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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5825 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5825
Effect of limits running in favor of some joint obligors but not all.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5825.

In actions commenced against 2 or more joint obligators, or joint executors or administrators of any contractor, if it is shown that the plaintiff's action is barred by the period of limitations as to 1 or more of the defendants but that the plaintiff is entitled to recover against any of the other defendants because of a new acknowledgment, or promise, or for any other reason, then judgment shall be given in favor of the plaintiff against those defendants from whom he is otherwise entitled to recover and against the plaintiff as to those defendants in whose favor the period of limitations has run.

If there are 2 or more joint obligors or joint executors or joint administrators of any obligor, no one of them shall lose the benefit of the provisions of this chapter so as to be chargeable because of any acknowledgment or promise made or signed by any of the others.

If there are 2 or more joint obligors, or joint executors or joint administrators of any obligor, no one of them shall lose the benefit of the provisions of this chapter so as to be chargeable merely because of any payment made by any of the others.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.17 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-230-of-1897 / Section 455.17
Stockholders' liability; subrogation; contribution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The stockholders of all corporations formed under this act shall be jointly, severally and individually liable for all labor and services performed for such corporation, which said liability, founded on this statue [statute], may be enforced by a suit at law in an action of assumpsit, at any time after an execution in favor of the plaintiff shall be duly returned unsatisfied in whole or in part against said corporation: Provided, always, That if any or several of said stockholders shall, by any such proceedings, be compelled to pay any such sum to creditors, he or they may recover the same in full of the corporation, or may compel the stockholders jointly or severally, or any number of them, to contribute ratably to re-imburse him or them, in any action at law or in chancery.

History: 1897, Act 230, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1897; CL 1897, 7634; CL 1915, 10050; CL 1929, 10320; CL 1948, 455.17
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.76 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.76
Liability of relatives for support; action for reimbursement of county granting aid; duties of prosecuting attorney; reciprocal enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 76.

This act shall not be construed to relieve the liability for support by relatives under the provisions of chapter 1 of Act No. 146 of the Public Acts of 1925, as amended, being sections 401.1 to 401.21 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, but shall be construed as superseding the definition of settlement contained in section 1 of chapter 1. The terms of chapter 1 with respect to liability for support by relatives may be invoked in connection with any form of public aid or relief administered under this act.

The social welfare board of the county of legal settlement of a recipient of any form of aid granted under this act, or a social welfare board granting aid, may maintain an action in the circuit court for the county the board represents, or the circuit court for the county in which the defendant resides or is found: (a) Against the county, township or city neglecting or refusing to allow and pay a bill owing under this act and presented more than 90 days prior to the commencement of the action; or (b) Against a recipient of emergency hospitalization or his relatives who are neglecting or refusing to acknowledge responsibility for reimbursement of the county for the costs of the emergency hospitalization; or (c) Against a recipient of hospitalization or his relatives legally liable for his support to enforce its agreement with the recipient or relatives for reimbursement of the county for hospitalization expenses.

The prosecuting attorney shall represent the county social welfare board in such actions, service or process of courts of like jurisdiction in any county in this state, and such service and return thereof in accordance with law shall give the court in which the action is commenced full jurisdiction to hear and determine the cause. If any legally responsible relative of a poor person receiving or having received any form of public welfare support in this state lives or can be found in some other state which has enacted a uniform reciprocal enforcement of support law, suitable action may be initiated in Michigan by the prosecuting attorney against the legally responsible relative under the provisions of Act No. 8 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 780.151 to 780.172 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.76; Am. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.152 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-181-of-1859 / Section 449.152
Settlements with creditors; written discharge by creditors, bar to recovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Every such debtor or debtors making such settlement or compromise shall take from the creditor or creditors or their attorney with whom he may make the same a receipt or memorandum in writing exonerating and discharging him or them from all and every individual liability incurred by reason of such connection with such firm or copartnership whether such liability was incurred as endorsee acceptors or otherwise which receipt or memorandum shall refer to the instrument as evidence of the indebtedness and may be given in evidence by such debtor or debtors under the general issue in bar of any creditors right or of recovery against him or them or any indebtedness or liability so settled or compromised and if such liability shall be by judgment in any court of this state then on production to and filing in such court a receipt or memorandum signed by such creditor agent or attorney entitled in such cause describing such judgment then the justice before whom such judgment may remain or if in a court of record then the clerk of such court shall discharge such judgment of record so far as such debtor or debtors so settling or compromising shall be concerned.

