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Mich. Comp. Laws § 401.5 — MI Code / Chapter 401 / Act Act-146-of-1925 / Section 401.5
Court order to perform duty of support.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The court shall order the relative or relatives to perform the duty of support, in the following order: The husband or wife shall be first required to maintain the poor person, if of sufficient ability; if a husband or wife does not exist, or he or she is not of sufficient ability, then the father or mother of the poor person.

History: 1925, Act 146, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 8212; CL 1948, 401.5; Am. 1953, Act 148, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1953; Am. 1957, Act 44, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1980, Act 313, Imd. Eff. Dec. 5, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.425 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.425
Circuit court judges; primary or election, recount of votes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 425.

The votes cast for any candidate for circuit judge at any primary or election shall be subject to recount as provided in chapter 33 of this act.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.207 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.207
Boundaries and numbering of lots within plat.
Status: in_force

Sec. 207.

On every assessor's plat, as certified to the governing body, shall appear the bearings and distances of lines of each parcel recorded in the office of the register of deeds, and each lot shall also be numbered as provided in this act for final plats.

The provisions of this act as to surveys and monuments and as to form and procedure, insofar as they are applicable to the purposes of assessor's plats shall apply.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.217 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-336-of-1947 / Section 423.217
Bargaining representative or education association; prohibited conduct; violation of section; “education association” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

A bargaining representative or an education association shall not veto a collective bargaining agreement reached between a public school employer and a bargaining unit consisting of employees of the public school employer; shall not require the bargaining unit to obtain the ratification of an education association before or as a condition of entering into a collective bargaining agreement; and shall not in any other way prohibit or prevent the bargaining unit from entering into, ratifying, or executing a collective bargaining agreement. The power to decide whether or not to enter into, ratify, or execute a collective bargaining agreement with a public school employer rests solely with the members of the bargaining unit who are employees of the public school employer, and shall not be delegated to a bargaining representative or an education association or conditioned on approval by a bargaining representative or an education association.

If an education association, a bargaining representative, or a bargaining unit violates this section, the board of a public school employer or any other person adversely affected by the violation of this section may bring an action to enjoin the violation of this section in the circuit court for the county in which the plaintiff resides or the circuit court for the county in which the affected public school employer is located. Failure to comply with an order of the court may be punished as contempt. In addition, the court shall award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to a plaintiff who prevails in an action brought under this section.

As used in this section, "education association" means an organization, whether organized on a county, regional, area, or state basis, in which employees of 1 or more public school employers participate and that exists for the common purpose of protecting and advancing the wages, hours, and working conditions of the organization's members.

History: Add. 1994, Act 112, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.51a — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-10-of-1937 / Section 752.51a
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

As used in this act:

"Blind" means a person who has a visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with correction, or has limitation of his or her field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angular distance not greater than 20 degrees.

"Cane" means an aid used by a blind pedestrian for travel and identification purposes that is white in color with or without a red tip.

"Crosswalk" means that term as defined in section 10 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.10.

"Dog guide" means a dog, in harness, that has been formally trained and that is used by a blind person as a travel aid.

"Walker" means an aid used by a blind pedestrian for travel and identification purposes that is white in color or has white legs with or without a red tip.

History: Add. 1986, Act 62, Eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Am. 2002, Act 401, Imd. Eff. June 3, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8283 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8283
Court security.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8283.

In the thirty-sixth district, the district control unit shall be responsible for maintaining court security. Persons providing security services shall be assigned subject to the approval of the chief judge of the thirty-sixth district and, when performing services in the courtroom, shall be subject to the control of the judge holding court.

History: Add. 1980, Act 438, Eff. Sept. 1, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.457 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-59-of-1915 / Section 247.457
Legal and clerical service, expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 57.

The county road commissioner, or the state highway commissioner, acting under the provisions of this act, may employ all necessary clerks, and such clerk hire, and any legal expense shall be charged to the several road districts in behalf of which they shall be employed. They may likewise employ an attorney when they deem the same necessary. All incidental expenses shall be paid out of the first moneys collected.

History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 4727; Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917; Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 4372; CL 1948, 247.457
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1464 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1464
Directors, additional, power of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 64.

The articles shall provide that the authority shall have the power to appoint to the board of directors of the corporation a number of new directors, which number shall be sufficient to constitute a majority of the board, notwithstanding any other provisions of the articles of incorporation or any other provisions of law, if:

The corporation has received a loan or advance as provided for in this act and the authority determines that the loan or advance is in jeopardy of not being repaid.

The corporation has received a loan or advance as provided for in this act and the authority determines that the proposed housing project for which the loan or advance was made is in jeopardy of not being constructed.

The authority determines that some part of the net income or net earnings of the corporation is inuring to the benefit of any private individual, firm, corporation, partnership or association.

The authority determines that the corporation is in some manner controlled by or under the direction of or acting in the substantial interest of any private individual, firm, corporation, partnership or association seeking to derive benefit or gain therefrom or seeking to eliminate or minimize losses in any dealings or transactions therewith.

