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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2841 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2841
Death registration required; place of death; failure to report death to law enforcement agency, funeral home, or 9-1-1 operator; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2841.

(1) Death registration is required for each individual who dies in this state. If the place of death is unknown, but the body is found in this state, the death registration shall show this fact and shall be completed and filed in accordance with this section and section 2842. The place where the body is found shall be shown as the place of death.

(2) Except as otherwise provided under this part, an individual who discovers the body of an individual he or she knows or has reason to know is dead and fails to inform a law enforcement agency, a funeral home, or a 9-1-1 operator of the discovery is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both. This subsection does not apply to an individual who knows or has reason to know that a law enforcement agency, a funeral home, or a 9-1-1 operator has been informed of the discovery of the body.

(3) A person who violates subsection (2) with the purpose of concealing the fact or cause of death of the individual is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

(4) A sentence imposed for a violation of this section may be imposed to run consecutively to any other sentence imposed for a conviction that arises out of the same transaction.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2012, Act 538, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.107 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-379-of-1984 / Section 493.107
Investigations and examination of books, accounts, records, and files; electronic data processing not prohibited; establishment of annual fee schedule; fees nonrefundable; penalty; disposition and use of fees and expenses; action for recovery of fees or expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The commissioner may, at any time, make necessary investigations and examine the books, accounts, records, and files of the licensee. This section shall not be construed to prohibit keeping of records by electronic data processing methods. A licensee shall pay an examination fee for examination of its records conducted by the commissioner as provided by this section. The examination fee shall be invoiced upon the completion of the examination and is due and payable upon receipt of the invoice by the licensee. A licensee is not required to pay more than 1 examination fee in a calendar year.

The commissioner shall annually establish the schedule of fees sufficient to pay the bureau's costs of administering this act. The fees are as follows:

For the investigation of an applicant for a license, not less than $200.00 or more than $600.00.

For the application and annual renewal of a license, not less than $300.00 or more than $800.00.

For amending a license, not less than $20.00 or more than $75.00.

For examination of the licensee, not less than $40.00 or more than $70.00 per hour for each examiner involved in an examination. In addition, a licensee shall pay the actual travel and lodging expenses incurred by bureau employees who travel out of Michigan to examine the records of the licensee.

Fees received pursuant to this act are not refundable.

A license renewal fee paid after December 31 is subject to a penalty of $25.00 for each day the fee is delinquent or $1,000.00, whichever is less.

Money received under this act shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the financial institutions bureau to be used only for the operation of the financial institutions bureau.

If any fees or expenses provided for under this act are not paid when required, the attorney general may maintain an action against the delinquent licensee for the recovery of the fees or expenses together with interest and costs.

History: 1984, Act 379, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1984; Am. 1992, Act 75, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1090 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1090
"102nd United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 90.

The portion of highway I-375 that is within Wayne county shall be known as the "102nd United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2014, Act 494, Eff. Mar. 31, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.21c — MI Code / Chapter 42 / Act Act-359-of-1947 / Section 42.21c
Regulation of recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; violation as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21c.

An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway.

The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by an ordinance is a municipal civil infraction, whether or not so designated by the ordinance. A civil fine ordered for a municipal civil infraction described in this subsection shall not exceed the maximum amount of a fine provided by the ordinance or $500.00, whichever is less. An act or omission described in this subsection is not a municipal civil infraction if that act or omission constitutes a violation or crime that section 21 prohibits an ordinance from designating as a municipal civil infraction.

History: Add. 1994, Act 82, Eff. Oct. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.22 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-540-of-1982 / Section 397.22
Repeal of MCL 397.51 to 397.59, 397.1 to 397.8, and 16.409.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The following acts or parts of acts are repealed:

Act No. 28 of the Public Acts of 1895, being sections 397.51 to 397.59 of the Compiled Laws of 1970.

Act No. 106 of the Public Acts of 1937, being sections 397.1 to 397.8 of the Compiled Laws of 1970.

Section 309 of Act No. 380 of the Public Acts of 1965, being section 16.409 of the Compiled Laws of 1970.

History: 1982, Act 540, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7411 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7411
Modification or termination of noncharitable trust; consent; "settlor's representative" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7411.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a noncharitable irrevocable trust may be modified or terminated in any of the following ways:

(a) By the court on the consent of the trustee and the qualified trust beneficiaries, if the court concludes that the modification or termination of the trust is consistent with the material purposes of the trust or that continuance of the trust is not necessary to achieve any material purpose of the trust.

(b) On the consent of the qualified trust beneficiaries and a person or committee that is given the power under the terms of the trust to grant, veto, or withhold approval of termination or modification of the trust.

(c) By a trustee or other person or committee that is given a power by the terms of the trust to direct the termination or modification of the trust.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to irrevocable trusts created before or to revocable trusts that become irrevocable before April 1, 2010.

(3) Notice of any proceeding to terminate or modify a trust must be given to the settlor, the settlor's representative if the petitioner has a reasonable basis to believe the settlor is an incapacitated individual, the trust director, if any, a powerholder described in subsection (1)(b) or (c), if any, the trustee, and any other person named in the terms of the trust to receive notice of such a proceeding.

