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Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2040 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2040
Violation of cease and desist order; penalty; stay; contents of cease and desist order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2040.

(1) A person who violates a cease and desist order of the director under this chapter while the order is in effect, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing and on order of the director, may be subject to any of the following:

(a) A monetary penalty of not more than $20,000.00 for each violation.

(b) Suspension or revocation of the person's license or certificate of authority.

(2) The filing of a petition for review does not stay enforcement under this section, but the director may grant, or the appropriate court may order, a stay on appropriate terms.

(3) A cease and desist order issued by the director under section 2043 must not contain fines or other penalties applicable to acts or omissions that occur before the date of the cease and desist order.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1976, Act 273, Eff. Apr. 1, 1977; Am. 2019, Act 21, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.453 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-115-of-1899 / Section 397.453
Free libraries; annual report to state board of library commissioners.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

It shall be the duty of all free libraries organized under the laws of the state, whether general or special, to make an annual report to the board of library commissioners, which report shall conform as near as may be reasonable and convenient, as to time and form such rules as the board may prescribe.

History: 1899, Act 115, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899; CL 1915, 1152; CL 1929, 8054; CL 1948, 397.453
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.683 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-33-of-1978 / Section 722.683
Repeal of MCL 750.343e.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Section 343e of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, being section 750.343e of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.

History: 1978, Act 33, Eff. June 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.543 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-88-of-1989 / Section 445.543
Dealer agreement and compliance required for sale or purchase of new watercraft or new outboard motor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A manufacturer or distributor shall not offer for sale to a new watercraft dealer, and a new or proposed new watercraft dealer shall not offer to purchase from a manufacturer, a new watercraft or a new outboard motor without first entering into a written dealer agreement and complying with all other applicable provisions of this act.

History: 1989, Act 88, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47328 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47328
License to use fishing devices; sport trolling; licensing boats for hire; license not required under certain conditions in lake St. Clair.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47328.

A person shall not use any kind of a boat, tug, or launch, except when used in hook and line fishing, or any kind of net or nets, set hook lines, or commercial trolling rigs for the purpose of taking, catching, killing, or transporting fish in any of the waters bordering on this state, regardless of whether for commercial purposes or for personal use, without first having applied for and been issued a license for that activity, in accordance with this part. A license, except as otherwise provided by law, is not required of persons engaged in sport trolling in these waters, except that the owners of boats operated with either an inboard or outboard motor and offered for hire in sport trolling for lake trout shall obtain a license for each boat. A license, except as otherwise provided by law, is not required of persons engaged in taking fish with set lines in lake St. Clair as provided in section 47302.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.75103 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.75103
Outdoor lighting; installation; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 75103.

(1) The commission shall ensure that outdoor lighting within a state-owned dark sky preserve is not installed unless necessary for safety, security, or the reasonable use and enjoyment of property within the preserve.

(2) The commission shall ensure that outdoor lighting within a state-owned dark sky preserve does not unreasonably interfere with nighttime activities that require darkness, including, but not limited to, the enjoyment of the night sky, nighttime photography, and wildlife photography.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2020, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2303 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2303
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2303.

As used in this chapter:

"Facility" means the Michigan worker's compensation placement facility created under this chapter.

"Participating member" means an insurer who is a member of the facility and who in any given calendar year has a participation ratio greater than zero in the facility for that year.

"Participation ratio" means the ratio of the participating member's voluntary Michigan worker's compensation premiums to the comparable statewide totals of all participating members.

"Worker's compensation insurance" means insurance which provides any of the following:

Security required pursuant to the worker's disability compensation act of 1969, Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 418.101 to 418.941 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Security required pursuant to the United States longshoreman's and harbor worker's compensation act.

Coverage customarily known as employer's liability insurance, when contained in or endorsed to a policy providing the security in subparagraph ( i ) or ( ii ).

History: Add. 1982, Act 8, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1993, Act 200, Eff. Dec. 28, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8130 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8130
Setoff or counterclaim.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8130.

Mutual debts or mutual credits, whether arising out of 1 or more contracts, between the insurer and another person in connection with an action or proceeding under this chapter shall be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in subsection (2) and section 8133.

A setoff or counterclaim shall not be allowed in favor of a person if:

The insurer's obligation to the person would not at the date of the filing of a petition for receivership entitle the person to share as a claimant in the assets of the insurer.

The insurer's obligation to the person was purchased by or transferred to the person with a view to its being used as a setoff.

The insurer's obligation is owed to an affiliate of the person or any other entity or association other than the person.

The person's obligation is owed to an affiliate of the insurer or any other entity or association other than the insurer.

The person's obligation is to pay an assessment levied against the insurer's members or subscribers, is to pay a balance upon a subscription to the capital stock of the insurer, or is in any other way in the nature of a capital contribution.

The obligations between the person and the insurer arise from business where either the person or the insurer has assumed risks and obligations from the other party and then has ceded back to that party substantially the same risks and obligations.

