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Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.459 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-246-of-1965 / Section 38.459
Classified civil service; appointments, probationary period, temporary appointments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Whenever a position in the competitive classified civil service is to be filled, the appointing authority shall notify the commission of that fact, and the commission shall certify the names and addresses of the 3 candidates standing highest on the eligible list for the class or grade to which the position belongs, and the appointing authority shall forthwith appoint to the position 1 of the 3 persons so certified. The appointment shall be for a probationary period to be fixed by the rules, but not to exceed 6 months. At or before the expiration of the probationary period, the appointing officer, by presenting specific reasons for such action in writing, may discharge a probational appointee, or, with the approval of the civil service commission, transfer him to another department. If not discharged prior to the expiration of the period of probation and if no complaint has been made as to the service rendered, the appointment shall be deemed complete. To prevent the stoppage of business or to meet extraordinary conditions or emergencies, the head of any department or office, with the approval of the commission, may make a temporary appointment to remain for not exceeding 60 days, and only until regular appointment under the provisions of this act can be made.

History: 1965, Act 246, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.717 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-267-of-2001 / Section 288.717
Butter; grading standards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 157.

Only a grader approved by the department shall grade butter.

Standards for grading are those described in 7 C.F.R. 58.

As used in this section, "grade" means the classification of butter by its examination for flavor, aroma, body and texture, color, salt, package, and such other factors as may be approved by the department.

History: 2001, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.819 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.819
Expedited trial.
Status: in_force

Sec. 69.

An expedited trial may be scheduled for any case in which the victim is averred by the prosecuting attorney to be a child.

History: Add. 1988, Act 21, Eff. June 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 10 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 10
Sales tax; distribution to local governments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Fifteen percent of all taxes imposed on retailers on taxable sales at retail of tangible personal property at a rate of not more than 4% shall be used exclusively for assistance to townships, cities and villages, on a population basis as provided by law. In determining population the legislature may exclude any portion of the total number of persons who are wards, patients or convicts in any tax supported institution.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IX, § 10, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. S.J.R. S, approved Mar. 15, 1994, Eff. Apr. 30, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.319d — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.319d
Operation of commercial motor vehicle by person with certain alcohol content; out-of-service order; violations; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 319d.

(1) A person, whether licensed or not, shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle within this state with an alcohol content of 0.015 grams or more per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine.

(2) A peace officer who has reasonable cause to believe that a person was operating a commercial motor vehicle within the state with an alcohol content of 0.015 grams or more per 100 milliliters of blood, per 210 liters of breath, or per 67 milliliters of urine, as measured by a preliminary chemical breath analysis or a chemical test provided under section 625a, shall order the person out-of-service immediately for 24 hours, which shall begin upon issuance of the order.

(3) A peace officer shall immediately order a person who refuses to submit to a preliminary chemical breath analysis requested or a chemical test provided under section 625a out-of-service for 24 hours, which shall begin when the order is issued.

(4) A person ordered out-of-service as described in this section shall not operate a commercial motor vehicle within this state during the 24-hour out-of-service period.

(5) A peace officer who issues an out-of-service order under this section shall provide for the safe and expeditious disposition of a product carried by a commercial motor vehicle that is hazardous or would result in damage to the vehicle, human health, or the environment.

(6) Failure to comply with subsection (1) is not a civil infraction or criminal violation of this act.

(7) A person who violates subsection (4) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $100.00, or both.

History: Add. 1988, Act 346, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1988; Am. 1991, Act 100, Eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Am. 1994, Act 449, Eff. May 1, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 404, Eff. Dec. 21, 1996; Am. 2011, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 83.3 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 83.3
Wards; existing ward officers or aldermen.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

No election of aldermen or ward officers shall be held in any newly established ward, or in any ward, on account of changes in the boundaries thereof, previous to the next annual city election; nor shall the office of any alderman or other officer elected in any ward be vacated by reason of any change in such ward; but any such alderman and other officer shall, during the remainder of his term, continue in office and to represent the ward including the place of his residence at the time of the change of the boundaries of the ward, unless the office become vacant for some other cause.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 2978; CL 1915, 2894; CL 1929, 1818; CL 1948, 83.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.934c — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-337-of-2018 / Section 408.934c
Rates for apprentices, learners, and persons with physical or mental disabilities; establishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4c.

On petition of a party in interest or on his or her own initiative, the commissioner shall establish a suitable scale of rates for apprentices, learners, and persons with physical or mental disabilities who are clearly unable to meet normal production standards. The rates established under this section may be less than the regular minimum wage rate for workers who are experienced and who are not disabled.

History: 2018, Act 337, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.214 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-62-of-1933 / Section 211.214
District located in more than 1 county; establishment of rate; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

If an intermediate school district is located in 2 or more counties, the chairperson of the allocation board of the county in which the greatest part of the area of the intermediate school district is located, immediately upon the making of the final order approving a maximum tax rate for each local unit in the county, shall notify the chairpersons of the allocation boards of the counties in which other portions of the intermediate school district are located. The notice shall set forth the maximum tax rate approved by the allocation board for the purposes of the intermediate school district.

