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Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.301 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-161-of-1911 / Section 455.301
Parks, playgrounds, drives and boulevards; incorporation, purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any number of persons, not less than 5, who shall desire to form a corporation for the purpose of acquiring, owning, controlling, maintaining and improving lands for the purposes of parks, playgrounds, drives and boulevards, or any 1 or more such purposes, and holding the same in trust for any 1 or more municipal corporations of this state, may, by articles of agreement in writing under their hands and seals, associate for such purposes under a name to be assumed by them in their articles of association: Provided, That no 2 corporations shall assume the same name.

History: 1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 10130; CL 1929, 10388; CL 1948, 455.301
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3432 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3432
Loans and extensions of credit and leases; limitations; exceptions; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 432.

Except as otherwise provided in this section or by order or declaratory ruling of the commissioner, the total loans and extensions of credit and leases by a stock savings bank to a person at no time shall exceed 15% of the capital and surplus of the stock savings bank, except that upon approval by 2/3 vote of its board of directors the limit may be increased not to exceed 25% of the capital and surplus of the stock savings bank.

Except as otherwise provided in this section or by order or declaratory ruling of the commissioner, the total loans and extensions of credit and leases by a mutual savings bank to a person at no time shall exceed 15% of the total capital of the mutual savings bank, except that upon approval by 2/3 vote of its board of directors the limit may be increased not to exceed 25% of the total capital of the mutual savings bank.

If the commissioner determines that the interests of a group of more than 1 person are so interrelated that they should be considered as a unit for the purpose for which credit was extended, the total loans and extensions of credit and leases of persons of that group shall be combined and considered loans and extensions of credit and leases of 1 person under this section.

A savings bank is not considered to have violated this section through section 434 solely by reason of the fact that the indebtedness of a group then held exceeds the limitations of this section through section 434 at the time of a determination by the commissioner that the indebtedness of that group shall be combined, but if required by the commissioner the savings bank shall make a reasonable attempt to dispose of indebtedness of the group in the amount in excess of that permitted by this section within a reasonable time determined by the commissioner.

The limitations under subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to loans and extensions of credit described in sections 433 and 434.

As used in this section and sections 433 and 434:

"Loan and extension of credit" or "loan or extension of credit" includes all direct or indirect advances of funds to a person made on the basis of an obligation of that person to repay the funds or repayable from specific property pledged by or on behalf of the person. To the extent specified by the commissioner, loan and extension of credit or loan or extension of credit includes any liability of a savings bank to advance funds to or on behalf of a person under a contractual commitment. Such term also includes the cost of purchase of personal property for the purpose of leasing the property to a person. Loan and extension of credit or loan or extension of credit does not include investment securities held by a savings bank under section 411.

"Person" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, governmental entity, or any other legal entity.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 482, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.233 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-312-of-1969 / Section 423.233
Initiation of binding arbitration proceedings; request.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Whenever in the course of mediation of a public police or fire department employee's dispute, except a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of an existing agreement (a "grievance" dispute), the dispute has not been resolved to the agreement of both parties within 30 days of the submission of the dispute to mediation, or within such further additional periods to which the parties may agree, the employees or employer may initiate binding arbitration proceedings by prompt request therefor, in writing, to the other, with copy to the employment relations commission.

History: 1969, Act 312, Eff. Oct. 1, 1969; Am. 1977, Act 303, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.275 — MI Code / Chapter 12 / Act Act-267-of-2011 / Section 12.275
Bond issue; determination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

For each bond issue, the authority shall determine or prescribe the method of determining all of the following:

(a) The date of issue.

(b) Whether the bonds shall bear no interest, appreciate as to principal amount, bear interest at fixed or variable rates, or any combination of these.

(c) Whether the bonds are payable at or before maturity.

(d) When the bonds shall mature.

(e) Whether the authority may redeem the bonds prior to maturity, at what price, and under what conditions.

(f) The method of payment of principal of and interest on the bonds.

(g) The form, denomination, and place of payment of principal of and interest on the bonds.

(h) If any officer whose signature, or the facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bond shall cease to be that officer before the delivery of the bond, that signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if he or she had remained in office until delivery of the bond.

(i) Any other term or condition necessary to issue the bonds.

History: 2011, Act 267, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712A.22 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712A.22
Annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

The state court administrative office shall publish an annual report evaluating the court regarding its duty under this act to engage in obtaining permanency for children. The report shall include at least information and statistics detailing the court's adherence to each time period prescribed by this act or court rule for the management and disposition of children's cases that are petitioned under section 2(b) of this chapter and, if the court fails to adhere to a time period, the specific reasons for that failure.

History: Add. 1997, Act 169, Eff. Mar. 31, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.59a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.59a
“Shoulder” and “ditch slope” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 59a.

