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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.95155 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-290-of-2008 / Section 324.95155
Operation and enforcement of sections 1 and 3; conditions; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) Sections 1 and 3 shall not be operational and enforceable until 1 of the following occurs:

(a) A final appellate court issues a decision overruling the decision of the United States district court for the District of Columbia in The Humane Society of the United States v Dirk Kempthorne , civil action no. 07-0677 (D.C.C. September 29, 2008), and permits the final rule of the United States fish and wildlife service in 72 FR p. 6052 (February 8, 2007) removing gray wolves located in this state from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife established under the federal endangered species act of 1973 to take effect.

(b) The United States fish and wildlife service promulgates a final rule dated after March 12, 2007 that removes gray wolves located in this state from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife established under the federal endangered species act of 1973 and that final rule takes effect.

(2) Upon sections 1 and 3 becoming operational and enforceable pursuant to subsection (1), the department shall post a notice on the department's website that includes all of the following:

(a) The date sections 1 and 3 are operational and enforceable pursuant to subsection (1).

(b) A summary of the provisions of sections 1 and 3.

History: Add. 2008, Act 317, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2203 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-59-of-1986 / Section 125.2203
Resort district authority; establishment; inclusion of parcel of property; approval by resolution; nature and powers of authority; tax limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A township may establish a resort district authority. A parcel of property shall not be included in more than 1 authority created under this act. A parcel of property that is in a village shall not be included in a resort district established by a township except upon approval by resolution of the governing body of the village and subject to such conditions as may be set forth in the resolution.

The authority shall be a public body corporate which may sue and be sued in any court of this state. The authority possesses all the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of its incorporation. The enumeration of a power in this act shall not be construed as a limitation upon the general powers of the authority.

An authority is intended and shall be considered to be an authority the tax limitations of which are provided by charter or general law within the meaning of section 6 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

History: 1986, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.282 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-62-of-1877 / Section 565.282
Validation of acknowledgments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Any acknowledgment of any married woman to a deed of conveyance or other instrument affecting real property taken since the fourth day of August, A.D. 1875, in the same manner as if such married woman had been sole, is hereby declared valid and effectual for all intents and purposes, and shall be so held in all courts and places.

History: 1877, Act 62, Imd. Eff. Apr. 20, 1877; How. 5662a; CL 1897, 8967; CL 1915, 11699; CL 1929, 13338; CL 1948, 565.282
Mich. Comp. Laws § 62.13 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 62.13
Vacancies; filling; special elections; procedure; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

(1) A vacancy occurring in the office of president, trustee, or any other elective office must be filled by appointment by the council, and the appointee shall hold office until the next regular village election. All vacancies in any other office must be filled by the president, by and with the consent of the council.

(2) If by reason of removal, death, resignation, or otherwise, the membership of the council is reduced to less than a quorum, the remaining council members shall call a special election for the purpose of filling all vacancies in the office of trustee, if a petition signed by not less than 10% of the qualified voters of the village is filed with the village clerk not later than 10 days after the vacancy or vacancies occur. If a petition is not filed within the time period required under this subsection, then the remaining council members may either call a special election, or may appoint a sufficient number of trustees to constitute with the members in office a quorum of the council, who shall then fill the remaining vacancies as provided in this section.

(3) If all the officers and trustees of a village die or move from the village, and no successors have been elected or appointed to fill the vacancies, the township clerk of the township within which the village is situated shall, on petition of 10% of the qualified voters residing in the village, call a special election for the election of the officers and trustees of the village to be held on a regular election date as established under section 641 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.641. The township shall perform all of the other duties with respect to the election as the village might have done had the vacancies not existed, including the preparation of ballots, the appointment of election inspectors, the counting and canvassing of the ballots, and the certification of the persons elected to the offices for which the election was held. The expenses of the election must be paid by the village as provided in section 642 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.642.

(4) Notwithstanding any ordinance to the contrary, an individual elected to fill a vacancy shall not take the oath of office until the results have been certified by the appropriate board of canvassers.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2711; CL 1915, 2581; Am. 1921, Act 10, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921; CL 1929, 1491; CL 1948, 62.13; Am. 1983, Act 205, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1983; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998; Am. 2003, Act 305, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2026, Act 18, Imd. Eff. June 22, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18056 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18056
Applicability of part to student in training.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18056.

This part does not apply to a student in training to become a physician's assistant while performing duties assigned as part of the training.

History: Add. 2006, Act 161, Eff. Nov. 26, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3412 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3412
Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3412.

In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the uniform partition of heirs property act.

History: Add. 2024, Act 215, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.46508 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.46508
Ordinance, rule, or regulation of local unit of government; effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46508.

A local unit of government shall not pass an ordinance, rule, or regulation regulating the placement, use, marking, or removal of a fishing shanty on the ice of any waters over which this state has jurisdiction. An ordinance, rule, or regulation described in this section that is in effect on April 1, 1994 is void. However, if a person fails to remove a fishing shanty within the time specified by the department under section 46507, a local unit of government may remove the fishing shanty from the ice or water and store or destroy the fishing shanty.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3004 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3004
Liability insurance policies; contents required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3004.

