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Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.201 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-246-of-1921 / Section 460.201
Carriers by water; schedule of rates, fares, and charges filing; decision by department of state police; suspension of operation; hearing date; notice; setting by department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any persons, firms, and corporations engaged in the transportation of freight, passengers, or express, by water, wholly within this state, shall, within 30 days after this act takes effect, make and file, in the form prescribed, its schedule of rates, fares, and charges for the carrying of freight, passengers, and express. The filed rates, fares, and charges continue in force until superseded by other schedules filed with the department of state police as provided in this section. The department of state police shall make a decision on all filed rates, fares, and charges within 30 days after the rates, fares, and charges are filed. The department of state police may, either upon request or upon its own motion, suspend the operation of any filed rate, fare, charge, or tariff for a period not exceeding 30 days. If a filed rate, fare, charge, or tariff is suspended by the department of state police, the department shall give the interested carrier immediate notice of the suspension and shall, within 10 days from the date of the suspension, set a hearing date not more than 20 days from the date of the suspension. The department of state police shall give notice of the hearing date to the carrier and to other interested persons. After the hearing, the department of state police shall set the rate, fare, charge, or tariff in the matter complained of, and that rate, fare, charge, or tariff continues to be the legal rate, fare, charge, or tariff in force until superseded as provided by law. Any ferry company operating within any municipality under an agreement with that municipality is not affected either as to fares or as to operation by this act.

History: 1921, Act 246, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1921; CL 1929, 11071; CL 1948, 460.201; Am. 2017, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 21, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.67 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.67
Indictment; charging accessory without principal; substantial felony.
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

Any number of accessories after the fact, or receivers, buyers, or persons aiding in the concealment of any stolen money, goods, or property may be charged with substantive felonies in the same indictment, notwithstanding the principal felon shall not be included in the same indictment, or shall not be in custody or amenable to justice.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17281; CL 1948, 767.67
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5508 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5508
Determination of advocate's authority to act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5508.

(1) Except as provided under subsection (3), the authority under a patient advocate designation is exercisable by a patient advocate only when the patient is unable to participate in medical treatment or, as applicable, mental health treatment decisions. The patient's attending physician and another physician or licensed psychologist shall determine upon examination of the patient whether the patient is unable to participate in medical treatment decisions, shall put the determination in writing, shall make the determination part of the patient's medical record, and shall review the determination not less than annually. If the patient's religious beliefs prohibit an examination and this is stated in the designation, the patient must indicate in the designation how the determination under this subsection shall be made. The determination of the patient's ability to make mental health treatment decisions shall be made under section 5515.

(2) If a dispute arises as to whether the patient is unable to participate in medical or mental health treatment decisions, a petition may be filed with the court in the county in which the patient resides or is located requesting the court's determination as to whether the patient is unable to participate in decisions regarding medical treatment or mental health treatment, as applicable. If a petition is filed under this subsection, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the patient for the purposes of this subsection. The court shall conduct a hearing on a petition under this subsection as soon as possible and not later than 7 days after the court receives the petition. As soon as possible and not later than 7 days after the hearing, the court shall determine whether or not the patient is able to participate in decisions regarding medical treatment or mental health treatment, as applicable. If the court determines that the patient is unable to participate in the decisions, the patient advocate's authority, rights, and responsibilities are effective. If the court determines that the patient is able to participate in the decisions, the patient advocate's authority, rights, and responsibilities are not effective.

(3) In the case of a patient advocate designation that authorizes a patient advocate to make an anatomical gift of all or part of the patient's body, the patient advocate shall act on the patient's behalf in accordance with part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123, and may do so only after the patient has been declared unable to participate in medical treatment decisions as provided in subsection (1) or declared dead by a licensed physician. The patient advocate's authority to make an anatomical gift remains exercisable after the patient's death.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2003, Act 63, Imd. Eff. July 22, 2003; Am. 2004, Act 532, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005; Am. 2008, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3410 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-440-of-1988 / Section 338.3410
Reciprocal agreements with other states.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The department shall seek to obtain written reciprocal agreements with other states that have accreditation and reaccreditation requirements that equal or exceed the requirements of this act for a person who performs asbestos-related work in a school building or a public and commercial building.

