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Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.562 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.562
Hearing of objections to tentative apportionments of costs; notice of hearing; report; confirmation or readjustment of apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 562.

After the tentative apportionments of costs have been made, the board shall set a time, date, and place it will meet and hear objections to the apportionments. Notice of the hearing shall be published twice in each county involved by inserting the notice in at least 1 newspaper designated by the board and published in the county. The first publication is to be not less than 20 days before the time of hearing. The notice shall also be sent by registered mail to the clerk or secretary of each public corporation proposed to be assessed, except that a notice to the state shall be sent to the state highway director and the director of the department of natural resources and a notice to a county shall be sent both to the county clerk and the county road commission. The mailing shall be made not less than 20 days before the time of the hearing. The notice shall be signed by the secretary and proof of the publication and mailing of the notice shall be filed with the secretary. The board may provide a form to be substantially followed in the giving of the notice. The notice shall include tentative apportionments to the several public corporations. After the hearing, the board shall make a written report of its findings on the apportionments to the commission, which may either confirm the apportionments as tentatively made or may recommend readjustments of any apportionments considered inequitable.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1978, Act 235, Imd. Eff. June 15, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.411 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-2-of-1945 / Section 450.411
Nonprofit corporations; renewal of corporate existence; new articles; reports; fees; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Any nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this state, now or heretofore in force, whose charter has become void under section 92 of Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, being section 450.92 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, for failure to file reports or to pay fees or both, and whose term of existence has subsequently expired and the time limitation provided by statute for filing an extension of corporate term has expired, but which has not been wound up or dissolved and which has nevertheless continued as a de facto corporation or has continued to hold real estate in its corporate name beyond such term may, by resolution adopted by a majority of its members present and voting at a meeting of the corporation duly called and held, in accordance with its last bylaws, or if the corporation has continued as a de facto corporation, in accordance with its bylaws currently in effect, direct the renewal of its corporate existence for such further term as permitted by law. Upon the adoption of such resolution the last president or vice-president and secretary or assistant secretary, or if a de facto corporation with newly elected officers, the currently elected de facto president or vice-president and the currently elected de facto secretary or assistant secretary, shall make, sign and acknowledge new articles to which shall be appended a copy of the proceedings of such meeting, verified by oath of the secretary of the meeting, which new articles shall be filed in the same manner as the original articles or in the manner provided by section 5 of Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being section 450.5 of the Compiled Laws of 1948. At the time of filing such new articles the corporation shall also file reports and pay filing fees for any years in which it may be delinquent, and pay a penalty of $5.00 for each year or major part of a year that such delinquency existed.

History: 1945, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 8, 1945; Am. 1947, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1947; CL 1948, 450.411; Am. 1965, Act 394, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 1965; Am. 1971, Act 108, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1214 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-34-of-1984 / Section 400.1214
Annual reconciliation; payment to provider utility; section inapplicable to certain assisted households.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

At the end of each program year, the provider utility shall perform a reconciliation to match billings for actual natural gas consumption by assisted households with payments from assisted households and the department. An amount equal to any underpayment shall be paid to the provider utility up to the annual consumption cap within 60 days of receipt of an annual reconciliation computer tape. This section shall not apply to assisted households for which cost settlements have been individually made.

History: 1984, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 12, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.792 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.792
Removal of bicycle, vehicle, cargo, or other personal property blocking, delaying, or interfering with movement of streetcar; liability; "gross negligence" defined; reimbursement by owner or carrier; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 792.

(1) If a street authority determines that a bicycle, vehicle, cargo, or other personal property is parked or standing on a street in a manner that would block, delay, or otherwise interfere with the movement of a streetcar on a streetcar track, the street authority may immediately remove or cause to be removed the bicycle, vehicle, cargo, or personal property from the street to the nearest garage, storage facility, or other place of safety. If the street authority is a street railway, the street railway shall not remove a bicycle, vehicle, cargo, or personal property under this subsection without first obtaining authorization from a police officer or notifying a law enforcement agency. The street authority shall report the place to which a bicycle, vehicle, cargo, or personal property is removed under this subsection to the nearest law enforcement agency as soon as practicable.