The receiver shall provide persons with accounting statements identifying all debts that are due and payable. If a person owes to the insurer amounts that are due and payable, against which the person asserts setoff of mutual credits that may become due and payable from the insurer in the future, the person shall promptly pay to the receiver the amounts due and payable, provided that, notwithstanding section 8142 or any other provision of this chapter, the receiver shall promptly and fully refund, to the extent of the person's prior payments, any mutual credits that become due and payable to the person by the insurer. Prior to the termination of any proceeding under this chapter, the amount due the person shall be determined for the purpose of the receiver making a final refund, if any.

Subsections (2)(c), (d), and (f) and (3) apply to all contracts entered into, renewed, extended, or amended on or after 1 year after the effective date of this subsection and to debts or credits arising from any business written or transactions occurring after the effective date of this subsection pursuant to any such contract. For purposes of this section any change in the terms of, or consideration for, any such contract shall be considered an amendment.

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.27203 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-281-of-2016 / Section 333.27203
Registered qualifying patient or registered primary caregiver; criminal prosecution or sanctions prohibited; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203.

A registered qualifying patient or registered primary caregiver is not subject to criminal prosecution or sanctions for purchasing marihuana from a provisioning center if the quantity purchased is within the limits established under the Michigan medical marihuana act. A registered primary caregiver is not subject to criminal prosecution or sanctions for any transfer of 2.5 ounces or less of marihuana to a safety compliance facility for testing.

History: 2016, Act 281, Eff. Dec. 20, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1279d — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1279d
Report of irregularities to any person or entity involved in scoring or administration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1279d.

If the superintendent of public instruction or any other state agency has reason to suspect that there are irregularities in a school district's or public school academy's administration of, or preparation of pupils for, a Michigan educational assessment program (MEAP) test or the Michigan merit examination, the superintendent of public instruction or other state agency shall not report the suspected irregularities to any person or entity not involved in the scoring or administration of the test before notifying the school district or public school academy of the suspected irregularities and allowing at least 5 business days for school officials to respond.

History: Add. 2002, Act 640, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 2004; Am. 2004, Act 596, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.684 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-71-of-1901 / Section 457.684
Filing copy of articles and grand council charter with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; power and authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter of said grand council shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall sign such articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession and shall be persons in the law capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors estate real and personal, of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal which may be changed and altered at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of $50,000.00, and that they and their successors shall have the authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate or part thereof at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and incomes shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes of such association as mentioned and defined by the constitution thereof. Said association shall have the full power and authority to make and establish rules and regulations for the governing of all the affairs and business of said association according to the laws of this state and the United States, and to designate, elect, or appoint from its members such officers, under such name and styles as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand council.

History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901; CL 1915, 10619; CL 1929, 10827; CL 1948, 457.684; Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 441.111 — MI Code / Chapter 441 / Act Act-239-of-1959 / Section 441.111
Uniform act for the simplification of fiduciary security transfers; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform act for the simplification of fiduciary security transfers”.

History: 1959, Act 239, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.659b — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.659b
Contracts to construct or repair roads or bridges; assistance to minority business enterprises; notice to legislative committees; definitions; other duties of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9b.

After the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall do all of the following regarding contracts to construct or repair roads or bridges:

Establish technical assistance programs to prepare minority business enterprises to compete for contracts.

Assist in creating and developing sources of nontraditional capital to assist minority business enterprises to compete for contracts.

Assist in creating and developing incentives for firms to mentor minority business enterprises to assist minority business enterprises to gain the experience and resources necessary to compete for contracts.

Increase information programs to inform minority business enterprises of opportunities to compete for contracts.

The department shall notify the majority and minority chairpersons of the house and senate appropriations committees and the majority and minority chairpersons of the house and senate committees that consider transportation matters of each contract awarded to minority business enterprises under this section.

As used in this section:

"Minority business enterprise" means a business enterprise located within an empowerment zone or an enterprise zone that is owned or controlled solely by 1 or more socially or economically disadvantaged persons. The disadvantage may arise from cultural, racial, gender, or chronic economic circumstances or background, or other similar cause.

"Empowerment zone" means an area designated as an empowerment zone by the United States department of housing and urban development.

"Enterprise zone" means a neighborhood enterprise zone designated under the neighborhood enterprise zone act, 1992 PA 147, MCL 207.771 to 207.787.

After the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall do all of the following regarding contracts to construct or repair roads and bridges:

Consult with the Michigan state chamber of commerce and the Michigan minority business development council on requests for proposals and requests for quotations to ensure competitive and inclusive strategies which ensure an inclusive and competitive bid environment.

Appoint not less than 1 representative from the Michigan minority business development council and the DBE division of the Michigan department of transportation to all requests for proposal and quote review panels.

Establish within the DBE division of the Michigan department of transportation a surety division to assist qualified bidders in securing bonding and in monitoring vendor and supplier payments.

History: Add. 1997, Act 79, Eff. July 28, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2473 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2473
Transfer or registration of bond, share, or membership; imposition of restrictions; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 473.