Following the department's execution of a written reciprocal agreement with another state, a person who has been properly accredited by that state shall not be required to receive the initial training or take the examination to receive a certificate of accreditation required by this act to perform asbestos-related work in a school building or a public and commercial building in this state. That person shall submit a certificate of successful completion of training from the other state and the fee as required by section 14.

For a person described in subsection (2), reaccreditation under sections 4 and 5 may only be obtained by submitting a copy of the certificate of successful completion of a refresher training course from another state and the fee as required by section 14.

History: 1988, Act 440, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988; Am. 1995, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2951 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-275-of-2010 / Section 125.2951
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "next Michigan development act".

History: 2010, Act 275, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 765.6 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 765.6
Accused persons entitled to bail; amount of bail; considerations and findings; surety bond; surrender by defendant of operator's or chauffeur's license as security; receipt; expiration date; extension; written notice; return of license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Except as otherwise provided by law, a person accused of a criminal offense is entitled to bail. The amount of bail shall not be excessive. The court in fixing the amount of the bail shall consider and make findings on the record as to each of the following:

The seriousness of the offense charged.

The protection of the public.

The previous criminal record and the dangerousness of the person accused.

The probability or improbability of the person accused appearing at the trial of the cause.

If the court fixes a bail amount under subsection (1) and allows for the posting of a 10% deposit bond, the person accused may post bail by a surety bond in an amount equal to 1/4 of the full bail amount fixed under subsection (1) and executed by a surety approved by the court.

If a person is arrested for an ordinance violation or a misdemeanor and if the defendant's operator's or chauffeur's license is not expired, suspended, revoked, or cancelled, the court may require the defendant, in place of other security for the defendant's appearance in court for trial or sentencing or, as a condition for release of the defendant on personal recognizance, to surrender to the court his or her operator's or chauffeur's license. The court shall issue to the defendant a receipt for the license, as provided in section 311a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.311a. If the trial date is set at the arraignment, the court shall specify on the receipt the date on which the defendant is required to appear for trial. If a trial date is not set at the arraignment, the court shall specify on the receipt a date on which the receipt expires. By written notice the court may extend the expiration date of the receipt, as needed, to secure the defendant's appearance for trial and sentencing. The written notice shall instruct the person to whom the receipt was issued to attach the notice to the receipt. Upon its attachment to the receipt, the written notice shall be considered a part of the receipt for purposes of determining the expiration date. At the conclusion of the trial or imposition of sentence, as applicable, the court shall return the license to the defendant unless other disposition of the license is authorized by law.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17168; CL 1948, 765.6; Am. 1969, Act 222, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969; Am. 1983, Act 56, Eff. Mar. 29, 1984; Am. 1988, Act 46, Eff. June 1, 1988; Am. 2004, Act 167, Imd. Eff. June 24, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2611 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2611
Bond not required of state or municipal corporation; appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2611.

In any suit or proceeding in which the state, or any state officer duly authorized for that purpose, or any corporate body in charge of any state institution, or any municipal corporation, is a party, no bond shall be required to be given by any such party as a prerequisite to the taking of an appeal, or the making of an order staying proceedings.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6241 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6241
Execution of powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6241.

In any court having more than 1 judge, all powers granted and duties imposed by this chapter may be executed in accordance with the rules of said court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.65 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-118-of-1923 / Section 141.65
Provisions cumulative; election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

This act and the powers and authority hereby granted shall be deemed cumulative and confirmatory of powers heretofore or hereafter granted to counties to borrow money or incur obligations for county purposes or issue bonds of the county or contract to secure repayment of moneys borrowed. If provision was heretofore or hereafter made for borrowing money, incurring obligations, or issuing bonds by counties, those provisions or the provisions of this act may be followed at the election of county authorities.

