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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6008 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6008
Execution; set-off; balance on appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6008.

Executions between the same parties may be set off one against another, if required by either party as follows:

When 1 of the executions is delivered for service, the person who is the debtor therein may deliver his execution to the serving officer and it shall be applied, as far as it will extend, to the satisfaction of the first execution; and such application shall be indorsed on each execution. Only the balance due on the larger execution may then be collected and paid in the same manner as if there had been no set off.

Such set off shall not be allowed unless all the parties are mutual debtors and creditors. Nor shall set off be allowed where the sum due on the first execution shall have been lawfully assigned to another person before the creditor in the second execution becomes entitled to the sum due thereon, or as to so much of the first execution as may be due to the attorney in that suit for his taxable fees and disbursements.

If, upon an appeal, a recovery for a debt or damages be had by 1 party, and costs be awarded the other, execution shall issue only in favor of the party to whom there shall be a balance due, and for the amount of such balance.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.105 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 801.105
Violation of MCL 801.103 and MCL 801.104 as misdemeanor; liability for damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A sheriff or other officer who violates the provisions of either section 3 or section 4 shall be liable to the party injured for damages and, in addition, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 148; CL 1857, 5579; CL 1871, 7366; How. 8943; CL 1897, 10536; CL 1915, 14764; CL 1929, 17701; CL 1948, 801.105; Am. 1986, Act 156, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13516 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13516
Finding of emergency; emergency order; hearing; continuing, modifying, or revoking order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13516.

When the department finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect occupational or public health and safety, the department shall issue an order, with or without notice or hearing, reciting the existence of the emergency and providing for the protection of public health and safety. Notwithstanding this act or the administrative procedures act of 1969, the order shall be effective immediately. A person to whom the order is directed shall comply therewith immediately but on request to the department shall be granted a hearing within 15 days. On the basis of the hearing, the emergency order shall be continued, modified, or revoked within 30 days after the hearing.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.622 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.622
County conventions; time and place; election and duties of chairperson; vacancies; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 622.

The county conventions of each political party shall be held at the time and place that the county committee of each political party, through its chairperson, designates. County conventions at which delegates to a state convention are to be selected shall be held only at the times designated by the state central committee of the political party. The convention shall be called to order by the chairperson of the county committee of each political party. The chairperson shall act as temporary chairperson until the delegates elect a permanent chairperson. A permanent chairperson shall be elected before any other business is transacted. The election of a permanent chairperson shall be conducted as provided in this section. The chairperson of the county committee shall cause to be read the list of elected delegates and delegates at large under section 599(5) for the convention furnished to the chairperson by the county clerk under section 608. However, before reading the list, the chairperson of the county committee shall delete from the list the names of delegates that have been certified by the county clerk as disqualified under section 624a and shall add to the list the names of delegates elected to fill a vacancy for the balance of an unexpired term under this section, if any. When the name of each delegate on the list is called, the delegate shall state his or her choice for permanent chairperson. The person receiving a majority of the votes of the delegates present shall become permanent chairperson. The convention may fill any vacancy occurring in any delegation to a county convention by a majority vote of the delegates present. However, a vacancy shall not be filled by any person not a qualified, registered elector residing in the precinct in which the vacancy occurs. The convention shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the conduct of its affairs.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 566.107 — MI Code / Chapter 566 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 566.107
Statute of frauds; will, trust by implication or operation of law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The preceding section shall not be construed to affect in any manner, the power of a testator in the disposition of his real estate, by a last will and testament; nor to prevent any trust from arising, or being extinguished, by implication or operation of law.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 80; CL 1857, 3178; CL 1871, 4693; How. 6180; CL 1897, 9510; CL 1915, 11976; CL 1929, 13412; CL 1948, 566.107
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.44502 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.44502
Conditions to renting or leasing charter boat or carrying passengers for hire; possession and display of valid pilot's license; obtaining vessel inspection certificate and pilot's license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44502.

A person shall not rent or lease, or offer to rent or lease, a charter boat, and a person shall not carry passengers for hire on a vessel on the waters of this state unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:

The department has inspected the vessel, if required by this part, and has issued a certificate of inspection that is valid and current for the vessel.

