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Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.708 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-329-of-1965 / Section 286.708
Correction of erroneous or unlawful seed labels; removal of seed from sale; obtaining and replacing labels.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Seed labels, when found to be in error, shall be replaced by new, correct labels. Whenever, by examination of the label or by sampling and testing of the seed or by other dependable information, the label on any container of seed is found to be unlawful or to be in error beyond the limits of tolerance allowed by law, the unlawful label shall be replaced or completely covered by a new corrected label at once if the seed is of legal quality, otherwise the seed shall be removed from sale at once. Obtaining and replacing labels shall be the responsibility of the vendor who offers the seed for sale.

History: 1965, Act 329, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1988, Act 455, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1301 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1301
Issuance and classes of shares; rights, preferences, and limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 301.

(1) A corporation may issue the number of shares authorized in its articles of incorporation. The shares may be all of 1 class or may be designated and issued in 1 or more classes. Each class shall consist of shares having the designations and relative voting, distribution, dividend, liquidation, and other rights, preferences, and limitations, consistent with this act, as stated in the articles of incorporation. The articles of incorporation may deny, limit, or otherwise prescribe the voting rights and may limit or otherwise prescribe the distribution, dividend, or liquidation rights of shares of any class.

(2) If the shares are designated and issued in more than 1 class, the shares of each class shall be designated to distinguish them from the shares of any other classes.

(3) Subject to the designations, relative rights, preferences, and limitations applicable to separate series within a class of shares under section 302, each share shall be equal to every other share of the same class.

(4) Any of the voting, distribution, liquidation, or other rights, preferences, or limitations of a class or series may be made dependent upon facts or events ascertainable outside of the articles of incorporation or the resolution of the board adopted under section 302(3), if the manner in which the facts or events operate on the rights, preferences, or limitations is set forth in the articles of incorporation or board resolution.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.11114 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-47-of-2024 / Section 600.11114
Proposed schedule of appropriations; uniform standards on ability to pay; proposed standards for reimbursable costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The state court administrative office, under the direction and supervision of the supreme court, shall develop a proposed schedule for each trial court of the appropriate portion of the court's operational costs that may be attributed to an individual's case under current law. The assessment of operational costs to an individual's case must be as close as practical to the actual cost of an average case of the individual's criminal case type and must not include additional costs based on the length of time required for the case or related to the exercise of a constitutional right.

(2) A schedule developed under subsection (1) must include uniform standards for the trial court to determine an individual's indigency and ability to pay in compliance with law.

(3) The state court administrative office, under the direction and supervision of the supreme court, shall develop proposed standards for how a trial court shall determine the amount of reimbursable costs to the local unit of government for law enforcement and prosecution costs for any statute or ordinance that provides for the assessment of the costs to a convicted defendant or person that is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 2024, Act 47, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4921 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4921
Payment of actual costs; adjustment of verdict; scope of actual costs; condition prohibiting award of costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4921.

If a party has rejected an evaluation and the action proceeds to trial, that party shall pay the opposing party's actual costs unless the verdict is more favorable to the rejecting party than the mediation evaluation. However, if the opposing party has also rejected the evaluation, that party is entitled to costs only if the verdict is more favorable to that party than the mediation evaluation.

For the purpose of subsection (1), a verdict shall be adjusted by adding to it assessable costs and interest on the amount of the verdict from the filing of the complaint to the date of the mediation evaluation. After this adjustment, the verdict is considered more favorable to a defendant if it is more than 10% below the evaluation, and is considered more favorable to the plaintiff if it is more than 10% above the evaluation.

For the purpose of this section, actual costs include those costs taxable in any civil action and a reasonable attorney fee as determined by the trial judge for services necessitated by the rejection of the mediation evaluation.

Costs shall not be awarded if the mediation award was not unanimous.

History: Add. 1986, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.607 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-203-of-1965 / Section 28.607
Commission; annual report to governor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The commission shall make an annual report to the governor that includes pertinent data regarding the law enforcement officer minimum standards and the degree of participation of municipalities in the training programs, and any other information the governor requests or the commission considers appropriate.

