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Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.303 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-22-of-1891 / Section 457.303
Filing articles of association, charter, and constitution of grand lodge; signatories as body politic and corporate; rights thereof; maximum value and disposition of real and personal estate; disposition of proceeds, rents, and incomes; rules, regulations, and bylaws; officers; board of trustees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A copy of the articles of association together with the charter and constitution of the grand lodge of the benevolent and protective order of elks, shall be filed with the secretary of state; and thereupon the persons who have signed the articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in the articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors estates, real and personal, including a lodge house or temple suitable to their needs, objects and purposes, of suing and being sued, and to have a common seal, which may be altered or changed at their pleasure. The value of the real and personal estate shall not exceed $10,000,000.00, and they and their successors may give, grant, sell, lease, mortgage, demise, and dispose of that real and personal estate or part thereof at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents and incomes may be devoted in furtherance of the corporate powers, needs, objects, and purposes. The corporation shall have full power to make and establish rules, regulations and bylaws, for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of the corporation not repugnant to, or inconsistent with the constitution, rules, and edicts of the grand lodge of the order, or the constitution and laws of this state, or of the United States, and to elect and appoint from its members officers under a name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand lodge of the order. The lodges organized under this act, as amended, having a membership of 1,000 or more shall have a board of 5 trustees. One trustee shall be elected annually for the term of 5 years, except that at the first election after this act goes into effect 5 trustees shall be elected, 1 for 1 year, 1 for 2 years, 1 for 3 years, 1 for 4 years, and 1 for 5 years.

History: 1891, Act 22, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891; CL 1897, 8081; Am. 1905, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1905; Am. 1911, Act 18, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; Am. 1915, Act 83, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 10555; CL 1929, 10651; CL 1948, 457.303; Am. 1975, Act 108, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.382 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-373-of-1925 / Section 554.382
Public welfare purposes; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Public welfare purposes are defined to be all lawful purposes beneficial to the public as a whole.

History: 1925, Act 373, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 13517; CL 1948, 554.382
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.13d — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.13d
Delinquency of nonprofit organization in making reimbursement payments; termination of election; surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other security.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13d.

If a nonprofit organization is delinquent in making reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions as required pursuant to sections 13a to 13c, the commission may terminate the organization's election to make reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions as of the beginning of the next calendar year which termination shall be effective for that and the next calendar year, or the commission may require the nonprofit organization to execute and file with the commission a surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or other security as approved by the commission in an amount approved by the commission to secure the payment of its obligations under this act.

History: Add. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972; Am. 1989, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.906 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-196-of-1989 / Section 780.906
Service and funding levels; disbursements; adjustments; application for compensation for cost of services; administrative costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The department shall establish service and funding levels for the courts, departments, and local agencies that receive money under this act.

(2) A disbursement to cover the funding level established by the department shall be annually distributed to eligible departments and local agencies.

(3) If the amount retained by the clerk of a court pursuant to section 5(7) is less than the service and funding level for the court established under subsection (1), a disbursement to cover the difference between the amount retained and the funding level established by the department shall be annually distributed to an eligible court.

(4) A department or local agency that provides crime victim's rights services may apply quarterly to the department for an adjustment to the funding level established pursuant to subsection (1). The application shall be on a form provided by the department. The department shall disburse an adjustment to the funding level to an eligible department or local agency.

(5) A court that provides crime victim's rights services may apply annually to the department for compensation for the cost of those services to that court in excess of the greater of the amount retained under section 5(7) or the funding level for the court established pursuant to subsection (1). The application shall be on a form provided by the department.

(6) The department shall compensate units of government for the actual and reasonable administrative costs incurred by those units of government under this act.

History: 1989, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 30, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 345, Eff. May 1, 1994; Am. 2005, Act 315, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3222 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3222
Notice or order; jurisdiction of court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 222.

The commissioner may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the home office of the savings bank is located, or in the circuit court for Ingham county, for the enforcement of an effective and outstanding notice or order issued under sections 215 to 225, including any temporary cease and desist order issued under section 216(1), and the court shall have jurisdiction to order and require compliance with the notice or order. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a court shall not have jurisdiction to review, modify, suspend, terminate, or set aside a notice or order under this section.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3559 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3559
Reinsurance contract or plan of self-insurance; purpose; filing; approval; coverage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3559.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a health maintenance organization shall obtain a reinsurance contract or establish a plan of self-insurance as necessary to ensure solvency or to protect subscribers in the event of insolvency. A reinsurance contract must be with an insurer that is authorized or eligible to transact insurance in this state.

(2) A health maintenance organization shall file a reinsurance contract or plan under subsection (1) for approval with the director within 30 days after the finalization of the contract or plan. A reinsurance contract or plan must clearly state all services to be received by the health maintenance organization. A reinsurance contract or plan is considered approved 30 days after it is filed with the director unless disapproved in writing by the director before the expiration of the 30 days.

