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Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.4203d — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-57-of-2018 / Section 125.4203d
Establishment or amendment of authority, district, or plan; notice; publication or posting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203d.

An ordinance enacted by a municipality that has a population of greater than 1,000 and less than 2,000 establishing an authority, creating a district, or approving a development plan or tax increment financing plan, or an amendment to an authority, district, or plan, and all actions taken or to be taken under that ordinance, including the issuance of bonds, are ratified and validated notwithstanding that notice for the public hearing on the establishment of the authority, creation of the district, or approval of the development plan or tax increment financing plan, or on the amendment, was not published, posted, or mailed at least 20 days before the hearing, provided that the notice was either published or posted at least 10 days before the hearing or that the authority was established in 1990 by a municipality that filed the ordinance with the secretary of state not later than July 1991. This section applies only to an ordinance or an amendment adopted by a municipality before January 1, 1999 and shall include any bonds or amounts to be used by the authority to pay the principal of and interest on bonds that have been issued or that are to be issued by the authority or the incorporating municipality. An authority for which an ordinance or amendment to the ordinance establishing the authority has been published before February 1, 1991 is considered for purposes of section 203(3) to have promptly filed the ordinance or amendment to the ordinance with the secretary of state if the ordinance or amendment to the ordinance is filed with the secretary of state before December 31, 2002. The validity of the proceedings or findings establishing an authority described in this section, or of the procedure, adequacy of notice, or findings with respect to the approval of a development plan or tax increment financing plan for an authority described in this section is conclusive with respect to the capture of tax increment revenues for a bond issued after June 1, 2002 and before June 1, 2006. As used in this section, "notice was either published or posted" means either publication or posting of the notice occurred at least once.

History: 2018, Act 57, Eff. Jan. 1, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.221 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-1-of-1895 / Section 457.221
Masonic associations; incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That Masonic associations may be incorporated under the provisions of this act.

History: 1895, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 15, 1895; CL 1897, 7970; CL 1915, 10408; CL 1929, 10609; CL 1948, 457.221
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.8a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.8a
"Conviction" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

"Conviction" means any of the following:

(a) A final conviction, the payment of a fine, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere if accepted by the court, or a finding of guilt for a criminal law violation or a juvenile adjudication, probate court disposition, or juvenile disposition for a violation that if committed by an adult would be a crime, regardless of whether the penalty is rebated or suspended.

(b) A conviction defined in federal law under 49 CFR 383.5, regarding the operation of a commercial motor vehicle or the operation of a noncommercial motor vehicle operated by a person licensed to operate a commercial motor vehicle.

History: Add. 1967, Act 226, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1991, Act 99, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Am. 1993, Act 359, Eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Am. 1994, Act 449, Eff. May 1, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 356, Eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Am. 2004, Act 362, Imd. Eff. Oct. 4, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.228 — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-48-of-1982 / Section 421.228
Utilization of federal money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The program shall utilize federal money, when possible, to implement this act.

History: 1982, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.17 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act Act-328-of-1976 / Section 433.17
Destruction of animal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

An animal which is not purchased at a public auction held pursuant to section 6 may be destroyed by the law enforcement agency.

History: 1976, Act 328, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1225 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1225
Liquor control commission; civil liability of commission or members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 225.

The commission or a member of the commission shall not be personally liable for any action at law for damages sustained by a person because of an action performed or done by the commission or a member of the commission in the performance of their respective duties in the administration and implementation of this act.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5655 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5655
Recommended medical treatment for advanced illness; duty of physician to inform orally and in writing; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5655.

In addition to the requirements of section 5654, a physician who has diagnosed a patient as having a reduced life expectancy due to an advanced illness and is recommending medical treatment for the patient shall, both orally and in writing, inform the patient, the patient's patient surrogate, or, if the patient has designated a patient advocate and is unable to participate in medical treatment decisions, the patient advocate, of all of the following:

If the patient has not designated a patient advocate, that the patient has the option of designating a patient advocate to make medical treatment decisions for the patient in the event the patient is not able to participate in his or her medical treatment decisions because of his or her medical condition.

That the patient, or the patient's patient surrogate or patient advocate, acting on behalf of the patient, has the right to make an informed decision regarding receiving, continuing, discontinuing, and refusing medical treatment for the patient's reduced life expectancy due to advanced illness.

That the patient, or the patient's patient surrogate or patient advocate, acting on behalf of the patient, may choose palliative care treatment including, but not limited to, hospice care and pain management.

That the patient or the patient's surrogate or patient advocate acting on behalf of the patient may choose adequate and appropriate pain and symptom management as a basic and essential element of medical treatment.

History: Add. 1996, Act 594, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 2001, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.261 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-139-of-1961 / Section 18.261
Federal surplus property; obligation of state by department prohibited; warehouses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Except to the extent expressly provided in this act, nothing contained in this act shall authorize the department to obligate the state. Nothing contained in this act shall authorize the department to construct, acquire, change the location or discontinue the use of any warehouse until approved by the legislature in the annual capital outlay appropriation act.

