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Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.404 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-258-of-1925 / Section 554.404
Lands sale held for public purposes and purchase of new lands; effect of sale on title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

No sale of lands under the decree of the court as herein provided shall defeat the estate of the grantee named in the original conveyance because of the failure to longer hold or use the same for the purpose named in such conveyance and shall be sufficient to convey to the purchaser of such lands a good and sufficient title in fee simple, free from all conditions or limitations whatsoever, under which the same shall theretofore have been held or used.

History: 1925, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 13521; CL 1948, 554.404
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18105 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18105
Practice of counseling; conditions; use of words, titles, or letters.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18105.

(1) A licensee shall not perform any acts, tasks, or functions within the practice of counseling unless he or she is trained to perform such acts, tasks, or functions.

(2) Effective October 1, 1990, a person shall not engage in the practice of counseling unless licensed or otherwise authorized under this article.

(3) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are restricted in use only to those persons authorized under this part to use the terms and in a way prescribed in this part: "licensed professional counselor", "licensed counselor", "professional counselor", and "l.p.c.".

History: Add. 1988, Act 421, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989; Am. 1989, Act 262, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989; Am. 2006, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.79116 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.79116
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 79116.

The department shall promulgate rules as are necessary to implement this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4424 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4424
Group life insurance offered to groups other than described in MCL 500.4404 to 500.4420.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4424.

Group life insurance offered to a resident of this state under a group life insurance policy issued to a group other than a group described in sections 4404 to 4420 is subject to all of the following:

(a) A group life insurance policy shall not be issued in this state unless the director of the department of insurance and financial services finds all of the following:

( i ) The issuance of the group policy is not contrary to the best interest of the public.

( ii ) The issuance of the group policy would result in economies of acquisition and administration.

( iii ) The benefits of the group policy are reasonable in relation to the premiums charged.

(b) The premium for the policy is paid from the policy holder's funds, the funds contributed by the covered persons, or both.

(c) An insurer may exclude or limit the coverage on an individual as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1957, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1968, Act 113, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968; Am. 1976, Act 351, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1976; Am. 1980, Act 263, Imd. Eff. Sept. 15, 1980; Am. 1981, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1982; Am. 1998, Act 457, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1999; Am. 2008, Act 497, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009; Am. 2014, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 31, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.269 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-339-of-1919 / Section 287.269
Dog license; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Each dog license issued under this act shall display all of the following:

An expiration date. Subject to section 6(4), the expiration date for a license issued under section 6(2) or 6(3)(b) shall be 1 year after the date on or before which the license was required to be obtained under section 6, and for a license issued under section 6(3)(a) or 6(3)(c) shall be 1 year or 3 years after that date. Subject to section 6(4), the expiration date of a license issued under section 6(3)(d), (e), or (f) shall be the earlier of the following:

One year or 3 years, as applicable, after the date on which the license was required to be obtained.

The expiration date of the dog's rabies vaccination.

A serial number corresponding to the number on the metal tag furnished to the owner.

The name of the county issuing the license.

A full description of the dog licensed.

History: 1919, Act 339, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 5253; CL 1948, 287.269; Am. 1998, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1998; Am. 2000, Act 438, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13805 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13805
Capital stock; reduction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3805.

By a vote of shareholders owning 2/3 of the bank's stock entitled to vote, a bank may reduce its capital stock. The reduction may be accomplished by a reduction in the par value of the existing stock or by a reduction in the number of the shares of stock. A reduction shall not be made until the amount of the proposed reduction has been approved by the commissioner.

The approval of the commissioner shall be based upon a finding that the security of existing creditors of the bank will not be impaired by the proposed reduction. This section does not discharge any bank from any obligation that may be due from the bank.

Retirement of preferred stock in accordance with the articles of incorporation is not considered to be a reduction of capital under this section.

