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Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.72 — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.72
Effective date of Act 164 of 1983.
Status: in_force

Sec. 72.

Except as otherwise provided in this section and the 1983 amendatory act which added this section, the 1983 amendatory act which added this section shall take effect upon its date of enactment.

The amendments made to section 43(g) by the 1983 amendatory act which added this section shall take effect January 1, 1983.

The amendments made to sections 14, 15, 18, 21, 22a, 24, 32a, 33, 34, and 49 by the 1983 amendatory act which added this section which amendments provide for the extension of certain appeal periods from 20 to 30 days shall take effect October 1, 1983.

History: Add. 1983, Act 164, Imd. Eff. July 24, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.770a — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.770a
Notice to victim by family independence agency or county juvenile agency; escape by juvenile.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20a.

Upon a victim's written request, the family independence agency or county juvenile agency, as applicable, shall make a good faith effort to notify the victim before either of the following occurs:

A juvenile is dismissed from court jurisdiction or discharged from commitment to the family independence agency or county juvenile agency.

A juvenile is transferred from a secure juvenile facility to a nonsecure juvenile facility.

If the family independence agency or county juvenile agency is not successful in notifying the victim before an event described in subsection (1) occurs, it shall notify the victim as soon as possible after that event occurs by any means reasonably calculated to give prompt actual notice.

Upon the victim's written request, the family independence agency or county juvenile agency, as applicable, shall give to the victim notice of a juvenile's escape. A victim who requests notice of an escape shall be given immediate notice of the escape by any means reasonably calculated to give prompt actual notice. If the escape occurs before the juvenile is delivered to the family independence agency or county juvenile agency, the agency in charge of the juvenile's detention shall give notice of the escape to the family independence agency or county juvenile agency, which shall then give notice of the escape to the victim who requested notice.

History: Add. 1993, Act 341, Eff. May 1, 1994; Am. 1998, Act 523, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.728 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-174-of-2013 / Section 460.728
Damages or equitable relief.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

This act does not limit the right of an excavator, facility owner, or facility operator to seek legal relief and recovery of actual damages incurred and equitable relief in a civil action arising out of a violation of the requirements of this act, or to enforce the provisions of this act, nor shall this act determine the level of damages or injunctive relief in any such civil action. This section does not affect or limit the availability of any contractual or legal remedy that may be available to an excavator, facility owner, or facility operator arising under any contract to which they may be a party.

History: 2013, Act 174, Eff. Apr. 1, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.548 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.548
Pollution in intercounty drain; abatement; petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 548.

Whenever the water resources commission or successor agency has determined that pollution exists in an inter-county drain which services any city, village or township or any combination thereof and has issued an order of determination or permit to such public corporation for abatement thereof, then a petition under this chapter may be filed in accordance with section 513 by any one such city having greater than 500,000 population.

History: Add. 1973, Act 48, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.176 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.176
Violation as state civil infraction; fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 176.

Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person who violates this act is responsible for a state civil infraction as provided for in chapter 88 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 600.8801 to 600.8835 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and is subject to a civil fine of not more than $500.00.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.176; Am. 1976, Act 191, Imd. Eff. July 8, 1976; Am. 1996, Act 370, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 451.428 — MI Code / Chapter 451 / Act Act-148-of-1975 / Section 451.428
Fee under debt management plan; purchase of credit reports or educational materials and products; charge for cancellation or default; when contract effective; cancellation of contract; excessive charge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

(1) In addition to the fee described in section 13(1), a licensee may charge a reasonable fee for providing debt management services under a debt management plan. The fee under this subsection shall not exceed 15% of the amount of the debt to be liquidated during the express term of the plan.

(2) A licensee may offer a debtor the option to purchase credit reports or educational materials and products, and charge a fee to the debtor if the debtor elects to purchase any of those items from the licensee. Fees charged under this subsection are not subject to the 15% limitation on fees described in subsection (1).

(3) Except for a cancellation described in subsection (4), in the event of cancellation of or default in the performance of the contract by the debtor before its successful completion, a licensee may collect $25.00 in addition to any fees and charges of the licensee previously received by the licensee. This $25.00 fee is not subject to the 15% limitation on fees and charges under subsection (1).