History: 1965, Act 203, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966; Am. 1998, Act 237, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1998; Am. 2016, Act 289, Eff. Jan. 2, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6428 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6428
Court of claims; witnesses; power to compel attendance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6428.

The court of claims is hereby given the same power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of books, papers, records, documents and any other evidence and to punish for contempt as the circuit courts of this state now have or may hereafter have. The judge and clerk of said court may administer oaths and affirmations, and take acknowledgments of instruments in writing.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.708 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-55-of-1917 / Section 457.708
Insurance business; funeral benefits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Corporations in pursuance of this act shall not be considered as engaged in the business of life insurance, nor shall they be subject to the provisions of the statute relating to life insurance companies or associations: Provided, Nothing in this act contained shall permit the making of any contract of insurance except that associations hereunder may make provisions for the payment of a funeral benefit not to exceed 200 dollars.

History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 10844; CL 1948, 457.708
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5657 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5657
Availability of form to patient, patient surrogate, or patient advocate; compliance with MCL 333.5656; placement of signed form in patient's medical record; signed form as bar to civil or administrative action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5657.

If a physician gives a copy of the standardized, written summary developed and published before July 1, 2002 or a copy of the updated standardized, written summary made available under section 5656 to a patient with reduced life expectancy due to advanced illness, to the patient's patient surrogate, or to the patient advocate, the physician is in full compliance with the requirements of section 5655.

A physician may make available to a patient with reduced life expectancy due to advanced illness, to the patient's patient surrogate, or to the patient advocate a form indicating that the patient, patient surrogate, or patient advocate has been given a copy of the standardized, written summary developed and published under section 5656 before July 1, 2002 or a copy of the updated standardized, written summary developed and published under section 5656 on or after July 1, 2002 and received the oral information required under section 5654. If a physician makes such a form available to a patient, to the patient's patient surrogate, or to the patient advocate, the physician shall request that the patient, patient's patient surrogate, or patient advocate sign the form and shall place a copy of the signed form in the patient's medical record.

A patient, a patient's patient surrogate, or a patient advocate who signs a form under subsection (2) is barred from subsequently bringing a civil or administrative action against the physician for providing the information orally and in writing under section 5655 based on failure to obtain informed consent.

History: Add. 1996, Act 594, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 2001, Act 237, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.786 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-410-of-2012 / Section 211.786
Mineral-producing property; determination by department; notification that property no longer mineral-producing property; notification; list to be provided by state geologist; notice of ceased operations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The department shall determine when property is classified under this act as mineral-producing property. A taxpayer shall notify the department within 30 days of beginning operation of a producing mine. Upon making this determination, the department shall notify all local assessing authorities of those properties that are classified as a mineral-producing property and are subject to the minerals severance tax under this act. Beginning on December 31 in the calendar year in which property is determined by the department to be mineral-producing property, that property is exempt from taxes collected under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155. The property shall be subject to the minerals severance tax when the property is determined to be mineral-producing property by the department. Beginning on the date an open mine becomes a producing mine, the mineral-producing property is exempt from the taxes set forth in section 4(1)(b), (c), and (d) as provided in this act.

(2) If the department determines that property previously determined to be a mineral-producing property is no longer mineral-producing property, the department shall notify the taxpayer and the local assessing authorities that the property is no longer subject to the minerals severance tax under this act beginning December 31 in the year that determination is made and that property shall be subject to the collection of taxes under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155. The local tax collecting unit in which the property is located is responsible for assessment of that property as of the date of the department's notification to the local assessing authority. Ten days after the date of the department's notification to the taxpayer shall be the date on which the minerals severance tax shall cease and all related tax exemptions described in section 4(1)(b), (c), and (d) shall cease.

(3) On or before February 10 of each year, the state geologist shall provide a list of all mineral-producing properties as of the end of the previous calendar year to the department.

(4) If a taxpayer ceases operation of a producing mine for 30 or more consecutive days, the taxpayer shall notify the department, in writing, that it has ceased operations within 7 business days.

