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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8307f — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8307f
Information requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8307f.

Upon the director's request, a person who has registered a pesticide shall provide the information necessary to determine its mobility in the environment and its potential to contaminate groundwater. This information may include any of the following:

Water solubility.

Vapor pressure.

Octanol-water partition coefficient.

Soil absorption coefficient.

Henry's law constant.

Dissipation studies including the rate of hydrolysis, photolysis, or aerobic or anaerobic soil metabolism.

Product formulation.

Other information considered necessary by the director.

Information requested under subsection (1) shall be consistent with product registration information required under FIFRA.

As used in this section:

"Aerobic soil metabolism" means chemical degradation in soil in the presence of oxygen.

"Anaerobic soil metabolism" means chemical degradation in soil in the absence of oxygen.

"Henry's law constant" means the ratio of the partial pressure of a compound in air to the concentration of the compound in water at a given temperature.

"Hydrolysis" means a chemical reaction in which water combines with and splits the original chemical creating degradation products.

"Octanol-water partition coefficient" means the ratio of a chemical's concentration in the water-saturated octanol phase to the chemical's concentration in the octanol-saturated water phase.

"Photolysis" means a chemical reaction in which light or radiant energy serves to split the original compound creating degradation products.

"Soil absorption coefficient" means the ratio of absorbed chemical per unit weight of soil or organic carbon to the aqueous solute concentration.

"Vapor pressure" means the pressure exerted by the vapor of a substance when it is under equilibrium conditions.

"Water solubility" means the maximum amount of a material that can be dissolved in water to give a stable solution.

History: Add. 2002, Act 418, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5206 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5206
Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5206.

The legislature finds and declares that the environmental, natural resources, and water quality protection programs implemented under this part are a public purpose and of paramount public concern in the interest of the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of this state.

History: Add. 2002, Act 397, Eff. Nov. 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.562 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-345-of-1937 / Section 38.562
Membership of retirement system.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The membership of the retirement system created by a municipality affected by this act shall include each police officer and fire fighter employed by a municipality. A police officer or fire fighter, who is a member of the retirement system and who is transferred from the classification of a police officer or fire fighter to a civilian position within the police or fire department or who is transferred from the police or fire department of the municipality to another department of the municipality by an officer or body of the municipality authorized to make the transfer, shall continue as a member of this retirement system covering the police officers and fire fighters, and shall be subject to the provisions of the retirement system. If the officers and employees of the department to which the person is transferred are covered by an annuity pension or retirement system to which the municipality makes contributions and the person transferred becomes entitled to membership in that system, the person shall cease to be a member of this police officer and fire fighter retirement system.

The membership of the retirement system shall not include a volunteer fire fighter, a privately employed police officer or fire fighter, a person temporarily employed during an emergency, a civilian employee of a police and fire department, or a person participating in a transitional public employment program, except as provided in subsection (1) and section 6c.

History: 1937, Act 345, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; Am. 1939, Act 210, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; Am. 1947, Act 229, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1947; CL 1948, 38.562; Am. 1951, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1951; Am. 1978, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.202 — MI Code / Chapter 557 / Act Act-317-of-1947 / Section 557.202
Separate property of wife; control, disposition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

All property of the wife, real and personal, owned by her before marriage, or before the effective date of this act, whichever is later, and that afterwards acquired by her by gift, inheritance, devise, or bequest, or received by her as damages or compensation for personal injuries, and all property of every kind, character, or description derived originally from property so owned or acquired, shall be her separate property.

The wife shall have the right to manage, control, dispose of, and otherwise deal with her separate property in the manner provided by law without limitation by the provisions of this act.

History: 1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947; CL 1948, 557.202
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.6 — MI Code / Chapter 42 / Act Act-359-of-1947 / Section 42.6
Charter township board; compensation and expenses of members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A trustee may receive, in addition to other emoluments provided by law for his service to the township, a sum per meeting of the board actually attended by him, as established by the township board to be paid upon authorization of the township board. The supervisor, the township clerk, and the township treasurer shall receive no additional compensation for attending meetings of the board. Reasonable expenses may be allowed to members of the township board when actually incurred on behalf of the township.

