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Mich. Comp. Laws § 483.5 — MI Code / Chapter 483 / Act Act-16-of-1929 / Section 483.5
Common carrier defined; carrier without discrimination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A person engaged in the business of carrying or transporting crude oil or petroleum, or any of the products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances, for hire or compensation or otherwise, by pipe line or lines, within this state, is a common carrier thereof as at common law. Such a common carrier shall not allow or commit any unjust or unlawful discrimination, directly or indirectly, in favor of the carriage, transportation, storage, or delivery of any crude, stock, or storage oil, or petroleum, or any products thereof, or carbon dioxide substances that are in its possession or control, or in which the common carrier is interested, directly or indirectly.

History: 1929, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1929; CL 1929, 11656; CL 1948, 483.5; Am. 2014, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1337 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-159-of-2014 / Section 691.1337
Emergency orders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

During a collaborative law process, a tribunal may issue emergency orders to protect the health, safety, welfare, or interest of a party as provided in section 2950 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2950.

History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.332 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-71-of-1877 / Section 565.332
New deed; person to execute.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Such new deed shall be executed by the officer who made such sale, or by his successor in office: Provided, That in counties having 2 circuit court commissioners, if the commissioner who made such sale shall not be then in office, either of the then commissioners may be directed to execute the new conveyance: And provided further: That if such sale shall have been made by an executor, administrator, or guardian, or by any special commissioner appointed for that purpose by any court the court may direct the person who made such sale to execute such new deed, if he be within the jurisdiction of the court, but if he be dead, or be not within such jurisdiction, the court may appoint some proper person to execute such new deed.

History: 1877, Act 71, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 5719; CL 1897, 9033; CL 1915, 11768; CL 1929, 13348; CL 1948, 565.332
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1487 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1487
Contract for good or service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1487.

A court of this state shall not enter into a contract for $10,000.00 or more for a good or service, but excluding a contract for indigent legal assistance, unless the court first follows the competitive bid procedures described in section 261 of the management and budget act, Act No. 431 of the Public Acts of 1984, being section 18.1261 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. This section does not apply to the basic grant money from the family independence agency.

History: Add. 1996, Act 374, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.308a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.308a
Action under Const. 1963, Art. 9, § 32; commencement; jurisdiction; limitations; governmental unit as defendant; officer as party; continuation of action against governmental unit and officer's successor; referral of action; findings of fact; costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 308a.

An action under section 32 of article 9 of the state constitution of 1963 may be commenced in the court of appeals, or in the circuit court in the county in which venue is proper, at the option of the party commencing the action.

The jurisdiction of the court of appeals shall be invoked by filing an action by a taxpayer as plaintiff according to the court rules governing procedure in the court of appeals.

A taxpayer shall not bring or maintain an action under this section unless the action is commenced within 1 year after the cause of action accrued.

The unit of government shall be named as defendant. An officer of any governmental unit shall be sued in his or her official capacity only and shall be described as a party by his or her official title and not by name. If an officer dies, resigns, or otherwise ceases to hold office during the pendency of the action, the action shall continue against the governmental unit and the officer's successor in office.

The court of appeals may refer an action to the circuit court or to the tax tribunal to determine and report its findings of fact if substantial fact finding is necessary to decide the action.

A plaintiff who prevails in an action commenced under this section shall receive from the defendant the costs incurred by the plaintiff in maintaining the action.

History: Add. 1980, Act 110, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.369a — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-291-of-1966 / Section 29.369a
Availability of writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9a.

A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the council in the performance of an official function must be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

History: Add. 1980, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980; Am. 2017, Act 144, Eff. Jan. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.707 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-63-of-2001 / Section 399.707
Agreements with other governmental entities; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The department may enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, or other agreements with 1 or more governmental entities to use the personnel, services, or facilities of the entity to assist with carrying out the duties, functions, and responsibilities of the department as provided in this act and as otherwise provided by law.

The director may delegate his or her authority to execute an agreement authorized in subsection (1) to another officer or employee of the department under terms the director considers appropriate.

