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Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.671 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-179-of-1897 / Section 457.671
Lutheran Bund; incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That the Lutheran Bund of the state of Michigan, may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.

History: 1897, Act 179, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1897; CL 1897, 8135; CL 1915, 10609; CL 1929, 10817; CL 1948, 457.671
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.20 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 88.20
Claims against city; audit, allowance; rules; defense to suit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The council shall audit and allow all accounts chargeable against the city but no account or claim or contract shall be received for audit or allowance, unless it shall be accompanied with a certificate of an officer of the corporation, or an affidavit of the person rendering it, to the effect that he verily believes that the services therein charged have been actually performed or the property delivered for the city, that the sums charged therefor are reasonable and just, and that to the best of his knowledge and belief, no set-off exists, nor payment has been made on account thereof, except such as are endorsed or referred to in such account or claim, and every such account shall exhibit in detail all the items making up the amount claimed, and the true date of each. It shall be a sufficient defense in any court, to any action or proceeding for the collection of any demand or claim against the city for personal injuries or otherwise, that it has never been presented, certified to or verified as aforesaid, to the council for allowance; or if such claim is founded on contract that the same was presented without the affidavit or certificate as aforesaid, and rejected for that reason; or that the action or proceeding was brought before the council had a reasonable time to investigate and pass upon it.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3081; CL 1915, 2997; CL 1929, 1921; CL 1948, 88.20
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.39 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.39
Payment of prize to minor; discharge of liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

If the person entitled to a prize or any winning ticket is under the age of 18 years, and the prize is more than $1,000.00, the commissioner shall direct payment of the prize by transfer to the guardian of the minor of a check or draft payable to the order of the guardian. If less than $1,000.00, the commissioner may direct payment of the prize to the adult member of the minor's family who is legally responsible for the care and custody of the minor. The commissioner shall be discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize to a minor pursuant to this section.

History: 1972, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.5i — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-207-of-1941 / Section 29.5i
Dry cleaning operation using flammable liquid; certificate required; amount and adjustment of fee; application of section; "class IV installation" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5i.

(1) A firm that is engaged in a dry cleaning operation that uses a flammable liquid shall not establish or maintain such an operation at a location unless the firm obtains a certificate from the department of environmental quality for that location.

(2) A certificate shall not be issued until payment is made of a fee of $15.00 for the first dry cleaning machine in the firm's location and $6.00 for each additional dry cleaning machine in the firm's location. Beginning October 1, 1981, the fees imposed by this section shall be adjusted each year by the annual average percentage increase or decrease in the Detroit consumer price index-all items. The adjustment shall be made by multiplying the annual average percentage increase or decrease in the Detroit consumer price index for the prior calendar year by the current fee as adjusted by this subsection. The resultant product shall be added to the current fee as adjusted by this subsection and then rounded off to the nearest half dollar which shall be the new fee.

(3) This section applies when a class IV installation is operated in the same building or establishment as other classes of dry cleaning installations.

(4) As used in this section, "class IV installation" means that term as defined in section 13301 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13301.

History: Add. 1980, Act 247, Eff. Oct. 1, 1981; Am. 2006, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.115 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.115
Contested election; removal of ballots by commissioners, notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 115.

The commissioners, as herein provided for, shall give public notice of the time when they will appear at each county seat for the purpose of removing the ballots from the ballot boxes, as herein provided, and such removal shall be publicly made in the presence of the county clerk and judge of probate in the office of the county clerk during office hours.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7101 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7101
Uniform commercial code-documents of title; short title of article.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7101.

This article shall be known and may be cited as "uniform commercial code-documents of title".

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.207 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-72-of-1937 / Section 408.207
Gifts, grants, or other aid.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The division may solicit and accept gifts, grants, or other aid from any source, whether public or private.

History: Add. 1988, Act 434, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.3 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-38-of-1883 / Section 123.3
Division of territory; burial grounds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The preceding section of this chapter shall not apply to any cemetery or burying ground belonging to any city or township, but the same shall belong to the city or township within which it may be situated after the division shall have been made.