No policy of insurance against loss or damage resulting from accident to or injury suffered by an employee or other person and for which the person insured is liable, or against loss or damage to property caused by draft animals or by any vehicle drawn, propelled or operated by any motive power, and for which loss or damage the person insured is liable, shall be issued or delivered in this state by any insurer authorized to do business in this state, unless there shall be contained within such policy the provisions required under sections 3006 and 3008.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.153 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-130-of-1945 / Section 123.153
Joint source cities; acquisition of property; construction contracts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Such cities shall have authority in their joint names to purchase and condemn property necessary for such source of supply, and for such purpose may bring proceedings under Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of 1911, as amended, or under any other general law of the state applicable to the condemnation of property for city purposes. Contracts for the construction of such source of supply may either be entered into individually by such cities, or in whole or in part by joint contract or contracts to which all or any of the cities are parties.

History: 1945, Act 130, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1945; CL 1948, 125.153
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1080 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-261-of-1957 / Section 38.1080
Distributions; exemption from tax; subject to public employee retirement benefit protection act; right of setoff to recover overpayment and satisfy claims; correction of errors in records and actions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80.

Distributions from employer contributions made pursuant to section 74(2) and (3) and earnings on those employer contributions, and distributions from employee contributions made pursuant to section 74(3) and earnings on those employee contributions, are exempt from any state, county, municipal, or other local tax and are subject to the public employee retirement benefit protection act.

The state treasurer has the right of setoff to recover overpayments made under this act and to satisfy any claims arising from embezzlement or fraud committed by a qualified participant, former qualified participant, refund beneficiary, or other person who has a claim to a distribution or any other benefit from Tier 2.

The state treasurer shall correct errors in the records and actions in Tier 2 under this act, and shall seek to recover overpayments and shall make up underpayments.

History: Add. 1996, Act 486, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 2002, Act 97, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.680a — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-216-of-1985 / Section 552.680a
Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10a.

The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the court shall cooperate in the transition to the centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees. An office of the friend of the court shall continue to receive and disburse support and fees through the transition, based on the schedule developed as required by section 6 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.236, and modifications to that schedule as the department considers necessary.

History: Add. 1999, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.224 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.224
Meetings regarding court rules or administrative orders open to public; procedures; “court” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 224.

The supreme court shall adopt procedures to ensure that, when a majority of the justices of the supreme court or of the judges of a multi-judge court meet to discuss or decide upon court rules or administrative orders, the meeting shall be open to the public.

As used in subsection (1), "court" means the court of appeals, a judicial circuit of the circuit court, the probate court of a county or probate court district, a district of the district court, or any statutory court.

History: Add. 1980, Act 438, Eff. May 1, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.883 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-6-of-2008 / Section 445.883
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Owner-builder" means an individual who is not a licensed residential builder and who builds, or acts as a general contractor for the construction of, a residential structure in which that individual or a member of that individual's family actually resides, or intends to occupy for his or her own use, upon the issuance of an occupancy permit.

(b) "Residential builder" means a person engaged in the construction of a residential structure or a combination residential and commercial structure who, for a fixed sum, price, fee, percentage, valuable consideration, or other compensation, other than wages for personal labor only, undertakes with another or offers to undertake or purports to have the capacity to undertake with another for the erection, construction, replacement, repair, alteration, or an addition to, subtraction from, improvement, wrecking of, or demolition of, a residential structure or combination residential and commercial structure; a person who manufactures, assembles, constructs, deals in, or distributes a residential or combination residential and commercial structure which is prefabricated, preassembled, precut, packaged, or shell housing; or a person who erects a residential structure or combination residential and commercial structure except for the person's own use and occupancy on the person's property.

(c) "Residential structure" means a premises used or intended to be used for a residence purpose and related facilities appurtenant to the premises used or intended to be used as an adjunct of residential occupancy.

History: 2008, Act 6, Eff. Aug. 10, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 493.11 — MI Code / Chapter 493 / Act Act-21-of-1939 / Section 493.11
Books, accounts, and records of licensee; preservation and accessibility; filing financial statement with commissioner; reports.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The licensee shall keep and use in the licensee's business the books, accounts, and records the commissioner may require in order to determine whether the licensee is complying with this act and with the rules promulgated by the commissioner under this act. The licensee shall preserve within this state and make accessible to the commissioner, the books, accounts, and records for at least 2 years after making the final entry on any loan recorded in the books, accounts, and records. Books and accounts may be kept at a location other than the licensee's principal place of business, provided that they are made available to the commissioner upon request and the licensee pays the actual and reasonable travel expenses if the examiner must travel out of state.

The licensee shall file, annually on or before February 15 of each year, with the commissioner its financial statement in a uniform format prescribed by the commissioner, including information on earnings, for the prior calendar year.

A licensee shall annually on or before a date established by the commissioner file with the commissioner a report, on a form provided by the commissioner, stating the licensee's volume and type of business activities for the immediately preceding calendar year. The commissioner shall provide at least 30 days' advance notice of the date each report is due.

