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Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.12 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-173-of-1891 / Section 457.12
Articles of association; execution, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any 10 or more residents of this state, being of English birth, or their descendants as aforesaid, desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this state having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:

First, The names of citizens associating, and their place of residence;

Second, The location of the association of which they are members;

Third, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law: Provided, That each association incorporated under this act shall be known as "Order Sons of St. George" of the name of the city or township where such association is located, and if more than 1 [such] association is located in the same city or township, the same shall be designated by number;

Fourth, The object and purpose of such association, which shall be to provide for the relief of distressed members and their families, provided such distress is not occasioned by drunkenness or crime, the visitation of the sick, the burial of the dead, and to aid and assist the widows and orphans of deceased members, and in the discretion of the lodge to relieve and advise distressed immigrants and others from that part of Great Britain south of the Tweed, and the isles adjacent thereto, and their sons and grandsons. The period for which such association shall be incorporated shall not exceed 30 years.

History: 1891, Act 173, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1891; CL 1897, 7796; CL 1915, 10232; CL 1929, 10529; CL 1948, 457.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1988 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1988
Fee; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1988.

A court or court funding unit shall not charge a fee to retrieve and inspect a document on site, including a document that was filed electronically, but may charge a fee to copy a document.

History: Add. 2015, Act 235, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.252 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-169-of-1965 / Section 450.252
Acceptance of certain certificates and amendments by department of licensing and regulatory affairs; issuance of certificate of withdrawal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall not accept any of the following for filing unless it is accompanied by an order of a circuit court dissolving the corporation or entity, the written consent of the attorney general under section 2a to the dissolution of the corporation or entity, or an affidavit described in section 2a:

(a) A certificate of dissolution of a corporation or other entity described in section 1(1).

(b) A certificate of merger of a corporation or other entity described in section 1(1).

(c) An amendment to the articles of incorporation, restated articles of incorporation, or a certificate of conversion to become or that converts a corporation or other entity described in section 1(1) to a corporation governed by the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1101 to 450.2098, or another domestic or foreign business entity.

(d) Any amendment to the articles of incorporation of a corporation described in section 1(1) that changes its term of existence to a specific date.

(2) The department of licensing and regulatory affairs shall not issue a certificate of withdrawal from this state of a foreign corporation or entity whose nature and purposes are similar to those domestic corporations or entities described in section 1(1), unless the request for a certificate of withdrawal is accompanied by the written consent of the attorney general under section 2a or an affidavit described in section 2a.

History: 1965, Act 169, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965; Am. 2014, Act 558, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5304 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5304
Assistance; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5304.

Subject to sections 5309 and 5310, assistance provided to municipalities to construct sewage treatment works projects, stormwater projects, and nonpoint source projects shall be in accordance with all of the following:

Assistance for approved sewage treatment works projects and stormwater treatment projects shall be provided for projects in the fundable range of the priority list developed pursuant to 5303, and to other projects that may become fundable pursuant to section 5310.

Assistance for approved qualified nonpoint source projects shall be provided for projects in the fundable range of the priority list developed pursuant to section 5303. The director shall annually allocate at least 2% of the available funds to the extent needed to provide assistance to projects on the nonpoint source priority list. If these funds are not awarded, the allocation shall revert to provide assistance to projects on the sewage treatment works priority list.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2002, Act 397, Eff. Nov. 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.3103 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.3103
Definitions; C to F.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1103.

(1) "Consumer" means a natural person who acquires, or commits to acquire in the future from the cooperative primarily for consumption, use, or occupancy by the person or the person's family, any of the goods, services, or facilities furnished by the cooperative.

(2) "Consumer cooperative" means a cooperative the majority of the votes of which are held by consumers, or, in the case of a cooperative which provides residential dwelling units, the majority of the votes of which are held by consumers and the majority of members of which do not have the right of possession or occupancy of dwelling units they do not occupy.

(3) "Cooperative" means a corporation organized on a cooperative basis or similar basis that is provided in law as a criterion for being a cooperative.

(4) "Cooperative basis" means:

(a) That, subject to section 1133, each member has 1 vote, except as provided in this chapter.

