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Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1147 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1147
Report on dyed diesel fuel reporting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 147.

Eighteen months after the effective date of this act, the department shall submit a report to the legislature on dyed diesel fuel reporting under this act. The report shall include recommendations as to whether reporting of dyed diesel fuel purchases and sales is needed, whether the lack of reporting has resulted in tax evasion, and any other information considered relevant by the department.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.757 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Territorial-Laws-of-1833-Vol-III / Section 390.757
Fiscal affairs; restricted donations; conveyances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The college and the trustees thereof shall have and are hereby vested with the power to acquire by purchase, gift, loan, grant, donation or otherwise for the use and benefit of the corporation, real estate, personal property and money, and may sell, use, hold, manage, invest and reinvest, lease, improve, mortgage, assign, convey and dispose of such real estate, personal property and money so acquired in such manner as the board of trustees shall deem necessary and desirable in carrying out the objects of this corporation. Any funds or property received from a donor and designated by the donor for a particular purpose shall be used for such purpose so long as such purpose exists: Provided, The purpose be not inconsistent with the general objects of this corporation. Any conveyance of real estate shall be executed by such officers and agents of the college as shall be designated by resolution of the board of trustees.

History: Add. 1955, Act 50, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.767a — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.767a
Deductions and payments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17a.

(1) If a defendant who has been sentenced to the department of corrections is ordered to pay restitution under section 16, and if the defendant receives more than $50.00 in a month, the department of corrections shall deduct 50% of the amount over $50.00 received by the defendant for payment of the restitution. The department of corrections shall promptly send the deducted money to the court or to the crime victim as provided in the order of restitution when it accumulates to an amount that exceeds $100.00, or when the defendant is paroled, transferred to community programs, or discharged on the maximum sentence.

(2) If a defendant who has been sentenced to jail is ordered to pay restitution under section 16, and if the defendant receives more than $50.00 in a month, the sheriff may deduct 50% of the amount over $50.00 received by the defendant for payment of the restitution, and 5% of the amount over $50.00 received by the defendant to be retained by the sheriff as an administrative fee. The sheriff shall promptly send the money deducted for restitution to the court or to the crime victim as provided in the order of restitution when it accumulates to an amount that exceeds $100.00, or when the defendant is released to probation or discharged on the maximum sentence.

(3) The department of corrections or sheriff, as applicable, shall notify the defendant and the court in writing of all deductions and payments made under this section. The requirements of this section remain in effect until all of the restitution has been paid. The department of corrections or sheriff shall not enter into any agreement with a defendant that modifies the requirements of this section. An agreement in violation of this subsection is void.

History: Add. 2005, Act 184, Eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Am. 2006, Act 461, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.402 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-104-of-1905 / Section 457.402
Grand lodge; incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

That any 10 or more persons with their associates and successors, shall constitute the grand lodge of the Social Order of Moose, of the state of Michigan, and they are hereby authorized to make and execute under their hands and seals, articles of association, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this state, having authority to make (take) acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:

First. The names of persons so associating in the first instance, and their places of residence;

Second. The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law, and the place of its business office;

Third. The object and purpose of such association shall be to protect and aid its members and their families, and to promote friendship and social intercourse, and to accumulate a fund for that purpose, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.

History: 1905, Act 104, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1905; CL 1915, 10625; CL 1929, 10686; CL 1948, 457.402
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1837b — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1837b
"Center" and "college level equivalent credit examination" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 237b.

As used in this article:

(a) "Center" means the center for educational performance and information created in section 94a.

(b) "College level equivalent credit examination" means an examination that is administered by an independent testing service and that is used by colleges and universities generally to award postsecondary credit for achievement of a particular score, and includes, but is not limited to, advanced placement examinations, the DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST), and college-level examination program (CLEP) examinations.

History: Add. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Am. 2017, Act 108, Eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Am. 2022, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 1, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.37b — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.37b
Use of electronic voting system; contract between governing bodies of governmental units.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37b.

The governing body of a governmental unit in this state may contract with the governing body of another governmental unit in this state with regard to the use of the electronic voting system owned by either of the contracting units.

History: Add. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1903 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-24-of-2024 / Section 722.1903
Surrogacy agreement; compliance requirements; permissible provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.

