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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1639a — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-182-of-1986 / Section 38.1639a
Monthly retirement allowance of retirant or beneficiary of deceased retirant; increase in payments; requirements; basis for calculations of future adjustments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39a.

Effective October 1, 1996, the monthly retirement allowance payable to a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary of a deceased retirant or member who meets the requirements of this section is increased 10%. This section only applies to a retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary of a deceased retirant or member who meets all of the following requirements:

The retirant's or deceased retirant's effective date of retirement was before October 1, 1986 or the retirement allowance effective date for the retirement allowance beneficiary of the deceased member was before October 1, 1986.

The retirant or deceased retirant retired after 25 years of service or because of duty-incurred total disability under section 5 of former Act No. 251 of the Public Acts of 1935 or the retirement allowance beneficiary of a deceased member is receiving duty death benefits under section 8 or former Act No. 251 of the Public Acts of 1935.

The retirant or retirement allowance beneficiary was in payment status on the rolls of the retirement system on October 1, 1995.

The increased retirement allowance under this section shall be the basis upon which future adjustments to the retirement allowance, including the increases under sections 40 and 40a, if applicable, are calculated.

History: Add. 1996, Act 201, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1765 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1765
Failure to file corporate governance annual disclosure; civil fine; waiver.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1765.

(1) An insurer or insurance group that does not, without just cause, timely file the CGAD as required in this chapter, after written notice and hearing, shall pay a civil fine of $1,000.00 for each day's delay, to be recovered by the director and paid into the general fund of this state. The maximum civil fine under this section is $75,000.00. The director may reduce or waive the penalty if the insurer demonstrates to the director that either of the following applies:

(a) The penalty would cause a financial hardship to the insurer.

(b) There is just cause for the delayed filing.

(2) On written request, the director may grant a 90-day extension for filing the CGAD.

History: Add. 2018, Act 520, Eff. Jan. 1, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.265 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.265
Credit against tax; determining amount; eligibility; limitation; refund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 265.

(1) For the 1989 tax year and each tax year after 1989, a taxpayer may credit against the tax imposed by this part for the tax year an amount equal to the tax paid in any prior tax year attributable to income received by the taxpayer in any prior tax year and repaid by the taxpayer during the tax year if the taxpayer is eligible for a deduction or credit against his or her federal tax liability pursuant to section 1341 of the internal revenue code based on the repayment for the tax year. A credit under this section for a tax year is allowed only if the repayment for which a deduction or credit was taken pursuant to section 1341 of the internal revenue code is not deducted in calculating the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the tax year.

(2) If the credit allowed under this section exceeds the tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, that portion of the credit that exceeds the tax liability shall be refunded.

History: Add. 1993, Act 128, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1993; Am. 1998, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998; Am. 2011, Act 38, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.223 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.223
Unclaimed property held in ordinary course of business; presumption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this act, all property, including any income or increment derived from the property, less any lawful charges, that is held, issued, or owing in the ordinary course of a holder's business and remains unclaimed by the owner for more than 3 years after it becomes payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.

(2) Property is payable or distributable for the purpose of this act, notwithstanding the owner's failure to make demand or to present any instrument or document required to receive payment.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2010, Act 197, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.9307 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.9307
Registration of child for kindergarten or first grade; certificate of hearing and vision testing or screening or statement of exemption required; summary of hearing or vision reports; forms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9307.

(1) A parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis applying to have a child registered for the first time in kindergarten or first grade in a school in this state shall present to school officials, at the time of registration or not later than the first day of school, a certificate of hearing and vision testing or screening or statement of exemption under section 9311.

(2) Before November 1 of each year, the principal or administrator of each school shall give the state and local health departments a summary of the hearing and vision reports at the time of school entry of new entering kindergarten and first grade students. The reports must be made on forms provided or approved by the department.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2020, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 29, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.725 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-344-of-1972 / Section 290.725
Access of department to evidence; refusal to obey subpoena; service of process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

(1) At all reasonable times, the department shall have access to and the right to copy evidence relating to any person or action under investigation by it in connection with any failure or refusal to bargain or for engaging in unfair practices.