History: 1883, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 8, 1883; How. 3109d; CL 1897, 3464; CL 1915, 3454; CL 1929, 2336; CL 1948, 123.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 435.254 — MI Code / Chapter 435 / Act Act-66-of-1953 / Section 435.254
Applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

This act shall not apply to counties having a population under 130,000 inhabitants according to the latest or each succeeding federal decennial census.

History: 1953, Act 66, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.1051 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-493-of-2008 / Section 3.1051
Compact.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The governor of this state may enter into a compact as described in this act on behalf of the state of Michigan with any of the states of the United States who legally join in that compact.

History: 2008, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13735 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13735
Notice of release of waste; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13735.

A generator, carrier, processor, and collector shall be responsible for giving immediate oral notice to the department, the law enforcement agency and governing body of the municipality and county in which a release occurs, the local monitoring committee of the host site community, and the authority regarding any known release of waste in this state. Within 10 days after the release, a written report shall be submitted by the generator, carrier, processor, or collector to the department, the local monitoring committee, and the authority, which shall include all of the following information:

The date, time, and location of the release.

The cause, nature, and details of the release.

The remedial actions, if any, taken to effectuate corrective measures and to mitigate the impact of the release.

The measures to be taken to prevent the occurrence of future releases.

Other information as may be required by the department.

History: Add. 1987, Act 203, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5509 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5509
Summary suspension of license; order; affidavit; administrative proceedings; petition to dissolve order; hearing; granting request; exception; record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 509.

(1) After an investigation is conducted, the department may issue an order summarily suspending a license issued under this act based on an affidavit by an individual who is familiar with the facts set forth in the affidavit, or, if appropriate, based on an affidavit made on information and belief, that an imminent threat to the public health, safety, and welfare exists. After a summary suspension order is issued under this section, the department shall promptly commence the administrative proceedings described in this article to determine what additional administrative action is appropriate.

(2) If a person's license is summarily suspended under this section, the person may petition the department to dissolve the order. If it receives a petition under this subsection, the department shall immediately schedule a hearing to decide whether to grant or deny the request to dissolve the order.

(3) An administrative law hearings examiner shall grant a request to dissolve a summary suspension order made under subsection (2), unless sufficient evidence is presented that an imminent threat to the public health, safety, and welfare exists that requires emergency action and continuation of the director's summary suspension order.

(4) The record created at the hearing to dissolve a summary suspension order shall become part of the record on the complaint at a subsequent contested case hearing.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.67 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-39-of-1889 / Section 455.67
Assessment; collection from members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Whenever the real estate of any such association and the cottages and buildings thereon shall be assessed to the association and taxes paid as provided in the last preceding section, the association may assess, levy and collect from its several lessees, owners of cottages and buildings, such fair and just proportion of the taxes thus levied and paid as the value of such cottages and buildings shall bear to the total valuation of such real estate assessed in the manner aforesaid, such assessment and levy to be made in the manner hereinafter provided, and the amount to be paid by any such owner or lessee when so fixed and determined shall constitute and be a debt against such owner of and a lien upon the cottage or building thus assessed, payable with interest as hereinafter provided, and the association may enforce the payment thereof in the same manner as in the case of non-payment of rent or non-performance of any condition in the lease under which said lessee holds, and no transfer or assignment of any such lease shall be valid until such assessment or tax is paid.

History: Add. 1901, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1901; CL 1915, 10078; CL 1929, 10343; CL 1948, 455.67
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.4404 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.4404
Payment of checks more than 6 months old.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4404.

A bank is under no obligation to a customer having a checking account to pay a check, other than a certified check, which is presented more than 6 months after its date, but it may charge its customer's account for a payment made thereafter in good faith.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.733 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-174-of-2013 / Section 460.733
Compliance by individual engaged in farming operation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

An individual engaged in a farming operation on a farm shall comply with this act beginning May 1, 2014.

