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Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.450 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.450
Department of transportation; creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 350.

There is created a department of transportation.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965; Am. 1975, Act 70, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1975; Am. 1978, Act 483, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.505 — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-56-of-2009 / Section 29.505
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The department may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, necessary to implement and enforce this act.

History: 2009, Act 56, Eff. Jan. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.63a — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.63a
Contract awards to specific organizations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63a.

The family independence agency shall not award contracts to specific organizations that have not been competitively bid unless the award is permissible under state contracting procedures.

History: Add. 1995, Act 223, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11565 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11565
General use parameters for compost.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11565.

All of the following are general use parameters for compost:

(a) pH.

(b) Carbon-to-nitrogen ratio.

(c) Soluble salts.

(d) Total available nitrogen.

(e) Phosphorus reported as P2O5.

(f) Potassium reported as K2O.

(g) Calcium.

(h) Magnesium.

(i) Chloride.

(j) Sulfate.

(k) Arsenic.

( l ) Cadmium.

(m) Copper.

(n) Lead.

(o) Mercury.

(p) Molybdenum.

(q) Nickel.

(r) Selenium.

(s) Zinc.

(t) Pathogens.

(u) Fecal coliforms.

(v) Salmonella.

(w) Percent organic matter.

(x) Percent foreign matter.

History: Add. 2022, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4669 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4669
Sponsored captive insurance companies; applicability of terms and conditions in chapter 48 pertaining to protected cell insurance company.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4669.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the terms and conditions provided in chapter 48 relating to a protected cell insurance company apply in full to a sponsored captive insurance company.

(2) Except as otherwise provided, all of the following apply to a sponsored captive insurance company:

(a) A protected cell need not be established solely for the purpose of effecting insurance securitizations, but may be established for the purpose of isolating the expenses and claims of a sponsored captive insurance company participant.

(b) The sponsored captive insurance company shall attribute all insurance obligations, assets, and liabilities relating to a participant's risks to the participant's protected cell.

(c) Section 4805 does not apply.

History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.202 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.202
Secretary of state as exclusive state agent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 202.

Except as provided in this act, the secretary of state is the exclusive state agent for the administration of the driver license provisions of this act.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1953, Act 215, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1978, Act 139, Eff. May 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18309 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18309
Licensure as occupational therapy assistant; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18309.

The board, in consultation with the department, shall promulgate rules under section 16145 setting forth the minimum standards for licensure as an occupational therapy assistant. For purposes of this section, the professional standards issued by the American occupational therapy association or any other recognized trade association may be adopted by the board. The board shall not promulgate rules under this section that diminish competition or exceed the minimum level of regulation necessary to protect the public.

History: Add. 1988, Act 473, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1988; Am. 2008, Act 523, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1907 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1907
Revocation of license; forfeiture of privileges; seizure of alcoholic liquor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 907.

Upon revocation of a license issued under this act, any and all privileges conferred by that license shall be forfeited and the commission shall seize any and all alcoholic liquor found in the possession of the licensee.

The commission shall remit to that licensee the purchase price less 10%, paid by the licensee to the commission for all alcoholic liquor seized. All other alcoholic liquor seized shall be disposed of by order of the commission and no payment shall be made for that alcoholic liquor.

A person whose license has been revoked for cause or whose license has been ordered transferred to another person for cause is not eligible for issuance or reissuance of a license under this act for a period of at least 2 years.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.551 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.551
Additional definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 551.

As used in sections 553 to 559:

"Employee of the department" means an individual employed by the department or a person under contract to the department whose duty it is to enforce the provisions of this act or rules promulgated or orders issued under this act.

"Citation" means a form prepared by the department pursuant to section 553.

History: Add. 1989, Act 261, Eff. Jan. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1528 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1528
Leaves or absences from center; rules; procedures; mandatory discharge; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 528.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), all leaves or absences from a facility other than release or discharge and all revocations of leaves and absences under section 537 are governed in accordance with rules or procedures established by the department or, in the case of a private facility, in accordance with procedures of its governing board.