(1) A surrogacy agreement must comply with all of the following requirements:

(a) The surrogate must agree to attempt to become pregnant by means of assisted reproduction.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in sections 306, 308, and 309, the surrogate and the surrogate's spouse or former spouse, if any, must have no claim to parentage of a child conceived by assisted reproduction under the agreement.

(c) The surrogate's spouse, if any, must acknowledge and agree to comply with the obligations imposed on the surrogate by the agreement.

(d) Except as otherwise provided in sections 306, 308, and 309, the agreement must provide that the intended parent, or, if there are 2 intended parents, each intended parent jointly and severally, immediately on birth, will be the exclusive parent or parents of the child, regardless of the number of children born or gender or mental or physical condition of each child.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in sections 306, 308, and 309, the intended parent, or, if there are 2 intended parents, each parent jointly and severally, immediately on birth, will assume responsibility for the financial support of the child, regardless of the number of children born or gender or mental or physical condition of each child.

(f) The agreement must include information disclosing that the intended parent or parents will cover the agreed-on expenses of the surrogate, the assisted reproduction expenses, and the medical expenses for the surrogate and the child.

(g) The agreement must permit the surrogate to make all health and welfare decisions regarding the surrogate and the pregnancy, including, but not limited to, whether to consent to a cesarean section or multiple embryo transfer. Notwithstanding anything in this act, any provision in the agreement to the contrary is void and unenforceable. This act does not diminish the right of the surrogate under section 28 of article I of the state constitution of 1963.

(h) The surrogacy agreement must permit the surrogate to use the services of a health care practitioner of the surrogate's choosing.

(i) The surrogacy agreement must include information about each party's right under section 305 to terminate the surrogacy agreement.

(2) A surrogacy agreement may provide for 1 or both of the following:

(a) Payment of compensation, support, and reasonable expenses.

(b) Reimbursement of specific agreed-on expenses if the agreement is terminated under section 305.

(3) A right created under a surrogacy agreement is not assignable, and there is no third-party beneficiary of the surrogacy agreement other than the child.

(4) If any of the requirements of this part are not met, a court of competent jurisdiction must determine parentage under section 309(1) and (2).

History: 2024, Act 24, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.7416 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.7416
Recruiting, inducing, soliciting, or coercing minor to commit felony; penalties; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7416.

A person 17 years of age or over who recruits, induces, solicits, or coerces a minor less than 17 years of age to commit or attempt to commit any act that would be a felony under this part if committed by an adult is guilty of a felony and may be punished by a fine of not more than the fine authorized by this part for an adult who commits such an act, and shall be punished, subject to subsection (3), as follows:

Except as provided in subdivision (b), by imprisonment for not less than 1/2 of the maximum term of imprisonment authorized by this part for an adult who commits such an act and not more than the maximum term of imprisonment authorized by this part for an adult who commits such an act.

If the act to be committed or attempted by the minor is a violation of section 7401(2)(a)( i ), by imprisonment for life.

A person subject to a sentence under subsection (1) shall not be subject to a delayed sentence or a suspended sentence and shall not be eligible for probation.

The court may depart from a minimum term of imprisonment authorized under subsection (1)(a) or (b) if the court finds on the record that there are substantial and compelling reasons to do so.

Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to an act that is a violation of section 7401(2)(d) and that involves the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver of marihuana. This section applies whether or not the person 17 years of age or older knew or had reason to know the age of the minor less than 17 years of age.

History: Add. 1988, Act 17, Eff. June 1, 1988; Am. 1995, Act 95, Eff. Aug. 1, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.217 — MI Code / Chapter 446 / Act Act-273-of-1917 / Section 446.217
Transaction of business on Sunday unlawful.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

No license granted under the provisions of this act shall authorize any business to be transacted by pawnbrokers on the first day of the week commonly called Sunday.

History: 1917, Act 273, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 9700; CL 1948, 446.217
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.284e — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-233-of-1955 / Section 124.284e
Discontinuance and restoration of service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4e.

(1) The authority may authorize the discontinuance of service to a user who violates a rule or regulation promulgated under this act if the authority determines that discontinuance of service to that user is necessary to protect the integrity of the affected system.

(2) The authority shall authorize restoration of service to that user when the authority determines that the threat to the affected system no longer exists and that the cause of or events resulting in the violation will not recur.