History: 2012, Act 410, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.329 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-227-of-1972 / Section 213.329
Judicial review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A person aggrieved by a determination made pursuant to this act shall be entitled to judicial review by the circuit court.

History: 1972, Act 227, Imd. Eff. July 25, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 49.104 — MI Code / Chapter 49 / Act Act-203-of-1972 / Section 49.104
Council; membership; terms; vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The council consists of 5 members selected as follows:

The attorney general, or his designated representative.

The president of the prosecuting attorneys association of Michigan.

One member appointed to the council for a 1-year term, to be elected by the prosecuting attorneys association of Michigan, who shall be a prosecuting attorney from a county having a population of over 400,000 persons.

One member appointed to the council for a 1-year term, to be elected by the prosecuting attorneys association of Michigan, who shall be a prosecuting attorney from a county having a population of between 100,000 and 400,000 persons.

One member appointed to the council for a 1-year term, to be elected by the prosecuting attorneys association of Michigan, who shall be a prosecuting attorney from a county having a population under 100,000 persons.

A member shall vacate his appointment upon termination of his official position as a prosecuting attorney or attorney general. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy created other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member who he is to succeed in the same manner as the original appointment. Any member may be reappointed for additional terms.

The terms of the members first appointed shall begin January 1 following the effective date of this act.

History: 1972, Act 203, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43903 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43903
Retention of certain money in trust fund on permanent basis; expenditures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43903.

(1) The Michigan nongame fish and wildlife trust fund shall maintain a principal balance of not less than $6,000,000.00, which shall be retained in the trust fund on a permanent basis.

(2) The interest and earnings of the trust fund and any money not otherwise retained on a permanent basis under subsection (1) shall be expended for the purposes of implementing the management plan described in section 43904. In implementing the management plan described in section 43904, the department may expend money from the Michigan nongame fish and wildlife trust fund for grants to state colleges and universities.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.2031 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.2031
"Wine auction license" defined; issuance of license; restrictions; payment of taxes; delivery, storage, warehousing, and delivery of wine; sale and resale of wine purchases at auction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1031.

(1) As used in this section, "wine auction license" means a license issued by the commission to sell wine by auction, subject to the following:

(a) The wine is sold through an auction by a person that is licensed as a specially designated merchant or through a seller that is a partner with a specially designated merchant, as evidenced by a written agreement of the parties.

(b) The owner of the wine is not licensed under this act.

(c) The wine is part of a private collection owned by a person that is not licensed under this act.

(d) The specially designated merchant ensures that each bottle sold from the private collection has a permanently affixed tag or label stating that the wine was acquired from a private collection.

(2) If it receives a completed application and the license fee described in section 525(1)(aa), the commission shall issue a wine auction license to a person licensed as a specially designated merchant, or a seller that is a partner with a specially designated merchant, who is arranging for the sale of wine by an owner that is not licensed under this act. The commission shall issue the license for a term of 1 year. The license allows the licensee to hold not more than 12 auctions per license year.

(3) The license restrictions prescribed under this section and under this act are in addition to those requirements and prescriptions imposed by any local law or ordinance, or resolution of the local unit of government.

(4) The holder of the wine auction license is responsible for the payment of any applicable sales or excise taxes regarding the sale of the wine by auction.

(5) The holder of the wine auction license is responsible for the delivery, storing, and warehousing of the wine offered for sale and for the delivery of the wine to the purchasers.

(6) A person that is licensed to sell wine at wholesale or retail may purchase any wine offered at an auction under this section and may resell that wine in accordance with the terms of the license, if at the time of sale the tag or label remains permanently affixed to the bottle.

(7) The sale and resale of wine purchased at auction is subject to this act and any rules of the commission promulgated under this act.

