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Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.104 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-94-of-1933 / Section 141.104
Municipal public improvements; limitations; bonds; acquiring utility for supplying light, heat or power; referendum; powers exercised.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Any public corporation is authorized to purchase, acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, extend or repair 1 or more public improvements and to own, operate and maintain the same, within or without its corporate limits, and to furnish the services, facilities and commodities of any such public improvement to users within or without its corporate limits. The exercise by any public corporation of such powers outside its corporate limits shall be subject to the legal rights of the political subdivision within which such powers are to be exercised and shall also be subject to any and all constitutional and statutory provisions relating thereto. The authority herein granted shall be further limited as follows:

No public corporation shall establish warehouses for the purpose of storing or dispensing alcoholic beverages.

School districts shall be limited to such public improvements as are within the scope of their powers under other statutory provisions.

Port districts shall be limited to such public improvements as are within the scope of their powers under acts creating the same.

No public corporation may acquire a utility for the supplying of light, heat or power unless such proposition shall have first received the affirmative vote of 3/5 of the electors of such public corporation voting thereon at a regular or special municipal election.

The powers in this act granted may be exercised notwithstanding that no bonds are issued hereunder.

History: 1933, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1933; Am. 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 23, Eff. June 7, 1946; Am. 1947, Act 204, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1947; CL 1948, 141.104; Am. 1954, Act 136, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954; Am. 1966, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 107.7 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 107.7
City lighting plant; condemnation of private property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

If it shall be necessary in the judgment of the council to appropriate private property either within or without the city for the construction and maintenance or for the due operation of lighting works, the right to occupy and hold the same and the ownership therein and thereto may be acquired by the city in the manner and with like effect as provided in this act for the taking of private property for public use.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3264; CL 1915, 3182; CL 1929, 2106; CL 1948, 107.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1113 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-295-of-2008 / Section 460.1113
Pollution control equipment; use of natural gas in installation, operation, or testing; exemption; effective date of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 113.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, natural gas used in the installation, operation, or testing of any pollution control equipment is exempt from the requirements of, and calculations of compliance required under, this part.

(2) This section, as amended by the act that added this subsection, takes effect January 1, 2021.

History: 2008, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008; Am. 2016, Act 342, Eff. Jan. 1, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.252 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1952 / Section 124.252
Water supply system; authority, articles of incorporation, adoption, endorsement, form, publication, filing; validity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any 2 or more cities, villages or townships (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "municipalities") or any combination thereof, may incorporate an authority for the purpose of acquiring, owning, and/or operating a water supply system or systems, by the adoption of articles of incorporation by the legislative body of each municipality. The fact of such adoption shall be endorsed on such articles of incorporation by the mayor and clerk in case of a city, the president and clerk in case of a village, and the supervisor and clerk in case of a township, in form substantially as follows:

"The foregoing Articles of Incorporation were adopted by the ................... of the ............... of ................., ................. County, Michigan, at a meeting duly held on the ............. day of ................., 19......

.............................. ............of said........... .............................. ............of said............"

..............................

............of said...........

..............................

............of said............"

The authority shall be comprised of the territory lying within such incorporating municipalities. The articles of incorporation shall be published at least once in a newspaper designated in said articles and circulating within the authority. One printed copy of such articles of incorporation certified as a true copy by the person or persons designated therefor, with the date and place of such publication, shall be filed with each, the secretary of state and the clerk of the county within which such territory or the major portion thereof is located. Such authority shall become effective at the time provided in said articles of incorporation. The validity of such incorporation shall be conclusively presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction within 60 days after the filing of such certified copies with the secretary of state and the county clerk.

History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1441 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1441
Disposition of receipts; directives; subsection (1) inapplicable to state agency within legislative branch.
Status: in_force

Sec. 441.

The receipts of the state government, from whatever source derived, shall be deposited pursuant to directives issued by the state treasurer and credited to the proper fund. The director shall issue directives to implement this section relative to the accounting of receipts.

