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Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.723 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-188-of-1954 / Section 41.723
Written objections; petition; filing; signatures; determining record owners; determining sufficiency of petition; supplement to petition; validity of signatures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The township board may proceed to carry out an improvement as provided in this act unless written objections to the improvement are filed with the township board at or before the hearing provided in section 4 by property owners as follows:

For an improvement under section 2(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), ( l ), (n), or (o) by the record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the total land area in the proposed special assessment district.

For an improvement under section 2(1)(c), (g), (k), or (m), by the record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the total frontage upon the road, bicycle path, or sidewalk.

A township board may require the filing of a petition meeting the requirements of subsection (3) before proceeding with an improvement under this act.

If written objections are filed as provided in subsection (1), or if the township board requires a petition before proceeding, the township board shall not proceed with the improvement until there is filed with the board a petition signed as follows:

For an improvement under section 2(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), ( l ), (n), or (o) by the record owners of land constituting more than 50% of the total land area in the special assessment district as finally established by the township board.

For an improvement under section 2(1)(c), (g), (k), or (m), by the record owners of land constituting more than 50% of the total frontage upon the road, bicycle path, or sidewalk.

Record owners shall be determined by the records in the register of deeds' office as of the day of the filing of a petition, or if written objections are filed as provided in subsection (1), then on the day of the hearing. In determining the sufficiency of the petition, lands not subject to special assessment and lands within a public highway or alley shall not be included in computing frontage or an assessment district area. A filed petition may be supplemented as to signatures by the filing of an additional signed copy or copies of the petition. The validity of the signatures on a supplemental petition shall be determined by the records as of the day of filing the supplemental petition.

History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954; Am. 1957, Act 187, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957; Am. 1961, Act 143, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1976, Act 113, Imd. Eff. May 14, 1976; Am. 1976, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1976; Am. 1976, Act 332, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1976; Am. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986; Am. 1995, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.467 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.467
Tax assessment; irregularities not prejudicial; presumptions; prima facie evidence; absent or omitted records; signing of papers; deeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

A tax assessed under this act upon any property or sale of the property shall not be held invalid by any court of this state on account of any irregularity in any assessment, or on account of any tax roll not having been made, or proceeding had within the time required by law, or on account of the property having been assessed without the name of the owner, or in the name of any person other than the owner, or on account of any other irregularity, informality, omission, or want of any matter or form or substance in any proceeding that does not prejudice the property rights of the person whose property is taxed. All proceedings in assessing and levying taxes, and in the sale and conveyance therefor, shall be presumed by all the courts of this state to be legal until the contrary is affirmatively shown. All records, statements and certificates provided for under this act shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth. The absence of any record of any proceeding or proceedings, or the omission of any mention in any record of any vote or proceeding, or mention of any matter in any statement or certificate that should appear therein under this act, does not affect the validity of any proceeding, tax, or title thereon, if the fact that the vote or proceeding was had or tax authorized is shown by any other record, statement or certificate made evidence by the terms of this act or any other law of this state. A tax or sale of property for any tax shall not be rendered or held invalid by showing that any record, statement, affidavit, certificate, paper, or return cannot be found in the proper office. Unless the contrary is affirmatively shown, the presumption shall be that the record was made, and that the certificate, statement, affidavit, paper, or return was duly made and filed. If any statement, certificate, or record is required to be made or signed by the county road commissioners, that statement, certificate, or record may be made and signed by the members of the commission, or a majority of them, and it is not necessary that other members be present when each signs the statement, certificate, or record. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize any showing impeaching the validity of any deed executed by the state treasurer under this act, but the deed shall be held absolute and conclusive as provided in general tax laws of this state.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4737; CL 1929, 4382; CL 1948, 247.467; Am. 2002, Act 351, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 454.52 — MI Code / Chapter 454 / Act Act-167-of-1869 / Section 454.52
Trades unions; constitution or articles in lieu of agreement; trustees and officers, election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The constitution or articles of association under which any such association may be organized, may stand in lieu of the articles of agreement required to be executed by section 2 of said act of 1857; and such constitution or articles of association may provide for the election of the trustees and other officers of such association annually or semi-annually, as the case may be: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to legalize any provision that may be contained in any such constitution or articles of association which is repugnant to the laws of this state, or to public justice.