(3) The municipality or Indian tribe that maintains and operates the affected system or part of that system, or the authority, pursuant to that municipality's or Indian tribe's authorization, shall discontinue service as authorized under subsection (1) and restore service as authorized under subsection (2).

History: Add. 1985, Act 178, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1985; Am. 2009, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.706 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-72-of-1857 / Section 390.706
Act declared public; non-user of privileges; misnomer in instrument.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

This act shall be and hereby is declared to be a public act; no non-user of any of the privileges hereby granted to the said corporation shall create or produce a forfeiture of the same and no misnomer of said corporation in any deed, will, testament, gift, grant, demise or other instrument, contract or conveyance shall defeat or vitiate the same, provided that the corporation be sufficiently described to ascertain the intent.

History: 1857, Act 72, Eff. May 19, 1857; CL 1915, 11079; CL 1929, 8134; CL 1948, 390.706
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.439 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.439
Designating portion of tax refund credited to Michigan nongame fish and wildlife trust fund; printing contribution designation on income tax return form; disposition of amount equal to cumulative designations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 439.

Until the state treasurer certifies that the assets in the nongame fish and wildlife trust fund created in the nongame fish and wildlife trust fund act exceed $6,000,000.00, a taxpayer may designate on his or her annual return that a contribution of $2.00 or more of his or her refund be credited to the state of Michigan nongame fish and wildlife trust fund created in part 439 (nongame fish and wildlife trust fund) of the natural resources and environmental protection act, Act No. 451 of the Public Acts of 1994, being sections 324.43901 to 324.43907 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. If a taxpayer's refund is not sufficient to make a contribution under this section, the taxpayer may designate a contribution amount and that contribution amount shall be added to the taxpayer's tax liability for the tax year.

The contribution designation authorized in this section shall be clearly and unambiguously printed on the first page of all state individual income tax return forms, if practicable.

Notwithstanding the other allocations and disbursements required by this act, an amount equal to the cumulative designations made under this section, less the amount appropriated to the department of treasury for the purpose of implementing this section, shall be deposited in the state of Michigan nongame fish and wildlife trust fund and shall be appropriated solely for the purposes of the fund.

History: Add. 1983, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Am. 1985, Act 145, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 1985; Am. 1986, Act 286, Eff. Jan. 22, 1987; Am. 1993, Act 162, Imd. Eff. Sept. 16, 1993; Am. 1996, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 484, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.81110 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.81110
Fee for processing application for ORV certificate of title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81110.

(1) The department of state shall charge a fee of $11.00 for processing an application for an ORV certificate of title or a duplicate ORV certificate of title. The department of state shall charge an additional fee of $5.00 for processing an application on an expedited basis.

(2) If a check or draft in payment of a required fee is not paid on its first presentation, the fee is delinquent as of the date the check or draft was tendered. The person tendering the check or draft remains liable for the payment of each fee and any penalty.

(3) The department of state may suspend an ORV certificate of title if the department of state determines that a fee prescribed in this section has not been paid and remains unpaid after reasonable notice or demand.

(4) If a fee is still delinquent 15 days after the department of state has given notice to a person who tendered the check or draft, a $10.00 penalty shall be assessed and collected in addition to the fee.

(5) The revenue collected from the fees imposed under this section shall be used to support the administrative costs of the secretary of state required by this section. Annual revenue collected in excess of these administrative costs shall be credited to the off-road vehicle account. Amounts appropriated for administrative costs but unexpended shall be credited to the off-road vehicle account.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16283 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16283
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16283.

As used in this section and sections 16284 to 16288:

(a) "Health professional" means an individual who is engaging in the practice of a health profession.

(b) "Prescriber" means that term as defined in section 17708.

(c) "Telehealth" means the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support or promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health, or health administration. Telehealth may include, but is not limited to, telemedicine. As used in this subdivision, "telemedicine" means that term as defined in section 3476 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3476.

(d) "Telehealth service" means a health care service that is provided through telehealth.

History: Add. 2016, Act 359, Eff. Mar. 29, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3903 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3903
Indebtedness; set-off.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3903.