History: Add. 2002, Act 508, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.485a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-167-of-1917 / Section 125.485a
Site of illegal drug manufacturing; notification of potential contamination; determination of contamination; rules; order by local health department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 85a.

(1) Within 48 hours of discovering an illegal drug manufacturing site, a state or local law enforcement agency shall notify the enforcing agency, the local health department if the enforcing agency is not the local health department, and the department of community health regarding the potential contamination of any property or dwelling that is or has been the site of illegal drug manufacturing. The state or local law enforcement agency shall post a written warning on the premises stating that potential contamination exists and may constitute a hazard to the health or safety of those who may occupy the premises.

(2) Within 14 days after receipt of the notification under subsection (1) or as soon thereafter as practically possible, the department of community health, in cooperation with the enforcing agency, shall review the information received from the state or local law enforcement agency, emergency first responders, or hazardous materials team that was called to the site and make a determination regarding whether the premises are likely to be contaminated and whether that contamination may constitute a hazard to the health or safety of those who may occupy the premises. The fact that property or a dwelling has been used as a site for illegal drug manufacturing shall be treated by the department of community health as prima facie evidence of likely contamination that may constitute a hazard to the health or safety of those who may occupy those premises.

(3) If the property or dwelling, or both, is determined likely to be contaminated under subsection (2), the enforcing agency shall issue an order requiring the property or dwelling to be vacated until the property owner establishes that the property is decontaminated or the risk of likely contamination ceases to exist. The property owner may establish that the property is decontaminated by submitting a written assessment of the property before decontamination and a written assessment of the property after decontamination, enumerating the steps taken to render the property decontaminated, and a certification that the property has been decontaminated and that the risk of likely contamination no longer exists to the enforcing agency. The property or dwelling shall remain vacated until the enforcing agency has reviewed and concurred in the certification.

(4) The department of community health shall promulgate rules and procedures necessary to implement this section.

(5) Nothing in this section precludes a local health department from exercising its powers or duties under this act or the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211. However, if there is a determination under subsection (2) that is contrary to an order made by a local health department, then the determination made under subsection (2) takes precedence.

History: Add. 2003, Act 307, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004; Am. 2006, Act 258, Imd. Eff. July 6, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.106 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-164-of-1913 / Section 449.106
Violation of act; penalty; effect on validity and enforcement of contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Any 2 or more persons owning, carrying on or conducting or transacting business as aforesaid, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall each be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court; and each day any person or persons shall violate any provisions of this act shall be deemed a separate offense: Provided, however, The fact that a penalty is provided herein for non-compliance with the provisions of this act shall not be construed to avoid contracts, but any copartnership failing to file the certificate or renewal certificate required by this act shall be prohibited from bringing any suit, action or proceeding in any of the courts of this state until after full compliance with the provisions of this act.

History: 1913, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 6359; Am. 1919, Act 265, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 9934; CL 1948, 449.106; Am. 1955, Act 138, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1501 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-220-of-1976 / Section 37.1501
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 501.

As used in this article:

"Housing accommodation" includes improved or unimproved real property, or a part thereof, which is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied, as the home or residence of 1 or more persons.

"Immediate family" means a spouse, parent, child, or sibling.

"Real estate broker or salesman" means a person, whether licensed or not, who, for or with the expectation of receiving a consideration, lists, sells, purchases, exchanges, rents, or leases real property, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate any of these activities, or who holds himself out as engaged in these activities, or who negotiates or attempts to negotiate a loan secured or to be secured by a mortgage or other encumbrance upon real property, or who is engaged in the business of listing real property in a publication; or a person employed by or acting on behalf of any of these persons.

"Real estate transaction" means the sale, exchange, rental, or lease of real property, or an interest therein.

"Real property" includes a building, structure, mobile home, real estate, land, mobile home park, trailer park, tenement, leasehold, or an interest in a real estate cooperative or condominium.

