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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.29 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.29
Appointment of assistants by clerk of county, township, city, or village; discrimination prohibited; authority, duties, oath, and compensation of assistants; instruction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

The clerk of each county, township, city, and village may appoint a number of assistants as may be necessary to carry out the general provisions of the election law. The clerk of a county, township, city, or village shall consider an application for the appointment of an assistant without regard to age, socioeconomic status, sex, race, national origin, religion, political affiliation, or any disability the applicant may have.

Assistants appointed under this section shall possess only the authority conferred upon them by the county, township, city, or village clerk appointing them, and shall perform only those duties that are assigned to them by the clerk. Before an assistant enters upon the discharge of his or her duties, the assistant shall take and subscribe to the oath of office as provided in section 1 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963, which shall be filed in the office of the county, township, city, or village clerk who appointed the assistant and shall be properly instructed by the county, township, city, or village clerk in the duties the assistant is assigned to perform. An assistant may receive compensation as may be fixed by a township board or the legislative body of a county, city, or village.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 65, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1967, Act 186, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1978, Act 266, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1978; Am. 1979, Act 54, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1979; Am. 1989, Act 142, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1989; Am. 1998, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11134 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11134
Municipality or county; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11134.

A municipality or county shall not prohibit the transportation of hazardous waste through the municipality or county or prevent the ingress and egress into a licensed treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 431.319c — MI Code / Chapter 431 / Act Act-279-of-1995 / Section 431.319c
Michigan Harness Horsemen's Association; transfer and use of money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19c.

The Michigan Harness Horsemen's Association shall not expend the money it is holding in its horsemen's simulcast purse account that was transferred under an order of the racing commissioner dated April 8, 2019 until June 1, 2020, on which date the Michigan Harness Horsemen's Association shall transfer $900,000.00 of the money to the Michigan Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association to be used by the Michigan Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association only to pay purses.

History: Add. 2019, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 213.115 — MI Code / Chapter 213 / Act Act-119-of-1919 / Section 213.115
Summons; service; guardian ad litem; alias, pluries summons; return, evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Said summons shall be served by the sheriff, under-sheriff, deputy sheriff of the county, or by any member of the metropolitan police of the city of Detroit, at least 5 days before the return day thereof upon all of the respondents found within the county by exhibiting the original and delivering a copy to each of them. If any respondent who is a resident of the county can not be found, the summons shall be served by leaving a copy thereof at his or her usual or last place of abode, with some person of suitable age and discretion. If any minor or person of unsound mind is interested in the premises to be taken, service may be made upon the guardian of such person, if any, and if there is no guardian the court may appoint some discreet and proper person to be guardian of such person in such proceedings; any such guardian shall have authority to represent such person in said proceedings. The proceedings to appoint such guardian shall be the same as in other cases provided by statute. If it shall appear on the return day of the summons that any respondent can not be found within the county and has not been served in the manner provided, or is a non-resident and has not voluntarily appeared, the court may make an order requiring such respondent or respondents to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted on a day to be named in the order not less than 30 days from the date thereof, and may require that a certified copy of such order be personally served on such respondents wherever found, if practicable, at least 6 days before the time named in the order for appearance, or the court may make such order for appearance and require as to any or all such respondents who shall not have been personally served and have not appeared, that service be made by publishing a certified copy of such order for 3 successive weeks at least once in each week in at least 1 newspaper published within the county, if there be one, and if not then in a paper published in the county nearest thereto, the last publication to be at least 6 days before the day fixed in the order for appearance. Alias and pluries summons may be issued and the court may adjourn the proceedings from time to time as there shall be occasion and as in other civil cases. Service of such order for appearance in either mode prescribed shall be sufficient notice of the proceedings to bind the respondents and the property represented by them. The return of the officer upon the summons and an affidavit of the due service or the publication of the order for appearance, if any, shall be filed in the clerk's office before a jury shall be empaneled and shall be sufficient evidence of service on the respondents and of the manner of service.

History: 1919, Act 119, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 3815; CL 1948, 213.115
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13515 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13515
Department as radiation control agency; duties generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13515.

The department is designated as the radiation control agency of this state and shall coordinate radiation control programs of state departments acting within their statutory authorities.

Pursuant to rules promulgated under this part, the department shall require licensing and registration of radioactive materials and other sources of ionizing radiation.

The department shall develop and conduct programs for evaluation and control of hazards associated with the use of radioactive materials and other sources of ionizing radiation.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1332 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1332
General fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32.

The retirement board may establish a general fund. Revenue not clearly payable to other funds shall be deposited in the general fund. Disbursements from this fund shall be made as authorized by the retirement board.

