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Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.10g — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.10g
Determination of financial eligibility; money associated with designated beneficiary's ABLE savings account; "ABLE savings account", "designated beneficiary", and "qualified disability expenses" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10g.

(1) For any assistance program for which financial eligibility is determined under this act, the department shall disregard in its financial eligibility determination money associated with a designated beneficiary's ABLE savings account, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Money in a designated beneficiary's ABLE savings account.

(b) Earnings on money in a designated beneficiary's ABLE savings account.

(c) Contributions to a designated beneficiary's own ABLE savings account.

(d) Distributions from an ABLE savings account for the designated beneficiary's qualified disability expenses.

(2) As used in this section, "ABLE savings account", "designated beneficiary", and "qualified disability expenses" mean those terms as defined in section 2 of the Michigan achieving a better life experience (ABLE) program act.

History: Add. 2015, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 26, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.634 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-454-of-1978 / Section 554.634
Rental agreement; mandatory statements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A rental agreement shall state the name and address at which notice required under this act shall be given to the lessor.

A rental agreement shall state in a prominent place in type not smaller than the size of 12-point type, or in legible print with letters not smaller than 1/8 inch, a notice in substantially the following form:

"NOTICE: Michigan law establishes rights and obligations for parties to rental agreements. This agreement is required to comply with the Truth in Renting Act. If you have a question about the interpretation or legality of a provision of this agreement, you may want to seek assistance from a lawyer or other qualified person."

History: 1978, Act 454, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.137 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-94-of-1933 / Section 141.137
Condemnation of property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

Public corporations shall have the right and power to condemn property for public improvements. In the condemnation of property, public corporations may proceed under any act applicable thereto, or they may invoke and proceed under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as the same may from time to time exist, and in so doing shall have all the rights, powers and privileges granted to "public corporation" as defined in that act.

History: Add. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 7, 1946; CL 1948, 141.137
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1814 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1814
Willful refusal to apply for insurance benefits or provide information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 814.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a responsible party willfully fails to provide relevant insurance coverage information to the department or the community mental health services program, or if a responsible party willfully fails to apply to have insurance benefits that cover the cost of services provided to the individual paid to the department or community mental health services program, the responsible party's ability to pay shall be determined to include the amount of insurance benefits that would be available. If the amount of insurance benefits is not known in a case described in this section, the responsible party's ability to pay shall be determined to be the full cost of services.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.457 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-158-of-1964 / Section 290.457
Records; examination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A licensee shall keep accurate accounts and records of all transactions as a wholesale potato dealer and shall retain them, subject to the examination of the director, for a period of 3 years after their respective events.

History: 1964, Act 158, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13714 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13714
Branch office in foreign country; applicable provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3714.

Notwithstanding section 1105 of the uniform commercial code, both of the following apply:

A bank which has 1 or more branch offices in a foreign country shall be liable for contracts to be performed and for deposits to be repaid at any branch office in that foreign country to no greater extent than a bank, banking corporation, or other organization or association for banking purposes organized and existing under the laws of the foreign country would be liable under its laws. The laws of the foreign country for the purpose of this section are considered to include all acts, decrees, regulations, and orders promulgated or enforced by a dominant authority asserting governmental, military, or police power of any kind at the place where the branch office is located, whether or not the dominant authority is recognized as a de facto or de jure government.

If by action of a dominant authority that is not recognized by the United States as the de jure government of the foreign territory concerned, any property situated in or any amount to be received in the foreign territory and carried as an asset of a branch office of the bank in the foreign territory is seized, destroyed, or canceled, the liability of the bank for any deposit received and to be repaid by it, and for any contract made and to be performed by it, at any branch office in the foreign territory shall be reduced pro tanto by the proportion that the value, as shown by the books or other records of the bank at the time of the seizure, destruction, or cancellation of the assets bears to the aggregate of all the deposit and contract liabilities of the branch offices of the bank in the foreign territory, as shown at the time by the books or other records of the bank.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 444.24 — MI Code / Chapter 444 / Act Act-220-of-1895 / Section 444.24
Warehouseman; notice to owner of property subject to legal process, delivery, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

