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Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.232 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-143-of-1935 / Section 550.232
Applicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The provisions of this act shall apply to any balances unpaid and owing any such insurance companies at the time this act shall take effect, as represented in moneys uncollected by the agent and moneys collected by the agent and deposited in banks now closed, and shall apply to all actions at law or in equity to recover said unpaid balances which are pending in the courts of this state at the time this act shall take effect.

History: 1935, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1935; CL 1948, 550.232
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.555 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-163-of-1962 / Section 287.555
Rules and regulations; inhumane methods.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The director shall administer the provisions of this act. He shall promulgate and may from time to time revise rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.82 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, which shall conform substantially to the rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of agriculture of the United States pursuant to the federal humane slaughter act of 1958, Public Law 85-765, 72 Stat. 862, and any amendments thereto. The use of a manually operated hammer, sledge or poleax is declared to be an inhumane method of slaughter within the meaning of this act.

History: 1962, Act 163, Eff. Mar. 28, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.15 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-59-of-1935 / Section 28.15
Biennial report of commissioner to governor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

On or before the first day of January of each year in which a regular session of the legislature is held, the commissioner shall make and file with the governor a report covering the preceding biennial period, covering the activities of the department and the receipts and disbursements made thereby. Said report shall be accompanied by the recommendations of the commissioner with reference to such changes in the laws applying to or affecting the department as the said commissioner may deem expedient. All salaries and expenses hereby authorized shall be paid in the same manner as the salaries and expenses of other state officers and employes are paid.

History: 1935, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1935; CL 1948, 28.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2471 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2471
Shares as personal property; transfer; applicability of MCL 440.8101 to 440.8601.
Status: in_force

Sec. 471.

The shares of a corporation are personal property. Article 8 of the uniform commercial code, 1962 PA 174, MCL 440.8101 to 440.8601, applies to the transfer of shares only to the extent not inconsistent with this act.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2000, Act 359, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8306 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8306
Power with respect to attachment and garnishment; conditions upon which relief available; compliance with rules; garnishment proceedings as auxiliary actions; fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8306.

Subject to the limitations of jurisdictional amount and venue otherwise applicable in the particular court, the district court and municipal courts shall have the same power with respect to attachment and garnishment as the circuit court.

The conditions upon which relief is available under this section shall be the same as are applicable to actions in the circuit court under section 4001 with respect to attachment and under sections 4011 and 4012 with respect to garnishment.

The district court and municipal courts may exercise the jurisdiction granted by this section only if action is taken in accordance with rules adopted by the supreme court to protect the parties.

In the district court, except where service of a writ of garnishment is a prerequisite to the exercise of jurisdiction under the conditions prescribed in section 4011(3), all garnishment proceedings shall be treated as auxiliary actions to the principal action. The party commencing such a proceeding in the district court shall not be required to pay an additional filing fee or jury fee with respect to that garnishment proceeding. The clerk shall charge and collect a $15.00 service fee for each writ of garnishment, attachment, or execution or for each judgment debtor discovery subpoena issued.

Fees shall not be required with respect to attachment and garnishment except as otherwise provided by law.

History: Add. 1971, Act 41, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972; Am. 1974, Act 371, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975; Am. 1984, Act 278, Eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Am. 1993, Act 189, Eff. Oct. 8, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.42a — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.42a
Coverage of services; determination; penalties and interests.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42a.

If a business entity requests the unemployment agency to determine whether 1 or more individuals performing services for the entity in this state are in covered employment, the unemployment agency shall issue a determination of coverage of services performed by those individuals and any other individuals performing similar services under similar circumstances. If the unemployment agency determines that the services are in covered employment and the unemployment agency received the request on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and before January 1, 2013, wages paid for those services are qualifying wages to determine benefit entitlement with respect to the first 4 of the last 5 calendar quarters ending before the date of the determination. Benefits paid based on amounts determined as a result of this section to be wages in those calendar quarters and that are otherwise chargeable to the experience account of a contributing employer shall be charged instead to the nonchargeable benefits account. Penalties and interest accrue only on contributions or reimbursements in lieu of contributions that are assessed based on wages paid on or after the date of the determination. On and after January 1, 2013, services will be determined in employment in accordance with the provision of section 42 that applies on and after that date.

History: Add. 2011, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2936 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2936
Notification by lessor of delay or allocation; rights of lessee; lapse of lease contract.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A406.

If the lessee receives notification of a material or indefinite delay or an allocation justified under section 2A405, the lessee may by written notification to the lessor as to any goods involved, and with respect to all of the goods if under an installment lease contract the value of the whole lease contract is substantially impaired (section 2A510) may do either of the following:

Terminate the lease contract (section 2A505(2)).

Except in a finance lease that is not a consumer lease, modify the lease contract by accepting the available quota in substitution, with due allowance from the rent payable for the balance of the lease term for the deficiency but without further right against the lessor.

If, after receipt of a notification from the lessor under section 2A405, the lessee fails so to modify the lease agreement within a reasonable time not exceeding 30 days, the lease contract lapses with respect to any deliveries affected.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7403 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7403
Delivery; exceptions; satisfaction of bailee's lien; cancellation or indication of partial delivery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7403.