Subsection (1) does not apply to a state agency within the legislative branch of state government. A state agency within the legislative branch of state government may receive and expend amounts in addition to those authorized in a budget act.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.778 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-274-of-1984 / Section 445.778
Action by state, political subdivision, public agency, or other person for injunctive or other equitable relief, actual damages, interest, costs and attorney's fees; effect of flagrant violation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The state, a political subdivision, or any public agency threatened with injury or injured directly or indirectly in its business or property by a violation of this act may bring an action for appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief, actual damages sustained by reason of a violation of this act, and, as determined by the court, interest on the damages from the date of the complaint, taxable costs, and reasonable attorney's fees.

Any other person threatened with injury or injured directly or indirectly in his or her business or property by a violation of this act may bring an action for appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief against immediate irreparable harm, actual damages sustained by reason of a violation of this act, and, as determined by the court, interest on the damages from the date of the complaint, taxable costs, and reasonable attorney's fees. If the trier of fact finds that the violation is flagrant, it may increase recovery to an amount not in excess of 3 times the actual damages sustained by reason of a violation of this act.

History: 1984, Act 274, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.479 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.479
Employment security commission; employment security advisory council; employment security appeal board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 379.

The Michigan employment security commission created by section 3 of Act No. 1 of the Extra Session of 1936, as amended, being section 421.3 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, with all its statutory authority, powers, duties and functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds, including the functions of budgeting and procurement and management related functions are transferred to and shall be an autonomous entity in the department of labor.

The Michigan employment security advisory council created by section 3a of Act No. 1 of the Extra Session of 1936, as amended, being section 421.3a of the Compiled Laws of 1948, with all its statutory authority, powers, duties and functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations of other funds, including the functions of budgeting and procurement and management related functions are transferred to and shall be an autonomous entity in the department of labor.

The Michigan employment security appeal board created by section 35 of Act No. 1 of the Extra Session of 1936, as amended, being section 421.35 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, with all its statutory authority, powers, duties and functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds, including the functions of budgeting and procurement and management related functions are transferred to and shall be an autonomous entity in the department of labor.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1074 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1074
Continuing and completing drug treatment court program; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1074.

(1) To continue to participate in and successfully complete a drug treatment court program, an individual must comply with all of the following:

(a) Pay all court ordered fines and costs, including minimum state costs.

(b) Pay the drug treatment court fee allowed under section 1070(4).

(c) Pay all court ordered restitution.

(d) Pay all crime victims' rights assessments under section 5 of 1989 PA 196, MCL 780.905.

(e) Comply with all court orders, violations of which may be sanctioned at the court's discretion.

(2) The drug treatment court must be notified if the participant is accused of a new crime, and the judge shall consider whether to terminate the participant's participation in the drug treatment program in conformity with the memorandum of understanding under section 1062. If the participant is convicted of a felony for an offense that occurred after the defendant is admitted to drug treatment court, the judge shall terminate the participant's participation in the program unless, after consultation with the treatment team and the agreement of the prosecuting attorney, the judge decides to continue the participant in the program.

(3) The court shall require that a participant pay all fines, costs, the fee, restitution, and assessments described in subsection (1)(a) to (d) and pay all, or make substantial contributions toward payment of, the costs of the treatment and the drug treatment court program services provided to the participant, including, but not limited to, the costs of urinalysis and such testing or any counseling provided. However, if the court determines that the payment of fines, the fee, or costs of treatment under this subsection would be a substantial hardship for the individual or would interfere with the individual's substance abuse treatment, the court may waive all or part of those fines, the fee, or costs of treatment.

History: Add. 2004, Act 224, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2024, Act 14, Eff. June 10, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31206 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31206
Additional authority prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31206.

This part does not provide a watershed alliance or any of its members with any additional authority not otherwise provided by law.