(4) A contract is in effect when it is signed by the licensee and the debtor and the debtor has made a payment of any amount to the licensee. The debtor has the right to cancel the contract until 12 midnight of the third business day after the first day the contract is in effect by delivering written notice of cancellation to the licensee. A cancellation described in this section is not subject to, and a licensee shall not collect, the fee described in subsection (3).

(5) If a debtor fails to make a payment of any amount to a licensee within 60 days after the date a payment is due under a contract, the licensee may, in its discretion, cancel the debt management contract if it determines that the plan is no longer suitable for the debtor, the debtor fails to affirmatively communicate to the licensee the debtor's desire to continue the plan, or the creditors of the debtor refuse to continue accepting payments under the plan.

(6) A licensee shall not contract for, receive, or charge a debtor an amount greater than authorized by this act. A person that violates this subsection, except as the result of an inadvertent clerical or computer error, shall return to the debtor the amount of the payments received from or on behalf of the debtor and not distributed to creditors, and, as a penalty, an amount equal to the amount overcharged.

History: 1975, Act 148, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976; Am. 2000, Act 255, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2014, Act 362, Eff. Mar. 16, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1504 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.1504
Diversification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1504.

A fiduciary shall diversify the investments of a fiduciary estate unless the fiduciary reasonably determines that, because of special circumstances, the purposes of the fiduciary estate are better served without diversifying.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.104b — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-90-of-1978 / Section 409.104b
Registration system for minors and employers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4b.

(1) The director shall create and maintain a registration system that does both of the following:

(a) Allows a minor to register for employment or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to register the minor for employment.

(b) Allows an employer to register to employ minors under this act as described in section 4d.

(2) The registration system must meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be accessible to the public via the internet at no cost to the public.

(b) Require a minor or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to submit information that is sufficient, as determined by the department, to identify all of the following:

( i ) The name and age of the minor.

( ii ) The minor's home address and contact information.

( iii ) The name of each of the parents or legal guardians of the minor.

( iv ) The home address and contact information of each of the parents or legal guardians of the minor.

(c) Allow a minor or a parent or legal guardian of a minor to describe a physical limitation of the minor.

(d) Allow a minor, parent or legal guardian of a minor, or an employer to review an applicable determination described in section 4a(3).

(e) Allow an employer to submit the information and items described in section 4d.

(f) Provide automatic notification to an employer when a minor registers for employment with the employer.

(g) Any other requirement that is relevant to the employment of a minor under this act as determined by the director.

(3) The information in the registration system, other than the information listed in section 4c(1), is exempt from disclosure under section 13(1)(d) of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.243. The department may disclose the information in the registration system only if the disclosure is necessary to enforce and implement this act.

History: Add. 2024, Act 196, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1144 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1144
Suspension, denial, or revocation of license; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 144.

The director, after notice to the applicant or licensee, may suspend, deny, or revoke a license if he finds that there is a substantial failure to comply with the requirements of sections 134 through 150. The notice shall be by certified mail or by personal service, setting forth the particular reasons for the proposed action and fixing a date, not less than 30 days from the date of service, on which the applicant or licensee shall be afforded a hearing before the director or his designee.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 235.4 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 235.4
Open drain in highway; drain commissioner to apportion costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The county drain commissioner shall apportion the per centum of the cost of construction of such drain which any township traversed or benefited thereby shall be liable to pay by reason of the benefit to the public health, convenience or welfare, or as the means of improving any highway, and he shall also apportion the per centum of benefits to accrue to any piece or parcel of land by reason of the construction of such drain, over and above the per centum assessed against such township as aforesaid, which per centum of benefits shall be apportioned upon and assessed against the lands benefited according to such assessment of benefits and which apportionments he shall announce at the time and place of letting, as provided in chapter 4. Such assessment of per centum for benefits shall thereupon be subject to review and correction, and may be appealed from in the manner hereinafter provided.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4513; CL 1929, 4142; CL 1948, 235.4
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.133 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-226-of-2003 / Section 125.133
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Municipality" means a city, village, or township.

