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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1246 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1246
Service of process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 246.

(1) The resident agent appointed by a corporation is an agent of the corporation on which any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served.

(2) If an individual, whether a resident or nonresident of this state, accepts election, appointment, or employment as a director or officer of a corporation formed under this act or in existence on the effective date of this act, the acceptance is considered an appointment of the resident agent of the corporation as his or her agent on which process may be served while he or she is a director or officer, in any action commenced in a court of general jurisdiction in this state, arising out of or founded on any action of the domestic corporation or of the individual as a director or officer of the domestic corporation. After accepting service of process, the resident agent shall promptly forward it to the director or officer at his or her last known address.

(3) The administrator may serve a notice described in subsection (1) by electronically transmitting the notice to the resident agent of the corporation in the manner authorized by the corporation.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1178 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-502-of-1996 / Section 691.1178
Interpretation and construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.327 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 322.327
State lands; survey of boundaries by commissioner of state land office; payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

Whenever it shall appear to the commissioner necessary, in order to ascertain the true boundaries of any tract or portion of the lands mentioned in this chapter, or to enable him to describe and dispose of the same, in suitable and convenient lots, he may cause all such necessary surveys to be made; and the expenses thereof shall be paid out of the proper fund, in the same manner as the other incidental expenses of the land office.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 60; CL 1857, 2469; CL 1871, 3842; How. 5287; CL 1897, 1350; CL 1915, 525; CL 1929, 5925; CL 1948, 322.327
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1099ll — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1099ll
Disposition of funds; quarterly report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1099 ll .

(1) The supreme court is responsible for the expenditure of state funds for the establishment and operation of family treatment courts. Federal funds provided to the state for the operation of family treatment courts must be distributed by the department or the appropriate state agency as otherwise provided by law.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the appropriate state fund or funds for the purposes described in subsection (1).

(3) Each family treatment court shall report quarterly to the state court administrative office on the funds received and expended by that family treatment court, in a manner prescribed by the state court administrative office.

History: Add. 2024, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.583 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-180-of-1981 / Section 400.583
Commission on services to the aging; establishment; appointment, qualifications, and term of members; vacancies; members of commission created by former act; compensation and expenses; chairperson.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A commission on services to the aging is established within the executive office of the governor. The commission shall consist of 15 members appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Commission membership shall reflect the broad geographical balance as well as the distribution of older persons in the state. Members of the commission shall serve the broad interests of the state's aging and older persons. A majority of the members shall be 60 years of age or older, and no more than 8 members shall be from the same political party. The term of each member shall be 3 years. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled by appointment by the governor in a similar manner as members are appointed under this subsection, for the remainder of the unexpired term.

Members of the commission created by former Act No. 146 of the Public Acts of 1975 shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms.

A member of the commission shall be entitled to receive per diem compensation and reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses while acting as an official representative of the commission as defined by commission policies and rules. The per diem compensation of the commission and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature.

The governor shall designate a person from among the members to serve as chairperson of the commission. The chairperson shall serve in that position at the pleasure of the governor.

History: 1981, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.901 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.901
State bar; membership; public body corporate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 901.

The state bar of Michigan is a public body corporate, the membership of which consists of all persons who are now and hereafter licensed to practice law in this state. The members of the state bar of Michigan are officers of the courts of this state, and have the exclusive right to designate themselves as "attorneys and counselors," or "attorneys at law," or "lawyers." No person is authorized to practice law in this state unless he complies with the requirements of the supreme court with regard thereto.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.457 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-94-of-1899 / Section 458.457
Powers of corporation; rights of ministers, presiding elders and bishops.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Said church when so organized shall have all the rights, privileges and immunities appertaining to such religious corporations. It may sue and be sued; it may take and hold property both real and personal as may be necessary for the proper execution of the purpose for which it was incorporated; it may hold so much land as may be necessary for the proper purposes of said church and parsonage; it may sell, mortgage or lease real estate, when so directed by a majority of the members thereof in regular meeting. Said corporation shall at all times permit such ministers belonging to the Evangelical association as shall from time to time be duly authorized by the general conference or the annual conference within whose bounds such corporation is situated, to preach and expound God's word; and shall permit duly appointed pastors, presiding elders and bishops to perform the functions incident to their offices in accordance with the discipline and usages of the Evangelical association.

