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Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.732 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.732
Tax tribunal; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

The tribunal's powers include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Affirming, reversing, modifying, or remanding a final decision, finding, ruling, determination, or order of an agency.

(b) Ordering the payment or refund of taxes in a matter over which it may acquire jurisdiction.

(c) Granting other relief or issuing writs, orders, or directives that it deems necessary or appropriate in the process of disposition of a matter over which it may acquire jurisdiction.

(d) Promulgating rules for the implementation of this act, including rules for practice and procedure before the tribunal and for mediation as provided in section 47, under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

(e) Mediating a proceeding before the tribunal.

(f) Certifying mediators to facilitate claims in the court of claims and in the tribunal.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974; Am. 2008, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 730.261 — MI Code / Chapter 730 / Act Act-288-of-1929 / Section 730.261
Venire delivered to constable; notice to jurors, return.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The clerk of the justice court shall deliver to 1 of the constables, or in their absence, to a deputy sheriff, a venire containing the names and places of residence of the several jurors and specify for what term of court said jurors were drawn. The constable or deputy sheriff to whom such venire shall have been delivered, shall serve a personal notice upon each of the persons whose names are contained in such venire by making out a written notice to each such person and enclosing the same in a sealed envelope addressed to such person at his last known place of residence, which written notice enclosed in said envelope and addressed to the person summoned, shall be sent to his last known place of residence by registered mail at least 5 days before the first day of the term of court for which he is to serve, with a demand in writing on said envelope for a return registry receipt. Said constable or deputy sheriff shall make and file a return with the clerk of the justice court at the opening of the term for which said jurors have been summoned, specifying to whom said notice has been sent and attaching to his said return the returned registry receipts demanded and received from the persons so summoned.

History: 1929, Act 288, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 16507; CL 1948, 730.261
Mich. Comp. Laws § 555.101 — MI Code / Chapter 555 / Act Act-174-of-1941 / Section 555.101
Short title; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "collective investment funds act".

(2) As used in this act:

(a) "Collective investment fund" means a fund maintained by a financial institution or by 1 or more affiliated financial institutions that consists solely of assets of retirement, pension, profit sharing, stock bonus, or other trusts that are exempt from federal income tax.

(b) "Common trust fund" means a fund maintained by a financial institution or 1 or more affiliated financial institutions exclusively for the collective investment and reinvestment of money contributed to the fund by the financial institution or the affiliated financial institutions in its capacity as a fiduciary or cofiduciary.

(c) "Fiduciary" means a financial institution or other person acting in the capacity of guardian, conservator, personal representative, or trustee, either solely or together with others, or custodian under a uniform gift or transfer to minors act of any state.

(d) "Financial institution" means any of the following:

( i ) A state bank, national bank, state or federally chartered savings and loan association or savings bank that is authorized to act in a fiduciary capacity in this state.

( ii ) A wholly owned subsidiary of an entity described in subparagraph ( i ) that is authorized to act in a fiduciary capacity in this state.

( iii ) An entity authorized to act in a fiduciary capacity in any other state that is a member of an affiliated group within the meaning of section 1504 of the internal revenue code of 1986 that includes any of the entities described in subparagraph ( i ) or ( ii ).

(e) "Fund" means a common trust fund or a collective investment fund.

(f) "Plan" means the written plan for a fund described in section 4.

History: 1941, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 555.101; Am. 1978, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978; Am. 1984, Act 101, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1984; Am. 2004, Act 586, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.172 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-368-of-1925 / Section 247.172
Encroachments; removal by commissioner, penalty, expense charged to occupant, collection by tax; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

