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Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.358 — MI Code / Chapter 51 / Act Act-298-of-1966 / Section 51.358
Civil service commission; aid from board of supervisors and department heads; offices, supplies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors and heads of departments to aid the civil service commission in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this act, to allow the reasonable use of public buildings, and to cause suitable and convenient rooms and accommodations to be assigned and provided and furnished, heated and lighted for carrying on the work and examinations of the civil service commission, and in all proper ways to facilitate the same. The civil service commission may order from the proper authorities the necessary stationery, postage stamps, official seal and other articles to be supplied, and the necessary printing to be done, for its official use.

History: 1966, Act 298, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.651b — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.651b
Cost of maintaining state trunk line highways; preservation of aesthetic and historic character of abutting national historic landmark; service plaza prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1b.

The state transportation department shall bear the entire cost of maintaining, in accordance with standards and specifications of the department, all state trunk line highways including highways within incorporated cities and villages except that the cost of maintaining additional width for local purposes as provided in section 1c shall be borne by the city or village.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, as part of the construction or reconstruction of a state trunk line highway which abuts a location designated as a national historic landmark pursuant to the national historic preservation act, Public Law 89-665, 80 Stat. 915, and 36 C.F.R. part 65, the department may include within the project, expenditures deemed necessary to mitigate the adverse impact of the state trunk line highway on the aesthetic and historic character of that abutting area. The installation or maintenance of lighting to preserve the aesthetic and historic character of the abutting area shall not impose a duty on the department to provide or maintain lighting for the improved portion of the highway designed for vehicular travel.

The state transportation department shall not use funds allocated under this act for the development or construction of a service plaza.

History: Add. 1957, Act 262, Eff. July 1, 1957; Am. 1967, Act 298, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 4, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1989, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Aug. 24, 1989; Am. 2002, Act 498, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.2186 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-580-of-2012 / Section 338.2186
Provisions of act superseding local requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The provisions of this act supersede and preempt any rule, regulation, code, or ordinance of any local unit of government of this state relating to the authorization or registration of system providers and their employees or independent contractors. A local unit of government of this state shall not require the issuance of a certificate, license, or permit or otherwise regulate any person that provides any form of security alarm security, monitoring, and control services or the installation and maintenance of facilities associated with security alarm systems, except that a local unit of government of this state may do any of the following:

(a) By ordinance, establish decibel limits, length, or time period of audible alarm sounding.

(b) By ordinance, regulate or prohibit automated calls, automated signals, or other automated communications to local units of government, including public safety access points.

(c) Require a permit for high-voltage electrical or plumbing work to be performed by a system provider.

(d) Enforce any preexisting rights with respect to the use of its rights-of-way.

History: 2012, Act 580, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.434 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.434
Candidates for nomination; withdrawal; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 434.

After the filing of a nominating petition or affidavit of candidacy by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for the office of judge of probate, the proposed candidate is not permitted to withdraw unless he or she serves a written notice of withdrawal on the secretary of state or his or her duly authorized agent. The notice must be served not later than 3 days after the last day for filing nominating petitions if a nominating petition was filed for the proposed candidate, and not later than 3 days after the last day for filing affidavits of candidacy if an affidavit of candidacy was filed for the proposed candidate. If the third day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the notice of withdrawal may be served on the secretary of state or his or her duly authorized agent at any time on or before 4 p.m., eastern standard time, on the next secular day.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 58, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963; Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.256 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.256
Editorial work for Michigan register, Michigan administrative code, and code supplements; uniformity; conformity with Michigan compiled laws; correction of obvious errors; publication of Michigan administrative code; time for publishing supplements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 56.

