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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1207 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-429-of-1978 / Section 38.1207
Terminal payment for accrued leave balances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A terminal payment for accrued leave balances, as prescribed in section 4, is limited to the unexpended appropriation balance for the position, and as supplemented by the legislature.

History: 1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 764.5 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 764.5
Taking recognizance for arrested person's appearance before magistrate of judicial circuit in which offense charged to have been committed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The magistrate may take from the person arrested, a recognizance with sufficient sureties, for the person's appearance within 10 days before a magistrate of the judicial district in which the offense is charged to have been committed.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; Am. 1929, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1929; CL 1929, 17139; CL 1948, 764.5; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1575 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-436-of-2012 / Section 141.1575
Appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35.

(1) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, $5,000,000.00 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of treasury to administer the provisions of this act, to secure the services of financial consultants, lawyers, work-out experts, and other professionals to assist in the implementation of this act, and to assist local governments in proceeding under chapter 9.

(2) The appropriation authorized in this section is a work project appropriation, and any unencumbered or unallotted funds are carried forward into the following fiscal year. The following is in compliance with section 451a(1) of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a:

(a) The purpose of the project is to provide technical and administrative support for the department of treasury to implement this act. Costs related to this project include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

( i ) Staffing-related costs.

( ii ) Costs to promote public awareness.

( iii ) Any other costs related to implementation and dissolution of the program, including the resolution of accounts.

(b) The work project will be accomplished through the use of interagency agreements, grants, state employees, and contracts.

(c) The total estimated completion cost of the project is $5,000,000.00.

(d) The expected completion date is September 30, 2016.

History: 2012, Act 436, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.202 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-197-of-1956 / Section 285.202
Agricultural interests; promotion in townships; referendum in township.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The provisions of this act shall not become operative in any township of this state to which it may apply unless and until it is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors thereof and ratified by a majority of said electors voting thereon. The question of the adoption of the provisions of this act may be submitted to the voters of the township at any general or special election, after the passage of the act, by resolution of the township board; and like notice of the submission of the same shall be given as is required by law in the case of elections to elect township officers, and shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

"Shall the provisions of Act No. .... (here insert number of this act) of the Public Acts of 1956 (here state question to be submitted to electors) be adopted by this township?

Yes ( )

No ( )."

If a majority of the electors voting on such proposition in any township, as determined by the canvass of votes cast, shall vote in favor thereof, from and after such determination, the provisions of this act shall be in force.

The township board shall submit such proposition to the electors at the next general or special election whenever petitions for such submission, signed by 10% of the registered electors of the township as shown by the registration rolls, shall be filed with the township clerk.

History: 1956, Act 197, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.36104c — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.36104c
Farming operations; permitted uses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36104c.

Storage, retail or wholesale marketing, or processing of agricultural products is a permitted use in a farming operation if more than 50% of the stored, processed, or merchandised products are produced by the farm operator for at least 3 of the immediately preceding 5 years.

History: Add. 2023, Act 230, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2243 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2243
Group policies; optometric service; coverage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2243.

Notwithstanding any provision of a policy or contract of group accident, group health, or group accident and health insurance, executed after July 23, 1965, if the policy or contract provides for reimbursement for any optometric service that is within the lawful scope of practice of a duly licensed optometrist, a subscriber to such group accident, group health, or group accident and group health insurance policy or contract shall be entitled to reimbursement for such service, whether the service is performed by a physician or a duly licensed optometrist. Unless the policy or contract of group accident, group health, or group accident and health insurance otherwise provides, there shall be no reimbursement for ophthalmic materials, lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or appurtenances.

If a subscriber contract provides for and offers optometric services, the subscriber shall have freedom of choice to select either a physician or an optometrist to render the services. Unless the subscriber contract otherwise provides, there shall be no reimbursement for ophthalmic materials, lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, or appurtenances.