If such encroachment shall not be removed within 30 days after the service of a copy of such order, such owner or occupant shall forfeit the sum of 1 dollar for every day after the expiration of that time during which such encroachment shall continue unremoved, to be recovered in an action of trespass before any justice of the peace of the township, or of an adjoining township in the same county, and the commissioner or commissioners may proceed to remove such encroachment in such manner as to cause the least damage to the property or loss to the owner, and the person at fault shall be liable for the costs and expenses of such removal. The highway commissioner or commissioners shall keep an accurate account of the expenses incurred by him or them in carrying out the provisions hereof and shall present a full and complete statement thereof, verified by oath, together with a full and legal description of the lands entered upon, to the occupants of such lands, requiring the said occupant to pay the amount therein set forth; and in case such owner or occupant shall refuse or neglect to pay the same within 30 days after such notice and demand, the highway commissioner or commissioners shall present a duly verified copy of said statement to the township clerk of the township in which such expense was incurred, and thereupon the amount of all such costs and expenditures shall be certified to the supervisor and shall be assessed and levied on the lands described in the statement of the commissioner or commissioners, and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes are collected, but no person shall be required to remove any fence under the provisions of this section between the first day of May and the first day of September unless such fence shall have been made within 3 months next before the making of the order for the removal thereof, or interferes with the construction, improvement or maintenance of the road.

History: 1925, Act 368, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 4042; CL 1948, 247.172
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.510 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.510
Showing compliance with act, rule, or order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 510.

This act does not prevent a person against whom a complaint has been filed from showing compliance with this act, or a rule or an order promulgated or issued under this act, under section 92 of Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4045 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4045
Attachment or garnishment; dissolution by bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4045.

In every case where property is attached or garnishment is served, the attachment or garnishment may be dissolved by the posting of a bond in accordance with the rules of the supreme court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.944 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.944
False designation of incumbency; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 944.

Any person who advertises or uses in any campaign material, including radio, television, newspapers, circulars, cards, or stationery, the words incumbent, re-elect, re-election, or otherwise indicates, represents, or gives the impression that a candidate for public office is the incumbent, when in fact the candidate is not the incumbent, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 934.

History: Add. 1959, Act 109, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1963, Act 155, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.16 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-300-of-1909 / Section 462.16
Rate discrimination unlawful; compensation for incidental service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

If any common carrier or any agent or officer thereof shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or by any means of false billing, false classification, false weighing, or by any other device whatsoever, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person, firm or corporation, a greater or less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by it for the transportation of persons or property or for any service in connection therewith than that prescribed in the public tariffs then in force, or established as provided herein, or than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person, firm or corporation for a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, or shall knowingly and willfully assist or willfully suffer and permit such greater or less compensation to be charged, demanded, collected or received, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier to demand, charge, collect or receive from any person, firm or corporation a less compensation for the transportation of property or for any service rendered or to be rendered by said common carrier in consideration of said person, firm or corporation furnishing any part of the facilities incident thereto: Provided, Nothing shall be construed as prohibiting any common carrier from procuring any facilities or service incident to transportation and paying a reasonable compensation therefor.

History: 1909, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 8124; CL 1929, 11032; CL 1948, 462.16
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4903 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4903
State sewer construction fund; establishment; eligibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4903.

A fund to be known as the state sewer construction fund is established to be used for state grants to local agencies for their construction of collecting sewers. Grants shall be made only for collecting sewers on which contracts for construction were awarded prior to the exhaustion of the fund.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.806 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-33-of-1951 / Section 41.806
Police and fire departments; contracts for service or for maintenance and operation of equipment; delegation of powers; agreements to furnish protection to city, village, or other township.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) The township board of a township, or the township boards of adjoining townships acting jointly, if appropriations have been made as provided in this act, may do any of the following:

(a) Establish and maintain police and fire departments.

(b) Organize and maintain police and fire vehicles.

(c) Employ and appoint a police chief and fire chief and other police and fire officers, including detectives, required for the proper and efficient operation and maintenance of the police and fire departments and proper law enforcement.

(d) Make and establish rules and regulations for the government of the police and fire departments, employees, officers, and detectives.

(e) Care and manage the motor vehicles, apparatus, equipment, property, and buildings pertaining to the police and fire departments.

(f) Prescribe the powers and duties of the employees, officers, and detectives.