History: 1933, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1933; Am. 1934, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 30, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1934; CL 1948, 211.214; Am. 1964, Act 278, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1994, Act 190, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2617 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-123-of-1995 / Section 125.2617
Disclosure of interest in matter before corporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

A director who has either a direct or indirect interest in a matter before the corporation shall disclose that interest before the corporation takes action on the matter. This disclosure shall be made a part of the record of the corporation's official proceedings and the interested director shall refrain from participation in the corporation relating to the matter.

History: 1995, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.6 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.6
Estate for life of another; nature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

An estate for the life of a third person, whether limited to heirs or otherwise, shall be deemed a freehold only during the life of the grantee or devisee, but after his death it shall be deemed a chattel real.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2590; CL 1871, 4073; How. 5522; CL 1897, 8788; CL 1915, 11524; CL 1929, 12926; CL 1948, 554.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32512 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32512
Acts prohibited; exceptions; activities not subject to regulation; applicability of subsection (2) to certain lands.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32512.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), unless a permit has been granted by the department pursuant to part 13 or authorization has been granted by the legislature, or except as to boat wells and slips facilitating private, noncommercial, recreational boat use, not exceeding 50 feet in length where the spoil is not disposed of below the ordinary high-water mark of the body of water to which it is connected, a person shall not do any of the following:

(a) Construct, dredge, commence, or do any work with respect to an artificial canal, channel, ditch, lagoon, pond, lake, or similar waterway where the purpose is ultimate connection of the waterway with any of the Great Lakes, including Lake St. Clair.

(b) Connect any natural or artificially constructed waterway, canal, channel, ditch, lagoon, pond, lake, or similar waterway with any of the Great Lakes, including Lake St. Clair, for navigation or any other purpose.

(c) Dredge or place spoil or other material on bottomland.

(d) Construct a marina.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), the following activities are not subject to regulation under this part:

(a) Leveling of sand, removal of vegetation, grooming of soil, or removal of debris, in an area of unconsolidated material predominantly composed of sand, rock, or pebbles, located between the ordinary high-water mark and the water's edge.

(b) Mowing of vegetation between the ordinary high-water mark and the water's edge.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to lands included in the survey of the delta of the St. Clair River, otherwise referred to as the St. Clair flats, located within Clay township, St. Clair county, as provided for in 1899 PA 175.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2003, Act 14, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2003; Am. 2012, Act 247, Imd. Eff. July 2, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.2073b — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.2073b
"Sgt. Matthew Webber Memorial Highway".
Status: in_force

Sec. 1073b.

The portion of highway US-131 in Mecosta County between the intersection of highway US-131 and 11 Mile Road and the intersection of highway US-131 and Old State Road shall be known as the "Sgt. Matthew Webber Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2025, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Aug. 15, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.718 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-53-of-1978 / Section 487.718
Deposits subject to rights of creditors; laws applicable to transfers in fraud of creditors; claims against insolvent estate of deceased owner of statutory joint account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Deposits in a statutory joint account shall be subject to the rights of creditors of the persons designated in the statutory joint account contract as owners of the funds to the extent of the ownership, except that the funds shall remain subject to laws applicable to transfers in fraud of creditors. If in his or her lifetime, a deceased person was an owner of a statutory joint account, the estate, in event of its insolvency, may recover from the surviving owner so much of the deposits as were owned by the deceased person immediately before the deceased person's death to the extent required to satisfy claims against the estate.

History: 1978, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.1 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.1
Short title; Michigan election law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan election law".

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 444.7 — MI Code / Chapter 444 / Act Act-220-of-1895 / Section 444.7
Warehouseman; records and receipts, contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Every warehouseman shall keep a record book, in which shall be entered immediately upon its receipt, a description of all property deposited with him for storage, including the brand or distinguishing marks on such property, together with the date of the reception of said property and the name and address of the owner thereof. And every receipt given for any such property shall also contain the same particulars, and shall be evidence in any action against said warehouseman.

History: 1895, Act 220, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 5036; CL 1915, 6542; CL 1929, 9629; CL 1948, 444.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 47.1 — MI Code / Chapter 47 / Act Act-275-of-1913 / Section 47.1
Board of county auditors; creation, referendum; form of resolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The board of supervisors of any county in this state, except in such counties where provision has heretofore been made for the creation of the office of county auditor or board of county auditors, may, upon a majority vote of the members elect of said board, at any October session thereof, submit the question of creating and establishing a board of county auditors or county auditor in such county to a vote of the electors of said county. The board of supervisors may submit the question at a general election. The following form of resolution shall be sufficient for submitting the question: Resolved, That the question of creating and establishing a board of county auditors be submitted to a vote of the electors of the county of ................ at the general election to be held on the ................. day of ...................... nineteen hundred ...................

