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Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.925 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-316-of-2000 / Section 286.925
Organic advisory committee; creation; powers and duties; membership; terms; travel reimbursement; election of officers and adoption of rules; quorum; meetings; proceedings subject to open meetings act; records subject to freedom of information act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

There is created an organic advisory committee within the department. The committee shall advise the director on the implementation of this act and the promulgation of rules and may do all of the following:

Assist the director in developing the Michigan organic standards and recommend appropriate equivalent interim standards.

Annually review and recommend changes in the Michigan organic standards, if necessary.

Review and recommend to the director rules and policies governing the business of organic production and handling by study and evaluation of organic production issues.

Annually conduct or cause to be conducted a comprehensive review of the organic product registration and certifying agent registration programs and advise and recommend to the director any necessary changes to the programs.

Formulate and recommend to the director actions and policies to promote organic products.

The organic advisory committee shall consist of 11 voting members appointed by the director for 4-year terms. The voting membership shall include 4 producers of organic food, 4 individuals who are either retail food establishments, processors, or input suppliers of organic food or organic fiber, and 3 members of the general public who are consumers of organic products and are not associated with the commercial production or handling of organic food or organic fiber. Of the initial membership, 4 members shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, 3 for a term of 3 years, 2 for a term of 2 years, and 2 for a term of 1 year. The department may allow a representative of the United States department of agriculture natural resources conservation service, the Michigan state university cooperative extension service or the agricultural experiment station, the director, and a member of a recognized environmental organization to serve as ex officio nonvoting members.

Members shall receive reimbursement for travel in the amount provided for in the department of management and budget regulations.

The members, at the first meeting and annually thereafter, shall elect officers and adopt rules of procedure. Terms of officers are 1 year. A majority of the members are a quorum and an act performed by a majority of the quorum is considered an official act of the committee.

The committee shall meet at the call of the chair, at the request of a majority of its members, at the request of the department, or at such times as may be prescribed by its procedural rules. The proceedings of the committee are subject to the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Any records, except those that may be used to identify an individual's financial status or proprietary information, are subject to the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

History: 2000, Act 316, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3304 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3304
Partition of lands; joint tenants; tenants in common; applicability of chapter 34.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3304.

(1) All persons holding lands as joint tenants or, subject to chapter 34, as tenants in common may have those lands partitioned.

(2) Chapter 34 supplements this chapter, and, if an action is governed by chapter 34, it supersedes the provisions of this chapter that are inconsistent with chapter 34.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 2024, Act 215, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1069 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1069
"Officer Eric Zapata Memorial Highway".
Status: in_force

Sec. 69.

The portion of highway I-94 located in Kalamazoo county shall be known as the "Officer Eric Zapata Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2013, Act 20, Imd. Eff. May 7, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.29 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.29
Sale or gift of lottery ticket to minor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

A ticket or share shall not be sold to any person under the age of 18. This does not prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift by a person 18 years of age or older to a person less than age 18. A licensee who knowingly sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket or share to a person under the age of 18 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1972, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.9601 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.9601
Laboratories; establishment, operation, and maintenance; services; continuation of existing laboratories; location; agreements and contracts; fees; development and publication of comprehensive schedule of testing services and fees; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9601.

The department shall maintain and operate laboratories for the protection of the public health by developing or otherwise providing for adequate laboratory services to support public health programs and to fulfill the requirements of law. The director shall determine the services to be offered by the laboratories. Laboratories established by law on the effective date of this part shall be continued until otherwise provided by law. Other laboratories shall be located at places designated by the department.

The state, counties, and cities may enter into agreements and contracts necessary or appropriate to the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the laboratories required under subsection (1).