(3) A health maintenance organization shall maintain insurance coverage to protect the health maintenance organization that includes, at a minimum, fire, theft, fidelity, general liability, errors and omissions, director's and officer's liability coverage, and malpractice insurance. A health maintenance organization shall obtain the director's prior approval before self-insuring for these coverages.

History: Add. 2000, Act 252, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 720.605 — MI Code / Chapter 720 / Act Act-84-of-1949 / Section 720.605
Transfer of juveniles; terms not affected by transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The terms of detention or confinement of a person transferred in accordance with the provisions of this act shall not be extended or increased by reason of any such transfer.

History: 1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.124a — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.124a
Consent to medical and surgical treatment of minor child; "routine, nonsurgical medical care" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14a.

(1) A probate court, a child placing agency, or the department may consent to routine, nonsurgical medical care, or emergency medical and surgical treatment of a minor child placed in out-of-home care under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 710.21 to 712B.41, or this act. If the minor child is placed in a child care organization, the probate court, the child placing agency, or the department making the placement shall execute a written instrument investing that organization with authority to consent to emergency medical and surgical treatment of the child. The department may also execute a written instrument investing a child care organization with authority to consent to routine, nonsurgical medical care of the child. If the minor child is placed in a child care institution, the probate court, the child placing agency, or the department making the placement shall in addition execute a written instrument investing that institution with authority to consent to the routine, nonsurgical medical care of the child.

(2) A parent or guardian of a minor child who voluntarily places the child in a child care organization shall execute a written instrument investing that organization with authority to consent to emergency medical and surgical treatment of the child. The parent or guardian shall consent to routine, nonsurgical medical care.

(3) Only the minor child's parent or legal guardian shall consent to nonemergency, elective surgery for a child in foster care. If parental rights have been permanently terminated by court action, consent for nonemergency, elective surgery shall be given by the probate court or the agency having jurisdiction over the child.

(4) As used in this section, "routine, nonsurgical medical care" does not include contraceptive treatment, services, medication or devices.

History: Add. 1974, Act 191, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1974; Am. 1984, Act 396, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 2017, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.864 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.864
Assumption of bonded indebtedness of consolidated school district; payment; liability; certification and levy of taxes; election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 864.

Beginning 3 years after the consolidation election, a consolidated school district may assume and pay the obligation of the bonded indebtedness of an original school district which joined the consolidation from the proceeds of a debt retirement tax levy spread uniformly over the territory of the consolidated school district if the school electors of the district approve the assumption of the bonded indebtedness. Assumption of bonded indebtedness of an original school district shall not release the territory of the original school district from the final responsibility of paying the obligation to bondholders.

If the bonded indebtedness of an original school district is assumed, the board of the consolidated school district shall certify and order the levy of taxes for the bonded indebtedness equivalent in terms of money to those required by the terms under which the indebtedness was originally incurred, and shall carry out provisions of the original bond contract. Following the effective date of consolidation a question of assuming bonded indebtedness of an original school district may be presented at an election to issue new bonds of the consolidated school district.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 4 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 4
General superintending control over courts; writs; appellate jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Except to the extent limited or abrogated by article IV, section 6, or article V, section 2, the supreme court shall have general superintending control over all courts; power to issue, hear and determine prerogative and remedial writs; and appellate jurisdiction as provided by rules of the supreme court. The supreme court shall not have the power to remove a judge.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 4, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 6, 2018, Eff. Dec. 22, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.2210 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-152-of-1979 / Section 338.2210
Correcting records and issuing new document; fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The department may charge a $10.00 fee for correcting its records and issuing a new document when a person notifies the department of a change of name, address, or employer. If the change does not require the issuance of a new document, no charge shall be made for correcting the department's records.

History: Add. 1988, Act 461, Eff. Sept. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.52 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.52
Director of aeronautics; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52.

Powers and duties of director of aeronautics. The director of aeronautics shall be the executive officer of the commission and department of aeronautics and under the commission's supervision shall administer the provisions of this and all other acts relating to aeronautics within this state.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.52
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.487 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-390-of-1978 / Section 408.487
Department as trustee for employee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The department shall be the trustee for the employee in proceedings under this act, and shall distribute and account for funds collected.

History: 1978, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.79d — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-452-of-2004 / Section 445.79d
Seizure and forfeiture activities; report by agency to department of state police; audit; "reporting agency" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19d.

(1) Beginning February 1, 2016, each reporting agency shall report all seizure and forfeiture activities under this act to the department of state police as required under the uniform forfeiture reporting act.

(2) Beginning February 1, 2016, each reporting agency is subject to audit as required under the uniform forfeiture reporting act.

(3) As used in this section, "reporting agency" means that term as defined in section 7 of the uniform forfeiture reporting act.