The operator of the vessel is a licensed pilot or is under the direct supervision of a licensed pilot who is on board the vessel.

The person complies with the reporting requirements of section 44508.

The licensed pilot of a charter boat shall possess a valid and current pilot's license issued in his or her name and shall immediately display that license upon demand of any peace officer.

A person shall not operate a charter boat that carries 7 or more passengers on navigable waters without first obtaining a current vessel inspection certificate and a pilot's license from the United States coast guard or other federal agency.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.12e — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.12e
Chapter 257; felonies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12e.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in sections 601 to 624b of chapter VI of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, within chapter 257 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 257.601b(3) Person C Moving violation causing death to another person in a work zone or a school bus zone 15 257.601c(2) Person C Moving violation causing death to operator of implement of husbandry 15 257.602a(2) Pub saf G Fourth degree fleeing and eluding 2 257.602a(3) Pub saf E Third degree fleeing and eluding 5 257.602a(4) Person D Second degree fleeing and eluding 10 257.602a(5) Person C First degree fleeing and eluding 15 257.616a(2)(b) Pub saf G Using a signal preemption device 2 257.616a(2)(c) Pub saf E Using a signal preemption device causing a traffic accident 5 257.616a(2)(d) Person D Using a signal preemption device causing serious impairment of a body function 10 257.616a(2)(e) Person C Using a signal preemption device causing death 15 257.616a(2)(f) Pub ord G Selling or purchasing a signal preemption device 2 257.617(2) Person E Failure to stop at scene of accident resulting in serious impairment or death 5 257.617(3) Person C Failure to stop at scene of accident resulting in death when at fault 15

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

257.601b(3)

Person

C

Moving violation causing death to another person in a work zone or a school bus zone

15

257.601c(2)

Person

C

Moving violation causing death to operator of implement of husbandry

15

257.602a(2)

Pub saf

G

Fourth degree fleeing and eluding

2

257.602a(3)

Pub saf

E

Third degree fleeing and eluding

5

257.602a(4)

Person

D

Second degree fleeing and eluding

10

257.602a(5)

Person

C

First degree fleeing and eluding

15

257.616a(2)(b)

Pub saf

G

Using a signal preemption device

2

257.616a(2)(c)

Pub saf

E

Using a signal preemption device causing a traffic accident

5

257.616a(2)(d)

Person

D

Using a signal preemption device causing serious impairment of a body function

10

257.616a(2)(e)

Person

C

Using a signal preemption device causing death

15

257.616a(2)(f)

Pub ord

G

Selling or purchasing a signal preemption device

2

257.617(2)

Person

E

Failure to stop at scene of accident resulting in serious impairment or death

5

257.617(3)

Person

C

Failure to stop at scene of accident resulting in death when at fault

15

History: Add. 2002, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002; Am. 2004, Act 26, Eff. June 14, 2004; Am. 2008, Act 297, Imd. Eff. Oct. 8, 2008; Am. 2011, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1472 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1472
Restriction on transfer or registration of transfer of bond or share; imposition; enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 472.

A restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of a bond or share of a corporation may be imposed by the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, or an agreement among any number of holders or among the holders and the corporation. A restriction imposed under this subsection is not binding with respect to bonds or shares issued before adoption of the restriction unless the holders are parties to an agreement or voted in favor of the restriction.

A written restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of a bond or share of a corporation, if permitted by this section or section 473 and noted conspicuously on the face or back of the instrument or on the information statement required under section 336, may be enforced against the holder of the restricted instrument or a successor or transferee of the holder of the restricted instrument, including a personal representative, administrator, trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary entrusted with responsibility for the person or estate of the holder. Unless the existence of the restriction is noted conspicuously on the face or back of the instrument or on the information statement required under section 336, the restriction, even though permitted by this section or section 473, is ineffective except against a person with actual knowledge of the restriction.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.685 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-216-of-1985 / Section 552.685
Conditional effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 83rd Legislature are enacted into law:

Senate Bill No. 227.

Senate Bill No. 228.