History: 1869, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1869; CL 1871, 2817; How. 3946; CL 1897, 7448; CL 1915, 9820; CL 1929, 10274; CL 1948, 454.52
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.90 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.90
Compensation and expenses; payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 90.

All compensation of officers in the assessment and collection of taxes in townships and in the return of delinquent taxes to the county treasurer, except fees collected by township treasurers on their tax rolls, shall be paid by the township. All compensation of county officers and expenses incurred by them under the provisions of this act shall be paid by the county. The compensation of all state officers and expenses incurred by them shall be paid by this state. Expenses incurred by the state officers shall be audited by the state treasurer and paid out of the general fund.

History: 1893, Act 206, Eff. June 12, 1893; CL 1897, 3913; CL 1915, 4088; CL 1929, 3484; CL 1948, 211.90; Am. 2002, Act 620, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.554 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-48-of-1963-2nd-Ex-Sess- / Section 390.554
Board of control; quorum; conducting business in compliance with MCL 15.261 et seq.; notice of meeting; powers and duties enumerated.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A majority of the members of a board of control shall constitute a quorum. The business which the board of control may perform shall be conducted in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976. A majority of its members may enact, amend, and repeal rules and bylaws for the conduct of the board's business and for the government of the institution; fix tuition and other fees and charges; appoint or remove personnel as the interests of the institution and the generally accepted principles of academic tenure permit or require; determine compensation to be paid for services and property; confer degrees and grant diplomas usually conferred or granted by other similar institutions; receive, hold, and manage a gift, grant, bequest, or devise of funds or property, real or personal, absolutely or in trust, which will promote the purposes of its institution; enter into agreements not inconsistent with this act as may be desirable in the conduct of the board's affairs; and lease or dispose of property which comes into the board's possession, if the board does not violate a condition or trust to which the property may be subject. The powers customarily exercised by the governing board of a college or university are vested in each board. The enumeration of powers in this section is not considered to exclude powers not expressly excluded by law.

History: 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 48, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1977, Act 228, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1241c — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1241c
Contract with person for construction, alteration, or repair of state building or property; representation that person not engaged in boycott; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 241c.

(1) Beginning October 1, 2017, the department or a state agency may not enter into a contract with a person for the construction, alteration, or repair of a state building or other state property unless the contract includes a representation that the person is not currently engaged in, and an agreement that the person will not engage in, the boycott of a person based in or doing business with a strategic partner.

(2) As used in this section, "boycott", "person", and "strategic partner" mean those terms as defined in section 261.

History: Add. 2016, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50158 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50158
Special debt service reserve fund; creation; purpose; sources and use of money; transfer of income or interest; limitation on approved reserve fund requirement; limitation on issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50158.

A district, with the approval of the department, may create and establish 1 or more special debt service reserve funds, to secure its bonds, referred to in this part as approved reserve funds. A district shall pay into an approved reserve fund the money appropriated and made available by the state for the purpose of the fund; proceeds of the sale of bonds, to the extent provided in the resolution of the district authorizing the issuance of bonds; and other money made available for the purpose of a fund from any other source. The money held in an approved reserve fund shall be used as required by the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds and creating the fund. Income or interest earned by, or increment to an approved reserve fund due to the investment of money in the fund may be transferred by a district to other funds or accounts of the district to the extent the transfer does not reduce the amount of an approved reserve fund below the required level for a fund, as specified in the bond authorizing resolution.

