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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4717 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4717
Issuance of SPFC securities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4717.

(1) An SPFC may issue securities, including SPFC securities and preferred securities, surplus notes, and other forms of financial instruments, subject to and in accordance with applicable law, the SPFC's approved plan of operation, and its organizational documents.

(2) An SPFC, its parent or an affiliated company, its counterparty, or a captive LLC may issue SPFC securities and any other securities necessary to implement the insurance securitization.

(3) Preferred securities may be issued by the SPFC to the issuer of the SPFC securities in connection with the insurance securitization in order to facilitate distributions to service SPFC securities and these preferred securities shall identify the associated protected cell. The SPFC may lawfully account for preferred securities as surplus and not as debt for purposes of statutory accounting.

(4) An SPFC, in connection with the issuance of securities, may enter into and perform all of its obligations under any required contracts to facilitate the issuance of these securities.

(5) Subject to the commissioner's approval, the issuer of the SPFC securities or, if the issuer is a captive LLC, the party controlling the captive LLC, may lawfully account for the SPFC securities as surplus and not as debt for purposes of statutory accounting and submit for the commissioner's prior approval periodic written requests for payments of interest on and repayments of principal of surplus notes.

(6) Surplus notes issued pursuant to this section constitute surplus or contribution notes of the type described in section 8142(1)(h).

(7) The commissioner, without otherwise prejudicing the commissioner's authority, may approve formulas for an ongoing plan of interest payments, principal repayments, or both interest payments and principal repayments, to provide guidance in connection with his or her ongoing reviews of requests to approve the payments on and principal repayments of the surplus notes.

(8) The obligation to repay principal or interest, or both, on the SPFC securities shall reflect, in whole or in part, the risk associated with the obligations of the SPFC to the counterparty under the SPFC contract, either directly or by being secured by assets, including the preferred securities, obtained with the proceeds of the sale of the SPFC securities.

History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43705 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43705
Joint legislative work group; establishment; purpose; composition; membership; appointment; service; vacancy; first meeting; quorum; compensation; assistance and staff support; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43705.

A joint legislative work group on game and fish program revenue is established.

The work group shall consist of representatives of the house and senate standing committees with primary responsibility for natural resources issues and the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on natural resources. Members shall be appointed on a bipartisan basis by the speaker of the house of representatives and the senate majority leader. The work group shall also include representatives of the natural resources commission and other interested parties.

The members first appointed to the work group shall be appointed within 30 days after the effective date of the 2004 amendatory act that amended this section.

Each member of the work group shall serve at the pleasure of the speaker of the house of representatives or the senate majority leader, whichever appointed the member.

If a vacancy occurs on the work group, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.

The first meeting of the work group shall be called by the senate majority leader. At the first meeting, the work group shall elect from among its members a chairperson and other officers as it considers necessary or appropriate. After the first meeting, the work group shall meet at least quarterly, or more frequently at the call of the chairperson or if requested by 2 or more members.

A majority of the members of the work group constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the work group. A majority of the members present and serving are required for official action of the work group.

Members of the work group shall serve without compensation. However, members of the work group may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the work group.

Assistance and staff support to the work group may be provided by the house and senate fiscal agencies.

By December 31, 2004, and annually thereafter, the work group shall issue to the members of the legislature a report on game and fish program revenue. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, tax credit issues and alternative funding options to establish stable sources of long-term financial support for game and fish protection programs.

History: Add. 2001, Act 50, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2001; Am. 2004, Act 311, Imd. Eff. Aug. 27, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31527 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31527
Entering private or public property; time; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31527.

The department may enter in or upon any private or public property anytime where the public safety may be in danger and at all reasonable times, after attempting to contact the owner before entering the site and having shown proper identification, for the purpose of inspecting or investigating conditions relating to the construction, operation, or safety of a dam and for the purpose of determining compliance with the terms, conditions, and requirements of permits, orders, or notices of approval issued under this part and rules promulgated under this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1475 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-240-of-2020 / Section 691.1475
Health care provider or health care facility; immunity for health care services in response to COVID-19 pandemic.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A health care provider or health care facility that provides health care services in support of this state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is not liable for an injury, including death, sustained by an individual by reason of those services, regardless of how, under what circumstances, or by what cause those injuries are sustained, unless it is established that the provision of the services constituted willful misconduct, gross negligence, intentional and willful criminal misconduct, or intentional infliction of harm by the health care provider or health care facility.

History: 2020, Act 240, Imd. Eff. Oct. 22, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13832 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13832
Part subject to MCL 324.1401 to 324.1429.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13832.

This part is subject to part 14 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.1401 to 324.1429.

