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Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1020a — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1020a
"Trooper Calvin R. Jones Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 20a.

The portion of highway M-52 beginning at the intersection of highway M-52 and Carleton Road in Lenawee County and extending south to the border between Michigan and Ohio shall be known as the "Trooper Calvin R. Jones Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2018, Act 219, Eff. Sept. 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.851 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.851
Administration of oaths; certification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 851.

Oaths required to be taken by fiduciaries, appraisers, and dividers of estates, or by any other person in relation to any proceeding in the probate court, may be administered by a probate judge, probate register, or notary public, and a certified certificate thereof shall be returned and filed in the probate court.

History: Add. 1978, Act 543, Eff. July 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.169a — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-8-of-1952 / Section 780.169a
Pending or prior action or proceeding; hearing; issuance of support order pendente lite; bond; conforming support order to amount allowed in other action or proceeding; staying enforcement prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19a.

A responding court shall not stay the proceeding or refuse a hearing under this act because of any pending or prior action or proceeding for divorce, separation, annulment, dissolution, habeas corpus, adoption, or custody in this or any other state. The court shall hold a hearing and may issue a support order pendente lite and it may require the obligor to give a bond for the prompt prosecution of the pending proceeding. If the other pending action or proceeding is concluded before the hearing in the instant proceeding and the judgment in the other action or proceeding provides for the support demanded in the petition being heard, the court must conform its support order to the amount allowed in the other action or proceeding and shall not stay enforcement of its support order because of the retention of jurisdiction for enforcement purposes by the court in the other action or proceeding.

History: Add. 1985, Act 172, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3241a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3241a
Abandonment of premises; residential property not exceeding 4 units; presumption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3241a.

For purposes of this chapter, if foreclosure proceedings have been commenced under this chapter against residential property not exceeding 4 units, there is a conclusive presumption that the premises have been abandoned if all of the following requirements are satisfied before the end of the redemption period:

(a) The mortgagee has made a personal inspection of the mortgaged premises and the inspection does not reveal that the mortgagor or persons claiming under the mortgagor are presently occupying or will occupy the premises.

(b) The mortgagee has posted a notice at the time of making the personal inspection and has mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice to the mortgagor at the mortgagor's last known address, which notices state that the mortgagee considers the premises abandoned and that the mortgagor will lose all rights of ownership 30 days after the foreclosure sale or when the time to provide the notice required by subdivision (c) expires, whichever is later, unless the mortgagor; the mortgagor's heirs or personal representative; or a person lawfully claiming from or under 1 of them provides the notice required by subdivision (c).

(c) Within 15 days after the notice required by subdivision (b) was posted and mailed, the mortgagor; the mortgagor's heirs or personal representative; or a person lawfully claiming from or under 1 of them has not given written notice by first-class mail to the mortgagee at an address provided by the mortgagee in the notices required by subdivision (b) stating that the premises are not abandoned.

History: Add. 1986, Act 94, Imd. Eff. May 7, 1986; Am. 2006, Act 579, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007; Am. 2014, Act 431, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.4 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-381-of-1925 / Section 252.4
Inter-county highway commission; plan, recording; plats, buildings, rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

It shall be the duty of said commission to prepare an inter-county highway plan for the participating counties and to designate thereon the proposed highways, their width, the counties through or into which they will run, and if these are existing highways, the additional right-of-way requirements therefor necessary to obtain the width desired. After such plan has been approved by the governing body of each incorporated city and village affected thereby, the commission shall record a copy thereof in the office of the register of deeds in each participating county. After the plan has been recorded as aforesaid, no plat of land in said district shall be accepted which is not in conformity with said plan. No structure shall be built on the land within the lines of any proposed highway except on a permit granted by said commission. The counties may in their contract provide rules and regulations governing the procedure of the said commission.

History: 1925, Act 381, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 4471; CL 1948, 252.4; Am. 1955, Act 195, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.8 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-151-of-1851 / Section 390.8
University of Michigan; departments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The university shall consist of at least 3 departments:

A department of literature, science and the arts;

A department of law;

A department of medicine;

Such other departments may be added as the regents shall deem necessary, and the state of the university fund shall allow.