History: 2013, Act 174, Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.257 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-60-of-1962 / Section 801.257
Reduction of term.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Except as provided in section 5 of the prisoner reimbursement to the county act and section 5a of chapter 171 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 801.5a of the Michigan Compiled Laws, a prisoner may receive, if approved by the court, a reduction of 1/4 of his or her term if his or her conduct, diligence, and general attitude merit such reduction.

History: 1962, Act 60, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963; Am. 1982, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1982; Am. 1984, Act 120, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 52.114 — MI Code / Chapter 52 / Act Act-345-of-1919 / Section 52.114
Coroners in counties over 250,000; deputy, appointment, powers, compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Each of the said coroners shall, as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory act, appoint 1 deputy coroner who shall hold office during the pleasure of said appointing coroner and who shall act under the direction of the coroner appointing him and whose term of office in all cases shall expire at the expiration of the term of office of the appointing coroner. Any deputy coroner shall have power to perform any and all duties of the coroner. The salary of each deputy coroner shall be fixed by the board of supervisors of such county in a sum not less than $2,500.00 per annum, and said salaries shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries of other county employees: Provided, however, That in counties having a population of 250,000 inhabitants and upwards, but not exceeding 500,000, the salary of each deputy coroner shall be fixed by the board of supervisors of such county in a sum not less than $1,200.00 per annum.

History: 1919, Act 345, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 1367; Am. 1941, Act 158, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 52.114; Am. 1953, Act 145, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8423 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8423
Separate action by defendant; transmittal fee; transfer of cause.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8423.

If a defendant in a small claims action has a claim against the plaintiff, which claim is for an amount over the jurisdiction of the small claims division but of a nature which would be subject to counterclaim in accordance with rules of the supreme court, he may commence an action against the plaintiff in a court of competent jurisdiction and file with the clerk or deputy clerk of the small claims division wherein the plaintiff has commenced his action, at or before the time set for the trial of the small claims action, an affidavit in a form prescribed by the supreme court setting forth the fact of the commencement of such action by the defendant. He shall attach to the affidavit a true copy of the complaint filed by him against plaintiff, and pay to the clerk or deputy clerk the sum of $1.00 for a transmittal fee, and shall mail to the plaintiff a copy of the affidavit and complaint at or before the time above stated. Thereupon the judge of the small claims division shall order that the small claims action shall be transferred to the court set forth in the affidavit and he shall transmit all files and papers in the action to the other court and the actions shall then be tried together in the other court.

The plaintiff in the small claims action shall not be required to pay to the clerk of the court to which the action is transferred any transmittal, appearance or filing fee in the action.

History: Add. 1968, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.733 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.733
Board of public works; officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The board of public works shall elect each year during the month of January from its own membership, a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary, and also at such time shall elect a deputy secretary who may or may not be a member of the board.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.1021 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-260-of-2003 / Section 211.1021
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "tax reverted clean title act".

History: 2003, Act 260, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.4706 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-23-of-1993 / Section 450.4706
Abandoning plan of merger; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 706.

Unless a plan of merger provides otherwise, at any time before the effective date of a certificate of merger, the merger may be abandoned in accordance with the procedure set forth in the plan of merger or, if no procedure to abandon the merger is set forth in the plan of merger, by the unanimous vote of the members entitled to vote in each domestic limited liability company that is a constituent entity, unless an operating agreement of a domestic limited liability company provides otherwise.

If a certificate of merger has been filed by a constituent domestic limited liability company, it shall file a certificate of abandonment within 10 days after the abandonment but not later than the effective date of the certificate of merger.

History: 1993, Act 23, Eff. June 1, 1993; Am. 1994, Act 410, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1994; Am. 1997, Act 52, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1327 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1327
Jurors; selection; time; notice; witnesses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1327.

The selection of jurors shall take place in public within the time limit fixed by the chief circuit judge and at a time and place designated by the board. At the time and place appointed, the clerk or the clerk's deptuy and a judge or an elected official other than the clerk, as designated by the chief judge, shall attend to witness and assist in the selection of jurors.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1969, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 1, 1969; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21501 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21501
Definitions and principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21501.