This section does not require coverage or reimbursement for a practice of optometric service unless that service was included in the definition of practice of optometry under section 17401 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.17401 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, as of May 20, 1992.

History: Add. 1965, Act 349, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1994, Act 438, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.6520 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.6520
Testing station; certification by third-party organization.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6520.

A testing station shall submit annually to the department evidence of certification of its testing equipment and emission inspectors by an independent third-party organization. The certification shall provide that the testing equipment and emission inspectors meet the requirements of this part and the rules promulgated under this part and the requirements of the clean air act. If deficiencies are noted by the third-party certifying organization, the testing station shall submit a written explanation of corrective action accepted by the third-party organization with the certification.

The department shall contract with the third-party organization to establish a random inspection system for testing stations. Funds from the fee imposed pursuant to section 6511 shall be used for this purpose.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.153 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-11-of-1929 / Section 46.153
Fair; rules and regulations for management and control; admission charge, tax levy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The said board of supervisors is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations governing the control and management of said fair as in their judgment may be necessary and proper to properly carry out the purposes for which such fair is being held, and may provide what, if any, admission shall be charged, and may raise by tax not more than 1/10 of 1 mill on the assessment roll of said county for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses of said fair.

History: 1929, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1929; CL 1929, 1173; CL 1948, 46.153
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.962 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-237-of-2022 / Section 207.962
Residential housing exemption certificate; revocation; transfer to subsequent owner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

(1) The legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit may, by resolution, revoke the certificate of a qualified residential facility if it finds that the completion of the qualified residential facility has not occurred within the time authorized by the legislative body in the certificate or a duly authorized extension of that time, or that the holder of the certificate has not proceeded in good faith with the operation of the qualified residential facility in a manner consistent with the purposes of this act and in the absence of circumstances that are beyond the control of the holder of the certificate.

(2) Upon receipt of a request by certified mail to the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit by the holder of a certificate requesting revocation of the certificate, the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit may, by resolution, revoke the certificate.

(3) Upon the written request of the holder of a revoked certificate to the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit and the commission or upon the application of a subsequent owner to the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit to transfer the revoked certificate to a subsequent owner, and the submission to the commission of a resolution of concurrence by the legislative body of the qualified local governmental unit in which the qualified residential facility is located, and if the qualified residential facility continues to qualify under this act, the commission may reinstate a revoked certificate for the holder or a subsequent owner that has applied for the transfer.

History: 2022, Act 237, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.197 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.197
Breaking, escaping, or leaving jail or place of confinement; breaking or escaping while in or being transferred to or from courtroom or court house; felony; penalty; section inapplicable to person leaving jail pursuant to day parole; “jail” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 197.

A person lawfully imprisoned in a jail or place of confinement established by law, awaiting examination, trial, arraignment, or sentence for a misdemeanor, who breaks the jail or place of confinement and escapes; who breaks the jail, although no escape is actually made; who escapes; who leaves the jail or place of confinement without being discharged from the jail or place of confinement by due process of law; who breaks or escapes while in or being transferred to or from a courtroom or courthouse, or a place where court is being held; or who attempts to break or escape from the jail or place of confinement is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

A person lawfully imprisoned in a jail or place of confinement established by law, awaiting examination, trial, arraignment, or sentence for a felony; or after sentence for a felony awaiting or during transfer to or from a prison, who breaks the jail or place of confinement and escapes; who breaks the jail, although no escape is actually made; who escapes; who leaves the jail or place of confinement without being discharged from the jail or place of confinement by due process of law; who breaks or escapes while in or being transferred to or from a courtroom or courthouse, or a place where court is being held; or who attempts to break or escape from the jail or place of confinement is guilty of a felony. A term of imprisonment imposed for a violation of this subsection shall begin to run at the expiration of any term of imprisonment imposed for the offense for which the person was imprisoned at the time of the violation of this subsection.

