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Mich. Comp. Laws § 224.20a — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 224.20a
County road tax; nonapplication of tax rate limitations; local approval; use of revenues.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20a.

The tax rate limitations of section 20 shall not apply where an extra tax levy has been approved by the electorate of the county of not to exceed 1/2 of 1% of the assessed valuation as equalized for the preceding year, if such levy has been submitted to the electorate pursuant to a resolution of the board of supervisors approved by the governing bodies of each city within the county. Revenues derived from the extra tax levy authorized by this section may be used for the improvement of city streets in such amounts and on such projects as shall be mutually agreed upon by the county road commission and the governing bodies of the cities and approved by the board of supervisors. The provision of this section shall apply only when the tax rate limitations of section 20 are exceeded.

History: Add. 1966, Act 89, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.755a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.755a
Elector unable to write or sign name; execution of election document by making mark or using signature stamp; "election document" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 755a.

(1) If an elector is unable to write, or sign his or her name on an election document because of a physical disability, the elector may execute the election document where a signature is required either by making his or her mark or by using a signature stamp.

(2) As used in this section, "election document" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(a) A voter application as described in section 523.

(b) An absent voter ballot application as described in section 759 or 759a.

(c) An emergency absent voter ballot application as described in section 759b.

(d) An absent voter ballot return envelope as described in section 761.

History: Add. 2014, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.20 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.20
Subscribing witnesses; refusal to appear or testify; civil liability; contempt; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Every person who being served with a subpoena under this act, shall without reasonable cause, refuse or neglect to appear, or appearing shall refuse to answer on oath, shall be liable to the injured party in the sum of 100 dollars damages, and for further damages as the party may sustain, and may also be committed to prison for contempt by the court who issued the subpoena, there to remain until he or she shall submit to answer upon oath.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2739; CL 1871, 4222; How. 5670; CL 1897, 8975; CL 1915, 11707; CL 1929, 13295; CL 1948, 565.20; Am. 1991, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6110 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6110
Authority; plan of operation; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6110.

The authority shall develop and implement a plan of operation.

The plan of operation shall include an assessment of the scope of the problem of automobile theft, including particular areas of the state where the problem is greatest; an analysis of various methods of combating the problem of automobile theft and economic automobile theft; a plan for providing financial support to combat automobile theft and economic automobile theft; and an estimate of the funds required to implement the plan.

The authority shall report annually on or before February 1 to the governor and the legislature on its activities in the preceding year.

History: Add. 1992, Act 174, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1105 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.1105
Definitions; I to M.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1105.

"Individual" means a natural person.

"Local health department" means:

A county health department of a single county provided pursuant to section 2413 and its board of health, if any.

A district health department created pursuant to section 2415 and its board of health.

A city health department created pursuant to section 2421 and its board of health, if any.

Any other local agency approved by the department under part 24.

"Local health officer" means the individual in charge of a local health department or his or her authorized representative.

"Magistrate" means a judge authorized to issue warrants by the laws of this state.

"Minor" means an individual under 18 years of age.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7301 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7301
Representation; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7301.

(1) Notice to a person who may represent and bind another person under this part has the same effect as if notice were given directly to the other person.

(2) The consent of a person who may represent and bind another person under this part is binding on the person represented unless the person represented objects to the representation before the consent would otherwise have become effective.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in section 7602, a person who under this part may represent a settlor who lacks capacity may receive notice and for purposes of section 7602 may give a binding consent on the settlor's behalf.

(4) A settlor may not represent or bind a trust beneficiary under this part with respect to the termination or modification of a trust under section 7411(1).

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.701 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-284-of-1964 / Section 141.701
Alternative provisions; adoption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The governing body of a city may adopt sections 60, 61 and 87 of this chapter in lieu of sections 60, 61 and 87 of chapter 2.

History: Add. 1969, Act 42, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1272d — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1272d
Duties of department of education.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1272d.

The department of education shall do all of the following:

Prescribe a uniform reporting system for the collection, compilation, and analysis of data relative to the administration of this section and section 1272a.