The amount of a successor's noncontingent indebtedness to the estate if due, or its present value if not due, shall be offset against the successor's interest. However, the successor has the benefit of a defense that would be available to the successor in a direct proceeding for recovery of the debt.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3428 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3428
Safe deposit and storage department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 428.

If a savings bank operates a safe deposit and storage department, the legal liability of the savings bank on account of any loss to a customer shall not exceed the sum of $10,000.00 for any 1 box or compartment, including all property accepted for storage outside of the box or compartment. The savings bank may contract with the renter to have the renter assume all risks arising from the use of the box, compartment, or storage.

The savings bank shall have a lien for unpaid rental and storage charges on the contents of any box or compartment and any property accepted for storage outside of the box or compartment. If the charges are not paid within 1 year from the date of accrual, then the savings bank may sell the property at public auction upon like notice as is required by law for sales on execution.

After retaining from the proceeds of sale the amount of all charges due and owing at the time of the sale and the reasonable expenses of the sale, the savings bank shall pay any balance to the persons entitled to the proceeds. The savings bank may fairly and in good faith purchase all or part of the property at the sale.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 482, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.102 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 433.102
Fees; distraining and impounding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The person so taking up and distraining the same, shall be entitled to 50 cents per head for all horses, mules, asses and neat cattle, and 10 cents per head for all sheep, goats and swine, so distrained by him; and the pound keeper shall be entitled to 4 cents per head for all the said animals so impounded.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 125; CL 1857, 5047; CL 1871, 6768; How. 8356; CL 1897, 10689; CL 1915, 14780; CL 1929, 9062; CL 1948, 433.102
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1371 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1371
“One day, one trial system” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1371.

As used in sections 1371 to 1376, "one day, one trial system" means a system of selection of jurors which incorporates either of the following:

A system of jury selection whereby:

Jury service is completed when the first trial to which the juror is sworn is concluded regardless of the length of the trial or the manner in which the case is disposed.

A juror who is challenged shall be returned to the jury pool and shall be subject to voir dire examination in other cases for the remainder of that day.

A juror who remains unseated and unchallenged at voir dire examination shall be excused at the end of that day. A juror may be held over for another day for continuation of voir dire examination at the discretion of the trial judge.

A system of jury selection established pursuant to section 1301b.

History: Add. 1978, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.43 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-199-of-1929 / Section 123.43
Community center; board of directors; terms; compensation; vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) If a village or township votes to establish a community center, the governing body of the village or township shall appoint 6 directors for boards established before January 9, 2001 and 7 directors for boards established on or after January 9, 2001 who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. For boards established before January 9, 2001, the governing body of the village or township shall appoint 1 additional director who shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. At the next regular election there must be elected a community board of 7 directors, 2 for 1 year, 2 for 2 years, and 3 for 3 years, and then annually there must be elected the number of directors whose terms have expired, who shall hold office for 3 years or until their successors are elected and qualified. Alternatively, the governing body of a village or township may by resolution provide that at the next regular election, and then every 2 years, there must be elected a community board of 7 directors, who shall hold office for 2 years or until their successors are elected and qualified.

(2) If a village or township initially elected directors for 3-year terms as described in subsection (1), its governing body may subsequently adopt a resolution providing for the election every 2 years of directors for 2-year terms. The resolution must provide for the transition of the elective terms from 3 to 2 years as follows:

(a) The offices of those directors whose terms first expire after the adoption of the resolution must be filled at the next scheduled local, state, or federal election by the election of that number of directors who shall hold office for 2 years, and then every 2 years for 2 years or until their successors are elected and qualified.

(b) The offices of those directors whose terms next expire after the adoption of the resolution must be filled in the year following the election in subdivision (a) by the election of that number of directors who shall hold office for 1 year, and then every 2 years for 2 years or until their successors are elected and qualified.

(c) The offices of those directors whose terms last expire after the adoption of the resolution must be filled as described in subdivision (a).

(3) The governing body of the village or township shall determine by resolution the compensation of the board of directors. A vacancy in the board of directors occasioned by a removal, a resignation, or otherwise must be reported to the governing body of the village or township, which shall proceed to appoint a director to fill the vacancy.

History: 1929, Act 199, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 2377; CL 1948, 123.43; Am. 2000, Act 435, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2001; Am. 2018, Act 61, Eff. June 12, 2018