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Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1851 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1851
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1851.

As used in this article:

(a) "Applicant" means a person that submits an application for license or certificate of registration under this article. Applicant includes each individual identified in the application as an owner, operator, officer, director, partner, member, or manager of the applicant.

(b) "Authorized person" means an entity listed in section 1857.

(c) "Authorized vehicle" means a vehicle, used by a removal service to transport a dead human body, that has passed an inspection by the department under section 1855.

(d) "County medical examiner" means an individual appointed to that position under 1953 PA 181, MCL 52.201 to 52.216.

(e) "Crematory owner" means a person that owns a crematory and holds a valid permit issued under section 14 of the cemetery regulation act, 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.534.

(f) "Funeral establishment" means that term as defined in section 1801.

(g) "Health facility" means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.

(h) "Holder of a license for the practice of mortuary science" means that term as defined in section 1801.

(i) "Holding room" means a room equipped with a refrigeration unit within a refrigeration facility wherein a dead human body is stored.

(j) "Institution of higher education" means a college, university, community college, or junior college described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article 8 of the state constitution of 1963 or established under section 7 of article 8 of the state constitution of 1963.

(k) "Licensee" means a person that holds a refrigeration facility license issued under section 1853.

( l ) "Medical school" means that term as defined in section 2701 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2701.

(m) "Organ procurement organization" means that term as defined in section 10102 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10102.

(n) "Practice of mortuary science" means that term as defined in section 1801.

(o) "Refrigeration facility" means a place of business that operates independently of a funeral establishment or crematory owner that maintains a holding room.

(p) "Registrant" means a person that holds a removal service certificate of registration issued under section 1855.

(q) "Removal service" means a person that operates independently of a funeral establishment that handles the initial removal of a dead human body and transports the dead human body in an authorized vehicle to and from an authorized person.

History: Add. 2024, Act 107, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1721 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-625-of-2012 / Section 18.1721
Investment grade energy audit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The qualified energy service provider chosen as a result of the process set forth in this section shall prepare an investment grade energy audit, which, upon acceptance, shall be part of the final energy performance contract. The investment grade energy audit shall include estimates of the amounts by which utility cost savings and operation and maintenance cost savings would increase and itemized estimates of all costs of such utility cost-savings measures or energy-savings measures, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Design.

(b) Engineering.

(c) Equipment.

(d) Materials.

(e) Installation.

(f) Maintenance.

(g) Repairs.

(h) Debt service.

History: 2012, Act 625, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.969 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-424-of-1984 / Section 445.969
Other causes of action not affected; inconsistent ordinance or regulation prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

This act shall not affect any other cause of action which is available. A city, village, township, or county shall not enact an ordinance or other regulation inconsistent with this act or with a rule promulgated pursuant to this act.

History: 1984, Act 424, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.49 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-300-of-1909 / Section 462.49
Powers, duties and privileges transferred to commission; saving clause.
Status: in_force

Sec. 49.

All powers, duties and privileges imposed and conferred under existing laws upon the commissioner of railroads, the railroad and street crossing board, the crossing board as defined by section 6232 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, and the board of railway consolidations as defined by section 6255 of the Complied Laws of 1897, and upon the Michigan railroad commission under existing laws are hereby imposed and conferred upon the commission created under the provisions of this act; and wherever in said acts or either of them the commissioner of railroads, the railroad and street crossing board, the crossing board, and the board of railway consolidations, the Michigan railroad commission, or either of said officials or boards, are named, the same shall be construed to mean and apply to and name the Michigan railroad commission created by this act: Provided, That the powers and duties conferred upon the Michigan railroad commission by Act 312 of the Public Acts of 1907, shall continue to be exercised by that commission until the commission provided in section 1 of this act has qualified and organized: Provided further, That all hearings, investigations and complaints pending upon the organization of the commission provided for in section 1 of this act which shall have been begun by or before the commission organized under Act 312 of the Public Acts of 1907, may be continued and orders issued therein in all respects the same as if the complaints presented, investigations made and hearings held by the commission operating under Act 312 of 1907, had been presented to, made by and held by the commission created under section 1 of this act. All tariffs and schedules now on file with the Michigan railroad commission created by said Act 312 shall be of the same effect as if filed with the commission created by this act.

