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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.27601 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-281-of-2016 / Section 333.27601
Provisioning center; imposition of tax; rate; administration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.

(1) A tax is imposed on each provisioning center at the rate of 3% of the provisioning center's gross retail receipts. By 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter, a provisioning center shall remit the tax for the preceding calendar quarter to the department of treasury accompanied by a form prescribed by the department of treasury that shows the gross quarterly retail income of the provisioning center and the amount of tax due, and shall submit a copy of the form to the department. If a law authorizing the recreational or nonmedical use of marihuana in this state is enacted, this section does not apply beginning 90 days after the effective date of that law.

(2) The taxes imposed under this section shall be administered by the department of treasury in accordance with 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this act. In case of conflict between the provisions of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this act, the provisions of this act prevail.

History: 2016, Act 281, Eff. Dec. 20, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.275 — MI Code / Chapter 423 / Act Act-17-of-1980 / Section 423.275
Selection of nominees for impartial arbitrator or chairperson of arbitration panel; peremptorily striking names; designation of impartial arbitrator.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Within 7 days after receipt of a request from 1 or both parties for arbitration of a dispute, the employment relations commission shall select from its panel of arbitrators, as provided in section 5 of Act No. 312 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being section 423.235 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, 3 persons as nominees for impartial arbitrator or chairperson of the arbitration panel. Within 5 days after the selection of nominees, each party peremptorily may strike the name of 1 of the nominees. Within 7 days after this 5-day period, the employment relations commission shall designate 1 of the remaining nominees as the impartial arbitrator.

History: 1980, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Feb. 24, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.52 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-251-of-1966 / Section 120.52
Requests for matching grants by port districts; disbursement of funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any port district created in accordance with the laws of this state, after receiving the approval of a majority of the members of the board of supervisors of the county in which the port district is situated, may request matching grants from the state to assist the port district in the planning, acquisition, development or expansion of port facilities, including lands, buildings, warehouses and similar facilities, acquired or to be acquired by the port district. The requests shall be filed with the department of commerce and the department shall include in its annual budget request, a listing of the funds requested by the various port districts and the recommendations of the department with respect thereto. Funds appropriated by the legislature to the various port districts shall be disbursed through the department which shall enter into appropriate agreements with the port districts prescribing the terms and conditions of the grants in accordance with the applicable laws of this state. The department shall on or before September 1 of each year submit a written report to the governor and the legislature.

History: 1966, Act 251, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.213 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.213
Articles of association; alteration and amendment; signature; certification; filing; effect; recording; powers of railroad company; copies as prima facie evidence; public inspection of records and files.
Status: in_force

Sec. 213.

A corporation organized under this act, or under any former act for the incorporation of railroads, upon a vote of its stockholders holding shares representing 2/3 of the voting power of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote on the question, at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may alter and amend its articles of association or consolidation to accomplish 1 or more of the following:

Change the general route of said railway.

Extend the length of the railroad line from either or both of its terminals or to extend any branch or branches from any point on the railroad line.

Change the gauge of its road.

Make any of the following changes in respect to its capital stock, issued or unissued:

Increase or decrease the capital stock.

Make other lawful changes in the amount, classes, and value of shares issued or to be issued.

Upon approval of an amendment as provided in subsection (1), the amended articles shall be signed and certified by the president and secretary of the railroad company under its corporate seal and filed with the department of commerce. The amended articles shall have the same force and effect as though the amendments had been included in the original articles of association.

Articles of association filed pursuant to this act, with all subsequent alterations and amendments, shall be recorded by the department of commerce. After a railroad company has filed articles of association provided in this section, it may construct, operate, and maintain its railroad, exercise its powers and privileges, and assess, levy, and collect such assessments upon its subscribed stock as it determines. A copy of any articles of association, with a copy of the affidavit attached, filed in pursuance of this act, and certified by the department of commerce under the seal of the state shall in all courts and places be prima facie evidence of the document certified.

The records and files of the department of commerce relating to corporations formed under this act and records relating to corporations formed under former acts repealed by this act and transferred to the department of commerce pursuant to this act shall be open to reasonable inspection by the public. The records or files may be maintained either in their original form or in a photostatic, micrographic, photographic, optical disk media, or other reproduced form.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80166a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80166a
Agreement with United States coast guard.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80166a.