An approved reserve fund requirement in the resolution of the board authorizing the bonds with respect to which the fund is established, shall not exceed the maximum amount of principal and interest maturing and becoming due in any succeeding calendar year on the bonds secured in whole or part by the fund. A district shall not issue bonds secured in whole or in part by an approved reserve fund if, upon the issuance of the bonds, the amount in the fund would be less than the requirement for the fund, unless the district at the time of issuance of the bonds, deposits in the fund from the proceeds of the bonds to be issued, or from other sources, an amount which, together with the amount then in the fund, shall be not less than the approved reserve fund requirement for the fund.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.931 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-12-of-1947 / Section 35.931
Application for payment; filing, time limit, exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

No application or applications for benefits under the provisions of this act shall be filed or received, with the exception of applications under section 4 of this act, on and after December 31, 1954: Provided, That a veteran who is in military service at time of application or in a military, veterans' or state hospital at time of application will be permitted to file for benefits under the provisions of this act until June 1, 1956: Provided further, That a veteran who failed to receive eligibility determination for benefits of type other than the state of Michigan until after expiration of date for filing for benefits under the provisions of Act No. 12 of the Public Acts of 1947 shall be permitted to file for benefits under the provisions of this amendatory act until June 1, 1956.

History: 1947, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1947; CL 1948, 35.931; Am. 1949, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1949; Am. 1951, Act 124, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1951; Am. 1953, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1953; Am. 1954, Act 172, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.882 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-199-of-1996 / Section 286.882
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The director may promulgate rules he or she considers necessary to implement and enforce this act, pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1996, Act 199, Eff. Aug. 16, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.101 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-232-of-1919 / Section 14.101
Intervention; authorization.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The attorney general of the state is hereby authorized and empowered to intervene in any action heretofore or hereafter commenced in any court of the state whenever such intervention is necessary in order to protect any right or interest of the state, or of the people of the state. Such right of intervention shall exist at any stage of the proceeding, and the attorney general shall have the same right to prosecute an appeal, or to apply for a re-hearing or to take any other action or step whatsoever that is had or possessed by any of the parties to such litigation.

History: 1919, Act 232, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 187; CL 1948, 14.101
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.975g — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.975g
Majority of votes in favor of recall; certification of result; replacement of governor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 975g.

If the board of state canvassers determines that a majority of the votes are in favor of recall, the board of state canvassers immediately upon the determination shall certify the result to the officer with whom the recall petition was filed. Upon certification, the governor shall be replaced as provided under section 26 of article V of the state constitution of 1963.

History: Add. 2012, Act 417, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.51504 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.51504
Acts prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51504.

A person shall not do any of the following:

Dispose of a lighted match, cigarette, cigar, ashes or other flaming or glowing substances, or any other substance or thing that is likely to ignite a forest, brush, grass, or woods fire; or throw or drop from a moving vehicle any such object or substance.

Set fire to, or cause or procure the setting on fire of, any flammable material on or adjacent to forest land without taking reasonable precautions both before and while lighting the fire and at all times after the lighting of the fire to prevent the escape of the fire; or leave the fire before it is extinguished.

Set a backfire or cause a backfire to be set, except under the direct supervision of an established fire control agency or unless it can be established that the setting of the backfire is necessary for the purpose of saving life or valuable property.

Destroy, break down, mutilate, or remove any fire control sign or poster erected by an established fire control agency in the administration of its lawful duties and authorities.

Use or operate on or adjacent to forest land, a welding torch, tar pot, or other device that may cause a fire, without clearing flammable material surrounding the operation or without taking other reasonable precautions necessary to ensure against the starting and spreading of fire.

Operate or cause to be operated any engine, other machinery, or powered vehicle not equipped with spark arresters or other suitable devices to prevent the escape of fire or sparks.

Discharge or cause to be discharged a gun firing incendiary or tracer bullets or tracer charge onto or across any forest land.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.262 — MI Code / Chapter 557 / Act Act-289-of-1975 / Section 557.262
Property to which act applies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

This act applies to the disposition at death of the following property acquired by a married person:

Personal property, wherever situated which was acquired as or became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction; all or the proportionate part of that property acquired with the rents, issues, or income of, or the proceeds from, or in exchange for, that community property; or traceable to that community property.