History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899; CL 1915, 10968; CL 1929, 10989; CL 1948, 458.457
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.462g — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.462g
Testimony of victim; admissibility of expert testimony as to human trafficking victim's behavior.
Status: in_force

Sec. 462g.

(1) The testimony of a victim is not required in a prosecution under this chapter. However, if a victim testifies, that testimony need not be corroborated.

(2) Expert testimony as to the behavioral patterns of human trafficking victims and the manner in which a human trafficking victim's behavior may deviate from societal expectations is admissible as evidence in court in a prosecution under this chapter if the expert testimony is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence and laws of this state.

(3) A victim or complainant must not be excused from attending and testifying or producing any books, papers, or other documents before a court or magistrate on an investigation, proceeding, or trial for a violation of this chapter on the grounds that the testimony or evidence may tend to incriminate the victim or complainant. Truthful testimony, evidence, or other truthful information elicited under this section and any information derived directly or indirectly from that truthful testimony, evidence, or other truthful information must not be used against the victim or complainant in a criminal case, except for impeachment purposes or in a prosecution for perjury or otherwise failing to testify or produce evidence as required.

History: Add. 2006, Act 162, Eff. Aug. 24, 2006; Am. 2014, Act 329, Eff. Jan. 14, 2015; Am. 2017, Act 53, Eff. Sept. 13, 2017; Am. 2024, Act 185, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 404.205 — MI Code / Chapter 404 / Act Act-68-of-1907 / Section 404.205
Reimbursement of county; amount turned into general fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Any person who shall be treated at any institute under the provisions of this statute may at any time reimburse the county by paying to the county treasurer the amount thereof, and the treasurer shall give him a receipt for the amount so paid, which receipt shall state that such payment is for reimbursement, as aforesaid, and the amount so paid shall be turned into the general fund.

History: 1907, Act 68, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907; CL 1915, 5296; CL 1929, 8308; CL 1948, 404.205
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1354 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-159-of-2014 / Section 691.1354
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

This act takes effect 180 days after it is enacted into law.

History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.276 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-68-of-1963 / Section 207.276
Curtailment and resumption of agglomeration or beneficiation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Whenever any ore property subject to a specific tax under subdivisions (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of section 2 of this act for a period of 2 consecutive years fails to beneficiate or agglomerate a sufficient percentage of its annual shipments to comply with the provisions of any one of the subdivisions of subsection 1 of section 2 of this act, and in the opinion of the state geologist or his duly authorized deputy it appears that the agglomeration or beneficiation will not be resumed, the state geologist or his duly authorized deputy shall so certify and the ore property, together with any agglomerating or beneficiating facilities subject to a specific tax under section 2 of this act solely because used in connection with the ore property and which are not otherwise subject to the specific tax, in the tax year for which the certification is made and thereafter shall be valued and assessed in the same manner as other ore properties, agglomerating and beneficiating facilities not coming within the provisions of this act are valued and assessed. If agglomeration or beneficiation of shipments from the ore property is thereafter resumed in an amount sufficient to meet the percentages of total shipments set forth in any of the subdivisions of subsection (1) of section 2 of this act, then the ore property and the agglomerating or beneficiating facilities shall be subject to the applicable specific tax provided for in section 2 of this act the first calendar year in which the required percentage of gross tons of agglomeration or beneficiation is attained.

History: 1963, Act 68, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.5006 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.5006
State funding; capital improvement program; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5006.

(1) State funding may be provided to asset owners to implement this part as determined by the water asset management council. Funding necessary for the department to support the activities described in this section shall be provided by an annual appropriation.