Beginning October 1, 1991, the director may charge a reasonable fee for a testing service provided by a laboratory maintained and operated by the department under subsection (1). For fiscal year 1991-92 and subsequent fiscal years, the director shall not charge a fee under this subsection that is greater than the fees established under Executive Order No. 1991-17. Before collecting a fee under this subsection, the department shall develop and publish a comprehensive schedule of testing services and fees. The schedule shall include a description of each testing service and the maximum fee charged for each testing service. Along with the schedule submitted to the director of the department of management and budget for approval under this subsection, the department shall submit a statement of the rationale used in determining the fees contained in the schedule. The department shall submit the schedule for approval to the director of the department of management and budget. The fees contained in the schedule shall not exceed the amount necessary to fund the testing service provided. The department also shall submit to the director of the department of management and budget for approval any revision to the original schedule of testing services and fees.

The department shall submit to the director of the department of management and budget and to the legislature an annual report that contains all of the following information:

The number of tests performed in the preceding year for which a fee can be charged under this section.

The total amount of fees collected under this section.

Any costs related to providing testing services for which a fee can be charged under this section.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1992, Act 79, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.272 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-17-of-1980 / Section 423.272
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

"Department" means the department of state police.

"Employees" means state police troopers, state police sergeants, or both, as applicable.

History: 1980, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2722 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-84-of-1999 / Section 125.2722
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Applicant" means an individual and the spouse of that individual if that spouse intends to occupy the property with the individual.

"Homestead agreement" means a written contract between a resident organization or successor entity and a qualified buyer that contains the terms under which the qualified buyer may acquire the public housing property.

"Housing commission" means a housing commission or housing authority as defined under section 3 of the housing cooperation law, 1937 PA 293, MCL 125.603.

"Housing project" means that term as defined under section 3 of the housing cooperation law, 1937 PA 293, MCL 125.603, that is not specifically designed for the elderly or handicapped or more than 50% occupied by the elderly or handicapped.

"Local governmental unit" means a county, city, village, or township.

"Michigan state housing development authority" means the Michigan state housing development authority created under section 21 of the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1421.

"Multifamily housing" means housing accommodations designed as a residence for more than 1 family.

"Nonprofit community organization" means an organization exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 with experience in housing issues.

"Qualified buyer" means an applicant who meets the criteria in section 6.

"Qualified loan rate" means an interest rate not to exceed the adjusted prime rate determined in section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.23, minus 1 percentage point as determined by the department of treasury.

"Resident organization" means a group of residents made up of not less than 50% of total residents of the specific housing project who contract with a housing commission to manage that housing project for not less than 5 years with the intent to acquire legal ownership of the housing project under this act.

History: 1999, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4905 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4905
Grants; application; amount; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4905.

A local agency may apply to the department for a grant under this part.

A grant shall be made in an amount equal to 1/2 that portion of the cost of construction of collecting sewers, computed upon the cost of the current year's project only, in excess of 10% of the state equalized value of all taxable property within the political boundaries of the unit of government served by the collecting sewers certified under subsection (2) of section 4906 or $1,000,000.00, whichever is less.

Grants are subject to the following limitations:

A grant shall not be made for collecting sewers required under the subdivision control act of 1967, Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1967, being sections 560.101 to 560.293 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

A grant shall not be made for collecting sewers for which a federal grant has been made if the amount of the federal grant equals or exceeds the amount of the state grant that the collecting sewers would have received if there had been no federal grant. If the amount of the federal grant made for the collecting sewers is less than the amount of the state grant that the collecting sewers would have received if there had not been a federal grant, the amount of the state grant made for the collecting sewers shall not exceed the difference between the state grant that the collecting sewers would have received if there had not been a federal grant, and the federal grant.

A grant shall not be made for collecting sewers, the construction of which would result in the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated sewage to the waters of the state.

A grant shall not be made unless the local agency has received approval by the department of an official pollution control plan as required by sections 7 and 8 of Act No. 329 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 323.117 and 323.118 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and the collecting sewers are in conformity with the official plan.

A grant shall not be made for collecting sewers which the department determines would not meet an existing or imminent need or would constitute a noneconomic or speculative project.

