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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.239 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.239
Forfeiture of weapons; disposal; immunity from civil liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 239.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and subject to section 239a, all pistols, weapons, or devices carried, possessed, or used contrary to this chapter are forfeited to this state and must be turned over to the department of state police for disposition as determined appropriate by the director of the department of state police or the director's designated representative.

(2) The director of the department of state police shall dispose of firearms under this section by destroying them. The director shall ensure that all parts of a firearm disposed of under this section are destroyed.

(3) Before disposing of a firearm under this section, the director of the department of state police shall do both of the following:

(a) Determine through the law enforcement information network whether the firearm has been reported lost or stolen. If the firearm has been reported lost or stolen and the name and address of the owner can be determined, the director of the department of state police shall provide 30 days' written notice of the director's intent to dispose of the firearm under this section to the owner, and allow the owner to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if the owner is authorized to possess the firearm.

(b) Provide 30 days' notice to the public on the department of state police website of the director's intent to dispose of the firearm under this section. The notice must include a description of the firearm and state the firearm's serial number, if the serial number can be determined. The department of state police shall allow the owner of the firearm to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if the owner is authorized to possess the firearm. The 30-day period required under this subdivision is in addition to the 30-day period required under subdivision (a).

(4) The department of state police is immune from civil liability for disposing of a firearm in compliance with this section.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.239; Am. 1949, Act 168, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1964, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 2010, Act 294, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2010; Am. 2024, Act 267, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1204 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1204
System designs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 204.

A 9-1-1 system implemented pursuant to this act shall be designed to meet the individual circumstances of each county and the public agencies participating in the 9-1-1 system, and shall be within the service limitations of service suppliers providing the 9-1-1 service in the 9-1-1 system. System designs shall include provision for expansion of the system to include capabilities not required in initial implementation, including the addition of PSAPs and secondary PSAPs.

Every 9-1-1 system shall be designed so that a 9-1-1 call is processed by means of either the direct dispatch method, the relay method, or the transfer method. At least 2 of the specified methods shall be available for use by the PSAP receiving the call. The PSAP may handle nonemergency calls by referring the caller to another number.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.721a — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-188-of-1954 / Section 41.721a
“Record owner” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

As used in this act, "record owner" means a person, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, possessed of the most recent fee title or a land contract vendee's interest in the land as shown by the records of the county register of deeds.

History: Add. 1986, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 6.7 — MI Code / Chapter 6 / Act Act-62-of-1872 / Section 6.7
Impeachment; trial, time, place, adjournment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

When issue shall be joined in an impeachment, the senate, sitting as a court for the trial of the same shall appoint a time and place for the trial thereof. At the time and place so appointed, the senate, as a court, shall proceed to hear, try and determine the impeachment, and may from time to time, if necessary, adjourn the trial to any other time or place at the state capital.

History: 1872, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1872; How. 56; CL 1897, 24; CL 1915, 38; CL 1929, 65; CL 1948, 6.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.471 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-92-of-1952 / Section 397.471
Public libraries; maintenance and operation, contracts; cooperation to avoid duplication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The officers, agency or other authority charged by law with the maintenance and operation of any library for general public use may enter into and perform contracts or arrangements with the officers, agency or other authority likewise charged in respect of any other such library for cooperation and coordination in the maintenance and operation of the libraries to avoid unnecessary duplication and at the same time promote the widest public use of books, manuscripts and other materials and facilities and bring about the supplementing of the 1 library by the other, which may include the accumulating of books, manuscripts and other materials and facilities, to whichever library belonging, of the same general nature or pertaining to the same general subject in such library as will best facilitate access thereto and promote the best use thereof by the members of the public desiring so to do.

The officers, agencies or other authorities, jointly or severally, may enter into contracts or arrangements to make available to political subdivisions of the state, including school districts, otherwise authorized by law to maintain libraries, such library services and facilities as will promote the widest public use of books and avoid unnecessary duplication and expense.