A shareholder shall not be entitled to any distribution of cash or other assets by reason of any reduction of the common capital of any bank unless the distribution has been approved by the commissioner and by the affirmative vote of at least 2/3 of the shares of each class of stock outstanding, voting as classes.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.20108b — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.20108b
Revitalization revolving loan program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20108b.

(1) The department shall create a revitalization revolving loan program for the purpose of making loans to certain local units of government to provide for eligible activities at certain properties in order to promote economic redevelopment.

(2) Loan funds from the revitalization revolving loan program created in subsection (1) shall be issued for the purposes provided in and utilizing the criteria provided in sections 19608a through 19613.

(3) Loan payments and interest shall be deposited back into the revitalization revolving loan fund created in section 20108a.

History: Add. 1996, Act 383, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1996; Am. 2010, Act 233, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010; Am. 2016, Act 476, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.402 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-203-of-1931 / Section 123.402
Municipal liability for injuries to drafted person; basis of compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any municipality of this state shall be liable for the injuries sustained by any person drafted to assist any official or employe of such municipality authorized to command the assistance of such drafted person in the performance of his duties as such municipal official or employe: Provided, however, That the compensation allowed such injured drafted person shall be on the same basis and equal to the compensation the drafting municipal official or employe would receive under the workmen's compensation act in case of a similar injury.

History: 1931, Act 203, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 123.402
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2247 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2247
Warrant; procuring maliciously or without cause; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2247.

A person who maliciously and without cause procures an inspection or investigation warrant to be issued and executed is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60901 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60901
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60901.

As used in this part:

"Classification system" means a mechanism to identify the current use of land and any structures on the land.

"Data management system" means a mechanism which relies on a computer to manipulate, store, and retrieve information collected and updated during a resource inventory.

"Inventory" means the land resource and current use inventory.

"Regional planning commission" means a regional planning commission designated by the governor pursuant to executive directive to carry out planning in a multicounty region of the state.

"Technical assistance" means the aid that the department shall provide to municipalities, counties, and other interested groups and individuals, on the use of the land resource and current use inventory and related information for planning and resource management decisions.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1830 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1830
Change in ability to pay; notice of right to request new determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 830.

The department and community mental health services programs shall inform responsible parties that if their ability to pay has undergone a change, they may request the department or community mental health services program to make a new determination of ability to pay, and the department or community mental health services program shall be required to do so. The new determination of ability to pay shall be made in accordance with this chapter.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.968 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.968
Canvass of recall election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 968.

If a recall petition is filed under section 960, the board of county canvassers in the county where the recall petition is filed shall conduct the canvass of the recall election. The canvass of other recall elections, including a special recall election as provided under section 963(4), shall be by the board of state canvassers.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1976, Act 66, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1976; Am. 1989, Act 26, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989; Am. 2012, Act 417, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.12117 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.12117
Liquid industrial by-product transporter account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12117.

(1) The liquid industrial by-product transporter account is created within the environmental pollution prevention fund, which is created in section 11130.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the account. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the account. The state treasurer shall credit to the account interest and earnings from account investments.

(3) Money remaining in the account at the close of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The department shall expend money from the account, upon appropriation, for the implementation of this part. In addition, funds not expended from the account for the implementation of this part may be utilized for emergency response and cleanup activities related to liquid industrial by-product that are initiated by the department.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2015, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 16, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.606 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-173-of-1958 / Section 550.606
Periodic indemnity payable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The amount of periodic indemnity payable by credit accident and health insurance in the event of disability, as defined in the policy, shall not exceed the aggregate of the periodic scheduled unpaid installments of indebtedness and shall not exceed the original indebtedness divided by the number of periodic installments.

History: 1958, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.3702 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.3702
Tax exemption certificate; application; filing; manner; form; notice; hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3702.

An application for a water pollution control tax exemption certificate shall be filed with the state tax commission in a manner and in a form as prescribed by the state tax commission. The application shall contain plans and specifications of the facility, including all materials incorporated or to be incorporated in the facility and a descriptive list of all equipment acquired or to be acquired by the applicant for the purpose of industrial waste pollution control, together with the proposed operating procedure for the control facility.