(b) That the dividends, if any, paid on member capital do not exceed 8% per year.

(c) That the net savings are distributed as provided in section 1135.

(d) That business is engaged in for the mutual benefit of its members.

(5) "Electronic transmission" or "electronically transmitted" means any form of communication that meets all of the following:

(a) It does not directly involve the physical transmission of paper.

(b) It creates a record that may be retained and retrieved by the recipient.

(c) It may be directly reproduced in paper form by the recipient through an automated process.

(6) "Foreign cooperative" means a corporation organized under laws other than the laws of this state operating on a cooperative basis or a similar basis that is provided in those other laws as a criterion for being a cooperative.

History: Add. 1984, Act 209, Eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Am. 2008, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.23c — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 710.23c
Placement of child by court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23c.

A court that acquires legal and physical custody of a child pursuant to chapter XIIA may formally place a child for adoption under section 51 of this chapter.

History: Add. 1994, Act 222, Eff. Jan. 1, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.67 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.67
Distributions of accumulated balance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

A qualified participant is eligible to receive distribution of his or her accumulated balance in Tier 2 upon becoming a former qualified participant.

Upon the death of a qualified participant or former qualified participant, the accumulated balance of that deceased participant is considered to belong to the refund beneficiary, if any, of that deceased participant. If a valid nomination of refund beneficiary is not on file with the state treasurer, the state treasurer, in a lump sum distribution, shall distribute the accumulated balance to the legal representative, if any, of the deceased participant or, if there is no legal representative, to the deceased participant's estate.

A former qualified participant or refund beneficiary may elect 1 or a combination of several of the following methods of distribution of the accumulated balance:

A lump sum distribution to the recipient.

A lump sum direct rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent allowed by federal law.

Periodic distributions, as authorized by the state treasurer.

No current distribution, in which case the accumulated balance shall remain in Tier 2 until the former qualified participant or refund beneficiary elects a method or methods of distribution under subdivisions (a) to (c), to the extent allowed by federal law.

History: Add. 1996, Act 487, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3425 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3425
Health insurance policy; coverage for intermediate and outpatient care for substance use disorder required; charges, terms, and conditions; reduction of coverage; deductibles and copayment provisions; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3425.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an insurer that delivers, issues for delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy shall provide coverage for intermediate and outpatient care for substance use disorder. This section does not apply to limited classification policies.

(2) Charges, terms, and conditions for the coverage required to be provided under subsection (1) must not be less favorable than the maximum prescribed for any other comparable service.

(3) The insurer shall not reduce the coverage required to be provided under subsection (1) by terms or conditions that apply to other items of coverage in a health insurance policy, group or individual. This subsection does not prohibit an insurer from providing in a health insurance policy deductibles and copayment provisions for coverage for intermediate and outpatient care for substance use disorder.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Intermediate care" means the use, in a full 24-hour residential therapy setting, or in a partial, less than 24-hour, residential therapy setting, of any or all of the following therapeutic techniques, as identified in a treatment plan for individuals physiologically or psychologically dependent on or abusing alcohol or drugs:

( i ) Chemotherapy.

( ii ) Counseling.

( iii ) Detoxification services.

( iv ) Other ancillary services, such as medical testing, diagnostic evaluation, and referral to other services identified in the treatment plan.

(b) "Limited classification policy" means an accident only policy, a limited accident policy, a travel accident policy, or a specified disease policy.

(c) "Outpatient care" means the use, on both a scheduled and a nonscheduled basis, of any or all of the following therapeutic techniques, as identified in a treatment plan for individuals physiologically or psychologically dependent on or abusing alcohol or drugs:

( i ) Chemotherapy.

( ii ) Counseling.

( iii ) Detoxification services.

( iv ) Other ancillary services, such as medical testing, diagnostic evaluation, and referral to other services identified in the treatment plan.

(d) "Substance use disorder" means that term as defined in section 100d of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100d.

