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Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.87 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-29-of-1901 / Section 458.87
Powers of corporation; execution of legal documents; rights of ministers and district elders.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Said corporation may have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; it may, in its corporate name, sue and be sued in all courts and places; it shall have power to acquire, hold, sell and convey property, both real and personal, in accordance with this act, and it may recover and hold the debts, demands, rights, privileges, and all property, whether real or personal, of whatever sort it may be, belonging or appertaining to said church, in whatever manner the same may have been acquired, and in whose hands soever the same may be held, the same as if the right and title had originally been vested in said corporation.

The board of trustees may authorize certain of the officers of said board to affix the corporate name and seal of the corporation, and to execute and attest conveyances, notes, obligations, acquittances and all other legal documents.

It may sell (but not mortgage) or otherwise dispose of its personal property. And it may, under restrictions hereinafter provided, sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber its real estate, but not for current expenses. It may hold so much land as may be needful for the proper purposes of said church and its parsonages. It may also hold for a period not to exceed 10 years, real estate, which may be conveyed or devised to it or to said trustees to be sold and the proceeds to be used in any way for the benefit of said church, as directed in the conveyance or will. Said corporation shall at all times permit such ministers belonging to the Free Methodist church as shall from time to time be duly authorized by the general conference of said church or by the annual conference, within whose bounds the said corporation may be, to preach and expound God's Holy Word therein; and shall permit pastors and district elders duly appointed to execute the discipline of said Free Methodist church, and to administer the sacraments therein.

History: 1901, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901; CL 1915, 11009; CL 1929, 10894; CL 1948, 458.87
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16901 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16901
Definitions; principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16901.

As used in this part:

"Advertise" means issuing or ordering the printing or distribution of a card, sign, or device or causing, permitting, or allowing a sign or marking on or in a building or structure, or placing material in a newspaper, magazine, or directory, or on radio or television.

"Marriage and family therapist" means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of marriage and family therapy.

"Practice of marriage and family therapy" means the providing of guidance, testing, discussions, therapy, instruction, or advice that is intended to avoid, eliminate, relieve, manage, or resolve marital or family conflict or discord, to create, improve, or restore marital or family harmony, or to prepare couples for marriage. Practice of marriage and family therapy does not include the administration and interpretation of psychological tests except for those tests that are consistent with the individual's education and training and with the code of ethics for licensed marriage and family therapists.

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

History: Add. 1995, Act 126, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3914 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.3914
Agreements among successors to decedent binding on personal representative.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3914.

(1) Subject to the rights of creditors and taxing authorities, competent successors may agree among themselves to alter the interests, shares, or amounts to which they are entitled under the will of the decedent, or under the laws of intestacy, in any way that they provide in a written agreement executed by all who are affected by its provisions. If there is, or may be, an interested person to the agreement who is a minor or incapacitated individual or if there is an inalienable estate or future contingent interest, after notice to the representative of the individual or interest as provided by supreme court rule, the court having jurisdiction of the matter may, if the agreement is made in good faith and appears just and reasonable for the individual or interest, direct the representative of the individual or interest to sign and enter into the agreement. The personal representative shall abide by the agreement's terms subject to the personal representative's obligation to administer the estate for the benefit of creditors, to pay all taxes and costs of administration, and to carry out the fiduciary office's responsibilities for the benefit of a successor of the decedent who is not a party.

(2) A personal representative of a decedent's estate is not required to see to the performance of a trust if the trustee of the trust is another person who is willing to accept the trust. Accordingly, a trustee of a trust created by will is a successor for the purposes of this section. Nothing in this section relieves a trustee of a duty owed to a trust beneficiary.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.916 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-331-of-1976 / Section 445.916
Other causes of action not affected; inconsistent ordinance or regulation prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

This act shall not affect any other cause of action which is available. A city, village, township, or county shall not enact an ordinance or other regulation inconsistent with this act or with a rule promulgated pursuant to this act.

History: 1976, Act 331, Eff. Apr. 1, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 328.221 — MI Code / Chapter 328 / Act Act-255-of-1986 / Section 328.221
Guaranteed price contract; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

A guaranteed price contract shall designate a provider who has agreed to furnish the merchandise or funeral or cemetery services specified in the contract upon the death of the contract beneficiary. If the provider designated is not the prepaid contract seller of the contract, the provider shall be made a party to the prepaid contract before any consideration is paid and the prepaid contract is not binding on the contract buyer until the provider has been made a party to the prepaid contract.

In addition to the registration otherwise required by the terms of this act, the provider which has agreed to provide merchandise or funeral or cemetery services pursuant to a guaranteed price contract shall, at the time the prepaid contract is entered into, possess any license or registration required in order to provide the funeral or cemetery services, pursuant to article 18 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.1801 to 339.1812, or the cemetery regulation act, 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.521 to 456.543. If a provider is required to possess a license or registration to provide the services included in a prepaid contract, a contract seller who does not possess a license or registration to provide the services must disclose to the contract buyer or prospective contract buyer that it cannot perform those activities required to be registered or licensed.

