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Mich. Comp. Laws § 774.2b — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 774.2b
File for criminal case; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2b.

Each municipal court shall have a file for each criminal case. The file shall be in a suitable envelope, jacket, or folder, and shall contain the complaint, the warrant if returned, and any other papers filed in the case.

History: Add. 1957, Act 274, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2103 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2103
Article 2; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2103.

(1) In this article unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Buyer" means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods.

(b) "Receipt" of goods means taking physical possession of them.

(c) "Seller" means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods.

(2) Other definitions applying to this article or to specified parts thereof, and the sections in which they appear are:

"Acceptance". Section 2606. "Banker's credit". Section 2325. "Between merchants". Section 2104. "Cancellation". Section 2106(4). "Commercial unit". Section 2105. "Confirmed credit". Section 2325. "Conforming to contract". Section 2106. "Contract for sale". Section 2106. "Cover". Section 2712. "Entrusting". Section 2403. "Financing agency". Section 2104. "Future goods". Section 2105. "Goods". Section 2105. "Identification". Section 2501. "Installment contract". Section 2612. "Letter of credit". Section 2325. "Lot". Section 2105. "Merchant". Section 2104. "Overseas". Section 2323. "Person in position of seller". Section 2707. "Present sale". Section 2106. "Sale". Section 2106. "Sale on approval". Section 2326. "Sale or return". Section 2326. "Termination". Section 2106.

"Acceptance".

Section 2606.

"Banker's credit".

Section 2325.

"Between merchants".

Section 2104.

"Cancellation".

Section 2106(4).

"Commercial unit".

Section 2105.

"Confirmed credit".

Section 2325.

"Conforming to contract".

Section 2106.

"Contract for sale".

Section 2106.

"Cover".

Section 2712.

"Entrusting".

Section 2403.

"Financing agency".

Section 2104.

"Future goods".

Section 2105.

"Goods".

Section 2105.

"Identification".

Section 2501.

"Installment contract".

Section 2612.

"Letter of credit".

Section 2325.

"Lot".

Section 2105.

"Merchant".

Section 2104.

"Overseas".

Section 2323.

"Person in position of seller".

Section 2707.

"Present sale".

Section 2106.

"Sale".

Section 2106.

"Sale on approval".

Section 2326.

"Sale or return".

Section 2326.

"Termination".

Section 2106.

(3) "Control" as provided in section 7106 and the following definitions in other articles apply to this article:

"Check". Section 3104. "Consignee". Section 7102. "Consignor". Section 7102. "Consumer goods". Section 9102. "Dishonor". Section 3502. "Draft". Section 3104.

"Check".

Section 3104.

"Consignee".

Section 7102.

"Consignor".

Section 7102.

"Consumer goods".

Section 9102.

"Dishonor".

Section 3502.

"Draft".

Section 3104.

(4) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this article.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.418a — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-116-of-1923 / Section 41.418a
Control of weeds in inland public lakes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

A township board may appropriate money from the contingent or general fund for entering into agreements with other townships in this state to control weeds in inland public lakes situated within more than 1 township of this state.

History: Add. 1989, Act 82, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.439 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-429-of-2008 / Section 445.439
Remedies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

(1) The remedies under this act are cumulative and do not affect the ability or right of any other person, local governmental unit, or state or federal governing unit to bring any action under this or any other civil, criminal, or regulatory act or ordinance that is otherwise not prohibited by law.

(2) This act does not exempt or release any person from the following:

(a) Obtaining and maintaining a license under any other act or ordinance.

(b) Complying with any strictures contained in any other act or ordinance.

History: 2008, Act 429, Eff. Apr. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.401 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-85-of-1935 / Section 780.401
Presumption of coercion by husband prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

In the prosecution of any complaint or indictment charging a criminal offense, no presumption shall be indulged that a married woman committing an offense does so under coercion because she commits it in the presence of her husband.

History: 1935, Act 85, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935; CL 1948, 780.401; Am. 1990, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.1092 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-39-of-1994 / Section 35.1092
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Employment services" means referrals to employers, supportive services, or assistance in finding employment training.