This section does not apply to a person who left the jail pursuant to a day parole granted for any purpose under section 1 of Act No. 60 of the Public Acts of 1962, being section 801.251 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and who is absent from the jail after the time he or she was required to return to the jail unless the person has the intent to escape from imprisonment.

As used in this section, "jail" means a facility that is operated by a local unit of government for the detention of persons charged with, or convicted of, criminal offenses or ordinance violations, or persons found guilty of civil or criminal contempt.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.197; Am. 1949, Act 240, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1955, Act 264, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955; Am. 1987, Act 212, Eff. Mar. 30, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.310 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-312-of-1915 / Section 570.310
False statement; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A person, agent, or employee of a garage keeper who knowingly makes a false statement on an application for a garage keeper's lien, the documents filed by the applicant with the department in support of the application for a garage keeper's lien, or a certification required under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both, for the first conviction under this section, and a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, for any subsequent conviction under this section.

History: Add. 2002, Act 109, Eff. July 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.713 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-239-of-1967 / Section 388.713
Determination of emergency; hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Upon receipt of the petition, the state committee shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, an impartial study to determine if an emergency exists. Within 20 days following publication of the results of the study, a member of the state committee, or the secretary designated by the committee, shall hold a hearing in the district. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given the voters of the district and the superintendent of the intermediate school district to which the district is constituent.

History: 1967, Act 239, Imd. Eff. July 12, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1167 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-49-of-2008 / Section 123.1167
Articles of incorporation; preparation; contents; adoption; publication; filing; effect upon filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) To initiate the establishment of an authority, articles of incorporation shall be prepared by a majority of the members of the county board of commissioners of the county establishing the authority. The articles of incorporation shall include all of the following:

(a) The name of the authority.

(b) The size of the board of the authority, which shall be composed of an odd number of members and shall not exceed 15 members; the qualifications and terms of office of board members; the manner of appointing the members of the board of the authority; and the filling of vacancies in the office of board member.

(c) The purpose of the authority.

(d) The method of dissolution of the authority.

(e) Any other matters considered advisable.

(2) The articles shall be adopted and may be amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the county board of commissioners of the county establishing the authority.

(3) Before the articles or amendments to the articles are adopted, the articles or amendments to the articles shall be published not less than once in a newspaper generally circulated within the county. The adoption of articles or amendments to the articles by the county shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the articles or amendments by the clerk of the county.

(4) Upon adoption of the articles or amendments to the articles by the county, a printed copy of the articles or the amended articles shall be filed with the secretary of state by the clerk of the county.

(5) The authority's articles of incorporation, or amendments to the articles, take effect upon filing with the secretary of state.

History: 2008, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.444 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-23-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 259.444
Joint airport zoning board; creation; powers; membership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

In each case where (a) an airport is owned, operated, controlled, leased to, or leased by a political subdivision and an airport hazard area appertaining to the airport is located wholly or partly outside the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the political subdivision, or (b) an airport hazard area is located wholly or partly within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of 2 or more political subdivisions, whether or not the particular airport in connection with which the airport hazard area exists is owned, operated, controlled, leased to, or leased by 1 or more of the political subdivisions, all the political subdivisions involved, including the political subdivision which is the owner, operator, controller, lessee, or lessor of the airport, shall, by ordinance or by resolution duly adopted, create a joint airport zoning board, which board shall have the same power to adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport hazard area in question, as that vested by section 13 in the political subdivision or political subdivisions within which the hazard area is wholly or partly located. Each joint board shall have as members 2 representatives appointed by the governing body of each political subdivision participating in its creation and in addition, another member to be elected by a majority of the members so appointed. This section shall not require the creation of a joint airport zoning board whenever a county, acting through its governing body or any county agency which is by law authorized to maintain, operate, and improve airports, adopts airport zoning regulations applicable to an airport hazard area located entirely within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the county and the airport zoning regulations shall supersede any other airport zoning regulations applicable to the same airport zoning area.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1950; Am. 1976, Act 158, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.722 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-205-of-1956 / Section 722.722
False complaint; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Any person making a false complaint under this act as to identity of the father, or the aiding or abetting therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to an authorized official of the department of social services who in good faith filed a complaint under this act based upon information and belief.

