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Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.383 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-226-of-1969 / Section 388.383
Education program; creation, promotion, scope.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A critical health problems education program is created in the state department of education. The superintendent is authorized to promote, support and conduct programs to carry out the purposes of this act. These programs shall include, but not be limited to:

Establishing guidelines to help local school districts develop comprehensive health education programs.

Establishing special inservice programs to provide professional preparation in health education for teachers throughout the state.

Providing leadership for institutions of higher education to develop and extend curricula in health education for professional preparation in both inservice and preservice programs.

Developing cooperative programs between school districts and institutions of higher education whereby the appropriate health personnel of such institutions would be available to guide the continuing professional preparation of teachers and the development of curricula for local programs.

Adding to the staff of the department of education competent specialists in the field of school health education to work with local school districts in the development of curricula and the preparation of teachers in health education.

Employing, on a contractual basis, authorities in health education to provide assistance to the department of education in its inservice programs for teachers.

Assisting in the development of plans and procedures for the evaluation of health education curricula and determining that a program of comprehensive health education is being carried out which meets the needs of the children and youth within the local school district.

History: 1969, Act 226, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.121 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-6-of-1919-Ex-Sess- / Section 286.121
Extermination of grasshoppers, similar pests; county appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Whenever there may exist within this state, any scourge, or threatened scourge, of grasshoppers or other similar pests, the board of supervisors of any county is hereby authorized to appropriate money for the purchase of poison and to provide such other means as may to them seem best, for the extermination of such pests.

History: 1919, Ex. Sess., Act 6, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1919; CL 1929, 5143; CL 1948, 286.121
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.21 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-149-of-1911 / Section 213.21
Public corporation and state agency; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The term "public corporations" as herein used shall include all counties, cities, villages, boards, commissions and agencies made corporations for the management and control of public business and property; and the term "state agencies" shall include all unincorporated boards, commissions and agencies of the state given by law the management and control of public business and property, and the office of governor or a division thereof.

History: 1911, Act 149, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 353; Am. 1925, Act 37, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 3763; CL 1948, 213.21; Am. 1966, Act 351, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.853 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.853
Process and procedure; oaths; subpoenas; examination of books and records; contempt; application to circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 853.

Process and procedure under this act shall be as summary as reasonably may be. The director, worker's compensation magistrates, arbitrators, and the Michigan compensation appellate commission may administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and examine such parts of the books and records of the parties to a proceeding as relate to questions in dispute. A subpoena signed by an attorney of record in the action has the force and effect of an order signed by the worker's compensation magistrate or arbitrator associated with the hearing. Any witness who refuses to obey a subpoena, who refuses to be sworn or testify, or who fails to produce any papers, books, or documents touching any matter under investigation or any witness, party, or attorney who is guilty of any contempt while in attendance at any hearing held under this act may be punished as for contempt of court. An application for this purpose may be made to any circuit court within whose jurisdiction the offense is committed and for which purpose the court is given jurisdiction.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969; Am. 1985, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1985; Am. 1994, Act 271, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1994; Am. 2011, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1033 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-90-of-1992 / Section 333.1033
Determination of death; conditions; accepted medical standards; persons authorized to pronounce death of person.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

An individual who has sustained either of the following is dead:

Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions.

Irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.

A determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.

A physician or registered nurse may pronounce the death of a person in accordance with this act. This subsection does not prohibit a health facility or agency licensed under article 17 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being sections 333.20101 to 333.22260 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, from determining which of its medical personnel may pronounce the death of a person in that health facility or agency.

History: 1992, Act 90, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 105.9 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 105.9
Probate court; verdict of jury; contents, necessity, damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The jury shall determine in their verdict the necessity for the proposed improvement and for taking such private property for the use or benefit of the public for the proposed improvement, and in case they find such necessity exists, they shall separately award to the owners of such property and others interested therein such compensation therefor as they shall deem just. If any such private property shall be subject to a mortgage, lease, agreement or other lien, estate or interest, they shall apportion and award to the parties in interest such portion of the compensation as they shall deem just.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; Am. 1899, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1899; CL 1915, 3144; CL 1929, 2068; CL 1948, 105.9
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.242 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.242
Extension of time on contract; forfeiture; reletting unfinished portion; recovery of excess cost.
Status: in_force

Sec. 242.

