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Mich. Comp. Laws § 225.1 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 225.1
State highway department; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

There is hereby created and established a state highway department, which shall be charged with the giving of instruction in the art of building, improving and repairing public wagon roads and bridges, collecting reports from township and county highway commissioners, overseers of highways and superintendents and commissioners of streets in villages and cities, and with the distribution of any state reward for improving the public wagon roads, that this legislature or any future session may provide for, or any funds that may be given to the state for such purposes by the United States government.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4378; CL 1929, 4019; CL 1948, 225.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.61 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-38-of-1969 / Section 331.61
Local authority; bonds, enforcement of payment, validity, publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

The provisions of this act and any resolution and any mortgage or deed of trust shall continue in effect until the principal and interest on the bonds has been fully paid and the duties of the hospital authority and its commission and officers under this act and any resolution and any mortgage or deed of trust shall be enforceable by any bondholder by mandamus, foreclosure of the mortgage or deed of trust or other appropriate action in any court of competent jurisdiction.

The resolution authorizing the bonds shall provide that the bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this act, which recital shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.

Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this act shall not be effective until publication once in a newspaper of general circulation within the incorporating unit.

History: 1969, Act 38, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1561 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-118-of-1981 / Section 445.1561
Short title; Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "motor vehicle franchise act".

(2) For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 2 to 6 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.

History: 1981, Act 118, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1981; Am. 2018, Act 668, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.674 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-33-of-1978 / Section 722.674
Additional definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

As used in this part:

(a) "Harmful to minors" means sexually explicit matter that meets all of the following criteria:

( i ) Considered as a whole, it appeals to the prurient interest of minors as determined by contemporary local community standards.

( ii ) It is patently offensive to contemporary local community standards of adults as to what is suitable for minors.

( iii ) Considered as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, educational, and scientific value for minors.

(b) "Local community" means the county in which the matter was disseminated.

(c) "Prurient interest" means a lustful interest in sexual stimulation or gratification. In determining whether sexually explicit matter appeals to the prurient interest, the matter shall be judged with reference to average 17-year-old minors. If it appears from the character of the matter that it is designed to appeal to the prurient interest of a particular group of persons, including, but not limited to, homosexuals or sadomasochists, then the matter shall be judged with reference to average 17-year-old minors within the particular group for which it appears to be designed.

History: 1978, Act 33, Eff. June 1, 1978; Am. 2005, Act 108, Eff. Dec. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.407 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-82-of-1899 / Section 458.407
Extension of corporate existence; term; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation may extend its corporate existence for a term not exceeding 30 years, by filing with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce duly attested copies of a resolution adopted by such corporation at a meeting called in accordance with the provisions of its bylaws expressing a desire to so extend its corporate existence, and upon the filing of such resolution as above specified, the corporate existence of such body shall be extended in accordance with the terms of such resolution for a term of not exceeding 30 years from the date of the expiration of its former term, and all rights of property and of contract shall remain unimpaired and the corporate identity of such body shall remain unchanged.

History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899; CL 1915, 10960; CL 1929, 10972; CL 1948, 458.407; Am. 1982, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1612 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1612
Petition for appointment of guardian; accompanying report; psychological tests; evaluations; availability of report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 612.

The petition for the appointment of a guardian for an individual who has a developmental disability shall be accompanied by a report that contains all of the following:

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

Current evaluations of the respondent's mental, physical, social, and educational condition, adaptive behavior, and social skills. These evaluations shall take into account the individual's abilities.

An opinion as to whether guardianship is needed, the type and scope of the guardianship needed, and a specific statement of the reasons for the guardianship.

A recommendation as to the most appropriate rehabilitation plan and living arrangement for the individual and the reasons for the recommendation.

The signatures of all individuals who performed the evaluations upon which the report is based. One of the individuals shall be a physician or psychologist who, by training or experience, is competent in evaluating individuals with developmental disabilities.

A listing of all psychotropic medications, plus all other medications the respondent is receiving on a continuous basis, the dosage of the medications, and a description of the impact upon the respondent's mental, physical and educational conditions, adaptive behavior, and social skills.

Psychological tests upon which an evaluation of the respondent's mental condition have been based may be performed up to 1 year before the filing of the petition.

If a report does not accompany the petition, the court shall order appropriate evaluations to be performed by qualified individuals who may be employees of the state, the county, the community mental health services program, or the court. The court may order payment for evaluations of respondents by a public agency that treats or serves the developmentally disabled. State compensation for evaluations paid for by public mental health agencies shall be determined under sections 302 to 310, and sections 800 to 842. Compensation for an evaluation shall be in an amount that is reasonable and based upon time and expenses. The report shall be prepared and filed with the court not less than 10 days before the hearing.

A report prepared under this section shall not be made part of the public record of the proceedings but shall be available to the court or an appellate court to which the proceedings may be appealed, to the respondent, the petitioner, their attorneys, and to other individuals the court directs.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 527, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 255.51 — MI Code / Chapter 255 / Act Act-150-of-1943 / Section 255.51
Board of supervisors authorized to acquire ferry service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The boards of supervisors of the several counties of this state are hereby authorized, by a 2/3 vote of the members elect thereof, to acquire ferry services, and the necessary equipment therefor, as part of the highway system of said counties.