Whenever any goods, wares, merchandise or other personal property shall be taken from the possession of any warehouseman, by writ of attachment or replevin, or other legal process, said warehouseman shall at once give written or printed notice thereof to the owner or person named in the warehouse receipt given for said property, or in case said warehouseman shall have received notice of any transfer of said property, and of the name and address of the transferee, he shall also give to said transferee like notice of said suit. Said notice may be delivered personally or sent by registered mail, postpaid. If such notice shall be given, as aforesaid, said warehouseman shall not in any way be liable on account of said suit to said owner or transferee of said property, or to the holder of any receipt or voucher given for the same, saving and reserving to such owner or holder the legal remedies for the recovery of the said goods, wares, merchandise and other personal property from any person unlawfully detaining the same, or for damages against any person unlawfully taking the same.

History: 1895, Act 220, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 5053; CL 1915, 6559; CL 1929, 9646; CL 1948, 444.24
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.904a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.904a
Operation of motor vehicle by unlicensed person as misdemeanor; penalty; second offense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 904a.

Any person, not exempt from license under this act, who operates a motor vehicle on the highways of this state and who is unable to show that he or she has been issued a license to operate a motor vehicle by any state or foreign country valid within the last 3 years before operating the vehicle, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $100.00, or both. Any person convicted of a second offense under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of $100.00, or both.

History: Add. 1965, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1985, Act 53, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1985; Am. 2020, Act 383, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 52.115 — MI Code / Chapter 52 / Act Act-345-of-1919 / Section 52.115
Coroners in counties over 250,000; clerks and assistants, appointment, compensation, terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The said coroners shall have the power to appoint 2 night clerks, 1 stenographer, 1 property clerk, 2 morgue attendants and 2 investigators, whose salaries shall be fixed by the board of supervisors of such county and said salaries shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries of other county employes. The terms of office of the foregoing employes shall in all cases expire at the expiration of the terms of office of the coroners so appointing.

History: 1919, Act 345, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 1368; CL 1948, 52.115
Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.208 — MI Code / Chapter 169 / Act Act-388-of-1976 / Section 169.208
Definitions; H, I.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

"House political party caucus committee" means an independent committee established by a political party caucus of the state house of representatives under section 24a.

"Immediate family" means any child residing in a candidate's household, the candidate's spouse, or any individual claimed by that candidate or that candidate's spouse as a dependent for federal income tax purposes.

"Independent committee" means a committee, other than a political party committee, that before contributing to a candidate committee of a candidate for elective office under section 52(2) or 69(2) files a statement of organization as an independent committee at least 6 months before an election for which it expects to accept contributions or make expenditures in support of or in opposition to a candidate for nomination to or election to an elective office; and receives contributions from at least 25 persons and makes expenditures not to exceed the limitations of section 52(1) in support of or in opposition to 3 or more candidates for nomination to or election to an elective office in the same calendar year.

History: 1976, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1976; Am. 1989, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1989; Am. 1994, Act 117, Eff. Apr. 1, 1995; Am. 1995, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 590, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1406 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1406
Meeting of shareholders; duties of chairperson.
Status: in_force

Sec. 406.

At each meeting of shareholders, a chairperson shall preside. The chairperson shall be appointed as provided in the bylaws or, in the absence of a provision in the bylaws, by the board of directors.

The chairperson, unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, shall determine the order of business and shall have the authority to establish rules for the conduct of the meeting. Any rules adopted for, and the conduct of, the meeting shall be fair to shareholders.

The chairperson of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls close for each matter voted upon. If no announcement is made, the polls shall close upon the final adjournment of the meeting. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies, or votes nor any revocations or changes to ballots, proxies, or votes may be accepted.

History: Add. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.607 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.607
Executive designation of successor to state officer not continued under act when member of governmental agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 507.