(2) In case of refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person under this act, the circuit court, upon application by the department, shall have jurisdiction to order the person to appear before the department to produce evidence or to give testimony on the matter under investigation, and any failure to obey the order may be punished by the court as a contempt.

(3) Complaints, orders, and other processes and papers of the department under this act may be served personally, by registered mail, or by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office or place of business of the person required to be served. The verified return of service shall be proof of the service. Witnesses summoned before the department shall be paid the same fee and mileage allowance that are paid witnesses in circuit court and witnesses whose depositions are taken, and the person taking the same shall be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in circuit court.

(4) All processes of any court to which an application or petition may be made under this act may be served at any place in the state wherein the person or persons required to be served reside or may be found.

History: 1972, Act 344, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973; Am. 2012, Act 119, Imd. Eff. May 2, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1021 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-143-of-1976 / Section 388.1021
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Parent cooperative preschool" means a nonprofit, nondiscriminatory institution, maintained as a community service and administered by parents of children currently enrolled in the preschool, which institution provides an educational and developmental program for children younger than compulsory school age and which provides an educational program for parents, including active parental participation with children in preschool activities.

"Child development course work" means child development course work, early childhood course work, child psychology course work, or any combination thereof.

History: 1976, Act 143, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 48.42 — MI Code / Chapter 48 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 48.42
County treasurer; delivery of records to successor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42.

Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office, of any county treasurer, all the books and papers belonging to his office, and all moneys in his hands by virtue of his office, shall be delivered to his successor in office, upon the oath of the preceding county treasurer, or in case of his death upon the oath of his executors or administrators.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14; CL 1857, 384; CL 1871, 518; How. 526; CL 1897, 2541; CL 1915, 2368; CL 1929, 1268; CL 1948, 48.42
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3173 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3173
Certain persons disqualified from receiving benefits under assigned claims plans.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3173.

A person who because of a limitation or exclusion in sections 3105 to 3116 is disqualified from receiving personal protection insurance benefits under a policy otherwise applying to his accidental bodily injury is also disqualified from receiving benefits under the assigned claims plan.

History: Add. 1972, Act 294, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.1105 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-268-of-1986 / Section 4.1105
Legislative service bureau; creation; bill drafting, research, and other services; organization; appointment of director to serve at pleasure of council; duties, qualifications, and compensation of director.
Status: in_force

Sec. 105.

The council shall maintain bill drafting, research, and other services for the members of the legislature in a bureau to be known as the legislative service bureau which is hereby created. The bureau shall provide bill drafting, research, and other services and shall be organized into divisions as authorized by the council. The council shall appoint a director of the legislative service bureau who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The director shall devote his or her full time to the duties of the office, shall be qualified by experience and ability to conduct the work of the office, and shall receive such compensation as fixed by the council.

History: 1986, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.12102 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-276-of-1999 / Section 487.12102
Purpose of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2102.

This act shall be implemented by the commissioner to maximize the capacity of banks to offer convenient and efficient financial services, to promote economic development, and to ensure that banks remain competitive with other types of financial service providers.

History: 1999, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.231 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.231
Obsolete records; destruction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 231.

At the discretion of the director, the bureau may destroy any record, file or paper pertaining to workmen's compensation 20 years after the date of injury to which the record, file or paper refers.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.303 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-187-of-2023 / Section 556.303
Powers of agent with a grant of general authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203.

Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, by executing a power that incorporates by reference a subject described in sections 204 to 217 under section 202 or that grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a principal could do under section 201(3), a principal authorizes the agent, with respect to that subject, to do all of the following:

(a) Demand, receive, and obtain, by litigation or otherwise, money or another thing of value to which the principal is, may become, or claims to be entitled, and conserve, invest, disburse, or use anything so received or obtained for the purposes intended.