The board of supervisors of any county acquiring such ferry service may from time to time make appropriations for the purchase, operation and/or maintenance of said ferry and ferry services.

History: 1943, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1943; CL 1948, 255.51
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.633 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-388-of-2008 / Section 445.633
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Beverage container law" means 1976 IL 1, MCL 445.571 to 445.576.

(b) "Dealer" means that term as defined in section 1 of the beverage container law, MCL 445.571.

(c) "Department" means the department of treasury.

(d) "Designated glass container", "designated metal container", and "designated plastic container" mean those terms as defined in the reverse vending machine antifraud act.

(e) "Fund" means the beverage container redemption antifraud fund created in section 7.

(f) "Install vision technology" means to equip an existing, new, or replacement reverse vending machine with vision technology for designated metal, plastic, or glass containers, including all reasonable and necessary technology, equipment, hardware, software, and labor, and 1 year of service directly related to the vision technology by the reverse vending machine vendor.

(g) "Overredeemer" means that term as defined in section 3b of the beverage container law, MCL 445.573b.

(h) "Retrofit" means to install vision technology for designated metal, plastic, or glass beverage containers in an existing, new, or replacement reverse vending machine.

(i) "Reverse vending machine" means that term as defined in the reverse vending machine antifraud act.

(j) "Reverse vending machine manufacturer" means that term as defined in the reverse vending machine antifraud act.

(k) "Vision technology" means that term as defined in the reverse vending machine antifraud act.

History: 2008, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5402 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5402
Protective proceedings; jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5402.

After the service of notice in a proceeding seeking a conservator's appointment or other protective order and until the proceeding's termination, the court in which the petition is filed has the following jurisdiction:

Exclusive jurisdiction to determine the need for a conservator or other protective order until the proceeding is terminated.

Exclusive jurisdiction to determine how the protected individual's estate that is subject to the laws of this state is managed, expended, or distributed to or for the use of the protected individual or any of the protected individual's dependents or other claimants.

Concurrent jurisdiction to determine the validity of a claim against the protected individual or the protected individual's estate, and questions of title concerning estate property.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3817 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-33-of-2008 / Section 125.3817
Chairperson, secretary, and other offices; election; terms; appointment of advisory committees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) A planning commission shall elect a chairperson and secretary from its members and create and fill other offices as it considers advisable. An ex officio member of the planning commission is not eligible to serve as chairperson. The term of each officer shall be 1 year, with opportunity for reelection as specified in bylaws adopted under section 19.

(2) A planning commission may appoint advisory committees whose members are not members of the planning commission.

History: 2008, Act 33, Eff. Sept. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.179 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-175-of-2004 / Section 205.179
Storing, registering, or transferring ownership of vehicle; tax; exemption; credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Except as provided in subsection (2), there is levied upon and there shall be collected from every person in this state a specific tax on the privilege of storing, registering, or transferring ownership of any vehicle other than a vehicle stored, registered, or transferred by a new or used vehicle dealer licensed by the department of state, ORV, manufactured housing, aircraft other than a qualified aircraft under section 11, snowmobile, or watercraft in this state at a rate of 6% of the retail dollar value at the time of acquisition as determined by the department of treasury. The tax shall be paid by the transferee. The tax on a vehicle, ORV, snowmobile, and watercraft shall be collected by the secretary of state before the transfer of the vehicle, ORV, snowmobile, or watercraft registration. The tax on an aircraft shall be paid to the department. The tax on manufactured housing shall be collected by the department of consumer and industry services, mobile home commission, or its agent before the transfer of the certificate of title.

A transfer for purposes of resale or a transfer that is exempt under any other exemption under the use tax act is exempt from the tax levied under subsection (1). A transfer subject to tax under the general sales tax act is exempt from the tax levied under subsection (1).

A credit against the tax levied under subsection (1) is allowed for an amount equal to any use tax paid by the taxpayer on the same property. The credit under this section shall not exceed the tax imposed by this act.

History: 2004, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.167 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-189-of-1979 / Section 141.167
Validation of prior elections.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Elections held in substantial compliance with and before the effective date of this act shall be considered to have secured voter approval of an unlimited tax pledge and are hereby validated.

History: 1979, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.429 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-429-of-2008 / Section 445.429
Article containing nonferrous metal; tagging and holding by dealer required; circumstances; creation and maintenance of records; certain sales prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) A dealer shall tag and hold, for 7 calendar days, any article containing nonferrous metal purchased from a seller and that is offered for purchase under any of the following circumstances:

(a) The article has altered or obliterated serial numbers, and the person delivering the article does not have a written receipt or documentation.

(b) Where, due to the identification on the article or due to the type of article, the dealer would reasonably be considered to have knowledge that the article is, or was, the property of a governmental entity, and the person delivering the article does not have a written receipt or documentation.

