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Mich. Comp. Laws § 110.15 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 110.15
Improvements prohibited unless appropriation made; expenditures only from appropriations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

No improvement, work, repairs or expense, to be paid for out of any general fund, or street district fund, excepting as herein otherwise provided, shall be ordered, commenced or contracted for, or incurred in any fiscal year, unless in pursuance of an appropriation specially made therefor, in the last preceding annual appropriation bill, nor shall any expenditure be made, or liability be incurred, in any such year, for any such work, improvement, repairs, or for any purpose, exceeding the appropriation so made therefor; nor shall any expenditure be made, or money be paid out of any general, or street district fund, for any purpose, unless appropriated for that purpose in said bill.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3303; CL 1915, 3225; CL 1929, 2149; CL 1948, 110.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.113 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.113
“Executive director” and “office” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 113.

As used in sections 113 to 123:

"Executive director" means the director of the office of children and youth services.

"Office" means the office of children and youth services created in section 114.

History: Add. 1969, Act 338, Imd. Eff. Dec. 8, 1969; Am. 1972, Act 301, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1978, Act 87, Eff. Apr. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 317.121 — MI Code / Chapter 317 / Act Act-406-of-1919 / Section 317.121
City parks; hunting certain animals and birds in vicinity prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

No person shall hunt for, pursue, trap, capture, kill or destroy by any means whatever, or attempt to trap, capture, kill or destroy by any means whatever, any animal commonly known as deer, moose, elk, caribou, badger, beaver or muskrat, or any bird commonly known as pheasant, grouse, partridge or swan, in or within 2 miles from any public park belonging to city and containing over 200 acres of which 150 acres or more is woodland: Provided, This section shall not apply to any act done in any public park by the superintendent, keeper or custodian thereof.

History: 1919, Act 406, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 6291; CL 1948, 317.121
Mich. Comp. Laws § 229.11 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 229.11
Appeal; affidavit; bond; fees; procedure; certification of judgment; costs; stay of proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Any party in interest may appeal from the determination of the jury or commissioners in any proceedings under this chapter to the circuit court for the county, within 30 days, by filing with the township clerk an affidavit made by himself, his agent or attorney, stating that the determination is not in accordance with the just rights of the party, as the person making the affidavit verily believes. The party shall file with the clerk within the time a bond running to the township supervisor for the benefit of all other parties in interest, conditioned that the appellant will prosecute his appeal with all due diligence, and that if a judgment is rendered against him in the circuit court he will pay the judgment, including all costs with interest thereon. The bond shall be in a penalty sufficient to secure the costs and damages and with 1 or more sufficient sureties, who shall justify their responsibility in writing and under oath indorsed on the bond. The appellant shall pay to the township clerk the sum of $1.00 for making his return on appeal, and a sum of $3.00 as clerk and entry fee to be paid by the township clerk to the clerk of the circuit court. The appeal shall be heard before the judge of the circuit court, and a jury of 6 freeholders selected by the parties from the regular panel under the direction of the circuit judge, in the manner jurors are selected in civil causes, or if the parties desire, by 3 commissioners to be appointed by the circuit judge. The county clerk shall act as clerk of the court the same as in other causes, and the proceedings as far as applicable shall be according to the ordinary course of civil procedure. The judgment and determination on appeal shall be certified back to the township clerk for any further proceedings that may be required by the statute. In case of more than 1 appeal they shall be heard together as 1 cause. Costs may be awarded by the circuit court and collected the same as on appeals from district court. On perfecting the appeal all proceedings shall be stayed and no further steps taken until the determination or dismissal of the appeal. Costs shall not be awarded against any party, except those who actually appeal or defend the appeal.

History: Add. 1913, Act 335, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 4457; CL 1929, 4072; CL 1948, 229.11; Am. 1972, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.903 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.903
Articles of incorporation; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 903.

A board shall draft and adopt articles of incorporation and bylaws for the administration of the authority.

An authority's articles shall state the name of the authority; the name of the participating city and state agency; the purposes for which the authority is formed; the powers, duties, and limitations of the authority and its board; the manner in which participating local and state governmental units shall take part in the governance of the authority; the general method of amending the articles; and any other matters that the board considers advisable.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.51507 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.51507
Extreme fire hazard conditions; proclamation by governor as to use of fire; prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51507.

Whenever the governor finds that conditions of extreme fire hazard exist and that it is necessary in the public interest and for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, he or she may forbid, by proclamation, the use of fire by any person entering forest lands or lands adjacent to forest lands in parts of the state as he or she considers the public interest requires. The proclamation shall be in full force and effect 24 hours after notice is given by the governor.

During periods described in subsection (1), and in such areas as the governor proclaims, a person shall not do any of the following:

Build a campfire of any nature, except within containers at authorized campgrounds or places of habitation.

