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Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.355 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-125-of-1963 / Section 550.355
Articles of incorporation; execution, filing, fee, approval, amendment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The articles shall be acknowledged before a notary public of this state by at least 1 of the persons signing them. The articles shall be filed in triplicate in the form prescribed by the commissioner of insurance. A corporation shall pay to the commissioner a $10.00 fee for filing its articles or any amendments. The fees shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund.

If the commissioner approves the corporation, he shall return to the incorporators 1 copy of the articles certified for filing with the county clerk of the county in which the corporation proposes to maintain its principal business office, and 1 copy certified by the commissioner for the records of the corporation, and he shall retain 1 copy for his office files.

A corporation, with the approval of the commissioner and in the manner provided in its articles, may amend its articles in any manner not inconsistent with this act.

History: 1963, Act 125, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8513 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8513
Rules; bulk storage of fertilizers; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8513.

(1) The department may promulgate rules regarding the bulk storage of fertilizers.

(2) If storage of a material used as a beneficial use by-product for beneficial use 3 under part 115 meets the storage requirements of that part, then the storage is exempt from regulation no. 641, commercial fertilizer bulk storage, R 285.641.1 to R 285.641.18 of the Michigan administrative code.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2014, Act 178, Eff. Sept. 16, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.828 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.828
Reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 828.

In a probate court district a probate judge who holds court in a county other than the county of his residence shall be reimbursed for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in so holding court upon his certification of the expenses to the state court administrator and upon approval by the state court administrator. Upon allowance, the sum shall be paid out of the general fund of the state in accordance with the accounting laws of the state.

History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.25 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-425-of-1984 / Section 124.25
Compliance as condition to entering into contract; resolution; referendum; approval by majority of electors; petition; effect of not filing petition or adopting resolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A contract shall not be entered into under this act except in compliance with this section.

If the governing body of a local unit involved in a transfer of property under this act adopts a resolution calling for a referendum on the transfer, the local unit may enter into the contract only if the transfer is approved by a majority of the electors voting on the transfer.

If, within 30 days after a public hearing is held under section 4, a petition signed by 20% or more of the registered electors residing within the property to be transferred is filed with the clerk of the local unit in which the property is located, a referendum on the transfer shall be held in that local unit. If a majority of the electors voting on the transfer approve the transfer, the local unit may enter into the contract.

If no registered electors reside within the property to be transferred and if, within 30 days after a public hearing is held under section 4, a petition signed by persons owning 50% or more of the property to be transferred is filed with the clerk of the local unit in which the property is located, a referendum on the transfer shall be held in that local unit. If a majority of the electors in the local unit voting on the transfer approve the transfer, the local unit may enter into the contract.

If a petition is not filed or resolution is not adopted as provided in this section, the local unit may enter into the contract to transfer the property.

History: 1984, Act 425, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8121a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8121a
Thirty-sixth district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8121a.

(1) The thirty-sixth district consists of the city of Detroit, is a district of the third class, and, except as provided in subsection (2), has 30 judges.

(2) Beginning on the earlier of the following dates, the thirty-sixth district has 29 judges:

(a) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of district judge in the thirty-sixth judicial district, unless that vacancy occurs after the vacating judge has been defeated in a primary or general election.

(b) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent district judge in the thirty-sixth judicial district no longer seeks election or reelection to that office.

History: Add. 1972, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1972; Am. 1980, Act 438, Eff. May 1, 1981; Am. 1981, Act 15, Eff. May 1, 1981; Am. 1981, Act 146, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1981; Am. 1988, Act 135, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988; Am. 2014, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2014; Am. 2018, Act 6, Imd. Eff. Jan. 26, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 720.214 — MI Code / Chapter 720 / Act Act-194-of-1947 / Section 720.214
County public administrator; termination of appointment as special administrator; final accounting, filing; general administrator.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

In all estates wherein the county public administrator whose appointment has terminated is acting as special administrator by virtue of the provisions of this act, he shall, upon the request of the state public administrator, forthwith prepare and file final accounts as such special administrator and notice the same on for hearing as provided in the general probate laws of this state, and shall within 24 hours thereafter transmit a true copy thereof to the state public administrator, filing proof of mailing thereof in the probate court. The state public administrator shall have the same powers and duties in respect to the said accounts of the special administrator as is in this act provided for general administration. In the event that there remains in such estates assets to be administered, the said state public administrator, or any county public administrator specifically designated by him, shall forthwith petition for the appointment of a county public administrator as general administrator of such estates, pursuant to the provisions of this act.

History: 1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947; CL 1948, 720.214
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.51 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-222-of-1943 / Section 125.51
Municipal planning commission; authorization to certify plats; estimate of time period for land acquisitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

After the planning commission of any city or village shall have lawfully adopted a master plan for the physical development of the municipality or of 1 or more major sections or divisions thereof, it shall have the power to make or cause to be made and certify to the legislative body of such municipality, from time to time, detailed and precised plats, each showing the exact location of the proposed future outside lines of 1 or more new, extended or widened streets, avenues, places or other public ways, or of 1 or more parks, playgrounds or other public grounds or extensions thereof shown on such adopted master plan. At the time of each such certification to the legislative body, the commission shall transmit an estimate of the time period within which the land acquisitions for public use indicated on the certified plat should be accomplished. The making or certifying of such a plat by the commission shall not in and of itself constitute or be deemed to constitute the opening and establishment of any street or the taking or acceptance of any land for any of the aforesaid purposes.

