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Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1209 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1209
Action by member; discontinuance, compromise, or settlement; notice; expense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 209.

An action authorized by section 208 shall not be discontinued, compromised, or settled without approval by the court having jurisdiction of the action. If the court determines that the interest of the members of the corporate body or of any component thereof will be substantially affected by the discontinuance, compromise, or settlement, the court may direct that notice, by publication or otherwise, be given to the members of the corporate body or any component thereof, whose interests it determines will be so affected. If notice is so directed to be given, the court may determine which 1 or more of the parties to the action shall bear the expense of giving the notice, in an amount which the court determines and finds reasonable under the circumstances. The amount of this expense shall be awarded as special costs of the action and shall be recoverable in the same manner as statutory taxable costs.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.61 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.61
Docked horses; registration, bringing into state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

Importation, etc., of unregistered docked horses-It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to import or bring into this state any docked horse or horses, or to drive, work, use, race or deal in any docked horse or horses within this state, unless the same shall be registered as provided for in the succeeding section of this chapter.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.61
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.215 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-283-of-1905 / Section 486.215
Stockholder's liability; recovery prerequisites.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The stockholders of every company organized in pursuance of this act shall be jointly and severally personally liable for the payment of all debts and demands against such association which shall be contracted, or which shall be or shall become due during the time of their owning such stocks, for any labor or services done or performed for such company, but no stockholder shall be proceeded against for the collection of any debt or demand against such company until execution on judgment for such labor and services shall have been returned unsatisfied, unless such association shall be dissolved.

History: 1905, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 8934; CL 1929, 11869; CL 1948, 486.215
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.185 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-327-of-1931 / Section 450.185
Ecclesiastical corporations; powers of church unrestricted.
Status: in_force

Sec. 185.

Same; powers of churches not restricted. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed as limiting or restricting the rights, powers, privileges, immunities or the practices of any church heretofore established or incorporated under any law of this state; nor as requiring any such church to alter or change any rule of discipline, custom or usage in respect of its church policy or government; nor as interfering with the lawful acquisition, use or disposition of any property now owned or held by any such church corporation. The provisions of this act relating to ecclesiastical corporations shall be liberally construed in the interests of religion and morality.

History: 1931, Act 327, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 450.185
Mich. Comp. Laws § 224.15 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 224.15
Condemnation; powers of court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The court may, at the time of the filing of the report or at such other time to which it may adjourn the proceedings, on cause shown, set aside the report and refer it back to such court commissioners or appoint other commissioners to retry the questions involved, whereupon such proceedings shall be had as are hereinbefore provided for. The court may permit the amendment of any petition, affidavit, order, report or proceeding filed or had in the premises in such manner as shall be just and proper; it may fill any vacancy that shall occur among the court commissioners; it may permit a defective proceeding to be set aside and other proceedings in compliance with law to be had in place thereof; it may adjourn such proceedings or any part thereof from time to time, and may make all such orders in the premises as may be just and proper to further and accomplish the purpose thereof.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4361; CL 1929, 3990; CL 1948, 224.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1108 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-195-of-2001 / Section 722.1108
Notice; manner; proof of service; notice not required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 108.

Notice required for the exercise of jurisdiction when a person is outside this state may be given in a manner prescribed by the law of this state for service of process or by the law of the state in which the service is made. Notice must be given in a manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice, but may be by publication if other means are not effective.

Proof of service may be made in the manner prescribed by the law of this state or by the law of the state in which the service is made.

Notice is not required for the exercise of jurisdiction with respect to a person who submits to the jurisdiction of the court.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3430 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3430
Interest and charges on loans and credit extensions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 430.

Savings banks may collect interest and charges on loans and extensions of credit, including open-end credit to any person, as follows:

As permitted by the credit reform act, 1995 PA 162, MCL 445.1851 to 445.1864.

On obligations purchased by the savings bank, the savings bank may charge a discount.

On a loan not covered by subdivision (a) or (b), a savings bank may charge, collect, and receive interest and other charges in the same manner and at up to maximum rate or amount permitted by law for the same type of loans made by national banking associations authorized to do business in this state.

On a loan not covered by subdivision (a), (b), or (c), as otherwise permitted by law.

A savings bank or any officer or employee of the savings bank shall not, directly or indirectly, take or receive more than the rate of interest allowed by law in advance on its loans and discounts.

Except as otherwise provided by law, an investigation fee or handling charge in connection with any transaction shall not be considered as interest.

A savings bank may pay interest on any deposit that is payable on demand, unless the commissioner by rule, or order, or declaratory ruling restricts the right of the savings bank to pay interest on demand deposits or unless restricted by federal law.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 482, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.359a — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-125-of-1963 / Section 550.359a
Nonprofit dental care corporation subject to MCL 500.224 and 500.225; costs and expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9a.

A nonprofit dental care corporation is subject to sections 224(4) through (13) and 225 of the insurance code of 1956, Act No. 218 of the Public Acts of 1956, being sections 500.224 and 500.225 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, instead of the costs and expenses that may be imposed by the commissioner pursuant to section 9.

