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Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.710 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-329-of-1965 / Section 286.710
Applicability of MCL 286.703.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Section 3 does not apply to the following:

Seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes.

Seed stored in, transported to, or consigned to, a conditioning establishment for conditioning if the invoice or label accompanying the shipment of the seed bears the statement "seed for conditioning". However, any labeling or other representation which may be made with respect to the unconditioned seed is subject to this act.

Except for field bean seed, seed grown, sold, and delivered by the producer on his or her own premises directly to the purchaser if the seed does not contain prohibited noxious or restricted noxious weed seed, prohibited noxious or restricted noxious weed seed in excess of limits provided by rule, or not more than 2% of all weed seed. If, however, the seed is advertised for sale through the medium of the public press, by circular, catalog, or by exposing a sample of the seed, or a printed or written statement pertaining to the seed, in a public place or in any place of business, or if the seed is delivered by a common carrier, except when transported for the purpose of being conditioned as provided in this section, the producer shall be considered a vendor and the seed shall meet all requirements of the act including complete labeling of the seed. For cereal, field bean seed, and soybean seed where the purpose for which the seed is intended may be in question, all seeds advertised for sale by variety name or as conditioned or tested, or treated or offered at a price substantially higher than current market prices, shall be presumed to be offered for seeding purposes and subject to the labeling provisions of this act.

A common carrier with respect to seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business, if the carrier is not engaged in producing, conditioning, or marketing seed subject to this act.

History: 1965, Act 329, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1988, Act 455, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988; Am. 1996, Act 86, Imd. Eff. Feb. 27, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.409l — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.409l
Judge of court of appeals; appointment to fill vacancy; election of successor; term.
Status: in_force

Sec. 409 l .

(1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of judge of the court of appeals, the governor shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy. Except as otherwise provided in section 409b(8), the person appointed by the governor shall be considered an incumbent for purposes of this act. The person appointed by the governor shall hold office until 12 noon of January 1 following the next general November election at which a successor is elected and qualified.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in section 409d(2), if the vacancy occurs more than 7 days before the nominating petition filing deadline as provided in section 409b for the general November election that is not the general November election at which a successor in office would be elected if there were no vacancy, the person appointed shall hold office only until a successor is elected at the next general November election in the manner provided for in this chapter for the election of judges of the court of appeals. The person elected shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term.

History: Add. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 60, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1970, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1970; Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990; Am. 1990, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1990; Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2014, Act 94, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.769 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.769
Absent voter ballots; voting in person; return of ballot; voting in person and absent voter ballot as felony; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 769.

(1) An absent voter may vote in person within the absent voter's precinct at an election, notwithstanding that the absent voter applies for an absent voter ballot and the absent voter ballot is mailed or otherwise delivered to the absent voter by the clerk. This subsection applies only if the absent voter does not vote the absent voter ballot mailed or otherwise delivered by the clerk.

(2) Before voting in person, except as otherwise provided in this section, the absent voter shall return the absent voter ballot to the board of election inspectors in the absent voter's precinct. If an absent voter ballot is returned under this subsection, the board of election inspectors shall mark the absent voter ballot "CANCELED" and place the absent voter ballot in the regular box with other canceled ballots. This subsection does not apply to an absent voter who brings the absent voter's marked absent voter ballot to be cast on the tabulator at the absent voter's election day polling place or early voting site as provided under section 768a.

(3) An absent voter who did not receive an absent voter ballot that the absent voter applied for or lost or destroyed an absent voter ballot the absent voter received, and who desires to vote in person in the absent voter's precinct on election day, shall sign an affidavit to that effect before an election inspector and be allowed to vote as otherwise provided in this act. However, a voter being allowed to vote under this subsection is subject to challenge as provided in section 727.

(4) An individual who votes at an election both in person and by means of an absent voter ballot or an individual who attempts to vote both in person and by means of an absent voter ballot is guilty of a felony.