History: 1952, Act 92, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952; Am. 1953, Act 152, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1953; Am. 1962, Act 59, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.401 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-237-of-1919 / Section 45.401
Salaries of county officers; determination; exception; change in compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The county board of commissioners of each county in this state may direct the payment to the sheriff, under-sheriff, and deputy sheriffs and to the county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, and their deputies out of the general fund in the treasury of the county, salaries as the board considers proper. The salaries may be fixed and determined by the county board of commissioners at its annual meeting held in October before the commencement of the terms of the officers. The salaries shall be compensation in full for all services performed by the sheriff, under-sheriff, and deputy sheriffs and by the county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, and their deputies. However, this section shall not apply to a county now operating under a local or special act, until the local or special act is repealed.

Notwithstanding subsection (1), for a county which has a county officers compensation commission, the compensation of each nonjudicial elected officer of the county shall be determined by that commission. A change in compensation for those officers of a county which has a county officers compensation commission shall commence at the beginning of the first odd numbered year after the determination is made by the county officers compensation commission and is not rejected.

History: 1919, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; Am. 1921, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 1346; Am. 1931, Act 60, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1931, Act 202, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 45.401; Am. 1978, Act 486, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 429.37 — MI Code / Chapter 429 / Act Act-242-of-1969 / Section 429.37
Record; public examination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The administrator shall keep for public examination a record of all marks registered or renewed under this act.

History: 1969, Act 242, Eff. Jan. 1, 1970; Am. 1984, Act 203, Eff. Oct. 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.903a — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-331-of-1976 / Section 445.903a
Home appliance; contents of service contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

As used in this section, "company" means a person engaged in trade or commerce who provides a service contract to consumers.

A service contract for the repair or maintenance of a home appliance shall contain the following provision:

If performance of the service contract is interrupted because of a strike or work stoppage at the company's place of business, the effective period of the service contract shall be extended for the period of the strike or work stoppage.

History: Add. 1979, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Nov. 19, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.43 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-321-of-1909 / Section 129.43
Limitation on deposit of additional public funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Notwithstanding section 1(1), additional public funds of an incorporated village shall not be deposited in a financial institution which is not eligible to be a depository of surplus funds belonging to this state under section 6 of 1855 PA 105, MCL 21.146.

History: Add. 1979, Act 77, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1997, Act 45, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.46901 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.46901
Soo Rapids and certain connecting waters of St. Marys river; closed seasons on rainbow trout; excepted waters.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46901.

A person shall not take or attempt to take rainbow trout in the waters of the Soo Rapids, and the United States power canal and tailrace, the north and south canals, the locks and the approaches thereto, between the international railway bridge and a line drawn from the ferry dock immediately below the St. Marys falls in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to the ferry dock in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, all being a part of the St. Marys river, Chippewa county, except from June 1 to November 30. This section does not apply to the Michigan northern power canal, which is a part of the connecting waters between Lake Superior and Lake Huron for the purpose of regulating fishing in that area.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.7 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.7
"Commercial vehicle" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

"Commercial vehicle" includes all motor vehicles used for the transportation of passengers for hire, or constructed or used for transportation of goods, wares, or merchandise, and all motor vehicles designed and used for drawing other vehicles that are not constructed to carry a load independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load being drawn. Commercial vehicle does not include a limousine operated by a limousine driver, a taxicab operated by a taxicab driver, or a personal vehicle operated by a transportation network company driver.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 2016, Act 348, Eff. Mar. 21, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4403 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4403
Authority; establishment by municipality; establishment by Next Michigan development corporation; limitation; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 403.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (2), a municipality may establish not more than 1 authority under the provisions of this part. An authority established under this subsection shall exercise its powers in all authority districts.

(2) In addition to an authority established under subsection (1), a municipality may join with 1 or more other municipalities located within the same county to establish an authority under this part. An authority created under this subsection may only exercise its powers in a certified technology park designated in an agreement made under section 412a or 412b or in a certified alternative energy park designated in an agreement under section 412c. A municipality shall not establish more than 1 authority under this subsection.