History: Add. 2015, Act 149, Eff. Jan. 18, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.24 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 67.24
Sewers, drains, watercourses; construction; condemnation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

The council of any village may establish, construct, and maintain sewers, drains, and watercourses whenever and wherever necessary. These improvements shall be of such dimensions and materials, and under such regulations as the council considers proper for the drainage of the village. Private property may be taken therefor in the manner provided by this act for taking private property for public use. But in all cases where the council shall consider it practicable, such sewer, drain, and watercourses shall be constructed in the public streets and grounds.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2792; CL 1915, 2663; CL 1929, 1572; CL 1948, 67.24; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2731 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-77-of-2010 / Section 38.2731
Short title; meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "public employee retirement health care funding act".

(2) For purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 2 to 2b have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 2010, Act 77, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2010; Am. 2011, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 438.152 — MI Code / Chapter 438 / Act Act-140-of-1861 / Section 438.152
Interest valid in this state; defense of usury not available.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

No plea of usury, nor defense founded upon an allegation of usury, shall be sustained in any court in this State, nor shall any security be held invalid on an allegation of usury, where the rate of interest reserved, discounted or taken, does not exceed that allowed by the laws of this State, in consequence of such security being payable in a State, kingdom or country where such rate of interest is not allowed.

History: 1861, Act 140, Eff. June 16, 1861; CL 1871, 1639; How. 1601; CL 1897, 4861; CL 1915, 6003; CL 1929, 9245; CL 1948, 438.152
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2564c — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2564c
Indemnification of director, officer, employee, nondirector volunteer, or agent; application to court; determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 564c.

A director, officer, employee, nondirector volunteer, or agent of the corporation that is a party or threatened to be made a party to an action, suit, or proceeding may apply for indemnification to the court that is conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction. After receiving an application, the court after giving any notice it considers necessary may order indemnification if it determines that all of the following are met:

(a) Indemnification is not prohibited under section 497(a) and is consistent with other applicable law and with any restrictions in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

(b) The person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not the person met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in section 561 or 562 or was adjudged liable as described in section 562. However, if the person is found liable, indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses incurred by the person.

History: Add. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.12 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-300-of-1909 / Section 462.12
Freight classification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The classification of freight in this state shall be uniform on all railroads.

History: 1909, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 8120; CL 1929, 11028; CL 1948, 462.12
Mich. Comp. Laws § 490.343 — MI Code / Chapter 490 / Act Act-215-of-2003 / Section 490.343
Suspension or removal of members; majority of remaining members as quorum; appointment of temporary members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 343.

If 1 or more directors of a domestic credit union board are suspended or removed under this act, a majority of the remaining members of the board, including any replacement directors, constitute a quorum of the credit union board. If all of the directors of a domestic credit union are suspended or removed under this act, the commissioner shall appoint individuals to serve temporarily as directors until the suspensions or removals are terminated or until their successors are elected and take office.

History: 2003, Act 215, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5927 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5927
Petition to waive notice and approval requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5927.

If a mutual insurer becomes insolvent, its board of directors by a majority vote may request in its petition that the commissioner waive the requirements imposing notice to and policyholder approval of the planned conversion. The petition shall specify both of the following:

The method and basis for the issuance of the converted insurer's shares of its capital stock to an independent party in connection with an investment by the independent party in an amount sufficient to restore the insurer to a sound financial condition.

That the conversion shall be accomplished without consideration to the past, present, or future policyholders, if the commissioner finds that the value of the insurer, due to the insolvency, is insufficient to warrant consideration.

If the commissioner, upon review of the plan of conversion and after a financial examination, finds that the mutual insurer no longer meets statutory requirements with respect to capital, surplus, deposits, and assets, the commissioner may waive, by a written order, the requirements of section 5903(6).

History: Add. 1995, Act 215, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.16f — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.16f
Ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of affected township.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16f.

An ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of an affected township in effect at the time a consolidation under sections 16b and 16c is effective continues in full force as an ordinance, resolution, rule, or regulation of the territory that comprised the former township to which it applied until it is repealed or amended by the consolidated township board.

History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8334 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8334
Exemptions from penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8334.

The penalties provided for violations of this part do not apply to any of the following:

A carrier while lawfully engaged in transporting a pesticide within this state, if the carrier, upon request, permits the director to copy all records showing the transactions in and movement of the pesticide or devices.

Public officials of this state and the federal government while engaged in the performance of their official duties in administering the state or federal pesticide laws or regulations.

A person who ships a substance or mixture of substances being tested in which the only purpose is to determine its toxicity or other properties and from the use of which the user does not expect to receive any pest control benefit.

The shipment or movement of an unregistered or canceled pesticide for the specific purposes of disposal or storage.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66l — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.66l
Guidelines for referrals to substance abuse prevention services or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66 l .

A county that operates a patient care management system shall develop guidelines for referring to appropriate substance abuse prevention services or substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services an individual whose need for medical care, in whole or in part, is caused by substance abuse.

As used in this section, "substance abuse", "substance abuse prevention services", and "substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation services" mean those terms as defined in section 6107 of the public health code, Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, being section 333.6107 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1987, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2001 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2001
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2001.

Sections 2001 to 2050 shall be known and may be cited as "the uniform trade practices act".

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1976, Act 273, Eff. Apr. 1, 1977