(5) An election official who becomes aware of an individual who votes or attempts to vote both in person and by means of an absent voter ballot shall report that information to the prosecuting attorney for that county and to the secretary of state.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2023, Act 81, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1357 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1357
Shortfall in state general fund - general purpose revenue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 357.

In each fiscal year in which a transfer to the fund takes place, if the state general fund-general purpose revenue falls short of the level upon which a balanced state general fund budget was adopted for that year and the shortfall cannot be attributed to a statutory change in the tax rate, the tax base, fee schedules, or any other change in the revenue sources by which the general fund estimate was made, an amount not to exceed the amount deposited into the fund for that fiscal year may, by majority vote of the members elected to and serving in each house, be appropriated from the fund to raise state general fund-general purpose revenue to the level originally anticipated.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.675 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.675
Flow-through entity members; tax credit for tax paid by the flow-through entity; refundable; reasonable proof.
Status: in_force

Sec. 675.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under this section, for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2021, a taxpayer who is either a member of a flow-through entity that elects to file a return and pay the tax imposed under part 4 or a direct or indirect member of another flow-through entity that elects to file a return and pay the tax imposed under part 4 may claim a credit against the tax imposed under this part in an amount equal to the member's allocated share of the tax as reported to the member by the flow-through entity pursuant to section 839(1)(d) for the tax year ending on or within the taxpayer's same 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.

(3) For tax years ending in 2021 only, if the taxpayer claims a credit under this section and the annual return filed under this part on which the credit under this section is claimed results in a refund, any portion of that refund that is attributable to the credit claimed under this section is not subject to added interest under section 30(3) of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.30.

(4) The department may require reasonable proof from the taxpayer related to the allocated share of the tax claimed for a credit under this section, the direct or indirect flow-through entities required to report under section 839(1)(d), or any other information required by the department for the administration of this section.

History: Add. 2021, Act 135, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2021; Am. 2024, Act 216, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.274 — MI Code / Chapter 54 / Act Act-345-of-1990 / Section 54.274
Grant; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

(1) The department shall not make a grant under section 12(1)(a) unless all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The applicant files an application for the grant on or before December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the grant is made.

(b) The applicant demonstrates to the department the capability to carry out the county plan.

(c) The applicant demonstrates to the department that it has not completed its monumentation and remonumentation plan described in section 8(2)(a).

(2) The department shall make a grant under section 12(1)(c) if the applicant demonstrates to the department that it has completed its monumentation and remonumentation plan described in section 8(2)(a) or if the applicant voluntarily chooses to proceed to the program described in section 8(2)(d).

History: 1990, Act 345, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Am. 2014, Act 166, Imd. Eff. June 12, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.66e — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.66e
Receipt of authorized patients by university hospital; duties of admitting officer; treatment; compensation; insurance; affidavit of expenses; report on condition of patient and expense incurred.
Status: in_force

Sec. 66e.

The admitting officer of the university hospital, upon receiving a patient with an authorization issued by a county department of social services under this act, may provide a bed in the hospital and designate the clinic of the hospital to which such person shall be assigned for treatment. The physician or surgeon in charge of the patient shall proceed with proper care to perform such operation and bestow such treatment upon the patient as in his judgment shall be necessary. No compensation shall be charged or received by the admitting officer, or by the medical faculty or by the physician, surgeon or nurses of the university hospital who shall treat and care for the patients, other than the salaries received by them provided by the board of regents of the university. If any such patient has medical or surgical insurance coverage the university hospital may then charge for the service of its medical and surgical staff in amounts not to exceed the amounts available from such insurance coverage. The superintendent shall make and file with the county board of social services an affidavit containing so far as possible an itemized statement of all expenses of hospitalization incurred at said hospital in care of patients admitted under this act in accordance with the usual rates therefor fixed by the regents of the university. He shall also make reports at suitable intervals to the county department which issued the order, stating the condition of the patient and the expense incurred. No county shall be liable for expenses incurred after the expiration date of the order of the county department unless a new order is obtained.

