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Mich. Comp. Laws § 55.265 — MI Code / Chapter 55 / Act Act-238-of-2003 / Section 55.265
Definitions; J to R.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

As used in this act:

(a) "Jurat" means a certification by a notary public that a signer, whose identity is personally known to the notary public or proven on the basis of satisfactory evidence, has made in the presence of the notary public a voluntary signature and taken an oath or affirmation vouching for the truthfulness of the signed record.

(b) "Lineal ancestor" means an individual who is in the direct line of ascent including, but not limited to, a parent or grandparent.

(c) "Lineal descendant" means an individual who is in the direct line of descent including, but not limited to, a child or grandchild.

(d) "Notarial act" means any of the following:

( i ) An act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic record, that a notary public commissioned in this state is authorized to perform including, but not limited to, taking an acknowledgment, administering an oath or affirmation, taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, or witnessing or attesting a signature performed in compliance with this act.

( ii ) An act described in subparagraph ( i ) that is performed in another jurisdiction and meets the requirements of section 25a.

(e) "Notify" means to communicate or send a message by a recognized mail, delivery service, or electronic means.

(f) "Official misconduct" means 1 or more of the following:

( i ) The exercise of power or the performance of a duty that is unauthorized, unlawful, abusive, negligent, reckless, or injurious.

( ii ) The charging of a fee that exceeds the maximum amount authorized by law.

(g) "Person" means an individual or a corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, partnership, trust, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(h) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(i) "Remote electronic notarization platform" means any combination of technology that enables a notary public to perform a notarial act remotely; that allows the notary public to communicate by sight and sound with the individual for whom he or she is performing the notarial act, and witnesses, if applicable, by means of audio and visual communication; and that includes features to conduct credential analysis and identity proofing.

(j) "Revocation" means the termination of a notary public's commission to perform notarial acts.

History: 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004; Am. 2006, Act 426, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006; Am. 2018, Act 360, Eff. Mar. 12, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2651 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2651
Abandonment of amendment; certificate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 651.

Before the effective date of an amendment to the articles of incorporation for which shareholder, member, or director approval is required by this act, the amendment may be abandoned pursuant to provisions therefor, if any, set forth in the resolution of the shareholders, members, or directors approving the amendment. If a certificate of amendment has been filed by the corporation, it shall file a certificate of abandonment, but not later than the proposed effective date within 10 days after the abandonment.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.904 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-4-of-1947 / Section 35.904
Serial bonds and notes; exemption from taxation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

All serial bonds and serial notes issued under the provisions of this act, and interest thereon, shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or by any municipality or political subdivision thereof.

History: 1947, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Feb. 6, 1947; CL 1948, 35.904
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.7a — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-35-of-1951 / Section 124.7a
Submission and review of intergovernmental contract; filing copy of coverage document; aggregate excess insurance or deposit; filing and review of copy of aggregate excess insurance contract; cash reserves.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

When 2 or more municipal corporations have formed a group self-insurance pool by an intergovernmental contract pursuant to section 5, the group self-insurance pool shall immediately submit a copy of the intergovernmental contract to the commissioner of insurance. The commissioner of insurance shall review it for compliance with this act.

A copy of each coverage document form issued by the pool shall be filed with the commissioner of insurance.

Each group self-insurance pool shall maintain aggregate excess insurance or a deposit with the state treasurer of unimpaired surplus which aggregate excess insurance or deposit shall be used in the event that the pool's resources are exhausted in a given fiscal period. The aggregate excess insurance or deposit, or combination of aggregate excess insurance and deposit shall be, at a minimum, in the amount of $5,000,000.00 unless the commissioner determines a lesser amount of aggregate excess insurance would be adequate. A copy of the aggregate excess insurance contract obtained by a group self-insurance pool pursuant to this section shall be filed with the commissioner of insurance who shall review it for compliance with this act.

A group self-insurance pool shall set aside cash reserves that are adequate for the payment of claims.

History: Add. 1988, Act 36, Eff. July 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.585 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-186-of-1989 / Section 45.585
Solid waste service; consent of public corporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A county shall not furnish solid waste service to any users within a public corporation without the consent of the public corporation.

