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Mich. Comp. Laws § 438.5 — MI Code / Chapter 438 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 438.5
Holder in due course; recovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

In any action brought on any bill of exchange or promissory note payable in money, and to order or bearer, originally given or made for or upon any usurious consideration or contract, if it shall appear that the plaintiff became, in good faith the indorsee or holder of such bill of exchange or promissory note, for a valuable consideration, before the same became due, then and in such case, unless it shall further appear that the plaintiff, at the time of becoming such indorsee or holder, had actual notice that such bill or note was given for or upon a usurious consideration or contract, he shall be entitled to recover thereon, in the same manner, and to the same extent as if such usury had not been alleged and proved.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 34; CL 1857, 1316; CL 1871, 1634; How. 1596; CL 1897, 4864; CL 1915, 5995; CL 1929, 9237; CL 1948, 438.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.108 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.108
Compensation; heads of principal departments; directors; commissions; boards; exclusive employment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Heads of principal departments, commissions or boards, principal executive officers of departments, commissions and boards shall receive compensation prescribed by law.

Directors of departments, commissions, boards and directors of departments, boards and commissions transferred to a principal department shall not engage in any business, vocation or employment other than their office. Members of boards and commissions may so engage unless specifically prohibited by law.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1965, Act 407, Imd. Eff. Oct. 29, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.29 — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.29
Recovery and enforcement of fines, penalties, and forfeitures; violations; administrative hearings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

Except as provided in subsection (2), the district court, a municipal court, or the circuit court, as provided by law, may hear, try, and determine actions and prosecutions for the recovery and enforcing of fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed by the charter and ordinances of the city, and sanction offenders for the violation of the charter and ordinances, as is prescribed and directed in the charter or ordinances.

Pursuant to section 4q, a city may provide for an administrative hearings bureau to adjudicate alleged violations of ordinances and impose sanctions consistent with this act.

History: 1909, Act 279, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 3332; CL 1929, 2265; CL 1948, 117.29; Am. 1978, Act 191, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1978; Am. 1994, Act 17, Eff. May 1, 1994; Am. 2003, Act 318, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1106 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1106
"Sergeant Matthew R. Soper Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 106.

The portion of highway M-60 in Jackson County beginning at Fairway Drive and continuing west to Emerson Road shall be known as the "Sergeant Matthew R. Soper Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2020, Act 293, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.20c — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-240-of-1943 / Section 38.20c
Supplement to retirement allowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20c.

(1) On July 1, 1974, the monthly retirement allowance payable to a retirant or beneficiary who was on the rolls as such for June, 1973, is supplemented as follows:

Effective Date of Retirement Percent of Increase July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1973 1 July 1, 1971 to June 30, 1972 2 July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971 3 July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970 4 July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1969 5 July 1, 1967 to June 30, 1968 6 July 1, 1966 to June 30, 1967 7 July 1, 1965 to June 30, 1966 8 July 1, 1964 to June 30, 1965 9 July 1, 1963 to June 30, 1964 10 July 1, 1962 to June 30, 1963 11 July 1, 1961 to June 30, 1962 12 July 1, 1960 to June 30, 1961 13 July 1, 1959 to June 30, 1960 14 Any time before July 1, 1959 15

Effective Date of Retirement

Percent of Increase

July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1973

1

July 1, 1971 to June 30, 1972

2

July 1, 1970 to June 30, 1971

3

July 1, 1969 to June 30, 1970

4

July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1969

5

July 1, 1967 to June 30, 1968

6

July 1, 1966 to June 30, 1967

7

July 1, 1965 to June 30, 1966

8

July 1, 1964 to June 30, 1965

9

July 1, 1963 to June 30, 1964

10

July 1, 1962 to June 30, 1963

11

July 1, 1961 to June 30, 1962

12

July 1, 1960 to June 30, 1961

13

July 1, 1959 to June 30, 1960

14

Any time before July 1, 1959

15

(2) The supplement to the retirement allowance provided by this section shall be paid only during those fiscal years for which an appropriation is made which is sufficient to cover the additional payments likely to be made.