History: 1851, Act 151, Eff. July 5, 1851; CL 1857, 2190; CL 1871, 3488; How. 4912; CL 1897, 1788; CL 1915, 1163; CL 1929, 7771; CL 1948, 390.8
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.211 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.211
Terms of court; quorum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 211.

There shall be 4 terms of court annually, held at times designated by the court. The court in its discretion may hold special or adjourned terms.

Court sessions shall be held at the supreme court room at the seat of government.

A majority of the justices shall constitute a quorum for hearing cases and transacting business.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 18, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16411 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16411
Practice of chiropractic; license or authorization required; scope and effect of act; use of words, titles, or letters.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16411.

(1) An individual shall not engage in the practice of chiropractic, including, but not limited to, performing a chiropractic adjustment, chiropractic manipulation, or other chiropractic services or chiropractic opinion, unless licensed, or otherwise authorized by a chiropractor, under this article.

(2) 2002 PA 734 is intended to codify existing law and to clarify and cure any misinterpretation of the operation of sections 16261, 16401, and 16411 since December 30, 2002.

(3) 2002 PA 734 is not intended to affect the authority of a veterinarian to delegate certain functions as provided by law.

(4) 2002 PA 734 does not affect the scope of practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery provided for in parts 170 and 175. 2002 PA 734 does not amend the scope of practice of physical therapy provided for in part 178.

(5) The following words, titles, or letters or a combination thereof, with or without qualifying words or phrases, are restricted in use only to those persons authorized under this part to use the following terms and in a way prescribed in this part: "chiropractic", "doctor of chiropractic", "chiropractor", "d.c.", and "chiropractic physician".

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2002, Act 734, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2002; Am. 2006, Act 396, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1422 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1422
Receipt and detention of individuals under MCL 330.1426, 330.1427 or 330.1435, 330.1436, or 330.1438; designation of hospitals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 422.

(1) Each community mental health services program shall designate the hospitals with which it has a contract to receive and detain individuals under section 426, 427, 435, 436, or 438.

(2) Each community mental health services program shall give notice of the hospitals designated under subsection (1) to the department and to the probate court of each county in the program's service area.

(3) The department shall designate any additional hospitals that are required to receive and detain individuals presented for examination under section 426, 427, 435, 436, or 438.

History: Add. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2004, Act 317, Imd. Eff. Aug. 27, 2004; Am. 2016, Act 320, Eff. Feb. 14, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1735 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1735
Foreign corporations and domestic corporations; merger or share exchange; compliance; liability; power of foreign corporation not limited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 735.

(1) One or more foreign corporations may merge or enter into a share exchange with 1 or more domestic corporations if all of the following that apply are met:

(a) In a merger, the merger is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law each foreign corporation is incorporated and each foreign corporation complies with that law in effecting the merger. If the parent corporation in a merger conducted pursuant to section 711 is a foreign corporation, it shall comply, notwithstanding the provisions of the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with both of the following:

( i ) Section 711(2) with respect to notice to shareholders of a domestic subsidiary corporation that is a party to the merger.

( ii ) Section 712 with respect to the certificate of merger.

(b) In a share exchange, the corporation whose shares will be acquired is a domestic corporation, whether or not a share exchange is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose law the acquiring corporation is incorporated.

(c) Each domestic corporation complies with the applicable provisions of sections 701 through 713.

(d) Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state complies with section 1021 or 1035, as applicable.

(2) If the surviving corporation of a merger or the acquiring corporation in a share exchange is to be governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state, it shall comply with the provisions of this act with respect to foreign corporations if it is to transact business in this state. The surviving corporation in a merger is liable, and is subject to service of process in a proceeding in this state, for the enforcement of an obligation of a domestic corporation that is party to the merger, and in a proceeding for the enforcement of a right of a dissenting shareholder of a domestic corporation against the surviving corporation.

(3) This section does not limit the power of a foreign corporation to acquire all or part of the shares of 1 or more classes or series of a domestic corporation through a voluntary exchange or otherwise.

History: Add. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 91, Eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Am. 1997, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Oct. 24, 1997; Am. 2006, Act 72, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.52503 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.52503
Forestry development, conservation, and recreation management plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 52503.

