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Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.54a — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.54a
Requiring individual to make false statement or representation regarding benefit or other payment as condition of employment; remedies; applicability; disposition of amounts recovered; effective date of section.
Status: in_force

Sec. 54a.

Any employing unit or an officer or agent of an employing unit, an employee of the commission, or a third party shall not require an individual, as a condition of employment, to make a false statement or representation knowing it to be false to obtain or increase a benefit or other payment under this act or to avoid or reduce a contribution or other payment required from an employing unit under this act.

If the commission determines that an employing unit or an officer or agent of an employing unit, an employee of the commission, or a third party has violated this section, the commission may recover an amount equal to the amount of benefits or increase in benefits or other payment received or an amount equal to the amount of contributions or other payments from an employing unit avoided or reduced based on the violation of this section plus an amount equal to 3 times that amount but not less than $5,000.00.

The commission may refer the matter to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the alleged violation occurred for prosecution. If the commission has not made its own determination under subsection (2), the penalty sought by the prosecutor shall include the amount described in subsection (2) and both a fine of not less than $5,000.00 and 1 of the following:

Imprisonment for not more than 10 years.

The performance of community service of not more than 10 years but not to exceed 20,800 hours.

A combination of (a) and (b) that does not exceed 10 years.

This section applies to conduct that began before April 1, 1992 but that continued on or after April 1, 1992 and to conduct that began on or after April 1, 1992.

The amount recovered by the commission pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) shall be credited first to the unemployment compensation fund and thereafter amounts recovered that are in excess of the amounts obtained, increased, avoided, or reduced as a result of the violation of this section shall be credited to the penalty and interest account of the contingent fund.

This section shall take effect April 1, 1992.

History: Add. 1991, Act 5, Eff. Apr. 1, 1992; Am. 1993, Act 278, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.894 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-244-of-1989 / Section 141.894
Tourism marketing program; approval or disapproval; written referendum; effective date; failure of referendum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The director shall approve or disapprove a tourism marketing program within 30 days after a tourism marketing program notice is filed. The director shall not disapprove a tourism marketing program unless the tourism marketing program violates this act.

Within 40 days after approval of a tourism marketing program under subsection (1), the director shall conduct among all owners a written referendum by mail on whether the tourism marketing program should be approved. For the purpose of the referendum and except as provided in section 9, each owner has 1 vote for each room in the owner's transient facility.

If the tourism marketing program is approved by a majority of the votes actually cast in the regional assessment district, the tourism marketing program and assessment set forth in the tourism marketing program notice become effective on the first day of the month that is more than 30 days after certification by the director of the results of the referendum. A regional marketing organization may file and serve another tourism marketing program notice under section 3 no sooner than 1 year after certification by the director of the results of a referendum if the referendum failed.

History: 1989, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1451 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1451
Court hearings; applicable provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.

Court hearings convened under authority of this chapter are governed by sections 452 to 465, except that sections 453(2), 453a, and 455(3) to (11) do not apply to a petition seeking only assisted outpatient treatment.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2016, Act 320, Eff. Feb. 14, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1121b — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1121b
Use of false pretenses to obtain services; punishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 121b.

An individual subject to this code who, with intent to defraud, knowingly uses false pretenses to obtain services must be punished as a court-martial directs.

History: Add. 2024, Act 77, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 254.141 — MI Code / Chapter 254 / Act Act-84-of-1959 / Section 254.141
Mackinac county bridge; conveyance of easement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The state department of conservation is hereby authorized and directed to convey to the board of county road commissioners of Mackinac county an easement over the unpatented lake bottom lands between Hill's island and island number 8 in the Les Cheneaux islands in Mackinac county for the purpose of a bridge connecting Hill's island and island number 8.

History: 1959, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1959
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.901 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.901
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 901.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), it is a misdemeanor for a person to violate this act, unless that violation is by this act or other law of this state declared to be a felony or a civil infraction.