Pay a school district for each free meal served pursuant to section 1272b(c) an amount calculated by subtracting the federal reimbursement rate for a free meal from the actual cost of the meal, but not to exceed 5 cents per meal.

Pay a school district for each reduced price meal served pursuant to section 1272b(c) an amount calculated by subtracting the sum of the federal reimbursement rate for a reduced price meal and the fee charged from the actual average cost of the meal, but not to exceed 2 cents per meal.

For 1982-83 and thereafter, payments required by subdivisions (b) and (c) to a school district shall be credited to the state's matching share required by section 7 of the national school lunch act, 42 U.S.C. 1756.

Designate a reimbursable cost per breakfast equal to the lesser of the school district's actual costs or 100% of the cost of a breakfast served by an efficiently operated breakfast program, as determined by the department. The department shall allocate, and the legislature shall appropriate as part of the annual department appropriations and allocations, all reasonable and necessary direct and indirect costs of an efficiently operated breakfast program or the school district's actual costs, whichever is less, incurred by a school district in the operation of a breakfast program, which costs would not have been incurred without the operation of a breakfast program, to any extent that they exceed state and federal breakfast subsidies and permissible pupil breakfast fees. These costs shall be reimbursed on a per-breakfast-served basis and may include, but shall not be limited to, compensation for needed additional personnel and supervision of both participating and nonparticipating pupils. In a school year in which the total amount of reimbursements under this subsection, as determined by the department, are not appropriated, the requirements of section 1272a(2) shall not apply to the affected school district.

History: Add. 1977, Act 43, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 508, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981; Am. 1981, Act 87, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 306, Imd. Eff. Oct. 13, 1982; Am. 1993, Act 335, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1423 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-316-of-1986 / Section 390.1423
Purposes of act and Michigan education trust.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

In light of the findings described in section 2, the legislature declares the purposes of this act and of the Michigan education trust created by this act to be:

To encourage education and the means of education.

To maintain state institutions of higher education by helping to provide a stable financial base to these institutions.

To provide wide and affordable access to state institutions of higher education for the residents of this state.

To encourage attendance at state institutions of higher education.

To provide students and their parents economic protection against rising tuition costs.

To provide students and their parents financing assistance for postsecondary education at a Michigan institution of higher education of their choice.

To help provide the benefits of higher education to the people of this state.

To encourage elementary and secondary students in this state to achieve high standards of performance.

History: 1986, Act 316, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.1803 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-89-of-1986 / Section 487.1803
Willful untrue statement or omission of material fact in application or report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 803.

A person shall not willfully make an untrue statement of a material fact in an application or report filed with the commissioner under this act, or willfully omit to state in such an application or report a material fact required to be stated in the application or report.

History: 1986, Act 89, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.733 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-152-of-1985 / Section 450.733
Program to assist in developing employee-owned corporations; establishment; operation; duty of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The department, in cooperation with the department of commerce, shall establish a program to assist in developing employee-owned corporations. The program may operate when an establishment is closing or transferring operations resulting in a loss of jobs and when a request for assistance is made by an affected individual or group of individuals. When such a request is made, it shall be held in confidence by the department. The program also shall operate when workers of an existing or new establishment wish to develop an employee-owned corporation and request assistance. The department shall inform local government, business organizations, labor organizations, and others in the state of the availability of this program and services authorized by this act.

History: 1985, Act 152, Eff. Jan. 10, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1267 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1267
Financial institution; tax base; allocation within state; apportionment within and outside state; circumstances; gross business factor; election to continue apportionment of tax within and outside state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 267.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, the tax base of a financial institution whose business activities are confined solely to this state shall be allocated to this state. Except as otherwise provided under subsection (5), the tax base of a financial institution whose business activities are subject to tax both within and outside this state shall be apportioned to this state by multiplying the tax base by the gross business factor.