History: 1943, Act 222, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 125.51
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.302 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-187-of-2023 / Section 556.302
Incorporation of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 202.

(1) An agent has authority described in this article if the power of attorney does either of the following:

(a) Cites the section in which the authority is described.

(b) Refers to a heading or catchline added to sections 204 to 217 under section 108 of the legislative council act, 1986 PA 268, MCL 4.1108.

(2) A power of attorney that incorporates by reference any section of sections 204 to 217 under subsection (1) incorporates the entire section as if that section were set out in full in the power.

(3) A principal may modify authority incorporated by reference.

History: 2023, Act 187, Eff. July 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1319 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1319
Record of persons examined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1319.

The board shall keep a record of the board member's report on each person examined, and a record showing the qualifications to serve as a juror of each person on the first jury list.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5211 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5211
Venue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5211.

The venue for a guardianship proceeding for a minor is in the place where the minor resides or is present at the time the proceeding is commenced.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.526 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.526
Head of department of public health.
Status: in_force

Sec. 426.

The head of the department of public health is the director of public health.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.387 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.387
Financial oversight by financial review committee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 387.

A community district is subject to financial oversight by a financial review commission to the extent provided under the Michigan financial review commission act, 2014 PA 181, MCL 141.1631 to 141.1643. If a financial review commission is in place for a community district, all of the following apply:

(a) The appointment of a chief financial officer for the community district is subject to the approval of the financial review commission. Before the chief financial officer's appointment is final, the school board of the community district shall submit the proposed appointment in writing to the financial review commission for its approval. If the proposed appointment is not approved by the financial review commission within 45 days after it is submitted in writing to the financial review commission, the appointment is denied.

(b) The community district may not terminate the employment of the superintendent of schools or chief financial officer of the community district unless that action is approved by the financial review commission.

(c) The transition manager or school board of a community district shall ensure that the community district does not provide to a school board member, official, or employee of the community district any reimbursement from public funds for travel outside of this state unless the reimbursement is specifically approved by the financial review commission. The state treasurer shall monitor and verify compliance with this subdivision by obtaining the necessary information from the department and the community district at least annually. If the state treasurer determines that a community district is not in compliance with this subdivision, the state treasurer shall notify the community district, the department, and the legislature.

History: Add. 2016, Act 192, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 830.415 — MI Code / Chapter 830 / Act Act-183-of-1964 / Section 830.415
Conveyance to building authority of property owned by state or institution of higher education.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Property owned by the state may be conveyed to the building authority for any purpose expressed in this act, subject, however, to prior approval by the state administrative board, by the attorney general, and as provided in an appropriations act. After approval as provided in this subsection, a conveyance shall be executed for and on behalf of the state by the governor and secretary of state, or in the event of the absence or disability of either of them, by the lieutenant governor or deputy secretary of state.

(2) In addition to other authority granted by law, property owned by an institution of higher education may be conveyed to the building authority for any purpose expressed in this act, subject, however, to approval by the governing body of the institution of higher education, by the state administrative board, and as provided in an appropriations act. After approval as provided in this subsection, a conveyance shall be executed for and on behalf of the institution of higher education by authorized officers of the institution of higher education. In addition to other authority granted by law, an institution of higher education may enter into a lease with the building authority under section 6 for the period provided in that section.

History: 1964, Act 183, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1964; Am. 1976, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1993, Act 35, Imd. Eff. May 11, 1993; Am. 1994, Act 252, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1994; Am. 2012, Act 519, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8114 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8114
Fourth district; Cass county.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8114.

The fourth district consists of the county of Cass, is a district of the first class and has 1 judge.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.144 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-52-of-1929 / Section 14.144
Giving or offering to examiner or other employee money, gift, emolument, or thing of value; purposes; misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Any person who shall give or offer to any examiner, accountant, clerk, or other employee of the auditor general, any money, gift, emolument, or thing of value for the purpose of influencing the action of the examiner or other employee in any matter relating to the examination of any public account authorized by this act, or for the purpose of preventing or delaying the examination of any such public account, or for the purpose of influencing the action of the examiner or other employee, in framing, changing, withholding or delaying any report of any examination of any public account shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 nor less than $200.00, or imprisonment for not more than 6 months and not less than 30 days, or both.

History: 1929, Act 52, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 198; CL 1948, 14.144; Am. 1985, Act 57, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 765.27 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 765.27
Action on recognizance; technicality as bar.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

No action brought upon any recognizance entered into in any criminal prosecution, either to appear and answer, or to testify in any court, shall be barred or defeated nor shall judgment thereon be arrested, by reason of any neglect or omission to note or record the default of any principal or surety at the time when such default shall happen, nor by reason of any defect in the form of the recognizance, if it sufficiently appear, from the tenor thereof, at what court the party or witness was bound to appear, and that the court or a magistrate before whom it was taken was authorized by law to require and take such recognizance.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17189; CL 1948, 765.27
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1383 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1383
Date of retirement allowance; payment on cessation of eligibility for continuation of benefits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 83.