The department may enter into an agreement with the United States coast guard, the United States coast guard auxiliary, or an organization sponsored by the United States coast guard or the United States coast guard auxiliary to provide for vessel safety checks of a vessel and its equipment. An agreement entered into under this subsection shall not preclude the department, or any peace officer within his or her jurisdiction, from performing an inspection of a vessel or the vessel's equipment for enforcement purposes or courtesy purposes.

An agreement entered into under this section shall specify that the United States coast guard, the United States coast guard auxiliary, or an organization sponsored by the United States coast guard or the United States coast guard auxiliary shall provide the department with a sufficient number of vessel safety check decals for conservation officers and those counties that participate in the marine safety program. In addition to any other information that is included on a vessel safety check decal, each vessel safety check decal shall bear the likeness of the state seal of Michigan. The vessel safety check decal shall display the year in which the decal was issued and during which it is valid.

Upon the completion of an inspection of a vessel or the vessel's equipment by a peace officer, the United States coast guard, the United States coast guard auxiliary, or an organization sponsored by the United States coast guard or the United States coast guard auxiliary, the peace officer or person performing the inspection shall affix to the vessel the vessel safety check decal provided for in this section.

History: Add. 2002, Act 636, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.163a — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-8-of-1952 / Section 780.163a
Inability to obtain jurisdiction; duties of prosecuting attorney, attorney employed or contracted, or friend of the court; forwarding documents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13a.

If, because of inaccuracies in the petition or otherwise, the court cannot obtain jurisdiction, the prosecuting attorney, an attorney employed or contracted under section 10a(2), or the friend of the court shall inform the court of what he or she has done to locate the obligor or the property of the obligor and request the court to continue the case pending receipt of more accurate information or an amended petition from the court of the initiating state. If the prosecuting attorney, an attorney employed or contracted under section 10a(2), or the friend of the court discovers that the proper venue is in another county of this state or that the obligor or the property of the obligor may be found in another state, he or she shall so inform the court. The clerk of the court in the responding state shall forward the documents received from the initiating state to the court of proper venue in this state, or, upon approval of the initiating state, to the interstate central registry of the state in which the obligor or the property of the obligor can be located with a request that the documents be forwarded to the proper court. All powers and duties provided by this act apply to the recipient of the documents forwarded under this section. If the clerk of a court of the responding state forwards documents to another court, he or she shall immediately notify the court of the initiating state. If a prosecuting attorney, an attorney employed or contracted under section 10a(2), or the friend of the court does not have any information as to the location of the obligor or the property of the obligor, he or she shall inform the court of the initiating state of that fact.

History: Add. 1953, Act 202, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953; Am. 1957, Act 147, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1985, Act 172, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986; Am. 1990, Act 241, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990; Am. 2014, Act 371, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4729 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4729
Declaration and payment of dividends prohibited; exception; limitation; sufficiency of assets; provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4729.

(1) An SPFC shall not declare or pay dividends in any form to its owners other than in accordance with the insurance securitization transaction agreements, and in no event shall the dividends decrease the capital of the SPFC below $250,000.00, and, after giving effect to the dividends, the assets of the SPFC, including assets held in trust pursuant to the terms of the insurance securitization, shall be sufficient to satisfy the commissioner that it can meet its obligations. Approval by the commissioner of an ongoing plan for the payment of dividends or other distribution by an SPFC with respect to securities shall be conditioned upon the retention, at the time of each payment, of capital or surplus equal to or in excess of amounts specified by, or determined in accordance with formulas approved for the SPFC by the commissioner.

(2) The dividends may be declared by the management of the SPFC if the dividends do not violate the provisions of this chapter or jeopardize the fulfillment of the obligations of the SPFC or the trustee pursuant to the SPFC insurance securitization agreements, the SPFC contract, or any related transaction and other provisions of this chapter.

History: Add. 2008, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.487 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-16-of-1875 / Section 457.487
Erection of building; capital stock, creation, shares; cemetery.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Any corporation formed in pursuance of this act may erect and own such suitable edifice, building or hall as to such corporation shall seem proper, with convenient rooms for the meetings of the tribes or councils of the Improved Order of Red Men; and for that purpose may create a capital stock of not more than 10,000 dollars, to be divided into shares of not more than 10 dollars each; and any such corporation may take, purchase, hold and own such suitable lot or parcel of ground as may be convenient for the purpose of a cemetery, and may make all lawful rules and regulations for the disposition of lots and the burial of the dead therein as to such corporation may seem proper.