(2) A financial institution whose business activities are subject to tax both within and outside of this state is subject to tax in another state in either of the following circumstances:

(a) The financial institution is subject to a business privilege tax, a net income tax, a franchise tax measured by net income, a franchise tax for the privilege of doing business, or a corporate stock tax or a tax of the type imposed under this act in that state.

(b) That state has jurisdiction to subject the financial institution to 1 or more of the taxes listed in subdivision (a) regardless of whether that state does or does not subject the financial institution to that tax.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the gross business factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is the total gross business of the financial institution in this state during the tax year and the denominator of which is the total gross business of the financial institution everywhere during the tax year.

(4) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection, for a financial institution that is included in a unitary business group, gross business includes gross business in this state of every financial institution included in the unitary business group without regard to whether the financial institution has nexus in this state. Gross business between financial institutions included in a unitary business group must be eliminated in calculating the gross business factor.

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a taxpayer that restructures as a financial institution on or after January 1, 2008 and that prior to that restructuring qualified to apportion its tax base based on its sales factor calculated under section 307 may elect to continue to have the tax base from its business activities that are subject to tax both within and outside this state apportioned to this state by multiplying its tax base by its sales factor calculated in accordance with section 307.

History: 2007, Act 36, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 157, Imd. Eff. Dec. 10, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2109 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2109
Definitions; S.
Status: in_force

Sec. 109.

(1) "Shareholder" means a person that holds shares of a domestic corporation, foreign corporation, domestic business corporation, or foreign business corporation.

(2) "Shares" means the units into which interests of shareholders in a domestic corporation, foreign corporation, domestic business corporation, or foreign business corporation are divided.

(3) "Services in a learned profession" means services provided by a dentist, an osteopathic physician, a physician, a surgeon, a doctor of divinity or other clergy, or an attorney at law.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.437 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-2-of-1968 / Section 141.437
General appropriations act; amendment; reports; recommendations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

Except as otherwise provided in section 19, a deviation from the original general appropriations act shall not be made without amending the general appropriations act. Subject to section 16(2), the legislative body of the local unit shall amend the general appropriations act as soon as it becomes apparent that a deviation from the original general appropriations act is necessary and the amount of the deviation can be determined. An amendment shall indicate each intended alteration in the purpose of each appropriation item affected by the amendment. The legislative body may require that the chief administrative officer or fiscal officer provide it with periodic reports on the financial condition of the local unit.

If, during a fiscal year, it appears to the chief administrative officer or to the legislative body that the actual and probable revenues from taxes and other sources in a fund are less than the estimated revenues, including an available surplus upon which appropriations from the fund were based and the proceeds from bonds or other obligations issued under the fiscal stabilization act, 1981 PA 80, MCL 141.1001 to 141.1011, or the balance of the principal of these bonds or other obligations, the chief administrative officer or fiscal officer shall present to the legislative body recommendations which, if adopted, would prevent expenditures from exceeding available revenues for that current fiscal year. The recommendations shall include proposals for reducing appropriations from the fund for budgetary centers in a manner that would cause the total of appropriations to not be greater than the total of revised estimated revenues of the fund, or proposals for measures necessary to provide revenues sufficient to meet expenditures of the fund, or both. The recommendations shall recognize the requirements of state law and the provisions of collective bargaining agreements.

History: Add. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980; Am. 1981, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1981; Am. 1995, Act 41, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1995; Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.435a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.435a
Primary and general election for 2 or more probate judgeships; listing categories of candidates on ballot; death or disqualification of incumbent judge; application of subsection (2); incumbent judge as candidate; printing designation of office on ballot.
Status: in_force

Sec. 435a.

In the primary and general election for 2 or more probate judgeships, each of the following categories of candidates shall be listed separately on the ballot, consistent with subsection (2):

The names of candidates for the judgeship or judgeships for which the incumbent is seeking election.

The names of candidates for an existing judgeship or judgeships for which the incumbent is not seeking election.

The names of candidates for a newly created judgeship or judgeships.