History: Add. 1974, Act 216, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.762a — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.762a
Appeal of final determination of claim for exemption of principal residence or qualified agricultural property; jurisdiction; filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 62a.

The residential property and small claims division created under section 61 has exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal of a final determination of a claim for exemption of a principal residence by the department of treasury or of qualified agricultural property under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, from taxes levied under section 1211 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1211.

An appeal of a final determination of a claim for exemption of a principal residence under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, shall be filed not later than 35 days after the department of treasury determines a claim for exemption. An appeal is considered filed if it is postmarked by first-class mail or delivered in person within 35 days after the department of treasury denies a claim for exemption.

An appeal of a final determination of a claim for exemption of qualified agricultural property under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.157, shall be filed not later than 30 days after the July or December board of review determines a claim for exemption. An appeal is considered filed if it is postmarked by first-class mail or delivered in person within 30 days after the July or December board of review denies a claim for exemption.

History: Add. 1994, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1994; Am. 2003, Act 131, Eff. Jan. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1307f — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1974 / Section 257.1307f
Prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7f.

A motor vehicle repair facility that is subject to this act, or a person that is an owner or operator of a motor vehicle repair facility that is subject to this act, shall not, directly or through an agent or employee, do any of the following:

(a) Improperly utilize waivers in a manner that suggests or implies, directly or indirectly, orally or by action, that signing a waiver will improve or expedite service or repairs or will reduce the price.

(b) Exaggerate the seriousness of a malfunction to induce a customer to agree to a repair.

(c) Suggest or imply, directly or indirectly, orally or by action, that service will be improved or expedited or that the price will be reduced if the customer agrees that the facility is not required to return for inspection any parts that the facility replaced.

(d) Misrepresent that because of some defect in the customer's motor vehicle, the health, safety, and lives of the customer or his or her family are in danger if parts or repair services are not purchased, if in fact the defect does not exist or the installation of the parts or the performance of the services would not remove the danger.

History: Add. 2016, Act 430, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.115 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-299-of-1972 / Section 460.115
Disposition of moneys paid by public utilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

All moneys paid into the state treasury by a public utility under this act shall be credited to a special account, to be utilized solely to finance the cost of regulating public utilities.

History: 1972, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.408 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-237-of-1919 / Section 45.408
Violation of act; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

If any sheriff, under-sheriff or deputy sheriffs or any county clerk, county treasurer, or register of deeds, or any deputy of any county clerk, county treasurer or register of deeds shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding 500 dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1919, Act 237, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; Am. 1921, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 1353; CL 1948, 45.408
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.327 — MI Code / Chapter 800 / Act Act-15-of-1968 / Section 800.327
Employment of inmates; types of employment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The department of corrections shall provide as fully as practicable for the employment of inmates in tasks consistent with the penal and rehabilitative purposes of their imprisonment and with the public economy. The types of employment shall be as follows:

(a) Routine maintenance and operation of correctional institutions.

(b) Educational and rehabilitation activities, whether formal or through productive or socialized activities, determined on the basis of individual needs and educability.

(c) Productive or maintenance labor on or in connection with the institution farms, or other land rented or leased by the department of corrections, factories, shops, or other available facilities for the production and distribution of correctional industries products and services.

(d) Labor assignments on state public works, ways, or properties when and as requisitioned by the governor or on county, township, or district roads when requested by the county board of commissioners pursuant to section 1 of 1911 PA 181, MCL 800.101.

(e) Labor assignments in private manufacturing or service enterprises established under section 7a.

(f) Labor assignments in connection with manufacture of products under section 4(1)(h) and in connection with the disassembly and disposal of items and scrap material under section 4(1)(i).