(b) "Job training services" means any program that provides training or training services to eligible applicants.

(c) "Veteran" means an individual who meets both of the following:

( i ) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61.

( ii ) Served at least 180 days of active duty in the armed forces of the United States or has a service-connected disability as a result of service in the armed forces of the United States.

History: 1994, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1994; Am. 2016, Act 205, Eff. Sept. 20, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.553 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-1-of-1897 / Section 457.553
Grand court; filing copy of articles of association, charter, and constitution with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; name; evidence of existence and incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter and constitution of said grand court, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce and thereupon the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued and they and their successors may have a common seal, which may be changed and altered at their pleasure and a copy of said articles of association, under seal of the department of commerce duly certified to according to law shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of the state of the existence and due incorporation of such grand court.

History: 1897, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1897; CL 1897, 8072; CL 1915, 10546; CL 1929, 10751; CL 1948, 457.553; Am. 1982, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.89b — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.89b
City with population of 600,000 or more; taxes levied after December 31, 2003.
Status: in_force

Sec. 89b.

For taxes levied after December 31, 2003, notwithstanding the provisions of a charter of a county adopted pursuant to 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, or the provisions of the charter of a home rule city, to the contrary, a city with a population of 600,000 or more shall do all of the following:

(a) Prepare and submit to each taxpayer a statement indicating the amount of tax levied on real and personal property by all taxing jurisdictions authorized to levy a general ad valorem property tax in that city.

(b) Collect the tax levied on real and personal property by all taxing jurisdictions authorized to levy a general ad valorem property tax in that city.

History: Add. 2003, Act 246, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2003; Am. 2008, Act 512, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.71 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-58-of-1909 / Section 46.71
Claims against counties; adjustment, allowance and authorization of payment by board of supervisors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of each county, or the board of county auditors in counties having a board of county auditors, to adjust, allow and authorize the payment of all claims against the particular county, and any claims not adjusted and ordered paid by the said board of supervisors or board of county auditors, as the case may be, except as provided in this act, shall not be paid. Any claim or any part or portion thereof which may be adjusted or allowed by the board of supervisors or the board of county auditors shall be paid out of the county treasury in the manner provided by general law.

History: 1909, Act 58, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 2299; CL 1929, 1186; CL 1948, 46.71
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.219 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Initiated-Law-1-of-1996 / Section 432.219
Property subject to seizure, confiscation, destruction, or forfeiture.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

Any equipment, gambling device, money, apparatus, material of gaming, proceeds, substituted proceeds, or real or personal property used, obtained, or received in violation of this act shall be subject to seizure, confiscation, destruction, or forfeiture.

History: Add. 1997, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.593 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.593
State conventions in odd years; time, issuance of calls; apportionment of delegates among counties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 593.

A state convention of all political parties shall be held not less than 37 days before the first Monday of April in every odd numbered year. The state central committee of each political party shall cause to be forwarded by mail to the chairman of the county committee of such political party in each county a copy of the call for said state convention of such political party, showing the number of delegates to which each county shall be entitled in the state convention of such political party; and the said state central committee shall apportion such delegates to the several counties in proportion and according to the number of votes cast for the candidate of such party for secretary of state in each of said counties, respectively, at the last preceding November election. The particular day and the hour and place of meeting shall be designated by the state central committees of the various political parties in the call issued therefor by the respective state central committees of the several political parties. A certified copy of such call shall be immediately filed with the secretary of state.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 11, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.189 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.189
Corporation franchise fee appeal board; transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 89.

The corporation franchise fee appeal board created under sections 9 and 10 of Act No. 85 of the Public Acts of 1921, as amended, being sections 450.309 and 450.310 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is transferred by a type I transfer to the department of treasury.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.191 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-11-of-2010 / Section 254.191
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "blue water bridge plaza expansion oversight reporting act".

History: 2010, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1486 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-161-of-2000 / Section 390.1486
Contributions and interest earned as tax exempt; withdrawals as taxable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

(1) Contributions to and interest earned on an education savings account are exempt from taxation as provided in section 30 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.30.