(2) The township board of a township, or the township boards of adjoining townships, acting jointly, may contract with the township board or legislative body of a township, city, or village that maintains a police or fire department for the service of the department or for the care, maintenance, and operation of police or fire motor vehicles, apparatus, and equipment by the police or fire department of the township, city, or village, and may contract with the legislative body of a village that does not maintain a police department or does not maintain a fire department to furnish police or fire protection to the village.

(3) If a township board, or the township boards of adjoining townships acting jointly, have organized and are maintaining a police or fire department, the board, or boards acting jointly, may also contract with townships, villages, or cities that also maintain a police or fire department or with any other person, organization, or group to provide police or fire apparatus, equipment, or personnel or police or fire protection.

(4) Any of the powers provided in this section, at the discretion of the township board, may be delegated to a police or fire or police and fire administrative board established under section 11 or 12.

(5) A township board may enter into 1 or more agreements or contracts to furnish police or fire protection to a city, village, or other township.

History: 1951, Act 33, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1951; Am. 1956, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1956; Am. 1961, Act 66, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961; Am. 1966, Act 110, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1966; Am. 1989, Act 81, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989; Am. 2004, Act 416, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.574b — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Initiated-Law-1-of-1976 / Section 445.574b
Posting notice on dealer's premises; failure to comply; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4b.

(1) In that portion of the dealer's premises where returnable containers are redeemed, a dealer shall post a notice that says substantially the following: "A person who returns out-of-state nonreturnable containers for a refund is subject to penalties of up to 5 years in jail, a fine of $5,000.00, and restitution.".

(2) A dealer who fails to comply with this section is subject to a civil fine of not more than $50.00.

History: Add. 1998, Act 473, Eff. Apr. 1, 1999; Am. 2008, Act 385, Eff. Mar. 31, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1011b — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1011b
"Trooper Vicki Moreau DeVries Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 11b.

The ramp from westbound highway I-696 to southbound highway I-275 in the city of Farmington Hills shall be known as the "Trooper Vicki Moreau DeVries Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2018, Act 216, Eff. Sept. 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.186 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-246-of-1945 / Section 41.186
Codifying, recodifying, and continuing ordinances in code; publication of ordinance adopting code and subsequent ordinance; amending, repealing, revising, or rearranging ordinances by reference.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Each township may codify, recodify, and continue in code its ordinances, in whole or in part, without the necessity of publishing the entire code in full. The ordinance adopting the code, as well as subsequent ordinances repealing, amending, continuing, or adding to the code, shall be published as required by law. The ordinance adopting the code may amend, repeal, revise, or rearrange ordinances or parts of ordinances by reference by title only.

History: Add. 1989, Act 78, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.6311 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.6311
Vehicles exempt from inspection requirements of part.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6311.

The following vehicles are exempt from the inspection requirements of this part:

Motor vehicles that are exempted by rules promulgated by the department because of prohibitive inspection problems or inappropriateness for inspection.

A motor vehicle manufactured before the 1975 model year.

Vehicles that are licensed as historic vehicles under section 803a of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.803a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

A motor vehicle that has as its only fuel source an alternative fuel.

A motorcycle.

A motor vehicle used for covert monitoring of inspection facilities.

A new motor vehicle, immediately after issuance of the vehicle's first title until the year of the next biennial inspection for the vehicle model year according to section 6306(5).

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.1066d — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-227-of-1985 / Section 141.1066d
Grant agreements entered under MCL 324.5204a.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16d.

(1) In addition to any other authority granted under law, each governmental unit may enter into grant agreements under section 5204a of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5204a, and may pledge its limited taxing power as security for any repayment obligation of the governmental unit. The grant agreements are not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. Repayment obligations of a governmental unit under a grant agreement are not a general obligation or debt of the governmental unit within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation and are not subject to any notice or referendum requirement.

(2) Grant agreements under section 5204a of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.5204a, may be entered into by the authority and are not required to be in fully marketable form.

