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Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.313 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-187-of-2023 / Section 556.313
Authority of agent; personal and family maintenance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 213.

(1) Unless the power of attorney provides otherwise, language in a power granting general authority with respect to personal and family maintenance authorizes the agent to do all of the following:

(a) Perform the acts necessary to maintain the customary standard of living of the principal, the principal's spouse, and the following individuals, whether they are living when the power of attorney is executed or are born later:

( i ) The principal's children.

( ii ) Individuals legally entitled to be supported by the principal.

( iii ) Individuals whom the principal has customarily supported or indicated the intent to support.

(b) Make periodic payments of child support and other family maintenance required by a court or governmental agency or an agreement to which the principal is a party.

(c) Provide living quarters for the individuals described in subdivision (a) by any the following:

( i ) Purchase, lease, or other contract.

( ii ) Paying the operating costs, including interest, amortization payments, repairs, improvements, and taxes, for premises owned by the principal or occupied by those individuals.

(d) Provide normal domestic help, usual vacations and travel expenses, and funds for shelter, clothing, food, appropriate education, including postsecondary and vocational education, and other current living costs for the individuals described in subdivision (a).

(e) Pay expenses for necessary health care and custodial care on behalf of the individuals described in subdivision (a).

(f) Act as the principal's personal representative under the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, sections 1171 to 1179 of the social security act, 42 USC 1320d to 1320d-8, and applicable regulations, in making decisions related to the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care consented to by the principal or anyone authorized under the law of this state to consent to health care on behalf of the principal.

(g) Continue any provision made by the principal for automobiles or other means of transportation, including registering, licensing, insuring, and replacing them, for the individuals described in subdivision (a).

(h) Maintain credit and debit accounts for the convenience of the individuals described in subdivision (a) and open new accounts for that purpose.

(i) Continue payments incidental to the membership or affiliation of the principal in a religious institution, club, society, order, or other organization or to continue an established pattern of contributions to those organizations.

(2) Authority with respect to personal and family maintenance is not dependent on, or limited by, authority that an agent may or may not have with respect to gifts under this act.

History: 2023, Act 187, Eff. July 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63403 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63403
Enforcement and administration of part; rules; inspection and investigation by department; regulation by local governmental unit; restrictions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63403.

(1) The department shall administer and enforce this part. In addition to other powers granted to it, the department may promulgate rules it considers necessary to carry out its duties under this part.

(2) The department may enter at any reasonable time in or upon a mining area for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to mining activities.

(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a local unit of government shall not regulate or control mining or reclamation activities that are subject to this part, including construction, operation, closure, postclosure monitoring, reclamation, and remediation activities, and does not have jurisdiction concerning the issuance of permits for those activities.

(4) A local unit of government may enact, maintain, and enforce ordinances or regulations affecting mining if the ordinances or regulations do not duplicate, contradict, or conflict with this part and are reasonable in accommodating customary mining activities.

(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not prohibit a local unit of government from conducting water quality monitoring.

History: Add. 2017, Act 40, Eff. Aug. 21, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.502a — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-293-of-1966 / Section 45.502a
Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

A petition under section 2, 5(1), or 19, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488. A person who violates a provision of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992, applicable to a petition described in this section is subject to the penalties prescribed for that violation in the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

History: Add. 1998, Act 147, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.559 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-139-of-1973 / Section 45.559
County executive; nomination, election, and term; vacancy; salary.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

A county executive who is a qualified elector in the county shall be elected on a partisan basis for a term of 4 years concurrent with the term of the county prosecuting attorney, county clerk, county register of deeds, county treasurer, county sheriff, elected county auditors, and county drain commissioner. If a county executive is elected at an election different than the election for county officers, his or her first term shall extend only until the January following the election for county officers.

The first county executive may be nominated in the same or next primary or general election held after the election in which alternate B is approved. The county executive shall then be elected in the next regular primary or general election occurring not less than 30 days nor more than 90 days after the date of the election in which alternate B is approved or in which he or she was nominated. If a primary or general election is not scheduled during that period, the board of county commissioners shall call a special election to elect a county executive. The county executive shall be nominated and elected pursuant to the laws applicable to the nomination and election of other county officials.

If the first election of a county executive is a special election for that purpose only, and only 1 candidate for each political party qualifies to have his or her name appear on the primary ballot, a primary election shall not be held, and the candidate qualifying shall be certified as the nominee of the political party for which he or she filed.

Except as provided under section 9a, if the office of elected county executive becomes vacant due to resignation or death, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the board of county commissioners until the next general election. A new county executive shall be elected at the next general election after the resignation or death of a county executive and in the manner provided in this section for the election of county executives. The newly elected county executive shall serve a term equal to the balance of the term for which the county executive who resigned or died was elected.

The salary of the county executive for the initial term shall be established by the board of county commissioners at least 6 months before the effective date of the optional unified form of county government, containing alternate B. The salary shall be established by the board consistent with the procedures established for other elected officials. The county executive's salary shall be commensurate with the duties and responsibilities of the office. The salary of a county executive shall not be reduced during his or her term of office except as part of a general salary reduction.