History: 1989, Act 186, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.834 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-305-of-2000 / Section 450.834
Applicability of act; commencement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

This act applies to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after the effective date of this act.

History: 2000, Act 305, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5609 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5609
Agreeing to fact by stipulation or finding of act violation; costs of investigation and prosecution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 609.

If the parties in a contested case under article 5 agree to any fact involved in the controversy by stipulation or there is a finding of fact and conclusion of law in an action under that article that a person has violated this act, the hearings examiner shall assess costs related to the investigation of the violation and costs related to the prosecution of the action. The costs related to the investigation and prosecution include, but are not limited to, salaries and benefits of personnel, costs related to the time spent by the attorney general's office and other personnel working on the action, and any other expenses incurred by the department for the action.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.181 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-18-of-1869 / Section 4.181
Witnesses before legislative committees; compensation, mileage allowance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Whenever any witness shall be subpoenaed to appear before a committee of the legislature by authority of either branch thereof the compensation of such witness shall be $5.00 for each day, or any portion thereof, and for traveling at the rate of 15 cents per mile in going to the place of attendance to be computed from the residence of such witness, and the amount of compensation due to such witness shall be paid in the same manner as other legislative expenses are paid, out of moneys appropriated to the legislature.

History: 1869, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1869; CL 1871, 25; How. 66; CL 1897, 14; CL 1915, 28; CL 1929, 55; CL 1948, 4.181; Am. 1957, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.14 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-385-of-1927 / Section 26.14
Separate contract for printing and sale of former volumes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

In any publication for and letting of contracts, the board of state auditors shall let as a separate part of such contract the publication of reports from the plates of former volumes owned by the state, as now provided by law, the same to be published and bound in like manner, style, and quality, and put and kept on sale, at such separate contract price in like manner as new reports.

History: 1927, Act 385, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 536; CL 1948, 26.14
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.928 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.928
Board of law examiners; meetings, quorum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 928.

The board of law examiners shall meet at least once in each year at such times and places as the chairman shall determine for the purpose of investigating, examining, hearing, and passing upon the qualifications of applicants for admission to the bar, and to transact such other business as may come before the board. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The action of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the board.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.2116 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-345-of-2016 / Section 257.2116
Enactment of ordinances and regulations by airport; "airport" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

An airport may enact ordinances and regulations governing a limousine carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation network company that adopt reasonable procedures and fees for operations conducted by that limousine carrier, taxicab carrier, or transportation network company on airport property. An ordinance or regulation described in this section shall be consistent with industry standards, shall not impose requirements that have the effect of unreasonably impeding service, and shall not duplicate or contradict the requirements of this act. As used in this section, "airport" means 1 of the following:

(a) An airport as that term is defined in section 2 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.2.

(b) A public airport authority created under section 110 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.110.

(c) A regional airport authority created under section 137 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.137.

(d) A community airport created under section 1 of 1957 PA 206, MCL 259.621.

(e) An airport authority created under section 1 of 1970 PA 73, MCL 259.801.

History: 2016, Act 345, Eff. Mar. 21, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.9 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.9
Report of board proceedings; report of receipts and expenditures; annual report; publication; public inspection and copying.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The county board of commissioners shall cause to be made out immediately after each session a report of the proceedings of the board at that session and shall do 1 of the following:

Publish the full report as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.

Publish a synopsis of the proceedings of the board as soon as possible after each session in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county. A statement shall be included within the synopsis that a full report is available from the office of the county clerk upon request.

Make the report available as soon as possible after each session in the office of the county clerk for public inspection and copying without charge, mail copies of the report upon request without charge, and advertise that the report is available from the office of the county clerk in at least 1 well-established newspaper in the county or, if there is not a well-established newspaper in the county, in a newspaper published in a county adjacent to that county.