A local agency shall not be allotted more than 2% of the fund.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26405 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-111-of-1998 / Section 333.26405
Private right of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act does not give a person a private right of action.

History: 1998, Act 111, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.111 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-202-of-1887 / Section 486.111
Furnishing and use of water; rent, collection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Such company may furnish water to other persons or companies for mining, manufacturing, milling, domestic, municipal or agricultural purposes, on such rent as shall be agreed upon by and between it and those desiring to obtain it, or it may use the same for such purposes itself in any class of manufacturing purposes. It is authorized to bring suit to enforce the payment of such rent in any proper court of the county where its principal office is located.

History: 1887, Act 202, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1887; How. 3895z-2; CL 1897, 6816; CL 1915, 8914; CL 1929, 11849; CL 1948, 486.111
Mich. Comp. Laws § 209.105 — MI Code / Chapter 209 / Act Act-360-of-1927 / Section 209.105
Signature and seal on papers; inspection of records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

All orders, certificates and subpoenas made or issued by the state tax commission shall be signed by the chairman, and the seal of the commission shall be affixed thereto.

All records of and appraisals made by the state tax commission shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by any assessing officer in the state of Michigan.

History: 1927, Act 360, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 3714; Am. 1937, Act 157, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 209.105
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8162 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8162
Society governed by chapter; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8162.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a society shall be governed by this chapter and shall be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state unless the society is expressly designated in another law or is specifically made applicable by this chapter.

History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.124 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-496-of-1988 / Section 12.124
Repeal of MCL 125.1432c.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Section 32c of Act No. 346 of the Public Acts of 1966, being section 125.1432c of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is repealed.

History: 1988, Act 496, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 6.12 — MI Code / Chapter 6 / Act Act-62-of-1872 / Section 6.12
Impeachment; senate appointment and removal of subordinate officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The senate sitting as a court of impeachment shall have power from time to time to appoint such subordinate officers or clerks and reporters as may be necessary for the convenient transaction of business, and at any time to remove such officers.

History: 1872, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1872; How. 61; CL 1897, 29; CL 1915, 43; CL 1929, 70; CL 1948, 6.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1815 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1815
Adherence to responsible business practices as defense; compensation of employee on commission basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 815.

In defense of a civil action under section 801, a retail licensee may present evidence that, at the time of the selling, giving, or furnishing of the alcoholic liquor, the retail licensee was adhering to responsible business practices. Responsible business practices are those business policies, procedures, and actions which an ordinarily prudent person would follow in like circumstances. The compensating of an employee of an on-premises retail licensee on a commission basis constitutes an unreasonable business practice for purposes of this section.

The compensation of an employee of an on-premises retail licensee shall not be on a commission basis.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.221 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-283-of-1921 / Section 247.221
Temporary road for transportation of forest products.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Whenever any owner of any timber, logs, lumber, wood, poles, bark, ties or other forest products shall wish to have a temporary highway laid out for the purpose of hauling said timber, logs, lumber, wood, poles, bark, ties or other forest products to a place for manufacture, shipment or sale, he may, in writing, make application for such road to the owner or owners of said lands and in case said lands are unoccupied, to the agent or agents having charge of the same, and if the owner of said lands is a non-resident of the county and no known agent in charge, then application may be made to the commissioner of highways of the township in which said lands are situated. If the party desiring said road and the owner of said lands, his agent or representative, may agree on the amount of damages then he may forthwith enter upon said lands, lay out, prepare and use said highway, or if unable to agree upon the amount of damages, then said applicant for such road may have the commissioner of highways, the supervisor or some other suitable person in said township, under oath, appraise the damages to said lands on account of such highway, which said appraisal and application shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which said lands are located and shall pay to the clerk the sum of 50 cents as a filing fee and thereupon said applicant may enter upon said premises, lay out, prepare and use said highway at any time after the first day of December of any year to and including the first day of April of the ensuing year, upon making, executing and delivering to the clerk of the county a bond in the penal sum of not less than 100 dollars and at least 5 times the amount of the appraised damages with sufficient surety in the name of the owner of the said lands, or if unknown, in the name of the highway commissioner and to his successors in office, to be approved by the county clerk of said county to secure the payment of all damages sustained by the owner of said lands on account of said highway: Provided, however, That said road does not go through the door yard or barn yard of the owner of said lands.