All reports shall be made under oath and shall be in the form prescribed by the commissioner.

The commissioner shall make and publish annually an analysis and recapitulation of the reports filed under subsections (2) and (3).

History: 1939, Act 21, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 493.11; Am. 1983, Act 103, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1983; Am. 1991, Act 14, Eff. Oct. 1, 1991; Am. 2001, Act 270, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.2311 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-34-of-2001 / Section 141.2311
Municipal security; registration; facsimile signatures; transfer of ownership; delivery; validity of signature of former officer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 311.

A municipal security may be registrable as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest under terms and conditions determined by the governing body of the issuing municipality.

A municipality may authorize a trustee or other authenticating agent to authenticate any municipal security executed by the facsimile signatures of the officials of the municipality in lieu of manual signatures of the officials of the issuing municipality.

Officials of a municipality may sign and seal a municipal security in facsimile form if so authorized by the governing body of the issuing municipality.

If authorized by the governing body of the issuing municipality, ownership of a municipal security may be transferred by means of a recorded entry in a record maintained by the issuing municipality, trustee, or other agent in lieu of printing and transferring a new municipal security. However, this subsection does not preclude a municipality from the delivery of, and a municipality shall have the authority to deliver, new municipal securities as evidence of the originally issued municipal security.

If an individual acting in an official capacity signs or affixes his or her signature to a municipal security under this act and that individual ceases to be an officer before delivery of the municipal security, the municipal security is valid the same as if the individual had remained in office until delivery of that municipal security.

History: 2001, Act 34, Eff. Mar. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.32b — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.32b
Internet site; establishment; access; purpose; protest or appeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32b.

(1) The unemployment agency shall establish and provide access to a secure internet site to enable employers to determine if correspondence sent to the unemployment agency by the employer has been received.

(2) Within 10 days of receiving a protest or appeal from an employer or employing unit, the unemployment agency shall post a statement confirming receipt of the protest or appeal from that employer or employing unit on the internet site required under subsection (1).

(3) A protest or appeal shall be signed or verified in a manner prescribed by administrative rule and shall be transmitted to the agency by mail, facsimile, or other electronic method approved by the agency. If a party submits an unsigned or unverified protest or appeal, the unemployment agency shall notify the party of the defect that prevents the agency from accepting the protest or appeal.

History: Add. 2002, Act 192, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2002; Am. 2011, Act 269, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1214 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-220-of-1976 / Section 37.1214
Accommodation not construed as preferential treatment or employee benefit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 214.

For purposes of this act, an accommodation required under this article shall not be construed to be preferential treatment or an employee benefit.

History: Add. 1990, Act 121, Imd. Eff. June 25, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.1 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.1
Michigan penal code; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Short title-This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Michigan Penal Code".

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.1
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.685 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-285-of-2016 / Section 400.685
Obtaining credit report on child placed in foster care; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) For a child 14 years or older but less than 18 years of age who is placed under the department's care or supervision for foster care, the department shall annually request from at least 1 consumer reporting agency a credit report on each child.

(2) If a credit report requested under subsection (1) indicates the appearance of fraudulent activity in the foster child's name, both of the following apply:

(a) The department shall work with the foster child and the consumer reporting agency to address and remove the fraudulent activity from the foster child's credit report.

(b) Subject to state and federal confidentiality laws, the department may report the fraudulent activity to a law enforcement agency for investigation.

(3) For a youth 18 years of age or older who was placed under the department's care or supervision for foster care, the department shall assist the youth in obtaining a copy of his or her credit report. The youth described in this subsection may choose to opt out of receiving this assistance, and the department shall make a notation in the case record regarding the youth's choice to opt out.

(4) When a child under 14 years of age leaves foster care, the department shall recommend to that child's permanent caregiver that a credit check be performed on the child to ascertain if there is possible fraudulent activity in the child's credit history.

History: 2016, Act 285, Eff. Dec. 26, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6434 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6434
Pleadings; verification and service of complaint; copies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6434.

Except as provided in this section, the pleadings shall conform to the rules for pleadings in the circuit courts.

The complaint shall be verified. The pleadings of the state need not be verified.

The complaint shall be served upon any department, commission, board, institution, arm, or agency of the state involved in the litigation, in the same manner as a complaint filed in the circuit court.

With each paper, including the original complaint filed by the claimant, 1 copy of each shall be furnished to the clerk who shall immediately transmit the copy to the attorney general.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1984, Act 212, Imd. Eff. July 9, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 26.11 — MI Code / Chapter 26 / Act Act-385-of-1927 / Section 26.11
Supervision of publication by supreme court reporter; final authority of supreme court.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Said reports shall be published under the supervision of said reporter, and subject at all times to the directions of the justices of the supreme court, or a majority of them, to whom shall be referred any matter of dispute, and their decision shall be final and binding upon the contractor and the state.

History: 1927, Act 385, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 533; CL 1948, 26.11