(b) "Participating" means, with respect to a municipality, that the municipality is a member of a joint planning commission.

(c) "Registered elector of the municipality" means a registered elector residing in the municipality or, if the municipality is a township, a registered elector residing in the portion of the township outside the limits of any village.

History: 2003, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2003; Am. 2008, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 21, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.804 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-470-of-2016 / Section 399.804
Historical materials; preparation; publication; sale; selling price; interest in materials; Historical Society of Michigan as owner; credit of money from sale of publications or materials.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The center may prepare historical materials for publication in print, electronic, or other format and sell those items at a reasonable price.

(2) The department may establish, raise, and lower a selling price for books, reprints, maps, articles, calendars, and related items and may sell those materials. However, those materials shall be sold at a reasonable price.

(3) The center and the Historical Society of Michigan both have an interest in materials published in association with Michigan History magazine prior to October 1, 2009. The Historical Society of Michigan shall be considered the owner of all such materials published after that date.

(4) The money collected from the sale of all publications or other materials described in this section shall be credited to the publications fund.

History: 2016, Act 470, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4845 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4845
Moneys from fines and penalties; duties of county treasurer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4845.

The county treasurer shall credit all fines for the violation of the penal laws to the library fund and all other penalties to the general fund; and he shall account therefor to the board of supervisors annually.

In case of the sale of any real estate upon an execution upon judgment rendered for the breach of any recognizance in any criminal case the county treasurer shall, in case there are no bidders to the full amount of any such judgment or the value of the property advertised, bid off the same. If the same is not redeemed within the time allowed by law for the redemption thereof, the county treasurer shall sell the same for the best price he can obtain therefor, and place the money received in the general fund.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.81120 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.81120
Prohibited conduct; violations as felony; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 81120.

A person who makes a false representation or false certification to obtain personal information under this part, or who uses personal information for a purpose other than a permissible purpose identified in section 81114a or 81114c, is guilty of a felony.

A person who is convicted of a second violation of this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 2 years or more than 7 years, or by a fine of not less than $1,500.00 or more than $7,000.00, or both.

A person who is convicted of a third or subsequent violation of this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than 5 years or more than 15 years, or by a fine of not less than $5,000.00 or more than $15,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1997, Act 102, Imd. Eff. Aug. 7, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.571 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-89-of-1977 / Section 397.571
Expenditure of state aid.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

State aid paid to a cooperative library or a public library may be used for any expenditure, including the cost of intersystem or intrasystem contracts.

History: 1977, Act 89, Imd. Eff. Aug. 2, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 100.1 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 100.1
Council; power to acquire real estate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any city may acquire, purchase and erect all such public buildings as may be required for the use of the corporation and may purchase, acquire, appropriate and own such real estate as may be necessary for public grounds, parks, markets, public buildings and other purposes necessary or convenient for the public good and the execution of the powers conferred in this act; and such buildings and grounds, or any part thereof, may be sold, leased and disposed of as occasion may require.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; CL 1897, 3152; CL 1915, 3066; CL 1929, 1990; CL 1948, 100.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.781 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-184-of-1994 / Section 290.781
Administrative fine; warning in lieu of fine; civil action by attorney general to recover fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

After notice and opportunity for hearing, upon finding that a person has violated this act or a rule promulgated under this act, the director may impose an administrative fine of not more than $1,000.00 for each violation. If a violation of this act or a rule promulgated under this act occurs despite the exercise of due care or does not result in significant harm to human health or the environment, the director may issue a warning in lieu of an administrative fine.

The director shall advise the attorney general if a person fails to pay an administrative fine imposed under this section. The attorney general may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the fine.

History: 1994, Act 184, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3857 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3857
Duties of insurer; certification of compliance with subsection (1)(a).
Status: in_force

Sec. 3857.

An insurer shall do all of the following:

Accept a notice from a medicare carrier on dually assigned claims submitted by participating physicians and suppliers as a claim for benefits in place of any other claim form otherwise required and make a payment determination on the basis of the information contained in that notice.