The commissioner shall have power to grant a reasonable extension of time for the completion of any contract. When any contract shall not be finished within the time specified, or to which it may be extended, the commissioner shall declare such contract forfeited and shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, relet the unfinished portion thereof to the lowest responsible bidder, by public letting, after not less than 5 days' notice thereof, by posting only, as provided for the letting in the first instance, or by private letting when such can be done, at a price per rod for the uncompleted portion thereof not exceeding the price per rod at which the job was first let; and he shall make contract and take security in each case as herein provided. The cost of completing such part over and above the contract price, if any, and the expense of notice and reletting shall be collected by the commissioner of the parties first contracting or of their bondsman, which moneys, when so collected, shall be deposited with the county treasurer, and placed to the credit of such drain.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.153 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-147-of-1935 / Section 254.153
State bridge commission; membership, oath, bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

State bridge commission. There is hereby created a commission to be known as the “state bridge commission,” and by that name the commission may sue and be sued; plead and be impleaded; contract and be contracted with; and have a common seal. The said commission shall consist of 3 members, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall appoint the members of such commission as soon as may be after this act becomes effective. The said commissioners shall immediately enter upon their duties and shall hold office until the expiration of 2, 4 and 6 years, respectively, from the first day of April, 1935, the term of each to be designated by the governor, but their successors shall be appointed for the term of 6 years, excepting that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term; and any commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment. Each commissioner before entering upon his duties shall take, subscribe and file his oath of office as required by law. Before the issuance of any bonds under the provisions of this act, each commissioner shall execute a bond, to be approved by the governor, in the penalty of 10,000 dollars, conditioned according to law, which bond shall be filed and recorded as are other bonds required of state officials. The commission shall elect 1 of its members as chairman and shall also elect a secretary who may not be a member of the commission. The state treasurer shall act as treasurer of the commission.

History: 1935, Act 147, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1935; CL 1948, 254.153
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1609 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1609
Petition for appointment of guardian; filing; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 609.

A petition for the appointment of a guardian for an individual who is developmentally disabled may be filed by an interested person or entity or by the individual. The petition shall set forth the following:

The relationship and interest of the petitioner.

The name, date of birth, and place of residence of the respondent.

The facts and reasons for the need for guardianship.

The names and addresses of the individual's current guardian, and the respondent's presumptive heirs.

The name and address of the person with whom, or the facility in which, the respondent is residing.

A description and approximation of the value of the respondent's estate including an estimate of the individual's anticipated yearly income and the source of the income.

The name, address, and age of the proposed guardian and if the proposed guardian is a current provider of services to the developmentally disabled.

A factual description of the nature and extent of the respondent's developmental disability.

History: Add. 1978, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 429.36 — MI Code / Chapter 429 / Act Act-242-of-1969 / Section 429.36
Mark and registration assignable; recordation of assignment; fee; issuance of certificate to assignee; subsequent purchaser.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Any mark and its registration shall be assignable with the goodwill of the business in which the mark is used, or with that part of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the mark. Assignment shall be by instruments in writing duly executed and may be recorded with the administrator upon the payment of a fee of $15.00, payable to the state, who, upon recording of the assignment, shall issue in the name of the assignee a new certificate for the remainder of the term of the registration or of the last renewal thereof. An assignment of any registration under this act is void as against any subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration without notice, unless it is recorded with the administrator within 3 months after the date thereof or prior to the subsequent purchase.

History: 1969, Act 242, Eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Am. 1984, Act 203, Eff. Oct. 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.112 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-258-of-2011 / Section 124.112
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Authority" means an authority formed by contract pursuant to this act.

(b) "Governing body" means the board, council, commission, or body in which the policy-making powers of the local government are vested.

(c) "Local government" means a county, city, village, or township.

(d) "Public agency" means a single- or multi-purpose public body corporate formed pursuant to a law other than this act or an Indian tribe recognized by the federal government before the year 2000 that exercises governmental authority over land within this state. Public agency does not include this state or a department, division, or agency of this state.

History: 2011, Act 258, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.2009 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.2009
Delivery of seized alcoholic liquor; bankruptcy; payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1009.

If alcoholic liquor is seized under a judgment rendered against a licensee or if a licensee becomes insolvent, the officer seizing that alcoholic liquor or the trustee in bankruptcy of the insolvent licensee shall deliver to the commission all alcoholic liquor found in the licensee's possession.

Within 1 month after the date of delivery of alcoholic liquor to the commission by an officer or trustee in bankruptcy under this section, the commission shall pay over to the officer or trustee in bankruptcy the purchase price, less 10%, paid by the licensee to the commission for all legal alcoholic liquor seized and the value, less 10%, as established by the commission, of other legally acquired alcoholic liquor delivered to the commission under this section. Alcoholic liquor delivered to the commission under this section that was illegally acquired by the licensee shall be disposed of by order of the commission and payment shall not be made for that alcoholic liquor.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 566.252 — MI Code / Chapter 566 / Act Act-305-of-1937 / Section 566.252
Automobile accessories sold upon chattel mortgage or conditional sale; recording upon title; additional information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Upon receipt of such certificate of title and such true copy of the chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract or title retaining note by the secretary of state, accompanied by the fee of 50 cents, the secretary of state shall record upon the certificate of title in a suitable place the information contained in said chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract or title retaining note. The secretary of state may require such additional information as he deems necessary to fairly state the essential provisions of said chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract or title retaining note and after recording said chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract or title retaining note upon the certificate of title, return same to the owner thereof.