"Shoulder" means that portion of the highway contiguous to the roadway generally extending the contour of the roadway, not designed for vehicular travel but maintained for the temporary accommodation of disabled or stopped vehicles otherwise permitted on the roadway.

"Ditch slope" is that portion of the highway adjacent to the shoulder if one exists or adjacent to the roadway on roads without shoulders, extending to the bottom of the roadside ditch and is not constructed or maintained for the use of any vehicles except those engaged in construction or maintenance.

History: Add. 1974, Act 152, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.214 — MI Code / Chapter 557 / Act Act-317-of-1947 / Section 557.214
Community property; curtesy or dower; dower of wife in separate property of husband.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

No right of curtesy or of dower shall be allowed in community property, but this act shall in no way affect the wife's right to dower in her husband's separate property.

History: 1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947; CL 1948, 557.214
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1592 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-500-of-2004 / Section 390.1592
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Department" means the department of community health.

(b) "Fund" means the pregnant and parenting student services fund created in section 3.

(c) "Institution of higher education" means a degree or certificate granting public or private college or university, junior college, or community college in this state.

(d) "Office" means a pregnant and parenting student services office established and operated by an institution of higher education and described in section 5.

History: 2004, Act 500, Eff. Mar. 30, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.136 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-74-of-1917 / Section 290.136
Guaranty relieving dealer from prosecution; liability of guarantor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

That no dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this act when he can establish a guaranty signed by the manufacturer, wholesaler, jobber, or other party residing within the United States from whom such climax baskets, baskets, or other containers, as defined in this act, were purchased, to the effect that said climax baskets, baskets, or other containers are correct within the meaning of this act. Said guaranty, to afford protection, shall contain the name and address of the party or parties making the sale of climax baskets, baskets, or other containers to such dealer, and in such case said party or parties shall be amenable to the prosecution, fines, and other penalties which would attach in due course to the dealer under the provisions of this act.

History: 1917, Act 74, Eff. Nov. 1, 1917; CL 1929, 5576; CL 1948, 290.136
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.509 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-299-of-1947 / Section 331.509
Hospital construction program; adequate facilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The construction program shall provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for adequate hospital facilities for the people residing in this state and insofar as possible shall provide for their distribution throughout the state in such manner as to make all types of hospital service reasonably accessible to all persons in the state.

History: 1947, Act 299, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 331.509
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.135 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.135
Children; exposing with intent to injure or abandon; surrender of child to emergency service provider; applicability of subsection (1); definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 135.

Except as provided in subsection (3), a father or mother of a child under the age of 6 years, or another individual, who exposes the child in any street, field, house, or other place, with intent to injure or wholly to abandon the child, is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.

Except for a situation involving actual or suspected child abuse or child neglect, it is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (1) that the child was not more than 72 hours old and was surrendered to an emergency service provider under chapter XII of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712.1 to 712.20. A criminal investigation shall not be initiated solely on the basis of a newborn being surrendered to an emergency service provider under chapter XII of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712.1 to 712.20.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a mother of a newborn who is surrendered under the born alive infant protection act. Subsection (1) applies to an attending physician who delivers a live newborn as a result of an attempted abortion and fails to comply with the requirements of the born alive infant protection act.

As used in this section:

"Emergency service provider" means a uniformed employee or contractor of a fire department, hospital, or police station when that individual is inside the premises and on duty.

"Fire department" means an organized fire department as that term is defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1.

"Hospital" means a hospital that is licensed under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.

"Police station" means a police station as that term is defined in section 43 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.43.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.135; Am. 2000, Act 233, Eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Am. 2002, Act 689, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.815a — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.815a
Establishment of contingency reserve by mortgage guaranty insurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 815a.

In addition to the capital, surplus and reserves specified in sections 410, 810 and 815, a mortgage guaranty insurer shall establish a contingency reserve, which shall be reported as a liability in the insurer's financial statements. The amount of the reserve shall be computed in accordance with rules prescribed by the commissioner.

History: Add. 1972, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.576 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.576
Water management district in interstate river basin; powers of commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 576.

Whenever it shall be necessary for the public health, safety or welfare to establish a water management district in all or part of 1 or more contiguous Michigan counties lying within an interstate river basin, to undertake a project in cooperation with districts in states adjoining Michigan for purposes of flood control or drainage, such district may be created, and such project shall be authorized, financed and constructed in conformity with the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided in this section. If such district shall consist of less than 3 counties, the commission shall exercise all powers and perform all functions and duties of the board, and the boards of supervisors of said counties may increase the membership of said commission by a majority vote of all of said boards of supervisors. The commission of such district shall also have power to enter into contracts with other states, or its agencies, or water management districts of other states, with respect to apportionment of the costs of such project between the said Michigan district and said other state or its agencies or water management districts of other states, and with respect to any matter connected with the construction and maintenance of the project or any part thereof.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21771 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21771
Abusing, mistreating, or neglecting patient; reports; investigation; retaliation prohibited; exception to report requirement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21771.