Each retirement allowance shall date from the first of the month following the month in which the applicant satisfies the age and service requirements of this act and terminated reporting unit service, but not more than 12 months before the month in which the application was filed with the retirement system, if the applicant satisfies the legal requirements for the retirement allowance at the time the application is filed.

A full month's retirement allowance shall be payable for the month in which a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary ceases to be eligible for continuation of benefits. If eligibility ceases because of death, the payment shall be made to the retirement allowance beneficiary, if any, or to the deceased recipient's estate or to the legal representative of the deceased recipient.

History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980; Am. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43554 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43554
Deer habitat; improvement; maintenance; management; use of license fee; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43554.

One dollar and fifty cents of the license fee for each firearm deer, bow and arrow deer, and resident sportsperson's license shall be used for improving and maintaining a habitat for deer and for the acquisition of lands for an effective program of deer habitat management. Beginning March 1, 2014, $1.50 of the license fee for each deer and resident sportsperson's license shall be used for improving and maintaining a habitat for deer and for the acquisition of lands for an effective program of deer habitat management. Except as otherwise provided in this section, not more than 0.25% of the money under this section shall be used to acquire lands. However, if all of the money appropriated from the natural resources trust fund for eco-region acquisition carried over from previous fiscal years is spent, then the 0.25% limitation under this section does not apply. Land shall not be acquired under this section until that acquisition is approved by the joint capital outlay subcommittee.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2013, Act 108, Imd. Eff. Sept. 17, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.875a — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-260-of-2008 / Section 722.875a
Permanency plan including placement with guardian and receipt of guardianship assistance payments; information to be included in case service plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5a.

For a child whose permanency plan includes placement with a guardian and will include receiving guardianship assistance payments, the department, child placing agency, or tribal child welfare agency must include in the case service plan for the child all of the following:

(a) The steps that the department, child placing agency, or tribal child welfare agency has taken to determine that reunification and placing the child for adoption have been determined not to be in the child's best interest and ruled out as appropriate permanency options.

(b) The reason for any separation of siblings during placement.

(c) The reason a permanent placement through guardianship until the child reaches 18 years of age is in the child's best interest.

(d) The reason why reunification and adoption have or have not been ruled out.

(e) The efforts the department, child placing agency, or tribal child welfare agency has made to discuss adoption by the prospective guardian as a permanent alternative to legal guardianship and documentation of the reason the prospective guardian has chosen not to pursue adoption.

(f) In cases where the parental rights have not been terminated, the efforts the department, the child placing agency, or the tribal child welfare agency has made to discuss with the child's birth parent or parents the guardianship assistance arrangement, or the reasons why the efforts were not made.

History: Add. 2009, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2009; Am. 2015, Act 227, Imd. Eff. Dec. 17, 2015; Am. 2023, Act 68, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.221 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-280-of-1995 / Section 129.221
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Credit card" means a card or device issued by a person licensed under 1984 PA 379, MCL 493.101 to 493.114, or under the consumer financial services act, 1988 PA 161, MCL 487.2051 to 487.2072, or issued by a depository financial institution as defined in section 1a of the mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1651a, under a credit card arrangement.

"Credit card arrangement" means an unsecured extension of credit for purchasing goods or services from the credit card issuer or any other person that is made to the holder of a credit card and that is accessed with a credit card.

"Financial transaction device" means any of the following:

An electronic funds transfer card.

A credit card.

A debit card.

"Governing body" means any of the following:

The council, commission, or other entity vested with the legislative power of a village.

The council or other entity vested with the legislative power of a city.

The township board of a township.

The county board of commissioners of a county.

The board of county road commissioners of a county.

The board of education of a local school district.

The board of education of an intermediate school district.

The board of trustees of a community college district.

The official body to which is granted general governing powers over an authority or organization of government established by law which may issue obligations pursuant to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, and which may expend funds of the authority or organization.

"Local school district" means a school district organized under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, or a district governed by a special or local act.

"Local unit" means any of the following:

A village.

A city.

A township.

A county.

A county road commission.

A local school district.

An intermediate school district.

A community college district.

An authority or organization of government established by law which may issue obligations under the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to MCL 141.2821, and which may expend funds of the authority or organization.

History: 1995, Act 280, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1996; Am. 2002, Act 256, Imd. Eff. May 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.6305 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.6305
Form of registration in beneficiary form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6305.

Registration in beneficiary form may be shown by the words "transfer on death" or the abbreviation "TOD", or by the words "pay on death" or the abbreviation "POD", after the name of the registered owner and before the name of a beneficiary.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.212 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-213-of-1963 / Section 129.212
Act inapplicable to contracts awarded under MCL 280.1 to 280.630.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

This act does not apply to a contract awarded under the drain code of 1956, Act No. 40 of the Public Acts of 1956, being sections 280.1 to 280.630 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1989, Act 62, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1989