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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.30 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.30
Providing clerk with permanent postal mailing address and electronic mailing address.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, each county, township, city, or village shall provide its clerk with a permanent postal mailing address and each county shall provide its clerk with an electronic mailing address. Each clerk shall notify the secretary of state in writing of any address required to be provided under this section. Not later than 3 business days after a change in the postal mailing address of the office of a county, township, city, or village clerk, or the electronic mailing address of a county clerk, the clerk shall notify the secretary of state in writing of the new address.

History: Add. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 419.57 — MI Code / Chapter 419 / Act Act-104-of-1909 / Section 419.57
Scope of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The provisions of this act shall not apply to employes working in shops or offices.

History: 1909, Act 104, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 5501; CL 1929, 8634; CL 1948, 419.57
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1862 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1862
Powers of corporation under judicially confirmed plan of reorganization.
Status: in_force

Sec. 862.

The corporation, in the manner provided in section 861 but without limiting the generality or effect of that section, may amend or repeal its bylaws; constitute or reconstitute and classify or reclassify its board of directors, and name, constitute or appoint directors and officers in place of, or in addition to any director or officer then in office; amend its articles of incorporation, and make any change in its capital or capital stock, or any other amendment, change or alteration, or provision, authorized by this act; be dissolved, transfer any part of its assets, and merge or consolidate as permitted by this act, but in any of these cases a shareholder does not have a statutory right of appraisal of his shares; change the location of its registered office and remove or appoint a resident agent; authorize and fix the terms, manner and conditions of the issuance of bonds, debentures or other obligations, whether or not convertible into shares of its capital stock of any class, or bearing warrants or other evidences of optional rights to purchase or subscribe for shares of its capital stock of any class; and lease its property and franchises.

Irrespective of any other provision of this act, the corporation may issue its shares of capital stock and its bonds for the consideration specified in the plan of reorganization after confirmation of the plan.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.780 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-274-of-1984 / Section 445.780
Final judgment or decree as prima facie evidence; application of collateral estoppel or issue preclusion.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

A final judgment or decree determining that a person has violated this act in an action brought by the state under section 7, 8(1), or 9 other than a consent judgment or decree entered before any testimony has been taken, is prima facie evidence against the person in any other action against the person under section 8 as to all matters with respect to which the judgment or decree would be an estoppel between the parties to the action. This section does not affect the application of collateral estoppel or issue preclusion.

History: 1984, Act 274, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.203 — MI Code / Chapter 557 / Act Act-317-of-1947 / Section 557.203
Property owned jointly or by entirety by husband and wife; control, inapplicability of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

All property owned by the husband and wife before the effective date of this act as tenants by the entirety or in any other manner recognized by law whereby neither the husband nor the wife individually has a separate property interest therein as defined in sections 1 and 2 of this act, as well as that afterwards owned by the husband and wife in any such manner which has been acquired by gift, devise, or bequest or by the transfer of the separate property of either the husband or the wife as defined in sections 1 and 2 of this act or of the interest of the husband and the wife, or of either of them, in community property as permitted by section 8 of this act, and all property of every kind, character, or description derived originally from property so owned or acquired, shall be the separate property of the husband and wife.

The husband and wife, or either of them, shall hold, own and have the right to manage, control, dispose of, and otherwise deal with the separate property of the husband and wife in the manner provided by law without limitation by the provisions of this act.

History: 1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947; CL 1948, 557.203
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.744 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.744
Prohibited acts; violation as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 744.

(1) An election inspector or any other person in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located shall not persuade or endeavor to persuade a person to vote for or against any particular candidate or party ticket or for or against any ballot question that is being voted on at the election. A person shall not place or distribute stickers, other than stickers provided by the election officials pursuant to law, in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located.

(2) A person shall not solicit donations, gifts, contributions, purchase of tickets, or similar demands, or request or obtain signatures on petitions in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located.

(3) On election day, a person shall not post, display, or distribute in a polling place, in any hallway used by voters to enter or exit a polling place, or within 100 feet of an entrance to a building in which a polling place is located any material that directly or indirectly makes reference to an election, a candidate, or a ballot question. Except as otherwise provided in section 744a, this subsection does not apply to official material that is required by law to be posted, displayed, or distributed in a polling place on election day.

(4) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972; Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2012, Act 156, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1505 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-389-of-1978 / Section 400.1505
Domestic violence prevention and treatment fund; establishment; administration; criteria and conditions for awarding grants or contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The domestic violence prevention and treatment fund is established within the department. Subject to the approval of the board, the department shall administer the fund for the purposes described in this act and shall establish qualifying criteria for awarding grants or contracts under section 6 and may specify conditions for each grant or contract.

History: 1978, Act 389, Eff. Oct. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.621 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-217-of-1979 / Section 331.621
Transfer of clinics building and Detroit receiving hospital as serving public purpose; authorization; receipt of full value.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It is hereby determined that the transfer of the clinics building owned by Wayne state university and of the Detroit receiving hospital to the Detroit medical center corporation, a private nonprofit Michigan corporation, or a subsidiary of that corporation serves a public purpose for all the citizens of the state of Michigan since the transfers shall enable the facilities to continue to be operated for the purposes described in sections 3 and 4. Subject to the provisions of this act, such transfers are hereby authorized. It is also hereby determined that full value shall be considered to have been received in exchange for the facilities and the transfer of the facilities shall be considered to have been authorized by law, if the conditions described in section 2 are satisfied.

