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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3474 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3474
Risk classification; rates; filing requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3474.

No policy of insurance against loss or expense from the sickness, or from the bodily injury or death from accident of the insured, nor any application, rider or endorsement to be used in connection therewith, shall be delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this state, until the classification of risks and any premium rates pertaining thereto have been filed with the department of insurance.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7901 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7901
Property and casualty guaranty association act; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7901.

This chapter constitutes, and may be cited as the "property and casualty guaranty association act".

History: Add. 1969, Act 277, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2937 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2937
Obstructions and encroachments on public highways, streets and alleys; circuit court; relief.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2937.

All claims for relief from obstructions and encroachments on the public highways, streets, and alleys in cities, incorporated villages, and organized townships in this state may be brought in the circuit courts. The courts shall give such legal and equitable relief as is warranted.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.11a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.11a
“Demonstrator” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11a.

"Demonstrator" means a motor vehicle used by a prospective customer or a motor vehicle dealer or his agent for testing and demonstration purposes.

History: Add. 1975, Act 314, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2683a — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2683a
Statewide network of cord blood stem cell banks; public awareness efforts; report on expenditure of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2683a.

On or before April 1, 2007 and annually thereafter, the department shall submit to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on community health, the house and senate standing committees on public health, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director a report detailing the expenditure of funds related to both of the following:

(a) The statewide network of cord blood stem cell banks established under section 2682.

(b) The public awareness efforts required in this section.

History: Add. 2006, Act 636, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1863 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-530-of-2012 / Section 550.1863
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Eligible entity" means a faith-based, nonprofit entity that maintains tax-exempt status under section 501(c) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501.

(b) "Health care sharing ministry" or "ministry" means a program established by an eligible entity for the sharing of finances and health care in compliance with this act.

History: 2012, Act 530, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.431 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-148-of-1975 / Section 451.431
Assignment of wages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

This act shall not be construed as prohibiting the assignment of wages by a debtor to a licensee, if the assignment is otherwise in accordance with the law of this state.

History: 1975, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.371 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-228-of-1959 / Section 286.371
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Apples" means all varieties of apples.

"Controlled atmosphere storage" means the storage of fruits or vegetables in an approved sealed storage room or in an approved sealed storage building, or in a sealed storage space within the room or building, under controlled conditions of time in days, oxygen content, carbon dioxide content, and temperature as established by this act or rules adopted under this act. The term controlled atmosphere may be referred to by the initials "CA" or similar terms or abbreviations.

"Director" means the director of the Michigan department of agriculture or his or her designated agents.

"Sealed storage room", "sealed storage space", or "sealed storage building" means sealed storage spaces in which controlled atmosphere is maintained, inferred, advertised, or represented as having a controlled atmosphere.

History: 1959, Act 228, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 2000, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.961 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-31-of-1948-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 123.961
Building authority bonds or building authority refunding bonds; purpose; conditions; issuance of negotiable bonds to make cash rental payments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) For the purpose of defraying all or part of the cost of acquiring, improving, and enlarging any building or buildings, automobile parking lots or structures, recreational facilities, stadiums, and the necessary site or sites for the property, together with appurtenant properties and facilities necessary or convenient for the effective use of the property, furnishing and equipping the same, or refunding outstanding bonds, the authority, after execution and delivery of a full faith and credit general obligation contract of lease, as provided in this act, and pursuant to ordinance or resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the elected members of the commission, may issue its negotiable bonds in anticipation of the contract obligations of the incorporating unit or units to make cash rental payments to the authority and may pledge the receipts from the payments for payment of bonds and interest on the bonds. Bonds shall not be issued unless the property has been leased by the authority to its incorporating unit or units for a period extending beyond the last maturity of the bonds and until the contract of lease is fully effective. The bonds shall be called building authority bonds, or, in the case of bonds issued to refund outstanding bonds, the bonds shall be called building authority refunding bonds.

(2) For the purpose of defraying all or part of the cost of refunding capital appreciation bonds originally issued on May 17, 1990, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, the authority, pursuant to resolution duly adopted by a majority vote of the elected members of the commission, may issue its negotiable bonds in anticipation of the contract obligations of the incorporating unit to make cash rental payments to the authority under a full faith and credit general obligation contract of lease dated November 14, 1989, and may pledge the receipts from the contract of lease for payment of bonds and interest on the bonds. If issued before December 31, 2019, the refunding bonds are not subject to the requirements of section 305(2), (3), (5), or (6), 501, 503, or 611 of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2305, 141.2501, 141.2503, and 141.2611. Notwithstanding the bond maturity dates contained in the notice of intention of entering into the full faith and credit general obligation contract of lease published by the incorporating unit as required by section 8b(3), the refunding bonds may be payable through 2039.