History: 1980, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Oct. 31, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.382 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-226-of-1969 / Section 388.382
Critical health problems education act; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Critical health problems education program" means a systematic and integrated program designed to provide appropriate learning experiences based on scientific knowledge of the human organism as it functions within its environment and designed to favorably influence the health, understanding, attitudes and practices of the individual child which will enable him to adapt to changing health problems of our society. The program shall be designed to educate youth with regard to critical health problems and shall include, but not be limited to, the following topics as the basis for comprehensive education curricula in all elementary and secondary schools: drugs, narcotics, alcohol, tobacco, mental health, dental health, vision care, nutrition, disease prevention and control, accident prevention and related health and safety topics.

"Superintendent" means the superintendent of public instruction of the state department of education.

History: 1969, Act 226, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.974 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-208-of-1964 / Section 390.974
Eligibility of applicant for award of first-year scholarship; duration of scholarship.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), an applicant is eligible for the award of a first-year scholarship if the department finds that the applicant meets all of the following:

(a) Has resided continuously in this state for the preceding 12 months and is not considered a resident of any other state.

(b) Has graduated from a high school, or is a student in good standing in a high school who will graduate at the end of the academic year, or an individual who has passed a graduate equivalency examination approved by the state board of education, or, if not a high school graduate, is recommended favorably by an appropriate educational institution as defined in rules promulgated by the department.

(c) Except for an applicant for a graduate scholarship, based on the state competitive scholarship examination, shows promise of satisfactorily completing a course of study at an eligible postsecondary institution of the applicant's choice in this state. For an applicant for a graduate scholarship, the department shall determine the examination standards for eligibility.

(d) Has complied with this act and the rules promulgated under this act by the department.

(e) Is not incarcerated in a corrections institution.

(2) An applicant who the department determines is eligible for award of a scholarship under this act shall complete using the scholarship within 1 of the following time frames, as applicable:

(a) For an applicant enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution during the 2020 spring term and the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 years after the applicant's eligibility is determined.

(b) For any other applicant, 10 years after the applicant's eligibility is determined.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, students enrolling in postsecondary educational institutions for the first time after the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2023, and students who have not already received state competitive scholarships before the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2023, are not eligible to receive state competitive scholarships under this act.

History: 1964, Act 208, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964; Am. 1966, Act 141, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1966; Am. 1976, Act 428, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1977; Am. 1979, Act 48, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1979; Am. 1980, Act 500, Eff. July 1, 1981; Am. 1986, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987; Am. 2021, Act 40, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2021; Am. 2024, Act 233, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.575 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-26-of-1875 / Section 457.575
Subordinate lodges; chartering, regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Such corporation, when duly formed, shall have power to institute and charter subordinate lodges within this state, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute, and establish such constitution, general laws and by-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as it shall judge proper for the regulation and government of such subordinate lodges, not repugnant to the laws of this state.

History: 1875, Act 26, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4563; CL 1897, 8087; CL 1915, 10561; CL 1929, 10762; CL 1948, 457.575
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.150 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.150
Termination of condominium project or amendment of master deed by developer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50.

If there is no co-owner other than the developer, the developer, with the consent of any interested mortgagee, may unilaterally terminate the condominium project or amend the master deed. A termination or amendment under this section shall become effective upon the recordation thereof if executed by the developer.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2151 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2151
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2151.

As used in this chapter:

(a) "Adverse action" means an increase in any charge for, or a reduction or other adverse or unfavorable change in the terms of coverage or amount of, any personal insurance, existing or applied for.

(b) "Consumer reporting agency" means any person that, for monetary fees or dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties.

(c) "Credit information" means any credit-related information derived from a credit report, found on a credit report itself, or provided on an application for personal insurance. Information that is not credit-related must not be considered credit information, regardless of whether it is contained in a credit report or in an application, or is used to calculate an insurance score.

(d) "Credit report" means any written, oral, or other communication of information by a consumer reporting agency bearing on a consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity that is used or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for the purpose of serving as a factor in the rating of personal insurance.

(e) "Credit score" means the numerical score ranging from 300 to 850 assigned by a consumer reporting agency to measure credit risk and includes FICO credit score.

(f) "Insurance score" means a number or rating that is derived from an algorithm, computer application, model, or other process that is based in whole or in part on credit information for the purposes of predicting the future insurance loss exposure of an individual applicant or insured.

(g) "Personal insurance" means property/casualty insurance written for personal, family, or household use, including automobile, home, motorcycle, mobile home, noncommercial dwelling fire, boat, personal watercraft, snowmobile, and recreational vehicle, whether written on an individual, group, franchise, blanket policy, or similar basis.

History: Add. 2012, Act 165, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013; Am. 2019, Act 21, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1784 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1784
Business corporations exempt from requirements of MCL 450.1780.
Status: in_force

Sec. 784.

Unless a corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the requirements of section 780 do not apply to any business combination of any of the following:

(a) A corporation that does not have a class of voting stock registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to section 12 of the securities exchange act of 1934, 15 USC 78 l .