(1) A bailee shall deliver the goods to a person entitled under a document of title if the person complies with subsections (2) and (3), unless and to the extent that the bailee establishes any of the following:

(a) Delivery of the goods to a person whose receipt was rightful as against the claimant.

(b) Damages to or delay, loss, or destruction of the goods for which the bailee is not liable.

(c) Previous sale or other disposition of the goods in lawful enforcement of a lien or on a warehouse's lawful termination of storage.

(d) The exercise by a seller of its right to stop delivery pursuant to section 2705 or by a lessor of its right to stop delivery pursuant to section 2A526.

(e) A diversion, reconsignment, or other disposition pursuant to section 7303.

(f) Release, satisfaction, or any other personal defense against the claimant.

(g) Any other lawful excuse.

(2) A person claiming goods covered by a document of title shall satisfy the bailee's lien if the bailee so requests or if the bailee is prohibited by law from delivering the goods until the charges are paid.

(3) Unless a person claiming the goods is a person against which the document of title does not confer a right under section 7503(1), both of the following apply:

(a) The person claiming under a document shall surrender possession or control of any outstanding negotiable document covering the goods for cancellation or indication of partial deliveries.

(b) The bailee shall cancel the document or conspicuously indicate in the document the partial delivery or the bailee is liable to any person to which the document is duly negotiated.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1401 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1401
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 401.

For purposes of this article, the words and phrases defined in sections 402 to 404 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47346 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47346
Pike Bay and Island Harbor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47346.

A person shall not take or catch fish of any kind with gill nets, trap nets, pound nets, seines, or other device of any kind, except hook and line, in that part of upper Lake Huron known as Pike Bay and Island Harbor within a line drawn from the most southerly point of section 17, town 41 north, range 5 east, on Drummond Island to the most westerly point of Espanore Island; thence southerly and easterly along the shore to the most southerly point of said Espanore Island; thence due east to the mainland of Drummond Island. However, a person may use spears through the ice of those waters during the months of January and February for taking carp, suckers, mullet, redhorse, sheepshead, lake trout, smelt, northern pike, muskellunge, sturgeon, whitefish, ciscoes, pilot fish or menominee whitefish, catfish, bullheads, herring, perch, pike-perch, shad, dogfish, and garpike.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.1505 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.1505
Inspection; sampling process; exceptions; report; explanation and reasons; opportunity to provide comments; "department" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1505.

(1) The department shall use a fair and equitable sampling process to select persons whose operations or facilities will be inspected.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

(a) An inspection performed in response to a complaint from a third party.

(b) An inspection performed because the department has evidence that a violation has occurred.

(c) A follow-up inspection to determine whether violations identified in a previous inspection have been corrected.

(d) An inspection required for the issuance of a permit.

(e) Any inspection otherwise required under state or federal law.

(3) The department shall annually submit to the legislature a report on all of the following:

(a) The methods used to comply with this section.

(b) The number of inspections subject to subsection (1) and the number of inspections described in subsection (2) that were performed by the department during the prior year.

(4) Before conducting an inspection under this act, the department shall provide the person whose operation or facility will be inspected with both of the following:

(a) An explanation of the person's rights and responsibilities with respect to the inspection.

(b) The reasons for conducting the inspection.

(5) After conducting an inspection under this act, the department shall give the person whose operation or facility was inspected an opportunity to provide comments to the department on the quality of the inspection and the professionalism of the inspector.

(6) As used in this section, "department" means the department of environmental quality.

History: Add. 2011, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.11 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.11
Formation of community college district; approval.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), 1 or more counties may join to form a community college district by a majority vote of the electors residing in the proposed district. Before the election is held, the board or joint boards of education of the intermediate school districts of the counties affected must obtain the approval of the formation of the proposed community college district and the proposed maximum annual tax rate from the superintendent of public instruction.

(2) For the purposes of this chapter, a county may form a community college district even though a portion of that county is a part of an existing community college district. That portion of the county shall not be included in the area of the proposed community college district and the electors who reside in that portion of the county are not eligible to vote at the organizational election or at any succeeding community college district elections.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966; Am. 2016, Act 374, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.1857 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-187-of-1990 / Section 257.1857
Driver of school bus at railroad track grade crossing; requirements; “inactive railroad track” defined; exemptions; violation as civil infraction; fine; processing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 57.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), (4), and (5), the driver of a school bus, before crossing a railroad track at grade, shall stop the vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail, activate hazard warning lights, turn off all interior switches including fans, heaters, and radios, open the passenger door and driver-side window, and while stopped shall listen and look in both directions along the track for an approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and shall not proceed until the driver can do so safely. After stopping as required in this subsection, and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of the vehicle shall cross only in a gear of the vehicle that does not require changing gears while traversing the crossing. The driver shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.

(2) A stop need not be made at a railroad track grade crossing where a uniformed police officer or a traffic-control signal directs traffic to proceed.