The board shall make available immediately after each session a report of receipts and expenditures which shall include a statement of the name of each claimant with the amount claimed and the amount allowed for that claimant, and a full statement of the amounts of the treasurer's account on the last settlement as found on the treasurer's balance sheet or account current to the last settlement. This report shall be available for public inspection and copying without charge at the office of the county clerk. The county clerk shall also send a copy of this report to the news media.

The board may publish an annual report in pamphlet form containing the reports described in subsections (1) and (2). The number of copies as directed by the board shall be prepared and a copy shall be obtainable by a taxpayer without charge upon demand from the county clerk. Regardless of whether an annual report is published in pamphlet form, an annual report shall be prepared and shall be open to public inspection and copying at the office of the county clerk.

History: 1851, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1851; CL 1857, 343; CL 1871, 475; How. 481; Am. 1887, Act 281, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887; CL 1897, 2482; CL 1915, 2272; Am. 1929, Act 130, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 1128; CL 1948, 46.9; Am. 1976, Act 86, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1976; Am. 1978, Act 51, Eff. Mar. 30, 1979; Am. 1982, Act 344, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.41512 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.41512
Trespassers; officers to protect possession; operation of statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41512.

A person who has located upon or occupied or in the future locates upon or occupies any part of the park set aside in section 41508, except as provided in this subpart, is a trespasser against the state, and an action may be brought against the person in the name of the people of the state by the prosecuting attorney or the board of supervisors of any county in which the trespass occurs, and no statute of limitations shall be considered operative against the state so as to bar any suit or proceeding brought by or on behalf of the state regarding the possession of these swamp or submerged lands.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 485.210 — MI Code / Chapter 485 / Act Act-91-of-1887 / Section 485.210
Condemnation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Whenever any such corporation shall desire to take or flow any lands or property in the construction of the works or improvements authorized by this act, when no agreement can be made with the owners thereof, the like proceedings shall be had and taken as is provided in an act entitled, "An act to provide for the formation of companies to construct plank roads, approved April 8, 1851, and the acts amendatory thereto."

History: 1887, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1887; How. 3873j; CL 1897, 6759; CL 1915, 8859; CL 1929, 11794; CL 1948, 485.210
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71104 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71104
Tax refund; claim; invoice; payment; false statement; forfeiture; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71104.

The purchaser of gasoline or diesel fuel for the operation of vessels excepted by section 71101 is entitled to a refund of tax paid on that gasoline or diesel fuel, upon filing a sworn claim with the department of treasury, upon forms prescribed and furnished by it, within 6 months from the date of purchase, as shown by the invoice. The retail distributor shall furnish a purchaser with an invoice showing the amount of gasoline or diesel fuel purchased, the date of the purchase, and the total amount of tax paid on the purchase. Each dealer or distributor shall keep a copy of the invoices issued for a period of 2 years subject to examination by the department of treasury. Each claim for refund shall have attached to the claim the original invoice received by the purchaser and, when approved by the department of treasury, the claims shall be paid out of the state waterways fund upon warrant of the department of treasury.

A person who makes a false statement in a claim or invoice presented to the department of treasury, or who presents to the department of treasury a claim or invoice containing a false statement, or who collects or causes to be paid to the person or any other person a refund without being entitled to the refund, shall forfeit the full amount of the claim and is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 585, Eff. Mar. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 431.309b — MI Code / Chapter 431 / Act Act-279-of-1995 / Section 431.309b
Point of sale device or automatic teller machine service located on license holder's premises; preventing access to cash benefits from Michigan bridge card; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9b.

(1) The holder of a track license shall work with the department of human services and with persons that provide point of sale device or automated teller machine services on the license holder's premises to prevent an individual's access to cash benefits from Michigan bridge cards through a point of sale device or withdrawal from an automated teller machine on the license holder's premises.

(2) As used in this section, "Michigan bridge card" means the card that is used to distribute cash benefits by the department of human services.

History: Add. 2013, Act 198, Eff. Feb. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.30 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Act-239-of-1972 / Section 432.30
Falsely making, altering, forging, uttering, passing, or counterfeiting lottery ticket; violation as felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

A person, with the intent to defraud, shall not falsely make, alter, forge, utter, pass, or counterfeit a state lottery ticket or share.