If under any law a state officer or state department official is designated as a member of a governmental agency and if such state officer or state departmental official is not continued under the provisions of this act, the governor by executive order may designate a state officer or state departmental official to succeed to the membership.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.903 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-236-of-2022 / Section 207.903
Attainable housing district; establishment by qualified local governmental unit; adoption of resolution; notice and opportunity for hearing; findings and determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) A qualified local governmental unit, by resolution of its legislative body, may establish 1 or more attainable housing districts within the qualified local governmental unit.

(2) The legislative body of a qualified local governmental unit may establish an attainable housing district on its own initiative or upon a written request filed by the owner or owners of property comprising at least 50% of all taxable value of the property located within a proposed district. The written request must be filed with the clerk of the qualified local governmental unit.

(3) Before adopting a resolution establishing a district, the legislative body shall give written notice by certified mail to the county in which the proposed district is to be located and the owners of all real property within the proposed district and shall afford an opportunity for a hearing on the establishment of the district at which any of those owners and any other resident or taxpayer of the qualified local governmental unit may appear and be heard. The legislative body shall give public notice of the hearing not less than 10 days or more than 30 days before the date of the hearing.

(4) The legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit, in its resolution establishing a district, shall set forth a finding and determination that there is a need for attainable housing within the district and shall provide a copy of the resolution by certified mail to the county in which the district is located.

History: 2022, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21792 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21792
Commission, bonus, fee, or gratuity; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21792.

An owner, administrator, employee, or representative of a nursing home shall not pay, or offer to pay, a commission, bonus, fee, or gratuity to a physician, surgeon, organization, agency, or other person for the referral of a patient to a nursing home.

A person shall not offer or give a commission, bonus, fee, or gratuity to an owner, administrator, employee, or representative of a nursing home in return for the purchase of a drug, biological, or any other ancillary services provided for a patient of a nursing home.

An owner, administrator, employee, or representative of a nursing home shall not accept a commission, bonus, fee, or gratuity in return for the purchase of a drug, biological, or any other ancillary services provided for a patient of a nursing home.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years, or a fine of not more than $30,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 1978, Act 493, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.8 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.8
Deeds; execution; witnesses; acknowledgment; endorsement; validity and legality of certain acknowledgments and recordations of deeds; recorded deed lacking 1 or more witnesses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Deeds executed within this state of lands, or any interest in lands, shall be acknowledged before any judge, clerk of a court of record, or notary public within this state. The officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse on the deed a certificate of the acknowledgment, and the true date of taking the acknowledgment, under his or her hand. Any deed that was acknowledged before any county clerk or clerk of any circuit court, before September 18, 1903, and the acknowledgment of the deed, and, if recorded, the record of the deed, shall be as valid for all purposes so far as the acknowledgment and record are concerned, as if the deed had been acknowledged before any other officer named in this section, and the legality of the acknowledgment and record shall not be questioned in any court or place. If a deed has been recorded that lacks 1 or more witnesses and the deed has been of record for a period of 10 years or more, and is otherwise eligible to record, the record of the deed shall be effectual for all purposes of a legal record and the record of the deed or a transcript of the record may be given in evidence in all cases and the deed shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been duly executed in compliance with this section.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2727; CL 1871, 4210; How. 5658; CL 1897, 8962; Am. 1903, Act 117, Eff. Sept. 15, 1903; Am. 1905, Act 103, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1905; CL 1915, 11694; CL 1929, 13284; Am. 1937, Act 162, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1937; CL 1948, 565.8; Am. 1980, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981; Am. 2002, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 17.74 — MI Code / Chapter 17 / Act Act-98-of-1929 / Section 17.74
Contract with municipality for sewage disposal, without amendment to charter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Any municipality in or near which a state institution may be located shall have authority to contract with the said institution by and through the governing body of that institution or the state administrative board for the disposal of sewage from such institution in a sewage disposal plant owned and operated by the city or to enter into a contract with the governing body of that institution or the state administrative board for the joint construction and operation of a sewage disposal plant, the governing body of such municipality shall have authority to enter into such contract without an amendment to its charter.