History: 1968, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1968; Am. 1980, Act 245, Eff. Oct. 1, 1980; Am. 1996, Act 537, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1997; Am. 2010, Act 307, Imd. Eff. Dec. 17, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19705 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.19705
Bonds as securities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19705.

The bonds are securities in which banks, savings and loan associations, state authorities, investment companies, credit unions, and other persons carrying on a banking business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, belonging to them or within their control.

History: Add. 2002, Act 397, Eff. Nov. 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.40113 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.40113
Artificial light.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40113.

Except as otherwise provided in a department order authorized under section 40107 for a specified animal, a person shall not use an artificial light in taking game or in an area frequented by animals; throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light in a field, woodland, or forest while having a bow or firearm or other weapon capable of shooting a projectile in the person's possession or under the person's control unless otherwise permitted by law. A licensed hunter may use an artificial light 1 hour before and 1 hour after shooting hours while in possession of any unloaded firearm or bow and traveling afoot to and from the licensed hunter's hunting location.

Except as otherwise provided in a department order authorized under section 40107, a person shall not throw, cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of an artificial light from December 1 to October 31 between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. for the purpose of locating animals. Except as otherwise permitted by law or an order of the department, from November 1 to November 30, a person shall not throw, cast, or cause to be thrown or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light for the purpose of locating animals. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:

A peace officer while in the performance of the officer's duties.

A person operating an emergency vehicle in an emergency.

An employee of a public or private utility while working in the scope of his or her employment.

A person operating a vehicle with headlights in a lawful manner upon a street, highway, or roadway.

A person using an artificial light to identify a house or mailbox number.

The use of artificial lights used to conduct a census by the department.

A person using an artificial light from November 1 to November 30 on property that is owned by that person or by a member of that person's immediate family.

The operator of a vehicle from which the rays of an artificial light have been cast in a clear attempt to locate game shall immediately stop the vehicle upon the request of a uniformed peace officer or when signaled by a peace officer with a flashing signal light or siren from a marked patrol vehicle.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 570.1102 — MI Code / Chapter 570 / Act Act-497-of-1980 / Section 570.1102
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 102.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 103 to 106 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1980, Act 497, Eff. Jan. 1, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.627l — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-238-of-1975 / Section 722.627l
Statewide electronic case management system; administrative review for expungement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7 l .

(1) An individual who is listed on the central registry before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section may submit a request to the department for an administrative review for the expungement of the individual's name from the statewide electronic case management system created under section 7j. Within 180 days of receipt of the request for an administrative review under this subsection, the department shall complete the review and notify the individual in writing of the final decision to expunge the individual from the central registry under the statewide electronic case management system created under section 7j or to classify the individual's case as a confirmed case of methamphetamine production, confirmed serious abuse or serious neglect, confirmed sexual abuse, or confirmed sexual exploitation and keep the individual on the central registry in the statewide electronic case management system.

(2) If the department's final decision after the administrative review under subsection (1) is to expunge the individual from the central registry under the statewide electronic case management system created under section 7j, then the department shall notify the director of the department responsible for the licensure of that individual or the director's designee within 45 days of the final decision.

History: Add. 2022, Act 72, Eff. Nov. 1, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.82105c — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.82105c
Historic snowmobile registration decal; issuance; placement; fee; validity; revocation; exemption from registration; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 82105c.

(1) The secretary of state may issue to the owner of a historic snowmobile a historic snowmobile registration decal which shall bear the inscription "historic snowmobile - Michigan" and the registration number. The registration decal shall be affixed above or below the headlight or, if the historic snowmobile was not originally equipped with a headlight, on the forward half of the cowl above the footwell of the historic snowmobile.

(2) The owner of a historic snowmobile applying for a historic snowmobile registration decal under this section shall pay a fee of $50.00 and shall certify that the snowmobile for which the registration is requested is owned and operated solely as a historic snowmobile.

(3) A registration issued under this section is valid for the period the historic snowmobile is owned by the owner and is nontransferable.