All or the proportionate part of any real property situated in this state which was acquired with the rents, issues, or income of, the proceeds from, or in exchange for, property acquired as or which became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction, or property traceable to that community property.

History: 1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2504 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2504
Fees; special allowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2504.

The allowance of any fees by this chapter, shall not apply to any case where special provision is otherwise made by law for any particular service, but the fees for such service shall be such as are provided in the statute requiring the service, or providing the compensation therefor.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1310 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1310
Fiduciary duties; scope and manner of discharge; removal of director for breach of fiduciary duty; notice and hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 310.

With respect to management of the affairs and property of the health care corporations, and in the selection, supervision, and control of committees of the board, employees of the health care corporation, and officers, each director and officer, and the composite board, shall exercise the duties of a fiduciary toward the health care corporation and the subscribers of the health care corporation as a whole, and shall discharge his or her duties with the degree of diligence, care, and skill which an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under the same or similar circumstances in a like position. In discharging his or her duties, a director or officer, when acting in good faith, may rely upon the opinion of counsel for the corporation, upon the report of an independent appraiser selected with reasonable care by the board, or upon financial statements of the corporation represented to the director or officer to be correct by the president or the officer of the corporation having charge of its books of account, or stated in a written report by an independent public or certified public accountant or firm of such accountants fairly to reflect the financial condition of the corporation.

After notice and a hearing before the board, a director may be removed from the board by a vote of 2/3 of the directors selected and serving on the board for a breach of fiduciary duty.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.476 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-485-of-1978 / Section 45.476
Resolution subject to referendum; petition; placing proposition on ballot; effect of defeat of proposition; effect of determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

If a resolution is adopted establishing a county officers compensation commission pursuant to this act, the resolution may be subject to referendum if a petition requesting the referendum, signed by not less than 5% of the registered electors of the county, is filed with the county clerk within 60 days after the adoption of the resolution. If the clerk determines the petition to be valid, a proposition to approve or disapprove the resolution shall be placed upon the ballot in the next general election. If the proposition is defeated, the commission shall not be created, or if created, shall be abolished. If a valid referendum petition is filed, a determination of the commission shall not take effect until the resolution has been approved by the electors.

History: 1978, Act 485, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1602 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1602
Guardianship; use; design; limitation; partial guardianship.
Status: in_force

Sec. 602.

Guardianship for individuals with developmental disability shall be utilized only as is necessary to promote and protect the well-being of the individual, including protection from neglect, exploitation, and abuse; shall take into account the individual's abilities; shall be designed to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and independence in the individual; and shall be ordered only to the extent necessitated by the individual's actual mental and adaptive limitations.

If the court determines that some form of guardianship is necessary, partial guardianship is the preferred form of guardianship for an individual with a developmental disability.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1905 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1905
Summons; issuance; duplicate; form; contents; amendment of process or proof of service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1905.

Upon the filing of the complaint the clerk of the court in which the complaint is filed shall forthwith issue summons. Separate summons may issue against any defendant. Duplicate summons may be issued from time to time with like effect as the original summons.

The form of all summons shall be "In the name of the people of the state of Michigan." The summons shall be under the seal of the court, contain the name of the court, the names of the parties and name of the court clerk, be directed to the defendant or defendants, state the name and address of the plaintiff's attorney, if any, otherwise the plaintiff's address, and the time within which these rules require the defendant to answer or take such other action as may be permitted by law, and shall notify the defendant that in case of his or her failure to do so judgment will be rendered against him or her for the relief demanded in the complaint.

At any time and upon such terms as it deems just, the court may in its discretion allow any process or proof of service thereof to be amended, unless it clearly appears that material prejudice would result to the substantial rights of the party against whom the process issued.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1984, Act 109, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.280 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.280
Director of department of agriculture; appointment by commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 180.

The principal executive officer of the department is the director of the department of agriculture. The director shall be appointed by the commission and serve at its pleasure.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965