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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.410 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.410
Solicitation of personal injury claims; validity of contracts; furnishing, selling, or buying information as to identity or treatment of patient.
Status: in_force

Sec. 410.

A person, firm, copartnership, association, or organization of any kind, either incorporated or unincorporated, or any of the officers, agents, servants, employees, or members of any such person, firm, copartnership, association, or organization of any kind, either incorporated or unincorporated, or of any division, bureau, or committee of that association or organization, either incorporated or unincorporated, who shall directly or indirectly, individually or by agent, servant, employee, or member, solicit a person injured as the result of an accident, his or her administrator, executor, heirs, or assigns, his or her guardian, or members of the family of the injured person, for the purpose of representing that person in making a claim for damages or prosecuting an action or causes of action arising out of a personal injury claim against any other person, firm, or corporation, or to employ counsel for the purpose of that solicitation, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, if a natural person, be punished by a fine not to exceed $750.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both. The same penalties apply upon conviction to a member of a copartnership, or an officer or agent of a corporation, association, or other organization, or an officer or agent, who shall consent to, participate in, or aid or abet a violation of this section upon the part of the copartnership of which he or she is a member, or of the corporation, association, or organization of which he or she is such an officer or agent. A contract entered into as a result of such a solicitation is void. This subsection does not apply to an unsolicited contract entered into by a person, firm, or corporation with an attorney duly admitted to practice law in this state.

Except as otherwise provided by law, administrative rule, or valid legal process, any person, firm or corporation who, for any consideration and without the prior written permission of a patient or his or her personal representative, furnishes, receives, buys, offers to buy, sells, or offers to sell, directly or indirectly, the identity of the patient or any information concerning the treatment of the patient, including, but not limited to, information contained in the files or records of a health care facility, health care provider, or insurance company, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than $750.00, or both.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1947, Act 123, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 750.410; Am. 1975, Act 125, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975; Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.323a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.323a
Petition for order staying revocation or suspension of license; ex parte order; provisions inapplicable to violation of financial responsibility act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 323a.

A person who is aggrieved by a final determination of the secretary of state suspending or revoking the operator's or chauffeur's license of the person may, within 63 days after the determination, petition the circuit court for the county in which the conviction or civil infraction determination resulting in the license being suspended or revoked was entered, or the circuit court for the county of residence of the person if the license was suspended or revoked as provided in section 318, or for the accumulation of 12 or more points as provided in sections 320 and 320a, for an order staying the revocation or suspension of the license. Except as provided in subsection (2), the court may enter an ex parte order staying the suspension or revocation subject to terms and conditions prescribed by the court until the determination of an appeal to the secretary of state or of an appeal or a review by the circuit court, or for a lesser time which the court considers proper, except that the court shall not enter an ex parte order staying the suspension or revocation of a person who drives a truck or truck tractor, including a trailer, which hauls hazardous material.

The court shall not enter an ex parte order staying the suspension, denial, or revocation if the order is based upon a claim of undue hardship.

This section shall not apply to a suspension for a violation of the financial responsibility act contained in chapter V.

History: Add. 1960, Act 78, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960; Am. 1961, Act 19, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1961; Am. 1978, Act 57, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1978; Am. 1978, Act 139, Eff. May 1, 1979; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1982, Act 310, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 1991, Act 99, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1030 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1030
Preferring charges and specifications; signature; oath; disposition; informing accused of charges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

Any person subject to this code may prefer charges.

A person preferring charges and specifications shall sign the charges under oath before a person authorized by this code to administer oaths and shall state all of the following:

That the signer has personal knowledge of, or has investigated, the matters set forth in the charges and specifications.

That the charges and specifications are true in fact to the best of the signer's knowledge and belief.

Upon the preferring of charges, the proper authority shall take immediate steps to determine what disposition should be made of the charges in the interest of justice and discipline, and the person accused shall be informed of the charges against him or her as soon as practicable.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1609e — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1609e
Providing of brand logoed tent or trailer or temporary platform to special licensee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 609e.