History: 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948; CL 1948, 123.961; Am. 1965, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1965; Am. 1968, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1968; Am. 1970, Act 47, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1970; Am. 1973, Act 110, Imd. Eff. Aug. 19, 1973; Am. 1980, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1980; Am. 2008, Act 452, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2009; Am. 2014, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80195 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80195
Petition for stay of order; entering ex parte order; terms and conditions; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80195.

Within 63 days after the determination, a person who is aggrieved by a final determination of the secretary of state under this part may petition the circuit court for the county in which the conviction or determination resulting in issuance of the order that the person not operate a vessel on the waters of this state for an order staying the order. Except as provided in subsection (2), the court may enter an ex parte order staying the order subject to terms and conditions prescribed by the court until the determination of an appeal to the secretary of state or of an appeal or a review by the circuit court, or for a lesser time that the court considers proper.

The court shall not enter an ex parte order staying the order if the order is based upon a claim of undue hardship.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1329 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1329
Consolidated registration statements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1329.

The commissioner may require or allow 2 or more affiliated insurers subject to registration to file a consolidated registration statement or consolidated reports amending their consolidated registration statement or their individual registration statements.

History: Add. 1970, Act 136, Imd. Eff. July 29, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1723c — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1723c
Violation of MCL 330.1723 or making of false report as misdemeanor; civil liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 723c.

An individual who intentionally violates section 723 or who knowingly makes a false report pursuant to section 723 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

An individual who violates section 723 is civilly liable for the damages proximately caused by the violation.

History: Add. 1986, Act 224, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.10 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-38-of-1883 / Section 123.10
Construction of act; existing change but no settlement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

That in all cases where the boundaries of cities or townships have been heretofore changed in the manner specified in section 1 of this act, and no settlement of the matters in difference between said cities, or city and townships, has been arranged, and no division of the moneys, rights, credits and personal property of said cities or townships made, or no apportionment of the indebtedness due from the city or township from which territory has been detached in making the division, shall have been made, the provisions of this act shall apply; and the provisions of this act shall extend to such cases and a settlement of said matters made and enforced in the same manner as though said division were made after the passage and taking effect of this act.

History: 1883, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 8, 1883; How. 3109k; CL 1897, 3471; CL 1915, 3461; CL 1929, 2343; CL 1948, 123.10
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3431 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3431
Drafts or bills of exchange.
Status: in_force

Sec. 431.

A savings bank may accept drafts or bills of exchange drawn upon it having not more than 6 months' sight to run, exclusive of days of grace, if 1 or more of the following apply:

The drafts or bills of exchange grow out of transactions involving the importation or exportation of goods.

The drafts or bills of exchange grow out of transactions involving the domestic shipment of goods.

The drafts or bills of exchange are secured at the time of acceptance by a warehouse receipt or other such document conveying or securing title covering readily marketable staples.

Except as provided in subsection (3), a savings bank shall not accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in such bills, in an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than 150% of the capital and surplus of a stock savings bank and more than 150% of the total capital of a mutual savings bank.

Under conditions as the commissioner may prescribe, the commissioner may authorize, by rule, order, or declaratory ruling, a savings bank to accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in such bills, in an amount not exceeding at any time in the aggregate 200% of the capital and surplus of a stock savings bank and more than 200% of the total capital of a mutual savings bank.

Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), with respect to any savings bank, the aggregate acceptances, including obligations for a participation share in the acceptances, growing out of domestic transactions shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate of all acceptances, including obligations for a participation share in the acceptances, authorized for the savings bank under this section.

A savings bank shall not accept bills of exchange, or be obligated for a participation share in such bills, whether in a foreign or domestic transaction, for any 1 person, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity in an amount equal at any time in the aggregate to more than 10% of the capital and surplus of a stock savings bank and more than 10% of the total capital of a mutual savings bank, unless the savings bank is secured either by attached documents or by some other actual security growing out of the same transaction as the acceptance.

If a savings bank issues an acceptance, the limitations of this section do not apply to that portion of an acceptance that is issued by the savings bank and is covered by a participation agreement sold to a bank, out-of-state bank, national bank, association, or other savings bank.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.44c — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.44c
Special assessment levied after December 31, 1998.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44c.

An ad valorem special assessment levied on property after December 31, 1998 shall be levied on the property's taxable value as determined under section 27a.

History: Add. 1998, Act 543, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2077 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2077
Higher education coordination council; membership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77.