History: Add. 1957, Act 286, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1957; Am. 1971, Act 146, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.7 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 113.7
Reincorporation under act; first election of officers, procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The first election of officers for any such city reincorporated under the provisions of this act shall be held on the first Monday in April, in the year of our Lord, 1896, and notice thereof and of the officers to be elected thereat shall be given and the election held and conducted, the votes canvassed, the result determined and notice given to persons elected in the same manner and within the same time as herein provided.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3364; CL 1915, 3288; CL 1929, 2210; CL 1948, 113.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 319.109 — MI Code / Chapter 319 / Act Act-178-of-1941 / Section 319.109
Lessees under oil or gas lease; right to maintain or defend processings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

In case a person or persons, holding a majority in interest in such lands, has or have executed an oil and gas lease or leases to any person, firm or corporation, such lessee or lessees may institute and maintain or defend any suit provided for by this act, either in the name of such lessee or in the name of his lessor.

History: 1941, Act 178, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 319.109
Mich. Comp. Laws § 404.3 — MI Code / Chapter 404 / Act Act-178-of-1929 / Section 404.3
Joint county medical care facilities; cost of establishment; special tax, limit, accounting; apportionment of cost of operation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The cost of establishment and construction of said county medical care facility shall be borne by each county in proportion to the assessed valuation of said county. The board of supervisors of each county becoming a party to the erection of a joint county medical care facility under the provisions of this act, may raise in any 1 year for construction or maintenance purposes a sum not exceeding .1 mill on each dollar of assessed valuation of said county. Such tax shall be regarded as a special tax, and moneys received therefrom shall be transmitted by the treasurer of the county in which it is collected to the treasurer of the county in which said joint county medical care facility is to be located and constructed. All such moneys shall be and remain in a special fund and shall be used solely for the purposes for which the tax is spread: Provided, however, That the money so received for construction purposes and not needed therefor, may be expended by the board of trustees for the maintenance and operation of said joint county medical care facility. Money expended for the construction, equipment and installation of equipment of any joint county medical care facility shall be paid out by the county treasurer having such fund in charge, on the order of the board of trustees of such joint county medical care facility. The maintenance and operation of such joint county medical care facility shall be borne by each county in proportion to the number of persons kept by each county in said medical care facility.

History: 1929, Act 178, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 8285; CL 1948, 404.3; Am. 1953, Act 182, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.68a — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.68a
County of settlement; itemized statement of relief expense; items of undetermined value.
Status: in_force

Sec. 68a.

The county department furnishing general relief, including medical care, hospitalization or infirmary care to any poor person at the expense of another county in this state, shall present to the department of social welfare of the county liable for the aid and infirmary care, from time to time as the case might be, a sworn, itemized statement of the expense which shall be allowed and paid by the department of social welfare of the county liable therefor, within 60 days after being presented. No item of the itemized statement of expense shall be a proper and collectible charge against the county which has been determined to be or has agreed to be liable therefor unless submitted within 180 days from the end of the month during which services covered by the item were rendered. In the case of an item, the exact amount of which the county department furnishing care is unable to determine during the 180 days period or prior thereto, notice of the existence of such an item of undetermined amount shall be given the county liable during the 180 days whereupon the county furnishing care shall have an additional 180 days in which to include the amount of the item in an itemized statement.

History: Add. 1957, Act 292, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1512 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1512
Premium finance agreement; filing not required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1512.

No filing of the premium finance agreement shall be necessary to perfect the validity of such agreement as a secured transaction as against creditors, subsequent purchasers, pledgees, encumbrances, successors or assigns.

History: Add. 1968, Act 352, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4373 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4373
Concealment of prisoner; aiding; misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4373.

Every person who knowingly aids or assists in the violation of section 4370 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.124c — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-116-of-1973 / Section 722.124c
Filing of public information form by primary adoption facilitator; contents; authentication; applicability of section to certain adoptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14c.

