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Mich. Comp. Laws § 479.3 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 479.3
Control by cities and villages; local business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Cities and villages, control of streets. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with the right of any city or village to the reasonable control by general regulation applicable to all motor vehicles of its streets, alleys and public places; or to authorize a motor carrier to do a local business without the consent of the municipality in which such local business is wholly carried on.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; CL 1948, 479.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.83102 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.83102
Recreation within state forest; scope.
Status: in_force

Sec. 83102.

The department shall develop, operate, maintain, and promote an integrated recreation system that provides opportunities for hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, snowmobiling, off-road vehicle trail riding, boating, trail related activities, and other forms of recreation within each state forest. In developing, operating, maintaining, and promoting this recreation system, the department shall focus on maintaining the integrity of the forest while supporting recreation activities and experiences for which a large land base, rustic nature, and the forest and forest values are critical to the activity.

History: Add. 1998, Act 418, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21731 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21731
Licensee considered consumer of tangible personal property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21731.

A licensee of a nursing home operated for profit is considered to be the consumer, and not the retailer, of the tangible personal property purchased and used or consumed in the operation of the home.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.618a — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-155-of-1981 / Section 445.618a
Enforcement of lien; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8a.

Before enforcing a lien granted to a molder under section 8, notice in writing shall be given to the customer, whether delivered personally or sent by registered mail to the last known address of the customer. The notice shall state that a lien is claimed for the amount due for plastic fabrication work or for making or improving the die, mold, or form. The notice shall include a demand for payment.

History: Add. 1986, Act 103, Imd. Eff. May 16, 1986; Am. 2002, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1604 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1604
Registration of multibranded product; "multibranded product" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 604.

A supplier that registers a multibranded product with the commission shall appoint the wholesaler or wholesalers that have rights to the supplier's underlying brand. As used in this section, "multibranded product" means any beer, wine, mixed wine drink, or mixed spirit drink that includes 2 or more brands of different suppliers.

History: Add. 2025, Act 66, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.41507 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.41507
Lake Erie submerged lands; destruction of submarine vegetation; violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41507.

A person shall not cut or otherwise destroy the rushes and other submarine vegetation growing on the reserve described in this subpart without the consent of the boards of commissioners of Monroe and Wayne counties. A person who willfully cuts or destroys the same, or causes that cutting or destruction to be done, knowingly, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $100.00.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.3 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 554.3
Estate of inheritance; fee tail; abolition, declaration as fee simple.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

All estates tail are abolished, and every estate which would be adjudged a fee tail, according to the law of the territory of Michigan, as it existed before the second day of March, 1821, shall for all purposes be adjudged a fee simple; and if no valid remainder be limited thereon, shall be a fee simple absolute.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62; CL 1857, 2587; CL 1871, 4070; How. 5519; CL 1897, 8785; CL 1915, 11521; CL 1929, 12923; CL 1948, 554.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.2102b — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-551-of-2008 / Section 451.2102b
Definitions; N to R.
Status: in_force

Sec. 102b.

As used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Nonissuer transaction" or "nonissuer distribution" means a transaction or distribution not directly or indirectly for the benefit of the issuer.

(b) "Offer to purchase" includes an attempt or offer to obtain, or solicitation of an offer to sell, a security or interest in a security for value. The term does not include a tender offer that is subject to section 14(d) of title I of the securities exchange act of 1934, 15 USC 78n.

(c) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, joint venture, or government; a governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; a public corporation; or any other legal or commercial entity.

(d) "Place of business" of a broker-dealer, an investment adviser, or a federal covered investment adviser means any of the following:

( i ) An office at which the broker-dealer, investment adviser, or federal covered investment adviser regularly provides brokerage or investment advice, or solicits, meets with, or otherwise communicates with customers or clients.

( ii ) Any other location that is held out to the general public as a location at which the broker-dealer, investment adviser, or federal covered investment adviser provides brokerage or investment advice, or solicits, meets with, or otherwise communicates with customers or clients.

(e) "Predecessor act" means former 1964 PA 265.

(f) "Price amendment" means the amendment to a registration statement filed under the securities act of 1933 or, if an amendment is not filed, the prospectus or prospectus supplement filed under the securities act of 1933 that includes a statement of the offering price, underwriting and selling discounts or commissions, amount of proceeds, conversion rates, call prices, and other matters dependent upon the offering price.

(g) "Principal place of business" of a broker-dealer or an investment adviser means the executive office of the broker-dealer or investment adviser from which the officers, partners, or managers of the broker-dealer or investment adviser direct, control, and coordinate the activities of the broker-dealer or investment adviser.

(h) "Record," except in the phrases "of record," "official record," and "public record," means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

History: 2008, Act 551, Eff. Oct. 1, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.7i — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.7i
“Existing facility” defined; tax exemption for increased value of existing facility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7i.