Without limiting the general authority under section 472(1) to impose restrictions on the transfer or registration of bonds, shares, or memberships of a corporation that are otherwise transferable, a restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of bonds, shares, or memberships of a corporation that is consistent with section 301 is permitted if it does any of the following:

(a) Obligates the holders of the restricted instruments to offer to the corporation or to any other holders of bonds, shares or memberships of the corporation, to any other person, or to any combination of those persons, a prior opportunity to acquire the restricted instruments.

(b) Obligates the corporation or a holder of bonds, shares, or memberships of the corporation, any other person, or any combination of those persons, to purchase the instruments that are the subject of an agreement respecting the purchase and sale of the restricted instruments.

(c) Requires the corporation or the holders of a class of bonds, shares, or memberships of the corporation to consent to a proposed transfer of the restricted instruments or to approve the proposed transferee of the restricted instruments.

(d) Prohibits the transfer of the restricted instruments to designated persons or classes of persons, and the designation is not contrary to public policy.

(e) Exists for the purpose of maintaining the status of the corporation under section 115, 501, 521, 527, or 528 of the internal revenue code of 1986, 26 USC 115, 501, 521, 527, and 528.

History: Add. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1668d — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-173-of-1987 / Section 445.1668d
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18d.

Any current or former executive officer, director, agent, or control person who violates a final order issued under section 18a is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

History: Add. 2002, Act 391, Imd. Eff. May 30, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2685 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2685
Use of live human embryo, fetus, or neonate for nontherapeutic research; prohibitions; presumption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2685.

A person shall not use a live human embryo, fetus, or neonate for nontherapeutic research if, in the best judgment of the person conducting the research, based upon the available knowledge or information at the approximate time of the research, the research substantially jeopardizes the life or health of the embryo, fetus, or neonate. Nontherapeutic research shall not in any case be performed on an embryo or fetus known by the person conducting the research to be the subject of a planned abortion being performed for any purpose other than to protect the life of the mother.

For purposes of subsection (1) the embryo or fetus shall be conclusively presumed not to be the subject of a planned abortion if the mother signed a written statement at the time of the research, that she was not planning an abortion.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80172 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80172
Negligent crippling or death; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80172.

A person who, by the operation of any vessel at an immoderate rate of speed or in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner, but not willfully or wantonly, injures so as to cripple or cause the death of another is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or fined not more than $2,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1148 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1148
Repeal of MCL 32.301 to 32.427.
Status: in_force

Sec. 148.

Act No. 297 of the Public Acts of 1957, being sections 32.301 to 32.427 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.562 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.562
Judges; practice of law prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 562.

The circuit court judges shall not practice as attorneys or counselors in any court of the state, nor shall they engage in the practice of law for compensation. No circuit judge may have any law partner practicing in the circuit of which he is a judge.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.158 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-250-of-1931 / Section 397.158
Municipal libraries; transfer to regional libraries.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

After the establishment of a regional library as provided for in this act, the township board, the legislative body of any city or village, the board of education of any school district or the board of supervisors of any municipality in the region, already maintaining a public, school or county library, may notify the board of trustees of the regional library that such township, city, village, school district or county library may be transferred to, leased to, or used by said board of trustees of the regional library under such terms as may mutually be agreed upon between the said board of trustees and the respective township boards, city or village legislative bodies, boards of education or boards of supervisors.

History: 1931, Act 250, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 397.158
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.503 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.503
Destruction or mutilation of registration records; request for back-up file from secretary of state; reregistration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 503.

If the voter registration records are destroyed or mutilated making them unusable, the clerk of the city or township shall request a back-up file from the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall provide a list of registered electors and their signatures, if available, from the qualified voter file to the city or township clerk. If the secretary of state is unable to provide a back-up file to the city or township clerk, the clerk shall require the electors to reregister as prescribed by the secretary of state.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1957, Act 223, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1957; Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.198 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.198
Drain taxes; subsequent assessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 198.

The assessment, collection and return of drain taxes for any work done under this chapter shall be made in the same manner and under the same provisions as in this act provided for drain taxes assessed, collected, returned and enforced in the first instance: Provided, That in all proceedings involving subsequent assessments, the drain commissioner shall furnish to the supervisor of each township containing parcels of land subject to such assessment the names of the owners of record of such parcels as of the date of the assessment.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 322.252 — MI Code / Chapter 322 / Act Act-312-of-1921 / Section 322.252
Original field notes; filing, effect, admissible as evidence; applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The original notes of the field work performed under the provisions of this act shall be placed on file in the office of the department of conservation, and a complete record of such work shall also be placed on file and kept in the same book provided by the county for the surveyors' records, and kept in the office of the county surveyor in any county where such work has been performed, and all corners, boundary and shore lines so established shall be binding on the state of Michigan, and for such purpose shall have the same force and effect as those established by the original United States survey; and such records so made and entered shall be received as evidence in all the courts of this state, wherein any question may arise as to the establishment or identification of such corners, boundary and shore lines: Provided, That nothing in this act shall apply to lands where such corners, landmarks, boundary lines, section and quarter section lines are already properly established.

History: 1921, Act 312, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 5867; CL 1948, 322.252