History: 1859, Act 181, Eff. May 18, 1859; CL 1871, 6200; How. 7784; CL 1897, 10450; CL 1915, 14582; CL 1929, 9936; CL 1948, 449.152
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.14304 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.14304
Transmitting certain information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14304.

The department shall assure that relevant information received under section 313 of subtitle B of the emergency planning and community right-to-know act of 1986, title III of the superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1986, Public Law 99-499, 42 U.S.C. 11023, is transmitted to the department.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 289, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21304d — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21304d
Transfer of interest in real property in which notice required; certification of completed corrective action activity; disclosure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21304d.

(1) If a person owns a parcel of real property and has knowledge or information or is on notice through a recorded instrument that the real property is a site, the person shall not transfer an interest in that real property unless the person provides written notice to the transferee that the real property is a site and of the general nature and extent of the release.

(2) A person that owns real property for which a notice required in subsection (1) has been recorded may, upon completion of all corrective action activities for the site as approved by the department, record with the register of deeds for the appropriate county a certification that all corrective action activity required in an approved final assessment report has been completed.

(3) A person shall not transfer an interest in real property unless the person fully discloses any land or resource use restrictions that apply to that real property as a part of corrective action that has been or is being implemented in compliance with section 21304a.

History: Add. 2012, Act 108, Imd. Eff. May 1, 2012; Am. 2012, Act 446, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.956 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-218-of-1984 / Section 550.956
Judicial review; petition for review; transcript of record and copy of order or decision; hearing cause as civil case in equity; evidence; duty of court; incomplete record; stay of order or decision; jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 56.

Any final order or decision made, issued, or executed by the commissioner under this act shall be subject to review, after hearing had before the commissioner or a deputy commissioner without leave by the circuit court of Ingham county or the circuit court of the county in which the principal office in this state of the TPA aggrieved by such order or decision is located, or where the person resides against whom such order is directed.

A petition as of right for the review of such order or decision shall be filed within 30 days from the date of service of a copy of said order or decision upon the TPA or other person against whom said order or decision shall run. Copy of such petition for review as filed with and certified by the clerk of the court shall be served upon the commissioner, or in his or her absence upon someone in active charge of the insurance bureau, within 5 days after the filing thereof. If a petition for review is not filed within the 30 days, the party aggrieved shall be deemed to have waived the right to have the merits of the order or decision reviewed, and there shall be no trial of the merits thereof by any court to which application may be made by petition or otherwise. Within 10 days after the service of copy of the petition for review, unless the time be extended by order of court, the commissioner shall prepare and file with the clerk of the court in which the petition for review was filed, a complete transcript of the record of the hearing had before him or her, and a true and certified copy of his or her order or decision.

The cause shall be heard before the court as a civil case in equity upon such transcript of the record and such additional evidence as may be offered by any of the parties at the hearing of the cause before the court. It shall be the duty of the court to hear and determine such petition with all convenient speed. If on the hearing before the court it appears that the record filed by the commissioner is incomplete, the court by appropriate order may direct the commissioner to certify any or all parts of the records so omitted. The commencement of proceedings under this section shall not operate as a stay of the enforcement of the commissioner's order or decision unless so ordered by the court or commissioner, and under such conditions as the court or commissioner may impose. The court shall have the jurisdiction to affirm, modify, or to set aside the order or decision of the commissioner and to restrain the enforcement thereof.

History: 1984, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.661a — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-18-of-1933-Ex-Sess- / Section 125.661a
Property, income, and operations exempt from state taxation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11a.

Property, income, and operations of the commission and property of a qualified entity that is located in the incorporating unit of the commission are exempt from all taxation by the state or any of its political subdivisions. However, a governing body may adopt an ordinance requiring the commission to pay an annual service fee in lieu of all taxes with respect to projects or facilities of the commission or qualified entities. The fee shall not exceed 10% of the annual shelter rent obtained from the projects or facilities.

