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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.82122 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.82122
Lights and brakes; minimum safety standards; certification as proof of compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 82122.

A snowmobile shall not be operated unless it has at least 1 headlight, 1 taillight, and adequate brakes capable, while the snowmobile travels on packed snow and carries an operator who weighs 175 pounds or more, of stopping the snowmobile in not more than 40 feet from an initial steady speed of 20 miles per hour or of locking the snowmobile's traction belt or belts.

A person shall not sell or offer to sell in this state a snowmobile manufactured after July 1, 1978, unless it meets the minimum safety standards for snowmobile product certification of the snowmobile safety and certification committee's November 23, 1976, volume 3, safety standards for snowmobiles for product certification, including detailed standard supplement and test specifications and procedures, covering machine sound levels, seats, controls, brake systems, fuel systems, shields and guards, electrical systems and lighting, reflectors, handgrips, and general hazard requirements. Proof of compliance with this section shall be in the form of certification by a qualified independent testing company that is not affiliated with the manufacturer and is approved by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.126 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.126
Head of department of state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

The head of the department of state is the secretary of state.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 325.2028 — MI Code / Chapter 325 / Act Act-323-of-1978 / Section 325.2028
Conducting meetings in public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

The office shall conduct all meetings in public in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1978, Act 323, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1978; Am. 1988, Act 309, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.993 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-313-of-1966 / Section 390.993
Tuition grants; application; eligibility; satisfactory academic progress; second degree.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Upon application of an eligible resident student who has resided in this state continuously for the preceding 12 months, is not considered a resident of any other state, is not incarcerated in a corrections institution, and is registered in an independent nonprofit college or university in this state, as described in section 1, the Michigan higher education assistance authority shall grant an amount as provided for in this act for each semester of attendance. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a student is not eligible for a grant for tuition and fees for more than 10 semesters of undergraduate education, or its equivalent in trimesters, or its equivalent as determined by the authority for less than full-time students; for more than 6 semesters of graduate education, or its equivalent in trimesters; or for more than 8 semesters in dental education, or its equivalent in trimesters. A student enrolled as an undergraduate during the 2020 spring term and the 2020-2021 academic year is eligible for a grant of tuition and fees for up to 12 semesters of undergraduate education, or its equivalent in trimesters, or its equivalent as determined by the authority for less than full-time students.

(2) A student must maintain satisfactory academic progress, as defined by the college or university in which the student is enrolled, to remain eligible for the tuition grant under this act.

(3) If a student possessing a degree at a given academic level enrolls for a second degree at the same academic level, the authority shall include tuition grants received by the student when enrolled for the previous degree at the same level in determining the student's eligibility under subsection (1).

History: 1966, Act 313, Eff. Aug. 1, 1966; Am. 1968, Act 339, Eff. Nov. 1, 1968; Am. 1976, Act 314, Eff. July 1, 1977; Am. 1976, Act 452, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1977, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 503, Eff. July 1, 1981; Am. 2021, Act 41, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.802 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-160-of-1859 / Section 487.802
Certificate of brokers; new certificate, cause, prior liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

In case there shall be, at any time after the making and filing of said certificate, any change in the name or style of said firm, or in the terms of their partnership, then a new certificate, verified as before specified, shall in like manner be filed, as required by section 1 of this act, before such change shall take effect; and until such new certificate shall have been made and filed, as above specified, the individual member or members of the firm, as set forth in the certificate on file, shall be held to be the actual members of the firm, and in all respects holden and liable for any obligation, debt or liability, incurred by the said company, as brokers or exchange dealers.

History: 1859, Act 160, Eff. May 18, 1859; CL 1871, 1626; How. 3129; CL 1897, 5272; CL 1915, 6716; CL 1929, 9711; CL 1948, 487.802
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1920 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1920
Process; service on corporation; insurers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1920.

Service of process upon a corporation, whether domestic or foreign, may be made by

leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with any officer or the resident agent, or

leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with any director, trustee, or person in charge of any office or business establishment and sending a summons and a copy of the complaint by registered mail, addressed to the principal office of the corporation, or

leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with any of the persons who may have been the last presiding officer, president, cashier, secretary, or treasurer, in the case of any corporation which may have ceased to do business by failing to keep up its organization by the appointment of officers or otherwise, or whose term of existence may have expired by limitation, or

mailing a summons and a copy of the complaint by registered mail to the corporation or an appropriate corporation officer and to the Michigan corporation and securities commission if:

the corporation has failed to appoint and maintain a resident agent or to file a certificate of such appointment as by law required; or

the corporation has failed to keep up its organization by the appointment of officers or otherwise, or the term of whose existence has expired by limitation.

In all cases in which an insurer is a defendant, service shall not be made by leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with a resident agent; and in cases in which a defendant is a foreign insurer, 2 summonses and a copy of the complaint shall be delivered to or mailed to the office of the commissioner of insurance by registered mail.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1412 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-203-of-1999 / Section 141.1412
Issuance of negotiable revenue bonds; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

An authority may only issue negotiable revenue bonds under the revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140. An authority may not issue any other kinds of bonds, notes, or other obligations.