(1) As used in this part:

(a) "Aircraft transport vehicle" means that term as defined in section 20902.

(b) "Ambulance" means that term as defined in section 20902.

(c) "Emergency patient" means that term as defined in section 20904.

(d) "Group health plan" means an employer program of health benefits, including an employee welfare benefit plan as defined in section 3(1) of subtitle A of title I of the employee retirement income security act of 1974, Public Law 93-406, 29 USC 1002, to the extent that the plan provides medical care, including items and services paid for as medical care to employees or their dependents as defined under the terms of the plan directly or through insurance, reimbursement, or otherwise.

(e) "Health benefit plan" means a group health plan, an individual or group expense-incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy or certificate, or an individual or group health maintenance organization contract. Health benefit plan does not include accident-only, credit, dental, or disability income insurance; long-term care insurance; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance; coverage only for a specified disease or illness; worker's compensation or similar insurance; or automobile medical-payment insurance.

(f) "Nonemergency patient" means that term as defined in section 20908.

(g) "Participating provider" means a provider that, under contract with an insurer that issues health benefit plans, or with such an insurer's contractor or subcontractor, has agreed to provide health care services to covered individuals and to accept payment by the insurer, contractor, or subcontractor for covered services as payment in full, other than coinsurance, copayments, or deductibles.

(h) "Patient's representative" means any of the following:

( i ) A person to whom a patient has given express written consent to represent the patient.

( ii ) A person authorized by law to provide consent for a patient.

( iii ) A patient's treating health professional, but only if the patient is unable to provide consent.

(i) "Rural emergency hospital" means a hospital that is designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to offer rural emergency hospital services.

(j) "Rural emergency hospital services" means that term as defined in 42 USC 1395x.

(k) "Third party administrator" means that term as defined in section 2 of the third party administrator act, 1984 PA 218, MCL 550.902.

(2) In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code and part 201 contains definitions applicable to this part.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2018, Act 384, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019; Am. 2022, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 3 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 3
Representatives, number, term; contiguity of districts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The house of representatives shall consist of 110 members elected for two-year terms from single member districts apportioned on a basis of population as provided in this article.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 3, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. Initiated Law, approved Nov. 6, 2018, Eff. Dec. 22, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VII § 15 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VII § 15
County intervention in public utility service and rate proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Any county, when authorized by its board of supervisors shall have the authority to enter or to intervene in any action or certificate proceeding involving the services, charges or rates of any privately owned public utility furnishing services or commodities to rate payers within the county.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 15, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6510 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6510
Commencement of business; pool not subject to MCL 500.410.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6510.

A limited liability pool shall not commence business under this chapter until all of the following are met:

The pool has procured bona fide applications for insurance together with the first premium in cash from at least 50 eligible persons for the business or class of businesses or profession or class of professions as defined in section 6506 which the pool undertakes to write.

The secretary and treasurer have given good and sufficient bonds, approved by the commissioner, to the pool to be held by the president of the pool, for the faithful performance of their duties, which bonds shall each be in an amount at least twice the amount of money liable to come into the hands of such officer at any 1 time.

The pool has accrued a contingency reserve deposit as defined and described in section 6534.

The pool has met the insurer requirements provided in section 411.

The commissioner, after receipt of satisfactory proof as to compliance with these and such other requirements as he or she considers essential, has issued a certificate of authority to the pool.

A limited liability pool formed under this chapter shall not be subject to the requirement provided in section 410.

History: Add. 1986, Act 173, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3101 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-135-of-1986 / Section 338.3101
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 101.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "asbestos abatement contractors licensing act".

History: 1986, Act 135, Eff. July 2, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.702 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.702
Official ballots; placing of name to fill vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 702.

The name of a candidate to fill a vacancy in any office shall be placed in the appropriate place on the ballot, regard being had to its being a state, congressional, legislative or county office.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955