History: 1921, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 4075; CL 1948, 247.221
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3905 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3905
Penalty clause for contest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3905.

In accordance with section 2518, a provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting another proceeding relating to the estate shall not be given effect if probable cause exists for instituting a proceeding contesting the will or another proceeding relating to the estate.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.8 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-232-of-1863 / Section 486.8
Assessment; collection; non-payment, use of water prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The said assessment shall then be delivered to the treasurer of the association for collection, who shall proceed forthwith and shall demand payment from each person named in said assessment of the amount apportioned to him, and if any such person shall neglect or refuse to pay the amount within 5 days after such demand to the treasurer, the same may be sued for and recovered, as provided for in section 18 of this act. Or the board of directors of such water-power company, may, by resolution direct that no member of said company or occupant of such power, whose assessment has been due and unpaid for 30 days after notice in writing of such assessment, shall be permitted to draw water from the race of said water-power company until such assessment is paid, and such board of directors may, after the expiration of 30 days, after notice in writing as aforesaid, board up, or close the gate of flume of such delinquent member, or person, or owner, and keep the same closed until the assessments due as aforesaid have been paid.

History: 1863, Act 232, Eff. June 22, 1863; Am. 1871, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1871; CL 1871, 2752; How. 3881; Am. 1897, Act 32, Eff. Aug. 30, 1897; CL 1897, 6774; CL 1915, 8874; CL 1929, 11809; CL 1948, 486.8
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.94l — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-94-of-1937 / Section 205.94l
Storage, use, or consumption of rail freight or passenger cars, locomotives or other rolling stock, roadway machines and certain work equipment; applicability of tax; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4 l .

The tax levied under this act does not apply to the storage, use, or consumption of rail freight or passenger cars, locomotives or other rolling stock, roadway machines and work equipment primarily of a flanged wheel nature, accessories, attachments including parts and materials used for repair, lubricants, or fuel, used in rail operations. This exemption does not include vehicles licensed and titled for use on public highways.

History: Add. 1993, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Nov. 15, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.34 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.34
Witness; issuance of capias.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

Any circuit court or any court of record shall have power to issue capiases, in the first instance, for any witness or witnesses in criminal cases, when it shall satisfactorily appear that such witness or witnesses are material and that there will be danger of the loss of their testimony unless such writ be issued.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17248; CL 1948, 767.34
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.516 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.516
Registration records; public inspection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 516.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and section 509gg, the registration record must be open for public inspection.

(2) If an individual preregisters to vote under section 496a, the information contained in the registration record for that individual is confidential and must not be open for public inspection as provided under subsection (1) until that individual is 17-1/2 years of age.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018; Am. 2023, Act 258, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.593 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-186-of-1989 / Section 45.593
Contract for furnishing solid waste services to public corporation; charges subject to increase; contract for purchase or sale of solid waste services or acquisition, operation, management, or use of solid waste systems; term of contract; contract as general obligation of public corporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A county and 1 or more public corporations, either within or outside of the county, may contract for the furnishing of solid waste services by the county to the public corporation or corporations. Charges specified in a contract entered into under this section are subject to increase by the county for the purposes, in the manner, and at the time or times set forth in the contract. A county and a public or private corporation may enter into a contract for the purchase by the county from or for the sale by the county to the corporation of solid waste services or for any aspect of the acquisition, operation, management, or use of 1 or more solid waste systems. A contract authorized under this section shall be for a period not to exceed 50 years. A contract authorized under this section is a general obligation of the public corporation, and each public corporation may raise money to pay its obligations under the contract by any method provided in section 9(2).

History: 1989, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989