(2) A street authority that removes or causes the removal of property under subsection (1), and any of the street authority's officers, employees, or agents, or anyone acting in good faith under subsection (1), and within the scope of, the authority conferred under subsection (1), is not liable for any damages or claims that may arise from the exercise or the failure to exercise any authority granted under subsection (1), except for an act or omission amounting to gross negligence. As used in this subsection, "gross negligence" means that term as defined in section 606a.

(3) The owner or carrier, if any, of a bicycle, vehicle, cargo, or personal property removed pursuant to subsection (1) shall reimburse the street authority for all documented reasonable costs incurred in the removal, storage, and return.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Law enforcement agency" means any of the following:

( i ) The department of state police.

( ii ) The county sheriff's office.

( iii ) The police department of a local unit of government.

( iv ) The transit police unit of a public body corporate created pursuant to an interlocal agreement under the urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512, between a city and an authority under the metropolitan transportation authorities act of 1967, 1967 PA 204, MCL 124.401 to 124.426.

(b) "Local unit of government" means a state university or college or a county, city, village, or township.

(c) "Street authority" means a law enforcement agency or a street railway.

History: Add. 2021, Act 43, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 777.12j — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 777.12j
Chapter 257; felonies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12j.

This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 257 of the Michigan Compiled Laws beginning with MCL 257.941:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max 257.1353(2) Pub trst H Motor vehicle - fail to record material matter - subsequent offense 2 257.1354(2) Pub trst H Motor vehicle - general violations - subsequent offense 2 257.1355 Pub trst H Motor vehicle - fail to record transaction/falsify records 2

M.C.L.

Category

Class

Description

Stat Max

257.1353(2)

Pub trst

H

Motor vehicle - fail to record material matter - subsequent offense

2

257.1354(2)

Pub trst

H

Motor vehicle - general violations - subsequent offense

2

257.1355

Pub trst

H

Motor vehicle - fail to record transaction/falsify records

2

History: Add. 2002, Act 34, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2223 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2223
Selection of board and adoption of bylaws; first meeting; notice; quorum; transaction of business.
Status: in_force

Sec. 223.

Before or after filing of the articles of incorporation a majority of the incorporators at a meeting or by written instrument, shall select a board and may adopt bylaws. On or after the filing date of the articles, any member of the board may call the first meeting of the board upon not less than 3 days' notice by mail to each director. A majority of the directors constitutes a quorum for the first meeting of the board. At the first meeting, the board may adopt bylaws, elect officers, and transact such other business as may come before the meeting.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 720.656 — MI Code / Chapter 720 / Act Act-214-of-1963 / Section 720.656
Capital outlay and construction costs; apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

Capital outlay and construction costs of facilities of such regional facility shall be borne by the counties comprising the region in the following manner:

Fifty percent of the estimated cost shall be borne by apportioning among the participating counties a percentage of the cost according to the proportion of the county's state equalized valuation bears to the total state equalized valuation of the district.

Fifty percent of the estimated cost shall be apportioned among the participating counties according to the proportion the individual county's school census bears to the total school census of the participating counties.

History: 1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.907 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-23-of-2025 / Section 205.907
Administration of the tax; promulgation of rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) The department shall administer the excise taxes imposed by this act pursuant to 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this act. If the provisions of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, and this act conflict, this act applies.

(2) The department shall prescribe the forms necessary for the administration of this act and may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement this act and prescribe a method and manner for payment and collection of the taxes imposed under this act.

History: 2025, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.612 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-348-of-1972 / Section 554.612
Response to notice of damages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

If a landlord claims damages to a rental unit and gives notice of damages as required, the tenant upon receipt of the list of damages shall respond by ordinary mail to the address provided by the landlord as required by section 3 within 7 days, indicating in detail his agreement or disagreement to the damage charges listed. For the purposes of this section the date of mailing shall be considered the date of the tenant's response.

History: 1972, Act 348, Eff. Apr. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1651d — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1651d
Federally funded special education programs and services; distribution; payment schedule; "DED-OSERS" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 51d.