History: Add. 2004, Act 517, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.144 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-89-of-1927 / Section 285.144
Games of skill; licensing agreements with concessionaires; criteria; rules; revocation of licensing agreement; liability; payment of judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

In staging the annual Upper Peninsula state fair, the board of managers may enter into licensing agreements with concessionaires permitting games of skill which shall be conducted in accordance with the following criteria:

Winning the game of skill does not require great skill on the part of the participant.

The game does not constitute a fraud upon the participants.

The game is not similar to games of chance in which winning depends primarily upon fortuitous or accidental circumstances beyond the control of the participant including but not limited to games such as roulette, beano, cards, dice or wheels of fortune nor is the game one which includes any mechanical or physical devices which directly or indirectly impedes, impairs or thwarts the skill of the player.

If the game is a group or contest participation game, each participant shall be in attendance at the time the game is played and shall actively participate throughout the entire game by personally designating his or her target, goal, or desired objective. A winner shall be determined by the skill of 1 or more of the participants in the group or contest game, and each participant shall be randomly selected, and a distribution of prizes shall be made in the presence of each participant at the time the game is played.

The prize shall have a nominal value and shall not be redeemable or convertible into cash, directly or indirectly.

The board of managers may promulgate rules pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and consistent with the criteria established in subsection (1) to regulate the conducting of games of skill during the annual Upper Peninsula state fair and to protect the public from unauthorized or dishonest practices in conducting those games.

The board of managers may, without holding a hearing, revoke the licensing agreement of a concessionaire when the board of managers or the Upper Peninsula state fair secretary-manager finds that the public is being defrauded or that a criteria established in subsection (1) or by rule is being ignored or violated. Members of the board of managers and the Upper Peninsula state fair secretary-manager shall be personally liable for an action they take in their official capacity in regard to licensing agreements entered into pursuant to this section. If there is a judgment against them, the state shall pay a judgment against a member or the secretary-manager, who shall not be required to reimburse the state.

History: Add. 1973, Act 100, Imd. Eff. Aug. 8, 1973; Am. 1975, Act 139, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.227 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.227
Ownership and operation of steamboats, barges, or vessels; number; restrictions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 227.

Any street railway, or any railroad company, organized under the laws of this state, may own and operate, in connection with its railway lines, such number of steamboats, barges, or vessels, within or without this state, as its traffic of passengers or freight shall render necessary to make complete its different routes.

A railroad company shall operate such steamboats, barges, or vessels subject to such restrictions as are now imposed on other corporations and private individuals owning and operating steamboats, barges, and vessels.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.608 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.608
Executive appointment of single executive head of principal department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 508.

When a single executive is the head of a principal department, unless elected as provided in the constitution, he shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate and he shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1494 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1494
Surplus; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 94.

As used in this chapter, the term "surplus" shall not be deemed to include any increase in assets of any limited dividend housing association organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, by reason of reduction of mortgage, by amortization or similar payments or realized from the sale or disposition of any assets of a limited dividend housing association to the extent such surplus can be attributed to any increase in market value of any real property or tangible personal property accruing during the period the assets were owned and held by the limited dividend housing association.

History: Add. 1970, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 29, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18503 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18503
Representation or use of title; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18503.

An individual shall not represent that he or she is a social service technician or use a title including "social service technician" or an abbreviation of those terms or the letters "s.s.t." or similar words which would indicate that he or she is registered under this article unless the individual is registered in that capacity under this article.

Only a licensed bachelor's social worker shall use the title "licensed bachelor's social worker", "social worker", or "l.b.s.w.". Only a licensed master's social worker shall use the title "licensed master's social worker", "social worker", or "l.m.s.w.".

History: Add. 2000, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2000; Am. 2004, Act 61, Eff. July 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.670 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-232-of-1965 / Section 290.670
Suspension of statute where marketing program approved; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

If a marketing program is approved for a commodity for which there is a state commission or council operating pursuant to a statute, such statute is suspended during the period of operation of the marketing program under this act, except that the appointed members of an existing commission or council shall be members of the commodity committee for the duration of the terms for which they were appointed, and no fees or assessments shall be collected under such act while it is suspended.