Before issuing a certificate, the state tax commission shall seek approval of the department and give notice in writing by certified mail to the department of treasury and to the assessor of the taxing unit in which the facility is located or to be located, and shall afford to the applicant and the assessor an opportunity for a hearing. Tax exemption granted under this part shall be reduced to the extent of any commercial or productive value derived from any materials captured or recovered by any facility.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1479 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1479
Leaves or absence from hospital; rules; procedures; mandatory discharge; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 479.

All leaves or absences from a hospital, other than release or discharge, and all revocations of leaves and absences under section 408, shall be governed in accordance with rules or procedures established by the department or the hospital; except that a hospital director shall discharge any patient who has been hospitalized subject to an order of continuing hospitalization and who has been on an authorized leave or absence from the hospital for a continuous period of 1 year. Upon such discharge, the hospital director shall notify the court.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 766.12 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 766.12
Evidence for defense; examination, cross-examination of witnesses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

After the testimony in support of the prosecution has been given, the witnesses for the prisoner, if he have any, shall be sworn, examined and cross-examined and he may be assisted by counsel in such examination and in the cross-examination of the witnesses in support of the prosecution.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17204; CL 1948, 766.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.636 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-388-of-2008 / Section 445.636
Establishment of new retail store in county bordering another state or in Lower Peninsula contiguous with county bordering another state; installation of vision technology; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) If a dealer establishes a new retail store in a county of this state that borders another state, or in a county in the Lower Peninsula that is contiguous with a county of this state that borders another state, and acquires new reverse vending machines for use in that store, the department shall pay the reverse vending machine manufacturer to install vision technology in those new reverse vending machines that meets the requirements of the reverse vending machine antifraud act.

(2) All of the following apply if a dealer purchases new reverse vending machines from a reverse vending machine manufacturer for use in a new retail store in a county described in subsection (1):

(a) The reverse vending machine manufacturer shall submit an application for payment in the form prescribed by the department. The reverse vending machine manufacturer shall include with the application a copy of the dealer's purchase order for the new reverse vending machines.

(b) A reverse vending machine manufacturer may not apply money received under this subsection to the purchase price of a new reverse vending machine that does not meet the requirements of the reverse vending machine antifraud act.

(c) The dealer shall operate the new reverse vending machine at the retail store for which it was acquired. However, if the dealer ceases retail sale of beverages in beverage containers at that new store, the dealer may move that reverse vending machine to another location and operate the reverse vending machine at that different location.

(d) The amount of a payment to a reverse vending machine manufacturer under this section shall not exceed that part of the price of the new reverse vending machine attributable to the cost of installation of the machine's vision technology or $5,000.00, whichever is less. The reverse vending machine manufacturer must reduce the purchase price of the new reverse vending machine to the dealer by the amount of any payment to the reverse vending machine manufacturer under this subdivision.

History: 2008, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.156a — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.156a
Displaying United States flag on condominium unit; applicability of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 56a.

A developer or association of co-owners shall not prohibit a co-owner from displaying a single United States flag of a size not greater than 3 feet by 5 feet anywhere on the exterior of the co-owner's condominium unit. A developer or association of co-owners shall not enforce a prohibition in existence before the effective date of this section on or after that effective date.

History: Add. 1991, Act 183, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 47.130 — MI Code / Chapter 47 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 47.130
Wayne county board of supervisors; annual meeting; powers as to correction of assessments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

The supervisors in the county of Wayne shall hold their annual meeting in each year, at the time and place appointed by law; and shall have and exercise all the powers conferred by law upon the supervisors of the several counties, in relation to the equalizing and correcting of the assessments in said county, apportioning the state and county taxes to be collected in the several townships, ascertaining and returning the aggregate valuation of real and personal property in the county, and all other matters connected with the assessment and collection of taxes within said county.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14; CL 1857, 372; CL 1871, 506; How. 514; CL 1897, 2524; CL 1915, 2333; CL 1929, 1225; CL 1948, 47.130
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5283c — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5283c
Stock purchase plan; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5283c.