History: 1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.424 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-157-of-1905 / Section 41.424
Township parks; plan for acquisition, specifications; referendum, adoption, record.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Any plan for the securing such park or resort shall fully set forth the premises which it is intended to occupy as a park or resort, and specify the sum which each of said townships will raise by tax each year for the maintenance and support thereof, which shall not be less than 1/10 of a mill nor more than 5 mills on the respective valuations of each of said townships. Said moneys so received shall be paid to the treasurer of said board of commissioners, and shall be paid out on orders drawn on him, signed by the chairman and secretary of said board of commissioners. The full proposition shall be submitted to the qualified electors of each township at a regular or special election, and if adopted by a majority vote shall be a binding contract on such township, and if adopted, shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county or counties in which said lands shall be situated. The manner of conducting, noticing, canvassing, returning and declaring the result of such election shall, as near as may be, be the same as is now prescribed by the general election law governing elections in said townships for the election of township officers.

History: 1905, Act 157, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 2195; CL 1929, 2403; CL 1948, 41.424
Mich. Comp. Laws § 492.109 — MI Code / Chapter 492 / Act Act-27-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 492.109
License; revocation or suspension; grounds; appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The administrator, upon 30 days written notice to the licensee, forwarded by registered mail to the place of business of such licensee, as shown in the application for license or as amended on the license certificate in case of change of address subsequent to issuance of the license certificate, may revoke or suspend any license if he finds that:

The licensee has made any material misstatement in the application for license, or that

The licensee has violated any provisions of this act, or that

The licensee refuses or has refused to permit the administrator or his designated representative to make examinations authorized by this act, or that

The licensee in the case of a sales finance company has failed to maintain in effect the bond required under the provisions of this act, or that

The licensee has failed to maintain satisfactory records required by this act, or that

The licensee has falsified any records required by this act to be maintained in connection with the business contemplated by this act, or that

The licensee has after proper notice failed to file any report with the administrator within the time stipulated in this act, or that

The licensee has failed to pay the fine required by this act for failure to file reports to the administrator within the time stipulated, or that

The licensee has defrauded any retail buyer to the buyer's damage or wilfully failed to perform any written agreement with any retail buyer, or that

Any fact or condition exists or is discovered which, if it had existed or had been discovered at the time of filing of the application for such license, would have warranted the administrator in refusing to issue such license.

The administrator may revoke or suspend only the particular license with respect to which grounds for revocation may occur or exist, but if he finds that grounds for revocation are of general application to all places of business or to more than 1 place of business operated by a licensee, he may revoke all of the licenses issued to such licensee or those licenses to which grounds for revocation apply, as the case may be.

Whenever a license has been revoked, the administrator shall not issue another license to the licensee pursuant to the provisions of this act until the expiration of at least 1 year from the effective date of revocation of said license.

Appeals may be taken from the action of the administrator in accordance with procedure prescribed in section 30 of Act No. 319 of the Public Acts of 1969, being section 487.330 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 27, Eff. Mar. 31, 1951; Am. 1970, Act 114, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.347 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-196-of-1973 / Section 15.347
Appropriation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

There is appropriated from the general fund of the state an amount necessary to implement this act but not to exceed $10,000.00 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.

History: 1973, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.31 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.31
Posthumous child; effect of birth on certain future estates.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

A future estate depending on the contingency of the death of any person without heirs or issue, or children, shall be defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person, capable of taking by descent.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2615; CL 1871, 4098; How. 5547; CL 1897, 8813; CL 1915, 11549; CL 1929, 12951; CL 1948, 554.31
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7028 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7028
Duties of trustees; limitation on liability of trustee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7028.

The trustees of a MEWA shall give the attention and exercise the vigilance, diligence, care, and skill that prudent persons use in like or similar circumstances. Trustees shall be responsible for all operations of the MEWA and shall take all necessary precautions to safeguard the assets of the MEWA. No trustee shall be held liable for any delinquency under this section after 6 years from the date of the delinquency, or after 2 years from the time when the delinquency is discovered by a person complaining of the delinquency, whichever occurs sooner.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5305 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5305
Board; terms; vacancy; removal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 305.