History: 1956, Act 205, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956; Am. 1972, Act 98, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.852 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Initiated-Law-of-1982 / Section 3.852
Text of transmittal.
Status: in_force

Section 2.

Text of Transmittal. The Secretary of the Michigan Senate and The Clerk of the Michigan House of Representatives shall prepare and transmit on or before December 31, 1982, the following written communication to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State and all members of the United States Congress:

"The people of the State of Michigan, recognizing that the safety and security of the United States must be paramount in the concerns of the American people; and further recognizing that our national security is reduced, not increased, by the growing danger of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, which would result in millions of deaths of people in Michigan and throughout the nation; do hereby urge that the Government of the United States immediately propose to the Government of the Soviet Union a Mutual Nuclear Weapons Freeze, whereby both countries agree to halt immediately the testing, production, and further deployment of all nuclear weapons, missiles, and delivery systems in a way that can be checked and verified by both sides, and that Congress transfer the funds which would have been used for those purposes to civilian use."

History: 1982, Initiated Law, Eff. Dec. 3, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3737 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-370-of-2010 / Section 338.3737
Professional employer agreement; provisions; written notice to covered employee affected by agreement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) Each professional employer agreement executed on or after September 1, 2012 shall include the following provisions:

(a) The responsibility of the PEO to pay wages to covered employees; to withhold, collect, report and remit payroll-related and unemployment taxes; and, to the extent the PEO has assumed responsibility in the professional employer agreement, to make payments for employee benefits for covered employees. For purposes of this subdivision, wages do not include any obligation between a client and a covered employee for payments beyond, or in addition to, the covered employee's salary, draw, or regular rate of pay, including bonuses, commissions, severance pay, deferred compensation, profit sharing, or vacation, sick, or other paid time off pay, unless the PEO has expressly agreed to assume liability for those payments in the professional employer agreement.

(b) The hiring, disciplining, and termination by the PEO of a covered employee, as necessary to fulfill the PEO's responsibilities under this act and the professional employer agreement. The client may also hire, discipline, and terminate a covered employee.

(c) The responsibility of the client and the PEO to comply with the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL 418.101 to 418.941.

(2) Each professional employer agreement executed on or after September 1, 2012 shall require that the PEO provide written notice to each covered employee affected by the agreement regarding the general nature of the coemployment relationship between and among the PEO, the client, and that covered employee.

History: 2010, Act 370, Eff. July 1, 2011; Am. 2011, Act 125, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.468b — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-256-of-2011 / Section 28.468b
Issuance of certificate prohibited; revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18b.

(1) The department shall not issue, and an individual is ineligible to be issued, a consumer fireworks certificate if, as verified by the internet criminal history access tool (ICHAT) maintained by the department of state police, the individual was convicted of a felony involving theft, fraud, or arson.

(2) If due to a criminal conviction an individual will be ineligible for a consumer fireworks certificate on April 30 of the year following the year for which the individual currently holds a consumer fireworks certificate, the department shall revoke the current consumer fireworks certificate for the balance of the current year.

History: Add. 2012, Act 257, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012; Am. 2018, Act 634, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4501 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4501
Quo warranto; attorney general; private party; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4501.

(1) The attorney general shall bring an action for quo warranto if the facts clearly warrant the bringing of the action. Subject to subsection (2), if the attorney general receives information from a private person and refuses to act, the private person may bring the action on leave of court.

(2) A private person shall not bring an action for quo warranto that relates to the offices of electors of President and Vice President of the United States.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 2023, Act 256, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.9925 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.9925
Primary election in 1968.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9925.

In the primary election of judges of the district court to be held in 1968, all candidates for the office shall file petitions or a filing fee of $100.00 as provided by law.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968