History: 1979, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.7e — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.7e
Deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, plants, bushes, and vines; public right of way on surface of real property being assessed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7e.

The value of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, plants, bushes, and vines, whether annual or perennial, growing on agricultural land devoted to agricultural purposes shall be exempt from taxation. The assessment of agricultural real property shall be made without regard to any enhancement in value of the agricultural real property by reason of the deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs, plants, bushes, or vines. Nothing herein contained shall affect the taxation of growing timber.

The value of land over the surface of which is located a public right of way shall not be considered when the real property is being assessed.

History: Add. 1966, Act 268, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1976, Act 386, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.703 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.703
Slow-moving vehicles; reduced lighting power.
Status: in_force

Sec. 703.

Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in section 684 when equipped with 2 lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and objects 75 feet ahead in lieu of lamps required in section 699 or section 701: Provided, however, That at no time shall it be operated at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.62 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.62
Place of indictment, trial and conviction; receiver of stolen property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 62.

In the cases where any person shall be liable to prosecution as the receiver of any personal property that shall have been feloniously stolen, taken or embezzled, he may be indicted, tried and convicted in any county where he received or had such property, notwithstanding such theft was committed in another county.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17276; CL 1948, 767.62
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.29509 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-220-of-2020 / Section 333.29509
Official regulatory testing facility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 509.

(1) The department's laboratory is the official regulatory testing facility for testing official hemp samples under chapter IV.

(2) The department may contract with a third-party laboratory to conduct the testing of official hemp samples under chapter IV. A third-party laboratory must meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be registered with the DEA.

(b) Meet the standards under chapter IV.

(c) Provide copies of any certified report that states the results of a total delta-9-THC test completed under section 403 to the department within 24 hours after the total delta-9-THC test is completed.

History: 2020, Act 220, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2020; Am. 2021, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article X § 4 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article X § 4
Escheats.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Procedures relating to escheats and to the custody and disposition of escheated property shall be prescribed by law.

History: Const. 1963, Art. X, § 4, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3714 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3714
Liability not impaired by sale of assets, consolidation, or conversion.
Status: in_force

Sec. 714.

The liability of any savings bank, national banking association, stock association, or federal savings bank or of the shareholders, directors, or officers thereof, or the rights or remedies of the creditors thereof, or of persons transacting business with such entities, shall not be lessened or impaired by virtue of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of such entities or by the consolidation of 2 or more organizations or the conversion of an organization.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16903 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16903
Restricted use of title; advertising; limited license; use of title during training period; use of words, titles, or letters.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16903.

(1) An individual licensed under this part as a marriage and family therapist shall use only the title "licensed marriage and family therapist" or "licensed marriage counselor" or the abbreviation "l.m.f.t." in representing his or her services in the practice of marriage and family therapy to the public.

(2) Unless exempt under section 16905(3), only an individual licensed under this part may advertise that he or she offers marriage and family therapy; marriage or family counseling service or advice; marriage or family guidance service or advice; marriage or family relations service or advice; marriage or family problems service or advice; marriage or family relations advice or assistance; service in the alleviation of a marital or family problem; or service of similar import or effect that is included in the practice of marriage and family therapy.

(3) The board may grant a limited license to an individual who has met the requirements of section 16909(a) and (b) in order to permit that individual to obtain the experience required under section 16909(c). The board shall not renew a limited license for more than 6 years. A limited licensee shall do all of the following:

(a) Use only the title "limited licensed marriage and family therapist" or "limited licensed marriage counselor".

(b) Not represent that he or she is engaged in the independent practice of marriage and family therapy.

(c) Practice only under the supervision of a fully licensed marriage and family therapist.

(d) Confine his or her practice to an organized health care setting or other arrangement approved by the board.

(4) An individual engaged in obtaining experience required under section 16909(b) may use the title "marriage and family therapist intern" or "marriage and family therapist trainee" during the training period. The board shall not require an individual obtaining experience required under section 16909(b) to hold a limited license.

(5) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are restricted in use only to those individuals authorized under this part to use the terms and in a way prescribed by this part: "marriage advisor" or "marriage consultant"; "family counselor", "family advisor", "family therapist", or "family consultant"; "family guidance counselor", "family guidance advisor", or "family guidance consultant"; "marriage guidance counselor", "marriage guidance advisor", or "marriage guidance consultant"; "family relations counselor"; "marriage relations counselor", "marriage relations advisor", or "marriage relations consultant"; or "marital counselor" or "marital therapist".