History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 42.6; Am. 1953, Act 188, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1962, Act 20, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963; Am. 1974, Act 98, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.929 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-448-of-2014 / Section 554.929
Extension of registration; requirements; fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

(1) The department may extend the term of an existing registration for a continuing care community for not more than 3 fiscal years if the department determines that all of the following requirements are met:

(a) The continuing care community was registered under this act during the immediately preceding 5 fiscal years.

(b) The continuing care community meets all of the following financial requirements:

( i ) Has not committed a material default in the payment of principal or interest on its indebtedness during the immediately preceding 3 years.

( ii ) Has had income or revenues in excess of its expenses in each of the immediately preceding 3 years.

( iii ) Has a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of not less than 1:1.

( iv ) Has reserves or funds designated for the payment of its indebtedness in an amount equal to or greater than 1 year's debt service.

(c) The continuing care community or any person with joint and several liability is not the subject of any action under sections 55 to 63.

(2) Notwithstanding the grant of an extension of its registration, a continuing care community shall annually submit to the department the registration renewal fees specified in section 31 and annual and semiannual financial statements under section 41. A registered continuing care community shall do all of the following:

(a) Submit the fees specified in section 31.

(b) Submit financial statements for that fiscal year that comply with section 41.

History: 2014, Act 448, Eff. Apr. 2, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1426 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1426
Bonds and notes; authorization; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 26.

The notes and bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the members of the authority; shall bear such date or dates, and shall mature at such time or times, in the case of any note, or any renewal thereof, not exceeding 20 years, from the date of issue of such original note, and in the case of any bond not exceeding 50 years from the date of issue, as the resolution may provide. The notes and bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places and be subject to such terms of redemption as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The notes and bonds of the authority may be sold by the authority, at public or private sale, at such price or prices as the authority shall determine.

History: 1966, Act 346, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1976, Act 410, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1977; Am. 1982, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1442 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1442
Property of authority; exempt from taxation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.

The property of the authority and its income and operation shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions and all bonds and notes of the authority shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions.

History: 1966, Act 346, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1968, Act 343, Imd. Eff. June 19, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.6 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-201-of-1980 / Section 752.6
Violation as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

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

History: 1980, Act 201, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1017 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1017
Workplace ergonomics; promulgation of rules prohibited; federal rules or guidelines; "workplace ergonomics" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

(1) A department, board, or commission authorized to promulgate rules under this act shall not promulgate a rule or establish a standard regarding workplace ergonomics. This subsection does not apply to the adoption by reference of a federal workplace ergonomics rule.

(2) A department, board, or commission authorized to promulgate rules under this act may provide guidance, best practices information, or assistance for the voluntary implementation or practice of a workplace ergonomics program. If there are federal occupational safety and health administration ergonomics guidelines, the guidance or other assistance shall not advocate workplace ergonomic programs that are more stringent than indicated in those guidelines.

(3) For purposes of this section, "workplace ergonomics" means a program or practice that addresses musculoskeletal disorders that are caused by repetitive motion or stress.

History: Add. 2011, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.278 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-339-of-1919 / Section 287.278
Killing of dog molesting wildlife.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

A law enforcement officer may kill a dog determined to be molesting wildlife and not hunting as defined in this act.

History: 1919, Act 339, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; Am. 1925, Act 322, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 5262; CL 1948, 287.278; Am. 1973, Act 32, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.98 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.98
Applicability of act to corporations limiting dividends or voting rights, and conducting not more than 50% of business with nonstockholders or nonmembers; classification of corporations organized under MCL 450.98 to 450.109 as profit and nonprofit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 98.