As to each participant or as to all participants the stock purchase plan shall effectively limit the aggregate dollar amount or the aggregate number of shares of stock which may be allocated or which may be subject to incentive, qualified, restricted, or employee stock purchase plan stock options granted pursuant to the plan. The limitations may be established on an annual basis, or for the duration of the plan, whether or not the plan has a fixed termination date; and may be determined either by fixed or maximum dollar amounts or fixed or maximum numbers of shares or by formulas based upon earnings of the insurer, dividends paid, compensation received by participants, option prices, market value of shares, outstanding shares, or percentages of outstanding shares, or similar factors which will result in an effective and determinable limitation. Such limitations may be subject to any provisions for adjustment of the plan or of stock allocable or options outstanding thereunder to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights.

History: Add. 1984, Act 365, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.9112 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.9112
Pharmaceutical products fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9112.

The pharmaceutical products fund is created in the state treasury and shall be administered by the department. The fund shall only be expended as provided in this section.

The state treasurer shall credit to the pharmaceutical products fund all revenues received by the department pursuant to section 9111.

The department shall utilize the pharmaceutical products fund to update and improve the facilities used to develop and produce pharmaceutical, biologic, and diagnostic products pursuant to section 9111, or to otherwise improve the biologics products program, pursuant to appropriations.

History: Add. 1986, Act 204, Imd. Eff. July 25, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4218 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4218
Ordinance approving or amending development plan or tax increment financing plan; public hearing; notice; record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 218.

(1) The governing body, before adoption of an ordinance approving or amending a development plan or approving or amending a tax increment financing plan, shall hold a public hearing on the development plan. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by publication twice in a newspaper of general circulation designated by the municipality, the first of which shall be not less than 20 days before the date set for the hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be posted in at least 20 conspicuous and public places in the downtown district not less than 20 days before the hearing. Notice shall also be mailed to all property taxpayers of record in the downtown district not less than 20 days before the hearing. Beginning June 1, 2005, the notice of hearing within the time frame described in this subsection shall be mailed by certified mail to the governing body of each taxing jurisdiction levying taxes that would be subject to capture if the development plan or the tax increment financing plan is approved or amended.

(2) Notice of the time and place of hearing on a development plan shall contain: a description of the proposed development area in relation to highways, streets, streams, or otherwise; a statement that maps, plats, and a description of the development plan, including the method of relocating families and individuals who may be displaced from the area, are available for public inspection at a place designated in the notice, and that all aspects of the development plan will be open for discussion at the public hearing; and other information that the governing body considers appropriate. At the time set for hearing, the governing body shall provide an opportunity for interested persons to be heard and shall receive and consider communications in writing with reference to the development plan. The hearing shall provide the fullest opportunity for expression of opinion, for argument on the merits, and for introduction of documentary evidence pertinent to the development plan. The governing body shall make and preserve a record of the public hearing, including all data presented thereat.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.541 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.541
Fortieth judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 541.

The fortieth judicial circuit consists of the counties of Lapeer and Tuscola and has 3 judges. If the county of Lapeer approves the reformation of the fortieth judicial circuit pursuant to law, and the county of Tuscola approves the creation of the fifty-fourth judicial circuit pursuant to law, the fortieth judicial circuit consists of the county of Lapeer and has 2 judges effective July 1, 1981.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1968, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 164, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1980; Am. 1980, Act 190, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1980; Am. 1980, Act 438, Eff. May 1, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4111 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4111
Commencement of action under article; time period.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4111.

An action to enforce an obligation, duty, or right arising under this article must be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrues.

History: Add. 1993, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 30, 1993