(2) Unless another penalty is provided in this act or by the laws of this state, a person convicted of a misdemeanor for the violation of this act shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a violation of this act by the owner of a commercial quadricycle arising out of the ownership or operation of the commercial quadricycle is a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1969, Act 240, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 2015, Act 126, Imd. Eff. July 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.618 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-283-of-1964 / Section 290.618
Sealer of weights and measures, deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, city and county inspectors; jurisdiction; city or county ordinances.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

The sealer of a city or a county, and his deputy sealers, supervising inspectors, and city or county inspectors when acting under his instructions and at his direction, shall have the same powers and shall perform the same duties within the city or the county for which appointed as are granted to and imposed upon the director by this act, except that the jurisdiction of a county sealer shall not extend to any city for which a city sealer has been appointed as provided for by section 17.

No city or county shall adopt any ordinance contrary to or in any way conflicting with this act, or adopt any regulation contrary to or in any way differing from the provisions of any regulations adopted by the director under the provisions of this act.

History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.469 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-256-of-2011 / Section 28.469
Inspections; delegation of authority and responsibility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The department may delegate authority and responsibility to carry out inspections and other duties under this act.

History: 2011, Act 256, Eff. Jan. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712B.39 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712B.39
Invalidation of actions; petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

Any Indian child who is the subject of an action for foster care placement or termination of parental rights under state law, any parent or Indian custodian from whose custody an Indian child was removed, and the Indian child's tribe may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to invalidate the action upon a showing that the action violated any provision of sections 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 27, and 29 of this chapter.

History: Add. 2012, Act 565, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.4806 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-23-of-1993 / Section 450.4806
Dissolution; notice to existing claimants; contents; validity of claim not recognized; claims barred under certain conditions; “existing claim” defined; effective date of notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 806.

The dissolved limited liability company may notify its existing claimants in writing of the dissolution at any time after the effective date of the dissolution. The written notice shall include all of the following:

A description of the information that must be included in a claim. The limited liability company may demand sufficient information to permit it to make a reasonable judgment whether the claim should be accepted or rejected.

A mailing address where a claim may be sent.

The deadline, which may not be less than 6 months after the effective date of the written notice, by which the dissolved limited liability company must receive the claim.

A statement that the claim will be barred if not received by the deadline.

The giving of notice provided for in subsection (1) does not constitute recognition that a person to whom the notice is directed has a valid claim against the limited liability company.

A claim against the dissolved limited liability company is barred if either of the following applies:

If a claimant who was given written notice under subsection (1) does not deliver the claim to the dissolved limited liability company by the deadline.

If a claimant whose claim was rejected by a written notice of rejection by the dissolved limited liability company does not commence a proceeding to enforce the claim within 90 days after the effective date of the written notice of rejection.

For purposes of this section and section 807, "existing claim" means any claim or right against the limited liability company, liquidated or unliquidated. "Existing claim" does not mean a contingent liability or a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.

For purposes of this section, the effective date of the written notice is the earliest of the following:

The date it is received.

Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if it is mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

The date shown on the return receipt, if the notice is sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.

History: 1993, Act 23, Eff. June 1, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11715 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11715
Preemption; duty of governmental unit to make available public septage waste receiving facility; posting of surety.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11715.

(1) This part does not preempt an ordinance of a governmental unit that does any of the following:

(a) Prohibits the application of septage waste to land within that governmental unit.

(b) Otherwise imposes stricter requirements than this part. This subdivision applies only if all of the following requirements are met:

( i ) The receiving facility was operating before the date 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision.

( ii ) The receiving facility's effluent is discharged, either directly or through a sewer system, to a wastewater treatment plant that was operating before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision.

( iii ) The receiving facility was constructed, or the receiving facility and a wastewater treatment plant of which the receiving facility is part were improved, at a cost of $6,000,000.00 or more.