Smoke a pipe, cigarette, or cigar, except at places of habitation, authorized improved campgrounds, or in any automobile or truck.

Burn or cause to be burned any flammable material unless he or she first obtains a permit, in writing, to do so as provided in this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.931 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-151-of-1955 / Section 388.931
Purpose of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act is for the purpose of implementing section 27 of article 10 of the Michigan constitution, adopted by the electors of the state at the election held on the fourth day of April, 1955, hereinafter referred to as section 27.

History: 1955, Act 151, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.671 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.671
Rules and regulations; adoption; enforcement; forms; collection of tax.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71.

The administrator may adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this ordinance subject to the approval of the city governing body. The rules and regulations, amendments, and repeals, after approval by the city governing body, shall become effective when published in the official newspaper of the city.

The administrator shall enforce this ordinance and the rules and regulations approved as provided in subsection (1). The administrator or the department shall prepare, adopt, and make available to taxpayers, employers, and other persons all forms necessary for compliance with this ordinance.

For tax years before the 1997 tax year and for tax years after the 1996 tax year and for which a city has not entered into an agreement pursuant to section 9 of chapter 1, the city treasurer shall collect all taxes and payments due under this ordinance and deposit them in a designated city depository. For tax years after the 1996 tax year and for which a city has entered into an agreement pursuant to section 9 of chapter 1, the department shall collect taxes and payments due under this ordinance and deposit them in the city income tax trust fund established in section 5 of chapter 1.

History: 1964, Act 284, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1964; Am. 1996, Act 478, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16341 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16341
Counseling; fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16341.

Fees for a person licensed or seeking licensure to engage in the practice of counseling under part 181 are as follows:

(a) Application processing fee $ 50.00 (b) Examination fee 100.00 (c) License fee, per year 55.00 (d) Limited license fee, per year 25.00

(a) Application processing fee

$

50.00

(b) Examination fee

100.00

(c) License fee, per year

55.00

(d) Limited license fee, per year

25.00

History: Add. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.290 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-72-of-1979 / Section 21.290
Reporting estimate of revenue foregone from exemptions under MCL 141.501 et seq.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The governor shall report an estimate of revenue foregone from exemptions granted pursuant to Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1964, as amended, being sections 141.501 to 141.787 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The estimate shall include revenue foregone by any deductions or credits granted under the act.

History: 1979, Act 72, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31306 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31306
Transmission of plans to boards; adoption; dams; supervision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31306.

When the order has become final, the department shall transmit the plan to all of the boards involved, and, if the plan is adopted by the boards involved, the boards may construct, operate, and maintain, either singly or jointly, the dams necessary to impound the surplus waters and to make use or disposition of the surplus water in accordance with the plan. The department shall maintain supervision over the execution of the plan to the extent it considers necessary to protect the public interest of the state.

For the implementation and effectuation of the plan, the boards, either singly or jointly, may establish a governmental agency or commission as may be necessary, may hire employees or assistants as may be required, and may enter into contracts with each other and any person as may be necessary to implement this part. The boards constructing, maintaining, or operating the dams shall be responsible for the proper construction, maintenance, and operation of the dams, and they shall be in full and complete charge of the dams and of the impoundments created by the dams.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.129 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.129
Accessories.
Status: in_force

Sec. 129.

Accessories-Any corporation, association or copartnership, person or persons or his agent or agents who shall communicate, receive, exhibit or display in any manner, any statements of quotations of the prices of any property mentioned in the second section of the chapter with a view to any transaction or transactions in this chapter prohibited, shall be deemed an accessory, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined and punished the same as the principal, as provided in the next preceding section of this chapter.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.129
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.51 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.51
County board; executive heads of institutions and assistants, appointment, compensation and expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51.

The county board may appoint an executive head of any institution under the supervision and jurisdiction of the board, and may employ such assistants and employes and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. The compensation of all assistants and employes, and the number thereof, shall be within the funds made available therefor. Such assistants and employes shall receive their actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.51
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.702 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-218-of-1979 / Section 400.702
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 to 7 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1979, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.733 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-188-of-1954 / Section 41.733
Illegal special assessment; reassessment proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Whenever any special assessment shall, in the opinion of the township board, be invalid by reason of irregularities or informalities in the proceedings, or if any court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge such assessment to be illegal, the township board shall, whether the improvement has been made or not, whether any part of the assessment has been paid or not, have power to proceed from the last step at which the proceedings were legal and cause a new assessment to be made for the same purpose for which the former assessment was made. All proceedings on such reassessment and for the collection thereof shall be conducted in the same manner as provided for the original assessment, and whenever an assessment or any part thereof levied upon any premises has been so set aside, if the same has been paid and not refunded, the payment so made shall be applied upon the reassessment.