Each incorporating unit receiving as of the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section payment in lieu of taxes with respect to a project or facility of the commission or a qualified entity shall agree to accept a payment in lieu of taxes in an amount equal to that portion of the payment in lieu of taxes otherwise due multiplied by the percentage by which the millage rate of all taxing units levying ad valorem property taxes in the incorporating unit in which the project or facility is located for the year in which the payment in lieu of taxes is due bears to the millage rate levied in 1993 by all taxing units levying ad valorem property taxes in the incorporating unit in which the project or facility is located. This subsection does not require the increase of any payment in lieu of taxes previously agreed to by the incorporating unit.

For purposes of this section, "qualified entity" means either of the following:

A Michigan nonprofit corporation or a Michigan limited partnership having a Michigan nonprofit corporation as its sole general partner, if 1 of the following applies:

The nonprofit corporation is owned by the commission.

A majority of the members of the board of directors of the nonprofit corporation are elected and removable by the commission.

The commission is the sole member of the nonprofit corporation.

A for-profit corporation, partnership, or company formed or incorporated by the commission for the sole purpose of syndicating low income housing tax credits in connection with the redevelopment of a housing project that has been owned by the commission, if the commission maintains oversight responsibility for the management and operation of the project for which low income housing tax credits were syndicated and the for-profit entity does not engage in any other business activity unrelated to the housing project.

History: Add. 1996, Act 338, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.3505 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.3505
Water permits; term.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3505.

Every permit granted under this part shall be for a term as is necessary to permit the mining to exhaustion and beneficiation of all low-grade iron ore referred to in the permit application, but not to exceed 50 years. The department may prescribe in the permit such time as it considers reasonable for the commencement or completion of any operations or construction under the permit or the exercise of the rights granted in the permit. The original term of the permit or the time allowed for the performance of any condition in the permit may be extended by the department upon application of the permittee.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1607 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-220-of-1976 / Section 37.1607
Diminishment of rights prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 607.

This act shall not diminish the right of a person to seek direct and immediate legal or equitable remedies in the courts of this state.

History: Add. 1980, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.954c — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-203-of-1994 / Section 722.954c
Release of child's medical records; medical passport; contents; transfer; performance of assessment or psychological evaluation; medical examination; indication that child may have been victim of human trafficking; counseling.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4c.

(1) The supervising agency shall obtain from the parent, guardian, or custodian of each child who is placed in its care the name and address of the child's medical provider and a signed document for the release of the child's medical records. The supervising agency shall require that a child's medical provider remain constant while the child is in foster care, unless the child's current primary medical provider is a managed care health plan or unless doing so would create an unreasonable burden for the relative, foster parent, or other custodian.

(2) The supervising agency shall develop a medical passport for each child who comes under its care. The medical passport must contain all of the following:

(a) All medical information required by policy or law to be provided to foster parents.

(b) Basic medical history.

(c) A record of all immunizations.

(d) Any other information concerning the child's physical and mental health, including information that the child may be a victim of human trafficking.

(3) Each foster care worker who transfers a child's medical passport to another foster care worker shall sign and date the passport, verifying that he or she has sought and obtained the necessary information required under subsection (2) and any additional information required under department policy. The supervising agency shall provide a copy of each medical passport and updates as required by the department for maintenance in a central location.

(4) If a child under the care of a supervising agency has suffered sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, mental illness, or is alleged to be the victim of human trafficking, the supervising agency shall have an experienced and licensed mental health professional as defined under section 100b(18)(a), (b), or (d) of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100b, who is trained in children's psychological assessments perform an assessment or psychological evaluation of the child. The costs of the assessment or evaluation must be borne by the supervising agency.

(5) A child's supervising agency shall ensure that the child receives a medical examination when the child is first placed in foster care. One objective of this examination is to provide a record of the child's medical and physical status upon entry into foster care.