Notwithstanding section 609, a vendor of spirits may provide a special licensee with any of the following:

(a) A brand logoed tent for use by the special licensee during the effective period of the special license.

(b) A brand logoed temporary platform for use by the special licensee during the effective period of the special license. As used in this subdivision, "temporary platform" means a preestablished platform that is exclusively used to serve, dispense, or mix drinks upon, including any refrigeration equipment or mixing equipment.

(c) A brand logoed trailer for use by the special licensee during the effective period of the special license.

History: Add. 2020, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Feb. 4, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.803 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.803
Probate court district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 803.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, each county that is not part of a probate court district created by law has 1 judge of probate.

(2) Each probate court district created by law has 1 judge of probate.

(3) The county of Sanilac has 1 judge of probate. Under section 15 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, the office of probate judge for the county of Sanilac is combined with the office of judge of the seventy-third-a judicial district.

(4) The county of Huron has the following number of judges of probate:

(a) Beginning April 1, 2012, under section 15 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, the office of probate judge for the county of Huron is combined with the office of judge of the seventy-third-b judicial district, and the county of Huron shall have 2 judges of probate. The judgeship added under this subdivision must be filled by the incumbent judge of the seventy-third-b judicial district, who shall become a probate judge for the county of Huron for the balance of the term to which the judge was elected.

(b) Beginning the earlier of the following dates, the county of Huron has 1 judge of probate:

( i ) The date on which a vacancy occurs in the office of probate judge in this county.

( ii ) The beginning date of the term for which an incumbent probate judge in this county no longer seeks election or reelection to that office.

(5) The county of Chippewa has 1 judge of probate. Under section 15 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, the office of probate judge for the county of Chippewa is combined with the office of judge of the ninety-first judicial district.

(6) The counties of Berrien, Genesee, Ingham, Monroe, Muskegon, Saginaw, St. Clair, and Washtenaw each have 2 judges of probate.

(7) The county of Macomb has 2 judges of probate. Subject to section 805, the county of Macomb may have 1 additional judge of probate beginning January 1, 2025.

(8) The county of Kalamazoo has 3 judges of probate.

(9) The county of Kent has 5 judges of probate.

(10) The county of Oakland has 4 judges of probate.

(11) The county of Wayne has 8 judges of probate.

(12) When 1 or more new judges of probate are authorized in a county under this section, the new judgeship or judgeships must appear on the ballot separate and apart from other judicial offices of the same court in the primary and general election.

History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979; Am. 1980, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1980; Am. 1998, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1998; Am. 2001, Act 253, Eff. Mar. 22, 2002; Am. 2002, Act 715, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003; Am. 2011, Act 300, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 36, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 2012; Am. 2022, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2022; Am. 2023, Act 310, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.677 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-239-of-1982 / Section 287.677
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

The department shall promulgate rules to implement and enforce this act. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1982, Act 239, Eff. Oct. 1, 1982; Am. 1993, Act 228, Eff. Feb. 4, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.602 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-72-of-1977 / Section 400.602
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Benefit" means the receipt of money, goods, or anything of pecuniary value.

(b) "Claim" means any attempt to cause the department of community health to pay out sums of money under the social welfare act.

(c) "Deceptive" means making a claim or causing a claim to be made under the social welfare act that contains a statement of fact or that fails to reveal a fact, which statement or failure leads the department to believe the represented or suggested state of affair to be other than it actually is.

(d) "False" means wholly or partially untrue or deceptive.

(e) "Health facility or agency" means a health facility or agency, as defined in section 20106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20106.

(f) "Knowing" and "knowingly" means that a person is in possession of facts under which he or she is aware or should be aware of the nature of his or her conduct and that his or her conduct is substantially certain to cause the payment of a medicaid benefit. Knowing or knowingly includes acting in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of facts or acting in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of facts. Proof of specific intent to defraud is not required.

