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Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1351 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-86-of-2014 / Section 123.1351
Powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) The authority may exercise all of the following powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities:

(a) Powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities vested in the authority under the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.91 to 205.111.

(b) Exercise the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities vested in the authority or the metropolitan extension telecommunications rights-of-way oversight authority under this act or the metropolitan extension telecommunications rights-of-way oversight act, 2002 PA 48, MCL 484.3101 to 484.3120, and other laws of this state. The authority may exercise the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities under this subdivision through a director hired by the authority.

(2) When exercising the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities vested in the authority under subsection (1), the authority may do 1 or more of the following:

(a) Establish and maintain an office.

(b) Adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business.

(c) Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded.

(d) Solicit, receive, and accept gifts or grants from any public or private source.

(e) Employ personnel, contract for goods and services, and enter into agreements with other governmental entities.

(f) Establish 1 or more depositories for authority money and invest authority money under an investment policy consistent with this act and 1943 PA 20, MCL 129.91 to 129.97a.

(g) Acquire, hold, and dispose of interests in property.

(h) Incur indebtedness, but only in the manner and to the extent authorized by law.

(3) The powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the authority may be exercised throughout this state, including all the metropolitan areas of this state. The authority possesses the jurisdiction to exercise its functions on a statewide basis and may do other things and take other action necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the authority under this section if they relate to the purposes and jurisdiction of the authority.

History: 2014, Act 86, Eff. Aug. 22, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.5 — MI Code / Chapter 78 / Act Act-278-of-1909 / Section 78.5
Incorporation, consolidation or change of boundaries; affected district; referendum; authorizing vote.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The district to be affected by every such proposed incorporation, consolidation or change of boundaries, shall be deemed to include the whole of each city, village, or township from which territory is to be taken or to which territory is to be annexed: Provided, however, That proposed incorporations, consolidations or changes of boundaries shall be submitted to the qualified electors residing within the territory proposed to be incorporated or residing within the village to which territory is to be annexed as the case may be, and also to the qualified electors of the city, village or township, from which the territory to be taken is located and at the election, when the said question is voted upon, the city, village or township shall conduct the election in such manner as to keep the votes of the qualified electors in the territory proposed to be incorporated or annexed or detached in a separate box from the one containing the votes from the remaining portions of such city, village, or township, and if the returns of said election shall show a majority of the votes cast in the district proposed to be incorporated or annexed, voting separately, to be in favor of the proposed incorporation or change of boundary as the case may be, and if a majority of the electors voting in the remainder of the district to be affected as herein defined, voting collectively, are in favor of the proposed incorporation or change of boundary as the case may be, then such territory shall become incorporated as a village or shall become a part of the corporate territory of the village or shall be detached therefrom, as the case may be: Provided further, That in case there are no qualified electors residing within the territory proposed to be detached, or annexed, if a majority of electors voting in the remainder of the district to be affected, as herein defined, are in favor of the proposed change of boundary, then such territory shall become a part of the corporate territory of the village or shall be detached therefrom, as the case may be: Provided further, That the question of incorporating a new village from territory located in a township or townships shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast at an election at which only the electors residing within the territory proposed to be incorporated shall vote.

History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 2847; Am. 1919, Act 395, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; Am. 1925, Act 90, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; Am. 1929, Act 251, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 1767; CL 1948, 78.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.36 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.36
“Operator” or “operating” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36.

"Operator" means a person, other than a chauffeur, who does either of the following:

(a) Operates a motor vehicle upon a highway or street.

(b) Operates an automated motor vehicle upon a highway or street.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 2013, Act 231, Eff. Mar. 27, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.36105 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.36105
Open space land; application for open space development rights easement; approval or rejection; provisions; tax exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36105.

If an owner of open space land desires an open space development rights easement, and the land is subject to section 36101(j)( i ), the procedures for filing an application provided by the state land use agency shall follow as provided in section 36104, except section 36104(7) and (12) do not apply to an open space development rights easement.

