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

(1) A new industrial facilities exemption certificate shall not be approved and issued under this act after April 1, 1994, unless a written agreement is entered into between the local governmental unit and the person to whom the certificate is to be issued, and filed with the department of treasury.

(2) A next Michigan development corporation shall not approve an application for an industrial facilities exemption certificate for an eligible next Michigan business without a written agreement entered into with the eligible next Michigan business containing a remedy provision that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(a) A requirement that the industrial facilities exemption certificate is revoked if the eligible next Michigan business is determined to be in violation of the provisions of the written agreement.

(b) A requirement that the eligible next Michigan business may be required to repay all or part of the benefits received under this act if the eligible next Michigan business is determined to be in violation of the provisions of the written agreement.

History: Add. 1993, Act 334, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 266, Eff. Imd. July 6, 1994; Am. 2010, Act 273, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1033 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-62-of-2016 / Section 752.1033
Posting of human trafficking notice on certain premises.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) The department of transportation shall post a human trafficking notice on the premises of each rest stop and welcome facility in this state in the manner described in this act and as required by the department under this act.

(2) Each local unit of government that operates a rest stop or welcome facility shall post a human trafficking notice on the premises of that rest stop or welcome facility in the manner described in this act and as required by the department under this act.

(3) Each local unit of government, or authority allowed by law, that provides bus or rail transportation services to the public shall post a human trafficking notice on the premises of any station that provides those services in the manner described in this act and as required by the department under this act.

(4) Each of the following shall post a human trafficking notice on its premises in the manner described in this act and as required by the department under this act:

(a) Any entity that owns property that has been found by a court to constitute a public nuisance due to acts of prostitution or human trafficking being conducted on the property or arising out of the ownership or use of the property.

(b) An adult entertainment establishment.

(c) Public airports.

History: 2016, Act 62, Eff. July 4, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.676 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-39-of-2019 / Section 15.676
Distribution of opioid antagonist.
Status: in_force

Sec. 106.

An agency that purchases or otherwise obtains and possesses an opioid antagonist under section 103 or an employee or agent of an agency who possesses an opioid antagonist distributed to that employee or agent under section 103 may directly or indirectly distribute that opioid antagonist to any individual.

History: Add. 2024, Act 231, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.677 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-179-of-1897 / Section 457.677
Amendment of articles; procedure; evidence of existence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The articles of association may be amended by the vote of 2/3 of all the delegates present and voting at any convention of delegates; but the amendment shall only become effective when a copy thereof duly certified under the seal of the bund by the president and secretary to be a true copy of the amendment passed by the vote aforesaid, shall have been filed with the secretary of state of the state of Michigan. Copies of all amendments of the constitution and by-laws, duly certified under the seal of the bund by the president and secretary to have been made pursuant to law, shall be filed with the secretary of state of the state of Michigan before such amendments shall become effective. A copy of such articles of association and the amendments thereof, and a copy of the constitution and by-laws and resolution filed therewith, and all amendments of the constitution and by-laws, when duly certified to according to law under the seal of this state, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation or bund, and of the contents and legal effects of said original instruments.

History: Add. 1913, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 10615; CL 1929, 10823; CL 1948, 457.677
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.542a — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-302-of-1968 / Section 752.542a
Riot at state correctional facility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

A person shall not willfully instigate, cause, attempt to cause, assist in causing, or conspire to cause a riot at a state correctional facility. As used in this section, "riot at a state correctional facility" means 3 or more persons, acting in concert, who intentionally or recklessly engage in violent conduct within a state correctional facility that threatens the security of the state correctional facility or threatens the safety or authority of persons responsible for maintaining the security of the state correctional facility.

History: Add. 1988, Act 393, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.207 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.207
Records of corporations formed under former acts; duration, rights, and limitations of existing corporations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 207.

Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the department, the secretary of state, or any other agency having records of corporations formed under former acts repealed by this act shall certify and send to the department of commerce for filing the articles of association, as amended or restated, and any consolidations or mergers of each existing railroad, bridge, and tunnel company and union depot company which is on file in their respective offices on the effective date of this act. On and after the effective date of this act, all amendments to and restatements of the articles, and any merger or dissolution of a railroad, bridge, or tunnel company and union depot company shall be filed with the department of commerce and shall comply with the requirements of this act.

This act does not affect the duration of a corporation which exists on the effective date of this act. An existing corporation and its shareholders, directors, and officers have the same rights and are subject to the same limitations, restrictions, liabilities, and penalties as a corporation formed under this act, and its shareholders, directors, and officers.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1301 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-195-of-2001 / Section 722.1301
“Petitioner” and “respondent” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 301.