( iv ) There is outstanding indebtedness for the construction or improvement described in subparagraph ( iii ) consisting only of bonds that were also outstanding before the date 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subdivision or of loans or bonds that were used to redeem or refund those bonds and that have a maturity or due date not later than 9 years after the maturity date of those bonds.

(2) If a governmental unit requires that all septage waste collected in that governmental unit be disposed of in a receiving facility or prohibits, or effectively prohibits, the application of septage waste to land within that governmental unit, the governmental unit shall make available a receiving facility that meets all of the following requirements:

(a) The receiving facility service area includes the entire governmental unit.

(b) The receiving facility can lawfully accept and has the capacity to accept all septage waste generated within that governmental unit that is not lawfully applied to land.

(c) If the receiving facility is not owned by that governmental unit, the receiving facility is required by contract to accept all septage waste generated within that governmental unit that is not lawfully applied to land.

(3) The owner or operator of a receiving facility may require the posting of a surety, including cash in an escrow account or a performance bond, not exceeding $25,000.00 to dispose of septage waste in the receiving facility.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 381, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 2004; Am. 2012, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 2012; Am. 2014, Act 546, Eff. Apr. 16, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 765.29 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 765.29
Witness in criminal case; necessity of giving bail for appearance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 29.

A witness in a criminal case need not give bail for his or her appearance as a witness unless required to do so by the order of a judge of a court of record as provided in section 35 of chapter 7.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17191; CL 1948, 765.29; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.8i — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-47-of-1945 / Section 331.8i
Free service by hospital prohibited; rates for services.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8i.

Free service may not be furnished by a hospital, the revenues of which are pledged for the payment of bonds, to a person, firm, or corporation, public or private, or to a public agency or instrumentality. The reasonable cost and value of a service rendered to a public agency, including a member city, township, or village, shall be paid for as the service accrues from its current funds and the charges when so paid shall be accounted for in the same manner as other revenues of the hospitals. Rates for services furnished by a hospital, the revenues of which are pledged for the payment of bonds, shall be fixed precedent to the issuance of the bonds. The rates shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the expenses of administration, operation, and maintenance of the hospital as may be necessary to preserve the same in good repair and working order. The rates shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds payable from the revenues of the hospital, as, and when, the same become due and payable, taking into account, however, amounts assessed or to be assessed against a member city, township, or village as provided in this act, and for the creation of any reserve for the payment of principal and interest as required in the resolution. The rates shall be sufficient to provide for such other expenditures and funds for the hospital as the resolution may require. The rates shall be fixed and revised from time to time by the hospital authority board so as to produce these amounts, and the hospital authority board shall covenant and agree in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds, and on the face of each bond, to maintain at all times such rates for services furnished by such hospitals as shall be sufficient to provide for the foregoing. Rates charged for the services furnished by a hospital, the revenues of which are pledged for the payment of bonds under this act, shall not be subject to approval by any state, bureau, board, commission, or other like instrumentality or agency thereof.

History: Add. 1973, Act 161, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.5a — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-59-of-1935 / Section 28.5a
Disposal of firearms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5a.

(1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall dispose of all firearms that are purchased by a municipality under a gun buyback program and turned over to the department.

(2) The department shall dispose of all firearms described under subsection (1) by destroying the firearms. The department shall ensure that all parts of the firearms disposed under subsection (1) are destroyed. The department shall not resell any firearm described under subsection (1).

(3) As used in this section, "firearm" means any weapon that will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of an explosive.

History: Add. 2024, Act 265, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 729.208 — MI Code / Chapter 729 / Act Act-17-of-1953 / Section 729.208
Drawing; conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Such drawing shall be conducted at the place of the holding of said court at the time so fixed by the judge, or at such adjourned time as he may order. Such drawing shall be conducted by the clerk in the presence of the judge, shall be public, and the defendant and his attorney, and the prosecuting attorney in state cases, and the city attorney in city cases, shall be entitled to be present.

History: 1953, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5725 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5725
Class action; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5725.