History: 1954, Act 188, Imd. Eff. May 5, 1954
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.421 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-59-of-1864-Ex-Sess- / Section 570.421
Interrogation; appended to pleadings, filing; answer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Any party complaining or defending may append to the complaint or answer, as the case may be, any pertinent interrogatories, or upon such motion or notice the court may permit such interrogatories to be filed at any other time; and the personal answer to all such interrogatories shall be filed upon oath within the same time that pleadings are required to be filed, or as required by special order; and such answers so far as responsive, may be read as evidence by either party on the trial or hearing; and if either party shall refuse to answer to such interrogatories, the court shall make such order as to right shall appertain.

History: 1864, Ex. Sess., Act 59, Eff. May 7, 1864; CL 1871, 6667; How. 8255; CL 1897, 10808; CL 1915, 14911; CL 1929, 13157; CL 1948, 570.421
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.737 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-218-of-1979 / Section 400.737
Concurrently licensing adult foster care small group home as child caring institution; receiving additional children under 18 years of age; limitation on combined licensed capacity; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 37.

An adult foster care small group home may be concurrently licensed as a child caring institution. Additional children under 18 years of age who are not related to a resident of the adult foster care small group home shall not be received in the adult foster care small group home after the filing of an application for a license pursuant to this act. The combined licensed capacity shall not exceed more than a combination of 6 children and adults.

As used in this section, "child caring institution" means that term as defined in section 1 of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1973, being section 722.111 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1984, Act 140, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.705 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-55-of-1917 / Section 457.705
Evidence of existence and incorporation; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A copy of the records of such articles of association under seal of the department of commerce, duly certified according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such association; such association, when duly formed, shall have the power to institute and charter subordinate councils, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute and establish such constitution, general laws, and bylaws as the grand council shall adjudge proper for the organization and government of such subordinate councils not repugnant to the laws of this state.

History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 10841; CL 1948, 457.705; Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.743 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.743
Project special assessment district; municipal special assessments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) If the board of public works determines to spread all or part of the cost of a project to a special assessment district, it shall proceed as provided under chapter 2.

(2) If a municipality other than a county operating under this act elects to raise moneys to pay all or any portion of its share of the cost of a project by assessing the cost upon benefited lands, its governing body shall do so by resolution and fix the district for assessment.

(3) The governing body shall cause a special assessment roll to be prepared and the proceedings of the special assessment roll and the making and collection of the special assessments shall be in accordance with the provisions of the statute or charter governing special assessments in the municipality, except that the total assessment may be divided into any number of installments not exceeding 40.

(4) Any person assessed shall have the right at the hearing upon the special assessment roll to object to the special assessment district established under this section.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957; Am. 1964, Act 42, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 2006, Act 245, Imd. Eff. June 30, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1906 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-448-of-1998 / Section 445.1906
Trade secret; preservation of secrecy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

In an action under this act, a court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings, holding in camera hearings, sealing the records of the action, and ordering any person involved in the litigation not to disclose an alleged trade secret without prior court approval.

History: 1998, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2123 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2123
Certified copies as evidence; records of board of control of Saint Mary's Falls ship canal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2123.

Copies of all papers, documents, maps, plats, entries, or records filed with the board of control of the Saint Mary's Falls ship canal, or entered in the records of the proceedings of the board of control, certified by the state treasurer of this state to be a true transcript compared by the state treasurer with the original in the office of the board of control, shall be evidence in all courts and proceedings in like manner and to the same extent as the original would be if produced.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 2002, Act 429, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.417 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.417
Circuit court judges; certificate of determination by board of state canvassers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 417.

The board of state canvassers shall determine which candidate or candidates for the office of judge of the circuit court received the greatest number of votes and shall declare such candidate or candidates duly elected. The said board shall forthwith make and subscribe on its statement of returns a certificate of such determination and deliver the same to the secretary of state.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.905 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-348-of-1990 / Section 565.905
Applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act does not apply to the extent that priority is governed by section 119 of the construction lien act, Act No. 497 of the Public Acts of 1980, being section 570.1119 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or by section 29 of Act No. 122 of the Public Acts of 1941, being section 205.29 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1990, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.60107 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.60107
Notes, compilations, specimens, diagrams, and illustrations as state property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 60107.

All notes, memoranda, compilations, collections, specimens, diagrams, and illustrations that are made in the operation of the Michigan geological survey are the property of this state and shall be under the control of the governing institution.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2011, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Oct. 11, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2406a — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2406a
Notice by electronic transmission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 406a.

In addition to any other form of notice to a shareholder or member permitted by the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, or this chapter, any notice given to a shareholder or member by a form of electronic transmission to which the shareholder or member has consented is effective.

History: Add. 2008, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 28 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 28
Limitation on expenses of state government.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

No expenses of state government shall be incurred in any fiscal year which exceed the sum of the revenue limit established in Sections 26 and 27 of this Article plus federal aid and any surplus from a previous fiscal year.

History: Add. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 7, 1978, Eff. Dec. 23, 1978