The office of regulatory reform shall perform the editorial work for the Michigan register and the Michigan administrative code and its annual supplement. The classification, arrangement, numbering, and indexing of rules shall be under the ownership and control of the office of regulatory reform, shall be uniform, and shall conform as nearly as practicable to the classification, arrangement, numbering, and indexing of the compiled laws. The office of regulatory reform may correct in the publications obvious errors in rules when requested by the promulgating agency to do so. The office of regulatory reform may provide for publishing all or any part of the Michigan administrative code in bound volume, pamphlet, electronic, or loose-leaf form. This subsection does not prevent a legislator from providing a copy or reproduction of a rule to a member of the general public.

An annual supplement to the Michigan administrative code shall be published at the earliest practicable date.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1982, Act 413, Eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Am. 1999, Act 262, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.941 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.941
Reports; investigation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 941.

A copy of all reports required by the bureau of the carrier under the bureau's rules shall be sent to the fund. The fund may conduct an investigation of the personal injury.

History: Add. 1971, Act 183, Eff. July 1, 1972
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.190 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-24-of-1989 / Section 397.190
Conduct of election for board members or districtwide tax.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

If 1 or more participating municipalities are school districts, the election for board members or a districtwide tax shall be conducted as follows:

(a) The school district election coordinator otherwise authorized by law to conduct elections in a participating school district shall conduct the election in that school district.

(b) If all or a portion of the participating municipality is located within a nonparticipating school district that is holding an election on the same day as the election for board members or a districtwide tax, the school district election coordinator authorized by law to conduct elections in the nonparticipating school district shall conduct the election for board members or a districtwide tax in the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located within the nonparticipating school district. The qualified and registered electors of the participating municipality that reside within the nonparticipating school district shall vote in the election for board members or a districtwide tax by special ballot at their regular polling places in the election in the nonparticipating school district. Those qualified and registered electors shall be identified from the registration records of the nonparticipating school district or from a list of the names, addresses, and birth dates of qualified and registered electors of the participating municipality who reside in the nonparticipating school district and are eligible to vote in elections for board members or a districtwide tax. The list shall be supplied and updated by the clerk of the participating municipality at the request of the school district election coordinator or other official authorized by law to conduct the election.

(c) If all or a portion of a participating municipality is located within a nonparticipating school district that is not holding an election on the same day as the election for board members or a districtwide tax, the school district election coordinator authorized by law to conduct elections in the participating municipality shall conduct the election for board members or a districtwide tax in the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located within the nonparticipating school district.

History: 1989, Act 24, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989; Am. 2005, Act 60, Imd. Eff. July 7, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.2113 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.2113
Order to cease food operations; resumption; reevaluation; hearing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2113.

(1) The director may order immediate cessation of operation of a food establishment upon a determination that continued operation would create an imminent or substantial hazard to the public health.

(2) A food establishment ordered to cease food operations under subsection (1) shall not resume operations until the director determines, upon reevaluation, that the conditions responsible for the order to cease operations no longer exist. The director shall offer an opportunity for reevaluation upon request of the license holder of the establishment.

(3) If the director orders an immediate cessation of operation of a food establishment under subsection (1), the license holder may request an administrative hearing.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000; Am. 2007, Act 113, Eff. Apr. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.71 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-63-of-1877 / Section 290.71
Apples; weight of bushel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That whenever apples are bought or sold by weight 48 pounds shall constitute a bushel.

History: 1877, Act 63, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877; How. 1571; CL 1897, 4902; CL 1915, 6250; CL 1929, 5592; CL 1948, 290.71
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.51902 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.51902
Forest cutting, slash, and debris; public utilities; responsibility for disposal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51902.

All cuttings of forest growth, slash, and debris resulting from the construction and maintenance of any railroad, that is a common carrier, telephone, telegraph, power, oil and gas line, or other public utility shall be disposed of by the person either directly or indirectly responsible for creating the cuttings, slash, and debris, in a manner approved by the department.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.5607 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.5607
Violation of article or commission of certain acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 607.

A person that violates 1 or more of the provisions of a specific article of this act or that commits 1 or more of the following is subject to the penalties described in section 603:

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

(b) Practices fraud, deceit, or dishonesty in practicing an occupation.

(c) Violates a rule of conduct of an occupation.