(g) "Medicaid benefit" means a benefit paid or payable under a program for medical assistance for the medically indigent in accordance with the social welfare act.

(h) "Person" means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other legal entity.

(i) "Social welfare act" means the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b.

History: 1977, Act 72, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1977; Am. 1984, Act 333, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1984; Am. 2008, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.471 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.471
Petitions proposing constitutional amendments; filing; signature requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 471.

Petitions under section 2 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963 proposing an amendment to the constitution must be filed with the secretary of state at least 120 days before the election at which the proposed amendment is to be voted upon. Initiative petitions under section 9 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 must be filed with the secretary of state at least 160 days before the election at which the proposed law would appear on the ballot if the legislature rejects or fails to enact the proposed law. Referendum petitions under section 9 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 must be filed with the secretary of state not more than 90 days following the final adjournment of the legislative session at which the law that is the subject of the referendum was enacted. Not more than 15% of the signatures to be used to determine the validity of a petition described in this section shall be of registered electors from any 1 congressional district. Any signature submitted on a petition above the limit described in this section must not be counted. When filing a petition described in this section with the secretary of state, a person must sort the petition so that the petition signatures are categorized by congressional district. In addition, when filing a petition described in this section with the secretary of state, the person who files the petition must state in writing a good-faith estimate of the number of petition signatures from each congressional district.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 9, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1999, Act 219, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000; Am. 2018, Act 608, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 4.44 — MI Code / Chapter 4 / Act Act-67-of-1877 / Section 4.44
Clerk to preside pending election of speaker; roll call.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

It shall be the duty of the clerk of the next preceding house of representatives to call to order and preside over the house until a speaker, or speaker pro tempore, is elected, and he shall act as clerk of the house until his successor is elected; and in calling the roll of the house before the permanent organization thereof for any purpose whatever, he shall call all the names appearing upon the list delivered to him by the secretary of state, as provided in the first section of this act and he shall not call any other or different names.

History: 1877, Act 67, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 45; CL 1897, 7; CL 1915, 7; CL 1929, 8; CL 1948, 4.44
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1337 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1337
Jurors; unqualified or exempt; discharge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1337.

When the court finds that a person in attendance at court as a juror is not qualified to serve as a juror, or is exempt and claims an exemption, the court shall discharge him or her from further attendance and service as a juror.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712A.23 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712A.23
Use of evidence against juvenile.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Evidence regarding the disposition of a juvenile under this chapter and evidence obtained in a dispositional proceeding under this chapter shall not be used against that juvenile for any purpose in any judicial proceeding except in a subsequent case against that juvenile under this chapter. This section does not apply to a criminal conviction under this chapter.

History: Add. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 54, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1944; CL 1948, 712A.23; Am. 1996, Act 258, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.207 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-109-of-1945 / Section 331.207
Contagious or infectious disease patients; admission upon certificate of county health officer; admission of indigents or others; regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any person afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease, for whose treatment and care the county maintaining such hospital or institution is responsible, shall be admitted to such hospital or institution upon the certificate of the health officer of such county.

Any indigent person suffering from any physical ailment or impairment for whose treatment and care the county maintaining such hospital or institution, or any township or city therein, is responsible, shall be admitted to such hospital or institution upon the order of the social welfare board of said county.

If the facilities of the hospital or institution will permit, the board of trustees, in its discretion, may accept other persons afflicted with contagious or infectious diseases and other indigent persons suffering from any physical ailment or impairment, and for temporary detention of mentally ill patients, both non-indigent and indigent, and upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the board of supervisors of the county.

The board of trustees may make regulations governing the conduct of patients and may exclude any person or persons wilfully violating such regulations.