(1) From the federal funds appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2025-2026 all available federal funding, estimated at $83,000,000.00, for special education programs and services that are funded by federal grants. The department shall distribute all federal funds allocated under this section in accordance with federal law. Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments of federal funds to districts, intermediate districts, and other eligible entities under this section on a schedule determined by the department.

(2) From the federal funds allocated under subsection (1), the following amounts are allocated:

(a) For 2025-2026, an amount estimated at $14,000,000.00 for handicapped infants and toddlers, funded from DED-OSERS, handicapped infants and toddlers funds.

(b) For 2025-2026, an amount estimated at $14,000,000.00 for preschool grants under Public Law 94-142, funded from DED-OSERS, handicapped preschool incentive funds.

(c) For 2025-2026, an amount estimated at $55,000,000.00 for special education programs funded by DED-OSERS, handicapped program, individuals with disabilities act funds.

(3) As used in this section, "DED-OSERS" means the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

History: Add. 2002, Act 191, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2002; Am. 2002, Act 521, Imd. Eff. July 25, 2002; Am. 2003, Act 158, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Am. 2004, Act 351, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004; Am. 2005, Act 155, Eff. Oct. 1, 2005; Am. 2006, Act 342, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Am. 2007, Act 137, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 2007; Am. 2008, Act 268, Eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Am. 2009, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Oct. 19, 2009; Am. 2010, Act 110, Eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Am. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Am. 2013, Act 60, Eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Am. 2014, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Am. 2015, Act 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Am. 2017, Act 108, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2017; Am. 2018, Act 265, Eff. Oct. 1, 2018; Am. 2019, Act 58, Eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020; Am. 2021, Act 48, Imd. Eff. July 13, 2021; Am. 2022, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Am. 2023, Act 103, Eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Am. 2024, Act 120, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2024; Am. 2025, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1173 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-502-of-1996 / Section 691.1173
Foreign judgment; filing; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of congress or the laws of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court of this state. A judgment filed under this act has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.

History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.149 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.149
Purposes of regional authority; effectuation; payment of taxes or assessments not required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 149.

The effectuation of the authorized purposes of a regional authority must be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the region the airport serves and in order to meet present and future state and regional needs with respect to the provision of adequate, safe, and efficient airport facilities and services to the public and to promote the economic development and well-being of this state. By performing an essential governmental function, the regional authority is not required to pay taxes or assessments of any kind or nature whatsoever on any property required or used for airport or airport facility purposes or on any rates, fees, rentals, receipts, or income at any time received by it.

History: Add. 2015, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 30, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2144 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2144
Signature or handwriting; proof.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2144.

Whenever in any suit or proceeding in any of the courts of this state, it shall be necessary or proper to prove the signature or the handwriting of any person, it shall be competent to introduce in evidence for the purpose of comparison, any specimen or specimens of the handwriting or signature of such person, admitted or proved to the satisfaction of the court to be genuine, whether or not the paper on which such handwriting or signature appears is one admissible in evidence or connected with the case or not. If such paper is not one admissible in evidence for some other purpose, or connected with the case, it shall not be admissible in evidence for the purpose of comparison unless it was made before the controversy arose concerning which such suit or proceeding was brought.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5483 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5483
Children's jewelry containing lead-bearing substance; sale, offer for sale, or transfer prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5483.

A person shall not sell, offer for sale, or transfer to any person any children's jewelry in this state that contains a lead-bearing substance.

History: Add. 2007, Act 161, Eff. Mar. 20, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.501 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-134-of-1966 / Section 207.501
Real estate transfer tax; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Treasurer" means the county treasurer.

"Person" means every natural person, association or corporation. Whenever used in any penalty clause the term "person", as applied to associations, means the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers thereof.

"Value" means the current or fair market worth in terms of legal monetary exchange at the time of the transfer.

History: 1966, Act 134, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 1968, Act 327, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.32 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-83-of-1867 / Section 35.32
County clerk to record and index discharges from armed forces; confidentiality; persons entitled to copies of discharge records; compensation of clerk; sworn statement as to discharges recorded; “seventy years old” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

A county clerk shall enter upon the record book all discharges of soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses, and members of women's auxiliaries that may be presented to the clerk for recording. The county clerk shall fully index the recorded information, and arrange the names of soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses, and members of women's auxiliaries alphabetically. The military service discharge record of a person is confidential and may be viewed or copied only pursuant to subsection (2).