The state land use agency, within 60 days after the open space development rights easement application is received, shall approve or reject the application. If the application is approved by the state land use agency, the state land use agency shall prepare an open space development rights easement that includes the following provisions:

A structure shall not be built on the land without the approval of the state land use agency.

Improvement to the land shall not be made without the approval of the state land use agency.

An interest in the land shall not be sold, except for a scenic, access, or utility easement that does not substantially hinder the character of the open space land.

Access to the open space land may be provided if access is agreed to by the owner and if access will not jeopardize the conditions of the land.

Any other condition or restriction on the land as agreed to by the parties that is considered necessary to preserve the land or appropriate portions of it as open space land.

Upon receipt of the application, the state land use agency shall notify the state tax commission. Upon notification, the state tax commission shall within 60 days make an on-site appraisal of the land in compliance with the Michigan state tax commission assessors manual. The application shall contain a statement specifying the current fair market value of the land and the current fair market value of the development rights. The state land use agency shall submit to the legislature each application for an open space development rights easement and an analysis of its cost to the state. The application shall be approved in both houses by a resolution concurred in by a majority of the members elected and serving in each house. The amount of the cost shall be returned to the local governing body if lost revenues are indicated. A copy of the approved application and the open space development rights easement shall be forwarded by the state land use agency to the applicant for execution and to the local assessing office where the land is situated.

If an application for an open space development rights easement is rejected under subsection (2), the applicant may reapply for an open space development rights easement beginning 1 year after the rejection.

The development rights held by the state as expressed in an open space development rights easement under this section are exempt from ad valorem taxation.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 233, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1996; Am. 2002, Act 75, Imd. Eff. Mar. 15, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.35309 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.35309
Use permit and inspection fee; disposition of fees; authorization of separate fee; bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 35309.

A local unit of government, or the department if the local unit of government does not have an approved zoning ordinance, may establish a use permit and inspection fee.

The department shall forward all fees it collects under this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the land and water management permit fee fund created in part 301.

Fees collected by a local unit of government shall be credited to the treasury of the local unit of government to be used to defray the cost of administering uses under a zoning ordinance.

In addition to fees provided for in this section, a soil conservation district may charge a separate fee to cover the actual expense of providing services under this part and for providing technical assistance and advice to individuals who seek assistance in matters pertaining to compliance under this part.

A local unit of government, or the department if the local unit of government does not have an approved zoning ordinance, may require the holder of a permit issued by a local unit of government or the department to file with the local unit of government or the department a bond executed by an approved surety in this state in an amount necessary to assure faithful conformance with the permit.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 70.10 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 70.10
Compensation of officers, fire fighters, and employees; compensation for injuries.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The officers, fire fighters, and employees of the department shall receive compensation as the council may provide. The council may provide suitable compensation for an injury to person or property which a fire fighter receives in consequence of the performance of the fire fighter's duty at a fire.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2887; CL 1915, 2761; CL 1929, 1670; CL 1948, 70.10; Am. 1978, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3937 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3937
Shopper's guide; format; providing to applicants; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3937.

A long-term care insurance shopper's guide in the format developed by the national association of insurance commissioners, or a guide developed or approved by the commissioner, shall be provided to all prospective applicants of a long-term care insurance policy in the following manner:

For agent solicitations, an agent shall deliver the shopper's guide prior to the presentation of an application or enrollment form.

For direct response solicitations, the shopper's guide shall be presented in conjunction with any application or enrollment form.

Life insurance policies or riders containing long-term care benefits are not required to furnish a shopper's guide pursuant to subsection (1), but shall furnish a summary of coverage as provided in section 3951.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1203 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-429-of-1978 / Section 38.1203
Sick, annual, bonus, and personal leave time.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The crediting, accumulation, use, and recording of sick, annual, bonus, and personal leave time for nonclassified employees shall be the same as that established for employees in the state classified service. These conditions may be waived by a nonclassified employee by written agreement with the appointing authority, in which case the nonclassified employee shall not be eligible for the provisions in sections 4 and 5 or other monetary benefits.

History: 1978, Act 429, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.576a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.576a
Primary elections; electors, number of votes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 576a.

In all partisan and nonpartisan primary elections, the voter shall be entitled to vote for a number of candidates for each office equal to the number of persons to be elected for that office.

