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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.467e — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.467e
Candidates for judge of district court; declaration of nominees; certification of nomination; death or disqualification of candidate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 467e.

The candidates for the office of judge of the district court receiving the largest number of votes at any primary election, to a number equal to twice the number of persons to be elected as set forth in the report of the board of state canvassers, based on the returns from the various county boards of canvassers and election precincts or as determined by the board as the result of a recount, shall be declared the nominees for the office at the next general November election. The board of state canvassers shall certify the nomination to the county election commissions.

If, after the deadline for filing nominating petitions under section 467b, there are fewer candidates for nomination or nominees for the office of judge of the district court than there are persons to be elected because of the death or disqualification of a candidate more than 65 days before the general November election, then a person, whether or not an incumbent, may qualify as a nominee for that office at the general November election by filing nominating petitions as required by section 467b. However, the filing shall be made before 4 p.m. on the twenty-first day following the death or disqualification of the candidate or 4 p.m. on the sixtieth day preceding the general November election, whichever is earlier, and the minimum number of signatures required is 1,000 or 1/2 the minimum number required under section 467b, whichever is less.

The secretary of state shall certify the nomination of each person who qualifies as a nominee under subsection (2) to the board of election commissioners specified by section 687 for the general November election.

History: Add. 1968, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1968; Am. 1990, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2732 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-77-of-2010 / Section 38.2732
Definitions; D to H.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) "Department" means the department of technology, management, and budget.

(2) "Employer contributions" means the amount transferred by an employer to a funding account or a health reimbursement account.

(3) "Funding account" means an account created pursuant to section 3(6) for the deposit of funds and payment of retirement health care benefits under the applicable retirement act.

(4) "Funding account dependent" means 1 or more of the following:

(a) A dependent as that term is used in section 20d of the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.20d, or a "health benefit dependent" as that term is defined in section 54 of the state employees' retirement act, 1943 PA 240, MCL 38.54, whichever is applicable.

(b) A health insurance dependent as that term is defined in section 91 of the public school employees retirement act of 1979, 1980 PA 300, MCL 38.1391.

(c) A retirement allowance beneficiary as that term is defined in section 109 of the judges retirement act of 1992, 1992 PA 234, MCL 38.2109, or a health benefit dependent as that term is defined in section 705 of the judges retirement act of 1992, 1992 PA 234, MCL 38.2655, whichever is applicable.

(d) A survivor as that term is defined in section 13a of the Michigan legislative retirement system act, 1957 PA 261, MCL 38.1013a, a beneficiary of a deceased retirant as that term is used in section 50b of the Michigan legislative retirement system act, 1957 PA 261, MCL 38.1050b, or a health benefit dependent as that term is defined in section 65 of the Michigan legislative retirement system act, 1957 PA 261, MCL 38.1065, whichever is applicable.

(e) A retirement allowance beneficiary as that term is defined in section 4 of the state police retirement act of 1986, 1986 PA 182, MCL 38.1604, or a dependent as that term is used in section 42 of the state police retirement act of 1986, 1986 PA 182, MCL 38.1642, whichever is applicable.

(5) "Health reimbursement account" means an employer-sponsored individual account established within the irrevocable trust and administered by the trustees into which a member and his or her employer contribute money to be used for the reimbursement of medical expenses.

(6) "Health reimbursement account dependent" means a past member's legal spouse and the past member's unmarried children who are considered dependent under section 152 of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 152, determined without regard to the special exclusion under section 152(b)(1) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 152, or the earnings limit under section 152(d)(1)(B) of the internal revenue code, 26 USC 152.

History: 2010, Act 77, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2010; Am. 2011, Act 265, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.624 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-295-of-1982 / Section 552.624
Offset proceedings against delinquent payer's tax refunds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

For a friend of the court case, if the case has not been designated for offset proceedings by the office of child support and a support arrearage has accrued that meets the requirements established by state or federal law, regulation, or rule, as applicable, the office of the friend of the court may request the office of child support to initiate offset proceedings against the delinquent payer's state tax refunds and federal income tax refunds as provided in section 3a of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.233a.

History: Add. 1985, Act 210, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1986; Am. 2002, Act 572, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002; Am. 2009, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2009
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.3l — MI Code / Chapter 8 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 8.3l
“Person” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3 l .

The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals.