History: Add. 1980, Act 429, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.23 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 764.23
Escape from custody or from state correctional facility; pursuit and retaking or arrest without warrant; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

If a person who has been lawfully arrested escapes or is rescued, the person from whose custody he or she escaped or was rescued may immediately pursue and retake him or her at any time and in any place within the state without a warrant.

If a prisoner escapes from a state correctional facility, or willfully fails to remain within the extended limits of his or her confinement as prescribed in section 65a of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.265a, the prisoner may be pursued and arrested, without a warrant, by a person who is either of the following:

An employee of the department of corrections who is designated by the director of the department of corrections as having the authority to pursue and arrest escaped prisoners.

An employee of a private vendor that operates a youth correctional facility under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.20g, if that employee meets the same criteria established by the director of the department of corrections for departmental employees described in subdivision (a).

As used in this section, "state correctional facility" means any facility that houses prisoners committed to the jurisdiction of the department of corrections, including a prison, reformatory, camp, community corrections center, halfway house, resident home, or a youth correctional facility operated by the department of corrections or a private vendor under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.232.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17157; CL 1948, 764.23; Am. 1988, Act 137, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1988; Am. 1998, Act 511, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2813 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2813
State registrar; appointment; duties; inclusion of social security number; disclosure prohibited; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2813.

The director shall appoint, subject to civil service rules, a state registrar to administer the system of vital statistics.

The state registrar shall:

Administer and control the only system of vital statistics for this state, as authorized in this part and the rules promulgated pursuant to this part.

Be the custodian of the system of vital statistics.

Exercise superintending control over local registrars and administer and control the activities of local officials and all other persons as to the operation of the system of vital statistics. The state registrar shall require each local registrar to require, as required to comply with federal law, the entry of the social security number of each applicant on an application for his or her marriage license and of the deceased on his or her death certificate. The directive under this subdivision for the inclusion of a social security number on an application shall not be required of an applicant who is exempt under federal law from obtaining a social security number or who is exempt under federal or state law from including his or her social security number on such an application. The state registrar shall not require a marriage license applicant's social security number to be displayed on the marriage license.

Issue instructions for the administration of the system of vital statistics and conduct training programs to promote uniformity of policy and procedures throughout the state in matters pertaining to the system of vital statistics.

Prescribe, furnish, and distribute forms for vital records and vital statistics or prescribe other means of transmitting vital records and vital statistics information as required by this part and the rules promulgated pursuant to this part.

Prepare and publish reports of vital statistics.

A person shall not disclose, in a manner not authorized by law or rule, a social security number collected as required by this section. A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both. A second or subsequent violation of this subsection is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1998, Act 332, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.402 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-261-of-1966 / Section 46.402
Number of county commissioners based on county population.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

County Population Number of Commissioners Under 5,001 Not more than 7 5,001 to 10,000 Not more than 10 10,001 to 50,000 Not more than 15 Over 50,000 Not more than 21

County Population

Number of Commissioners

Under 5,001

Not more than 7

5,001 to 10,000

Not more than 10

10,001 to 50,000

Not more than 15

Over 50,000

Not more than 21

History: 1966, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1969, Act 137, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970; Am. 2004, Act 369, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 2004; Am. 2011, Act 280, Eff. Mar. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1668e — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-173-of-1987 / Section 445.1668e
Violation of order; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18e.

A control person who is subject to an order issued under section 18a and who meets all of the following requirements is not in violation of the order:

The control person shall not in any manner, directly or indirectly, participate in the control of a licensee or registrant after the date the order is issued.

The control person shall within 6 months after the date the order is final transfer any interest the control person owns in a licensee or registrant to an unrelated third party.

History: Add. 2002, Act 391, Imd. Eff. May 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.954 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-77-of-1960 / Section 390.954
Higher education assistance authority; vacancies, appointment, removal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The governor shall fill any vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term by the appointment of a person with the same status as the predecessor of the appointee. The governor may remove any appointee for misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office, after hearing.

History: 1960, Act 77, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1141 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1141
Corporate action without notice or lapse of prescribed time period.
Status: in_force

Sec. 141.