(1) A licensee, nursing home administrator, or employee of a nursing home shall not physically, mentally, or emotionally abuse, mistreat, or harmfully neglect a patient.

(2) A nursing home employee who has reasonable suspicion of an act prohibited by this section shall report the suspicion to the nursing home administrator or nursing director and to the department as required by federal regulations. A nursing home administrator or nursing director who has reasonable suspicion of an act prohibited by this section shall report the suspicion by telephone to the department and 1 or more law enforcement entities as required by federal regulations.

(3) Any individual may report a violation of this section to the department.

(4) A physician or other licensed health care personnel who has reasonable suspicion of an act prohibited by this section shall report the suspicion to the department and 1 or more law enforcement entities as required by federal regulations.

(5) On the receipt of a report made under this section, the department shall make an investigation. The department may require the individual making the report to submit a written report or to supply additional information, or both.

(6) A nursing home employee, licensee, or nursing home administrator shall not evict, harass, dismiss, or retaliate against a patient, a patient's representative, or an employee who makes a report under this section.

(7) An individual required to report an act or a reasonable suspicion under subsection (2) or (4) is not required to report the act or suspicion to the department or 1 or more local law enforcement entities if the individual knows that another individual has already reported the act or suspicion as required by this section.

History: Add. 1978, Act 493, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979; Am. 2012, Act 174, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2012; Am. 2022, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 25, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2077 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2077
Creditors; favoritism of insurer prohibited; construction of section, violation, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2077.

No person shall require, as a condition precedent to the lending of money or extension of credit, or any renewal thereof, that the person, to whom such money or credit is extended or whose obligation the creditor is to acquire or finance, negotiate any policy or contract of insurance through a particular insurance agent or with a particular insurer. No person engaged in the business of financing real or personal property other than motor vehicles or of lending money or extending credit, shall directly or indirectly require that the borrower pay a consideration of any kind to substitute the insurance policy of 1 insurer for that of another.

If an instrument requires that a purchaser, mortgagor or borrower furnish insurance of any kind on real property being conveyed or which is collateral security to a loan, the vendor, mortgagee or lender shall refrain from using or disclosing any such information to his own advantage or to the detriment of the purchaser, mortgagor, borrower, insurance company or agency complying with such requirement.

This section shall not be construed as forbidding the vendor or creditor from exercising a reasonable right to approve or disapprove the insurance selected by the debtor for protection of the property securing the credit or lien, but the vendor or creditor shall not disapprove a policy which contains coverages in excess of the basic coverage required by the vendor or creditor.

Nothing in this section shall forbid any insurer from requiring as a condition precedent for the lending of its own funds that the debtor insure his own life for a reasonable amount with such insurer.

Each violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1961, Act 153, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1962, Act 89, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.845 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-120-of-1960 / Section 390.845
Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act is intended to implement, clarify and confirm in the board the constitutional powers customarily exercised by the board of control of institutions of higher education established by law having authority to grant baccalaureate degrees.

History: Add. 1970, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Apr. 10, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8416 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8416
Location of small claims division; filing of claims after regular court hours; scheduling of small claims hearings; hearings after regular court hours.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8416.

The small claims division of the district court shall sit at least once each 30 days at the locations at which the district court is required to sit pursuant to section 8251.

A clerk or deputy clerk of the district may be available for filing of claims with the small claims division after regular court hours at the discretion of the presiding judge.

Scheduling of small claims hearings shall be done to lessen as much as possible the time that it is necessary for a plaintiff or defendant to be absent from employment. A judge of the district court may be available to hear small claims after regular court hours if the presiding judge determines that evening hours will facilitate the adjudication of small claims cases.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 496, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.321 — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-22-of-1984 / Section 409.321
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Committee" means the Michigan civilian conservation corps partnership steering committee created in section 22.

(b) "Corps" means the Michigan civilian conservation corps established pursuant to this chapter.

(c) "Corpsmember" means a participant in the corps.

(d) "Department" means the department of natural resources.

(e) "Director" means the director of the department.

(f) "Resident" means an individual who has in this state the individual's true, fixed, and permanent home and principal establishment to which the individual intends to return whenever absent. An individual is a resident until the individual establishes a permanent establishment outside this state.

History: Add. 2012, Act 576, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.522 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.522
Automobile insurance policies unaffected by chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 522.

This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this state, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform with the requirements of this chapter, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this chapter.

This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured's employ or on his behalf of motor vehicles not owned by the insured.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949