(b) A corporation whose original articles of incorporation contain a provision or whose shareholders adopt an amendment to the articles of the corporation after May 29, 1984 by a vote of at least 90% of the votes of each class of stock entitled to be cast by the shareholders of the corporation and at least 2/3 of the votes of each class of stock entitled to be cast by the shareholders of the corporation other than voting shares beneficially owned by interested shareholders of the corporation, that expressly elects not to be governed by this chapter.

(c) An investment company that is registered under the investment company act of 1940, 15 USC 80a-1 to 80a-64.

History: Add. 1984, Act 115, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1984; Am. 1989, Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1989; Am. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.11 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-32-of-1989 / Section 722.11
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"McGruff house" or "Michigan community child watch house" means a house, designated by a sign bearing the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol, as applicable, occupied by a responsible adult, where a child may seek help when he or she faces an emergency such as being bullied, followed, threatened, or hurt while walking or playing in the neighborhood.

"Program", except as used in subdivision (c), means the McGruff house program or Michigan community child watch program.

"Standard McGruff house symbol" or "standard Michigan community child watch symbol" means the standard symbol to designate a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house, adopted pursuant to section 2(1)(b), except that until May 27, 1991, the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol may include a symbol that before and on May 26, 1989 was used by a neighborhood safe house program to designate a neighborhood safe house similar to a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house within that program.

History: 1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989; Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1575 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-198-of-1984 / Section 125.1575
Community board; duties; petition for designation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Upon appointment, the community board shall do all of the following:

Identify the building or part of the building under consideration for designation as a business incubation center.

Advertise the concept of a business incubation center in the surrounding area.

Solicit the views of the community concerning the designation of the building or part of the building under consideration as a business incubation center.

Identify possible tenants for the center.

Obtain commitments from persons, organizations, businesses, local governmental units, or other sources amounting to at least 50% of those costs not covered by rental fees that the board estimates will be needed for the establishment and operation of the business incubation center for 3 years.

If, after performing the duties required by subsection (1), the board determines that a designation of the building under consideration as a business incubation center is desirable and possible, the board shall petition the department for the designation.

History: 1984, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8801 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8801
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8801.

As used in this part:

(a) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.

(b) "Director" means the director of the department.

(c) "Fund" means the clean water fund created in section 8807.

(d) "Grant" means a nonpoint source pollution prevention and control grant or a wellhead protection grant under this part.

(e) "Local unit of government" means a county, city, village, or township, or an agency of a county, city, village, or township; the office of a county drain commissioner; a soil conservation district established under part 93; a watershed council; a local health department as defined in section 1105 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1105; or an authority or any other public body created by or pursuant to state law.

(f) "MAEAP" means the Michigan agriculture environmental assurance program as that term is defined in part 87.

(g) "MAEAP-verified farm" means that term as it is defined in part 87.

(h) "Nonpoint source pollution" means water pollution from diffuse sources, including runoff from precipitation or snowmelt contaminated through contact with pollutants in the soil or on other surfaces and either infiltrating into the groundwater or being discharged to surface waters, or runoff or wind causing erosion of soil into surface waters.

History: Add. 1998, Act 287, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998; Am. 2011, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3260 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3260
Insurance commissioner; regulatory powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3260.

The commissioner may make rules and regulations necessary for administration of this chapter. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended.

History: Add. 1966, Act 342, Eff. Nov. 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.802 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-56-of-1980 / Section 125.802
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For purposes of this act, the words and phrases used in sections 3 to 5 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1980, Act 56, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.11 — MI Code / Chapter 8 / Act Act-147-of-1956 / Section 8.11
Statutes; definition: registered mail.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Wherever there is contained in the statutes of this state the term or terms, or direction for the use of, "registered mail" or "registered mail, return receipt requested," such term or terms shall be deemed to include the term or terms "certified mail" or "certified mail, return receipt requested," and in the case of certified mail the receipt of mailing shall be postmarked.

History: 1956, Act 147, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1904 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1904
Rates and forms used by unauthorized insurers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1904.

Rates used by unauthorized insurers shall not be subject to this code, except that a rate shall not be unfairly discriminatory.

Forms used by unauthorized insurers pursuant to this chapter shall not be subject to this code, except that a policy shall not contain language which misrepresents the true nature of the policy or class of policies.

History: Add. 1980, Act 341, Eff. June 23, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.19 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-282-of-1905 / Section 207.19
Certain acts as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

If the state board of assessors willfully assesses any property at more or less than what the members taking part in making that assessment believe to be its true cash value or taxable value, each member voting in favor of that assessment is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00.

History: 1905, Act 282, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 4231; CL 1929, 3570; CL 1948, 207.19; Am. 1995, Act 257, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 1996