History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.721 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-218-of-1979 / Section 400.721
Facility licensed on March 27, 1980; compliance with fire safety standards; section inapplicable to installation of smoke and heat detection equipment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

Except as provided in subsection (2), an adult foster care facility licensed on March 27, 1980 shall be considered to be in compliance with the fire safety standards prescribed in rules promulgated under this act if the facility meets the fire safety standards prescribed in rules promulgated under former Act No. 287 of the Public Acts of 1972 which were in effect on March 27, 1980.

This section does not apply to the installation of smoke and heat detection equipment as required by rules promulgated pursuant to this act.

History: 1979, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 27, 1980; Am. 1986, Act 257, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.202 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-123-of-1867 / Section 484.202
Taxation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

It shall be a condition precedent to the issuing or the renewal of the annual certificate or license of the state treasurer, that the company making the statement shall pay into the state treasury a specific state tax of 2 per cent on the gross amount received by said company in this state for business done therein for the year covered by the report provided for in section 1 of this act; which said specific state tax may be recovered in any court, at the suit of this state. It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to give his receipt for all money paid into the state treasury, under the provisions of this act, and to issue as many copies of the annual certificate or license as may be desired by said company.

History: 1867, Act 123, Eff. June 27, 1867; CL 1871, 1616; How. 3715; CL 1897, 5265; CL 1915, 6683; CL 1929, 11685; CL 1948, 484.202
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20106 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20106
Definitions; H.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20106.

(1) "Health facility or agency", except as provided in section 20115, means:

(a) An ambulance operation, aircraft transport operation, nontransport prehospital life support operation, or medical first response service.

(b) A county medical care facility.

(c) A freestanding surgical outpatient facility.

(d) A health maintenance organization.

(e) A home for the aged.

(f) A hospital.

(g) A nursing home.

(h) A hospice.

(i) A hospice residence.

(j) A facility or agency listed in subdivisions (a) to (g) located in a university, college, or other educational institution.

(k) A freestanding birth center.

(2) "Health maintenance organization" means that term as defined in section 3501 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3501.

(3) "Home for the aged" means a supervised personal care facility at a single address, other than a hotel, adult foster care facility, hospital, nursing home, or county medical care facility that provides room, board, and supervised personal care to 21 or more unrelated, nontransient individuals 55 years of age or older. Home for the aged includes a supervised personal care facility for 20 or fewer individuals 55 years of age or older if the facility is operated in conjunction with and as a distinct part of a licensed nursing home. Home for the aged does not include an area excluded from this definition by section 17(3) of the continuing care community disclosure act, 2014 PA 448, MCL 554.917.

(4) "Hospice" means a health care program that provides a coordinated set of services rendered at home or in outpatient or institutional settings for individuals suffering from a disease or condition with a terminal prognosis.

(5) "Hospital" means a facility offering inpatient, overnight care, and services for observation, diagnosis, and active treatment of an individual with a medical, surgical, obstetric, chronic, or rehabilitative condition requiring the daily direction or supervision of a physician. Hospital does not include a mental health hospital licensed or operated by the department of health and human services or a hospital operated by the department of corrections.

(6) "Hospital long-term care unit" means a nursing care facility, owned and operated by and as part of a hospital, providing organized nursing care and medical treatment to 7 or more unrelated individuals suffering or recovering from illness, injury, or infirmity.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 293, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 1981, Act 79, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1981; Am. 1982, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982; Am. 1984, Act 311, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990; Am. 1996, Act 267, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 253, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2014, Act 449, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2015; Am. 2015, Act 104, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Am. 2017, Act 167, Eff. Feb. 11, 2018; Am. 2024, Act 252, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 259.204 — MI Code / Chapter 259 / Act Act-327-of-1945 / Section 259.204
Aircraft fuels; storing, dispensing, and selling; rules and regulations; violation as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 204.

Every person dealing at wholesale or retail in aircraft fuels shall acquire and dispense the fuels in accordance with the laws of this state and the rules and regulations of the bureau of fire services created in section 1b of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1b, or the department of environmental quality pertaining to storing, dispensing, and selling volatile fuels. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

History: 1945, Act 327, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1945; CL 1948, 259.204; Am. 2006, Act 193, Imd. Eff. June 19, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.668l — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.668l
Borrowing money and issuing notes or bonds in anticipation of federal funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18 l .