As used in this article:

"Petitioner" means a person who seeks enforcement of a child-custody determination or enforcement of an order for return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction.

"Respondent" means a person against whom a proceeding has been commenced for enforcement of a child-custody determination or enforcement of an order for the return of a child under the Hague convention on the civil aspects of international child abduction.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8307 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8307
Actions as cause of discipline or discharge of principal defendant from employment; reinstatement; civil action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8307.

A garnishee defendant shall not use the fact that the principal defendant has had 1 or more actions brought against him under the provisions of section 8306 or chapter 40 as a cause of discipline or discharge of the principal defendant from employment. A garnishee defendant who violates the provisions of this section shall be required to reinstate the principal defendant to employment and reimburse all compensation lost by the discipline or discharge. The principal defendant may enforce his rights under this section by appropriate civil action.

History: Add. 1974, Act 371, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.11 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.11
Grand jury; size; foreman, appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

There shall be no more than 17 persons nor less than 13 persons sworn on any grand jury; and after such jurors have been impaneled and have received their charge from the court, they shall retire with the officer appointed to attend them and before they proceed to discharge the duties of their office, the court shall appoint 1 of their number to be foreman and the clerk shall record the same.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17225; CL 1948, 767.11; Am. 1970, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13314 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13314
Use of flammable solvent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13314.

A class IV installation shall not use a flammable solvent for brushing, scouring, or scrubbing. The use of a flammable solvent for spotting purposes shall be limited to 1 quart with storage and application from an approved safety can.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.67 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-26-of-1907 / Section 458.67
Powers of corporation; execution of legal documents; rights of ministers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Said corporation may have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. It may in its corporate name, sue and be sued in all courts of this state. It shall have power to acquire, hold, sell or convey property, both real and personal, in accordance with this act, and it may hold and recover all debts, demands, rights, privileges and all property, whether real or personal, of whatsoever sort it may be, belonging or appertaining to said church in whatsoever manner the same may have been acquired, and in whosesoever hands the same may be held, the same as if the right and title had originally been vested in said corporation. The board of trustees may authorize certain officers of said board to affix the name and seal of said corporation, and to execute and attest conveyances, notes, obligations, acquittances and all necessary legal documents. It may sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of its personal property, and it may, under restrictions hereinafter provided, sell, mortgage or otherwise dispose of or encumber its real estate, but not for current expenses. It may hold so much land as may be needed for the proper purposes of the church and its parsonage. It may also hold for a period not to exceed 10 years, real estate, which may be conveyed or devised to it, or to said trustees, to be sold and the proceeds to be used in any way for the benefit of said church, as directed in the conveyance or will. Said corporation shall at all times permit all ministers belonging to the Methodist Protestant church, as shall from time to time be duly authorized by the annual conference, within whose bounds the said corporation may be, to preach and expound God's holy word therein, and shall permit presidents and pastors, duly appointed, to execute the discipline of the Methodist Protestant church and to administer the sacraments therein.

History: 1907, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1907; CL 1915, 11065; CL 1929, 10880; CL 1948, 458.67
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20908 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20908
Definitions; N to V.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20908.

(1) "Nonemergency patient" means an individual who is transported by stretcher, isolette, cot, or litter but whose physical or mental condition is such that the individual may reasonably be suspected of not being in imminent danger of loss of life or of significant health impairment.

(2) "Nontransport prehospital life support operation" means a person licensed under this part to provide, for profit or otherwise, basic life support, limited advanced life support, or advanced life support at the scene of an emergency.

(3) "Nontransport prehospital life support vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is used to provide basic life support, limited advanced life support, or advanced life support, and is not intended to transport patients.

(4) "Ongoing education program sponsor" means an education program sponsor that provides continuing education for emergency medical services personnel.

(5) "Paramedic" means an individual licensed under this part to provide advanced life support.

(6) "Patient" means an emergency patient or a nonemergency patient.

(7) "Person" means a person as defined in section 1106 or a governmental entity other than an agency of the United States.

(8) "Professional standards review organization" means a committee established by a life support agency or a medical control authority for the purpose of improving the quality of medical care.

(9) "Protocol" means a patient care standard, standing orders, policy, or procedure for providing emergency medical services that is established by a medical control authority and approved by the department under section 20919.

(10) "Statewide emergency medical services communications system" means a system that integrates each emergency medical services system with a centrally coordinated dispatch and resource coordination facility utilizing the universal emergency telephone number, 9-1-1, when that number is appropriate, or any other designated emergency telephone number, a statewide emergency medical 2-way radio communications network, and linkages with the statewide emergency preparedness communications system.