History: Add. 2012, Act 556, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.507 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-78-of-1935 / Section 38.507
Appointments and promotions; competitive examinations; provisions applicable to appointment, reinstatement, promotion, or discharge; applicability of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Appointments to and promotions in all paid fire or police departments, or both of cities, villages, and municipalities shall be made only according to qualifications and fitness to be ascertained by competitive examinations, and no person shall be appointed, reinstated, promoted, or discharged as a full-time paid member of a department, regardless of rank or position, in any fire or police department of any city, village, or municipality in this state except as provided in this act. This section applies only to full-time paid members as defined in section 17.

History: 1935, Act 78, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1935; Am. 1945, Act 287, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1945; CL 1948, 38.507; Am. 1951, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1986, Act 155, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.748 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.748
Contested election; petition to determine qualifications of electors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 748.

After issue joined in any case of contested election, either party to the cause may present a petition to the court before which the said cause is to be tried, setting forth among other things that the petitioner has good reason to believe and does believe that 1 or more voters at the election out of which the cause has arisen, naming him or them, and stating his or their place of residence, were unqualified to vote at such election; that he believes the same can be established by competent testimony; that the ballot or ballots of such voter or voters were received after being challenged, as provided by law; and praying that the court may try and determine the question of the qualification of such voter or voters at said election, which petition shall be verified by the oath of the petitioner or some other person acquainted with the facts, and thereupon the court shall direct an issue to be framed, within a time to be fixed therefor, for the purpose of determining the question of the qualifications of the voter or voters named in said petition to vote at said election; and such issue shall stand for trial as in other cases, and the verdict of the jury or judgment of the court upon such issue so made shall be received, upon the trial of the principal issue in said cause, as conclusive evidence to establish or to disprove the said qualifications of said voter or voters.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.601 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-72-of-1977 / Section 400.601
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as "the medicaid false claim act".

History: 1977, Act 72, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.841 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-210-of-2005 / Section 207.841
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "commercial rehabilitation act".

History: 2005, Act 210, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.230 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.230
Special identifying number after alteration or defacement of serial number; record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 230.

The owner of a vehicle, the engine, serial or vehicle number of which has been altered, removed or defaced, may make application accompanied by the required fee in such form as may be prescribed by the secretary of state for a special identifying number. He shall furnish such information as will satisfy the secretary of state that he is the owner, whereupon the secretary of state shall assign a special number for the vehicle, preceded by a symbol indicating this state. A record of special numbers so assigned shall be maintained by the secretary of state.

The owner shall cause said number to be stamped upon the engine or otherwise as directed by the secretary of state, and upon receipt by the secretary of state of a certificate by a peace officer that he has inspected and found said number affixed upon the motor vehicle as directed in a workmanlike manner, together with application for a certificate of title such special number shall be regarded as the identifying number of said vehicle.

This section is not intended to prohibit the restoration by the owner of the identifying number of the vehicle for which the certificate of title has been issued by this state, nor to prevent any manufacturer or importer, or agents, thereof, other than a dealer, from placing or stamping in the ordinary course of business, numbers on vehicles or parts thereof removed or changed and replacing the numbered parts.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.351 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-125-of-1963 / Section 550.351
Nonprofit dental care corporation; formation; purpose; types of dental care plans; services in other states; corporation subject to nonprofit corporation act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Three or more residents of this state may form a nonprofit corporation under the provisions of this act for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating nonprofit dental care plans by which professional licensed dental services are provided at the expense of the corporation to persons who become subscribers to the plans.

The dental care plans may be a fee for service plan, administrative service contract, cost-plus arrangement, or a capitation plan.

The corporation may establish, maintain, and operate dental care plans to furnish, deliver, indemnify, or finance professional dental services in other states, directly or through affiliate corporations.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, a corporation formed under this act is subject to the nonprofit corporation act, Act No. 162 of the Public Acts of 1982, being sections 450.2101 to 450.3192 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1963, Act 125, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1990, Act 129, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.959 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-92-of-1993 / Section 565.959
Additional disclosures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A city, township, or county may require disclosures in addition to those disclosures required by section 7, and may require disclosures on a different disclosure form in connection with transactions subject to this act.

History: 1993, Act 92, Eff. Jan. 10, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.743 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-162-of-1962 / Section 211.743
Notice of hearings; mailing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

On and after 30 days following the effective date of this act, any officer whose duty it is to give notice of hearings in special assessment proceedings may rely upon the last local tax assessment records in giving notice of hearing by mail. The method of giving notice by mail as provided in this act is declared to be the method that is reasonably certain to inform those to be assessed of the special assessment proceedings.

History: 1962, Act 162, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1962
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.182 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-189-of-1953 / Section 211.182
Assessment and collection; delinquent taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) Taxes levied under this act shall be assessed to the lessees or users of real property and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as taxes collected under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157.

(2) Taxes levied under this act shall not become a lien against the property.

(3) When due, taxes levied under this act shall constitute a debt due from the lessee or user to the township, city, village, county, and school district for which the taxes were assessed.

(4) Delinquent taxes levied under this act shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as taxes levied on personal property are collected under sections 46 and 47(2) of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.46 and 211.47.