History: 1986, Act 255, Eff. July 1, 1987; Am. 2004, Act 21, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.15 — MI Code / Chapter 558 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 558.15
Barring of dower; expression of assent to jointure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Such assent shall be expressed, if the woman be of full age, by her becoming a party to the conveyance by which it is settled, and if she be under age, by her joining with her father or guardian in such conveyance.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 66; CL 1857, 2786; CL 1871, 4283; How. 5747; CL 1897, 8932; CL 1915, 11664; CL 1929, 13082; CL 1948, 558.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9404 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9404
Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9404.

Unless an account debtor has made an enforceable agreement not to assert defenses or claims, and subject to subsections (2) through (5), the rights of an assignee are subject to all of the following:

All terms of the agreement between the account debtor and assignor and any defense or claim in recoupment arising from the transaction that gave rise to the contract.

Any other defense or claim of the account debtor against the assignor that accrues before the account debtor receives a notification of the assignment authenticated by the assignor or the assignee.

Subject to subsection (3) and except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the claim of an account debtor against an assignor may be asserted against an assignee under subsection (1) only to reduce the amount the account debtor owes.

This section is subject to law other than this article that establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.

In a consumer transaction, if a record evidences the account debtor's obligation, law other than this article requires that the record include a statement to the effect that the account debtor's recovery against an assignee with respect to claims and defenses against the assignor may not exceed amounts paid by the account debtor under the record, and the record does not include such a statement, the extent to which a claim of an account debtor against the assignor may be asserted against an assignee is determined as if the record included such a statement.

This section does not apply to an assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1976, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1976; Am. 1978, Act 369, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Am. 1988, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988; Am. 1992, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992; Am. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.505 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-397-of-1978 / Section 423.505
Disagreement with information contained in personnel record; agreement to remove or correct information; statement; legal action to have information expunged.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

If there is a disagreement with information contained in a personnel record, removal or correction of that information may be mutually agreed upon by the employer and the employee. If an agreement is not reached, the employee may submit a written statement explaining the employee's position. The statement shall not exceed 5 sheets of 8-1/2-inch by 11-inch paper and shall be included when the information is divulged to a third party and as long as the original information is a part of the file. If either the employer or employee knowingly places in the personnel record information which is false, then the employer or employee, whichever is appropriate, shall have remedy through legal action to have that information expunged.

History: 1978, Act 397, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.969 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.969
Further recall petition; filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 969.

After filing a recall petition and after a recall election, a recall general election, or special recall election under this chapter, no further recall petition shall be filed against the same incumbent of that office during the term for which he or she is elected.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 2012, Act 417, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.272b — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-119-of-1967 / Section 752.272b
Action to recover civil fine under MCL 752.272a.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2b.

The attorney general or a prosecuting attorney for the county in which the violation occurred may bring an action to recover a civil fine under section 2a.

History: Add. 2018, Act 137, Eff. Aug. 8, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.48737 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.48737
Sale of licenses and stamps; disposition of proceeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 48737.

All money collected from the sale of licenses and stamps as provided in this part shall be paid over to the state treasurer by the department and held to the credit of the game and fish protection account of the Michigan conservation and recreation legacy fund provided for in section 2010, and shall be used for the purposes necessary to the protection, propagation, and distribution of fish and game and as otherwise provided by law.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 587, Eff. Dec. 23, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.16703 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.16703
Plan to recycle motor oil; demonstration used oil recycling project; project plan; funding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16703.

The director of the department of management and budget shall formulate and implement a plan to recycle the motor oil used by the departments and agencies of this state.

The department shall conduct a demonstration used oil recycling project that does all of the following:

Provides for a system of used oil recycling tanks or barrels for use by the general public. The recycling tanks or barrels shall be located in designated state owned vehicle maintenance garages or other publicly owned structures that the department determines meet both of the following criteria:

Are locations where used oil is generated from oil changes for state owned vehicles or vehicles operated under contracts with this state.

Are locations where oil recycling services are not otherwise available to the general public.

Promotes public awareness of the availability to the general public of recycling tanks or barrels for used oil.

The department shall establish a project plan for conducting the demonstration project provided for in subsection (2). The project plan shall include the number of locations, proposed sites, methods of public notice, security procedures, and model language for cooperative agreements with other state agencies for use of their facilities in the demonstration project.

Funding necessary to implement this part may come from any lawful source, including appropriations, funds from private sources, and funds generated from the sale of general obligation bonds.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.87a — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.87a
Certificate of approval; registration; fee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 87a.

Each certificate of approval of an airport, landing field, or other aeronautical facility shall be registered annually, and the department is authorized to establish a reasonable fee in accordance with issued rules and regulations.

History: Add. 2002, Act 35, Eff. May 15, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.807 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-174-of-2004 / Section 205.807
Payment, collection, and remittance of sales and use taxes; provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The payment, collection, and remittance of the sales and use taxes under this act are subject to the provisions of the general sales tax act and the use tax act.

History: 2004, Act 174, Eff. July 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1071 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1071
Execution of sentence; approval; suspension.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71.

A court-martial sentence involving a general officer or extending to the dismissal of an officer other than a general officer shall not be executed until approved by the governor. The governor may approve the sentence or a part, amount, or commuted form of the sentence and may suspend the execution of the sentence or any part of the sentence.