Corporations organized to conduct a lawful business which limits the dividends payable upon stock investment in the case of corporations with capital stock and membership investment in the case of membership corporations without capital stock to not in excess of 8% per annum or which limits the voting rights of stockholders or members to 1 vote regardless of the number of shares of stock or membership held, and in any case do not conduct more than 50% of their business or services with nonstockholders or nonmembers, shall be governed by this act, except as specifically otherwise provided and except for cooperatives organized under chapter 11 of Act No. 162 of the Public Acts of 1982, being sections 450.3100 to 450.3192 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, as to the mode of corporate management, manner of distribution of earnings and profits, their powers, and optional principles of doing business.

Corporations organized under and operated in accordance with sections 98 to 109, which pay limited dividends upon the stock or membership investment or which do not make distribution of earnings to nonstockholders or nonmembers upon the same basis as to stockholders or members shall, for purposes of making reports and payment of privilege fees or other taxes to the state, be classified as profit corporations. Corporations which do not pay dividends or interest upon stock or membership investment and which distribute all earnings to stockholders or members and other persons doing business with the corporation or provide for the allocation of such earnings to stockholders or members and other persons doing business with the corporation for future distribution shall, for the purposes of making reports and payments of privilege fees or other taxes to this state, be classified as nonprofit corporations.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1941, Act 327, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 450.98; Am. 1978, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1978; Am. 1984, Act 298, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5709 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5709
Studying causes of death.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5709.

The department, in consultation and cooperation with the commission, shall study the causes of death among Vietnam-era veterans, utilizing the department's vital statistics records and the agent orange registry data base maintained by the information resource center under section 5745. The information obtained under this section shall serve as a foundation for additional epidemiological studies on the relative incidence of disease among Vietnam-era veterans.

History: Add. 1987, Act 48, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.306 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.306
Revolving fund; expenditures or obligation before completion of improvement; report to county board of commissioners; apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 306.

If revolving fund money has been expended or a drainage district is obligated to pay expenses for engineering, legal, or administrative services or to pay principal and interest on notes, by action of the drain commissioner, and if an improvement has not been completed after the drain commissioner's order designating a county drainage district, the entry of the first order of determination under section 72, or the filing of a petition, if a petition has been filed, whichever is later, the drain commissioner may report this fact to the county board of commissioners. If an improvement has not been completed within 5 years after the date of the drain commissioner's order designating a drainage district, the entry of the first order of determination under section 72, or the filing of a petition, if a petition has been filed and ordered abandoned, whichever is later, the drain commissioner shall report that fact to the county board of commissioners. If the sum involved is too small to justify spreading the sum over the drainage district, the county board of commissioners may order that the sum be spread against the property of the original petitioners as the commissioners consider just and equitable. Otherwise, the county board of commissioners may order that the sum be spread over the district and the drain commissioner shall apportion the sum to the parties that would have been benefited in the district as provided in chapter 7 for the purpose of permitting a review of the assessment roll as to fairness of the apportionment only.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1969, Act 105, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970; Am. 2016, Act 115, Imd. Eff. May 10, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.2522 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-229-of-2013 / Section 445.2522
Placement of security freeze on consumer's credit report; duties of consumer reporting agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Within 5 business days after placing a security freeze on a consumer's credit report under section 11, the consumer reporting agency shall do all of the following:

(a) Send a written confirmation of the security freeze to the consumer.

(b) Provide the consumer with a unique personal identification number or password to be used by the consumer when authorizing the release of the consumer's credit report to a specific person or for a specific period of time.

(c) Provide the consumer with a written statement of the procedures for requesting the consumer reporting agency to remove or temporarily lift a security freeze.

History: 2013, Act 229, Eff. Jan. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.411 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-351-of-1968 / Section 45.411
Members of county boards, departments, authorities, and commissions; compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, members of county boards, departments, authorities, and commissions receiving statutory compensation the same as members of the boards of commissioners shall receive compensation as determined by the county board of commissioners.