In order to provide a more immediate economic impact and the creation of job opportunities by accelerating vital transportation projects as part of an infrastructure investment program, the state transportation commission, as soon as possible after the effective date of this section, may borrow money and issue notes or bonds in anticipation of the receipt of the additional approximately $1,200,000,000.00 in increased funds from the federal government pursuant to the intermodal surface transportation efficiency act of 1991, Public Law 102-240 and any other appropriate federal funding sources available to the department as the respective funds become available, and may pledge for the payment of the principal, interest, and redemption premiums on such notes or bonds sufficient funds from the funds received each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993 and through the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 from the federal government pursuant to the intermodal surface transportation efficiency act of 1991, Public Law 102-240 or any other appropriate revenues available consistent with federal and state law as the respective funds become available each year in order to repay the notes or bonds and the debt service on the notes or bonds.

The bonds or notes issued pursuant to subsection (1) shall be issued by the commission to fund projects for any purpose for which federal funds received through the intermodal surface transportation efficiency act of 1991 may be used to fulfill the requirements of that act and for any other purpose consistent with state and federal law.

The notes or bonds authorized by this section shall be issued by resolution of the state transportation commission consistent with the requirements of section 18b.

History: Add. 1992, Act 224, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1061 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1061
“Veteran's Memorial Causeway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 61.

Highway M-120 in Muskegon county beginning at the intersection of highway M-120, Lake avenue and Whitehall road, and extending south for 1 mile shall be known as the "Veteran's Memorial Causeway".

History: 2001, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.618 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-173-of-1958 / Section 550.618
Schedule of premium rates; refunds; nonissuance credit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

Each insurer issuing credit life insurance or credit accident and health insurance shall file with the commissioner its schedules of premium rates for use in connection with such insurance. Any insurer may revise such schedules from time to time, and shall file such revised schedules with the commissioner. No insurer shall issue any credit life insurance policy or credit accident and health insurance policy for which the premium rate exceeds that determined by the schedules of such insurer as then on file with the commissioner. The commissioner may require the filing of the schedule of premium rates for use in connection with and as a part of the specific policy filings as provided by sections 12 to 17. Each individual policy, group certificate or notice of proposed insurance of credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance shall provide that in the event of termination of the insurance prior to the scheduled maturity date of the indebtedness, any refund of premium due shall be paid or credited promptly to the person entitled thereto: Provided, however, That the commissioner shall prescribe a minimum refund and no refund which would be less than such minimum need be made. The formula to be used in computing such refund shall be filed with the commissioner. If a creditor requires a debtor to make a payment in connection with credit life insurance and credit accident and health insurance and an individual policy or group certificate of insurance is not issued, the creditor shall immediately give written notice to such debtor and shall promptly make an appropriate credit to the account.

History: 1958, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.9617 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.9617
Rights of transferee of collateral.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9617.

A secured party's disposition of collateral after default does all of the following:

Transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor's rights in the collateral.

Discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made.

Discharges any subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien.

A transferee that acts in good faith takes free of the rights and interests described in subsection (1), even if the secured party fails to comply with this article or the requirements of any judicial proceeding.

If a transferee does not take free of the rights and interests described in subsection (1), the transferee takes the collateral subject to all of the following:

The debtor's rights in the collateral.

The security interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made.

Any other security interest or other lien.

History: Add. 2000, Act 348, Eff. July 1, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.643 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-217-of-1957 / Section 123.643
Intercounty study committee; expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

For the purpose of providing funds to meet the expenses of the supervisors' intercounty committee, the member county boards of supervisors, by resolution, may authorize the allocation of county funds for such purpose. The proportion of the total amount of funds to be provided by each member-county shall be based on the recommendation of the supervisors' intercounty committee, or shall be provided for in the bylaws of the committee, which shall have been approved by the member county boards of supervisors.

History: 1957, Act 217, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.403 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-26-of-1921-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 397.403
Library commission; fiscal year.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The fiscal year of any said commission shall be identical with that of any said city.

History: 1921, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 26, Eff. Sept. 19, 1921; CL 1929, 8107; CL 1948, 397.403
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1805 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-134-of-1990 / Section 445.1805
Closing during holiday.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The franchisor shall not prohibit a franchisee from closing during 1 recognized holiday per calendar year as determined by the franchisee.