Each county clerk may do 1 or more of the following:

Make available to the general public information in a record described in subsection (1) that is not less than 70 years old and that includes only the name, rank, unit of military service, dates of military service, and medals and awards conferred upon each individual identified in that record.

Pursuant to the records media act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.403, provide for the viewing or reproduction of a military service discharge record of a veteran by any of the following:

The veteran.

A person with the veteran's permission.

The surviving heirs of the veteran.

A veteran's service officer, the Michigan veterans trust fund, or a person employed by the county department of veterans' affairs who provides counseling for veterans, if access to that record is necessary to aid the veteran, or the surviving spouse or a dependent of the veteran in applying for benefits available to the veteran.

Charge members of the public for discharge records of veterans discharged 70 or more years ago. However, a person described in subdivision (b) shall not be charged for the discharge records of that veteran.

Counties in which the clerk is not on a salary basis shall compensate the clerk for the recording of a discharge under subsection (1) at a rate of not less than 50 cents nor more than $1.00, as directed by the county board of commissioners, for each discharge recorded. The clerk shall make a sworn statement at the end of every 3 months in each calendar year as to the number of discharges recorded, and file that statement with the county treasurer.

As used in this section, "70 years old" means 70 years from the date of the first discharge from military service of the individual identified in the record described in subsection (1).

History: 1867, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Mar. 23, 1867; CL 1871, 546; How. 981; CL 1897, 1705; CL 1915, 1075; Am. 1919, Act 374, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919; CL 1929, 897; Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 16, 1944; CL 1948, 35.32; Am. 1963, Act 49, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1975, Act 126, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975; Am. 1977, Act 49, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1977; Am. 1998, Act 31, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3401a — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3401a
Group disability insurance; issuance; filing and approval of form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3401a.

(1) An insurer authorized to write disability insurance in this state may issue group disability insurance policies.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in section 2236(8)(d), an insurer shall not deliver or issue for delivery in this state a group disability insurance policy unless a copy of the form has been filed with and approved by the director.

History: Add. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.291 — MI Code / Chapter 800 / Act Act-185-of-1859 / Section 800.291
Admission of clergymen.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That it shall be the duty of the keeper, or other persons having the control of any prison, jail, alms-house, house of correction, hospital or poor-house in the state of Michigan, to fix and appoint some suitable and convenient time, in each week, during which clergymen of all religious denominations may visit the inmates of such prison, jail, alms-house, house of correction, hospital or poor-house; and when any inmate of any jail, prison, alms-house, house of correction, hospital or poor-house, is dangerously sick and desires religious counsel, the clergyman of his choice shall be admitted to visit such inmate, and be permitted to administer to such inmate the rites of his church.

History: 1859, Act 185, Eff. May 18, 1859; CL 1871, 8189; How. 9901; CL 1897, 2153; CL 1915, 1832; CL 1929, 17658; CL 1948, 800.291
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article III § 5 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article III § 5
Intergovernmental agreements; service by public officers and employees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Subject to provisions of general law, this state or any political subdivision thereof, any governmental authority or any combination thereof may enter into agreements for the performance, financing or execution of their respective functions, with any one or more of the other states, the United States, the Dominion of Canada, or any political subdivision thereof unless otherwise provided in this constitution. Any other provision of this constitution notwithstanding, an officer or employee of the state or of any such unit of government or subdivision or agency thereof may serve on or with any governmental body established for the purposes set forth in this section and shall not be required to relinquish his office or employment by reason of such service. The legislature may impose such restrictions, limitations or conditions on such service as it may deem appropriate.

History: Const. 1963, Art. III, § 5, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.612 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.612
Precinct or convention delegate; age.
Status: in_force

Sec. 612.

Any person of the age of 18 years or older shall be eligible to be a candidate for election as a precinct delegate or be selected as a delegate to the state or national convention of any political party.

History: Add. 1970, Act 64, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971