History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.210 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-188-of-1899 / Section 205.210
Inheritance tax; jurisdiction of probate court; determination and payment of tax required prior to closing estate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The probate court of every county of this state having jurisdiction to grant letters testamentary or of administration upon the estate of a decedent whose property is chargeable with any tax under this act, or to appoint a trustee of such estate or any part thereof, or to give ancillary letters thereon, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions arising under the provisions of this act and to do any act in relation thereto authorized by law to be done by a judge of probate in other matters or proceedings coming within his jurisdiction, and if 2 or more probate courts shall be entitled to exercise any such jurisdiction, the judge of probate first acquiring jurisdiction hereunder shall retain the same, to the exclusion of every other judge of probate. Every petition for ancillary letters testamentary or ancillary letters of administration shall set forth a true and correct statement of all the decedent's property in this state and the value thereof.

In no case shall the judge of probate or judges of probate issue an order of final distribution or an order discharging a fiduciary unless there shall have been issued an order of determination of inheritance tax and there is filed a receipt showing the payment in full of the tax as determined.

History: 1899, Act 188, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899; Am. 1903, Act 195, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1903; CL 1915, 14533; CL 1929, 3682; Am. 1941, Act 293, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 205.210
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.33 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.33
False advertising; penalty; excepted participants in publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

A person who, with intent to sell, purchase, dispose of, or acquire merchandise, securities, service, or anything offered or sought by the person, directly or indirectly, to or from the public for sale, purchase, or distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption of merchandise, securities, service, or other thing offered or sought, or to induce the public in any manner to enter into an obligation relating to or interest in the merchandise, securities, service, or other thing offered or sought, makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates, or places before the public, or causes directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before or communicated to the public, in a newspaper or by radio broadcast, television, telephone, or telegraph or other mode of communication or publication or in the form of a book, notice, handbill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet, letter, or communication, including communication by telephone or telegraph to 2 or more persons, or in any other way, in advertisement of any sort regarding merchandise, securities, service, or anything so offered to or sought from the public, or regarding the motive or purpose of a sale, purchase, distribution, or acquisition, which advertisement contains an assertion, representation, or statement or illustration, including statements of present or former sale price or value, which is false, deceptive, or misleading, or calculated to subject another person to disadvantage or injury through the publication of false or deceptive statements or as part of a plan or scheme with the intent, design, or purpose not to sell the merchandise, commodities, or service so advertised at the price stated therein, or otherwise communicated, or with intent not to sell the merchandise, commodities, or service so advertised is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.

Subsection (1) does not apply to an owner, publisher, printer, agent, or employee of a newspaper or other publication, periodical, or circular, or of a radio station or television station, who in good faith and without knowledge of the falsity or deceptive character thereof, publishes, causes to be published, or takes part in the publication of an advertisement described in subsection (1).

Subsection (1) does not apply to any person, firm, or corporation providing telephone service to subscribers as a public utility.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1941, Act 340, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 750.33; Am. 1955, Act 176, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955; Am. 1957, Act 180, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.745 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.745
Water supply or sewage disposal or refuse systems; municipality service contract with county; county contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Any 1 or more municipalities or other public corporations, either within or without the county, shall have authority to contract for the purchase of water or sewage or refuse services or transportation from a county operating under this act. Any charges specified in any such contract shall be subject to increase by such county at any time, if necessary, in order to provide funds to meet the obligations of the project involved. The county operating under this act may enter into contract with any public or private corporation, for the purchase by such county from or for the sale by the county to the corporation of water or sewage or refuse services, and for the right to transport sewage through the sewers of the county or of the corporation or to use the facilities of the other. Any contract authorized herein shall be for a period of not exceeding 50 years.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957; Am. 1964, Act 42, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1967, Act 63, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3353 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-16-of-2024 / Section 338.3353
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Asbestos" means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite.

(b) "Asbestos abatement contractor" means a business entity that is licensed under the asbestos abatement contractors licensing act, 1986 PA 135, MCL 338.3101 to 338.3319, and that carries on the business of asbestos abatement on the premises of another business entity and not on the asbestos abatement contractor's premises. Asbestos abatement contractor includes an individual or person with an ownership interest in a business entity described in this subdivision.