History: Add. 2005, Act 252, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21323l — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21323l
Limitation period for filing actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21323 l .

The limitation period for filing actions under this part is as follows:

(a) For the recovery of corrective action costs and natural resources damages pursuant to section 21323b(1)(a), (b), or (c), within 6 years of initiation of physical on-site construction activities for the corrective action at the property by the person seeking recovery, except as provided in subdivision (b).

(b) For 1 or more subsequent actions for recovery of corrective action costs pursuant to section 21323b, at any time during the corrective action, if commenced not later than 3 years after the date of completion of all corrective action at the property.

(c) For civil fines under this part, within 3 years after discovery of the violation for which the civil fines are assessed.

History: Add. 2012, Act 108, Imd. Eff. May 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50130 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50130
Petitions for change of boundary line; filing; contents; hearing; determination; application for certificate evidencing change of boundary; statement; effect of filing; issuance and contents of certificate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50130.

Petitions signed by a majority of the members of each of the boards of adjoining districts may be filed with the department asking that the boundary line between the districts be changed. These petitions shall identify the existing boundary line between the districts and the proposed new gross territorial boundary.

Within 30 days after a petition has been filed, the department shall hold a public hearing upon the question of the proposed boundary change. All members of the affected districts, and all other interested persons, may attend the hearing and be heard.

After the hearing, the department shall determine, upon the facts presented at the hearing and upon other relevant information, whether the operation of the districts within the proposed new gross territorial boundaries would be administratively and economically feasible. If the department determines the operation of the districts within the proposed new boundaries will be feasible, it shall record that determination and notify the boards of the districts of its determination.

The boards of the affected districts shall present an application to the secretary of state, signed by them, for a certificate evidencing the change of boundary. The application shall be accompanied by a statement of the department certifying that the boundary between the districts has been changed pursuant to the procedures prescribed and identifying the new gross territorial boundary lines. When the application and statement are filed, the change of boundary is effective and the date of filing shall be identified on the certificate which the secretary of state shall issue to the boards of the affected districts.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.52 — MI Code / Chapter 456 / Act Act-185-of-1929 / Section 456.52
Extension of term of existence of corporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

It shall be lawful for any corporation heretofore reorganized or hereafter reorganized under the provisions of this act, to amend its articles of reorganization from time to time as to the extension of the term of existence of such corporation, at a special meeting of the trustees of said corporation called for that purpose, to direct by resolution the extension of its corporate existence, which resolution shall express such extension to be in perpetuity or the date of the commencement and termination of said term. Such special meeting shall be called and notice thereof given in the same manner as is provided in section 1 of this act for the calling and giving of notice of the special meeting mentioned in said section. Upon the adoption of such resolution, which shall have the concurrence of 2/3 of such trustees, it shall be the duty of the president and clerk of such corporation or association, together with a sufficient number of the other trustees to make 2/3 of a full board of trustees, to make, sign, and acknowledge in duplicate amended articles of reorganization, in which shall be set forth the name, the object, and the number and names of the trustees of the corporation; and which shall further set forth that the purpose of the reorganization is to hold, keep, and retain the corporate name and continue the existence of the corporation in perpetuity or for a specified term when its pending term shall have expired. One of such duplicate articles of reorganization shall be filed in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. The other duplicate shall be kept by said corporation or association. Either of said duplicate articles or a certified copy of the record of the same shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited and of the validity and existence of said corporation or association. The corporation whose term of existence is so extended shall be a corporation to all intents and purposes, having all the powers and being subject to all the restrictions of corporations originally organized under Act No. 87 of the Public Acts of 1855, as amended, and the same shall succeed to, own, and hold all the property or rights of action held, owned, or had by the corporation or association, whose term of existence is so extended, prior to the extension of its existence, and shall be liable for all its debts, liabilities, and obligations.

History: 1929, Act 185, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 10438; CL 1948, 456.52; Am. 1982, Act 108, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982