(c) Where, due to the identification on the article, the dealer would reasonably be considered to have knowledge that the article is, or was, the property of a business, and the person delivering the article does not have a written receipt or documentation.

(d) The article is a commemorative, decorative, or other cemetery-related or apparently ceremonial article, and the person delivering the article does not have a written receipt or documentation.

(e) The article is subject to a notification or bulletin from any law enforcement agency that is received by the dealer prior to the purchase of the article.

(f) Where the article is copper wiring, whether burned or with sheathing, and the person delivering the article does not have a written receipt or documentation.

(2) The tag and hold requirements of this section require the dealer to also create and maintain the records required under section 7 regarding those articles.

(3) The tag and hold requirements of subsection (1) do not apply to any of the following:

(a) Any article containing nonferrous metal that does not conform to the circumstances described in subsection (1).

(b) Any article that has been the subject of tag and hold by 1 dealer in compliance with this section if that article is resold directly to another dealer. In addition, any article that was not initially subject to the tag and hold provisions of this section is not thereafter subject to the tag and hold provisions if that article is resold to another dealer.

(4) Except in the case where the seller has specific written documentation that the seller is the owner, agent, or person with authority to possess and sell certain articles, a seller shall not sell or offer for sale, and a dealer shall not purchase, any article containing nonferrous metal that is marked with any form of the name, initials, markings, or logo of a governmental entity, utility, cemetery, or railroad; any beer kegs; or any public fixtures. Any sale is subject to the provisions of this act.

History: 2008, Act 429, Eff. Apr. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2302 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2302
Corporation organized upon nonstock basis.
Status: in_force

Sec. 302.

A corporation shall be organized upon a stock or nonstock basis. A corporation organized upon a nonstock basis shall be organized upon a membership basis or a directorship basis.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 25 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 25
Voter approval of increased local taxes; prohibitions; emergency conditions; repayment of bonded indebtedness guaranteed; implementation of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

Property taxes and other local taxes and state taxation and spending may not be increased above the limitations specified herein without direct voter approval. The state is prohibited from requiring any new or expanded activities by local governments without full state financing, from reducing the proportion of state spending in the form of aid to local governments, or from shifting the tax burden to local government. A provision for emergency conditions is established and the repayment of voter approved bonded indebtedness is guaranteed. Implementation of this section is specified in Sections 26 through 34, inclusive, of this Article.

History: Add. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 7, 1978, Eff. Dec. 23, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.126 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-94-of-1933 / Section 141.126
Receiving fund surplus; deposit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

Any money remaining in the accounts of the public improvement at the end of any operating year, which under the provisions of section 22 shall be considered surplus, may be transferred to other accounts of the public improvement or may be used for the purpose or purposes as the governing body may determine to be for the best interests of the borrower, unless some other disposition shall have been made in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under this act. In the event that money of the public improvement is insufficient to provide for the current expenses of the operation and maintenance account or the bond and interest redemption account, any money or securities in other accounts of the public improvement shall be transferred first to the operation and maintenance account and second to the bond and interest redemption account to the extent of any deficits in those accounts.

History: 1933, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1933; Am. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 7, 1946; Am. 1947, Act 204, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1947; CL 1948, 141.126; Am. 2002, Act 465, Imd. Eff. June 21, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.20302 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.20302
Hazardous material spills; immunity of volunteers from civil suits; effect of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20302.

A volunteer who assists in remedial actions associated with a spill of a hazardous material into the waters of the state following a declaration by the governor pursuant to section 3 of the emergency preparedness act, Act No. 390 of the Public Acts of 1976, being section 30.403 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, that the spill has caused a state of disaster is not liable in a civil action for damages resulting from an act or omission arising out of and in the course of the volunteer's good faith rendering of that assistance.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a volunteer whose act or omission was the result of the volunteer's gross negligence or willful misconduct.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.401 — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-456-of-1988 / Section 29.401
Liability for tort damages caused by instructional services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

An instructor certified, assigned, approved, or contracted under the fire fighters training council act of 1966, 1966 PA 291, MCL 29.361 to 29.377, to provide instructional services is not liable for tort damages caused by those instructional services if the tort damages are caused by the ordinary negligence of the instructor.

History: 1988, Act 456, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989; Am. 2006, Act 210, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2441 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2441
Costs; costs additional in civil actions in supreme court and circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2441.

In all civil actions or special proceedings in the supreme court, whether heard as an original proceeding or on appeal, the following amounts shall be allowed as costs in addition to other costs unless the court otherwise directs:

On motions, $20.00.

On calendar causes and those given an early hearing, $50.00.

In all civil actions or special proceedings in the circuit court, whether heard as an original proceeding or on appeal, the following amounts shall be allowed as costs in addition to other costs unless the court otherwise directs:

For the proceedings before trial, $20.00.

For motions that result in dismissal or judgment, $20.00.

For the trial of the action or proceeding, $150.00.

In actions in which a confession of judgment is entered, $15.00.

In actions in which a default judgment or consent judgment is entered, $75.00.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1999, Act 226, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000