History: 1875, Act 16, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4548; CL 1897, 8045; CL 1915, 10517; CL 1929, 10722; CL 1948, 457.487
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.7301 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.7301
Negotiable bill of lading; issuer's liability for misdating, nonreceipt, or misdescription; goods loaded by issuer of bill of lading; bulk; statement of shipper's weight, load, and count; guarantee; liability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7301.

(1) A consignee of a nonnegotiable bill of lading which has given value in good faith, or a holder to which a negotiable bill has been duly negotiated, relying upon the description of the goods in the bill or upon the date shown in the bill, may recover from the issuer damages caused by the misdating of the bill or the nonreceipt or misdescription of the goods, except to the extent that the bill indicates that the issuer does not know whether any part or all of the goods in fact were received or conform to the description, such as in a case in which the description is in terms of marks or labels or kind, quantity, or condition or the receipt or description is qualified by "contents or condition of contents of packages unknown", "said to contain", "shipper's weight, load, and count", or words of similar import, if that indication is true.

(2) All of the following apply if goods are loaded by the issuer of a bill of lading:

(a) The issuer shall count the packages of goods if shipped in packages and ascertain the kind and quantity if shipped in bulk.

(b) Words such as "shipper's weight, load, and count", or words of similar import indicating that the description was made by the shipper are ineffective except as to goods concealed in packages.

(3) If bulk goods are loaded by a shipper that makes available to the issuer of a bill of lading adequate facilities for weighing those goods, the issuer shall ascertain the kind and quantity within a reasonable time after receiving the shipper's request in a record to do so. In that case, "shipper's weight" or words of similar import are ineffective.

(4) The issuer of a bill of lading, by including in the bill the words "shipper's weight, load, and count", or words of similar import, may indicate that the goods were loaded by the shipper, and, if that statement is true, the issuer is not liable for damages caused by the improper loading. However, omission of those words does not imply liability for damages caused by improper loading.

(5) A shipper guarantees to an issuer the accuracy at the time of shipment of the description, marks, labels, number, kind, quantity, condition, and weight, as furnished by the shipper, and the shipper shall indemnify the issuer against damage caused by inaccuracies in those particulars. This right of indemnity does not limit the issuer's responsibility or liability under the contract of carriage to any person other than the shipper.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 2012, Act 87, Eff. July 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.541 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-15-of-1946-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 35.541
Minor veterans and spouses; contracts, agreements, conveyances or leases of mortgaged property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any person who is eligible to obtain any of the benefits accorded by the "servicemen's readjustment act of 1944," Public Law 346-78th Congress, Chapter 268, 2nd Session, approved June 22, 1944, as amended, and as the same may be hereafter amended from time to time, with his or her spouse, if any, is hereby authorized to enter into contracts and agreements, and do all other proper acts to secure any of said benefits, regardless of any legal disability existing on account of such person's or spouse's age; and any such contract or agreement made by any such person or his or her spouse shall not be invalid or voidable by reason of the minority of such person or spouse, and any such person is further empowered with his or her spouse, if any, who may be a minor, to convey or lease any property encumbered by a mortgage executed under the authority of this act. It is the intent and purpose of this act to authorize such persons, or spouses of such persons, under the age of 21 years to enter into valid contracts and agreements, and to do all other acts necessary in connection with obtaining any of said benefits, and in connection with the execution of conveyances of property encumbered by a mortgage executed under the authority of this act, and to impose liability upon such persons and spouses, and for the purpose of this act the defense of minority shall not be interposed.

History: 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 15, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1946; Am. 1947, Act 219, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1947; CL 1948, 35.541
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.159 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.159
Board of review; vacancies, adjournment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 159.