History: Add. 1994, Act 168, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.121 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-491-of-2006 / Section 408.121
Local workforce development board; members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

All of the following apply to a local workforce development board:

(a) A majority of the members of a local workforce development board shall be representatives of the private sector appointed from a list of individuals nominated by local business organizations and business trade associations.

(b) A local workforce development board shall include representatives of education, the department of human services, the department of labor and economic growth, vocational rehabilitation providers, organized labor, economic development organizations, and community-based organizations. Representatives of government agencies shall be nominated by the department.

(c) Members of a local workforce development board shall be appointed for fixed and staggered terms.

(d) The chairperson of the local workforce development board shall be an individual from the private sector elected by the board.

History: 2006, Act 491, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.624 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.624
Annual general fund operating budget.
Status: in_force

Sec. 624.

Not later than April 1 of each year, the intermediate school board shall prepare an annual general fund operating budget, which shall be in the form prescribed by the county tax allocation board, and shall file the budget with the county clerk of each county in which the intermediate school board is situated except a county that has established separate tax limitation millage rates pursuant to sections 5a to 5 l of the property tax limitation act, 1933 PA 62, MCL 211.205a to 211.205 l . Each county clerk receiving the budget shall deliver it to the county tax allocation board in the same manner as other school district budgets are handled.

An intermediate school board shall have its proposed budget reviewed by its constituent districts each year as follows:

Not later than May 1 of each year, the intermediate school board shall submit its proposed budget for the next school fiscal year to the board of each constituent district for review.

Not later than June 1 of each year, the board of each constituent district shall review the proposed intermediate school district budget, shall adopt a board resolution expressing its support for or disapproval of the proposed intermediate school district budget, and shall submit to the intermediate school board any specific objections and proposed changes the constituent district board has to the budget. If an intermediate school board receives any specific objections or proposed changes, the intermediate school board shall consider the proposed budget changes.

The tax allocation board shall receive the budget from its county clerk and shall allocate a tax rate to the intermediate school district. Not later than September 1 of each year, or not later than 5 days after the election if taxes are authorized at an election held pursuant to section 36(2) of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.36, the secretary of the intermediate school board shall file a certified copy of the resolution of the intermediate school board certifying the taxes to be levied on the taxable property within the intermediate school district with the clerk of each city and township in which the district is situated.

As used in this section, "general fund operating budget" means the budget that includes revenues from the intermediate school district's share of mills as determined by the tax allocation board or by referendum and state school aid. Disbursements from the general fund operating budget shall apply to those expenditures required for the operation of all intermediate school district programs except cooperative education, special education, and vocational education, and may apply to any expenditures from the general fund to assist with the costs of cooperative education, special education, and vocational education.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1979, Act 131, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 1979; Am. 1981, Act 87, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1981; Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2004, Act 234, Imd. Eff. July 21, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7108 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7108
Principal place of administration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7108.

(1) Without precluding other means for establishing a sufficient connection with the designated jurisdiction, terms of a trust designating the principal place of administration are valid and controlling if any of the following apply:

(a) A trustee's principal place of business is located in or a trustee is a resident of the designated jurisdiction.

(b) A trust director's principal place of business is located in, or a trust director is a resident of, the designated jurisdiction.

(c) All or part of the administration occurs in the designated jurisdiction.

(2) A trustee is under a continuing duty to administer the trust at a place appropriate to its purposes, its administration, and the interests of the qualified trust beneficiaries.

(3) Without precluding the right of the court to order, approve, or disapprove a transfer, the trustee, in furtherance of the duty prescribed by subsection (2), may transfer the trust's principal place of administration to another state or to a jurisdiction outside of the United States.

(4) The trustee shall notify the qualified trust beneficiaries in writing of a proposed transfer of a trust's principal place of administration not less than 63 days before initiating the transfer. The notice of proposed transfer must include all of the following:

(a) The name of the jurisdiction to which the principal place of administration is to be transferred.

(b) The address and telephone number at the new location at which the trustee can be contacted.

(c) An explanation of the reasons for the proposed transfer.

(d) The date on which the proposed transfer is anticipated to occur.

(e) In a conspicuous manner, the date, not less than 63 days after the giving of the notice, by which a qualified trust beneficiary must notify the trustee in writing of an objection to the proposed transfer.

(5) The authority of a trustee under this section to transfer a trust's principal place of administration without the approval of the court terminates if a qualified trust beneficiary notifies the trustee in writing of an objection to the proposed transfer on or before the date specified in the notice.

(6) In connection with a transfer of the trust's principal place of administration, the trustee may transfer some or all of the trust property to a successor trustee designated in the terms of the trust or appointed under section 7704.

(7) The view of an adult beneficiary must be given weight in determining the suitability of the trustee and the place of administration.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010; Am. 2018, Act 664, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.961 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-237-of-2022 / Section 207.961
Lien.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The amount of the specific tax, until paid, is a lien upon the real property to which the certificate is applicable. Proceedings upon the lien as provided by law for the foreclosure in the circuit court of mortgage liens upon real property may commence only upon the filing by the appropriate collecting officer of a certificate of nonpayment of the specific tax, together with an affidavit of proof of service of the certificate of nonpayment upon the owner of the qualified residential facility by certified mail, with the register of deeds of the county in which the qualified residential facility is situated.

