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Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.232 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-46-of-1889 / Section 390.232
Agricultural experiment stations; use of moneys.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

That the moneys derived by authority of said act shall be exclusively used in support of the department designated as "an agricultural experiment station" in connection with the state agricultural college of Michigan.

History: 1889, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1889; How. 5012e; CL 1897, 1872; CL 1915, 1267; CL 1929, 7891; CL 1948, 390.232
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1163 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-35-of-1984 / Section 400.1163
Legislative oversight committee; creation; composition; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A legislative oversight committee is created. The committee shall consist of 3 members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and 3 members of the senate appointed by the majority leader of the senate. The committee shall report to the legislature at intervals of 2 years each on the costs and benefits of the Michigan residential conservation services program, residential conservation programs provided for in section 6c of Act No. 3 of the Public Acts of 1939, the weatherization analysis provided for in this act, and residential conservation programs authorized by order of the Michigan public service commission and existing on the effective date of this act, which are funded by utility surcharges. The report shall make recommendations to the legislature as to whether the costs and benefits of programs warrant continuation or modification.

History: 1984, Act 35, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.310 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-298-of-1992 / Section 14.310
Diversion of solicited funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

An organization or professional fund-raiser shall not divert solicited funds to a purpose or purposes other than that for which the funds were contributed or solicited.

History: 1992, Act 298, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50132 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50132
Nominating petition; filing; signatures; notice; eligibility to vote.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50132.

A candidate for the first board of directors shall file nominating petitions with the department at or before the hearing on the need for a district. A candidate shall be a member of the proposed district. A nominating petition shall not be accepted by the department unless it is subscribed by 6 or more members of a proposed district. A member may sign more than 1 nominating petition. The department shall give notice of the initial election of 3 directors. Notice shall be posted at the business office of each governmental unit in the proposed district, published in each newspaper of record distributed in the proposed district, mailed to each individual elected governmental official within the proposed district and mailed to any individual requesting written notification of the initial election. The 3 candidates who receive the largest number of the votes cast shall be the elected directors for a district.

All members within a district are eligible to vote for 1 or more candidates for the first board of directors, according to the amount of forest land owned within a proposed district, pursuant to the schedule in section 50131(3).

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9522 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9522
Maintenance and destruction of records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9522.

The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least 1 year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 9515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and 1 of the following:

If the record was filed or recorded in the filing office described in section 9501(1)(a), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the date that the record was filed or recorded.

If record was filed in the filing office described in section 9501(1)(b), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.

Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement that complies with subsection (1).

History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.600 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.600
Actions, suits, or proceedings not to abate by reason of reorganization; maintenance by or against successors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 500.

No suit, action or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against any department, board, commission, agency or any officer of the state, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall abate by the reason of the taking effect of any reorganization under the provisions of this act. The court may allow the suit, action or other proceeding to be maintained by or against the successor of any department, board, commission, agency or any officer affected by this act.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.57 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.57
“School bus” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 57.

"School bus" means every motor vehicle, except station wagons, with a manufacturers' rated seating capacity of 16 or more passengers, including the driver, owned by a public, private, or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school, or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1964, Act 22, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1981, Act 112, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1981; Am. 1988, Act 346, Eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Am. 2011, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.263 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-21-of-1873 / Section 322.263
Reserved or forfeited lands; sale to highest bidder, minimum price.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

In all cases where there are 2 or more applicants for the same tract of land present at the time of its restoration to market, said tract shall be offered in the smallest subdivision of which the same is susceptible, not less than 40 acres (unless the tract should be a fractional section or fractional part of a section containing a less number of acres) and sold to the highest bidder: Provided, No bid for any tract shall be received unless the price offered shall be equal to the minimum price of such land as fixed by law.

History: 1873, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 1873; How. 5251; CL 1897, 1313; CL 1915, 477; CL 1929, 5870; Am. 1933, Act 152, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1933; CL 1948, 322.263
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50122 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50122
Primary consideration in promulgating rules and disposing of timber and other products; timber volume agreement; forest improvement program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50122.

The department, in promulgating its rules and in disposing of the timber and other products from state forest land, shall give primary consideration to the purposes for the creation of a forest improvement district.

In order to accomplish the purposes of this part, the department may enter into a timber volume agreement with a district, or with a person specified by a district, which commits a portion of the timber from state land within a district to the use of that district or person.

A forest improvement program is created. The program may be financed by annual appropriations made by the legislature. The program shall be used solely for the purpose of grants to districts for the purposes of this part and shall be administered by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.8k — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-47-of-1945 / Section 331.8k
Bonds; authorizing reduction to fix beginning and ending dates of operating year.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8k.