History: 1937, Act 305, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1937; Am. 1941, Act 202, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 566.252
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.269 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-220-of-1982 / Section 285.269
Nonliability of state on notes or bonds of authority; statement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The state shall not be liable on notes or bonds of the authority and the notes and bonds shall not be a debt of the state. The notes and bonds shall contain on the face of the notes or bonds a statement to that effect.

History: 1982, Act 220, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.751 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.751
Jurisdiction over land irrespective of ownership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 751.

The courts of record of this state shall have jurisdiction over land situated within the state whether or not the persons owning or claiming interests therein are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13108 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13108
Capital adequacy; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3108.

A bank organized under this act shall have capital in an amount the commissioner considers adequate to conduct its business.

A bank shall not be authorized to commence business until it has surplus at least equal to 20% of its capital.

After organization, each bank shall maintain an adequate capital structure appropriate to conduct its business and the protection of its depositors. The capital adequacy of a bank shall be analyzed and appraised in relation to the character of its management, the liquidity of assets, history of earnings and of the retention of earnings, the potential volatility of the deposit structure, and its risk management, with due regard to the bank's capacity to furnish the broadest service to the public.

At all times a bank shall maintain surplus in an amount equal to at least the amount of its capital, except as provided in subsection (2) and except as provided in section 3806, and shall not reduce surplus without the approval of the commissioner.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.324 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-106-of-1972 / Section 252.324
Repeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

Act No. 333 of the Public Acts of 1966, being sections 252.251 to 252.262 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.

History: 1972, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.403 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-325-of-1990 / Section 399.403
Maritime corporation employees working at museum to become department employees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 103.

At the time of transfer, employees of the maritime corporation working at the maritime museum on the effective date of this act shall become employees of the department in accordance with a plan prepared by the department and approved by the department of civil service. The plan shall relate to compensation, classification, status, probationary periods, seniority, longevity, annual and sick leave, group insurance coverages, retirement, and other terms and conditions of employment.

The sum of not to exceed $25,000.00 is appropriated to the department from the general fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and 2 full-time equated positions are authorized for the purposes of this section.

Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed to restrict the department from assigning new duties to, or otherwise transferring, a former employee of the maritime museum after the person becomes an employee of the department.

History: 1990, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4951 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4951
Rights and obligations of party to funds transfer varied by agreement of affected party; “funds-transfer system rule” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4A501.

Except as otherwise provided in this article, the rights and obligations of a party to a funds transfer may be varied by agreement of the affected party.

"Funds-transfer system rule" means a rule of an association of banks ( i ) governing transmission of payment orders by means of a funds-transfer system of the association or rights and obligations with respect to those orders, or ( ii ) to the extent the rule governs rights and obligations between banks that are parties to a funds transfer in which a federal reserve bank, acting as an intermediary bank, sends a payment order to the beneficiary's bank. Except as otherwise provided in this article, a funds-transfer system rule governing rights and obligations between participating banks using the system may be effective even if the rule conflicts with this article and indirectly affects another party to the funds transfer who does not consent to the rule. A funds-transfer system rule may also govern rights and obligations of parties other than participating banks using the system to the extent stated in sections 4A404(3), 4A405(4), and 4A507(3).

History: Add. 1992, Act 100, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26533 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-527-of-2008 / Section 333.26533
United way fund; creation; purpose; credit of amounts to fund; interest and earnings; investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) The united way fund is created in the department to provide funds for donation to any united way of America organization located in this state to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities to provide for basic needs, including, but not limited to, food, clothing, and shelter.

(2) The state treasurer shall credit to the fund all amounts appropriated for this purpose under section 435 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.435.

(3) The fund shall consist of the money credited to the fund pursuant to section 435 of the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.435, any interest and earnings accruing from the saving and investment of that money, and other appropriations, money, or other things of value received by the fund.

(4) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund.

History: 2008, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16275 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16275
Human cloning; prohibition; exception; violation; penalty; private right of action; “human cloning” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16275.

A licensee or registrant or other individual shall not engage in or attempt to engage in human cloning.

Subsection (1) does not prohibit scientific research or cell-based therapies not specifically prohibited by that subsection.

A licensee or registrant or other individual who violates subsection (1) is subject to a civil penalty of $10,000,000.00. A fine collected under this subsection shall be distributed in the same manner as penal fines are distributed in this state.

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

As used in this section, "human cloning" means that term as defined in section 16274.

History: Add. 1998, Act 109, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.836 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-305-of-2000 / Section 450.836
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

This act shall be construed and applied to all of the following:

Electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law.

Be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices.

Effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to electronic transactions among the states.

History: 2000, Act 305, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1841 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-101-of-2012 / Section 550.1841
Implementation of program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) The department shall not implement the program under this act until the legislature has appropriated sufficient funds to cover the same.

(2) Not more than 1% of the annual appropriation made to the autism coverage fund may be used for the purpose of administering the program authorized under this act.

History: 2012, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 2012