Unless otherwise provided in a specific article of this act, all of the following apply to the members of a board:

(a) Except for a member described in subdivision (b), the term of a member who is appointed to a board is 4 years.

(b) An individual who is appointed to fill a vacancy on a board that is the result of a member's resignation, death, disability, or removal for cause by the governor shall serve for the balance of the term of the member he or she replaced and he or she may be reappointed for not more than 2 full terms.

(c) A vacancy is filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. The governor shall appoint an individual as a member of a board, subject to the advice and consent of the senate under section 303, within 60 days after a vacancy occurs and within 60 days after the senate disapproves an appointment by the governor.

(d) The governor may remove a member of a board under section 10 of article V of the state constitution of 1963.

(e) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governor shall not appoint an individual to serve for more than 2 consecutive terms.

(f) Of the initial members of a board created or first appointed, the terms of 3 of the members, including 2 of the members who have a license in an occupation that the board monitors and 1 of the members representing the general public, is 4 years; the terms of 2 of the members, including 1 of the members who has a license in an occupation that the board monitors and 1 of the members representing the general public, is 3 years; the terms of 2 of the members, including 1 of the members who has a license in an occupation that the board monitors and 1 of the members who represents the general public, is 2 years; and the terms of the remaining members are 1 year.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.541 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-12-of-1942-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 3.541
Federal grants of funds or property; authority of political subdivisions to accept.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Whenever the United States, or any agency or officer thereof, or the war surplus property board, shall offer equipment, supplies, materials or funds for wartime or defense activities or for any other governmental purpose to the state or to any political subdivision thereof, the state or political subdivision is hereby authorized to accept such offer and the state administrative board of the state, or the legislative body of the political subdivision may authorize any officer of the state or of the political subdivision to accept or purchase said equipment, supplies, materials or funds on behalf of the state or political subdivision.

History: 1942, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 12, Imd. Eff. Jan. 28, 1942; Am. 1945, Act 65, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1945; CL 1948, 3.541
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.251 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-169-of-1965 / Section 450.251
Charitable purpose corporations; prohibited conduct; compliance with subsection (2); merger, conversion, or dissolution; notice and documents to attorney general; court proceedings; consent to dissolution by attorney general.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) A nonprofit corporation, foundation, trustee corporation, or other corporation, or entity organized under the laws of this state whose purposes include operating or holding property for any charitable purpose, unless it is organized for religious purposes, shall not do any of the following unless it complies with subsection (2):

(a) Enter into a merger with another domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation, domestic or foreign business corporation, or other domestic or foreign business entity.

(b) Amend or restate its articles of incorporation to become a corporation governed by the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1101 to 450.2098.

(c) Convert an entity described in subdivision (a) into another form of domestic or foreign business organization.

(d) Dissolve.

(2) A corporation or entity described in subsection (1) must give written notice to the attorney general before filing an amendment to or restatement of its articles of incorporation, a certificate of conversion, or any other paper or document concerning a merger, conversion, or dissolution described in subsection (1) with any other state agency or court.

(3) A corporation that is subject to this act and that is automatically dissolved under section 801(1)(a) or section 922 of the nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 166, MCL 450.2801 and 450.2922, shall give notice of the dissolution to the attorney general within 60 days after the automatic dissolution of the corporation.

(4) The attorney general may require that a corporation or entity described in subsection (1) that is involved in a merger, conversion, or dissolution described in that subsection submit to the attorney general an accounting of the assets of the corporation and of their administration and disposition.

(5) The attorney general may require that the dissolution of a corporation or entity described in subsection (1) be accomplished by proceedings in the circuit court for Ingham county or for the county in which the registered office or principal place of business of the corporation or entity is located. The attorney general is a necessary party to the dissolution proceedings and shall be given due notice of those proceedings.

(6) The attorney general may consent to the dissolution of a corporation or other entity described in subsection (1) without court proceedings. However, the consent to a dissolution by the attorney general under this subsection does not affect or limit the application of any other statutory provisions that require court proceedings in connection with the dissolution of a corporation or other entity described in subsection (1).

History: 1965, Act 169, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965; Am. 2014, Act 558, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015