(2) Each asset owner shall annually report to the water asset management council, consistent with current accounting procedures, how its capital improvement program for assets included in any asset management plans required under section 5004 are meeting its investment goals in a form established by the water asset management council.

(3) The department and each asset owner shall keep accurate and uniform records on all work performed and funds expended for the purposes of this section, according to the procedures developed by the Michigan infrastructure council.

(4) The water asset management council shall annually prepare a report on the activities conducted during the preceding year and the expenditure of funds related to the processes and activities identified by the water asset management council. The report shall also include an overview of the activities identified for the succeeding year. The water asset management council shall submit this report to the Michigan infrastructure council and the legislature by May 2 of each year.

History: Add. 2018, Act 324, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71602 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71602
Local recreation grant program; establishment; provisions; prohibitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71602.

The department shall establish a local recreation grant program. The grant program shall provide grants to local units of government for local recreation projects that provide for 1 or more of the following:

Public recreation infrastructure improvements that involve the replacement of or structural improvements relating specifically to existing public recreation facilities, including, but not limited to, recreation centers, sports fields, beaches, trails, playgrounds, skating rinks, toboggan runs, sledding hills, and park support facilities.

The construction of community public recreation facilities for the purpose of addressing the recreational needs of local residents, including, but not limited to, playgrounds, sports fields and courts, community and senior centers, picnic facilities, nature centers, nonmotorized trails and walkways, amphitheaters, and fishing piers and fishing access sites.

The development of public recreation improvements that will attract tourists or otherwise increase tourism, where such developments are reasonably expected to have a substantial positive impact, relative to cost, on the local, regional, or state economy, including, but not limited to, campgrounds, beaches, and fishing access sites.

A grant shall not be provided under this part for land acquisition or a commercial theme park.

A grant shall not be provided under this part for a project that is located at any of the following:

Land sited for use as a gaming facility or as a stadium or arena for use by a professional sports team.

Land or other facilities owned or operated by a gaming facility or by a stadium or arena for use by a professional sports team.

Land within a project area described in a project plan pursuant to the economic development corporations act, 1974 PA 338, MCL 125.1601 to 125.1636, for a gaming facility.

History: Add. 1998, Act 286, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1007 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-191-of-1968 / Section 123.1007
Incorporation of village or city; initiation; petitions; signatures and filing; powers and duties of commission; census; other means of incorporation; incorporation of general law village or home rule village without change of boundaries.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, the incorporation of a village shall be initiated as prescribed in and shall be subject to Act No. 278 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 78.1 to 78.28 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and the incorporation of a city shall be initiated as prescribed in and shall be subject to Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 117.1 to 117.38 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Except as provided in section 10a, petitions proposing the incorporation of a city shall be signed by a number of persons who are qualified electors and freeholders residing within the affected territory equal to at least 5% of the population of the territory affected by the proposed new incorporation, or 100, whichever number is greater.

Except as provided in subsection (6) and section 10a, petitions for incorporation shall be filed with the commission. The commission shall exercise the powers and carry out the duties of the board of supervisors, the village council, or the secretary of state in relation to incorporations.

A census of the territory affected by an incorporation or consolidation as provided in section 2 of Act No. 278 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 78.2 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or by section 6 of Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 117.6 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall not be taken unless a proper petition for the incorporation or consolidation has been filed with the commission and the census has been specifically ordered by the commission.

Except as provided in subsection (6) and section 10a, while this act is in effect no other means of incorporation of a city or village shall be effective.

The incorporation of a general law village as a home rule village without a change of boundaries shall be initiated as prescribed in and subject to Act No. 278 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended.

History: 1968, Act 191, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1972, Act 362, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1973; Am. 1981, Act 67, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 457, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.193 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.193
Candidate for county offices; nominating petitions; signatures; form; nonrefundable filing fee in lieu of nominating petitions; deposit and use of fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 193.