(1) The department shall adopt a forestry development, conservation, and recreation management plan for state-owned lands owned or controlled by the department. Parks and recreation areas, state game areas, and other wildlife areas on these lands shall be managed according to their primary purpose. Subject to subsection (2)(g), the department may update the plan as the department considers necessary or appropriate. The plan and any plan updates shall be consistent with section 52502 and shall be designed to ensure a stable, long-term, sustainable timber supply from the state forest as a whole.

(2) The plan and any plan updates shall include all of the following:

(a) An identification of the interests of local communities, outdoor recreation interests, the tourism industry, and the forest products industry.

(b) Methods to promote and encourage the use of the state forest for outdoor recreation, tourism, and the forest products industry.

(c) A landscape management plan for the state forest incorporating biodiversity conservation goals, indicators, and measures.

(d) Standards for sustainable forestry consistent with section 52502.

(e) An identification of environmentally sensitive areas.

(f) An identification of the need for forest treatments to maintain and sustain healthy, vigorous forest vegetation and quality habitat for wildlife and environmentally sensitive species.

(g) Yearly harvest objectives for all state forest land by forest region for a 10-year period. At least every 5 years, the department shall review the yearly harvest objectives. At least once every 10 years, the department shall update the yearly harvest objectives for all state forest land for a 10-year period. The department shall post and maintain the current yearly harvest objectives on the department's website. The harvest objectives for each forest region shall not exceed the sustainable yields. In setting harvest objectives, the department may consider physical, biological, environmental, and recreational objectives.

(3) Beginning October 1, 2018 and each year thereafter, the department shall prepare for sale a minimum of 90% of the yearly statewide harvest objective.

History: Add. 2004, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 28, 2004; Am. 2018, Act 238, Eff. Sept. 25, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.683 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-203-of-1968 / Section 211.683
Certification by collecting agency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Certification by the state collecting agency of notices of liens, certificates or other notices affecting tax liens entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification or acknowledgment is necessary.

History: 1968, Act 203, Eff. July 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.350j — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-107-of-1941 / Section 41.350j
Review, correction, and confirmation of assessment roll; collection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20j.

If the township board approves the establishment of a special assessment district authorized by section 20b, it shall review, correct, and confirm the assessment roll and direct that it be collected immediately in the same manner as township taxes.

History: Add. 1989, Act 83, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.78304 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.78304
Entering into lease with village of Mackinaw City; duration; duties of village.
Status: in_force

Sec. 78304.

The department may enter into a lease for a period not to exceed 25 years with the village of Mackinaw City, whereby the village agrees to operate and maintain the parking facilities located on the property described in section 78301 as the Mackinaw City dock, to construct, operate, and maintain buildings on the Mackinaw City dock, or to perform other functions in relation to the Mackinaw City dock, under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the department and the village of Mackinaw City.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.377c — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.377c
Intentional damage, destruction, or alteration of school bus as felony; penalty; “school bus” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 377c.

If a person intentionally damages, destroys, or alters a school bus without the permission of the entity that owns that school bus and that damage, destruction, or alteration creates a health or safety hazard to any individual occupying that school bus or who may occupy that school bus, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

As used in this section, "school bus" means that term as defined in section 57 of the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.57 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. School bus includes a school transportation vehicle as that term is defined in section 57c of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.57c of the Michigan Compiled Laws, if that vehicle is clearly marked as a school transportation vehicle.

History: Add. 1995, Act 13, Eff. Aug. 1, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.15a — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.15a
Apportioned quarterly payments; interest on contribution obligation not required; failure to make payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15a.

(1) The unemployment agency shall not collect interest on a contribution obligation that an employer pays through apportioned quarterly payments, if the employer meets the requirements of section 13(3) and has remitted the following amounts or more each quarter by the date established for each quarterly filing:

(a) First quarter - 25% of the total obligation incurred in the first quarter.

(b) Second quarter - the obligation incurred in the second quarter plus 25% of the total obligation for the first quarter.

(c) Third quarter - the obligation incurred in the third quarter plus 25% of the total obligation for the first quarter.

(d) Fourth quarter - the obligation incurred in the fourth quarter plus 25% of the total obligation for the first quarter.