(d) Demonstrates a lack of good moral character.

(e) Commits an act of gross negligence in practicing an occupation.

(f) Practices false advertising.

(g) Commits an act that demonstrates incompetence.

(h) Violates any other provision of this act or a rule promulgated under this act for which a penalty is not otherwise prescribed.

(i) Fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this act.

(j) Fails to respond to a citation under section 539.

(k) Violates or fails to comply with a final order issued by a board, including a stipulation, settlement agreement, or a citation.

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

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.9115 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.9115
Logging, mining, or land plowing or tilling; permit exemption; "mining" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9115.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person engaged in the logging industry, the mining industry, or the plowing or tilling of land for the purpose of crop production or the harvesting of crops is not required to obtain a permit under this part. However, all earth changes associated with the activities listed in this section shall conform to the same standards as if they required a permit under this part. The exemption from obtaining a permit under this subsection does not include either of the following:

(a) Access roads to and from the site where active mining or logging is taking place.

(b) Ancillary activities associated with logging and mining.

(2) This part does not apply to a metallic mineral mining activity that is regulated under a mining and reclamation plan under part 631 or 634 or a mining, reclamation, and environmental protection plan under part 632, if the plan contains soil erosion and sedimentation control provisions and is approved by the department.

(3) A person is not required to obtain a permit from a county enforcing agency or a municipal enforcing agency for earth changes associated with well locations, surface facilities, flowlines, or access roads relating to oil or gas exploration and development activities regulated under part 615 or mineral well exploration and development activities regulated under part 625, if the application for a permit to drill and operate contains a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan that is approved by the department under part 615 or 625. However, those earth changes shall conform to the same standards as required for a permit under this part. This subsection does not apply to a multisource commercial hazardous waste disposal well as defined in section 62506a.

(4) As used in this section, "mining" does not include the removal of clay, gravel, sand, peat, or topsoil.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2000, Act 504, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001; Am. 2011, Act 214, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2011; Am. 2017, Act 40, Eff. Aug. 21, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.24 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.24
Deputy commissioners; appointment; revocation; bond; powers and duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

A commissioner may appoint a deputy or deputies, if the county board of commissioners approves, and may revoke the appointment at pleasure. The appointment shall be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the county. If the commissioner is unable to execute the duties of office, the deputy or deputies shall execute or assist in the execution of the duties of the county drain commissioner assigned by the county drain commissioner. As determined by the county board of commissioners, the deputy or deputies, either shall be covered by a blanket bond or shall file a bond with and to be approved by the commissioner in a sum not to exceed $5,000.00, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the deputy's or deputies' duties. If the commissioner dies during his or her term, the deputy commissioner shall have all of the powers and be charged with all of the duties of a commissioner until a commissioner is appointed or elected.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1963, Act 209, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1978, Act 633, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1492 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1492
Including financial statements in comprehensive annual financial report; responsibility; statement format; audit; submission of statements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 492.

The financial statements of all state agencies, as defined by generally accepted accounting principles as falling within the reporting responsibility of the state, shall be included in the comprehensive annual financial report of the state. The director shall designate and notify each state agency of this responsibility as well as describe the statement format that shall be followed by each agency so notified. The statements provided shall be followed by each state agency so notified. The statements provided shall be audited as provided by law or by the auditor general or independent auditors selected by the auditor general before submission to the department of management and budget and shall be submitted not later than 90 days following the close of the state's fiscal year.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1999, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.811ff — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.811ff
Fund-raising plate recognizing Detroit Pistons.
Status: in_force

Sec. 811ff.

(1) No later than August 1, 2019, the secretary of state shall develop under section 811e and issue under section 811f a fund-raising plate or collector plate recognizing the Detroit Pistons in this state. The fund-raising plate or collector plate authorized in this section shall bear an appropriate logo, the design of which the Detroit Pistons shall submit to the secretary of state.