History: 1973, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1976; Am. 1980, Act 100, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1980; Am. 2003, Act 281, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.151 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-187-of-1953 / Section 24.151
Reprint of laws authorized.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

All departments and agencies of the state charged with the administration of laws of the state are hereby authorized to have printed and bound pamphlets containing reprints of the laws or portions of such laws which are administered by such department or agency. Such pamphlets may include indexes and citations to opinions of the courts or the attorney general.

History: 1953, Act 187, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.746 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.746
Water supply or sewage disposal or refuse systems; project costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

There may be included as a part of the cost of any project, engineering and legal fees, administration expenses during the period of construction, financing costs, a reasonable amount for contingencies, interest on any bonds to be issued therefor for a period not exceeding the estimated construction period and 6 months thereafter, and any other costs incident to the acquisition and financing of the project.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5847 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5847
Payments not considered social services aid; individual not considered indigent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5847.

Payments made by this state under this part are not considered social services aid, and an individual is not considered an indigent because of his or her inability to pay for the care and treatment of a child or youth with special health care needs.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2015, Act 91, Imd. Eff. June 25, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.52 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-27-of-1905 / Section 458.52
Reincorporation under act; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Any Wesleyan Methodist church heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate, may by a 2/3 vote of the members of the society, present and voting, place itself under the provisions of this act, the same as if originally incorporated under it, by 2/3 of the members present and voting executing articles of association as provided in section 3 of this act, and recording the same, as provided in section 4 of this act.

History: 1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905; CL 1915, 11055; CL 1929, 10870; CL 1948, 458.52
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.17a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.17a
“Foreign salvage vehicle dealer” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17a.

"Foreign salvage vehicle dealer" means a person who is a licensed dealer in another state and is engaged in this state in the business of purchasing, selling, or otherwise dealing on a wholesale basis in salvageable parts or vehicles of a type required to have a salvage or scrap certificate of title under this act.

History: Add. 1988, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1992, Act 304, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1992; Am. 1993, Act 300, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.319 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-15-of-2011 / Section 445.319
Applicability of section to certain sales; conditions; loss suffered by buyer; notification; recovery; action brought by buyer; section inapplicable to seller intentionally charging more than displayed price.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4), this section applies to a sale at retail that meets all of the following conditions:

(a) There is a price displayed for the consumer item.

(b) The sale is recorded by an automatic checkout system.

(c) The buyer is given a receipt that describes the item and states the price charged for the item.

(2) Before bringing or joining in an action under section 12(2), within 30 days after purchasing a consumer item, a buyer who suffers loss because the price charged for the item is more than the price displayed for that item shall notify the seller in person or in writing that the price charged is more than the price displayed for that item. The notice shall include evidence of the loss suffered by the buyer. If the seller pays the buyer 1 of the following amounts within 2 days after the seller receives notification under this subsection, the buyer is barred from any further recovery for that loss:

(a) Unless subdivision (b) applies, an amount equal to the difference between the price displayed and the price charged for the consumer item, plus an amount equal to 10 times that difference but that is not less than $1.00 or more than $5.00.

(b) If a loss is suffered by a buyer on 2 or more identical consumer items in a single transaction, an amount equal to the difference between the price displayed and the price charged for each of those identical items, plus an amount equal to 10 times that difference for 1 of the identical items but that is not less than $1.00 or more than $5.00.

(3) If a seller does not pay a buyer who suffers a loss described in subsection (2) the amount described in that subsection for that loss, the buyer may bring or join in an action against the seller under section 12(2).

(4) This section does not apply to a sale at retail in which the seller intentionally charges more for a consumer item than the price displayed for the item.

History: 2011, Act 15, Eff. Sept. 1, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.2115 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.2115
Disease transmission by employee; investigations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2115.

If the director has reasonable cause to suspect disease transmission by an employee of a food establishment, he or she may secure a morbidity history of the suspected employee and make other investigations as he or she considers necessary.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.252 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-20-of-1909 / Section 390.252
Agricultural experiment stations; use of moneys.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

All moneys derived by authority of said act shall be exclusively used in support of the department designated as "an agricultural experimental station" in connection with the state agricultural college of Michigan.

History: 1909, Act 20, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 1271; CL 1929, 7895; CL 1948, 390.252
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4048 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4048
Provisions required by laws of other states or counties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4048.

The policies of a foreign or alien life insurer, may, if approved by the commissioner, contain any provision which the law of the state, territory, district or country under which the insurer is organized, prescribed shall be in such policies, when issued in this state, and the policies of a domestic life insurer, may when issued or delivered in any other state, territory, district or country, contain any provision required by the laws of the state, territory, district or country in which the same are issued, anything in this code to the contrary notwithstanding.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1504b — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-269-of-1974 / Section 445.1504b
Franchisee as sole employer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4b.