History: 1923, Act 118, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923; CL 1929, 2351; CL 1948, 141.65; Am. 1973, Act 123, Imd. Eff. Aug. 21, 1973; Am. 1975, Act 162, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1421 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1421
Taxpayer not subject to MCL 206.1 to 206.532; tax credit; charitable contributions; limitation; refund; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 421.

(1) A taxpayer that is not subject to the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.532, may claim a credit against the tax imposed by this act, subject to the applicable limitations under this section, equal to 50% of the aggregate amount of charitable contributions made by the taxpayer during the tax year to all of the following:

(a) A public broadcast station as defined by 47 USC 397 that is not affiliated with an institution of higher education.

(b) A public library.

(c) An institution of higher learning located in this state or a nonprofit corporation, fund, foundation, trust, or association organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of an institution of higher learning.

(d) The Michigan colleges foundation.

(e) The Michigan housing and community development fund created in section 3 of the Michigan housing and community development fund act, 2004 PA 479, MCL 125.2823.

(2) The tax credit allowed under this section for a donation under subsection (1)(c) is allowed only if the donee corporation, fund, foundation, trust, or association is controlled or approved and reviewed by the governing board of the institution of higher learning that benefits from the charitable contributions. The nonprofit corporation, fund, foundation, trust, or association shall provide copies of its annual independently audited financial statements to the auditor general of this state and chairpersons of the appropriations committees of the senate and house of representatives.

(3) The credit allowed under this section for any tax year shall not exceed 5% of the tax liability of the taxpayer for that tax year as determined without regard to this section or $5,000.00, whichever is less.

(4) If the amount of 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 not be refunded.

(5) As used in this section:

(a) "Institution of higher learning" means an educational institution located within this state meeting all of the following requirements:

( i ) Maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and has a regularly enrolled body of students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are carried on.

( ii ) Regularly offers education above the twelfth grade.

( iii ) Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees or any combination of those degrees or higher education credits acceptable for those degrees granted by other institutions of higher learning.

( iv ) Is recognized by the state board of education as an institution of higher learning and appears as an institution of higher learning in the annual publication of the department of education entitled "the directory of institutions of higher education".

(b) "Public library" means a public library as defined in section 2 of 1977 PA 89, MCL 397.552.

History: 2007, Act 36, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.335a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.335a
Indecent exposure; violation; penalty; mother's breastfeeding or expressing milk exempt.
Status: in_force

Sec. 335a.

(1) A person shall not knowingly make any open or indecent exposure of his or her person or of the person of another.

(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a crime, as follows:

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(b) If the person was fondling his or her genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if the person is female, breasts, while violating subsection (1), the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.

(c) If the person was at the time of the violation a sexually delinquent person, the violation is punishable by imprisonment for an indeterminate term, the minimum of which is 1 day and the maximum of which is life.

(3) A mother's breastfeeding of a child or expressing breast milk does not constitute indecent or obscene conduct under subsection (1) regardless of whether or not her areola or nipple is visible during or incidental to the breastfeeding or expressing of breast milk.

History: Add. 1952, Act 73, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952; Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003; Am. 2005, Act 300, Eff. Feb. 1, 2006; Am. 2014, Act 198, Imd. Eff. June 24, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6023 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6023
Membership interest in mutual holding company.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6023.

No member of a mutual holding company may transfer membership in the mutual holding company.

A member of a mutual holding company is not personally liable for the acts, debts, liabilities, or obligations of the mutual holding company solely because of his or her membership status.

No assessments of any kind may be imposed upon the members of a mutual holding company by the directors or members, or because of any liability, act, debt, or obligation of the mutual holding company or of any company owned or controlled by the mutual holding company.

Neither a membership interest in a domestic mutual holding company nor any intermediate or transitional stages taken pursuant to a plan constitutes the creation, issuance, offer to sell, solicitation of an offer to buy, or the sale of a security under the laws of this state.