(2) A resident who has been admitted subject to a court order and who has been on an authorized leave or absence from the facility for a continuous period of 1 year shall be discharged. Upon the discharge, the court shall be notified by the facility.

History: 1974, Act 258, Eff. Nov. 6, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2018, Act 596, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.222 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.222
Application for mediation or hearing; forwarding copy to employer and carrier; carrier to file written response; return of incomplete application or written response; medical records; proof of compliance; contents of application or written response; notice of intention to call witnesses; willful noncompliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 222.

After March 31, 1986, the bureau, upon receiving a completed application for mediation or hearing from a claimant, shall forward a copy of the application to the employer and carrier. Within 30 days of receiving a completed application for mediation or hearing from the bureau, the carrier shall file a written response to the application with the bureau upon a form provided by the bureau. Any application for mediation or hearing or any written response which is determined by the bureau to be incomplete shall be returned with an explanation of the additional information needed.

At the time of filing an application for hearing or mediation, the claimant shall also provide the carrier with any medical records relevant to the claim that are in the claimant's possession. At the time of filing the written response, the carrier shall also provide the claimant with any medical records of the carrier or employer concerning the employee that are relevant to the claim and in existence at the time of filing. The parties shall submit proof of compliance with this subsection with the bureau.

The application for mediation or hearing shall be as prescribed by the bureau and shall contain factual information regarding the nature of the injury, the date of injury, the names and addresses of any witnesses, except employees currently employed by the employer, the names and addresses of any doctors, hospitals, or other health care providers who treated the employee with regard to the personal injury, the name and address of the employer, the dates on which the employee was unable to work because of the personal injury, whether the employee had any other employment at the time of, or subsequent to, the date of the personal injury and the names and addresses of the employers, and any other information required by the bureau.

The written response of the carrier shall be as prescribed by the bureau and shall specify any legal grounds supporting its position, any factual matters that are disputed, whether there was a medical examination of the claimant and who performed it, and any other information required by the bureau.

The claimant shall notify the carrier of the intention to call witnesses who are currently employed by the employer.

The willful failure of a party to comply with this section shall prohibit that party from proceeding under this act.

History: Add. 1985, Act 103, Imd. Eff. July 30, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 556.223 — MI Code / Chapter 556 / Act Act-187-of-2023 / Section 556.223
Remedies under other law.
Status: in_force

Sec. 123.

The remedies under this act are not exclusive and do not abrogate any right or remedy under the law of this state other than this act.

History: 2023, Act 187, Eff. July 1, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.72 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.72
“Traffic control signal” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 72.

"Traffic control signal" means any device whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 432.214 — MI Code / Chapter 432 / Act Initiated-Law-1-of-1996 / Section 432.214
Audit of license operations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year each casino licensee shall transmit to the board and to the city in which the licensee's casino is located an audit of the financial condition of the licensee's total operations. An audit under this section must be conducted by a certified public accountant in a manner and form prescribed by the board. The certified public accountant that performs the audit must be registered in this state under article 7 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.720 to 339.736. The licensee shall pay the compensation for the certified public accountant directly to the certified public accountant.

History: 1996, Initiated Law 1, Eff. Dec. 5, 1996; Am. 1997, Act 69, Imd. Eff. July 17, 1997; Am. 2019, Act 158, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6d — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-3-of-1939 / Section 460.6d
Owner of renewable resource power production facility; exemption from regulation and control of public service commission; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6d.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, the owner of a renewable resource power production facility shall not be subject to the regulation or control of the public service commission, if all of the following conditions are met:

The owner of the renewable resource power production facility, before the construction of the renewable resource power production facility, was not a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commission.

The ownership of the renewable resource power production facility is ancillary to the financing of the facility.