The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds shall fix the dates of the beginning and ending of the operating year for the projects financed, subject to the right of the department of treasury to require that it corresponds with the fiscal year of the hospital authority.

History: Add. 1973, Act 161, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1973; Am. 1983, Act 78, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.107 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-94-of-1937 / Section 205.107
Computation of tax amount; rounding up to whole cent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Beginning not later than January 1, 2006, in determining the amount of the tax under this act, the seller shall compute the tax to the third decimal place and round up to a whole cent when the third decimal place is greater than 4 or round down to a whole cent when the third decimal place is 4 or less.

History: Add. 2004, Act 172, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.162 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-361-of-1978 / Section 285.162
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Authority" means the state exposition and fairgrounds authority created in section 9.

(b) "Authority board" means the board for the authority appointed under section 9.

(c) "Department" means the department of management and budget.

(d) "Director" means the director of the department.

(e) "Fund" means the state exposition and fairgrounds fund created in section 14a.

(f) "Manager" means the manager of the authority appointed under section 4.

(g) "Type I transfer" means that term as defined in section 3 of the executive organization act of 1965, 1965 PA 380, MCL 16.103.

History: 1978, Act 361, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1978; Am. 2000, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 468, Eff. Mar. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.755 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-180-of-1991 / Section 207.755
Excise tax levied in addition to other lawful taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The excise tax levied under this act is in addition to any other taxes, charges, or fees and may be levied notwithstanding any other law to the contrary.

History: 1991, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.236b — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.236b
Computer-assisted shooting; prohibited conduct; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 236b.

(1) A person in this state shall not do any of the following:

(a) Engage in computer-assisted shooting.

(b) Provide or operate, with or without remuneration, facilities for computer-assisted shooting.

(c) Provide or offer to provide, with or without remuneration, equipment specially adapted for computer-assisted shooting. This subdivision does not prohibit providing or offering to provide any of the following:

( i ) General-purpose equipment, including a computer, a camera, fencing, building materials, or a bow or crossbow.

( ii ) General-purpose computer software, including an operating system and communications programs.

( iii ) General telecommunications hardware or networking services for computers, including adapters, modems, servers, routers, and other facilities associated with internet access.

(d) Provide or offer to provide, with or without remuneration, an animal for computer-assisted shooting.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Computer-assisted shooting" means the use of a computer or any other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the aiming and discharge of a bow or crossbow to kill an animal, whether or not the animal is located in this state.

(b) "Facilities for computer-assisted remote shooting" includes real property and improvements on the property associated with computer-assisted shooting, such as hunting blinds, offices, and rooms equipped to facilitate computer-assisted shooting.

History: Add. 2005, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Sept. 22, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.816 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-98-of-1988 / Section 445.816
Investigation by prosecuting attorney; instituting and prosecuting action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A prosecuting attorney may conduct an investigation pursuant to this act and may institute and prosecute an action under this act in the same manner as the attorney general.

History: 1988, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.531 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-271-of-1925 / Section 722.531
Children incapable of adoption; commitment to state institution; expenses of commitment; maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Whenever it appears to the court that a child placed with, committed to, or released to a person, society, organization, association, or corporation licensed and approved by the family independence agency to receive, maintain, or place out for adoption minor children or to obtain homes for dependent and neglected children, is, by reason of mental or physical disability or for any other reason, incapable of adoption, the child may be committed to a proper state institution. A commitment under this section may be made by the family division of the circuit court for the county in which the home of the person, or the principal office of the society, organization, association, or corporation is located, or for the county in which the child was placed with, released to, or committed to the person, society, organization, association, or corporation, or for the county in which the child may be found, upon application of the person or the principal officer of the society, organization, association, or corporation to which such child has been committed or released. The expense of committing the child to a state institution and any expense chargeable to counties for maintenance in a state institution shall be paid by the county where the child was a resident at the time of his or her placement with, release to, or commitment to the person, society, organization, association, or corporation.

History: 1925, Act 271, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 12882; CL 1948, 722.531; Am. 1955, Act 186, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1955; Am. 1996, Act 410, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11526e — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11526e
Disposal of municipal solid waste generated outside of United States; applicability of subsections (1) and (2).
Status: in_force

Sec. 11526e.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person shall not deliver for disposal, in a landfill or incinerator in this state, municipal solid waste, including, but not limited to, municipal solid waste incinerator ash, that was generated outside of the United States.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the owner or operator of a landfill or incinerator in this state shall not accept for disposal municipal solid waste, including, but not limited to, municipal solid waste incinerator ash, that was generated outside of the United States.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply notwithstanding any other provision of this part. However, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply unless congress enacts legislation under clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the constitution of the United States authorizing such prohibitions. Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply until 90 days after the effective date of such federal legislation or 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, whichever is later.