(b) Contract in any manner with any person, on terms agreeable to the agent, to accomplish a purpose of a transaction and perform, rescind, cancel, terminate, reform, restate, release, or modify the contract or another contract made by or on behalf of the principal.

(c) Execute, acknowledge, seal, deliver, file, or record any instrument or communication the agent considers desirable to accomplish a purpose of a transaction, including creating at any time a schedule listing some or all of the principal's property and attaching it to the power of attorney.

(d) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to a claim existing in favor of or against the principal or intervene in litigation relating to the claim.

(e) Seek on the principal's behalf the assistance of a court or other governmental agency to carry out an act authorized in the power of attorney.

(f) Engage, compensate, and discharge an attorney, accountant, discretionary investment manager, expert witness, or other advisor.

(g) Prepare, execute, and file a record, report, or other document to safeguard or promote the principal's interest under a statute or regulation.

(h) Communicate with any representative or employee of a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, on behalf of the principal.

(i) Access communications intended for and communicate on behalf of the principal, whether by mail, electronic transmission, telephone, or other means.

(j) Do any lawful act with respect to the subject and all property related to the subject.

History: 2023, Act 187, Eff. July 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1431 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-159-of-2012 / Section 722.1431
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act may be cited as the "revocation of parentage act".

History: 2012, Act 159, Imd. Eff. June 12, 2012; Am. 2024, Act 29, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.523c — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.523c
Management agreement with educational management organization; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 523c.

(1) Beginning with management agreements described in this section that are entered into or renewed after the effective date of this section, if the board of directors of an urban high school academy enters into or renews a management agreement with an educational management organization to carry out the operations of the urban high school academy, both of the following apply:

(a) The management agreement shall require the educational management organization to provide to the board of directors at least annually all of the same information that a school district is required to disclose under section 18(2) of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1618, for the most recent school fiscal year for which that information is available.

(b) Within 30 days after receiving the information under subdivision (a), the board of directors shall make all of the information it receives under subdivision (a) available through a link on the urban high school academy's website homepage, in a form and manner prescribed by the department.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Educational management organization" means an entity that enters into a management agreement with an urban high school academy.

(b) "Entity" means a partnership, nonprofit or business corporation, or any other association, corporation, trust, or other legal entity.

(c) "Management agreement" means an agreement to provide comprehensive educational, administrative, management, or instructional services or staff to an urban high school academy.

(d) "School fiscal year" means the period that begins July 1 and ends June 30.

History: Add. 2011, Act 277, Eff. Mar. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 31.14 — MI Code / Chapter 31 / Act Act-202-of-1959 / Section 31.14
Emergency successor; termination of authority by legislature, election to fill vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The legislature, by law, may terminate at any time the authority of the emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein provided. An election to fill any elective vacancy in an office, the powers of which are being exercised and the duties of which are being discharged by an emergency interim successor, shall be held within 1 year after the date of the disaster under which the emergency interim successor succeeded to the powers and duties of the office.

History: 1959, Act 202, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1969, Act 145, Imd. Eff. July 31, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.87 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-118-of-1984 / Section 801.87
Civil action for reimbursement; consideration by court; money judgment; order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) Within 6 years after the release from a county jail of a sentenced prisoner or a pretrial detainee whose prosecution resulted in conviction for a felony, an attorney for that county may file a civil action to seek reimbursement from that person for maintenance and support of that person while he or she is or was confined in the jail, or for any other expense for which the county may be reimbursed under section 3, as provided in this section and sections 8 to 10.

(2) A civil action brought under this act shall be instituted in the name of the county in which the jail is located and shall state the following, as applicable:

(a) In the case of a prisoner sentenced to the jail, the date and place of sentence, the length of time set forth in the sentence, the length of time actually served, and the amount or amounts due to the county pursuant to section 3.

(b) In the case of a person imprisoned as a pretrial detainee on a charge or charges that resulted in conviction for a felony, the length of pretrial detention and the amount or amounts due to the county pursuant to section 3.