(1) Not later than 10 days after the entry of an order of adoption under section 56 of the Michigan adoption code, MCL 710.56, the primary adoption facilitator for that adoption shall file with the probate court a completed public information form setting forth information including costs connected with the adoption as prescribed by section 14d. The public information form shall be authenticated by verification under oath by the primary adoption facilitator, or, in the alternative, contain the following statement immediately above the date and signature of the facilitator: "I declare that this public information form has been examined by me and that its contents are true to the best of my information, knowledge, and belief.".

(2) This section does not apply to a stepparent adoption; the adoption of a child related to the petitioner within the fifth degree by blood, marriage, or adoption; or an adoption in which the consent of a court or the department is required.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), this section applies to adoptions in which the order of adoption under section 56 of the Michigan adoption code, MCL 710.56, is entered after July 1, 1995, including adoptions pending on July 1, 1995.

History: Add. 1994, Act 209, Eff. July 1, 1995; Am. 2017, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1087 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1087
"Holocaust Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 87.

The part of highway M-10 located in Oakland county, beginning at the intersection of M-10 and I-696 and continuing northwest to the intersection of M-10 and Orchard Lake road, shall be known as the "Holocaust Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2005, Act 40, Imd. Eff. June 7, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.451 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-130-of-1907 / Section 211.451
Purchase price refund; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any purchaser of land from this state at any sale previously made, or that may be made, by the department of natural resources under section 131 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.131, may petition the state treasurer for a refund of the purchase price paid for the land if the land purchased did not belong to the class of lands liable to sale by the department of natural resources.

History: 1907, Act 130, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1907; CL 1915, 4162; CL 1929, 3726; CL 1948, 211.451; Am. 2002, Act 430, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2106 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2106
Representation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2106.

If, under section 2103(a), a decedent's intestate estate or a part of the estate passes by representation to the decedent's descendants, the estate or part of the estate is divided into as many equal shares as the total of the surviving descendants in the generation nearest to the decedent that contains 1 or more surviving descendants and the deceased descendants in the same generation who left surviving descendants, if any. Each surviving descendant in the nearest generation is allocated 1 share. The remaining shares, if any, are combined and then divided in the same manner among the surviving descendants of the deceased descendants as if the surviving descendants who were allocated a share and their surviving descendants had predeceased the decedent.

If, under section 2103(c) or (d), a decedent's intestate estate or a part of the estate passes by representation to the descendants of the decedent's deceased parents or either of them or to the descendants of the decedent's deceased paternal or maternal grandparents or either of them, the estate or part of the estate is divided into as many equal shares as the total of the surviving descendants in the generation nearest the deceased parents or either of them, or the deceased grandparents or either of them, that contains 1 or more surviving descendants and the deceased descendants in the same generation who left surviving descendants, if any. Each surviving descendant in the nearest generation is allocated 1 share. The remaining shares, if any, are combined and then divided in the same manner among the surviving descendants of the deceased descendants as if the surviving descendants who were allocated a share and their surviving descendants had predeceased the decedent.

As used in this section:

"Deceased descendant", "deceased parent", or "deceased grandparent" means a descendant, parent, or grandparent who either predeceased the decedent or is considered to have predeceased the decedent under section 2104.

"Surviving descendant" means a descendant who neither predeceased the decedent nor is considered to have predeceased the decedent under section 2104.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.811s — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.811s
Thomas Daley gift of life fund; creation; deposit of money or other assets; money remaining at close of fiscal year; transfer; administration for auditing purposes; expenditures; "fund" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 811s.

(1) The Thomas Daley gift of life fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(4) Money in the organ and tissue donation education fund created in former section 217o shall be transferred to the fund.

(5) The department of state shall be the administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.

(6) The department of state shall expend money from the fund, upon appropriation, for the administration and maintenance of the state anatomical gift donor registry program under part 101 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.10101 to 333.10123. Any money remaining in the fund may be expended for the ongoing development and administration of the department of state's public information campaign concerning the Michigan organ donation program.

(7) As used in this section, "fund" means the Thomas Daley gift of life fund created in subsection (1).

History: Add. 2012, Act 55, Eff. June 30, 2012