The authority determines that the corporation is in violation of the rules promulgated under section 22.

The authority determines that the corporation is in violation of any agreements entered into with the authority providing for regulation by the authority of the planning, development and management of any housing project undertaken by the corporation and the disposition of the property and franchises of such corporation.

History: Add. 1968, Act 343, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1968; Am. 1970, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 29, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.659 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-292-of-1989 / Section 124.659
Articles of incorporation; adoption; amendment; publication; endorsement; filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) The articles of a metropolitan area council shall be adopted and may be amended by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members elected to and serving on the legislative body of each participating local governmental unit.

(2) Before the articles or amendments are adopted by any participating local governmental unit, the articles or amendments shall be published by the clerk of the largest participating local governmental unit at least once in a newspaper generally circulated within the participating cities, villages, and townships.

(3) The adoption of articles or amendments by the legislative body of a local governmental unit shall be evidenced by an endorsement on the articles or amendments by the clerk of the local governmental unit in a form substantially as follows:

These articles of incorporation (or amendments) were adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members serving on the legislative body of ___________________________, _________________ at a meeting duly held on the _____ day of _______________, A.D., ____.

__________________________________ _______________________

__________________________________

_______________________

(4) Upon adoption of the articles or amendments, a printed copy of the articles or the amended articles shall be filed by the clerk of the largest participating local governmental unit with the secretary of state, the clerk of each county in which is located all or part of a participating city, village, or township, and the clerk of each participating city, village, or township.

History: 1989, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 1998, Act 373, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2049 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2049
Unfair methods of competition or deception; liability under other state laws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2049.

No order of the commissioner under this uniform trade practices act or order of a court to enforce the same shall in any way relieve or absolve any person affected by such order from any liability under any other laws of this state.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1503 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-477-of-1988 / Section 390.1503
Student athlete or immediate family member; soliciting or accepting money or things of value; prohibited purposes; aiding or abetting; applicability of section; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Except as provided in subsection (2), a student athlete or member of his or her immediate family, shall not solicit or accept money or anything of value for any of the purposes described in section 2(1). A person shall not aid or abet any act described in this subsection.

This section does not apply to money or other things of value that a student athlete receives from any of the following:

An institution of higher education, its officers, or employees if the institution, officer or employee offered money or anything of value in accordance with an official written policy of the institution which is in compliance with rules promulgated by the department.

An intercollegiate athletic award approved or administered by that institution.

A member of the immediate family of the student athlete.

Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who engages in conduct knowing or having reason to know that the conduct violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or an amount equal to the amount accepted by the student athlete or immediate family member, whichever is greater. The prosecuting attorney of a county in which the violation occurs shall enforce this section.

History: 1988, Act 477, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.12 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-46-of-1931 / Section 128.12
Failing or neglecting to care for and maintain burial space; proceedings for termination and forfeiture of owner's rights and interest; resolution; petition; service; publication of hearing notice; failure to appear and answer; default.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

If the owner of a burial space in a public cemetery, subject to the provisions of this act, fails and neglects for a period of 7 years or more to care for and maintain the burial space in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations relating to the care and maintenance of burial spaces, the cemetery board may institute proceedings for the termination and forfeiture of the owner's rights and interest in the burial space. If the cemetery board determines that the owner has failed or neglected to care and maintain the burial space, the cemetery board shall adopt a resolution reciting this determination. A certified copy of the resolution shall be served on the owner personally by a competent person or shall be sent by first class mail to the owner's last known address. If within 30 days after the sending of the resolution the owner does not comply or make provisions for complying with the laws, rules, and regulations, the cemetery board may cause a petition to be filed in the circuit court for the county in which the cemetery is located. The petition shall set forth the facts relating to the sale and ownership of the burial space, the owner's failure and neglect to comply with the laws, rules, and regulations for the care and maintenance of the burial space, and shall ask for the termination and forfeiture of the owner's rights to the burial space. The petition shall be noticed for a hearing, on a date not less than 40 days from the date of filing. Within 15 days after filing, a copy of the petition with the hearing notice shall be personally served on the owner or copies of the petition shall be sent by first class mail to the last known address of the owner. Notice of the hearing shall be published once each week for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the cemetery is located. The first notice shall be published not less than 30 days before the date of hearing. After the petition and notice have been served or sent, it is the owner's duty to appear and answer to the allegations of the petition. If the owner fails to appear and answer on the day noticed for hearing, the owner's default may be entered in the manner provided for by law.

History: 1931, Act 46, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 128.12; Am. 1989, Act 14, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 774.44 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 774.44
Withdrawal or dismissal of appeal; order revoking recognizance and directing sentence be carried out.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44.