History: Add. 1969, Act 275, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.241 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-266-of-1995 / Section 129.241
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Budget" means a plan of financial operation for a given period of time, including an estimate of all proposed expenditures from the funds of a local unit and the proposed means of financing the expenditures. As used in section 4(1), budget does not include any of the following:

A fund for which the local unit acts as a trustee or agent.

An intragovernmental service fund.

An enterprise fund.

A public improvement or building and site fund.

A special assessment fund.

"Credit card" means a card or device issued under a credit card arrangement by a person licensed under 1984 PA 379, MCL 493.101 to 493.114, by a person licensed under the consumer financial services act, 1988 PA 161, MCL 487.2051 to 487.2072, or by a depository financial institution as defined in section 1a of the mortgage brokers, lenders, and servicers licensing act, 1987 PA 173, MCL 445.1651a.

"Credit card arrangement" means an unsecured extension of credit for purchasing goods or services from the credit card issuer or any other person that is made to the holder of a credit card and that is accessed with a credit card.

"Credit card policy" means a policy adopted by resolution of a local unit under section 3.

"Governing body" means any of the following:

The council, commission, or other entity vested with the legislative power of a village.

The council or other entity vested with the legislative power of a city.

The township board of a township.

The county board of commissioners of a county.

The board of county road commissioners of a county.

The board of education of a local school district.

The board of education of an intermediate school district.

The board of trustees of a community college district.

The official body to which is granted general governing powers over an authority or organization of government established by law that may issue obligations under the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, and that may expend funds of the authority or organization.

A community mental health authority created under section 205 of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1205.

"Local school district" means a school district organized under the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1 to 380.1852, or a district governed by a special or local act.

"Local unit" means any of the following:

A village.

A city.

A township.

A county.

A county road commission.

A local school district.

An intermediate school district.

A community college district.

An authority or organization of government established by law that may issue obligations under the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, and that may expend funds of the authority or organization.

A community mental health authority created under section 205 of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1205.

History: 1995, Act 266, Eff. July 8, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 169, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2000; Am. 2002, Act 257, Imd. Eff. May 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1651 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1651
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 651.

As used in this part:

(a) "Board" means the board of a health endowment fund corporation incorporated under this part.

(b) "Executive director" means the executive director of a fund appointed by the board.

(c) "Fund" means a health endowment fund corporation organized as a nonprofit corporation under section 653.

History: Add. 2013, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.472 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-138-of-1941 / Section 450.472
Non-profit cemetery associations; right restoration; contracts validation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Upon compliance with the provisions of this act, the rights of such association shall be the same as though no forfeiture had been operative, and all contracts entered into and conveyances made by or to such association during such interval shall become valid.

History: 1941, Act 138, Eff. May 29, 1941; CL 1948, 450.472
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3855 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3855
Annual filing of rates, rating schedule, and supporting documentation; premium adjustments; public hearing for rate increase; failure to make premium adjustments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3855.

Each insurer that issues medicare supplement policies for delivery in this state shall file annually with the commissioner, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner, its rates, rating schedule, and supporting documentation including all claims experience of the insurer for medicare supplement coverage. The filings and schedules shall demonstrate that the actual and expected losses in relation to premiums are in compliance with the applicable loss ratio standards of this state. The supporting documentation shall also be in accordance with actuarial standards of practice using reasonable assumptions that the appropriate loss ratio standards can be expected to be met over the entire period for which rates are computed excluding active life reserves. An expected third-year loss ratio that is greater than or equal to the applicable percentage under section 3851 shall be demonstrated for policies or certificates in force less than 3 years.

An insurer shall make such premium adjustments as are necessary to produce an expected loss ratio under the medicare supplement policy as will conform with minimum loss ratio standards for medicare supplement policies and certificates and that are expected to result in a loss ratio at least as great as that originally anticipated in the rates used to produce current premiums by the insurer for such medicare supplement insurance policies. A premium adjustment that would modify the loss ratio experience under the policy shall not be made with respect to a policy at any time other than upon its renewal date or anniversary date.

