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Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7820 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7820
Payment provisions; facility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7820.

(1) A trustee may act under section 7817(ff) by paying money or other property to 1 or more of the following:

(a) The minor or incapacitated individual directly.

(b) A person or institution providing support, maintenance, education, or medical, surgical, hospital, or other institutional care for the minor or incapacitated individual in direct payment for those services.

(c) The legal or natural guardian of the minor or incapacitated individual.

(d) A person, whether or not appointed guardian by a court, who shall in fact have the care and custody of the minor or incapacitated individual.

(e) A custodian for the minor or incapacitated individual under a uniform gifts or transfers to minors act.

(2) A trustee also may manage an amount distributable to a trust beneficiary who is a minor or incapacitated individual as a separate fund on the trust beneficiary's behalf, subject to the trust beneficiary's continuing right to withdraw the distribution.

(3) If the trustee exercises due care in the selection of the person to whom a payment is made under this section, including a minor or incapacitated individual, the trustee does not have a duty to see to the payment's application. The person's receipt for the payment completely discharges the trustee.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.440 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-2-of-1968 / Section 141.440
Violation; filing; report; review and action by attorney general; civil action for recovery of funds and public property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

A violation of sections 17 to 19 by the chief administrative officer, an administrative officer, employee, or member of the legislative body of the local unit disclosed in an audit of the financial records and accounts of the local unit in the absence of reasonable procedures in use by the local unit to detect such violations shall be filed with the state treasurer and reported by the state treasurer to the attorney general. For local and intermediate school districts, the report of a violation shall be filed with the state superintendent of public instruction instead of the state treasurer. The attorney general shall review the report and initiate appropriate action against the chief administrative officer, fiscal officer, administrative officer, employee, or member of the legislative body. For the use and benefit of the local unit, the attorney general or prosecuting attorney may institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of funds of a local unit, disclosed by an examination to have been illegally expended or collected as a result of malfeasance and not accounted for as provided in sections 17 to 19, and for the recovery of public property disclosed to have been converted or misappropriated.

History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980; Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2646 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2646
Rating organizations; deviation, procedure, termination of deviation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2646.

Every member of or subscriber to a rating organization shall adhere to the filings made on its behalf by such organization except that any such insurer may make written application to the commissioner to file a deviation from the class rates, schedules, rating plans or rules respecting any kind of insurance, or class of risk within a kind of insurance, or combination thereof. Such application shall specify the basis for the modification and a copy shall also be sent simultaneously to such rating organization. In considering the application to file such deviation the commissioner shall give consideration to the available statistics and the principles for rate making provided in section 2603. The commissioner shall issue an order permitting the deviation for such insurer to be filed if he finds it to be justified and it shall thereupon become effective. He shall issue an order denying such application if he finds that the deviation applied for does not meet the requirements of this chapter.

Each deviation permitted to be filed shall remain in effect for a period of not less than 1 year from the effective date unless sooner withdrawn by the insurer with the approval of the commissioner or until terminated in accordance with the provisions of sections 2618 or 2620.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1964, Act 146, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1028 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1028
Vacancy in trusteeship.
Status: in_force

Sec. 28.

Beginning January 1, 2012, a vacancy in a trusteeship shall be filled as provided in the bylaws.

History: 1957, Act 261, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1981, Act 123, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981; Am. 2006, Act 614, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.4513 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-23-of-1993 / Section 450.4513
Discontinued or settled derivative proceeding; court approval required; notice; expense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 513.

A derivative proceeding may not be discontinued or settled without the court's approval. If the court determines that a proposed discontinuance or settlement will substantially affect the interests of members of the limited liability company, the court shall direct that notice be given to the members affected. If notice is directed to be given to the affected members, the court may determine whether 1 or more of the parties to the action shall bear the expense of giving the notice, in the amount as the court determines and finds to be reasonable under the circumstances. The amount of expense shall be awarded as special costs of the action and is recoverable in the same manner as statutory taxable costs.

History: 1993, Act 23, Eff. June 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 102.2 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 102.2
Thoroughfares; public improvements; condemnation; expenses, assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The council shall have authority to lay out, open, widen, extend, straighten, alter, close, vacate or abolish any highway, street or alley in the city, whenever they shall deem the same a public improvement; and if in so doing it shall be necessary to take or use private property, the same may be taken in the manner in this act provided for taking private property for public use. The expense of such improvement may be paid by special assessments upon the property adjacent to or benefited by such improvement, in the manner in this act provided for levying and collecting special assessments; or in the discretion of the council, a portion of such costs and expenses may be paid by special assessments as aforesaid, and the balance from the general street fund.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3174; CL 1915, 3088; CL 1929, 2012; CL 1948, 102.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.70303 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.70303
Federal aid programs; federal land and water conservation fund; disposition and apportionment of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 70303.

Grants-in-aid received from the land and water conservation fund act of 1965, Public Law 88-578, 78 Stat. 897, shall be deposited in the state treasury and disbursed to agencies and subdivisions of the state upon authorization of the department. In the apportionment of funds to subdivisions of the state, the department shall give special consideration to those subdivisions where population density and land and facility needs are greatest.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.540 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.540
Nonpartisan primary elections; when not held; certification of candidates.
Status: in_force

Sec. 540.

If, upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions for any nonpartisan primary election, it shall appear that as to any office on any nonpartisan ticket there are not to exceed twice the number of candidates as there are persons to be elected, then the officer with whom such petitions are filed shall certify to the proper board of election commissioners the names of such candidates whose petitions have been properly filed and such candidates shall be the nominees for such offices and shall be so certified. As to such offices, there shall be no primary election and such offices shall be omitted from the primary ballot.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.537 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.537
Duties of custodian.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

A custodian shall do all of the following:

Take control of custodial property.

Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate.

Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property.

In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another. If a custodian has a special skill or expertise or is named custodian on the basis of representations of a special skill or expertise, the custodian shall use that skill or expertise. However, in the custodian's discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor's estate, a custodian may retain any custodial property received from a transferor.

A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on the life of the minor only if the minor or the minor's estate is the sole beneficiary, or the life of another person in whom the minor has an insurable interest only to the extent that the minor, the minor's estate, or the custodian in the capacity of custodian is the irrevocable beneficiary.

A custodian at all times shall keep custodial property separate and distinct from other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial property of the minor. Custodial property consisting of an undivided interest is so identified if the minor's interest is held as a tenant in common and is fixed. Custodial property subject to recordation is so identified if it is recorded. Custodial property subject to registration is so identified if it is either registered or held in an account designated in the name of the custodian, followed in substance by the words: "as custodian for ____________________ (name of minor) under the Michigan uniform transfers to minors act".

A custodian shall keep a record of each transaction with respect to custodial property, including information necessary for the preparation of the minor's tax return, and shall make the records available for inspection at reasonable intervals by a parent or legal representative of the minor or by the minor if the minor is at least 14 years of age.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.111 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.111
Contested election; service of restraining order, method.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.

Service of any restraining order may be made personally, as in the case of the service of other process of said court, or such service may be made by registered or certified mail. In cases of emergency, notice of the issuance of a restraining order may be given to the officers to whom the same is directed by telegraph or by telephone in advance of the actual service of said order and, after such notice, whether by telegraph or telephone, said officers shall be charged with the same duty with regard to the preservation of said ballot boxes and the ballots therein as after the service of said order.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.868 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-205-of-1951 / Section 38.868
Annual appropriation to contribution fund for payments to secretary of treasury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the contribution fund, in addition to the contributions collected and paid into the contribution fund under sections 5, 11 and 12, to be available for the purposes of section 15 and section 16 until expended, such additional sums as are found to be necessary in order to make the payments to the secretary of the treasury of the United States which the state is obligated to make pursuant to the agreement entered into under section 3.

History: 1951, Act 205, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.992 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-132-of-2007 / Section 287.992
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Animal control shelter" and "animal protection shelter" mean those terms as defined in section 1 of 1969 PA 287, MCL 287.331.

(b) "Department" means the department of agriculture.

(c) "Fund" means the animal welfare fund created in section 3.

(d) "Qualified veterinarian" means a person licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of veterinary medicine under part 188 of article 15 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.18801 to 333.18838, and who practices veterinary medicine in this state.

(e) "State animal anticruelty laws" means the laws and standards provided for the adequate care of animals in chapter IX of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.49 to 750.70, including the provisions of section 50(8) of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.50.

History: 2007, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.203 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-35-of-1994 / Section 12.203
State forensic laboratory fund; creation as separate fund; money and earnings credited to fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The state forensic laboratory fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund all amounts received under sections 6 and 9. Money in the fund credited to the department of state police pursuant to section 7 that is not appropriated in a fiscal year shall be credited to the fund to the credit of the department of state police and shall not revert to the general fund. Earnings from the fund shall be credited to the fund.

History: 1994, Act 35, Eff. June 6, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3306 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-135-of-1986 / Section 338.3306
Issuance of subpoena by circuit court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 306.

Upon application by the attorney general or a party to a contested case, the circuit court may issue a subpoena requiring a person to appear before a hearings examiner in the contested case or before the department in an investigation and be examined with reference to a matter within the scope of that contested case or investigation and to produce books, papers, or documents pertaining to that contested case or investigation.

History: Add. 1993, Act 55, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.525 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.525
Powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 525.

In addition to other powers set forth in this part, an urban high school academy may take action to carry out the purposes for which it was incorporated under this part, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) To sue and be sued in its name.

(b) Subject to section 523a, to acquire, hold, and own in its own name real and personal property, or interests in real or personal property, for educational purposes by purchase, gift, grant, devise, bequest, lease, sublease, installment purchase agreement, land contract, option, or condemnation, and subject to mortgages, security interests, or other liens; and to sell or convey the property as the interests of the urban high school academy require.

(c) To receive, disburse, and pledge funds for lawful purposes.