As used in this act, "renewable resource power production facility" means a facility having a rated power production capacity of 30 megawatts or less which produces electric energy by the use of biomass, waste, wood, hydroelectric, wind, and other renewable resources, or any combination of renewable resources, as the primary energy source.

History: Add. 1980, Act 50, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.42501 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.42501
Protected game birds or game animals; dealers in furs, hides, plumage, or pelts; license; fees; designation by department; “plumage” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 42501.

(1) A person shall not engage in the business of buying, selling, dealing, or the tanning and dressing of raw furs, hides, or pelts of beaver, otter, fisher, marten, muskrat, mink, skunk, raccoon, opossum, wolf, lynx, bobcat, fox, weasel, coyote, badger, deer, or bear and the plumage, skins, or hides of protected game birds or game animals except as authorized by a license issued by the department under part 13. A license application shall be accompanied by a fee as follows:

(a) For any person who engages in the business of buying and selling raw furs, hides, and pelts of fur-bearing animals or the plumage, skins, or hides of protected game birds or game animals, the fee is $10.00.

(b) Each person in the business of manufacturing furs who buys raw pelts is a dealer, and the fee for each individual or agent who buys furs is, for a resident, $10.00 and, for a nonresident, $50.00.

(c) For any person who engages in the business of custom tanning or dressing of raw furs, the fee is $5.00. However, such a license does not authorize that person to buy or sell raw furs.

(2) Any person holding a fur dealer's license under this part is entitled to buy furs, hides, pelts, and the plumage, skins, or hides, and parts thereof, of protected game birds and game animals that are legally taken.

(3) The department may designate the plumage and skin of those game birds and game animals that may not be bought or sold if it determines that such a prohibition will best serve the public interest. The plumage and skins, or parts of plumage and skins, of migratory game and nongame birds may be bought and sold only in accordance with federal law or rule.

(4) For the purposes of this part, "plumage" means any part of the feathers, head, wings, or tail of any bird.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004; Am. 2014, Act 160, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.8101 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.8101
Packaged food; label requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8101.

Packaged food shall be labeled as specified in 21 C.F.R. part 101, 9 C.F.R. part 317, and subpart N of part 381 of title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and as specified under sections 3-202.17 and 3-202.18 of the food code.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1601 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1601
General power of amendment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.

A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation if the amendment contains only provisions that might lawfully be contained in original articles of incorporation filed at the time of making the amendment.

A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation to become a nonprofit corporation by adopting restated articles in accordance with section 641 which shall so amend the articles to contain only those provisions that might be lawfully contained in original articles of a nonprofit corporation formed under the nonprofit corporation act, Act No. 162 of the Public Acts of 1982, being sections 450.2101 to 450.3192 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The amendment does not constitute a dissolution of the corporation.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712.11 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712.11
Blood or tissue typing or DNA identification profiling; presumption; costs; dismissal of custody petition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) In a petition for custody filed under this chapter, the court shall order the child and each party claiming paternity to submit to blood or tissue typing determinations or DNA identification profiling, as described in section 16 of the paternity act, 1958 PA 205, MCL 722.716.

(2) Unless the birth was witnessed by the emergency service provider and sufficient documentation exists to support maternity, in a petition for custody filed under this chapter, the court shall order the child and each party claiming maternity to submit to blood or tissue typing determinations or DNA identification profiling, as described in section 16 of the paternity act, 1958 PA 205, MCL 722.716.

(3) If the probability of paternity or maternity determined by the blood or tissue typing or DNA identification profiling is 99% or higher and the DNA identification profile and summary report are admissible, paternity or maternity is presumed and the petitioner may move for summary disposition on the issue of paternity or maternity.

(4) The court may order the petitioner to pay all or part of the cost of the paternity or maternity testing.

(5) If the result of the paternity or maternity testing is admissible and establishes that the petitioner could not be the parent of the newborn, the court shall dismiss the petition for custody.