The franchisee shall provide the franchisor with not less than 60 days' notice of any closing due to a holiday.

The period of closing under this section shall be limited to the 36-hour period of 6 p.m. the day before the holiday to 6 a.m. the day after the holiday.

This section does not apply to marketing premises used by the franchisee that are located within 1/2 mile of an interstate highway exit or U.S. route.

History: 1990, Act 134, Eff. Dec. 1, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 442.366 — MI Code / Chapter 442 / Act Act-40-of-1987 / Section 442.366
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

This act shall take effect 6 months after it is enacted into law.

History: 1987, Act 40, Eff. Dec. 9, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.272 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-246-of-1931 / Section 41.272
Pavements or sidewalks; survey, plat; adoption of materials, grade and manner of construction by county road commissioners.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Upon the filing of such application, the commissioners shall proceed to examine the location, and, if they deem the proposed improvement necessary, shall cause a survey thereof and establish grades and make specifications of the kind of improvement suitable for the purpose, and estimates of the cost thereof to be filed with them by a registered engineer. The said commissioners shall also cause a plat to be made of said proposed improvement and of the lands that may be benefited by the proposed improvement. The commissioners may adopt such kind of material, grade and manner of construction as they shall deem best under the circumstances, and shall assume responsibility for proper inspection during the construction of said proposed improvement.

History: 1931, Act 246, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1945, Act 141, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 41.272
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.108 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-200-of-1945 / Section 565.108
Recording slanderous notices of claims; costs awarded to plaintiff.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

A person shall not use the privilege of recording notices under this act for the purpose of slandering the title to land. In any action brought for the purpose of quieting title to land, if the court finds that any person has filed a claim solely for the purpose of slandering the title to land, the court shall award the plaintiff all the costs of the action, including attorney fees as the court may allow, and in addition, the court shall order the defendant asserting the claim to pay to the plaintiff all damages that the plaintiff may have sustained as the result of the recording of the notice of claim.

History: 1945, Act 200, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945; CL 1948, 565.108; Am. 2025, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 425.112 — MI Code / Chapter 425 / Act Act-163-of-1911 / Section 425.112
Notice to inspect; privilege, penalty for divulging name of informant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

When any person working in any mine or place where mining is done shall notify the mine inspector or deputy inspector either verbally or in writing that the services of the mine inspector are needed, he shall immediately make inspection, or send any one of his assistants to do so. Such notice shall be forever privileged in any court either civil or criminal. Any inspector or deputy inspector who shall divulge the name of any person or persons giving any such notice shall be punished by a fine of not less than 100 nor more than 500 dollars.

History: 1911, Act 163, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 5513; CL 1929, 8533; CL 1948, 425.112
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1803 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1803
Conditions to dissolution by incorporators or directors; certificate of dissolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 803.

A corporation may be dissolved by action of its incorporators or directors, if the corporation complies with all of the following conditions:

Has not commenced business.

Has not issued any shares.

Has no debts or other liabilities.

Has received no payments on subscriptions for its shares, or, if it has received payments, has returned them to those entitled thereto, less any part thereof disbursed for expenses.

The dissolution of the corporation shall be effected by a majority of the incorporators or directors, executing and filing a certificate of dissolution stating:

The name of the corporation.

That the corporation has not commenced business and has issued no shares, and has no debts or other liabilities.

That the corporation has received no payments on subscriptions to its shares, or, if it has received payments, has returned them to those entitled thereto, less any part thereof disbursed for expenses.

That a majority of the incorporators or directors have elected that the corporation be dissolved.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1288 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1288
Inspection or inventory of records.
Status: in_force

Sec. 288.

A state agency shall permit the department or the department of history, arts, and libraries, upon request, to inspect or inventory records in the custody of the agency.

History: Add. 1988, Act 504, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 2001, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 24, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16644 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16644
Record of dental treatment required; retention; rules prescribing form and content; using record for identification purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16644.

A dentist shall make a record of all dental treatment which has been performed upon a patient, and shall retain that treatment record for a period of not less than 10 years after the performance of the last service upon the patient.

The board shall promulgate rules to prescribe the form and content of the record required by subsection (1), so that the record may be used for identification purposes.

History: Add. 1982, Act 482, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983