An authority may authorize and issue its negotiable revenue bonds payable solely from the revenues or funds available to the authority under section 10. Bonds, notes, or other obligations of an authority are not a debt or liability of this state, a qualified county that established the authority, or a qualified city that established the authority and do not create or constitute an indebtedness, liability, or obligation or constitute a pledge of faith and credit of this state, the qualified county that established the authority, or a qualified city that established the authority. Bonds issued by an authority are payable solely from revenues or funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized in this act or as provided in the resolution of the board authorizing the bonds.

History: 1999, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2977 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2977
Liquefied petroleum gas business; protection from liability; exception; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2977.

(1) A liquefied petroleum gas business is not liable for damages for personal injury, death, or property damage arising from the sale, supplying, handling, transportation, or delivery of liquefied petroleum gas if both of the following apply:

(a) The sale, supplying, handling, transportation, or delivery of the liquefied petroleum gas was either of the following:

( i ) In compliance with all of the following:

(A) Rules promulgated under section 3c of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.3c.

(B) Section 2 of 1959 PA 241, MCL 429.112.

(C) Rules promulgated under the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.

( ii ) Not in compliance with the statute and rules identified in subparagraph ( i ), but the failure to comply was not a proximate cause of the personal injury, death, or property damage.

(b) The personal injury, death, or property damage was caused by either of the following:

( i ) The alteration, modification, or repair of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance, unless the alteration, modification, or repair was with the knowledge or consent of the liquefied petroleum gas business.

( ii ) The use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance in a manner or for a purpose other than the manner in which or purpose for which the equipment or appliance was intended to be used, unless the use could reasonably have been expected by the liquefied petroleum gas business.

(2) The protection from liability provided by subsection (1) does not apply to a manufacturer of liquefied petroleum gas equipment.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Liquefied petroleum gas business" means a person who is engaged primarily in the business of selling at retail, supplying, handling, or transporting liquefied petroleum gas.

(b) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

History: Add. 2013, Act 19, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.406 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-511-of-1988 / Section 791.406
Application for funding and other assistance; county advisory board; regional advisory board; city-county advisory board; city advisory board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A county may elect to apply for funding and other assistance under this act by a vote of the county board of commissioners approving the decision to apply, and by appointing a county advisory board. Two or more counties, by vote of the county board of commissioners of each county, may agree to create a regional advisory board instead of a county advisory board. A regional advisory board shall perform the same functions as a county advisory board for each county that participates in establishing the regional board.

A county and the largest city by population within that county may elect to jointly apply for funding and other assistance under this act. An application for funding requires a vote of the board of commissioners approving the decision to apply and a majority resolution of the city council, and the appointment of a city-county advisory board.

A city may elect to apply for funding and other assistance under this act by a majority resolution of the city council, and by appointing a city advisory board.

History: 1988, Act 511, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.5b — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.5b
Code of municipal ordinances; publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5b.

Each city shall have power, whether provided in its charter or not, to codify, recodify and continue in code its municipal ordinances, in whole or in part, without the necessity of publishing the entire code in full. The ordinance adopting the code, as well as subsequent ordinances repealing, amending, continuing or adding to the code, shall be published as required by law. The ordinance adopting the code may amend, repeal, revise or rearrange ordinances or parts of ordinances by reference by title only.

History: Add. 1960, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1407 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1407
Complaint system; procedures; response to complaint; access to complaints and responses; record of complaints; annual report; other legal remedies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 407.

A health care corporation shall establish and maintain a complaint system which affords adequate and reasonable procedures for the expeditious resolution of written complaints initiated by members concerning any matter relating to the provisions of a certificate. At a minimum, procedures shall be developed by a corporation for the resolution of claims for reimbursement; denial, cancellations, or nonrenewals of certificates; and complaints regarding the quality of the services delivered by health care providers and health care facilities which receive reimbursement from the corporation.

A health care corporation, within 30 days after receipt of written complaint, shall give a reasonable written response to each written complaint which it receives. The commissioner shall have free access, as defined in section 603(2), to complaints and responses, which shall be made available to the commissioner for inspection. If the matter complained of is reasonably believed by the complainant to be a violation of section 402 or 403, the complainant shall be entitled to a private informal managerial-level conference with the health care corporation, as provided for in section 404.

The health care corporation shall maintain a complete record of all of the written complaints of its members which the corporation has received since the date of the last examination. This record shall indicate the total number of complaints; and by line of business, the nature of each complaint, the disposition of each complaint, and the time taken to process each complaint.

A health care corporation shall submit to the commissioner an annual report which describes the complaint system of the corporation, and includes a compilation and analysis of the written complaints filed with the corporation, their disposition and underlying causes, and measures being implemented to alleviate those causes. The report shall be compiled in a manner which protects an individual's right to privacy with respect to medical information and shall not disclose the identity of a member by name or other personal identifier without the member's consent pursuant to section 406(1). The annual report shall be a public record.