History: Add. 2000, Act 232, Eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 488, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.3032 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.3032
Issuance of certificate of withdrawal to foreign corporation; conditions; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1032.

If a foreign corporation files an application for withdrawal and pays the filing fees prescribed by law, the administrator shall issue to the foreign corporation a certificate of withdrawal, and both of the following shall occur:

(a) The authority of the foreign corporation to conduct affairs in this state is terminated.

(b) The authority of its resident agent in this state to accept service of process against the foreign corporation is revoked.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.83 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-141-of-1939 / Section 285.83
Violation of act or rule; prohibited conduct; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

Unless otherwise provided in this act, a person who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and is also liable for all damages sustained by a depositor for farm produce handled in violation of this act. In an enforcement action, a court may order restitution to a party injured by the handling of farm produce in violation of this act in addition to any other penalty provided by law.

A grain dealer who violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 for each offense.

A grain dealer who intentionally violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $10,000.00 for each offense. The court may allow the department to recover reasonable costs of investigation incurred in a prosecution resulting in a conviction for a violation described in this subsection.

A person who does any of the following is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $20,000.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both:

Intentionally alters or destroys a warehouse receipt or price later agreement or a record of warehouse receipts or price later agreements required by this act.

Intentionally falsifies a position sheet, or issues a warehouse receipt if the farm produce or commodities enumerated in the warehouse receipt is not in fact in the facility stated in the warehouse receipt.

With intent to defraud, issues a second or other warehouse receipt or agreement for farm produce if a valid warehouse receipt or agreement is outstanding and in force for the farm produce.

While a valid warehouse receipt is outstanding and in force and without the consent of the holder of the warehouse receipt, sells, pledges, mortgages, encumbers, or transfers farm produce in violation of this act or permits the sale, pledge, mortgage, encumbrance, or transfer of farm produce in violation of this act.

Knowingly receives farm produce from a person in violation of subdivision (d).

Intentionally files a false daily violation report.

Intentionally maintains false or misleading records and accounts required under section 16.

History: Add. 2002, Act 80, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.4711 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.4711
Detachment of territory from participating municipality; contractual obligations; bonds; redemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4711.

If territory that is part of a district created under this part is detached from a municipality and transferred to a municipality that is not part of the district, the territory shall remain a part of the municipality from which detached only for the purpose of carrying out any contractual obligations or for the purpose of levying a tax to retire any bonded indebtedness incurred by such district for which the territory is liable until the contractual obligations are fulfilled or the bonds are redeemed or sufficient funds are available in the district's debt retirement fund for this purpose. A territory described in this section is a part of the municipality to which transferred for all other purposes and subsequent to the redemption of the bonds or the time when sufficient funds are available to redeem the bonds, the territory is no longer a part of the district.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20963 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20963
Radio communications; compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20963.

A person participating in radio communications activities in support of emergency medical services, on frequencies utilized in the statewide emergency medical services communications system, shall comply with procedures and radio system requirements established by the department.

A person who receives any intercepted public safety radio communication shall not utilize the contents of the communication for the purpose of initiating an emergency medical service response without the authorization of the sender. This subsection shall not apply to a radio communication generally transmitted to any listener by a person in distress.

History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.533 — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-270-of-1967 / Section 331.533
Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The identity of a person whose condition or treatment has been studied under this act is confidential and a review entity shall remove the person's name and address from the record before the review entity releases or publishes a record of its proceedings, or its reports, findings, and conclusions. Except as otherwise provided in section 2, the record of a proceeding and the reports, findings, and conclusions of a review entity and data collected by or for a review entity under this act are confidential, are not public records, and are not discoverable and shall not be used as evidence in a civil action or administrative proceeding.

History: 1967, Act 270, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1967; Am. 1969, Act 190, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970; Am. 1975, Act 119, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1975; Am. 1992, Act 215, Imd. Eff. Oct. 9, 1992