If the death or disqualification of an incumbent judge triggers the application of section 435(2), then for the purposes of subsection (1) and section 433(2), that judgeship shall be regarded as a judgeship for which the incumbent judge is not seeking election. The application of this subsection includes, but is not limited to, circumstances in which the governor appoints an individual to fill the vacancy and that individual seeks to qualify as a nominee under section 435(2).

In the primary or general election for a judge of probate, any incumbent judge who is a candidate shall have printed upon the ballot under the name of the candidate the designation of that office.

History: Add. 1982, Act 149, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1982; Am. 1990, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2531 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2531
Officers of corporation; membership; election or appointment; individual holding 2 or more offices; term of office; authority and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 531.

(1) The officers of a corporation shall consist of a president, secretary, treasurer, and, if desired, a chairperson of the board, 1 or more vice presidents, and any other officers as prescribed in the bylaws or determined by the board. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, the board shall elect or appoint the officers.

(2) One individual may hold 2 or more offices, but an officer shall not execute, acknowledge, or verify an instrument in more than 1 capacity if the instrument is required by law or the articles of incorporation or bylaws to be executed, acknowledged, or verified by 2 or more officers.

(3) An officer shall hold office for the term for which he or she is elected or appointed and until his or her successor is elected or appointed and qualified, or until his or her resignation or removal.

(4) An officer, as between himself or herself, other officers, and the corporation, has the authority and shall perform the duties in the management of the corporation provided in the bylaws, or determined in accordance with a resolution or resolutions of the board that is not inconsistent with the bylaws.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.318b — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-106-of-1972 / Section 252.318b
Voluntary agreement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18b.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, the department may enter into a voluntary agreement as proposed by the Michigan billboard advisory council created under section 18c, or the department, if the Michigan billboard advisory council no longer exists, and approved by the state transportation commission with the federal highway administration for a pilot program to address concerns and issues related to outdoor advertising control, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Festival advertising.

(b) Reduction in the number of nonconforming signs.

(c) Advertising in underserved areas.

(d) Temporary or seasonal businesses.

(e) Safety programs.

(f) Designation of rural areas for special lighting provisions.

(g) Vegetation management practices.

(2) The department shall inform the legislature of its intent to enter into a voluntary agreement under subsection (1) no later than 30 days before entering into the agreement.

History: Add. 2014, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.705 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.705
Disability income claim reserves; maximum interest rate; morbidity standards specified in rules; exception; group disability income claim reserves; duration from date of disablement 2 years or more but less than 5 years; basis; request for modification plan approval; elimination period; measurement of disablement duration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 705.

The maximum interest rate for claim reserves related to disability income is that rate specified in section 733.

Minimum standards with respect to morbidity are those specified in rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter except that, at the option of the insurer, for claims with a duration from date of disablement of less than 2 years, reserves may be based upon the insurer's experience, if such experience is considered credible, or upon other assumptions designed to place a sound value on the liabilities.

For group disability income claims with a duration from date of disablement of 2 years or more but less than 5 years, reserves may, with the approval of the commissioner, be based on the insurer's experience for which the insurer maintains underwriting and claim administration control. The request for approval of a plan of modification to the reserve basis shall include all of the following:

An analysis of the credibility of the experience.

A description of how all of the insurer's experience is proposed to be used in setting reserves.

A description and quantification of the margins to be included.

A summary of the financial impact that the proposed plan of modification would have had on the insurer's last filed annual statement.

A copy of the approval of the proposed plan of modification by the commissioner.

Any other information considered necessary by the commissioner.

For health insurance policies and certificates with an elimination period, the duration of disablement shall be measured as dating from the time that benefits would have begun to accrue if there had not been an elimination period.

History: Add. 1994, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 91.3 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 91.3
License; term; transfer prohibited; sanctions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Except as otherwise provided in section 1(1)(mm) of this chapter, a license shall not be granted for a term beyond the next first Monday in June or be transferable. The council may provide sanctions for a person who, without license, does something for which a license is required by an ordinance or regulation of the council.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3109; CL 1915, 3023; CL 1929, 1947; CL 1948, 91.3; Am. 1994, Act 19, Eff. May 1, 1994