(4) On termination of a trust under subsection (1), the trustee shall distribute the trust property as agreed by the qualified trust beneficiaries.

(5) If the trustee fails or refuses to consent, or fewer than all of the qualified trust beneficiaries consent, to a proposed modification or termination of the trust under subsection (1), the modification or termination may be approved by the court if the court is satisfied that both of the following apply:

(a) If the trustee and all of the qualified trust beneficiaries had consented, the trust could have been modified or terminated under this section.

(b) The interests of a qualified trust beneficiary who does not consent will be adequately protected.

(6) As used in this section, "settlor's representative" means the settlor's agent under a durable power of attorney, if the agent is known to the petitioner, or, if an agent has not been appointed, the settlor's conservator, plenary guardian, or partial guardian.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010; Am. 2010, Act 325, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010; Am. 2018, Act 664, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1821 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1821
Document retention.
Status: in_force

Sec. 221.

(1) A community college shall retain certified class summaries, class lists, registration documents, and student transcripts that are consistent with the taxonomy of courses. For each enrollment period during the fiscal year, these certified documents shall identify clearly by course the number of in-district and out-of-district student credit and contact hours. The class summaries and class lists shall be consistent with each other and shall include the course prefix and numbers, course title, course credit and contact hours, credit and contact hours generated by each student, and activity classifications consistent with the taxonomy. An auditable process shall be used by the community college to determine the unduplicated head count for in-district students, out-of-district students, and prisoners for each enrollment period during the fiscal year.

(2) A community college shall retain all contracts between the community college and agencies that reimburse the community college for the costs of instruction for audit purposes.

History: Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5230 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5230
Special meetings of stockholders or members; notice of meetings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5230.

(1) A special meeting of the stockholders or members of a domestic stock or mutual insurer may be called for purposes other than amending articles of incorporation under section 5214 and extending its corporate existence under section 5222, by the directors at any time they consider advisable.

(2) Notice of a meeting of the members or stockholders must be given by mailing to each member or stockholder a copy of the notice, postage prepaid, directed to his or her last known post office address at least 21 days before the time fixed for the meeting. The notice must state the time and place, and if the meeting is a special meeting, the purpose of the special meeting. However, notice of the time and place of the annual meeting of a mutual insurer may be printed on the policy or certificate of renewal instead of mailing as required under this subsection, in which case the notice must also be printed with the annual statement of the insurer.

(3) A meeting of the stockholders or members may be conducted by means of electronic communications devices by which all stockholders or members participating may simultaneously participate in the meeting. A stockholder or member participating in a meeting allowed under this subsection is deemed to be present in person at a meeting.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 2020, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020; Am. 2023, Act 28, Imd. Eff. May 8, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31528 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31528
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31528.

The department shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement and enforce this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.22 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 41.22
First township meeting; failure to hold; notice of subsequent meeting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

If the electors of a newly organized township fail to hold their first township meeting on the day specified by section 20, any 3 electors of the township may call a meeting of the electors of the township, for a township election, at any time thereafter, by posting notices of the meeting in not less than 3 public places in the township, at least 10 days prior to the holding of the meeting.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16; CL 1857, 514; CL 1871, 657; How. 693; CL 1897, 2292; CL 1915, 2071; CL 1929, 977; CL 1948, 41.22; Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1266 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1266
Termination of relationship with individual certificate holder by business entity; notice to director.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1266.

A business entity that terminates the employment, engagement, affiliation, or other relationship with an individual certificate holder shall notify the director using a format prescribed by the director of the termination within 30 days following the effective date of the termination if the reason for termination is 1 of the reasons listed in section 1239(1) or the business entity has knowledge the individual was found by a court or government body to have engaged in any of the activities listed in section 1239(1).

History: Add. 2014, Act 566, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.520 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 450.520
Acts of incorporation; amendment, alteration or repeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Every act of incorporation passed since the twentieth day of April, in the year 1839, or which shall be hereafter passed, shall at any time be subject to amendment, alteration or repeal, at the pleasure of the legislature: Provided, That no act of incorporation shall be repealed, unless for some violation of its charter or other default, when such charter shall contain an express provision limiting the duration of the same.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 55; CL 1857, 2162; CL 1871, 3447; How. 4879; CL 1897, 8546; CL 1915, 11337; CL 1929, 10162; CL 1948, 450.520
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.533 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-251-of-1968 / Section 456.533
Establishment of cemetery; application for permit; investigation fee; conduct of investigation; notice to commissioner of certain changes; order to void certain appointments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) Any person desiring to establish a cemetery shall file with the commissioner, on forms furnished by the commissioner, an application for a permit to establish a cemetery. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable investigation fee of $1,500.00.

(2) After a receipt of an application, the commissioner shall conduct an investigation pertaining to the physical plans, the community need for the planned cemetery, and pertinent information pertaining to the applicant's experience, financial security, responsibility, and stability, ability, and good moral character and the source, nature, and amount of consideration to be used in the purchase of the cemetery. If the applicant is not an individual, the same investigation shall be made of the owners, directors, officers, partners, members, or any person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or any affiliated person.