Notify the participating physician or supplier and the beneficiary of the payment determination.

Pay the participating physician or supplier directly.

Furnish, at the time of enrollment, each enrollee with a card listing the policy name, number, and a central mailing address to which notices from a medicare carrier may be sent.

Pay user fees for claim notices that are transmitted electronically or otherwise.

Provide to the secretary of health and human services, at least annually, a central mailing address to which all claims may be sent by medicare carriers.

Compliance with the requirements set forth in subsection (1)(a) shall be certified on the medicare supplement insurance experience reporting form.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.608 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-57-of-1988 / Section 124.608
Contracts for provision of emergency services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

An authority may enter into a contract with any incorporating municipality for the provision of emergency services in the incorporating municipality for a period not exceeding 30 years. The emergency services may be established or funded in conjunction with any municipal emergency services, and any municipal emergency service may be delegated by contract to an authority. The charges specified in a contract shall be subject to increase by the authority, if necessary, in order to provide funds to meet its obligations. An authority may also enter into contracts with a city, village, or township that is not an incorporating municipality, for a period not exceeding 30 years except that the charges for services under a contract with a nonincorporating municipality may be greater than the charges to an incorporating municipality, and shall be subject to change from time to time without notice. However, existing contracts between the county sheriff's department and the municipalities shall remain in effect for the lifetime of those contracts.

History: 1988, Act 57, Eff. Apr. 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.104 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.104
Principal departments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Except as otherwise provided by this act, or the state constitution, all executive and administrative powers, duties, and functions, excepting those of the legislature and the judiciary, previously vested by law in the several state departments, commissions, boards, officers, bureaus, divisions, or other agencies are vested in the following principal departments:

Department of State

Department of Attorney General

Department of Treasury

Department of Management and Budget

Department of State Police

Department of Military Affairs

Department of Agriculture

Department of Civil Service

Department of Commerce

Department of Natural Resources

Department of Corrections

Department of Education

Department of Licensing and Regulation

If section 28 of article 5 of the state constitution of 1963 is amended to provide for changing the name of the state highway department to the department of transportation. However, until section 28 of article 5 is amended in the manner described in this section, the name of the department shall be the Department of State Highways and Transportation.

Department of Labor

Department of Mental Health

Department of Public Health

Department of Social Services

Department of Civil Rights

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1968, Act 353, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1973, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Aug. 22, 1973; Am. 1978, Act 483, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.52702 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.52702
Municipality; right to acquire and use lands for forestry.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52702.

Any municipality may acquire by purchase, gift, or devise, or may provide land already in its possession, and use the land for a forestry or recreational purpose, or both, either within or outside of the territorial limits of the municipality, and may carry on forestry or recreational activities, or both, on the land. However, the use of the land for forestry is the highest priority objective of the land and use of the land for recreational activities shall not interfere with its use for forestry. Any municipality may also receive and expend or hold in trust gifts of money or personalty for a forestry or recreational purpose, or both.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2012, Act 488, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 444.107 — MI Code / Chapter 444 / Act Act-147-of-1905 / Section 444.107
Violations of act; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any person who shall wilfully alter or destroy any register or certificate or receipt provided for in this chapter or issue any receipt or certificate without entering or preserving in such book the registered memorandum; or who shall knowingly issue any certificate or receipt therein provided for when the commodity or commodities therein enumerated are not in fact in the building or buildings it is certified they are in, or shall, with intent to defraud, issue a second or other certificate for any such commodity for which, or for any part of which, a former valid certificate or receipt is outstanding and in force; or shall while any valid certificate or receipt for any part of the commodities mentioned in this chapter is outstanding and in force, sell, encumber, ship, transfer or remove from the elevator, warehouse or building where the same is stored, any such certified property, or knowingly permit the same to be done, without the written consent of the holder of such certificate or receipt, or if any person knowingly receives any such property or helps to remove the same, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding 10,000 dollars, or by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding 5 years.

History: 1905, Act 147, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 6628; CL 1929, 9656; CL 1948, 444.107