A membership interest in the mutual holding company automatically terminates if the policy that gave rise to the membership interest is canceled, nonrenewed, terminated, or expires.

Except as otherwise approved by the commissioner, a membership interest in the mutual holding company shall be automatically created with a new policy issued by the converted company.

History: Add. 2000, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.76505 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.76505
Fort Mackinac; flag; maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 76505.

The director shall see to it that the United States flag is kept floating from the flagstaff at Fort Mackinac, and rules relative thereto are the same as those that have governed in that matter when the fort was in possession and occupancy by the United States troops.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 176, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13301 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13301
Definitions and principles of construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13301.

As used in this part:

"Approved" means acceptable to the department.

"Class IV installation" means a dry cleaning system utilizing solvents classified as nonflammable or as nonflammable at ordinary temperatures and only slightly flammable at higher temperatures.

"Dry cleaning" includes dry dyeing and means the process of removing dirt, grease, paints, and other stains from wearing apparel, textiles, fabrics, and rugs by use of nonaqueous liquid solvents, including:

Immersion and agitation in open vessels.

Immersion and agitation in closed machines.

Spotting or local application of flammable liquid solvents to spots of dirt, grease, paints, and stains not removed by the immersion and agitation process.

Brushing or scouring with inflammable solutions.

"Dry dyeing" means the process of dyeing clothes or other fabrics of textiles in a solution of dye colors and nonaqueous solvents.

"Person" means a person as defined in section 1106 or a governmental entity.

In addition, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in this code.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2569 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2569
Scope of "corporation" for purposes of MCL 450.2561 to 450.2567.
Status: in_force

Sec. 569.

For purposes of sections 561 to 567, "corporation" includes all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger, any corporation converted into another business entity, and the resulting or surviving foreign or domestic corporation, foreign or domestic business corporation or other business entity, so that a person that is or was a director, officer, employee, nondirector volunteer, or agent of the constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of the constituent corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, nondirector volunteer, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, foreign or domestic business corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other profit or nonprofit enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation or business corporation as the person would if the person had served the resulting or surviving corporation, business corporation, or other business entity in the same capacity.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1987, Act 170, Eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Am. 1993, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1993; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.567 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-114-of-1965 / Section 290.567
Referendum on continuation of commission functions; referendum on termination of commission; petition; notice; hearings; cessation of operations and transfer of assets; voting; submitting ballot to legislative committees for review.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Five years after the latest referendum held under this section, the department of agriculture shall conduct a referendum at which growers shall vote whether or not the commission shall continue to levy the assessments and otherwise carry out this act. If a majority of the growers voting who represent a majority of the hundredweight sold in any 1 of the previous 3 years of those voting, vote against having the commission continue to function, the commission shall cease its operations and deliver its assets to the director who shall transfer the assets to Michigan state university for bean research. A grower is entitled to 1 vote and the grower must be able to verify the hundredweight claimed as being sold as indicated on the ballot.

Upon written petition signed by at least 200 growers but with not more than 100 of them from any 1 district, the director shall, within 30 days, give 10 days' notice and hold a hearing on termination of the commission. Within 45 days after the close of the hearings, the director shall conduct a referendum to determine whether the growers assent to the proposed action. The commission is terminated if a majority by number of those voting, representing a majority of the hundredweight sold in any 1 of the previous 3 years of those voting, vote against its continuation. The commission shall then cease its operations and deliver its assets to the director who shall transfer the assets to Michigan state university for bean research. A referendum described in this subsection shall not be conducted within 1 year before or after any other referendum. A grower is entitled to 1 vote and the grower must be able to verify the hundredweight claimed as being sold as indicated on the ballot.

Not less than 30 days before the referendum required by subsection (1), the department of agriculture shall submit for review the ballot to be used in conducting the referendum to the senate's and the house of representatives' standing committees dealing primarily with agricultural issues.

History: 1965, Act 114, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966; Am. 1976, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1981; Am. 2000, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001