(c) "Asbestos abatement project" means any activity involving persons working directly with the demolition, renovation, or encapsulation of friable asbestos materials.

(d) "Public entity" means this state or an agency or authority of this state, school district, community college district, intermediate school district, city, village, township, county, land bank, public authority, or public airport authority.

History: 2024, Act 16, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.215 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-78-of-1917 / Section 801.215
Realty; powers of commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Any real estate which has been or is being used for county work farm, factory or shop purposes shall, immediately upon the election of a commission pursuant to the terms of this act, be turned over to such commission pursuant to this act. And such commission, by and with the approval of a majority of all supervisors-elect of such county, given by vote at some regular meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, may sell such real estate and invest its proceeds in other real estate in said county to be used for like purposes; or in case it is decided to discontinue said farm, factory or shop then the proceeds shall be turned into the general fund of such county.

History: 1917, Act 78, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1917; CL 1929, 17734; CL 1948, 801.215
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1157 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-321-of-2000 / Section 123.1157
Audit; timing; preparation of budgets and appropriations acts; powers, duties, and immunities; filing financial plan to correct deficit condition; investment or deposit of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

(1) A board shall obtain an audit of the authority as required in this section, and report on the audit and auditing procedures, in the manner provided by sections 6 to 13 of the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.426 to 141.433. The audit must also be in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards as promulgated by the United States Government Accountability Office and must satisfy federal regulations relating to federal grant compliance audit requirements.

(2) If an authority levies and collects a tax, or if an authority does not levy or collect a tax and has $100,000.00 or more in yearly expenditures, the board shall obtain an annual audit of the authority.

(3) If an authority does not levy or collect a tax and has less than $100,000.00 in yearly expenditures, the board shall obtain an audit of its financial records, accounts, and procedures not less frequently than biennially. However, if any audit under this subsection discloses a material deviation from generally accepted accounting practices or from applicable rules and regulations of a state department or agency or discloses any fiscal irregularity, defalcation, misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance, the department of treasury may require an audit to be conducted in the next year.

(4) An authority shall prepare budgets and appropriations acts in the manner provided by sections 14 to 19 of the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.434 to 141.439.

(5) The state treasurer, the attorney general, a prosecuting attorney, bank, certified public accountant, certified public accounting firm, or other person has the same powers, duties, and immunities with respect to the authority as provided for local units in sections 6 to 20 of the uniform budgeting and accounting act, 1968 PA 2, MCL 141.426 to 141.440.

(6) If an authority ends a fiscal year in a deficit condition, the authority shall file a financial plan to correct the deficit condition in the same manner as provided in section 21(2) of the Glenn Steil state revenue sharing act of 1971, 1971 PA 140, MCL 141.921.

(7) The board may authorize funds of the authority to be invested or deposited in any investment or depository authorized under section 1 of 1943 PA 20, MCL 129.91.

History: 2000, Act 321, Eff. Dec. 1, 2000; Am. 2019, Act 128, Imd. Eff. Nov. 21, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.562 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-114-of-1965 / Section 290.562
Grower assessment on beans grown and produced.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

A grower assessment of 10 cents per hundredweight, when sold or shipped, is levied and imposed upon all beans grown and produced in this state in the year 2000, and annually thereafter. The grower or certified seed grower shall pay the assessment.

The first receiver who purchases or receives beans from growers shall deduct the assessment from the price paid and remit it to the commission on or before the fifteenth of the following month.

The commission may set a reasonable fee for the collecting of assessments from growers.

Money levied and collected under this act shall be spent for purposes authorized by this act.

History: 1965, Act 114, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966; Am. 1974, Act 117, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977; Am. 2000, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.205 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.205
Notice to proprietors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 205.

The proprietors of record of lands in the plat shall be notified by registered mail to their last known address, in order that they shall have opportunity to examine the map, view the temporary monuments, and make known any disagreement with the boundaries as shown.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968