If the producers of an agricultural commodity for which there is a state commission or council pursuant to a statute, vote for discontinuance of a marketing program, then the provisions of such commission or council shall be reinstated, and the appointed members on the commodity committee shall be members of the commission or council for the duration of the terms for which they were appointed on the committee.

Voluntary commodity organizations may be assigned duties which are necessary for the effective operation of a marketing program and allowed expenses to cover such duties. Organizations to be assigned such responsibilities shall be named and their duties defined in the program.

History: 1965, Act 232, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.1064 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-96-of-2006 / Section 35.1064
"Veterans memorial park" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

As used in this act, "veterans memorial park" means the 2.5-acre parcel of land established and legally described in section 5a of 1988 PA 234, MCL 35.1055a.

History: 2006, Act 96, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.515 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.515
Subsistence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 115.

Subsistence shall be furnished by the state when troops of the state military establishment are mobilized for state duty requiring the furnishing of subsistence.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1606 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-187-of-2014 / Section 141.1606
Board of directors; membership; compensation; travel and expenses; quorum; vote; members subject to MCL 15.321 to 15.330 and MCL 15.301 to 15.310; discharge of duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The authority shall exercise its duties through its board of directors.

(2) The board shall consist of 3 members as follows:

(a) The state treasurer.

(b) The state budget director.

(c) One member appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, who has knowledge, skill, or experience in the legal field of bankruptcy.

(3) The state treasurer and the state budget director may appoint a representative to serve in his or her absence.

(4) Members of the board shall serve without compensation but may receive reasonable reimbursement for necessary travel and expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties.

(5) The state treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the board.

(6) A majority of the appointed and serving members of the board shall constitute a quorum of the board for the transaction of business. Actions of the board shall be approved by a majority vote of the members present at a meeting.

(7) The members of the board and any agent of the authority are subject to 1968 PA 317, MCL 15.321 to 15.330, and 1968 PA 318, MCL 15.301 to 15.310.

(8) A member of the board or agent of the authority shall discharge the duties of his or her position in a nonpartisan manner, with good faith, and with that degree of diligence, care, and skill that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances in a like position. In discharging the duties, a member of the board or agent of the authority, when acting in good faith, may rely upon the opinion of legal counsel or other expert advice.

History: 2014, Act 187, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1305 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1974 / Section 257.1305
Motor vehicle repair facility; certified specialty or master mechanic required; inspection and approval of work performed by noncertified mechanic; waiver.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Effective December 31, 1977, all motor vehicle repair facilities must have at least 1 specialty or master mechanic in its employ certified in each category of repair which it provides.

After January 1, 1978 any work concerning major service or repair performed by a noncertified mechanic shall be inspected and approved by 1 who is certified in the pertinent specialty.

Effective December 31, 1980, a person shall not engage in the business or activity of a specialty or master mechanic unless the person is certified pursuant to this act.

Following December 31, 1977, if a customer voluntarily requests services or parts for the repair of a motor vehicle without delay, due to an emergency, from a repair facility in a repair category for which that facility does not have a master or specialty mechanic, that facility may obtain from the customer a waiver of the customer's rights to have the repair work performed by a master or specialty mechanic. The waiver shall be executed in duplicate with 1 copy to be given to the customer requesting the repairs and shall read as follows:

"______________________(customer) has voluntarily requested

_______________(repair person) of ________________(facility) to provide services

or parts in the repair of the below described motor vehicle because of an emergency and thereby waives any claim or cause of action he may have against either

____________(repair person) or _______________(facility) as a result.

Motor vehicle description:

Customer signature ____________

Dated __________

Time ____________ ."

This waiver shall not be effective unless given by the customer voluntarily and with the knowledge of the implications of the waiver. A motor vehicle repair facility or anyone in its employ, including a specialty or master mechanic or mechanic trainee shall not make use of the waiver of liability in an attempt to evade this act.

History: 1974, Act 300, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975; Am. 1976, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1976