The attorney general, on behalf of Vietnam-era veterans residing in this state who may have been injured because of contact with agent orange or a chemical agent while serving in the armed forces of the United States, may bring a class action against the federal government or any other party for the release of information relating to exposure to agent orange or a chemical agent and for release of individual Vietnam-era veterans' medical records.

History: Add. 1987, Act 48, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.677 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-33-of-1978 / Section 722.677
Displaying sexually explicit matter to minor; misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

A person is guilty of displaying sexually explicit matter to a minor if that person possesses managerial responsibility for a business enterprise selling sexually explicit visual material that visually depicts sexual intercourse or sadomasochistic abuse and is harmful to minors, and that person does either of the following:

Knowingly permits a minor who is not accompanied by a parent or guardian to view that matter.

Displays that matter knowing its nature, unless the person does so in a restricted area.

A person knowingly permits a minor to view visual matter that depicts sexual intercourse or sadomasochistic abuse and is harmful to minors if the person knows both the nature of the matter and the status of the minor permitted to examine the matter.

A person knows the nature of the matter if the person either is aware of its character and content or recklessly disregards circumstances suggesting its character and content.

A person knows the status of a minor if the person either is aware that the person who is permitted to view the matter is under 18 years of age or recklessly disregards a substantial risk that the person who is permitted to view the matter is under 18 years of age.

A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

History: 1978, Act 33, Eff. June 1, 1978; Am. 1999, Act 33, Eff. Aug. 1, 1999; Am. 2003, Act 192, Eff. Jan. 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1097 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1097
"AMVETS Memorial Scenic Drive".
Status: in_force

Sec. 97.

Highway M-46 from the intersection of M-24 and M-46 in Tuscola county and continuing east to the intersection of M-53 and M-46 in Sanilac county shall be known as the "AMVETS Memorial Scenic Drive".

History: Add. 2005, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.1436 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-316-of-1986 / Section 390.1436
Contracting services necessary for management and operation of trust; instituting programs to ensure full tuition prepayment plans; report to legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

The trust, in its discretion, may contract with others, public or private, for the provision of all or a portion of the services necessary for the management and operation of the trust. The trust shall also endeavor to work with private sector investment managers, state institutions of higher education, and independent degree-granting colleges and universities in this state to study the feasibility of instituting programs between these parties that insure full tuition payment upon purchase of a prepayment plan. The trust shall evaluate the feasibility and actuarial soundness of a prepayment plan exclusively for community and junior colleges. The board shall submit a report to the legislature before December 31, 1988 regarding its success at instituting programs between private sector investment managers, state institutions of higher education, and independent degree-granting colleges and universities of the state that insure full tuition prepayment plans.

History: 1986, Act 316, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16223 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16223
Impairment of licensee, registrant, or applicant; report; exception; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16223.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a licensee or registrant who has reasonable cause to believe that a licensee, registrant, or applicant is impaired shall report that fact to the department. For purposes of this subsection, a report filed with the committee or with the program consultants described in section 16168 is considered to be filed with the department. A licensee or registrant who fails to report under this subsection is not liable in a civil action for damages resulting from the failure to report, but the licensee or registrant is subject to administrative action under sections 16221 and 16226.

This section does not apply to a licensee or registrant who is in a bona fide health professional-patient relationship with a licensee, registrant, or applicant believed to be impaired.

A licensee or registrant who in good faith complies with this section is not liable for damages in a civil action or subject to prosecution in a criminal proceeding as a result of the compliance.

History: Add. 1993, Act 79, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5783 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5783
Judgment for possession; right of tenant to sell mobile home on site; conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5783.

Every judgment for possession resulting from an action to terminate a tenancy in a mobile home park for just cause shall set forth the right of a tenant to sell a mobile home on site, the conditions of that right, and the consequences of a tenant's failure to meet those conditions, all as prescribed in section 5781.

History: Add. 1988, Act 336, Eff. May 1, 1989