This section shall not prevent a member from seeking other remedies available by law.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.6538 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.6538
Transfer and availability of vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6538.

Funds remaining in the vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance fund created by former Act No. 83 of the Public Acts of 1980 shall be transferred on January 1, 1996 to the motor vehicle emissions testing program fund created in this part. These funds shall be available for appropriation to the department for start-up costs to implement the motor vehicle emissions testing program in this part, to conduct a public information program to educate the general public about requirements of this part, and for other activities related to the motor vehicle emissions testing program.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 430.105 — MI Code / Chapter 430 / Act Act-304-of-1919 / Section 430.105
Violation of act; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than 50 dollars or more than 500 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

History: 1919, Act 304, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 8995; CL 1948, 430.105
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80309 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80309
Certificate of title; refusal; issuance; contents; assignment form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80309.

(1) The secretary of state may refuse to issue a watercraft certificate of title under the circumstances provided in section 80320(4).

(2) Subject to subsection (1), the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of title containing the information required in the application for a certificate of title, as prescribed by section 80308, except for the name and address of the previous owner. The certificate of title shall also contain space for the notation and cancellation of a lien, mortgage, or encumbrance. An assignment of certificate of title shall appear on the certificate of title in the form to be prescribed by the secretary of state. The assignment form shall include a warranty that the signer is the owner of the watercraft and that a mortgage, lien, or encumbrance is not on the watercraft, except as noted on the face of the certificate of title.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2005, Act 271, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2005; Am. 2018, Act 678, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 492.111 — MI Code / Chapter 492 / Act Act-27-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 492.111
Books, accounts and records; maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Every licensee shall maintain, at the place of business designated in the license certificate, such books, accounts and records of the business conducted under the license issued for such place of business as will enable the administrator to determine whether the business of the licensee contemplated by this act is being operated in accordance with the provisions of this act.

A licensee, operating 1 or more licensed places of business in this state, may maintain the general control records of all such offices at any 1 of such offices, or at any other office maintained by such licensee, upon the filing of a written request with the administrator designating therein the office at which such control records are maintained and upon approval of such request by the administrator.

All books, accounts and records of licensee shall be maintained in the English language.

All books, accounts and records of licensees, including any cards used in a card system, shall be preserved and available for examination by the administrator for at least 2 years after making the final entry therein.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 27, Eff. Mar. 31, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.838 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-285-of-1965 / Section 338.838
Hiring of person convicted of certain felonies or misdemeanors prohibited; refusal to surrender license or identification card.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

A licensee shall not knowingly employ any person who has been convicted of a felony, or convicted of a misdemeanor within the preceding 8 years involving any of the following:

Dishonesty or fraud.

Unauthorized divulging or selling of information or evidence.

Impersonation of a law enforcement officer or employee of the United States, this state, or a political subdivision of this state.

Illegally using, carrying, or possessing a dangerous weapon.

Two or more alcohol related offenses.

Controlled substances under the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.

An assault.

Any employee or operator who, upon demand, fails to surrender to the licensee his or her identification card and any other property issued to him or her for use in connection with his or her employer's business is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1965, Act 285, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1965; Am. 2002, Act 474, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6z — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-3-of-1939 / Section 460.6z
Discontinuing utility service to geographic area; abandonment application; proposal to retire electric generating plant; proposal to revise existing load balancing authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6z.

(1) A covered utility shall not discontinue utility service to a geographic area that the covered utility serves without first filing an abandonment application with the commission and obtaining approval from the commission to discontinue that service after notice and a contested case proceeding. The commission shall not approve any abandonment application filed under this section unless the commission determines that there is clear and convincing evidence that all affected customers would have access to affordable, reliable, and safe utility service from an alternative source. A covered utility does not have to file an abandonment application under this section if utility service is being discontinued to a specific parcel or parcels to enable another covered utility to provide service that the other covered utility is legally permitted to provide. As used in this subsection, "covered utility" means any of the following:

(a) A cooperative electric utility subject to the commission's jurisdiction for its service area, distribution performance standards, and quality of service.

(b) A rural gas cooperative.

(c) An electric utility, natural gas utility, or steam utility subject to the commission's rate-making jurisdiction.

(2) Not less than 30 days after an electric utility files a proposal to retire an electric generating plant with a regional transmission organization, the utility shall provide that proposal in its entirety to the commission.

(3) Not less than 60 days before an electric utility applies to the operating reliability subcommittee of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation for approval of a proposal to revise an existing load balancing authority, the electric utility shall do both of the following:

(a) File with the commission a full and complete report of the proposed revision.

(b) Serve a copy of the report required to be filed with the commission under subdivision (a) on all other electric utilities in this state.

History: Add. 2016, Act 341, Eff. Apr. 20, 2017