When, under this act or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a corporation or by the terms of an agreement or instrument, a corporation or the board or any committee of the board may take action after notice to any person or after lapse of a prescribed period of time, the action may be taken without notice and without lapse of the period of time, if at any time before or after the action is completed the person entitled to notice or to participate in the action to be taken or, in case of a shareholder, his or her attorney-in-fact, submits a signed waiver or a waiver by electronic transmission of the requirements.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 2001, Act 57, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.44518 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.44518
Affixing inspection decal, plate, or tab to motorized livery boat; expiration; fees; information; amount, disposition, and use of fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44518.

(1) The sheriff of the county where a boat livery is located or a deputy sheriff shall affix or cause to be affixed an inspection decal, plate, or tab to each motorized livery boat that passes the inspection under section 44516.

(2) An inspection decal, plate, or tab under subsection (1) expires on May 31 of the year following the year in which the inspection decal, plate, or tab is issued. The inspection decal, plate, or tab shall bear all of the following information:

(a) The maximum number of persons permitted to be carried aboard the motorized livery boat.

(b) The maximum horsepower of a motor permitted to be used on the motorized livery boat.

(c) Any other information that the department may reasonably require.

(3) A boat livery owner shall pay to the sheriff or deputy sheriff a fee of $2.00 for each decal, plate, or tab affixed under subsection (1) to a motorized livery boat other than a navigable waters livery boat. Fees collected under this subsection shall be forwarded as follows:

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), to the treasurer of the county in which the fee is collected to be credited for the purpose of reimbursing the sheriff's department for expenses incurred under this part.

(b) If, pursuant to section 44516(7), a conservation officer performs the inspection, to the department of treasury to be credited to the marine safety subaccount of the waterways account.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006; Am. 2012, Act 249, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012; Am. 2012, Act 294, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3711 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3711
Small employer carrier; guaranteed renewal; exceptions; modification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3711.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a small employer carrier that offers health coverage in the small employer group market in connection with a health benefit plan shall renew or continue in force the plan at the option of the small employer.

(2) Guaranteed renewal under subsection (1) is not required in any of the following circumstances:

(a) There is fraud or intentional misrepresentation by the small employer.

(b) For coverage of an insured individual, there is fraud or misrepresentation by the insured individual or the individual's representative.

(c) Lack of payment.

(d) Noncompliance with minimum contribution requirements.

(e) Noncompliance with minimum participation requirements.

(f) The small employer carrier no longer offers that particular type of coverage in the market.

(g) The small employer moves outside the geographic area.

(3) A small employer carrier that offers health coverage in the small employer group market may modify a health benefit plan if the modification is consistent with state law and effective on a uniform basis among all small employers with coverage under the health benefit plan.

History: Add. 2003, Act 88, Eff. Jan. 23, 2004; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.219 — MI Code / Chapter 557 / Act Act-317-of-1947 / Section 557.219
Effective date of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The effective date of this act shall be July 1, 1947.

History: 1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947; CL 1948, 557.219
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1291 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.1291
Obstruction of person enforcing health law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1291.

A person shall not wilfully oppose or obstruct a department representative, health officer, or any other person charged with enforcement of a health law in the performance of that person's legal duty to enforce that law.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.529 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-5-of-1956 / Section 730.529
Judgments; signing by judges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

Judgments rendered in any such municipal court shall be signed by the judge by or before whom such cause was tried.

History: 1956, Act 5, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.364 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-85-of-1905 / Section 457.364
Powers of corporation; property, holding, disposition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Every corporation organized under the provisions of this act may take, receive, purchase and hold in its corporate capacity and for its corporate purposes, real and personal property, and the same or any part thereof demise, sell, convey, lease, use and dispose of at pleasure; and may erect and own, enlarge, alter and repair suitable building or buildings and may purchase, lease, own and maintain furnishings and fixtures therein to be used in whole or in part for meetings of Pythian bodies and may lease said building or buildings for business purposes in whole or in part and may borrow money therefor and for that purpose may issue its bonds and mortgage its property to secure the payment of such bonds.

History: 1905, Act 85, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1905; CL 1915, 10474; CL 1929, 10677; CL 1948, 457.364