(3) A cemetery company shall immediately notify the commissioner of any change in its directors, officers, partners, members, affiliated persons, or any persons occupying a similar status or performing similar functions. If after investigation the commissioner determines that any new director, officer, partner, member, affiliated person, or a person occupying a similar status or performing a similar function does not have suitable experience, financial security, responsibility, and stability, ability, and good moral character, the commissioner shall order the cemetery company to void the appointment of the director, officer, partner, member, affiliated person, or any persons occupying a similar status or performing a similar function.

History: 1968, Act 251, Eff. Sept. 15, 1968; Am. 1982, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1982; Am. 2004, Act 22, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.2a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.2a
“Automotive recycler” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

"Automotive recycler" means a person who engages in business primarily for the purpose of selling at retail salvage vehicle parts and secondarily for the purpose of selling at retail salvage motor vehicles or manufacturing or selling a product of gradable scrap metal.

History: Add. 1993, Act 300, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1823 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-187-of-1990 / Section 257.1823
Vision; mirrors; sun shades; applicability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

(1) A school bus shall be equipped in a manner that the driver, in a normal seated position, either by direct vision or by use of an indirect vision mirror system, shall be able to observe objects on the roadway in front of and beside the vehicle located inside a continuously visible rectangular area. The school bus shall comply with the visibility and equipment requirements of 49 CFR 571.111.

(2) The interior mirror shall be clear view, safety glass with a reflective surface that provides a clear and reasonably unobstructed view to the rear of the vehicle and complies with 49 CFR 571.111. It shall have rounded corners and padded edges.

(3) Sun shades, if installed, shall be mounted so that the mounting brackets are not likely to cause injury in the event of an accident.

History: 1990, Act 187, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990; Am. 1990, Act 322, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1990; Am. 2006, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.947 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.947
Bonded indebtedness; taxation; recertification of taxes by resolution; filing certified copy of resolution; effect of reduction in taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 947.

If the dividing school district has bonded indebtedness at the time of annexation and transfer, the identity of the school district shall not be lost by virtue of annexation or transfer. The territory of the dividing school district shall remain as a separate assessing unit for purposes of bonded indebtedness until the indebtedness has been retired or the outstanding bonds refunded by the annexing school district. The board of the annexing school district shall constitute the board of trustees for the divided school district having bonded indebtedness. The officers of the annexing school district shall be the officers for the divided district for the purpose of bonded indebtedness.

The board of the annexing school district shall certify and order the levy of taxes for bonded indebtedness in the name of the dividing school district, shall not commingle the debt retirement funds of the dividing school district with those of the annexing school district, and shall do all things relating to the indebtedness required by law and by the terms under which the issuance and sale of the bonds originally were authorized.

Other taxes of any nature levied for the purposes of any of the combined school districts formed by annexation or transfer shall be spread uniformly over the entire area of the combined school district levying the tax.

If the electors of the dividing school district approve the annexation and transfer after September 15 but before December 1 of any year, the boards of the newly formed school districts by resolution shall recertify the taxes to be levied on the taxable property within the newly formed district to reflect any resulting reduction or increase in millage caused or authorized by the division, annexation, and transfer. The secretary of the board shall file a certified copy of the resolution with the county clerk and each city and township clerk in which the newly formed district is situated. If a dividing school district, an annexing school district, or a transferee school district has collected a portion of the taxes for the year in which the reduction occurs, the amount of the reduction shall be applied in whole to the second levy for that year in that affected school district.

History: Add. 1984, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.318 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-89-of-1933 / Section 451.318
Construction of act; severing clause.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed to the end that the purposes thereof may be accomplished by preventing fraud, deception and damage on holders or owners of securities. Should any section or clause of this act be declared invalid by any court of last resort having jurisdiction in the premises, then such decision shall affect only the section or clause so declared to be invalid and shall not affect any other section or clause of this act.

History: 1933, Act 89, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1933; CL 1948, 451.318
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.779 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.779
Multiple petitions; descriptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 49.

It shall not be necessary for the board of public works to include in 1 determination the descriptions of all of the property necessary to be taken for any single project or to include in 1 petition the descriptions of all of the property described in the determination upon which such petition is based.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.528 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-294-of-1982 / Section 552.528
Compilation of data.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

Each office of the friend of the court shall compile data as required by the state court administrative office, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court.

History: Add. 1996, Act 365, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Am. 2009, Act 233, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.121 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-224-of-1967 / Section 556.121
Instruments relating to powers to appoint interests in land; recording as conveyances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Any of the following instruments relating to powers to appoint interests in land is entitled to be recorded as a conveyance upon compliance with section 23 of chapter 65 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 565.23 of the Compiled Laws of 1948:

An instrument, other than a will, exercising a power.

An instrument expressing consent to exercise.

A release.

If a power is exercised by a will, a certified copy of the will and of the certificate of probate thereof may be recorded.

History: 1967, Act 224, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967