(3) A stop need not be made at an inactive railroad track grade crossing. As used in this subsection, "inactive railroad track" means a railroad track that meets both of the following requirements:

(a) The track has been completely paved over or removed.

(b) All signs, signals, and other warning devices are removed.

(4) A stop shall not be made at a railroad track grade crossing on a freeway or limited access highway where the crossing is protected by a clearly visible signal, crossing gate, or barrier at a time when the signal, crossing gate, or barrier is not activated.

(5) A stop shall not be made at a railroad grade crossing marked with a sign reading "exempt". Exempt signs may be erected only by or with the consent of the state transportation department after notice to and an opportunity to be heard by the primary railroad operating over that crossing.

(6) A person who violates this section is responsible for a civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $100.00. A civil infraction under this subsection shall be processed in the same manner as a civil infraction under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

History: 1990, Act 187, Eff. Aug. 15, 1990; Am. 1996, Act 170, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1996; Am. 2006, Act 108, Eff. Aug. 15, 2006; Am. 2015, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.686a — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.686a
Authority to impose a lien for taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 86a.

(1) Notwithstanding section 86, a city that has entered into an agreement with the department pursuant to section 9 of chapter 1 may recover the tax with interest and penalties without a judgment or order from a court of competent jurisdiction by imposing a lien as provided under this section. A lien imposed pursuant to this section is a lien in favor of the city against all property and rights of property, both real and personal, tangible and intangible, owned at the time the lien attaches, or afterwards acquired by any person liable for the tax, to secure the payment of the tax. The lien shall attach to the property from and after the date that any report or return on which the tax is levied is required to be filed and shall continue for 7 years after the date of attachment. The lien may be extended for another 7 years by refiling under subsection (2) if the refiling is done within 6 months prior to the expiration date of the original 7-year period.

(2) The lien imposed by this section shall take precedence over all other liens and encumbrances, except bona fide liens recorded before the date the lien under this ordinance is recorded. However, bona fide liens recorded before the lien under this ordinance is recorded shall take precedence only to the extent of disbursements made under a financing arrangement before the forty-sixth day after the date of the tax lien recording or before the person making the disbursements had actual knowledge of a tax lien recording under this ordinance, whichever is earlier. A lien shall be recorded and discharged in the same manner required for a state tax lien under the state tax lien registration act, 1968 PA 203, MCL 211.681 to 211.687.

(3) A purchaser or succeeding purchaser of property, from a taxpayer in other than the ordinary course of business, against which a lien has been properly recorded as provided under subsection (2) is personally liable for the unpaid taxes that are due on the lien. The purchaser's liability is limited to the value of the property less any proceeds that were applied to balances due on secured interests which are superior to the lien recorded under subsection (2).

History: Add. 2018, Act 456, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2018; Am. 2023, Act 195, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.835 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-305-of-2000 / Section 450.835
Scope of act; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.

This act applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties' conduct.

A party that agrees to conduct a transaction by electronic means may refuse to conduct other transactions by electronic means. The right granted by this subsection may not be waived by agreement.

Unless otherwise prohibited by this act, a provision of this act may be varied by agreement.

Whether an electronic record or electronic signature has legal consequences is determined by this act and other applicable law.

History: 2000, Act 305, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.367 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-343-of-1984 / Section 752.367
Applicability of MCL 752.365.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Section 5 does not apply to the dissemination of obscene material by any of the following:

An individual who disseminates obscene material in the course of his or her duties as an employee of, or as a member of the board of directors of, any of the following:

A public or private college, university, or vocational school.

A library established by this state or a library established by a county, city, township, village, or other local unit of government or authority or combination of local units of government and authorities or a library established by a community college district.

A public or private not for profit art museum that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

An individual who disseminates obscene material in the course of the individual's employment and does not have discretion with regard to that dissemination or is not involved in the management of the employer.

Any portion of a business regulated by the federal communications commission.

A cable television operator that is subject to the communications act of 1934, chapter 652, 48 Stat. 1064.

History: 1984, Act 343, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1992, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.251 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.251
Recorded plats; evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 251.

A certified copy of the recorded plat in the register of deeds office shall be received in all courts in this state as prima facie evidence of the making and recording of the plat in conformity with the provisions of this act.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.862 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.862
Error in canvass or returns of votes; recount petition by candidate; good-faith belief in winning.
Status: in_force

Sec. 862.

A candidate for office who believes that the candidate is aggrieved on account of error in the canvass or returns of the votes may petition for a recount of the votes cast for that office in any precinct or precincts. A candidate is aggrieved if the candidate is able to allege a good-faith belief that, but for error in the canvass or returns of the votes, the candidate would have had a reasonable chance of winning the election. If a candidate for office files a recount petition, that candidate must file that recount petition in good faith and the number of votes requested to be recounted must, at a minimum, be greater than the difference in votes between the petitioning candidate and the winning candidate. The candidate must use the form as required under section 865(1).

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1958, Act 192, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958; Am. 1976, Act 141, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1976; Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2018, Act 128, Eff. Aug. 1, 2018; Am. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025