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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1205 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1205
Resident insurance producer license; filing; application; statement; requirements; business entity; verification of information; limited line credit insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1205.

(1) A person applying for a resident insurance producer license shall file with the director the uniform application required by the director and shall declare under penalty of refusal, suspension, or revocation of the license that the statements made in the application are true, correct, and complete to the best of the individual's knowledge and belief. The director shall not approve an application for a resident insurer producer license unless the director finds that the individual meets all of the following conditions:

(a) Is at least 18 years of age.

(b) Has not committed any act listed in section 1239(1).

(c) As required under section 1204(2), has completed a prelicensing course of study for the qualifications for which the person has applied.

(d) Has paid the fees applicable to the individual under section 240.

(e) Has successfully passed the examination required for each qualification for which the person has applied.

(2) A business entity acting as an insurance producer shall obtain an insurance producer license. A business entity applying for an insurance producer license shall file with the director the uniform business entity application required by the director. The director shall not approve an application for an insurance producer license under this subsection unless the director finds all of the following:

(a) The business entity has paid the fees under section 240(1)(d).

(b) The business entity has designated an individual licensed producer responsible for the business entity's compliance with this state's insurance laws, rules, and regulations.

(c) The business entity has not committed any act listed in section 1239(1).

(3) The director may require the production of any documents reasonably necessary to verify the information contained in an application.

(4) An insurer that sells, solicits, or negotiates any form of limited line credit insurance shall provide to each individual whose duties will include selling, soliciting, or negotiating limited line credit insurance a program of instruction that may be approved by the director.

History: Add. 1972, Act 133, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2001, Act 228, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 422, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009; Am. 2019, Act 124, Eff. May 21, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1503 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1503
License; proximity of contemplated location to church or school building; measurement of distance; exceptions; presumption of validity; waiver; objection; hearing; transfer to location farther from church or school.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503.

(1) The commission shall deny a new application for a license to sell alcoholic beverages at retail or a request to transfer location of an existing license if the contemplated location is within 500 feet of a church or a school building. The distance between the church or school building and the contemplated location must be measured along the center line of the street or streets of address between 2 fixed points on the center line determined by projecting straight lines, at right angles to the center line, from the part of the church or school building nearest to the contemplated location and from the part of the contemplated location nearest to the church or school building.

(2) This section does not apply to specially designated merchants not in conjunction with on the premises licenses.

(3) This section does not apply to an outstanding license issued before March 1, 2017, for a location within the distance described in subsection (1) or to the renewal or transfer of the outstanding license at the location. A license issued, renewed, or transferred as described in this subsection is conclusively presumed to be valid for purposes of this section only.

(4) The commission may waive this section for all classes of licenses. If an objection is not filed by the church or school, the commission may issue the license under this act. If an objection is filed, the commission shall hold a hearing under rules established by the commission before making a decision on issuing the license.

(5) This section does not prevent the transfer of a license to a location farther from a church or school, if the license to be transferred is within the 500-foot radius described in subsection (1).

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998; Am. 2017, Act 66, Imd. Eff. June 30, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1707 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1707
Rights of minor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 707.

A minor 14 years of age or older may request and receive mental health services and a mental health professional may provide mental health services, on an outpatient basis, excluding pregnancy termination referral services and the use of psychotropic drugs, without the consent or knowledge of the minor's parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the minor's parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis shall not be informed of the services without the consent of the minor unless the mental health professional treating the minor determines that there is a compelling need for disclosure based on a substantial probability of harm to the minor or to another individual, and if the minor is notified of the mental health professional's intent to inform the minor's parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis.

Services provided to a minor under this section shall, to the extent possible, promote the minor's relationship to the parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis, and shall not undermine the values that the parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis has sought to instill in the minor.

Services provided to a minor under this section shall be limited to not more than 12 sessions or 4 months per request for services. After the twelfth session or fourth month of services the mental health professional shall terminate the services or, with the consent of the minor, notify the parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis to obtain consent to provide further outpatient services.

The minor's parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis is not liable for the costs of services that are received by a minor under subsection (1).