The commissioner may conduct a public hearing to gather information concerning a request by a medicare supplement insurer for an increase in a rate for a medicare supplement policy form or certificate form issued before or after the effective date of this chapter if the experience of the form for the previous reporting period is not in compliance with the applicable loss ratio standard. The determination of compliance shall be made without consideration of any refund or credit for the reporting period. Public notice of the hearing shall be furnished in a manner considered appropriate by the commissioner.

If a medicare supplement insurer fails to make premium adjustments acceptable to the commissioner, the commissioner may order premium adjustments, refunds, or premium credits considered necessary to achieve the loss ratio required by this section.

History: Add. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20921c — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20921c
Ambulance operation; patient request; right to land.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20921c.

If a patient at a hospital requests transportation from an ambulance operation that is a participating provider with the patient's health benefit plan, an ambulance that is a rotary aircraft that is operated by the ambulance operation shall have the right to land at the destination hospital for the purpose of transporting the patient, regardless of whether the ambulance operation is a contracted provider with the originating hospital or the destination hospital.

History: Add. 2018, Act 385, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.34111 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.34111
Irrigation districts; lands included.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34111.

The lands proposed to be included in any irrigation district need not be contiguous if the benefit of the proposed work in each part will exceed the costs of the proposed work in each part; and lands within any city, village, or township may be included within the limits of any irrigation district if the creation of the irrigation district will benefit the lands within the city, village, or township in any amount equal to or in excess of the amount of assessment for construction against the lands therein.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.17g — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.17g
Applicability of chapter to certain felonies; MCL 800.281(1) to 801.263(2).
Status: in_force

Sec. 17g.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapters 800 to 830 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 800.281(1) Pub saf H Furnishing prisoner with contraband 5 800.281(2) Pub saf H Furnishing prisoner with contraband outside 5 800.281(3) Pub saf H Bringing contraband into prisons 5 800.281(4) Pub saf E Prisoner possessing contraband 5 800.283(1) Pub saf E Furnishing weapon to prisoner in prison 5 800.283(2) Pub saf E Prisons - knowledge of a weapon in a correctional facility 5 800.283(3) Pub saf E Bringing weapon into prison 5 800.283(4) Pub saf E Prisoner possessing weapon 5 800.283a Pub saf E Furnishing cell phone to prisoner 5 801.262(1)(a) Pub saf E Bringing weapon into jail 5 801.262(1)(b) Pub saf E Furnishing weapon to prisoner in jail 5 801.262(2) Pub saf E Prisoner in jail possessing weapon 5 801.262a Pub saf E Furnishing cell phone or other wireless device to prisoner in jail 5 801.263(1) Pub saf H Furnishing contraband to prisoner in jail 5 801.263(2) Pub saf H Prisoner in jail possessing contraband 5

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

800.281(1)

Pub saf

H

Furnishing prisoner with contraband

5

800.281(2)

Pub saf

H

Furnishing prisoner with contraband outside

5

800.281(3)

Pub saf

H

Bringing contraband into prisons

5

800.281(4)

Pub saf

E

Prisoner possessing contraband

5

800.283(1)

Pub saf

E

Furnishing weapon to prisoner in prison

5

800.283(2)

Pub saf

E

Prisons - knowledge of a weapon in a correctional facility

5

800.283(3)

Pub saf

E

Bringing weapon into prison

5

800.283(4)

Pub saf

E

Prisoner possessing weapon

5

800.283a

Pub saf

E

Furnishing cell phone to prisoner

5

801.262(1)(a)

Pub saf

E

Bringing weapon into jail

5

801.262(1)(b)

Pub saf

E

Furnishing weapon to prisoner in jail

5

801.262(2)

Pub saf

E

Prisoner in jail possessing weapon

5

801.262a

Pub saf

E

Furnishing cell phone or other wireless device to prisoner in jail

5

801.263(1)

Pub saf

H

Furnishing contraband to prisoner in jail

5

801.263(2)

Pub saf

H

Prisoner in jail possessing contraband

5

History: Add. 2002, Act 28, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002; Am. 2006, Act 541, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006; Am. 2013, Act 124, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2013