History: 1909, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 8157; CL 1929, 11065; CL 1948, 462.49
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2375 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2375
Providers receiving federal universal service support for services provided to elementary and secondary schools; discounts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 375.

All providers of telecommunications services within this state that receive federal universal service support for telecommunications services provided to eligible elementary and secondary schools, under the telecommunications act of 1996, Public Law 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, shall provide those intrastate services at discounts equal to the discounts applicable for eligible interstate services.

History: Add. 1997, Act 95, Imd. Eff. Aug. 7, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.227a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.227a
Pistols; unlawful possession by licensee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 227a.

Any person licensed in accordance with law to carry a pistol because he is engaged in the business of protecting the person or property of another, except peace officers of the United States, the state or any subdivision of the state, railroad policemen appointed and commissioned under the provisions of Act No. 114 of the Public Acts of 1941, being sections 470.51 to 470.61 of the Compiled Laws of 1948 or those in the military service of the United States, who shall have a pistol in his possession while not actually engaged in the business of protecting the person or property of another, except in his dwelling house or on other land possessed by him, is guilty of a felony. This section shall not be construed to prohibit such person from carrying an unloaded pistol to or from his place of employment by the most direct route.

History: Add. 1966, Act 100, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1967, Act 49, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1655 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1655
Conductive Learning Center; Grand Valley State University.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

(1) From the general fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 for 2024-2025 only to the Conductive Learning Center operating in cooperation with Grand Valley State University. This funding must be used to support the operational costs of the conductive education model taught at the Conductive Learning Center to maximize the independence and mobility of children and adults with neuromotor disabilities. The conductive education model funded under this section must be based on the concept of neuroplasticity and the ability of people to learn and improve when they are motivated, regardless of the severity of their disability.

(2) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments under this section on a schedule determined by the department.

History: Add. 2024, Act 120, Eff. Oct. 1, 2024; Am. 2025, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.5 — MI Code / Chapter 31 / Act Act-202-of-1959 / Section 31.5
State executive officers; successors, designation, review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

All state executive officers, within 30 days after taking office, taking into consideration the safety factor to be gained by geographical dispersion of appointments, shall designate by title 5 emergency interim successors and specify their order of succession. The state executive officers shall file a list of the emergency interim successors, together with their order of succession, with the secretary of state. The state executive officers shall review and, as necessary, revise the designation of emergency interim successors to insure that at all times there are 5 qualified emergency interim successors. A state executive officer shall keep his emergency interim successors generally informed as to the duties, procedures, practices and current affairs of his office.

History: 1959, Act 202, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1969, Act 145, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.123 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.123
Injunction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) The department may bring an action for injunctive relief in the circuit court for the county in which the person resides or in the circuit court for Ingham County, to enjoin a violation or threatened violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act. An affidavit of an individual who is personally familiar with the basis of noncompliance must be filed with the action for injunctive relief.

(2) If the department has conducted an investigation that discloses an imminent threat to the public health, safety, or welfare, or the well-being of a child is endangered, the department may obtain an injunction to restrain or prevent a person from acting in a manner that threatens the public health, safety, or welfare, or to compel a person to affirmatively take reasonable corrective action. Before obtaining an injunction as provided by this subsection, the department must obtain an affidavit by a person familiar with the facts set forth in the affidavit, or, if appropriate, based upon an affidavit, that an imminent threat to the public health, safety, or welfare exists or the well-being of a child is endangered. The appropriate department is not required to provide prior warning to the person before obtaining an injunction under this section. The appropriate department is not required to demonstrate an imminent threat to the public health, safety, or welfare or child endangerment if the person is operating a child care organization without a license in violation of the director's final order issued under section 11.