History: 1929, Act 98, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 444; CL 1948, 17.74
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.143 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-31-of-1970 / Section 252.143
Assistance independent of condemnation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Relocation and financial assistance allowed under this act are independent of and in addition to compensation for land, buildings or property rights and shall not be the subject of consideration in condemnation proceedings.

History: 1970, Act 31, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.19 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-232-of-1863 / Section 486.19
Disposition of funds at annual meeting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

At the annual meeting of the members of said association, held for the election of officers, pursuant to the by-laws thereof, the members representing the majority of interest in such water-power may by vote make disposition of all the funds shown by the report of the treasurer of the board of directors, to be made to said meeting, to be in his hands, and such funds shall be paid out as so voted by said treasurer upon the certificate of the president of said board.

History: 1863, Act 232, Eff. June 22, 1863; Am. 1871, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1871; CL 1871, 2763; How. 3892; CL 1897, 6785; CL 1915, 8885; CL 1929, 11820; CL 1948, 486.19
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.1 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-215-of-1937 / Section 128.1
Perpetual care and maintenance of cemetery or burial lot; resolution or ordinance; payment; investment in mutual funds; petition to transfer money to municipality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) The legislative body of a municipality owning or controlling a cemetery or burial grounds may by resolution or ordinance provide for the perpetual care and maintenance of the cemetery or a burial lot upon the payment by the owner of the lot or another person of the agreed upon sum, and in consideration for which the municipality may bind itself to perpetually care for and maintain the lot.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), money deposited in a perpetual care and maintenance fund for a cemetery owned or controlled by a municipality may be invested in mutual funds consisting of fixed income securities, equity securities, or both, if both of the following requirements are met:

(a) The equity position of the perpetual care and maintenance fund does not exceed 60% of the perpetual care and maintenance fund balance and the equity position does not contain more than 40% in any given asset category.

(b) Each mutual fund is rated in the top 2 of 5 or more tiers by Morningstar, Inc. or another nationally recognized mutual fund rating agency at the time of purchase.

(3) Subsection (2) does not prohibit any other investments that may be authorized by law.

(4) A testamentary trustee appointed by a probate court of a trust fund, the income from which is to be used to maintain a cemetery or burial lot, may, upon petition to the probate court that authorized the trustee's appointment, be authorized and directed by the court to transfer the money in the trustee's possession in the corpus of the trust to a municipality under an ordinance or resolution adopted under subsection (1). Upon receipt of the money filed with the probate court the testamentary trustee may be discharged from the trust.

History: 1937, Act 215, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1937; CL 1948, 128.1; Am. 1980, Act 366, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1980; Am. 2016, Act 13, Eff. May 16, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 121.25 — MI Code / Chapter 121 / Act Act-4-of-1957 / Section 121.25
Authority; contracts for water to nonconstituent municipalities, duration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

The authority and any municipality which is not a part thereof, may enter into a contract for the furnishing of water service from any water supply and transmission system owned or operated by the authority. The contract shall provide for reasonable charges or rates for the service furnished, which shall be not less than the rates charged to municipalities of the same classification which are a part of the authority. Any income derived from such contracts shall be applied and used by the authority in the same manner as provided in section 9 of this act. No such contract shall be for a period exceeding 40 years.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.12d — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-21-of-1939 / Section 493.12d
Action to enjoin licensee from advertising; circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12d.

A person may bring an action in the circuit court of the county in which an office of a licensee is located, or in the circuit court for Ingham county, to enjoin a licensee from advertising in violation of section 12a.

History: Add. 1978, Act 528, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979; Am. 2001, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 90.1 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 90.1
Violations; commencement of action; time limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

An action for a violation of an ordinance of a city incorporated under this act shall be commenced within 2 years after the commission of the violation.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3089; CL 1915, 3005; CL 1929, 1929; CL 1948, 90.1; Am. 1994, Act 19, Eff. May 1, 1994