The fund shall appoint a higher education coordination council containing individuals representative of higher education institutions and having the necessary credentials to provide an inventory and advise the fund on the available research and development enterprises that are or will be established by higher education institutions and the application of that technology to business and industry.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 2006, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 14 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 14
State borrowing; short term.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

To meet obligations incurred pursuant to appropriations for any fiscal year, the legislature may by law authorize the state to issue its full faith and credit notes in which case it shall pledge undedicated revenues to be received within the same fiscal year for the repayment thereof. Such indebtedness in any fiscal year shall not exceed 15 percent of undedicated revenues received by the state during the preceding fiscal year and such debts shall be repaid at the time the revenues so pledged are received, but not later than the end of the same fiscal year.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IX, § 14, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 446.51 — MI Code / Chapter 446 / Act Act-224-of-1955 / Section 446.51
Sale of new merchandise at public auction; license required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell, dispose of, or offer for sale at public auction at any place outside the limits of any city or village in the state of Michigan, or within the limits of any village in the state of Michigan that has not by ordinance provided for the licensing of sales by auction, any new merchandise, unless such person, firm or corporation, and the owners of such merchandise, if it is not owned by the vendors, shall have first secured a license as herein provided and shall have complied with the regulations hereinafter set forth.

History: 1955, Act 224, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17901 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17901
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17901.

(1) As used in this part:

(a) "Athletic trainer" means an individual engaged in the practice of athletic training.

(b) "Practice of athletic training" means the treatment of an individual for risk management and injury prevention, the clinical evaluation and assessment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, the immediate care and treatment of an individual for an injury or illness, or both, and the rehabilitation and reconditioning of an individual's injury or illness, or both, if those activities are within the rules promulgated under section 17904 and performed under the direction of, on the prescription of, or in collaboration with an individual licensed under part 170 or 175. The practice of athletic training does not include the practice of physical therapy, the practice of medicine, the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery, the practice of chiropractic, or medical diagnosis or treatment.

(2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code and part 161 contains definitions applicable to this part.

History: Add. 2006, Act 54, Eff. Dec. 1, 2006; Am. 2015, Act 166, Eff. Jan. 26, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2403 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2403
Family allowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2403.

For their maintenance during the period of administration, a reasonable family allowance is payable to the decedent's surviving spouse and minor children whom the decedent was obligated to support, and children of the decedent or another who were in fact being supported by the decedent, which allowance shall not continue for longer than 1 year if the estate is inadequate to discharge allowed claims. The family allowance may be paid in a lump sum or in periodic installments. The family allowance is payable to the surviving spouse, if living, for the use of the surviving spouse and minor and dependent children; otherwise to the children or persons having their care and custody. If a minor child or dependent child is not living with the surviving spouse, the allowance may be paid partially to the child or to a fiduciary or other person having the child's care and custody, and partially to the spouse, as their needs may appear.

The family allowance is exempt from and has priority over all claims except administration costs and expenses, reasonable funeral and burial expenses, and the homestead allowance. The family allowance is not chargeable against a benefit or share passing to the surviving spouse or children by the will of the decedent, unless otherwise provided, by intestate succession, or by way of elective share. The death of an individual entitled to family allowance terminates the right to allowances not yet paid.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 177, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2717 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2717
Deduction of damages from price; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2717.

The buyer on notifying the seller of his intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.691 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-80-of-1909 / Section 457.691
Kalevan Ritarit; incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any lodge of the Kalevan Ritarit organized within this state and having a charter from the Grand Lodge of the Kalevan Ritarit, may become incorporated under the provisions of this act.

History: 1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 10633; CL 1929, 10832; CL 1948, 457.691
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1231 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1231
Local prohibition or regulation of testing activities; applicability of certain zoning ordinances or limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 231.

(1) A local ordinance shall not prohibit or regulate testing activities undertaken by an electric provider or independent power producer for purposes of determining the suitability of a site for the placement of an energy facility.

(2) If a certificate is issued for an energy facility under this part, a zoning ordinance or limitation imposed after the electric provider or IPP submitted the application for the certificate to the commission shall not be construed to limit or impair the construction, operation, or maintenance of the energy facility.

(3) If a certificate is issued, the certificate and this part preempt a local policy, practice, regulation, rule, or other ordinance that prohibits, regulates, or imposes additional or more restrictive requirements than those specified in the commission's certificate.

(4) If a certificate is not issued, all local policies, practices, regulations, rules, or ordinances relating to the siting of energy facilities, including, but not limited to, the local zoning authority's power to grant variances, remain in full force and effect.

(5) Except as provided in this section, this part does not exempt an electric provider or IPP to whom a certificate is issued from obtaining any other permit, license, or permission to engage in the construction or operation of an energy facility that is required by federal law, any other law of this state, including, but not limited to, the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106, any rule promulgated under a law of this state, or a local ordinance.

History: Add. 2023, Act 233, Eff. Nov. 29, 2024