History: 1961, Act 139, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.13306 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.13306
Court supervision of bank in dissolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3306.

After a bank has commenced dissolution, the commissioner, the bank in dissolution, a creditor, or a shareholder may apply to an appropriate court for an order that the affairs of the bank in dissolution and the liquidation of its assets continue under supervision of the court. The court shall make orders and judgments as may be required, including, but not limited to, continuance of the liquidation of the assets of the bank in dissolution by its liquidating agent or committee under supervision of the court, or the appointment of a receiver of the bank in dissolution to be vested with powers as the court designates to liquidate the affairs of the bank.

For good cause shown, and so long as a bank in dissolution has not made complete distribution of its assets, the court may permit a creditor who has not delivered his or her claim or commenced a proceeding to enforce his or her claim within the time limits provided in sections 3304 and 3305 to file the claim or to commence a proceeding within the time as the court directs.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.951 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-289-of-1977 / Section 141.951
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Director" means the director of the department of management and budget.

"Estimated equalized value" means 50% of the final estimated value of a state facility as determined by the director.

"Municipality" means a city, village, or township.

"State facility" means state owned real property associated with buildings primarily used for office purposes, state prisons, or hospitals, institutions of higher education, and state owned real and inventory personal property associated with a state proprietary function, the inventory personal property of which shall be valued on the basis of the average monthly inventory for the preceding state fiscal year.

History: 1977, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 279.35 — MI Code / Chapter 279 / Act Act-157-of-1953 / Section 279.35
Drain taxes; money credited to general fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

In case the county advances money for the payment of such drainage district bonds or drainage taxes, such drain taxes when collected shall be credited to the general fund of the county.

History: 1953, Act 157, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.114 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-202-of-1887 / Section 486.114
Realty; purchase, holding, disposal; limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Each and every company formed under this act shall have authority to purchase and hold land adjacent to or within convenient distance of any canal constructed under the provisions of this act, for the purpose of platting and selling to manufacturers, their operatives or to other persons, and shall have authority to lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of real or personal property: Provided, That no land shall be held by said company for the purposes stated in this section for a longer period than 10 years from the time when the same shall have been acquired, nor exceeding in amount 2,000 acres.

History: 1887, Act 202, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1887; How. 3895z-5; CL 1897, 6819; CL 1915, 8917; CL 1929, 11852; CL 1948, 486.114
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.202 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-79-of-1939 / Section 28.202
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

This act shall be construed to supplement the law of this state with respect to evidence and its admissibility.

History: 1939, Act 79, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 28.202
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.48714b — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.48714b
Application fee for sport fishing guide license; public boating access entry pass fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48714b.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department shall charge a resident applying for a sport fishing guide license under section 48714a an application fee of $150.00. The department shall charge a nonresident applying for a sport fishing guide license under section 48714a an application fee of $300.00. The operator of a charter boat licensed under part 445 is not required to pay an application fee under this section. Money collected under this section must be deposited in the game and fish protection account established in section 2010.

(2) If an individual elects to obtain a public boating access entry pass with the sport fishing guide license under section 48714a, the department shall charge that individual a $300.00 fee. Money collected for a public boating access entry pass under this section must be deposited in the waterways account established in section 2035.

History: Add. 2023, Act 220, Eff. Feb. 20, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.7 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.7
Grand jury; summoning, procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Grand juries shall not hereafter be drawn, summoned or required to attend at the sittings of any court within this state, as provided by law, unless the judge thereof shall so direct by writing under his hand, and filed with the clerk of said court.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17221; CL 1948, 767.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11527 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11527
Delivery of waste to licensed disposal area or solid waste processing and transfer facility; hauler recycling services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11527.

(1) A hauler transporting solid waste over a public road in this state shall deliver all solid waste to a disposal area licensed under part 115 or a solid waste processing and transfer facility licensed or registered or for which a notification has been submitted under part 115.

(2) A hauler operating within a county with a materials management plan prepared by the department shall provide recycling services that meet the requirements of the benchmark recycling standard for single-family residences for which it provides solid waste hauling services within that county.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2022, Act 247, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.672 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.672
Effective date of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

This act shall become effective June 1, 1951.

History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.208 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-35-of-1994 / Section 12.208
Forensic laboratory maintained by municipality; appropriation and use of money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

A municipality shall appropriate fees deposited in a forensic laboratory fund established pursuant to section 4 to the forensic laboratory maintained by the municipality.

Money appropriated pursuant to this section shall be for the exclusive use of the forensic laboratory maintained by the municipality for the same purposes described in section 7(5)(a) to (c) and shall be in addition to any allocations made pursuant to existing law.

History: 1994, Act 35, Eff. June 6, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8802 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8802
Nonpoint source pollution prevention and control grants; wellhead protection grants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8802.

(1) The department, in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development, shall establish a grants program to provide grants for nonpoint source pollution prevention and control projects and wellhead protection projects. The grants program shall provide grants to local units of government or entities that are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

(2) The nonpoint source pollution prevention and control grants issued under this part shall be provided for projects that do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Implement the physical improvement portion of watershed plans that are approved by the department.