History: Add. 1995, Act 126, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Am. 2006, Act 388, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.449 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-23-of-1950-Ex-Sess- / Section 259.449
Airport zoning regulations; public hearing on adoption or amendment, notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

No airport zoning regulations shall be adopted, amended, or changed under this act except by action of the governing body of the political subdivision in question, or by action of the joint board provided for in sections 14 or 17, after a public hearing in relation thereto, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least 15 days' notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, in the political subdivision or subdivisions in which is located wholly or partly, the airport hazard area to be zoned, or, if no newspaper is generally circulated in any such political subdivision, then in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such political subdivision is located.

History: 1950, Ex. Sess., Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1950
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.13d — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.13d
"Electric carriage" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13d.

"Electric carriage" means a horse-drawn carriage that has been retrofitted to be propelled by an electric motor instead of by a horse and that is used to provide taxi service.

History: Add. 2013, Act 36, Imd. Eff. May 21, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1053 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-403-of-2000 / Section 207.1053
License required; application; form; information; current licenses; license for more than 1 business activity; person licensed as supplier; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53.

(1) A person shall not engage in a business activity in this state where a license is required by this act unless the person is licensed under this act.

(2) A person required to be licensed under this act shall apply for a license on a form or in a format prescribed by the department.

(3) An application for a license under this act may contain any information the department may reasonably require to administer this act including the applicant's federal identification number.

(4) The following persons currently licensed on April 1, 2001 are not required to obtain a new license under this act and shall be considered licensed under this act:

(a) A person licensed in this state as a supplier on April 1, 2001 shall be considered licensed as a supplier under this act but only if the person is a terminal operator or a position holder in a terminal on April 1, 2001.

(b) A wholesale distributor who on April 1, 2001 possesses a valid exemption certificate issued under former section 12 of 1927 PA 150 shall be considered licensed as a fuel vendor under this act.

(c) A person licensed in this state as an exporter on April 1, 2001 shall be considered licensed as an exporter under this act.

(d) A person licensed in this state as a liquid fuel hauler on April 1, 2001 shall be considered licensed as a transporter under this act.

(e) A person licensed in this state as a retail dealer of diesel motor fuel on April 1, 2001 shall be considered licensed as a retail diesel dealer under this act.

(5) A person considered licensed under subsection (4) is subject to all of the provisions of this act except those requiring an application for a new license.

(6) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person who is engaged in more than 1 business activity for which a license is required under this act shall be licensed for each business activity.

(7) A person who is licensed as a supplier is not required to obtain a separate license for any other business activity for which a license is required under this act except as a retail diesel dealer or as an alternative fuel dealer or alternative fuel commercial user under sections 151 to 155.

(8) A person who negligently violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of $1,000.00.

(9) A person who knowingly violates or knowingly aids and abets another to violate this section is guilty of a felony.

History: 2000, Act 403, Eff. Apr. 1, 2001; Am. 2015, Act 176, Eff. Jan. 1, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7044 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7044
Notice to individual covered by plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7044.

A MEWA, in connection with an employee welfare benefit plan, shall provide the following written notice to each individual covered by the plan:

The fact that individuals covered by the plan are only partially insured.

The fact that in the event the plan or the MEWA does not ultimately pay medical expenses that are eligible for payment under the plan for any reason, the individuals covered by the plan may be liable for those expenses.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.711a — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-50-of-1960 / Section 41.711a
Ambulance personnel; emergency care, civil liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

Any municipal or private ambulance driver or attendant or policeman or fireman engaged in emergency first aid service, who, in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency, shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of acts or omissions in rendering the emergency care, except acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or wilful and wanton misconduct.

History: Add. 1967, Act 217, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1967; Am. 1968, Act 163, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1202 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1202
Technical modifications to existing system; cost.
Status: in_force

Sec. 202.

A public agency which is excluded from a 9-1-1 service district in a 9-1-1 system implemented under this act, but which is operating an existing emergency 9-1-1 service at the time the 9-1-1 system is implemented, shall permit any technical modifications to its existing system which are necessary for compatibility with the 9-1-1 system. Any cost of the service supplier associated with such modifications shall be collected from service users in the 9-1-1 service district.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986; Am. 2007, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.573 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-26-of-1875 / Section 457.573
Grand lodge; articles and constitution, filing; body corporate, powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the constitution of said grand lodge, shall be filed with the secretary of state, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, and their associates, and successors shall be a body politic and corporate under the name of the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Philanthropists, of the state of Michigan, and by that name they and their associates shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy, to them, and their successors, estates real and personal, of suing, and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal, which may be changed and altered at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of 50,000 dollars, and that they, and their successors, shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real estate, or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and incomes, shall be devoted exclusively to the charitable and benevolent purposes of the Independent Order of Philanthropists, of the state of Michigan. Said corporation shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules, regulations, and by-laws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporation, according to the laws of this state and the United States, and to designate, elect, or appoint, from its members, such officers, under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the customs of their order.

History: 1875, Act 26, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4561; CL 1897, 8085; CL 1915, 10559; CL 1929, 10760; CL 1948, 457.573
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3427 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3427
Enforcement of MCL 487.3421 to 487.3426; orders or declaratory rulings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 427.

The commissioner may issue orders or declaratory rulings to enforce sections 421 to 426.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996