(11) "Statewide trauma care system" means a comprehensive and integrated arrangement of the emergency services personnel, facilities, equipment, services, communications, medical control authorities, and organizations necessary to provide trauma care to all patients within a particular geographic region.

(12) "Volunteer" means an individual who provides services regulated under this part without expecting or receiving money, goods, or services in return for providing those services, except for reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in providing those services.

History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990; Am. 2000, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2001; Am. 2004, Act 581, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.350f — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-107-of-1941 / Section 41.350f
Preparation and levy of assessment; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20f.

After fixing a date for a public hearing pursuant to section 20e, the township board shall direct that the assessment authorized by section 20b be prepared by the township supervisor, who shall levy the total sum estimated of fire protection benefit apportioned in accordance with benefits against all of the property located within the special assessment district benefited by the fire protection water service. The township supervisor shall then report the assessment to the township board. The report shall be made before the date of the hearing.

History: Add. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.442 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.442
Probate judges; vacancy, creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 442.

The office of probate judge shall become vacant upon the happening of any of the following events before the expiration of the term of office: The death of the incumbent; his resignation; his removal from office; his ceasing to be an inhabitant of the county for which he shall have been elected or appointed, or within which the duties of his office are required to be discharged; his conviction of any infamous crime, or of any offense involving a violation of his oath of office; the decision of a competent tribunal declaring his election or appointment void; or his neglect or refusal to take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and deposit the same in the manner and within the time prescribed by law.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1604 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-100-of-2005 / Section 390.1604
False academic credential; use prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) An individual shall not knowingly use a false academic credential to obtain employment; to obtain a promotion or higher compensation in employment; to obtain admission to a qualified institution; or in connection with any loan, business, trade, profession, or occupation.

(2) An individual who does not have an academic credential shall not knowingly use or claim to have that academic credential to obtain employment or a promotion or higher compensation in employment; to obtain admission to a qualified institution; or in connection with any loan, business, trade, profession, or occupation.

History: 2005, Act 100, Imd. Eff. July 22, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.508c — MI Code / Chapter 393 / Act Act-204-of-1982 / Section 393.508c
State certification; issuance; application; fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8c.

A person who is certified through and is in good standing with the national registry of interpreters for the deaf shall be issued a state certification upon filing a complete application and submitting the $30.00 application fee.

History: Add. 2007, Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 19 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 19
Subscription to or interest in stock by state prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The state shall not subscribe to, nor be interested in the stock of any company, association or corporation, except as follows:

Funds accumulated to provide retirement or pension benefits for public officials and employees may be invested as provided by law.

Endowment funds created for charitable or educational purposes may be invested as provided by law governing the investment of funds held in trust by trustees.

Funds held as permanent funds or endowment funds other than those described in subdivision (b) may be invested as provided by law.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, other state funds or money may be invested in accounts of a bank, savings and loan association, or credit union organized under the laws of this state or federal law, as provided by law.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IX, § 19, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. H.J.R. GG, approved Nov. 7, 1978, Eff. Dec. 23, 1978; Am. S.J.R. T, approved Aug. 6, 2002, Eff. Sept. 21, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.661 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.661
Tax withheld; employer's reconciliation of quarterly returns; deficiency; refund; information return; cessation of business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

An employer shall file with the city or the department a reconciliation of quarterly returns on or before the last day of February following each calendar year in which the employer has withheld from an employee's compensation. A deficiency is due when the reconciliation is filed. If the employer made quarterly payments in excess of the amount withheld from an employee's compensation, the city or the department upon proper verification shall refund the excess to the employer.

In addition to the reconciliation, the employer shall file with the city or the department an information return for each employee from whom the city income tax has been withheld and each employee subject to withholding under this ordinance, setting forth his or her name, address, and social security number, the total amount of compensation paid him or her during the year, and the amount of city income tax withheld. The information return shall be on a copy of the federal W-2 form or on a form furnished or approved by the city or the department. A copy of the information return shall be furnished to the employee.

Except as provided in subsection (4), if an employer goes out of business or otherwise ceases to be an employer, reconciliation forms and the information return forms shall be filed with the city by the date the final withholding return and payment are due.

For tax years after the 1996 tax year and for which a city has entered into an agreement pursuant to section 9 of chapter 1, if an employer goes out of business or otherwise ceases to be an employer, reconciliation forms and the information return forms shall be filed with the department within 30 days after the employer goes out of business or ceases to be an employer.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964; Am. 1996, Act 478, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997