A sentence which includes an unsuspended, dishonorable, or bad conduct discharge shall not be executed until approved by an officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction. That officer may approve the sentence or a part, amount, or commuted form of the sentence and may suspend the execution of the sentence or any part of the sentence.

Any other court-martial sentence, unless suspended, may be ordered executed by the convening authority when approved by the convening authority. The convening authority may approve the sentence or a part, amount, or commuted form of sentence, and may suspend the execution of the sentence or any part of the sentence.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.61 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-452-of-2004 / Section 445.61
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "identity theft protection act".

History: 2004, Act 452, Eff. Mar. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.313 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.313
Decisions to be in writing; delivery and printing of opinions; effect of equally divided court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 313.

Decisions of the court of appeals shall be in writing. Copies of written opinions of the court of appeals shall be delivered to the supreme court reporter not later than when they are filed with the clerk of the court of appeals. The reporter shall cause the opinions to be printed pursuant to rules of the supreme court.

When the judges of a panel of the court of appeals hearing a case are equally divided as to the ultimate decision of any case properly before the court on review, the judgment of the court below shall be affirmed.

History: Add. 1964, Act 281, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1964; Am. 1974, Act 144, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2132 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2132
Marriage certificates and records as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2132.

The original certificates and records of marriage made by the minister, judge, or other person authorized to solemnize marriages, as prescribed by law, and the record thereof made by the county clerk, or a copy of such record, duly certified by the clerk, shall be received in all courts and places as presumptive evidence of the fact of the marriage.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1925 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1925
Renewal of corporate existence or certificate of authority by filing reports and paying fees and penalties; adoption of corporate name; effect of compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 925.

A domestic corporation which has been dissolved under subsection (1) of section 922, or a foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been revoked under subsection (2) of section 922 or section 1042, may renew its corporate existence or its certificate of authority by filing the reports and paying the fees for the years for which they were not filed and paid, and for every subsequent intervening year, together with the penalties provided by section 921. Upon filing the reports and payment of the fees and penalties, the corporate existence or the certificate of authority is renewed. The administrator may require the corporation to adopt or use within this state a corporate name that conforms to the requirements of section 212.

Upon compliance with the provisions of this section, the rights of the corporation shall be the same as though a dissolution or revocation had not taken place, and all contracts entered into and other rights acquired during the interval shall be valid and enforceable.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1973, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Aug. 8, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1039 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-62-of-2016 / Section 752.1039
Failure of entity to comply with act; notice; fine
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) If the department determines that an entity described in section 3 has failed to comply with the notice requirements of this act, the department shall notify the entity that it is in violation of this act and provide the entity with 48 hours to come into compliance with this act.

(2) If the entity under subsection (1) is subsequently notified a second time of a failure to comply with the requirements of this act within 1 year of the previous notification, the entity may be fined not more than $250.00. If the same entity is notified a third time of a failure to comply with the requirements of this act within 1 year of the previous 2 notifications, the entity may be fined not more than $500.00.

History: 2016, Act 62, Eff. July 4, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2210 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2210
Definitions; insurable interest; employer; trust; exemption from claims.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2210.

As used in this section:

"Employee benefit plan" means that term as defined by the employee retirement income security act of 1974, Public Law 93-406, 88 Stat. 829.

"Employer" means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or any other legal entity, which has 1 or more employees and is legally doing business in this state.

"Trust" means a trust established by an employer.

Notwithstanding any other section of this act, an employer or a trust has an insurable interest in, and may, with the written consent of the insured, insure on an individual or group basis for its benefit the lives of the employer's directors, officers, managers, nonmanagement employees, and retired employees. An employer or a trust may insure the lives of the employer's nonmanagement employees and its retired employees only if those persons give written consent to be insured and the coverage is limited to an amount reasonably commensurate with the employer's projected unfunded liabilities to nonmanagement and retired employees for employee benefit plans, calculated according to accepted actuarial principles. An employer shall not retaliate in any manner against an employee or a retired employee for refusing consent to be insured.

Notwithstanding any other section of this act, a trust maintained for the purpose of providing for the cost of benefits under an employee benefit plan maintained for employees or retired employees has an insurable interest in, and may, with the acquiescence of the insured, insure on an individual or group basis for its benefit the lives of the employer's directors, officers, managers, nonmanagement employees, and retired employees. A trust may insure the life of a nonmanagement employee and a retired employee only if that person is given written notice of the coverage, he or she has not notified either the employer or the trust in writing that he or she does not want to be insured for the coverage, and the coverage is limited to an amount reasonably commensurate with the employer's projected unfunded liabilities to nonmanagement and retired employees for employee benefit plans, calculated according to accepted actuarial principles. An employer or a trust shall not retaliate in any manner against an employee or a retired employee for providing the written notice that he or she does not want to be insured for the coverage.

The proceeds of any policy or certificate issued pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) are exempt from the claims of any creditor or dependent of the insured.

History: Add. 1990, Act 349, Eff. Mar. 28, 1991; Am. 1994, Act 227, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994; Am. 1998, Act 222, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1998