If a defendant takes an appeal from a municipal court in a city that does not adopt a resolution of approval under section 23a of the Michigan municipal court act, 1956 PA 5, MCL 730.523, and withdraws the appeal, or if the circuit court dismisses the appeal leaving the municipal court conviction in effect, the circuit court may enter an order revoking a recognizance and may also direct that the sentence of the municipal court be carried out.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17469; CL 1948, 774.44; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981; Am. 1998, Act 407, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.228 — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-69-of-1983 / Section 409.228
Michigan youth corps program director; appointment; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The governor shall appoint a Michigan youth corps program director who may adopt guidelines, promulgate rules, and take any other action to implement the program.

The Michigan youth corps program director shall specify the minimum provisions to be incorporated into the contracts and Michigan youth corps policies and procedures required under section 4.

History: 1983, Act 69, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.49 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.49
Director of county or district board; employment; duties; assistants; requirements; compensation and expenses; supplementary salary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 49.

Any county or district board shall employ a director, who shall be the executive officer and secretary of the board, and shall be responsible to the board for the performance of his duties associated with those social service functions financed by the county. The director and his assistants shall hold no partisan elective office, shall devote their entire time to the performance of the duties of their office, and shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the state civil service commission, together with their actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. Unless disapproved by the state civil service commission, the county board, with the approval of the county board of commissioners, may provide a supplementary salary to that fixed by the state civil service commission in remuneration for those duties of the director and his assistants if deemed justifiable, associated with the administration of those forms of relief or other welfare programs not wholly or in part financed by federal funds. The cost shall be deemed for all purposes a proper county expense.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.49; Am. 1953, Act 78, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965; Am. 1966, Act 143, Imd. Eff. June 24, 1966; Am. 1975, Act 237, Eff. Dec. 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.847a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.847a
Financial disclosure report; candidate for office.
Status: in_force

Sec. 847a.

A candidate for office, as that term is defined in section 3 of the candidate for office financial disclosure act, must file the financial disclosure report required under section 5 of the candidate for office financial disclosure act with the department of state before that candidate for office assumes office.

History: Add. 2023, Act 267, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.116 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.116
Assessment or review willfully erroneous; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 116.

If any supervisor or other assessing officer of any township or city shall willfully assess any property at more or less than what he believes to be its true cash value, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof he shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 1 year, or by fine not exceeding 300 dollars, at the discretion of the court. If any board whose duty it is to review the assessment of an assessing officer shall willfully assess property at more or less than its cash value, the members voting in favor of such action shall severally be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by fine not exceeding 300 dollars, at the discretion of the court.

History: 1893, Act 206, Eff. June 12, 1893; CL 1897, 3939; CL 1915, 4115; CL 1929, 3509; CL 1948, 211.116
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1917 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1917
Process; service on partnership or limited partnership.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1917.

Service of process upon a partnership or limited partnership may be made by

leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with any general partner personally, or

leaving a summons and a copy of the complaint with a person in charge of a partnership office or business establishment at such office or place of business and sending a summons and a copy of the complaint by registered mail, addressed to any general partner at his usual place of abode or last known address.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.159o — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.159o
Notice requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 159o.

Within 14 days after personal or intangible property is seized or a lien notice is filed against real property under section 159n, the prosecuting agency shall give notice pursuant to this section of the seizure of the property and the intent to forfeit and dispose of the property according to this chapter. This 14-day notice period is not jurisdictional. The prosecuting agency may move for an extension of the notice period for good cause shown. The prosecuting agency shall give the notice to each of the following persons:

If charges have been filed against a person for a crime, the person charged.

Each person known to have or appearing to have an ownership interest in the property.

Each mortgagee, person holding a security interest, or person having a lien that appears on the certificate of title or is on file with the secretary of state or appropriate register of deeds, if the property is real property, a mobile home, motor vehicle, watercraft, or other personal property.

Each holder of a preferred ship mortgage of record in the appropriate public office pursuant to chapter 313 of subtitle III of title 46 of the United States Code, if the property is a watercraft more than 28 feet long or a watercraft that has a capacity of 5 net tons or more.

Each person whose security interest is recorded with the appropriate public office pursuant to the federal aviation act of 1958, Public Law 85-726, 72 Stat. 731, if the property is an aircraft, aircraft engine, or aircraft propeller, or a part of an aircraft, aircraft engine, or aircraft propeller.

Each person known to have or appearing to have a security interest in the property.

Each victim of the crime.

The notice required under subsection (1) shall be a written notice delivered to the person or sent to the person by certified mail. If the name and address of the person are not reasonably ascertainable or delivery of the notice cannot reasonably be accomplished, the notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the personal or intangible property was seized or the real property is located for 10 successive publishing days. Proof of written notice or publication shall be filed with the court having jurisdiction over the seizure or forfeiture.

If personal or intangible property is seized, the seizing agency shall immediately notify the prosecuting agency of the seizure of the property and the intent to forfeit and dispose of the property according to this chapter.

History: Add. 1995, Act 187, Eff. Apr. 1, 1996