History: 1945, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1945; CL 1948, 331.207; Am. 1956, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Apr. 16, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.712 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-53-of-1978 / Section 487.712
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 3 and 4 have the meaning ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1978, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.512 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-299-of-1947 / Section 331.512
Construction projects; relative needs, federal regulations, priority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The state plan shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction program determined in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act, and provide for the construction, insofar as financial resources available therefor are certified by the state budget director, and for maintenance and operations and make possible in the order of such relative need.

History: 1947, Act 299, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947; CL 1948, 331.512
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1504 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-220-of-1976 / Section 37.1504
Financial assistance or financing; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 504.

A person shall not discriminate on the basis of disability in making or purchasing loans for acquiring, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining real property, or in providing other financial assistance secured by or otherwise related to real property.

History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1992, Act 123, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1992; Am. 1998, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.62 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.62
Relief or assistance; effect of amendment or repeal; no claim for compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 62.

All aid and relief granted under this act shall be deemed to be granted and to be held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may hereafter be passed, and no recipient thereof shall have any claim for compensation, or otherwise, by reason of his aid or relief being affected in any way by any amending or repealing act.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.62
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1806 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1806
Single or married individual; determining insurance coverage and ability to pay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 806.

If the individual is single, insurance coverage and ability to pay shall first be determined for the individual. If the individual is an unmarried minor and the individual's insurance coverage and ability to pay are less than the cost of the services, insurance coverage and ability to pay shall be determined for the parents.

If the individual is married, insurance coverage and ability to pay shall be determined jointly for the individual and the spouse.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.74 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.74
Release of right of way; acknowledgments, oaths, form, area, signature of wife, resolution covering street or public place; open drain.
Status: in_force

Sec. 74.

Commissioners may take acknowledgments of releases of right of way and administer oaths in all proceedings in any way pertaining to drains under this act. A simple form of release of right of way and damages that shall set forth by reference to the survey of the drain, or by other convenient description, the particular land to be conveyed and signed and acknowledged by the person having the right to convey, shall be deemed a sufficient conveyance under the provisions of this act. All releases for rights of way shall be deemed to include sufficient ground on each side of the center line of such drain for the deposit of the excavations therefrom. It shall not be necessary for the wife to sign the release of right of way unless she has an interest in the land other than her inchoate right of dower. Whenever a portion of a drain shall be located within any street, highway or public place, then a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the governing body having jurisdiction over such street, highway or public place granting leave to construct such drain therein, designating the place to be traversed by said drain, shall be a sufficient release of the right of way, and shall be deemed a sufficient conveyance under this act, and said governing body may permit the construction of an open drain if such consent be set forth in such resolution.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.303a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.303a
Transition to 6 judges in each district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303a.

To effectuate the transition to 6 judges in each district, each district is entitled to 6 judges as follows:

(a) If there are not more than 6 incumbent court of appeals judges in a district on March 25, 2012, the number of judgeships in that district shall remain at 6.

(b) If there are more than 6 court of appeals judgeships in a district on March 25, 2012 and 1 of those judgeships is vacant, that judgeship is eliminated. If more than 1 of the judgeships in that district is vacant, only the vacant judgeship with the shortest remaining term is eliminated. If the elimination of a judgeship results in 6 incumbent court of appeals judges in that district, the number of judgeships in that district shall remain at 6.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, if there are more than 6 court of appeals judgeships in a district on March 25, 2012 and there are no judgeships to be eliminated under subdivision (b), 1 judgeship shall be eliminated from the district at the beginning of the term for which an incumbent judge of the court of appeals does not seek election or reelection to that office until there are 6 incumbent judges in that district. Thereafter, the number of judgeships in the district shall remain at 6. However, a judgeship held by an incumbent judge who is serving by appointment of the governor shall not be eliminated under this subdivision unless the judge does not seek election at the first general election held after the vacancy to which he or she was appointed occurred, as provided in section 23 of article VI of the state constitution of 1963, or does not seek reelection at the end of a subsequent term.

History: Add. 2012, Act 40, Eff. Mar. 25, 2012; Am. 2012, Act 624, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2013