Should any or all of the persons so appointed as a board of review neglect or refuse to serve or be unable to act, the commissioner shall adjourn the hearing for a sufficient length of time, not exceeding in all 10 days, to enable him to apply to the probate court, for the appointment of other persons to act on such board of review and shall make public announcement of the time and place of such adjournment. The review shall thereupon be deemed a continuous proceeding and no further notice shall be required. The probate court shall upon the showing being made, either that any or all the persons appointed as aforesaid have neglected, refused or were unable to act as the case may be and of the adjourned day of meeting, at once by order appoint such other person or persons duly qualified to fill such vacancy. And the commissioner shall notify the person or persons so appointed to fill such vacancy of his appointment and of the adjourned day of meeting. The person so appointed shall have the same power and perform the same duties as are herein provided for the board of review in the first instance.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1634 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-660-of-2002 / Section 445.1634
Person making mortgage loan; prohibited conduct.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A person offering to make or making a mortgage loan shall not do either of the following:

Charge a fee for a product or service if the product or service is not actually provided to the customer.

Misrepresent the amount charged by or paid to a third party for a product or service.

A lender in making a mortgage loan shall not finance as part of the loan single premium coverage for any credit life, credit disability, or credit unemployment.

A person, appraiser, or real estate agent shall not make, directly or indirectly, any false, deceptive, or misleading statement or representation in connection with a mortgage loan including, but not limited to, the borrower's ability to qualify for a mortgage loan or the value of the dwelling that will secure repayment of the mortgage loan.

A lender shall not insert or change information on an application for a mortgage loan if the lender knows that the information is false and misleading and intended to deceive a third party that the borrower is qualified for the loan when in fact the third party would not approve the loan without the insertion or change.

A statement or representation is deceptive or misleading if it has the capacity to deceive or mislead a borrower or potential borrower. The commissioner shall consider any of the following factors in deciding whether a statement or misrepresentation is deceptive or misleading:

The overall impression that the statement or representation reasonably creates.

The particular type of audience to which the statement is directed.

Whether it may be reasonably comprehended by the segment of the public to which the statement is directed.

A lender shall not condition the payment of an appraisal upon a predetermined value or the closing of the mortgage loan which is the basis of the appraisal.

A person shall not directly or indirectly compensate, coerce, or intimidate an appraiser for the purpose of influencing the independent judgment of the appraiser with respect to the value of the dwelling offered as security for repayment of the mortgage loan.

A mortgage loan note shall not contain blanks regarding payments, interest rates, maturity date, or amount borrowed to be filled in after the note is signed by the borrower.

History: 2002, Act 660, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.241 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-101-of-1979 / Section 21.241
Information; collection and tabulation; scope; report to legislature; concurrent resolution; updating report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Within 6 months after the effective date of this act the department shall collect and tabulate relative information as to the following:

The state financed proportion of the necessary cost of an existing activity or service required of local units of government by existing law.

The nature and scope of each state requirement which shall require a disbursement under section 5.

The nature and scope of each action imposing a potential cost on a local unit of government which is not a state requirement and does not require a disbursement under this act.

The information shall include:

The identity or type of local unit and local unit agency or official to whom the state requirement or required existing activity or service is directed.

The determination of whether or not an identifiable local direct cost is necessitated by state requirement or the required existing activity or service.

The amount of state financial participation, meeting the identifiable local direct cost.

The state agency charged with supervising the state requirement or the required existing activity or service.

A brief description of the purpose of the state requirement or the required existing activity or service, and a citation of its origin in statute, rule, or court order.

The resulting information shall be published in a report submitted to the legislature not later than January 31, 1980. A concurrent resolution shall be adopted by both houses of the legislature certifying the state financed proportion of the necessary cost of an existing activity or service required of local units of government by existing law. This report shall be annually updated by adding new state requirements which require disbursements under section 5 and each action imposing a cost on a local unit of government which does not require a disbursement under this act.

History: 1979, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.31510 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.31510
Request for notification of pending applications for permits; annual fee; biweekly list of applications; copies; contents.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31510.

A person who wants to be notified of pending applications for permits issued under this part may make a written request to the department, accompanied by an annual fee of $25.00. The fee shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.

The department shall prepare a biweekly list of the applications made during the previous biweekly period and shall promptly mail copies of the list for the remainder of the calendar year to the persons who have requested notice and paid the fee under this section.

The biweekly list shall state the name and address of each applicant, the legal description of the lands included in the applicant's project, and a summary statement of the purpose of the project.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995