(4) The secretary of state may revoke a registration decal issued under this section, for cause shown and after a hearing, for failure of the applicant to comply with this section or for use of the snowmobile for which the registration was issued for purposes other than those enumerated in section 82101(f).

(5) A historic snowmobile registered under this section is exempt from registration under section 82105.

(6) The secretary of state may promulgate rules to implement this section.

History: Add. 2010, Act 371, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1386 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-311-of-1972 / Section 125.1386
Penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A person who violates the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1972, Act 311, Eff. July 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63535 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63535
Sign.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63535.

Each permittee shall conspicuously maintain at the entrances or visible areas of access to the surface coal mining and reclamation operations a clearly visible sign that sets forth the name, business address, and phone number of the permittee and the permit number of the surface coal mining and reclamation operations.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.714 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-114-of-1984 / Section 3.714
Authorization to enter into agreements; approval of agreement containing financial commitment or imposing financial obligation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions having authority to place children may enter into agreements with appropriate officers or agencies of or in other party states pursuant to subsection (2) of Article V of the interstate compact on the placement of children. An agreement which contains a financial commitment or imposes a financial obligation on this state or a subdivision or agency of this state shall not be binding unless it has the approval in writing of the state budget officer in the case of the state and of the chief local fiscal officer in the case of a subdivision of the state.

History: 1984, Act 114, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1152 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1152
Tax on alternative fuel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 152.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section and sections 154 and 155, a tax at the rate per gallon equal to the tax on motor fuel is imposed upon all alternative fuel used in this state. Except as provided in section 154 or 155, the tax shall be paid at the times and in the manner specified in this section. The tax on alternative fuel sold or delivered either by placing it into a permanently attached fuel supply tank on a motor vehicle, or by exchanging or replacing the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle, shall be collected by the alternative fuel dealer from the purchaser, consumer, or end user and paid over monthly to the department as provided in this act. Alternative fuel delivered in this state into the storage facility of any person when the exclusive purpose of the storage facility is for resale or use in a motor vehicle on the public roads or highways of this state, shall, upon delivery to storage facility, be subject to tax. An alternative fuel dealer shall, upon delivery of the alternative fuel, collect and remit the tax to the department as provided in this act. A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on the public roads or highways of this state from the cargo containers of a truck, trailer, or semitrailer with alternative fuel in vapor or liquid form, as applicable, except when the alternative fuel in the liquid or vapor phase is withdrawn from the cargo container for use in motor vehicles through a permanently installed and approved metering device. The tax on alternative fuel withdrawn from a cargo container through a permanently installed and approved metering device shall apply in accordance with measured gallons or gallon equivalents, if applicable, as reflected by meter reading, and shall be paid monthly by the alternative fuel dealer to the department as provided in this act.

(2) The rate of tax on the following alternative fuels shall be equal to the tax on motor fuel per gallon equivalent or fractional part thereof rounded to the nearest 1/10 of 1 gallon:

(a) Compressed natural gas.

(b) Hydrogen.

(c) Hydrogen compressed natural gas.

(d) Liquefied natural gas.

(3) The tax imposed under this section does not apply to an alternative fuel commercial user described in section 154(2) until January 1, 2017.

(4) The tax imposed under this section does not apply to a person described in section 154(3) until January 1, 2018.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001; Am. 2015, Act 176, Eff. Jan. 1, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2304 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2304
Forwarding copies of petition and documents; certificate; findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 304.

(1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents as follows:

(a) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state.

(b) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.

(2) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5505 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5505
Applicability of MCL 600.2963; conditions for dismissal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5505.

Section 2963 applies to civil actions concerning prison conditions.

The court shall dismiss a case at any time, regardless of any filing fee that may have been paid, if the court finds any of the following:

A prisoner's allegation of indigency is untrue.

The action or appeal is frivolous.

The action or appeal seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from the requested relief.

A prisoner fails to comply with subsection (1).

History: Add. 1999, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1999