History: 1953, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 10, 1953; Am. 2004, Act 573, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 104A.1 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 104A.1
Special assessment for local public improvement or repair; resolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The council may determine that the whole or part of the expense of a local public improvement or repair shall be defrayed by special assessments upon the property specially benefited and so declare by resolution.

History: Add. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1227 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1227
Host community agreement; refusal to enter; community benefits agreement; enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 227.

(1) The applicant for a certificate shall enter into a host community agreement with each affected local unit. The host community agreement shall require that, upon commencement of any operation, the energy facility owner must pay the affected local unit $2,000.00 per megawatt of nameplate capacity located within the affected local unit. The payment shall be used as determined by the affected local unit for police, fire, public safety, or other infrastructure, or for other projects as agreed to by the local unit and the applicant.

(2) If an affected local unit refuses to enter into a host community agreement after good-faith negotiations with the applicant, the applicant may enter into a community benefits agreement with 1 or more community-based organizations within, or that serve residents of, the affected local unit. The amount paid by the applicant under this subsection must be equal to, or greater than, what the applicant would pay to the affected local unit under subsection (1). Community benefits agreements shall prioritize benefits to the community in which the energy facility is to be located. The topics and specific terms of the agreements may vary and may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

(a) Workforce development, job quality, and job access provisions that include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

( i ) Terms of employment, such as wages and benefits, employment status, workplace health and safety, scheduling, and career advancement opportunities.

( ii ) Worker recruitment, screening, and hiring strategies and practices, targeted hiring planning and execution, investment in workforce training and education, and worker input and representation in decision making affecting employment and training.

(b) Funding for or providing specific environmental benefits.

(c) Funding for or providing specific community improvements or amenities, such as park and playground equipment, urban greening, enhanced safety crossings, paving roads, and bike paths.

(d) Annual contributions to a nonprofit or community-based organization that awards grants.

(3) A host community agreement or community benefits agreement is legally binding and inures to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns. The commission shall enforce this requirement, but not the actual agreements, which are enforceable in a court of competent jurisdiction.

History: Add. 2023, Act 233, Eff. Nov. 29, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.24 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 764.24
Arrest; escape or rescue; means of recapture.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

To retake the person escaping or rescued, the person pursuing may use the same means to retake as are authorized for an arrest.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17158; CL 1948, 764.24
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11519c — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11519c
Groundwater contamination in unlined coal ash impound; owner or operator duties; "unlined coal ash impoundment" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11519c.

(1) If assessment monitoring of an unlined coal ash impoundment confirms the presence of groundwater contamination in excess of maximum contaminant levels in effect as provided in section 6 of the safe drinking water act, 1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1006, or a groundwater protection standard established under 40 CFR 257.95(h), the owner or operator of the coal ash impoundment shall do all of the following:

(a) Notify the department of the confirmation within 14 days.

(b) Cease acceptance of coal ash at the impoundment within 180 days after the confirmation.

(c) Begin to implement closure as described in R 299.4309(7) of the part 115 rules not more than 180 days after such confirmation and diligently pursue the closure. The closure shall be completed in compliance with 40 CFR 257.102(c), with 40 CFR 257.102(f)(1) and (2), or with 40 CFR 257.103.

(d) Prepare a response action plan in compliance with R 299.4442 of the part 115 rules and submit the response action plan to the department for review and approval. Upon receipt of department approval, the owner or operator shall implement and diligently pursue the response action plan and shall comply with R 299.4443 to 299.4445 of the part 115 rules.

(2) For purposes of this section, "unlined coal ash impoundment" means a coal ash impoundment without a liner as described in 40 CFR 257.70(b) or another construction or system in place that is determined by the department to be as protective as a liner as described in 40 CFR 257.70(b).

History: Add. 2018, Act 640, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1508 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-389-of-1978 / Section 400.1508
Awarding grant or contract; preference; consideration of needs; equitable funding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

In awarding a grant or contract under this act, the department and board shall give preference to a prime sponsor which establishes domestic violence emergency shelter services utilizing voluntary personnel or available community resources.

In awarding a grant or contract under this act, the department and board shall consider the needs of the people residing throughout the state and shall provide for the equitable, statewide funding of programs for the prevention of domestic violence and the treatment of victims of domestic violence.

History: 1978, Act 389, Eff. Oct. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.718 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-267-of-2001 / Section 288.718
Butter; chlorinating facilities; contamination prevention; containers or packaging materials.
Status: in_force

Sec. 158.

The department may require a plant to provide chlorinating facilities for butter wash water.

A person who owns or operates a plant shall take all necessary precautions to prevent contamination of products.

In the packaging of butter and related products, a plant shall use commercially acceptable containers or packaging material that will protect the quality of the contents in a manner acceptable to the department. All cups or tubs containing 2 pounds or less shall have tops or covers that extend over the lip of the container to protect the product from contamination during subsequent handling.

History: 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002