(3) If the department is successful in obtaining an injunction as provided in this section, the department is entitled to actual costs and attorney fees for maintaining the action.

History: 1973, Act 116, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974; Am. 2017, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.224 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-15-of-1889 / Section 35.224
Articles of association; certified copy as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A copy of the record of such articles of association, under the seal of the state, duly certified by the secretary of state, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due organization of such corporation.

History: 1889, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1889; How. 4859u; CL 1897, 7771; CL 1915, 10202; CL 1929, 10489; CL 1948, 35.224
Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.107 — MI Code / Chapter 551 / Act Act-128-of-1887 / Section 551.107
Failure to return certificate; misdemeanor, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any person, whose duty it shall be to return a marriage certificate to the county clerk, who shall neglect to return said certificate, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding 100 dollars or 90 days' imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court.

History: 1887, Act 128, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887; How. 6222g; CL 1897, 8608; CL 1915, 11382; CL 1929, 12712; CL 1948, 551.107
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.241 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.241
Inspection of drain; order of approval, payments on contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 241.

No warrant or drain order for the payment of any part of such drain contract shall be drawn until the work has been inspected and approved as herein provided. The commissioner may inspect and approve any tile or open drain, or he may designate any competent surveyor or engineer to make such inspection, but where the construction exceeds $3,000.00, the commissioner shall designate a competent surveyor or engineer to make the inspection. Any person making such inspection shall see that the specifications in the contract are fully complied with, and if the work is not in accordance with the contract, the commissioner shall immediately notify the contractor thereof. If the work so inspected shall conform to the contract, the person making the inspection shall certify in writing to that fact and an order of approval shall thereupon be entered by the commissioner in his drain record, and notice of the approval be given the contractor. The commissioner may issue warrants or orders on the fund of any drain not exceeding 90% of the amount earned on any contract after the certificate of inspection and the order of approval is entered as herein provided. The payment of the final 10% or any portion thereof on any contract may be made after the certificate of inspection is made attesting to the completion and is filed in the office of the commissioner.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1965, Act 98, Eff. Mar. 31, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.105 — MI Code / Chapter 551 / Act Act-128-of-1887 / Section 551.105
County clerk; violation of act, misdemeanor, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Any county clerk who shall refuse to give a license to persons properly applying and legally entitled to be married, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than 25 dollars or more than 100 dollars, or in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of 30 days.

History: 1887, Act 128, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887; How. 6222e; CL 1897, 8606; CL 1915, 11380; CL 1929, 12710; CL 1948, 551.105
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.3109 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.3109
Requirements of MCL 460.1 et seq. not modified; effect of economic activity conducted by cooperative.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1109.

This chapter does not modify the requirements of Act No. 3 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 460.1 to 460.8 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

The fact that a cooperative conducts economic activity under this act shall not alone cause the economic activity of the cooperative to be considered a conspiracy or combination in restraint of trade or an illegal monopoly, or an attempt to lessen competition or fix prices arbitrarily.

History: Add. 1984, Act 209, Eff. Nov. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2007a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2007a
Compliance with divestment from terror act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

The board shall comply with the divestment from terror act, 2008 PA 234, MCL 129.291 to 129.301, in making investments under this act.

History: Add. 2008, Act 272, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.122a — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.122a
Judicial determination of drain necessity; filing of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 122a.

Whenever the drain board finds by majority vote of the whole number of members that the drain is or is not necessary, a person feeling aggrieved by the determination may institute an action in the circuit court for the county in which the real property is located for a determination of necessity. The action shall be filed by the person aggrieved within 10 days after the determination of necessity or no necessity by the drain board.

History: Add. 1970, Act 112, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.282 — MI Code / Chapter 800 / Act Act-17-of-1909 / Section 800.282
Persons not in violation of MCL 800.281; limitation on wine for use of clergy; applicability of MCL 800.281(3).
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A person is not in violation of section 1 if all of the following occur:

A licensed physician certifies in writing that the alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, or controlled substance is necessary for the health of the prisoner or employee.