History: Add. 2006, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30716 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30716
Bonds and notes; issuance; exempt from MCL 141.2505.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30716.

(1) With approval of the county board and pursuant to section 30705, the district may issue bonds or notes that are payable by special assessments under this part. Except as provided in subsection (2) and section 30717(3), the issuance of the bonds and notes is subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. Bonds or notes shall not be issued exceeding the cost of the lake level project that is being financed.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, bonds, notes, and other obligations issued under this part are exempt from section 505 of the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2505.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2002, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002; Am. 2024, Act 112, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.613 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.613
Applicability of regular traffic control signals to pedestrians; special pedestrian control signals; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 613.

If special pedestrian control signals are not utilized, the regular traffic control signals as indicated in section 612 shall apply to pedestrians as follows:

Green indication. Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway within a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

Steady yellow indication. Pedestrians facing the signal are advised that there is insufficient time to cross the roadway and a pedestrian then starting to cross shall yield the right of way to all vehicles.

Steady red indication. Pedestrians facing the signal shall not enter the highway unless they can do so safely and without interfering with vehicular traffic.

Red with arrow. Pedestrians facing the signal shall not enter the highway unless they can do so safely without interfering with vehicular traffic.

If special pedestrian control signals are installed, they shall be placed at the far end of each crosswalk and shall indicate a "walk" or "don't walk" interval. These special signals shall apply to pedestrians only to the exclusion of a regular traffic control signal or signals which may be present at the same location, as follows:

Walk interval-Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the highway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles.

Don't walk (steady burning or flashing) interval-A pedestrian shall not start to cross the highway in the direction of the signals, but a pedestrian who has partially completed crossing on the walk interval of the signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the don't walk interval of the signal is showing.

A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1955, Act 245, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955; Am. 1956, Act 71, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956; Am. 1964, Act 222, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1966, Act 237, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.63 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 710.63
Denial of petition or motion or failure to issue order; statement by court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63.

A court that denies a petition or motion, or fails to issue an order under this chapter shall state the reason for that action on the record or in writing.

History: Add. 1982, Act 72, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.323 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 322.323
Improved lands; computation of specific minimum price.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

On the return of such appraisement, the amount of the appraised value of improvements on each tract or parcel shall be divided by the number of acres contained therein, and the result, together with the minimum price per acre of unimproved lands of the same description as established in this chapter, shall be the specific minimum price per acre of such tract or parcel, the improvements upon which shall have been so appraised, until the same shall be changed by a subsequent appraisal.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 60; CL 1857, 2466; CL 1871, 3839; How. 5284; CL 1897, 1347; CL 1915, 522; CL 1929, 5922; CL 1948, 322.323
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.1003 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-106-of-1974 / Section 35.1003
Service bonus for certain veterans.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A combat veteran shall be paid a service bonus in the amount of $600.00.

A veteran shall be paid a service bonus of $15.00 per month for each month or major portion thereof served as a veteran but not to exceed a maximum of $450.00.

A person shall not be entitled to a bonus as both a veteran and a combat veteran.

If the veteran or combat veteran be deceased, payment shall be made to his beneficiary.

If a veteran dies or is deceased from service-connected causes his beneficiary shall be entitled to receive the difference between the amount which the veteran received under subsection (2) and the sum of $450.00.

History: 1974, Act 106, Eff. Nov. 5, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.7 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 552.7
Action for separate maintenance; filing; grounds; answer; effect of admission; counterclaim for divorce; judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

An action for separate maintenance may be filed in the circuit court in the same manner and on the same grounds as an action for divorce. In the complaint the plaintiff shall make no other explanation of the grounds for separate maintenance than by use of the statutory language.

The defendant, by answer, may either admit the grounds for separate maintenance alleged or deny them without further explanation. An admission by the defendant of the grounds for separate maintenance may be considered by the court but is not binding on the court's determination. The defendant may also file a counterclaim for divorce.

If the defendant files a counterclaim for divorce, the allegation contained in the plaintiff's complaint as to the grounds for separate maintenance may be considered by the court but is not binding on the court's determination.

If evidence is presented in open court that there has been a breakdown in the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved, the court shall enter:

A judgment of separate maintenance if a counterclaim for divorce has not been filed.

A judgment dissolving the bonds of matrimony if a counterclaim for divorce has been filed.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84; Am. 1847, Act 105, Eff. May 16, 1847; Am. 1848, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848; CL 1857, 3228; CL 1871, 4739; How. 6229; CL 1897, 8622; CL 1915, 11398; CL 1929, 12729; CL 1948, 552.7; Am. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972