As used in this section, "existing facility" means a structure which has, or is being converted to have, as its primary purpose multifamily housing consisting of 5 or more units and is located in a downtown development district established pursuant to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1975, as amended, being sections 125.1651 to 125.1680 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, within a city, village, or township in which a commercial housing facilities exemption certificate may be issued pursuant to Act No. 438 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being sections 207.601 to 207.615 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

Upon approval of the city or village in which an existing facility is located or the township if the existing facility is not located in a village within that township, the increase in value to the existing facility attributable to expenditures for repair, replacement, or restoration of a portion of the facility or the increase in value attributable to expenditures for conversion to an existing facility is exempt from taxation under this act commencing with the date of approval by the local governmental unit and ending on the December 31 following 12 years after the approval by the local governmental unit.

History: Add. 1977, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 348, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1045 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1045
Cease operation order; enforcement proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45.

If an employer fails to comply with a final order of the board, the department may issue an order directing the employer to cease operating or render inoperable, in accordance with the order of the department, so much of his operation as is necessary to eliminate the hazard which is the subject of the order. When a cease operation order is not appropriate or not obeyed, the department shall refer the matter to the department attorney who shall promptly institute proceedings in the circuit court for the county in which the violation exists to enforce the department's orders.

History: 1974, Act 154, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Am. 1977, Act 300, Eff. Mar. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.404 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-261-of-1966 / Section 46.404
County commissioner districts; guidelines for apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

In apportioning the county into commissioner districts, the county apportionment commission shall be governed by the following guidelines in the stated order of importance:

All districts shall be single-member districts and as nearly of equal population as is practicable. The latest official published figures of the United States official census shall be used in this determination, except that in cases requiring division of official census units to meet the population standard, an actual population count may be used to make such division. Other governmental census figures of total population may be used if taken subsequent to the last decennial United States census and the United States census figures are not adequate for the purposes of this act. The secretary of state shall furnish the latest official published figures to the county apportionment commissions forthwith upon this act taking effect, and within 15 days after publication of subsequent United States official census figures.

A contract may be entered into with the United States census bureau to make any special census if the latest United States decennial census figures are not adequate.

All districts shall be contiguous.

All districts shall be as compact and of as nearly square shape as is practicable, depending on the geography of the county area involved.

No township or part thereof shall be combined with any city or part thereof for a single district, unless such combination is needed to meet the population standard.

Townships, villages and cities shall be divided only if necessary to meet the population standard.

Precincts shall be divided only if necessary to meet the population standard.

Residents of state institutions who cannot by law register in the county as electors shall be excluded from any consideration of representation.

Districts shall not be drawn to effect partisan political advantage.

History: 1966, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1969, Act 137, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.22 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.22
“Tax” and “taxable value” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

(1) "Tax" includes interest and penalties and further includes the tax required to be withheld on income under part 3, unless the intention to give it a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context.

(2) "Taxable value" means taxable value as calculated under section 27a of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.27a.

History: 1967, Act 281, Eff. Oct. 1, 1967; Am. 1996, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1996; Am. 2003, Act 51, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Am. 2016, Act 158, Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4358 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4358
Discharge of prisoner in civil cases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4358.

If the prisoner is in custody by virtue of civil process from any court legally constituted, or issued by any officer in the course of judicial proceedings before him, authorized by law, the prisoner shall be discharged only if 1 of the following situations exists:

Where the jurisdiction of the court or officer has been exceeded, either as to matter, place, sum or person;

Where, though the original imprisonment was lawful, the party is entitled to be discharged;

Where the process is void;

Where the process, though in proper form, has been issued in a case not allowed by law;

Where the person having the custody of the prisoner is not the person empowered by law to detain him; or

Where the process is not authorized by any judgment, order or decree of any court, nor by any provision of law.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.372 — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-291-of-1966 / Section 29.372
Firefighters training council; executive secretary, appointment, duties, compensation; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

The council shall appoint an executive secretary of the council who shall hold office at the pleasure of the council. The executive secretary shall perform the functions and duties assigned by the council. The executive secretary shall receive compensation and reimbursement for expenses within the amounts available by appropriation.

History: 1966, Act 291, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 2017, Act 144, Eff. Jan. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8104 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8104
Commencement of delinquency proceeding; jurisdiction; stay of proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8104.

A delinquency proceeding shall not be commenced under this chapter by anyone other than the commissioner of this state and a court shall not have jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine a proceeding commenced by any other person.

A court of this state shall not have jurisdiction to entertain, hear, or determine a complaint praying for the dissolution, liquidation, rehabilitation, sequestration, conservation, or receivership of an insurer; or praying for an injunction or restraining order or other relief preliminary to, incidental to, or relating to such proceedings other than in accordance with this chapter.

The circuit court for Ingham county shall have sole jurisdiction of a delinquency proceeding commenced under this chapter. In addition to other grounds for jurisdiction provided by the law of this state, the circuit court for Ingham county shall also have jurisdiction over a person served pursuant to the applicable provisions of law in an action brought by the receiver of a domestic insurer or an alien insurer domiciled in this state, if any of the following apply:

The person served is obligated to the insurer as incident to an agency or brokerage arrangement that may exist or has existed between the insurer and the agent or broker, in an action on or incident to the obligation.

The person served is a reinsurer who has at any time written a policy of reinsurance for an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced, or is an agent or broker of or for the reinsurer, in an action on or incident to the reinsurance contract.