The certificate contains the following information:

The quantity of the alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, or controlled substance which is to be furnished to the prisoner or employee.

The name of the prisoner or employee.

The time when the alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, or controlled substance is to be furnished.

The reason why the alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, or controlled substance is needed.

The certificate has been delivered to the chief administrator of the correctional facility to which the prisoner is assigned or at which the employee works.

The chief administrator of the correctional facility or the designee of the chief administrator approves in advance the sale, giving, furnishing, bringing, or possession of the alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, or controlled substance.

The sale, giving, furnishing, bringing, or possession of the alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, or controlled substance is in compliance with the certificate.

Not more than 2 ounces of wine for the use of the clergy may be brought into or onto a correctional facility by a person of the clergy of any religious denomination for clergy purposes.

Section 1(3) shall not apply to the bringing of alcoholic liquor, prescription drugs, or controlled substances into or onto a correctional facility for the ordinary hospital supply of the correctional facility.

Section 1(3) shall not apply to the bringing of any alcoholic liquor, prescription drug, poison, or controlled substance into or onto a privately operated community corrections center or resident home which houses prisoners for the use of the owner, operator, or nonprisoner resident of that center or home if the owner or operator lives in the center or home, or for the use of a nonprisoner guest of the owner, operator, or nonprisoner resident.

History: 1909, Act 17, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 1828; CL 1929, 17654; CL 1948, 800.282; Am. 1977, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1977; Am. 1982, Act 343, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1204 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1204
Cosmetology establishment; issuance of license; separation from dwelling or school of cosmetology; limited license; displaying or posting license; effect of transferring ownership or location.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1204.

(1) The department shall issue a license to a person to operate a cosmetology establishment, at the premises specified in the license application, if all of the following requirements are met:

(a) An application is submitted to the department by the owners or managers of the establishment.

(b) The application includes the address of the premises of the establishment and a drawing or diagram that shows the location of required equipment and facilities, and if the establishment is adjacent to a dwelling or school of cosmetology, that the premises of the establishment are completely separated by full partitions and doors from the dwelling or school.

(c) The establishment and its premises have satisfactorily passed an inspection conducted by the department for the purpose of determining whether the establishment and premises meet the sanitation and equipment standards prescribed in rules promulgated by the director and any other applicable requirements of this article.

(2) The owner of a cosmetology establishment shall do all of the following:

(a) Ensure that the establishment is completely separated by full partitions and doors from a dwelling or the premises of a school of cosmetology.

(b) Display its license for the establishment and the license of each cosmetologist who works in the establishment in a prominent place in the establishment that is visible to the public at all times. The owner may post the license of a cosmetologist who works in the establishment at his or her work station.

(3) The department may issue a limited cosmetology establishment license to a person that seeks to provide only 1 or more cosmetology services on the premises of the establishment. A licensed cosmetologist who is working in the premises of a limited licensed cosmetology establishment shall not perform cosmetology services that the owner is not licensed to provide in the establishment.

(4) An owner's cosmetology establishment license is considered void if there is a sale or other transfer of the cosmetology establishment, a sale or other transfer of ownership, or, except for a mobile salon, a change in the location of the cosmetology establishment. A person whose license is void under this subsection must submit a new license application and obtain a new license to continue to provide cosmetology services.

(5) This section does not apply to a cosmetology establishment that is a mobile salon until the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 1203 for the operation of mobile salons.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1981, Act 83, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 377, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 1988, Act 463, Eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Am. 1997, Act 97, Imd. Eff. Aug. 7, 1997; Am. 2003, Act 57, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2003; Am. 2020, Act 20, Eff. Apr. 26, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.51702 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.51702
Inconsistent acts or rules repealed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51702.

To the extent authorized by law, all acts and parts of acts or rules promulgated pursuant to acts or parts that are inconsistent with this part are repealed.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.575 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.575
Deposits with court; payment on court order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 575.

Funds which the clerk deposits in a bank to the credit of any officer of the court shall be paid out by the bank only upon presentation of a court order signed by the circuit judge.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963