This section does not relieve a mental health professional from his or her duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect under section 3 of the child protection law, Act No. 238 of the Public Acts of 1975, being section 722.623 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1984, Act 186, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.610 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-24-of-1992 / Section 399.610
Competing claims for property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

If more than 1 person claims to be the lender of an item of property, and the claims are competing, a museum may wait to release the property until the competing claims are resolved by agreement or legal action of the claimants.

History: 1992, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Mar. 23, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.95131 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-43-of-2024 / Section 324.95131
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Covered product" means 1 of the following:

( i ) A premoistened nonwoven disposable wipe marketed as a baby or diapering wipe.

( ii ) A premoistened nonwoven disposable wipe that meets both of the following:

(A) Is composed entirely or in part of petrochemical-derived fibers.

(B) Is likely to be used in a bathroom and has significant potential to be flushed, including bathroom cleaning wipes, toilet cleaning wipes, hard surfacing cleaning wipes, disinfecting wipes, hand sanitizing wipes, antibacterial wipes, facial and makeup removal wipes, general purpose cleaning wipes, personal care wipes for use on the body, feminine hygiene wipes, adult incontinence wipes, adult hygiene wipes, and body cleansing wipes.

(b) "Label notice" means the phrase "DO NOT FLUSH" in a size equal to at least 2% of the surface area of the principal display panel.

(c) "Principal display panel" means the side of a product package that is most likely to be displayed, presented, or shown under customary conditions of display for retail sale. Principal display panel includes the following:

( i ) In the case of a cylindrical or nearly cylindrical package, the surface area of the principal display panel constitutes 40% of the product package, as measured by multiplying the height of the container by the circumference.

( ii ) In the case of a flexible film package, in which a rectangular prism or nearly rectangular prism stack of wipes is housed within the film, the surface area of the principal display panel constitutes the length times the width of the side of the package when the flexible packaging film is pressed flat against the stack of wipes on all sides of the stack.

(d) "Symbol" means the "DO NOT FLUSH" symbol as depicted in the INDA/EDANA Code of Practice Second Edition and published within the "Guidelines for Assessing the Flushability of Disposable Nonwoven Products, Edition 4, May 2018".

History: 2024, Act 43, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.1232 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-176-of-2008 / Section 35.1232
Welcome home letter; inclusion of list of state-funded veterans service organizations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The Michigan veterans affairs agency shall develop and send a welcome home letter to all returning veterans which shall include a list of all state-funded veterans service organizations. The list shall be ordered by the amount of state funding, with the veterans service organization that receives the highest amount of state funding listed first and the remaining organizations listed in descending order.

History: 2008, Act 176, Imd. Eff. July 9, 2008; Am. 2015, Act 38, Eff. Aug. 19, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2044 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2044
Utilization of money; purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44.

Subject to the limitations provided by this chapter, the fund may utilize money held in the local government assistance account for 1 or more of the following purposes:

To make loans to a municipality.

To establish a reserve fund to insure or guarantee borrowings of a municipality.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2955 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2955
Scientific or expert opinion or evidence; admissibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2955.

In an action for the death of a person or for injury to a person or property, a scientific opinion rendered by an otherwise qualified expert is not admissible unless the court determines that the opinion is reliable and will assist the trier of fact. In making that determination, the court shall examine the opinion and the basis for the opinion, which basis includes the facts, technique, methodology, and reasoning relied on by the expert, and shall consider all of the following factors:

Whether the opinion and its basis have been subjected to scientific testing and replication.

Whether the opinion and its basis have been subjected to peer review publication.

The existence and maintenance of generally accepted standards governing the application and interpretation of a methodology or technique and whether the opinion and its basis are consistent with those standards.

The known or potential error rate of the opinion and its basis.

The degree to which the opinion and its basis are generally accepted within the relevant expert community. As used in this subdivision, "relevant expert community" means individuals who are knowledgeable in the field of study and are gainfully employed applying that knowledge on the free market.

Whether the basis for the opinion is reliable and whether experts in that field would rely on the same basis to reach the type of opinion being proffered.

Whether the opinion or methodology is relied upon by experts outside of the context of litigation.