(d) To enter into binding legal agreements with persons or entities as necessary for the operation, management, financing, and maintenance of the urban high school academy, if the agreement is in compliance with sections 7 and 18 of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1607 and 388.1618.

(e) To incur temporary debt in accordance with section 1225.

(f) To solicit and accept any grants or gifts for educational purposes and to establish or permit to be established on its behalf 1 or more nonprofit corporations the purpose of which is to assist the urban high school academy in the furtherance of its public purposes.

(g) To borrow money and issue bonds in accordance with section 1351a and in accordance with part VI of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2601 to 141.2613, except that the borrowing of money and issuance of bonds by an urban high school academy are not subject to section 1351a(4) or section 1351(2) to (4). Bonds issued under this section are full faith and credit obligations of the urban high school academy, pledging the general funds or any other money available for such a purpose. Bonds issued under this section are subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821.

History: Add. 2003, Act 179, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 2003; Am. 2024, Act 214, Eff. Apr. 17, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.365 — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-291-of-1966 / Section 29.365
Firefighters training council; chairperson; vice-chairperson; oath of office not required; other public office or employment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) The governor shall appoint a member of the council to serve as chairperson of the council at the pleasure of the governor.

(2) The council shall appoint a member of the council to serve as vice-chairperson for 2 years. The vice-chairperson may be reappointed.

(3) Members of the council are not required to take and file oaths of office before serving on the council. The council shall not exercise any portion of the sovereign power of this state.

(4) A member of the council is not disqualified from holding any public office or employment by reason of his or her appointment to membership on the council, nor shall he or she forfeit any office or employment by reason of his or her appointment, notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special, or local laws or ordinances or city charters.

History: 1966, Act 291, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 1987, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988; Am. 2006, Act 213, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006; Am. 2017, Act 144, Eff. Jan. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.416a — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-149-of-2019 / Section 432.416a
Monthly report of internet sports betting operations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16a.

(1) A sports betting operator shall provide to the board a monthly report to include all of the following regarding its internet sports betting operations, by sport and type of internet sports betting wager:

(a) Total amount of internet sports betting wagers received.

(b) Winnings.

(c) Free play redeemed.

(d) Deductions.

(e) Adjusted gross sports betting receipts.

(2) The board shall provide the report under subsection (1) to the department of treasury, state budget office, and house and senate fiscal agencies on request. In addition, the department of treasury and the state budget office may request additional information from the sports betting operator that is directly related to, and for the purposes of verification of, the financial data provided under subsection (1)(a) and (b), which must be provided within 60 days after the request. Any information provided under this section is confidential and proprietary and is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

History: 2019, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 49.101 — MI Code / Chapter 49 / Act Act-203-of-1972 / Section 49.101
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “prosecuting attorneys coordinating office act of 1972”.

History: 1972, Act 203, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.623 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-192-of-1953 / Section 35.623
Administrative committee of county department; selection of officers, expenses; veterans' service officer, appointment; offices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The committee shall select a chairman and a secretary. The committee is authorized to incur such expense as shall be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act within the budget set up by the board of supervisors. The members of the committee shall be entitled to receive the same per diem and mileage in attending meetings as members of the board of supervisors. The committee shall appoint a veterans' service officer and such other employees as shall be necessary from time to time to carry out the provisions of this act. In the selection of the veterans' service officer hereby authorized, the committee shall consult with and request the assistance of any association or council of organized veterans in such county, and any recommendation from such association or council of veterans as to the personnel to be appointed by said committee under the provisions of this act, while not binding on said committee, shall be given the greatest consideration. The board of supervisors shall furnish, equip and maintain reasonably adequate office facilities for the county department of veterans' affairs.

History: 1953, Act 192, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.91 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.91
Losses by default; allocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 91.

All losses that may be sustained by the default of any township officer in the discharge of any duty imposed by this act, shall be chargeable to such township. All losses by default of any county officer shall be chargeable to such county, and all losses by default of any state officer shall be chargeable to the state.

History: 1893, Act 206, Eff. June 12, 1893; CL 1897, 3914; CL 1915, 4089; CL 1929, 3485; CL 1948, 211.91
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1935 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-92-of-2005 / Section 388.1935
Default; repayment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

(1) If a school district that owes this state loan repayments relating to qualified bonds fails to levy at least the computed millage upon its taxable value for debt retirement purposes for qualified bonds and for repayment of a qualified loan made under this act while any part of the qualified loan is unpaid or defaults in its agreement to repay a qualified loan or any installment of a qualified loan, the school district shall increase its debt levy in the next succeeding year to obtain the amount necessary to repay this state the amount of the default plus a late charge of 3% and shall pay that amount to this state together with any other amounts owed during the next tax year. The school district may use other funds to repay this state including a transfer of general funds of the school district, if approved by the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall not disburse state school aid to the school district until the school district has made satisfactory arrangements with the state treasurer for the payment of the amount in default.

(2) If a school district fails to process any report, application, confirmation, or repayment as required under this act, the state treasurer may withhold a school district's state aid funds until the school district complies with the requirements under this act.

History: 2005, Act 92, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2005