(2) Withdrawals made from education savings accounts are taxable as provided in section 30 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.30.

History: 2000, Act 161, Imd. Eff. June 16, 2000; Am. 2024, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1091 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1091
Alternative compliance payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 91.

(1) Except for section 89(5), sections 71 to 89 do not apply to a provider that makes an alternative compliance payment in an amount determined, and to an independent energy waste reduction program administrator selected by the commission. The commission shall determine the amount of an alternative compliance payment under this subsection.

(2) The commission shall initiate a proceeding by July 1, 2024 to adopt a framework energy waste reduction program that shall be utilized by the independent energy waste reduction program administrator in administering a program on behalf of a provider, and to determine the appropriate amount of alternative compliance payments for effective administration of energy waste reduction programs consistent with that framework. The proceeding shall be conducted as a contested case in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. The framework energy waste reduction program and the appropriate amount of alternative compliance payments adopted under this subsection may be periodically revised by the commission after a contested case proceeding.

(3) An alternative compliance payment received from a provider by the energy waste reduction program administrator under subsection (1) shall be used to administer energy efficiency programs for the provider.

(4) The commission shall allow a provider to recover an alternative compliance payment under subsection (1). The alternative compliance payment shall be recovered from residential customers by volumetric charges, from all other metered customers by per-meter charges, and from unmetered customers by an appropriate charge. Fixed, per-meter charges under this subsection may vary by rate class.

(5) A provider's alternative compliance payment under subsection (1) shall be used only to fund energy waste reduction programs for that provider's customers. To the extent feasible, charges collected from a particular customer rate class and paid to the energy waste reduction program administrator under subsection (1) shall be devoted to energy waste reduction programs and services for that rate class.

(6) Money paid to the energy waste reduction program administrator under subsection (1) and not spent by the administrator that year remains available for expenditure the following year, subject to the requirements of subsection (5).

(7) The commission shall select a qualified nonprofit organization to serve as an energy waste reduction program administrator under this section, through a competitive bid process.

(8) The commission shall require that the energy waste reduction program administrator submit reports, on behalf of each provider that makes an alternative compliance payment, to the commission in compliance with section 97.

(9) The commission shall arrange for a biennial independent audit of the energy waste reduction program administrator.

History: 2008, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008; Am. 2016, Act 342, Eff. Apr. 20, 2017; Am. 2023, Act 229, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.873a — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-395-of-1980 / Section 141.873a
Marketing program; approval or disapproval; referendum; effective date of marketing program and assessment; filing and serving another marketing program notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

Within 30 days after a marketing program notice is filed, the director shall approve or disapprove the marketing program. The director shall not disapprove a marketing program unless the program violates this act.

Within 40 days after approval of a marketing program, the director shall require a written referendum to be held by mail or in person, as determined by the director, among all owners of transient facilities in each municipality in the proposed assessment district. For the purpose of the referendum, each owner shall have 1 vote for each room in an owner's transient facility.

The marketing program and assessment set forth in the notice shall become effective on the first day of the month that is more than 30 days after certification by the director that the program was approved by a majority of the votes actually cast in each municipality in the assessment district. If a majority of the votes actually cast in any municipality counted separately is not in favor of the program and assessment, the program and assessment shall not go into effect in the assessment district. However, for purposes of tabulating the votes in the referendum for a marketing program proposed on or after April 12, 1984, each municipality in the proposed assessment district requiring a majority of votes cast in favor of the proposed assessment district shall be defined in the marketing program notice required under section 3. A bureau may file and serve another marketing program notice not less than 60 days after certification of the results of a referendum.

History: Add. 1984, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984; Am. 1993, Act 224, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2060a — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-161-of-1988 / Section 487.2060a
Request for reconsideration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10a.

If an applicant for a license is dissatisfied with the order issued under section 10 by the commissioner, the applicant may file with the commissioner, not later than 15 days after the issuance of the order, a notice of request for reconsideration of the order together with a statement in support of the applicant's request for reconsideration and, if desired, a request for oral argument. The notice of request for a reconsideration and supporting statement shall be in writing.