(1) To obtain the printing of the name of an individual as a candidate for nomination by a political party for an office named in section 191 under a particular party heading upon the official primary ballots, there must be filed with the county clerk nominating petitions signed by a number of qualified and registered electors residing within the county as determined under section 544f. Nominating petitions must be in the form prescribed in section 544c. The county clerk shall receive nominating petitions up to 4 p.m. of the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary.

(2) To obtain the printing of the name of a candidate of a political party under the particular party's heading upon the primary election ballots in the various voting precincts of the county, there may be filed by the candidate, in lieu of filing nomination petitions, a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 to be paid to the county clerk. Payment of the fee and certification of the candidate's name paying the fee are governed by the same provisions as in the case of nominating petitions. The fee must be deposited in the general fund of the county and must be used only for the purchase and maintenance of voting equipment.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 35, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964; Am. 1976, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 3, 1976; Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990; Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012; Am. 2021, Act 146, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.515 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-160-of-1996 / Section 388.515
Participation in intercollegiate athletics prohibited; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an eligible student enrolled in a postsecondary institution under this act shall not participate in intercollegiate athletics at the postsecondary institution while he or she is enrolled under this act. An eligible student who violates this subsection forfeits his or her eligibility under this act.

(2) This section does not apply to an eligible student to whom all of the following apply:

(a) The eligible student is enrolled in an early middle college program.

(b) The eligible student is in his or her fifth year of high school in the early middle college program described in subdivision (a).

(c) The eligible student is not eligible to participate in interscholastic athletic activities in the high school, but not because of academic ineligibility.

(3) As used in this section, "early middle college program" means a 5-year high school program.

History: 1996, Act 160, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1996; Am. 2022, Act 230, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.24 — MI Code / Chapter 42 / Act Act-359-of-1947 / Section 42.24
Submission of itemized estimates of anticipated expenditures; preparation and submission of budget proposal; time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

On or before 150 days prior to the commencement of the fiscal year, each township officer shall submit to the supervisor, or to the township superintendent if such officer has been appointed, an itemized estimate of the anticipated expenditures of the township for the next fiscal year for the township activities under his or her charge. The supervisor, or township superintendent, as the case may be, shall prepare a complete itemized budget proposal for the next fiscal year and shall submit it to the township board not later than 120 days prior to the commencement of the fiscal year.

History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 42.24; Am. 1988, Act 82, Eff. Apr. 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1694 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-371-of-2012 / Section 691.1694
Immunity of arbitrator; competency to testify; attorney fees and costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

(1) An arbitrator or an arbitration organization acting in that capacity is immune from civil liability to the same extent as a judge of a court of this state acting in a judicial capacity.

(2) The immunity afforded by this section supplements any immunity under other law.

(3) The failure of an arbitrator to make a disclosure required by section 12 does not cause any loss of immunity under this section.

(4) In a judicial, administrative, or similar proceeding, an arbitrator or representative of an arbitration organization is not competent to testify, and may not be required to produce records as to any statement, conduct, decision, or ruling occurring during the arbitration proceeding, to the same extent as a judge of a court of this state acting in a judicial capacity. This subsection is subject to both of the following:

(a) This subsection does not apply to the extent necessary to determine the claim of an arbitrator, arbitration organization, or representative of the arbitration organization against a party to the arbitration proceeding.

(b) This subsection does not apply to a hearing on a motion to vacate an award under section 23(1)(b) or (c) if the moving party establishes prima facie that a ground for vacating the award exists.

(5) If a person commences a civil action against an arbitrator, arbitration organization, or representative of an arbitration organization arising from the services of the arbitrator, organization, or representative or if a person seeks to compel an arbitrator or a representative of an arbitration organization to testify or produce records in violation of subsection (4), and the court decides that the arbitrator, arbitration organization, or representative of an arbitration organization is immune from civil liability or that the arbitrator or representative of the organization is not competent to testify, the court shall award to the arbitrator, organization, or representative reasonable attorney fees and other reasonable expenses of litigation.

History: 2012, Act 371, Eff. July 1, 2013