History: 1968, Act 351, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1968; Am. 1983, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8169 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8169
Principal office of domestic society; meetings of supreme governing body; validity of business transacted; minutes; official publication; report, notice, or statement; mailing or publication of synopsis of annual statement; grievance or complaint procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8169.

The principal office of a domestic society shall be located in this state. The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in any state, district, province, or territory where the society has a subordinate lodge, or in another location as determined by the supreme governing body, and all business transacted at the meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if the meetings were held in this state. The minutes of the proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors shall be in the English language.

A society may provide in its laws for an official publication in which a notice, report, or statement required by law to be given to members, including notice of election, may be published. A required report, notice, or statement shall be printed conspicuously in the publication. If the records of a society show that 2 or more members have the same mailing address, an official publication mailed to 1 member is considered to be mailed to all members at the same address unless a member requests a separate copy. Not later than June 1 of each year, a synopsis of the society's annual statement providing an explanation of the facts concerning the condition of the society thereby disclosed shall be printed and mailed to each benefit member of the society or published in the society's official publication.

A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint procedures for members.

History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.541 — MI Code / Chapter 256 / Act Act-391-of-1919 / Section 256.541
Garage keeper; prima facie evidence of negligence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Whenever any damage shall be done to any motor vehicle while in the possession or under the care, custody or control of the owner, his agent or servant, or the keeper of any public garage or other establishment where such vehicle shall have been accepted for hire or gain, proof of such damage shall be prima facie evidence that such damage was the result of the negligent act of such owner or keeper of the place where such vehicle was stored.

History: 1919, Act 391, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 4796; CL 1948, 256.541
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.48304 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.48304
Prosecutions; mandamus.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48304.

The department shall prosecute in the name of the people of the state in all cases where this part is violated, and the prosecuting attorney of the county in which a prosecution is commenced under this part shall aid in the prosecution when requested to do so by the department. The attorney general may institute mandamus proceedings in the circuit court for Ingham county to compel any person to comply with this part.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.54 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.54
Collected and unpaid taxes; accounting to county treasurer; time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 54.

Within 20 calendar days after the time specified in his warrant, the township treasurer or other collecting officer shall pay to the county treasurer all state and county taxes collected, and within the same time shall make his statement of unpaid taxes upon real and personal property as required in section 55.

History: 1893, Act 206, Eff. June 12, 1893; Am. 1897, Act 225, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1897; CL 1897, 3877; Am. 1901, Act 193, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901; CL 1915, 4050; CL 1929, 3445; CL 1948, 211.54; Am. 1960, Act 8, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.752 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Territorial-Laws-of-1833,-Vol-III / Section 390.752
Business and object of corporation; college independent and autonomous.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The particular business and object of this corporation shall be to establish, endow, conduct, and maintain an institution of higher learning, to be known as "Kalamazoo college", and affording instruction in the branches of education usually taught in colleges and universities, with special emphasis on the liberal arts and sciences. As an institution the college shall be independent in terms of governance while historically related to the American Baptist churches, U.S.A. The college shall neither compromise its autonomy, nor deny its heritage, but shall act as an autonomous community of memory which honors its church-related heritage and the values which derive from that heritage.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.386 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-11-of-2025 / Section 752.386
Damages; economic and noneconomic; restraining orders; injunctions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) In an action under section 3, the plaintiff may recover all of the following damages from a person found liable:

(a) Economic and noneconomic damages, including, but not limited to, financial losses because of the creation or dissemination of the deep fake and damages for mental anguish, embarrassment, and humiliation.

(b) An amount equal to any profit made from the creation or dissemination of the deep fake by the person found liable.

(c) Actual court costs and fees and reasonable attorney fees.

(2) In an action under section 3, the court may enter a temporary restraining order or a permanent injunction to prevent further harm to the plaintiff. The court may award the plaintiff a civil fine for the violation of an order entered under this subsection of not more than $1,000.00 per day.

History: 2025, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Aug. 26, 2025