A novel methodology or form of scientific evidence may be admitted into evidence only if its proponent establishes that it has achieved general scientific acceptance among impartial and disinterested experts in the field.

In an action alleging medical malpractice, the provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not otherwise affect, the criteria for expert testimony provided in section 2169.

History: Add. 1995, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.122 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 433.122
Pounds; maintenance by township.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

Each township may, at its own expense, and in such places therein as the electors shall direct, provide and maintain 1 or more sufficient pounds, in which swine, sheep, horses, asses, mules, goats and neat cattle, may be restrained and kept from going at large contrary to law, or to any by-law of such township.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 18; CL 1857, 626; CL 1871, 789; How. ORYDATA>; CL 1897, 2437; CL 1915, 2229; CL 1929, 1085; CL 1948, 433.122
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1320 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1974 / Section 257.1320
Specialty or master mechanic certificate; date of approval; expiration; renewal; conduct pending renewal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

(1) A certification as a specialty or master mechanic under this act takes effect on the date it is approved by the administrator and expires 1 year after that date. A specialty or master mechanic may annually renew his or her certification by submitting an application for renewal, accompanied by the certification fee described in section 30, with the administrator on or before the expiration date of his or her then-current certification.

(2) A mechanic may continue to function as a certified mechanic after the expiration date of his or her then-current certification, pending approval of the renewal application by the administrator, if the renewal application and renewal fee are received by the administrator on or before the expiration date. If a renewal application and renewal fee are filed after the expiration date, the mechanic may temporarily engage in repairs without a certificate from the day on which the application and appropriate fee are received by the administrator, pending approval of the renewal application. The administrator shall charge a fee of 1-1/2 times the normal renewal fee if the renewal application is received by the administrator after the expiration date.

History: 1974, Act 300, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975; Am. 2016, Act 430, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.162 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.162
Agreement by community college and employer; establishment of project; provisions; payments as lien on employer's business property; filing with department of treasury; limitation on entering new agreements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 162.

(1) A community college district may enter into an agreement to establish a project with an employer engaged in business activities anywhere in the state. An agreement must meet section 163 and all of the following:

(a) Must provide for program costs that may be paid from a new jobs credit from withholding, to be received or derived from new employment resulting from the project, or from tuition, student fees, or special charges fixed by the board of trustees to defray program costs in whole or in part.

(b) Must contain an estimate of the number of new jobs to be created by the employer.

(c) Must include a provision that fixes, on a quarterly basis, the minimum amount of new jobs credit from withholding to be paid for program costs.

(d) Must provide that if the amount received from the new jobs credit from withholding is insufficient to pay program costs, the employer agrees to provide money, at least quarterly, to make up the shortfall, so that the community college district receives for each quarter the minimum amount of new jobs credit from withholding that is provided in the agreement.

(e) Must include the employer's agreement to mortgage, assign, pledge, or place a lien on any real or personal property as required by the community college district as security for its obligations under the agreement.

(f) Must provide for payment of an administrative fee to the community college district in an amount equal to 15% of the aggregate amount to be paid under the agreement.

(g) May contain other provisions the community college district considers appropriate or necessary.

(2) Any payments required to be made by an employer under an agreement are a lien on the employer's business property, real and personal, until paid, have equal precedence with property taxes, and are not divested by a judicial sale. Property subject to the lien established in this subsection may be sold for sums due and delinquent at a tax sale, with the same forfeitures, penalties, and consequences as for the nonpayment of property taxes. The purchaser at tax sale obtains the property subject to the remaining payments required under the agreement.

(3) A community college district shall file a copy of an agreement with the department of treasury promptly after its execution.

(4) A community college district shall not enter into any new agreements after December 31, 2033.

History: Add. 2008, Act 359, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008; Am. 2015, Act 130, Imd. Eff. July 22, 2015; Am. 2023, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.504b — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-294-of-1982 / Section 552.504b
Information and records to be provided to citizen advisory committee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4b.

Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4), and under the chief judge's supervision, the office shall provide the citizen advisory committee with a grievance filed as provided in section 26 and access to records and information necessary for the committee to perform its functions as prescribed by this act, including the following:

Case records and other information pertaining to the case of a party who has filed a grievance with the citizen advisory committee.

Information regarding the procedures used by the office to carry out its responsibilities as defined by statute, court rule, or the bureau.

Information regarding the administration of the office of the friend of the court office, including budget and personnel information.

The following information shall not be provided to a citizen advisory committee:

Information defined as confidential by supreme court rule.

Case information subject to confidentiality or suppression by specific court order, unless the court that issued the order of confidentiality determines, after notice to the parties and an opportunity for response, that the requested information may be made available to the citizen advisory committee without impairing the rights of a party or the well-being of a child involved in the case.

A citizen advisory committee shall be provided a judge's or referee's notes pertaining to a case only at the chief judge's express direction.

A citizen advisory committee has access to records of a mediation session only if the court determines, after notice to the parties and an opportunity for a response, that access would not impair the rights of a party to the case or the well-being of a child involved in the case.

Upon request of a citizen advisory committee and under the chief judge's supervision, the office shall annually provide the committee with information pertaining to a random sampling of grievances. If requested by the committee and at the supreme court's direction, the state court administrative office shall assist the office in devising a statistically significant random sampling.

History: Add. 1998, Act 551, Eff. Mar. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.752 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.752
Armories and military facilities; operation and control by adjutant general; application for funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 352.

The operation and control of armories and other military facilities shall be in accordance with policies established by the adjutant general. He shall apply to the legislature and the federal government for funds for the purpose of operating and maintaining armories and other military facilities. He shall apply to the legislature, local units of government or the federal government for funds to acquire, construct, lease and equip armories and other military facilities.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17093 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17093
Practice of genetic counseling; license required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17093.

Beginning 1 year after the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 17091, an individual shall not engage in the practice of genetic counseling unless he or she is licensed as a genetic counselor under this part.

History: Add. 2018, Act 624, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.43c — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.43c
"Power-driven mobility device" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43c.

"Power-driven mobility device" means a mobility device powered by a battery, fuel, or other engine and used by an individual with a mobility disability for the purpose of locomotion. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the requirements of this act apply to a power-driven mobility device while that device is being operated on a street, road, or highway in this state.

History: Add. 2018, Act 391, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.422 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-148-of-1975 / Section 451.422
Budget analysis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

(1) A licensee may enter into a contract or agreement to provide debt management services to a debtor only if the licensee has conducted a written and thorough budget analysis of the debtor and made a determination, based on the analysis of the information provided by the debtor or otherwise available to the licensee, that a debt management plan is a suitable solution for the debtor and that the debtor will be able to meet the payment obligations under the plan. If the licensee determines that a plan is suitable for a debtor whose current monthly expense and debt payments exceed the debtor's net income, the licensee must establish a written plan outlining how the debtor will meet the payment obligations under the plan before entering into a contract or agreement to provide debt management services to the debtor.

(2) A budget analysis described in subsection (1) shall contain all of the following information about the debtor:

(a) Name and address.

(b) Number of dependents.

(c) Amount of all employment compensation, payments from government programs, child support and alimony payments, and other income and the debtor's net monthly income. Except as provided in this subdivision, a debtor is only required to provide information to a licensee about the amount of his or her income and is not required to provide any information about the source of that income.

(d) Monthly home mortgage or rental payment, if any. If the home mortgage payment does not include an escrow for real estate taxes, the budget analysis shall contain an estimate of the annual amount of the real estate taxes on the property, if the amount is available from the debtor or public source.

(e) Type and amount of all of the debtor's obligations included in the debt management plan, including, but not limited to, a description of and amount owed for any outstanding garnishments and judgments, and the type and amount of the debtor's obligations that are known to the debtor and are not included in the debt management plan.

(f) Amount of household expenses, including, but not limited to, expenses for food, utilities, vehicles, insurance, and other living expenses.

(g) A list of the creditors to which payments will be made under the plan.

History: 1975, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976; Am. 2000, Act 255, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2014, Act 362, Eff. Mar. 16, 2015