(6) If an assessment or psychological evaluation required under subsection (4) indicates that a child may have been a victim of human trafficking, the supervising agency shall provide, in addition to any reunification, adoption, or other services provided to a child under the supervising agency's care, counseling services appropriate for minor victims of human trafficking.

History: Add. 1997, Act 172, Eff. Mar. 31, 1998; Am. 2014, Act 337, Eff. Jan. 14, 2015; Am. 2020, Act 56, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.22 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-281-of-1945 / Section 125.22
Local subdivisions; allocation of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

For the purpose of providing funds to meet the expenses of a regional planning commission any local governmental unit participating in the formation, functioning and support of the regional planning commission or any other local governmental unit wishing to contribute thereto may allocate funds for the purpose by official act of its legislative body. The proportion of the total amount of funds to be so provided by each participating local governmental unit may be suggested by the regional planning investigating committee or prepared as a proposed budget by the regional planning commission and submitted to the legislative bodies of the participating local governmental units. Each legislative body of the participating governmental units may appropriate its share of the funds to be allocated for the use of the regional planning commission by the adoption of a legislative act which is identical with a similar act or acts as adopted by the other participating local governmental units. The services of personnel, the use of equipment and office space, and the provision of special services, may be accepted from any participating local governmental unit and may be considered a part of the financial support of that governmental unit.

History: 1945, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 125.22; Am. 1952, Act 194, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3112 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3112
Persons to whom personal protection insurance benefits payable; claim to recover overdue benefits; discharge of insurer's liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3112.

Personal protection insurance benefits are payable to or for the benefit of an injured person or, in case of his or her death, to or for the benefit of his or her dependents. A health care provider listed in section 3157 may make a claim and assert a direct cause of action against an insurer, or under the assigned claims plan under sections 3171 to 3175, to recover overdue benefits payable for charges for products, services, or accommodations provided to an injured person. Payment by an insurer in good faith of personal protection insurance benefits, to or for the benefit of a person who it believes is entitled to the benefits, discharges the insurer's liability to the extent of the payments unless the insurer has been notified in writing of the claim of some other person. If there is doubt about the proper person to receive the benefits or the proper apportionment among the persons entitled to the benefits, the insurer, the claimant, or any other interested person may apply to the circuit court for an appropriate order. The court may designate the payees and make an equitable apportionment, taking into account the relationship of the payees to the injured person and other factors as the court considers appropriate. In the absence of a court order directing otherwise the insurer may pay:

(a) To the dependents of the injured person, the personal protection insurance benefits accrued before his or her death without appointment of an administrator or executor.

(b) To the surviving spouse, the personal protection insurance benefits due any dependent children living with the spouse.

History: Add. 1972, Act 294, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2019, Act 21, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.149 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-121-of-1985 / Section 129.149
Default; powers of treasurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

If a default occurs in the payment of principal, interest, or other income of an investment of the investment pool, the treasurer of the participating county may do 1 or more of the following:

Institute a proceeding to collect the matured principal, interest, or other income.

Accept a compromise, adjustment, or disposition of the matured principal, interest, or other income as the county treasurer considers advisable for the purpose of protecting the money invested in the investment pool.

Accept a compromise or adjustment as to future payments of principal, interest, or other income as the county treasurer considers advisable for the purpose of protecting money invested in the investment pool.

History: 1985, Act 121, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.892 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-291-of-1967 / Section 390.892
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; enforcement; disposition of fines and costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

If violation of a particular provision of the ordinance is designated a misdemeanor pursuant to section 1, that violation is punishable by a fine of not to exceed $25.00 for each violation and may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction and venue over misdemeanors in the political subdivision where the violation occurs. Fines collected by the court for these ordinance violations shall be paid to the treasurer of the political subdivision in which the offense is tried within 30 days after collection, and costs shall be handled in the same manner as provided for costs imposed for violation of misdemeanors under state statutes.

History: 1967, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1967; Am. 1978, Act 515, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.49102 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.49102
Fishing; reciprocal agreements; publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 49102.

Any order issued under this part supersedes all other laws and regulations governing fishing in the waters that in any way conflict. The regulations contained in any such order shall be included in the annual digest of fishing laws, rules, and regulations published and distributed annually by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995