History: 2022, Act 237, Imd. Eff. Dec. 13, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1293 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-392-of-2012 / Section 123.1293
Powers in addition to charter or statute.
Status: in_force

Sec. 33.

The powers granted under this act are in addition to those granted by any charter or statute.

History: 2012, Act 392, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.558 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.558
School district subject to court desegregation order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 558.

If a school of excellence is operated by a school district that is subject to a court desegregation order, pupil selection at the school of excellence is subject to that order.

History: Add. 2009, Act 205, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.73 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-221-of-1959 / Section 286.73
Official seed certifying agencies; designation; fees; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The director of the department of agriculture shall, after consultation with the dean of agriculture of Michigan state university and the director of the Michigan agricultural experiment station, and after due notice and public hearing, designate official seed certifying agencies that he or she finds qualified to assist and advise him or her in carrying out this act in order to advise as to variety, type, strain, or other genetic characteristics and to recommend standards for agricultural or vegetable seeds or plant propagating materials to be certified and the labeling of the seeds. The director of the department of agriculture shall authorize the designated official seed certifying agencies to charge a fee commensurate with the cost of the seed certification function.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a person shall not have a cause of action against a designated official seed certifying agency or its agent or employee if the designated seed certifying agency or its agent or employee is engaged in duties permitted by this act and utilizes written and approved procedures and protocols established by the director of the department of agriculture.

A designated official seed certifying agency or its agent or employee is liable for injuries to persons and damages to property under 1 or more of the following circumstances:

The designated official seed certifying agency or its agent or employee failed to follow written procedures and protocols.

The designated seed certifying agency or its agent or employee improperly interpreted the laboratory test results even though the written procedures and protocols were followed.

The actions taken by the designated official seed certifying agency or its agent or employee were not within the scope of its official duties.

History: 1959, Act 221, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1974, Act 94, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 66, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80162 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80162
Buoys or beacons; use as moorings; moving, removal or damaging.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80162.

A person shall not moor or fasten a vessel to a lawfully placed buoy or beacon, except mooring buoys, or willfully move, remove, or damage such a buoy or beacon.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 169.231 — MI Code / Chapter 169 / Act Act-388-of-1976 / Section 169.231
Contributions or expenditures controlled by another person; bundled contribution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

A contribution that is controlled by, or made at the direction of, another person, including a parent organization, subsidiary, division, committee, department, branch, or local unit of a person, shall be reported by the person making the contribution and shall be regarded for purposes of contribution limits as a contribution attributable to both persons.

A bundled contribution or a contribution that is delivered as part of a bundled contribution shall be regarded for purposes of contribution limits as both a contribution attributable to the bundling committee that delivered the contribution and a contribution attributable to the individual making the contribution.

History: 1976, Act 388, Eff. June 1, 1977; Am. 2001, Act 250, Eff. Mar. 22, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.671 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-267-of-2001 / Section 288.671
Milk products manufactured at retail food establishments; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 111.

Milk products manufactured at retail food establishments licensed under the food law of 2000 are exempt from this act if both of the following conditions are met:

(a) All ingredients contained in these products comply with the requirements of the food law of 2000.

(b) The milk products manufactured are not sold wholesale or to another business entity.

History: 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002; Am. 2008, Act 147, Eff. June 27, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.651 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.651
Special election; notice to county clerks, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 651.

Whenever a special election shall be ordered by the governor to fill any vacancy, the secretary of state shall immediately notify the county clerk of each of the counties embraced in the election district, or the county clerk of the county, the whole or part of which constitutes the election district, of the time of holding such election, the cause of such vacancy, the name of the officer and the time when the term of office will expire.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.4302 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.4302
Jurisdiction by act of decedent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4302.

In addition to jurisdiction conferred by section 4301, a foreign personal representative is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to the same extent that the representative's decedent was subject to that jurisdiction immediately before death.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4811 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4811
Penalty; amount not specified, action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4811.

When a penalty is imposed by law for any act or omission, not exceeding any specified sum, an action may be brought for the highest sum so specified. The jury, or court before whom the trial is had, shall award the sum deemed proportionate to the offense, within the limitation prescribed by law.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 434.153 — MI Code / Chapter 434 / Act Act-238-of-1957 / Section 434.153
Lost, unclaimed or abandoned personal property in custody of state; appraisal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Each state department, board or institution when necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act shall delegate authority to 2 or more of its employees, hereinafter called appraisers, to examine and appraise lost or abandoned property in its possession remaining unclaimed for at least 6 months. The said appraisers shall examine, appraise and inventory each article of lost or abandoned personal property. Property found to be of no intrinsic or commercial value in the opinion of the appraisers shall be inventoried and recorded separately from property found by the appraisers to have intrinsic or commercial value. A record of property having intrinsic or commercial value containing a description of the property, the name of the county where found, and the appraisers' estimate of its value shall be made and a copy thereof forwarded to the commissioner of the state police.

History: 1957, Act 238, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957