To the extent allocation of employer responsibilities between the franchisor and franchisee is permitted by law, the franchisee shall be considered the sole employer of workers for whom it provides a benefit plan or pays wages except as otherwise specifically provided in the franchise agreement.

History: Add. 2015, Act 266, Eff. Mar. 22, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.861 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-50-of-1921 / Section 35.861
Veterans' memorials; acquisition by township of lands therefor; use.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It shall be lawful for, and the several townships in the state of Michigan are hereby authorized and empowered to own and acquire by gift or purchase, land for the purpose of erecting thereon a suitable memorial to soldiers and sailors of any 1 or more of the wars in which the United States of America has been a participant, and to erect and own such memorial or receive the same, or money or property for the same, as a gift. Said memorial may be of such a nature as to be used, maintained and enjoyed in whole or in part as a museum, library, auditorium or for any other public use or purpose, and such land may also be used, enjoyed and improved, in whole or in part, as a park, or the memorial may take such shape or form or be of such a nature as the township board shall adopt.

History: 1921, Act 50, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 944; CL 1948, 35.861
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2953 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2953
Form and procedure; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2953.

To comply with this part as a valid international will, a will shall meet all of the following requirements regarding form and procedure:

The will shall be made in writing, but does not need to be written by the testator personally. The will may be written in any language and may be written by hand or by any other means.

The testator shall declare in the presence of 2 witnesses and an authorized individual that the document is the testator's will and that he or she knows its contents. The testator need not inform the witnesses or the authorized person of the will's contents.

In the witnesses' and the authorized individual's presence, the testator shall sign the will or, if the testator has previously signed the will, shall acknowledge his or her signature.

If the testator is unable to sign the international will, the absence of the testator's signature does not affect the will's validity if the testator indicates the reason for the inability and the authorized individual makes note of the reason on the will. In such a case, it is permissible, but not required, for another individual present, including a witness or the authorized individual, to sign the testator's name at the testator's direction, which act the authorized individual shall also note on the will.

The witnesses and the authorized individual shall there and then attest the will by signing in the presence of the testator.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712.7 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712.7
Duties of child placing agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Upon receipt of notice from a hospital under section 5 of this chapter, the child placing agency shall do all of the following:

(a) Immediately assume the care, control, and temporary protective custody of the newborn.

(b) If a parent is known and willing, immediately meet with the parent.

(c) Unless otherwise provided in this subdivision, make a temporary placement of the newborn with a prospective adoptive parent who has an approved preplacement assessment. If a petition for custody is filed under section 10 of this chapter, the child placing agency may make a temporary placement of the newborn with a licensed foster parent.

(d) Unless the birth was witnessed by the emergency service provider, immediately request assistance from law enforcement officials to investigate and determine, through the missing children information clearinghouse, the national center for missing and exploited children, and any other national and state resources, whether the newborn is a missing child.

(e) Not later than 48 hours after a transfer of physical custody to a prospective adoptive parent, petition the court in the county in which the prospective adoptive parent resides to provide authority to place the newborn and provide care for the newborn. The petition shall include all of the following:

( i ) The date of the transfer of physical custody.

( ii ) The name and address of the emergency service provider to whom the newborn was surrendered.

( iii ) Any information, either written or verbal, that was provided by and to the parent who surrendered the newborn. The emergency service provider that originally accepted the newborn as required by section 3 of this chapter shall provide this information to the child placing agency.

(f) Within 28 days, make reasonable efforts to identify, locate, and provide notice of the surrender of the newborn to the nonsurrendering parent. The child placing agency shall file a written report with the court that issued the order placing the child. The report shall state the efforts the child placing agency made in attempting to identify and locate the nonsurrendering parent and the results of those efforts. If the identity and address of the nonsurrendering parent are unknown, the child placing agency shall provide notice of the surrender of the newborn by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the newborn was surrendered.

History: Add. 2000 Act 232, Eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 488, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.352 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-111-of-1956 / Section 247.352
Highways within townships; contracts, contents; approval by electors, board of county road commissioners; execution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Said contract shall provide that all engineering with respect to such highways be performed by, and that all construction including the award of contracts therefor be under the supervision of, and in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor prepared by, the board of county road commissioners. The cost of engineering and supervision shall be deemed a part of the cost of the highway. Said contract shall provide that all or part of the cost of the highway improvement be allocated to the township as the township and the board of county road commissioners may agree, and shall approve the plans, specifications and estimates of cost of the highway improvement. Said contract may be executed by the township board after a majority of the legal voters of such township, voting upon said proposition, at a township meeting, a general election or a special election called by the township board for that purpose, shall vote in favor thereof, and by the board of county road commissioners after approval thereof by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of said board. The contract shall be executed on behalf of the township by the supervisor and on behalf of the county road commissioners by the chairman of said board. The execution of said contract by the board of county road commissioners shall not require the approval of the board of supervisors.

History: 1956, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1956