(3) A Next Michigan development corporation may establish not more than 1 authority under the provisions of this part. An authority established under this subsection shall exercise its powers within its authority district and in all Next Michigan development areas. The authority district in which the authority may exercise its powers shall include all or part of the territory of a Next Michigan development corporation, as determined by the governing body of the Next Michigan development corporation.

(4) The authority shall be a public body corporate which may sue and be sued in any court of this state. The authority possesses all the powers necessary to carry out the purpose of its incorporation. The enumeration of a power in this part shall not be construed as a limitation upon the general powers of the authority. The powers granted in this part to an authority may be exercised notwithstanding that bonds are not issued by the authority.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2724 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-84-of-1999 / Section 125.2724
Acquisition of housing project by resident organization; conditions; payment of fees and operation subsidies; management training and counseling; application for grant funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A resident organization in a housing project that contracts with a housing commission to manage the housing project shall acquire the housing project after not less than 5 years if the resident organization successfully manages the housing project and each member of the resident organization meets the criteria in section 6.

If a resident organization contracts with a housing commission under subsection (1), the housing commission shall pay all management fees and operation subsidies that the housing commission receives for the housing project to the resident organization to manage the property.

A resident organization that manages a housing project under contract with a housing commission may apply to the Michigan state housing development authority for grant funds for management training and counseling. Nonprofit community organizations and similar organizations are eligible to provide the management training and counseling.

History: 1999, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.167 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.167
Candidates for state senator or representative; nomination, certification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 167.

The candidates of each political party for the office of state senator and representative receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates for said offices as set forth in the report of the board of canvassers canvassing said votes, based on the returns from the various election precincts or as determined by said board as a result of a recount, shall be declared the nominees of that political party for said offices at the next ensuing November election. If the district which the candidate seeks to represent comprises 1 county or less, said determination shall be by the board of county canvassers. If the district which the candidate seeks to represent comprises more than 1 county, then the county clerk of each such county shall transmit to the secretary of state within 8 days after the primary elections a certified statement of the number of votes received by each person for nominations as a candidate of any political party for said offices. The secretary of state shall appoint a meeting of the board of state canvassers at his office not later than 15 days after the primary elections, which date he shall forthwith certify to the chairman of the state central committee of each political party for the purpose of canvassing the returns and declaring the result of the primary for the nomination of the candidates for state senator and representative. The board of canvassers making such canvass shall forthwith certify such nomination or nominations to the county election commission or commissions.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.311 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-517-of-2012 / Section 129.311
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Iran economic sanctions act".

History: 2012, Act 517, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.32 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.32
Remarriage of surviving spouse.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

The remarriage of a surviving spouse shall not render the surviving spouse ineligible to receive a retirement allowance described in section 27 or 31(c). A surviving spouse whose retirement allowance described in section 27 or 31(c) was terminated due to the surviving spouse's remarriage shall be eligible to receive that allowance beginning on the first day of the month following the month in which written application for reinstatement is filed with the board, but shall not be eligible to receive the allowance attributable to any month beginning before the month of reinstatement under this section.

History: Add. 1986, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.529 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-288-of-2008 / Section 15.529
Transaction report; late filing fee; failure to file or filing incomplete transaction report as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) If a report required by section 7 is filed late, the legal defense fund or the elected official shall pay a late filing fee. If the legal defense fund has received contributions of $10,000.00 or less during the previous 2 years, the late filing fee shall be $25.00 for each business day the report remains unfiled, but not to exceed $500.00. If the legal defense fund has received contributions of more than $10,000.00 during the previous 2 years, the late filing fee shall be determined as follows, but shall not exceed $1,000.00:

(a) Twenty-five dollars for each business day the report remains unfiled.

(b) An additional $25.00 for each business day after the first 3 business days the report remains unfiled.