(3) Before entering any order on behalf of the county against the defendant, the court shall take into consideration any legal obligation of the defendant to support a spouse, minor children, or other dependents and any moral obligation to support dependents to whom the defendant is providing or has in fact provided support.

(4) The court may enter a money judgment against the defendant and may order that the defendant's property is liable for reimbursement for maintenance and support of the defendant as a prisoner and for other expenses reimbursable under section 3.

History: 1984, Act 118, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984; Am. 1994, Act 212, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 544, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 2006, Act 127, Imd. Eff. May 2, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.554 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.554
Contract to operate school of excellence; tax levy; use of revenue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 554.

If a school district or intermediate school district applies for and obtains a contract to operate 1 or more schools of excellence under this part, the power of the school district or intermediate school district to levy taxes for any purpose under this act is not affected by the operation of a school of excellence by the school district or intermediate school district. Revenue from taxes levied by a school district or intermediate school district under this act or bonds issued by a school district or intermediate school district under this act may be used to support the operation or facilities of a school of excellence operated by the school district or intermediate school district in the same manner as that revenue may be used under this act by the school district or intermediate school district to support school district or intermediate school district operations and facilities. This section does not authorize a school district or intermediate school district to levy taxes or to issue bonds for any purpose that is not otherwise authorized under this act.

History: Add. 2009, Act 205, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11539 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11539
Open burning of yard waste or leaves; prohibition; effect of local ordinance and part 55; open burning of household waste, materials; application of subpart 7; violations and penalties; open burning of certain storage bins; disposal of unserviceable flag.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11539.

(1) The open burning of yard waste or leaves is prohibited in any municipality having a population of 7,500 or more, unless specifically authorized by local ordinance. Within 30 days after adoption of such an ordinance, the clerk of the municipality shall notify the department of its adoption.

(2) Subsection (1) does not permit a county or municipality to authorize open burning of yard waste or leaves by an ordinance that is prohibited under part 55 or rules promulgated under part 55.

(3) A person shall not conduct open burning of household waste that contains plastic, rubber, foam, chemically treated wood, textiles, electronics, chemicals, or hazardous materials.

(4) Subpart 7 does not apply to an individual who violates subsection (3) by open burning of waste from that individual's household. The individual is responsible for a state civil infraction and is subject to the following:

(a) For a first offense within a 3-year period, a warning by the judge or magistrate.

(b) For a second offense within a 3-year period, a civil fine of not more than $75.00.

(c) For a third offense within a 3-year period, a civil fine of not more than $150.00.

(d) For a fourth or subsequent offense within a 3-year period, a civil fine of not more than $300.00.

(5) Notwithstanding section 5512, the department shall not promulgate or enforce a rule that extends the prohibition under subsection (3) to materials not listed in subsection (3).

(6) Part 115, part 55, or rules promulgated under part 55 do not prohibit a person from conducting open burning of wooden fruit or vegetable storage bins constructed from untreated lumber if all of the following requirements are met:

(a) The burning is conducted for disease or pest control.

(b) The burning is not conducted at any of the following locations:

( i ) Within a priority I area as listed in table 33 or a priority II area as listed in table 34 of R 336.1331 of the MAC.

( ii ) In a city or village.

( iii ) Within 1,400 feet outside the boundary of a city or village.

(7) Subsections (5) and (6) do not authorize open burning that is prohibited by a local ordinance.

(8) A congressionally chartered patriotic organization that disposes of an unserviceable flag of the United States by burning that flag is not subject to regulation or sanction for violating state law or a local ordinance pertaining to open burning.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 640, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018; Am. 2022, Act 247, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.323 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-15-of-2011 / Section 445.323
Investigation by prosecuting attorney; action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A prosecuting attorney may conduct an investigation under this act and may institute and prosecute an action under this act in the same manner as the attorney general.

History: 2011, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 1, 2011