History: Add. 2010, Act 175, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2010; Am. 2014, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 24, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.12 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 81.12
First election of new city; prerequisites.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

At least 10 days before the first election in and for the new corporation, the council of the old corporation shall appoint 4 persons in each ward as inspectors of such election therein; and cause notice to be given by the clerk, by handbills posted in 10 of the most public places in each ward, and by publication in 1 or more newspapers printed in the city, of the time and place in each ward of holding such election and of the city and ward officers to be elected; and of the place in each ward where the said inspectors of election will meet on the Saturday next preceding the election to make a registration of the electors of the new city corporation, and that no person, unless registered in such registry, can be permitted to vote at such elections. Said council shall also procure books of registry of the form required by law for the registration of electors in cities, and deliver them to said inspectors.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 2967; CL 1915, 2883; CL 1929, 1807; CL 1948, 81.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5260 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5260
Stock certificates; substitutions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5260.

In case a certificate for shares of a corporation is lost, stolen or destroyed, a new certificate may be secured as provided for lost or destroyed certificates in section 17 of Act No. 106 of the Public Acts of 1913, which is known as the uniform stock transfer act.

A corporation which voluntarily and in good faith issues a new certificate in lieu of one believed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, or issues a new certificate in compliance with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction may recognize the person in whose name the new certificate or any certificate thereafter issued in exchange or substitution therefor, is issued, as the owner of the shares described therein for all purposes, including the right to vote and the right to receive payment of dividends, distribution or redemption price, until the owner of the original certificate or a transferee thereof without notice and for value shall enjoin the corporation and the holder of any new certificate or any certificate issued in exchange or substitution therefor from so acting.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26521 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-178-of-2004 / Section 333.26521
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan lifespan respite services resource act".

History: 2004, Act 178, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 239.5 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 239.5
Hedges; care, removal of brush; cities excepted.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

It shall be the duty of every owner, occupant or person having charge of lands in this state, to cut or trim, or cause to be cut or trimmed, to a height not exceeding 4 1/2 feet and a width not exceeding 3 feet, all hedges or hedge rows along or on the public highway or adjacent thereto in each and every year, except such hedges as shall have been set out for the protection of fruit trees and nursery stock. Trimmings or brush from such hedge rows shall not be left lying within the limits of the highway, but shall be forthwith removed: Provided, That this section shall not apply to streets or highways within incorporated cities.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; Am. 1911, Act 24, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 4564; CL 1929, 4199; CL 1948, 239.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.292 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-42-of-1963 / Section 554.292
Preservation of oil or gas interest; recording of interest notice claimed; applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) Any interest in oil or gas referred to in this act may be preserved by recording within the period specified in this act a written notice in the register of deeds office for the county in which the land is located. The notice shall be verified by oath and shall describe the land and the nature of the interest claimed, give the name and address of the person or persons claiming the interest, and state that the person or persons desire to preserve the interest and do not intend to abandon the interest.

(2) A person other than the owner of the surface holding interests in oil or gas in any land for use in underground gas storage operations may preserve the oil or gas interests, and the rights of any lessor of the oil or gas interests, by recording a single written notice defining the boundaries of and the formations included in the underground gas storage field or pool within which the oil or gas interests are located, without the necessity of describing each separate oil or gas interest claimed in that underground gas storage field or pool by that person.

(3) Recording a written notice under this section shall operate to preserve the oil or gas interest included in the written notice from abandonment under this act for a period of 20 years after recording. At the conclusion of that 20-year period, that interest in oil or gas shall be deemed abandoned if, during that 20-year period, the nondormant character of the oil or gas interest has not been evidenced by sale, lease, mortgage, or transfer by instrument recorded in the register of deeds office for the county in which that oil or gas interest is located, a drilling permit issued, oil or gas actually produced or withdrawn from said lands, or from lands covered by a lease to which that interest in oil or gas is subject, or from lands pooled, unitized, or included in unit operations therewith, or the use of that interest in oil or gas in underground gas storage operations, or a like notice filed.

(4) In the absence of prior abandonment, an interest in oil or gas in any land owned by any person other than the owner of the surface may be preserved indefinitely from abandonment under this act by filing written notices as provided in this act or the performance of any of the acts specified in this act evidencing nondormancy of the interest in oil or gas within each succeeding 20-year period.

(5) This act shall not apply to any interest in oil or gas owned by any governmental body or agency.

History: 1963, Act 42, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 2006, Act 519, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006