(2) The Detroit Pistons fund is created within the state treasury. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(3) The secretary of state shall transfer the donation money from the sale of fund-raising plates recognizing the Detroit Pistons to the state treasurer, who shall credit the donation money to the Detroit Pistons fund established under subsection (2).

(4) The state treasurer shall disburse money in the fund established under subsection (2) on a quarterly basis to the Come Together Foundation.

(5) The state treasurer shall be the administrator of the fund created in subsection (2) for auditing purposes.

(6) Money disbursed to the Come Together Foundation under this section shall be distributed to eligible nonprofit organizations that are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 501.

History: Add. 2018, Act 326, Eff. Sept. 30, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8125 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8125
List of insurer's assets; amendments and supplements; filing; reduction of assets to liquidity; submission of assets for disbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8125.

As soon as practicable after the liquidation order but not later than 120 days after the liquidation order, the liquidator shall prepare in duplicate a list of the insurer's assets. The list shall be amended or supplemented from time to time as the liquidator may determine. One copy shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court and 1 copy shall be retained for the liquidator's files. All amendments and supplements shall be similarly filed.

The liquidator shall reduce the assets to a degree of liquidity that is consistent with the effective execution of the liquidation.

A submission to the court for disbursement of assets in accordance with section 8134 fulfills the requirements of subsection (1).

History: Add. 1989, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.504c — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-294-of-1982 / Section 552.504c
Information and records as confidential; disclosure; penalty; grounds for dismissal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4c.

A citizen advisory committee, its members, and its staff shall consider as confidential a record or other information to which they have access in order to perform their functions under this act and shall properly safeguard its use and disclosure.

A person listed in subsection (1) who discloses a record or other information described in subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor.

A citizen advisory committee member's unauthorized disclosure of a record or information described in subsection (1) is grounds for removal from the committee.

A committee staff member's unauthorized disclosure of a record or information described in subsection (1) is grounds for dismissal.

History: Add. 1998, Act 551, Eff. Mar. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.1403 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.1403
Definitions; I to W.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1403.

As used in this part:

(a) "ISO 14001:2004" means the standard adopted by the international organization for standardization in 2004 to prescribe uniform requirements for the purpose of certification or registration of an environmental management system.

(b) "Pollution prevention" means eliminating or minimizing the initial generation of waste at the source, reuse of waste, or utilizing environmentally sound on-site or off-site recycling. Waste treatment, release, or disposal is not pollution prevention.

(c) "RC 2008" means the responsible care program adopted by the American chemistry council in 2008 to provide uniform requirements for the purpose of certification or registration of an environmental management system.

(d) "Supplemental environmental project" means an environmentally beneficial project that an alleged violator agrees to undertake in settlement of an enforcement action, but which the alleged violator is not otherwise legally required to undertake.

(e) "Violation notice" means a written notice or formal enforcement action by the department, the United States environmental protection agency, or the enforcing agency of a local unit of government in response to a violation of an applicable environmental requirement. A voluntary disclosure made under part 148 does not constitute a violation notice.

(f) "Waste" means any environmental pollutant, waste, discharge, or emission, regardless of how it is regulated and regardless of whether it is released to the general environment or the workplace environment.

History: Add. 2012, Act 554, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.60 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-325-of-1982 / Section 801.60
Listing of crimes and offenses; development.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

For purposes of sections 1a and 8, a listing of violent or assaultive crimes, sex offenses, escape from prison or jail offenses, drunk driving offenses, controlled substance offenses except possession of less than 25 grams of a controlled substance, and weapons offenses shall be developed by the department of attorney general.

History: 1982, Act 325, Eff. Feb. 8, 1983; Am. 2007, Act 140, Eff. Feb. 11, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.673a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.673a
Election inspector; submission of list of interested individuals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 673a.

Not later than May 15 of each year, the county chair of a major political party may submit to the city or township clerks in that county a list of individuals who are interested in serving as an election inspector in that county. The county chair may designate in the list the city or township in which each individual on the list wishes to serve.

History: Add. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018