A person, with the intent to defraud, shall not falsely make, alter, forge, utter, pass, or counterfeit a ticket or share of any joint enterprise entered into by the commissioner.

A person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

History: 1972, Act 239, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1972; Am. 1996, Act 95, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 1996, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.35 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-167-of-2008 / Section 460.35
Election to become member-regulated; overturn of proposal by members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The members of a cooperative that has elected to become member-regulated may overturn the proposal adopted by the board of directors by complying with the following:

(a) An election to overturn the vote by the board of directors to be member-regulated shall be called not less than 120 days after receipt of a valid petition signed by 5% or 750 members of the cooperative, whichever is less.

(b) The proposition to overturn the vote by the board of directors to be member-regulated shall be presented to a meeting of the members of the cooperative, the notice of which shall set forth the proposition for member-regulation and the time and place of the meeting. The cooperative shall deliver written notice to members not less than 21 days or more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice shall be sent in the same manner as the notice for the meeting at which the proposal was acted upon. The cooperative shall pay the costs to notify the members of an election under this subdivision.

(c) Voting on the proposition to overturn the vote by the board of directors to be member-regulated shall be by mail ballot, and internet, provided members attending the meeting provided for in subdivision (b) may execute and deliver their ballot to the cooperative during or at the conclusion of the meeting. Proxy voting shall not be permitted.

(d) If the proposition to overturn the vote by the board of directors to be member-regulated is approved by the affirmative vote of not less than 2/3 of the members voting on the proposition, and at least 10% of the total number of members cast a vote, the cooperative shall notify the commission in writing of the results within 10 days after the date of the election, and the cooperative shall no longer be member-regulated as provided for in this act 90 days following the date of the notice to the commission.

(e) A cooperative's members may vote no more than once every 24 months to overturn the vote by the board of directors to be member-regulated as provided in this act.

(f) If the proposition to overturn the vote by the board of directors to be member-regulated is approved by the members in accordance with this section, the board of directors may not act on a proposal to member-regulate as provided for under section 4 until 36 months from the date notice of the election to overturn the vote of the board of directors was provided to the commission under subdivision (d).

History: 2008, Act 167, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.463 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-182-of-1971 / Section 460.463
Forfeiture of security to pledgee or assignee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A pledge or assignment may allow forfeiture of the security to the pledgee or assignee for default or noncompliance with the terms of the loan.

History: 1971, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 105.3 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 105.3
Condemnation; resolution of council; suit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Whenever the council shall have declared a public improvement to be necessary in the municipality and shall have declared that they deem it necessary to take private property, describing it, for such public improvement, designating it, and that the improvement is for the use or benefit of the public, they shall, by resolution, direct the city attorney to institute the necessary proceedings in behalf of the municipality, before the probate court as they may designate, to carry out the object of the resolution in regard to taking private property by the city for such public use.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; Am. 1899, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1899; CL 1915, 3138; CL 1929, 2062; CL 1948, 105.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1041 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-153-of-1966 / Section 388.1041
State board of education; acceptance and expenditure of federal funds for educational television.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state board of education may take any necessary action consistent with state law to comply with the provisions of Public Law 447 of the 87th Congress, known as the "television broadcasting facilities act of 1962," and with the provisions of Title VII of Public Law 864 of the 85th Congress, as amended, known as the "national defense education act of 1958," and may accept and expend federal funds available under these laws.

History: 1966, Act 153, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2309 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2309
Employment of private counsel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 309.

An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1174 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-100-of-1990 / Section 141.1174
Person aggrieved by rule, denial of claim, or special ruling; appeal; final order; payment; refund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Any person aggrieved by a rule adopted by the administrator, denial in whole or in part of a claim for refund, or a special ruling, may file a timely appeal therefrom to the state commissioner of revenue in such form and manner as the commissioner shall prescribe. Within 30 days after a final order of the commissioner upon the appeal, such person shall pay the city the taxes, interest, and penalty found due to the city, and the city shall refund any amount found to have been overpaid.

History: 1990, Act 100, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1990