The issues raised in the applicant's statement shall be limited to the commissioner's findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth in the order.

If the commissioner grants the request for reconsideration, not later than 10 days after the commissioner receives the statement, the commissioner shall either provide a written response to the applicant's request for reconsideration or conduct an oral argument. If the commissioner does not grant the request for reconsideration, the order shall stand.

If an oral argument is conducted under subsection (3), the oral argument shall be limited to the issues raised in the applicant's statement. The commissioner shall either affirm the order or revise the order as the commissioner considers appropriate not later than 10 days after the completion of the oral argument.

For purposes of this act, an application for a license and the commissioner's final decisions, findings, rulings, and orders are not contested cases within the meaning of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

If the applicant considers itself aggrieved by an order of the commissioner, the applicant may appeal within 30 days from the date of the order to the Ingham county circuit court in the manner provided by the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

History: Add. 1999, Act 275, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1443 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1443
Notes and bonds; exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43.

The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of notes and bonds issued by the authority, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the notes and bonds, that the notes and bonds of the authority, issued pursuant to this act and the income therefrom and all its fees, charges, gifts, grants, revenues, receipts, and other moneys received or to be received, pledged to pay or secure the payment of such notes or bonds shall at all times be free and exempt from all state, city, county or other taxation provided by the laws of the state, except for estate and gift taxes and taxes on transfers.

History: 1966, Act 346, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.228a — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-69-of-1983 / Section 409.228a
Private sector advisory task force; creation; appointment of members; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

A private sector advisory task force, consisting of 9 representatives of the private sector, shall be created. Of the 9 members, 3 shall be appointed by the governor, 3 shall be appointed by the senate majority leader, and 3 shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. Not later than January 1, 1985, the private sector advisory task force shall submit a report to the senate and house committees that have the responsibility for labor legislation regarding the feasibility of employing youth in the private sector during their participation in the Michigan youth corps program, and, if it is considered feasible, examples of how the private sector can be involved in the Michigan youth corps program. The report also shall include, but not be limited to, identification of unsubsidized employment opportunities and suggestions for services, such as career counseling, job search assistance, and job placement, designed to assist participants in the transition from the Michigan youth corps program to unsubsidized employment.

History: Add. 1984, Act 220, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 11.113 — MI Code / Chapter 11 / Act Act-31-of-1885 / Section 11.113
Preservation of archives of office of commissioner of immigration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The books, maps, papers, and other documents constituting the archives of the office of commissioner of immigration shall be kept and preserved in the office of said secretary of state of this state, for future reference, and to constitute a part of the history of the state.

History: 1885, Act 31, Eff. June 1, 1885; How. 329b; CL 1897, 76; CL 1915, 102; CL 1929, 132; CL 1948, 11.113
Mich. Comp. Laws § 230.4 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 230.4
Obstruction of navigable stream, highway drain or water course; forfeiture.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Whoever shall wilfully obstruct the navigation of any river or stream, which is now or may hereafter be declared a public highway, by felling any tree therein or by putting into any such river or stream any refuse lumber, slabs, or other waste materials, or who shall wilfully obstruct any highway, or fill up or place any obstructions in any ditch constructed for draining the water from any highway, or who shall injure any highway by diverting any creek, or by obstructing any water course or sluice, shall forfeit for every such offense a sum not exceeding 25 dollars.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4461; CL 1929, 4080; CL 1948, 230.4
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3814 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3814
Encumbered assets.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3814.

If property of the estate is encumbered by mortgage, pledge, lien, or other security interest and it appears to be in the estate's best interest, the personal representative may pay the encumbrance or a part of the encumbrance, renew or extend an obligation secured by the encumbrance, or convey or transfer the property to the creditor in satisfaction of the lien, in whole or in part, whether or not the encumbrance holder has presented a claim. Payment of an encumbrance does not increase the share of the distributee entitled to the encumbered property unless the distributee is entitled to exoneration.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000