The person served is or has been an officer, manager, trustee, organizer, promoter, or person in a position of comparable authority or influence on an insurer against which a rehabilitation or liquidation order is in effect when the action is commenced, in an action resulting from such a relationship with the insurer.

If the court on motion of any party finds that any action should as a matter of substantial justice be tried in a forum outside this state, the court may enter an appropriate order to stay further proceedings on the action in this state.

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3741 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-370-of-2010 / Section 338.3741
Prohibited conduct; opportunity for hearing; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) Beginning September 1, 2012, a person that commits 1 or more of the following is subject to the penalties described in subsection (2):

(a) Practices fraud or deceit in obtaining or renewing a license.

(b) Aids or abets another person in the unlicensed practice of an occupation.

(c) Engages in activities regulated under this section without obtaining a license under this act or demonstrating that the person is exempt from licensure under this act.

(d) If the person is a licensee or an officer of a licensee, is convicted of a crime relating to the operation of a PEO.

(e) Engages in false advertising.

(2) After notice and opportunity for hearing under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, the department shall do 1 or more of the following if it determines that a person violated this act, a rule adopted under this act, or an order issued under this act:

(a) Place a limitation on a license.

(b) Suspend a license.

(c) Deny a license or renewal of a license.

(d) Revoke a license.

(e) Impose an administrative fine to be paid to the department, not to exceed $5,000.00.

(f) Censure the person or license.

(g) Place the licensee on probation.

(h) Require restitution to be made, based on proofs submitted to and findings made by the hearing examiner after a contested case.

History: 2010, Act 370, Eff. July 1, 2011; Am. 2011, Act 125, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.6 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-385-of-1927 / Section 26.6
Contract; contents, copyright; noncompliance with act or contract; delivery of electrotyped plates; work done in state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The contract of the successful bidder shall contain, among others, the following covenants:

That he shall take out no copyright except to the secretary of state for the use and disposal of the state, upon any volume published under such contract.

That if it shall, on petition by any citizen of Michigan, be made to appear to the justices of the supreme court that such contractor has in any respect failed to comply with the provisions of this act or his contract, said justices may, upon hearing had in such manner as they may direct, declare the contract forfeited, and on such forfeiture being declared, such contractor shall upon demand of said board transfer to the secretary of state of this state for the use of the state, all the electrotype plates of all volumes published under such contract, or in default thereof will pay to the treasurer of this state $1,000.00 for each such volume as liquidated damages for failure to make such transfer.

That he will, as often and as soon as any and every volume is ready for binding, deliver to the secretary of state at Lansing, free of all charge whatsoever, a set of electrotyped plates thereof in good order for printing, or in default thereof he shall pay to the treasurer of this state the like sum of $1,000.00 as liquidated damages for failure to deliver the same. Moneys received under this section shall be used as far as necessary to procure electrotyped plates of such published reports, to be paid for by said treasurer on the draft of the board of state auditors approved by the secretary of state, who shall certify that such plates have been deposited with him.

That the board of state auditors may require that the contractor have all of the composition, plating, presswork and folding and substantially all of the binding done within this state.

History: 1927, Act 385, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 528; Am. 1943, Act 226, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 26.6
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.2896 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.2896
Rules; minimum requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2896.

The department may promulgate rules necessary or appropriate to implement this part. The rules shall include, at a minimum, procedures relating to filings; form and content of vital records; minimum documentation required for the issuance or amendment of certificates or permits; inspection or disclosure of records and sealed files; fees; and the disposition of reports and applications not actively pursued.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1803 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1803
Retailer or applicant for retail license; proof of financial responsibility; naming insurer or surety as defendant prohibited; effect of bankruptcy; policies and bonds to be continued from year to year; cancellation of liquor liability insurance policy; revocation; section inapplicable to special licensee or applicant for special license; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 803.

(1) Before the renewal or approval and granting of a retail license, a retail licensee or applicant for a retail license shall file with the commission proof of financial responsibility providing security for liability under section 801(2) of not less than $50,000.00. The proof of financial responsibility may be in the form of cash, unencumbered securities, a policy or policies of liquor liability insurance, a constant value bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, or membership in a group self-insurance pool authorized by law that provides security for liability under section 801.

(2) A licensee may furnish proof of financial responsibility that exceeds the requirements of this section.

(3) An insurer under a policy or policies of liquor liability insurance or a surety under a bond must not be named as a defendant in an action brought against the insured or bonded licensee for liability under section 801. Bankruptcy of the insured does not discharge an insurer or surety under this section from liability. Insurance policies and bonds issued for purposes under this section must continue from year to year unless sooner canceled by the insurer.

(4) An insured retail licensee shall not cancel a liquor liability insurance policy except upon 30 days' prior written notice to the commission and unless new proof of financial responsibility complying with this section is procured by the retail licensee and delivered to the commission before the expiration of the 30-day period. The commission shall revoke the license of a retail licensee that violates this subsection.

(5) This section does not apply to a special licensee or applicant for a special license.

(6) The commission shall promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement and enforce this section.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998; Am. 2016, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 1, 2016; Am. 2019, Act 131, Imd. Eff. Nov. 21, 2019