(b) Reduce specific nonpoint source pollution as identified by the department.

(c) Promote MAEAP verification.

(3) The wellhead protection grants issued under this part shall be provided for projects that are consistent with a wellhead protection plan approved by the department and that do any of the following:

(a) Plug abandoned wells.

(b) Provide for the purchase of land or the purchase of rights in land to protect aquifer recharge areas.

(c) Implement the physical improvement portion of the wellhead protection plan.

(4) For any grant issued under this part, a local unit of government shall contribute at least 25% of the project's total cost from other public or private funding sources. The department may approve in-kind services to meet all or a portion of the match requirement under this subsection. In addition, the department may accept as the match requirement under this subsection a contract between the grant applicant and the department that provides for maintenance of the project or practices that are funded under terms acceptable to the department. The contract shall require maintenance of the project or practices throughout the period of time in which the state is paying off the bonds that were issued pursuant to the clean Michigan initiative act to implement this part.

(5) In issuing grants under this section, the department, in consultation with the department of agriculture and rural development, shall select projects that, to the extent practicable, provide maximum benefit to the state in protecting public health and the environment and contributing to economic development.

History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998; Am. 2011, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47330 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47330
License to use fishing devices; issuance fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47330.

The department, when application is made by any person in accordance with section 47329, shall issue the license provided for in this part upon payment by the applicant, if a resident of this state, of the following fees:

For fishing with set hook lines or nets, with or without a boat not exceeding 16 feet in overall length, or a boat used in sport trolling for lake trout for hire, $16.00 per year. Any person using more than a single crew consisting of not more than 4 people in fishing nets or hooks under the ice shall secure a license for each crew member. The department, upon proper application, shall issue with each license to fish nets or set hook lines under the ice 4 identification cards bearing the number of the license and the year for which issued. Each member of a single crew engaged in the setting, lifting, or pulling of nets, set hook lines, or other devices, set under the ice under authority of the license, shall carry the card on his or her person at all times while so engaged and upon demand of any conservation officer shall exhibit the card. Minnow seines and dip nets are exempt from this section.

For each rowboat, sailboat, powerboat, motorboat, steamboat, or scow used in catching, killing, taking, or transporting fish caught with nets, set hook lines, or trolling rigs, $3.00 per foot overall length, and $1.00 per ton additional for each ton over 10 gross tons. A license is not required for a scow used only in transporting nets. Each license for a boat propelled by sail, steam, gas, or other mechanical power entitles the licensee to operate a rowboat not exceeding 16 feet in overall length. Each rowboat shall bear the same identification as the boat for which the license is issued and shall be used only while attending the boat. A resident person shall not pay less than $50.00 or more than $200.00 on any 1 boat in any 1 license year.

For a nonresident of this state, the fee shall be 5 times the fee required of a resident in accordance with the schedule prescribed in this section. A license under section 47329 shall not be issued to a nonresident for fishing in Lake Erie and Lake Huron except at the discretion of the department.

For the purpose of this part, a nonresident is any person who has not actually resided in this state for 3 years immediately prior to the date of application for a license, any person applying for a license for use of nets or a boat registered or of record at a port outside of the state, or any firm, company, copartnership, partnership, association, or corporation in which any of their stock, boats, nets, and fishing equipment has been owned by nonresident persons at any time during the 3 years immediately prior to the date of application for a license.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.255 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.255
Candidate for county road commissioner; death; selection of candidate to fill vacancy; ballots.
Status: in_force

Sec. 255.

If a candidate of a political party for the office of county road commissioner, after having qualified as a candidate, dies after the last day for qualifying, leaving the political party without a candidate for the office of county road commissioner, a candidate to fill the vacancy may be selected by the members of the county committee of the candidate's political party for the county, and the name of the candidate selected shall be transmitted to the county officials required by law to print and distribute ballots. The name of the candidate shall be printed on the ballots, but if the ballots have been printed, the county officials shall have the ballots reprinted with the candidate's name on the ballots and the reprinted ballots shall be distributed to the various voting precincts within their respective county.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1966, Act 322, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1966; Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.209 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.209
Application for registration; certificate of title; operator's or other license, investigation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 209.

The department shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle, for a certificate of title therefor, and for an operator's or chauffeur's license and of any other application lawfully made to the department, and may in all cases make investigation as may be deemed necessary or require additional information, and shall reject any such application if not satisfied of the genuineness, regularity, or legality thereof or the truth of any statement contained therein, or for any other reason, when authorized by law.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 13 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 13
Circuit courts; jurisdiction, writs, supervisory control over inferior courts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in all matters not prohibited by law; appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals except as otherwise provided by law; power to issue, hear and determine prerogative and remedial writs; supervisory and general control over inferior courts and tribunals within their respective jurisdictions in accordance with rules of the supreme court; and jurisdiction of other cases and matters as provided by rules of the supreme court.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 13, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964