(2) If an employer fails in any quarter to pay in full, by the due date of the tax payment for that quarter, the percentage of the tax deferred from the first quarter as described in subsection (1), the unemployment agency may collect interest at the rate specified in section 15 on the amount of the deferred tax that is due in that quarter and unpaid.

History: Add. 2011, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.401 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-328-of-1945 / Section 259.401
Appropriation; purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

There is hereby appropriated from the general fund the sum of $250,000.00 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, to the state administrative board to be expended as provided in this act.

History: 1945, Act 328, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.401
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5739 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.5739
Joinder of claims and counterclaims for money judgment; separate disposition of claim for possession; damages for labor expended by either landlord or tenant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5739.

(1) Except as provided by court rules, a party to summary proceedings may join claims and counterclaims for money judgment for damages attributable to wrongful entry, detainer, or possession, for breach of the lease or contract under which the premises were held, or for waste or malicious destruction to the premises. The court may order separate summary disposition of the claim for possession, without prejudice to any other claims or counterclaims. A claim or counterclaim for money judgment shall not exceed the amount in controversy that otherwise limits the jurisdiction of the court.

(2) If the court awards damages for physical injury to the premises under subsection (1) by making an award for or based on the cost of repairs, the court shall award damages for labor expended by a landlord or property manager in repairing the premises in the same manner as it would if the repairs were performed by a third party. A landlord's or property manager's labor under this subsection shall be compensated at a rate the court determines to be reasonable based on usual and customary charges for the repairs.

(3) If the court determines that the landlord breached the lease or contract under which the premises were held by failing to repair the premises and awards damages under subsection (1) by making an award for or based on the cost of repairs, the court shall award damages for labor expended by the tenant in repairing the premises in the same manner as it would if the repairs were performed by a third party. A tenant's labor under this subsection shall be compensated at a rate the court determines to be reasonable based on usual and customary charges for the repairs.

History: Add. 1972, Act 120, Eff. July 1, 1972; Am. 2006, Act 147, Eff. July 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.9137 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.9137
Mental health screenings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9137.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2026, all of the following apply:

(a) A health professional shall offer the mental health screening described in subsection (2) to an individual who has given birth at a follow-up appointment or well child visit during the individual's postpartum period if the health professional is seeing the individual in a pediatric or obstetric and gynecological setting and the health professional determines at the follow-up appointment or well child visit that a mental health screening is appropriate for the individual.

(b) A health professional other than a health professional described in subdivision (a) may offer the mental health screening described in subsection (2) to an individual who has given birth at a follow-up appointment or well child visit during the individual's postpartum period or until the child reaches the age of 12 months.

(2) The department may develop a tool to be used by health professionals offering a mental health screening under subsection (1). A health professional may also conduct the mental health screening by using an evidenced-based screening tool to assess an individual's maternal mental health or other postpartum risk factors.

(3) If a health professional determines that an individual who has given birth may be in need of mental health resources in addition to a mental health screening under subsection (1), the health professional may provide the individual with any of the following mental health resources:

(a) Mental health resources that are developed by the department.

(b) Information on postpartum mental health conditions and their symptoms.

(c) Treatment options for postpartum mental health conditions.

(d) Referrals considered appropriate by the health professional for the individual.

(e) If the health professional determines that the individual may be in need of additional support or services, any other information considered appropriate by the health professional to support the individual.

(4) As used in this section, "health professional" means an individual who is licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to engage in a health profession under article 15.

History: Add. 2024, Act 246, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.72 — MI Code / Chapter 128 / Act Act-95-of-1909 / Section 128.72
Trust fund; investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

All moneys and property which may be received by said board by way of gift, grant, devise or bequest, for cemetery purposes, shall be under the control of said board, and shall be held in trust by said board, subject to the terms and conditions on which the same were given, granted, devised or bequeathed, and the same shall constitute a trust fund. If left in money it shall, unless otherwise expressed by those making such gift, grant or bequest, be invested as a permanent fund in good, safe, interest bearing securities, the interest therefrom to be used as designated in said trust, under the supervision or direction of the said board; and no part of such income shall be used or appropriated for other than the purposes expressed in said trust, except the paying of the clerk of said board for his services in carrying out the provisions of said trust, which amount shall be determined by the board.

History: 1909, Act 95, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 5138; CL 1929, 2679; CL 1948, 128.72