(c) An additional $50.00 for each business day after the first 10 business days the report remains unfiled.

(2) A treasurer who fails to file 2 transaction reports required by section 7, if both of the reports remain unfiled for more than 30 days, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(3) A treasurer who knowingly files an incomplete transaction report is subject to a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00.

History: 2008, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63709 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63709
Denial of sand dune mining permit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63709.

The department shall deny a sand dune mining permit if, upon review of the environmental impact statement, it determines that the proposed sand dune mining activity is likely to pollute, impair, or destroy the air, water, or other natural resources or the public trust in those resources, as provided by part 17.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.242 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.242
Notice of public hearing; publication requirements; submission of copy to office; publication of notice in Michigan Register; distribution of copies of notice of public hearing; meeting of joint committee on administrative rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.

(1) Except as provided in section 44, at a minimum, an agency, or the office acting on behalf of the agency, shall publish the notice of public hearing as prescribed in any applicable statute or, if none, the agency, or the office acting on behalf of the agency, shall publish the notice not less than 10 days and not more than 60 days before the date of the public hearing in not less than 3 newspapers of general circulation in different parts of this state, 1 of which must be in the Upper Peninsula.

(2) Additional methods that may be employed to provide notice of the public hearing include publication in trade, industry, governmental, or professional publications or posting on the website of the agency or the office.

(3) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1), the agency shall electronically submit a copy of the notice of public hearing to the office for publication in the Michigan Register. If the office submitted the notice of public hearing on behalf of the agency, the office shall publish the notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register. An agency's notice must be published in the Michigan Register before the public hearing and the agency shall electronically file a copy of the notice of public hearing with the office. Within 7 days after receipt of the notice of public hearing and before the public hearing, the office shall do all of the following:

(a) Electronically transmit a copy of the notice of public hearing to the committee.

(b) Provide notice electronically through publicly accessible internet media.

(4) After the office electronically transmits a copy of the notice of public hearing to the committee, the committee shall electronically transmit copies of the notice of public hearing, not later than the next business day after receipt of the notice from the office, to each member of the committee and the members of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives that deal with the subject matter of the proposed rule.

(5) After receipt of the notice of public hearing filed under subsection (3), the committee may meet to consider the proposed rule, take testimony, and provide the agency with the committee's informal response to the rule.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1982, Act 413, Eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Am. 1986, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1986; Am. 1989, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 141, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1993; Am. 1999, Act 262, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 2004; Am. 2004, Act 491, Eff. Jan. 12, 2005; Am. 2018, Act 267, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2018; Am. 2024, Act 9, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.330 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-214-of-1952 / Section 254.330
Operation of ferries.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The authority may, if it sees fit, at any time, when for any reason the bridge may be out of service, acquire through purchase, lease or otherwise and operate 1 or more ferries for the purpose of conveying passengers and freight between the upper and lower peninsulas, in which event the cost thereof may be paid from the revenues of the authority, including, unless prohibited by the terms of the proceedings authorizing the bonds, the proceeds of the sale of bonds hereunder, and all revenues derived from the operation of such ferries shall be regarded and treated as revenues of the bridge for all purposes of this act.

History: 1952, Act 214, Imd. Eff. Apr. 30, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 235.6 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 235.6
Report to township electors; contents; highway drain fund, use of surplus.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The highway commissioner shall report to the electors of the township at their annual meeting the amount of money expended by him during the year for such highway drainage, specifying the amount expended on each drain. He shall also recommend the raising of such sums as he may deem necessary for opening drains from the highway during the coming year, specifying each proposed drain and the probable amount needed for securing the right of way and opening the same. The money voted for this purpose by the electors of the township shall constitute a special highway drain fund, and shall be used for no other purpose. In case any money be left in the fund, after opening the drain for which it was raised, it may be used in opening any other highway drain in the township, or in cleaning out, when necessary, those already opened.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4515; CL 1929, 4144; CL 1948, 235.6