History: 1913, Act 275, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 2345; CL 1929, 1203; CL 1948, 47.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.53 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-398-of-1919 / Section 254.53
Bridge over navigable waters in certain counties; board of supervisors, authority; type of bridge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Upon presentation of any such petition said board of supervisors shall proceed to a consideration thereof. The said board shall have authority to make any necessary surveys, procure any appropriate plans and specifications, obtain estimates of probable cost of construction and take any other appropriate step for procuring necessary or desirable information with reference to the project embodied in such petition. Said board shall have full authority, by a majority vote of those voting thereon, to grant or deny the object of such petition and to determine the character and type of construction of any such bridge ordered thereon. The several boards of supervisors of the counties of the state shall each likewise have authority, upon their own initiative, respectively, in a proper case, in the discretion of any such board, to order the construction of a bridge over any navigable stream or water within the county, as hereinbefore provided in cases when a petition is presented to a board of supervisors by a city, village or township for the construction of a bridge. Whenever in any case a bridge shall be ordered hereunder, said board shall determine and designate only a bascule type of bridge. No part of such bridge or its approaches shall be suspended over such highway.

History: 1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919; CL 1929, 4556; CL 1948, 254.53
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1207 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-332-of-1965 / Section 445.1207
Evidence of obligation; holder subject to claims and defenses of buyer; limitation on buyer's recovery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 207.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law and notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary:

A person shall not take a negotiable instrument, other than a currently dated check or draft, as evidence of the obligation of the buyer in a home improvement installment sale or home improvement charge sale.

A holder of a home improvement contract, home improvement charge agreement, or other evidence of indebtedness of the buyer is subject to all the claims and defenses of the buyer arising out of the home improvement installment sale or a home improvement charge sale, but the buyer's recovery shall not exceed the amount paid to the holder thereunder.

History: 1965, Act 332, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966; Am. 1972, Act 193, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1980, Act 78, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1980; Am. 1985, Act 202, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1108 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-10-of-2023 / Section 408.1108
Violation of act; penalty; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) In addition to any other sanction provided for in this act, a person that violates this act is subject to a civil fine of not more than $5,000.00. The prosecutor of the county in which the violation occurred or the attorney general may bring an action to collect the fine.

(2) A contractor and its subcontractor are jointly and severally liable for a violation of this act.

History: 2023, Act 10, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024; Am. 2024, Act 110, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article XI § 1 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article XI § 1
Oath of public officers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

All officers, legislative, executive and judicial, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of .......... according to the best of my ability. No other oath, affirmation, or any religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust.

History: Const. 1963, Art. XI, § 1, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.1b — MI Code / Chapter 78 / Act Act-278-of-1909 / Section 78.1b
Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1b.

Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an emergency financial manager has been appointed under the local government fiscal responsibility act, Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1988, being sections 141.1101 to 141.1118 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, with respect to a village governed by this act, then that emergency financial manager may exercise the authority and responsibilities provided in this act to the extent authorized by Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1988.

History: Add. 1988, Act 197, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 480.17b — MI Code / Chapter 480 / Act Act-181-of-1963 / Section 480.17b
Penalties; "serious safety defect" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7b.

(1) A driver, person, or motor carrier as defined by 49 CFR 390.5 who operates or who requires or permits the driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle with a serious safety defect in violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act is responsible for a state civil infraction and shall be assessed a fine of not more than $500.00 for each violation. A fine ordered to be paid by the district court under this subsection shall be paid to the county treasurer and applied for library purposes as provided by law. A fine ordered to be paid by a municipal court shall be paid to the treasurer of the political subdivision whose ordinance is violated.

(2) As used in this section, "serious safety defect" means a violation of this act or a rule promulgated pursuant to this act relative to brakes, tires, steering, coupling devices, headlights, taillights, brake lights, and turn signals that results in the vehicle being placed out of service.

History: Add. 1988, Act 353, Eff. Apr. 1, 1989; Am. 1990, Act 339, Eff. Apr. 2, 1991; Am. 2000, Act 98, Imd. Eff. May 15, 2000; Am. 2005, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2151 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2151
Failure of administrator to file document promptly; notice of failure to file; posting notice on website or sending by mail or electronic mail address; refusal or revocation of authorization of foreign corporation to conduct affairs in state; judicial review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 151.

(1) If the administrator fails to promptly file a document, other than an annual report, submitted for filing under this act, the administrator shall within 10 days after receiving a written request to file the document from the person that submitted the document for filing give written notice of the failure to file the document to that person, specifying the reasons for the failure to file the document. The administrator may give written notice under this subsection by posting the notice on the administrator's website; by sending the notice by mail to the address provided by the person that submitted the document; or, if the person that submitted the document has provided the administrator with an electronic mail address, by sending the notice to that electronic mail address. The person may seek judicial review of the refusal to file the document under sections 103, 104, and 106 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.303, 24.304, and 24.306.

(2) If the administrator refuses to authorize or revokes the authorization of a foreign corporation to conduct affairs in this state under this act, the foreign corporation may seek judicial review under sections 103, 104, and 106 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.303, 24.304, and 24.306.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2008, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 2008; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015