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Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.3 — MI Code / Chapter 393 / Act Act-263-of-1937 / Section 393.3
State institute commission; transfer of records, files, and papers to board of education.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

All records, files and other papers belonging to the state institute commission, the powers and duties of which are hereby transferred to the state board of education, insofar as the same applies to the powers and duties hereby transferred, shall be turned over to said board of education and shall be continued as a part of the records and files thereof.

All records, files and other papers belonging to the state institute commission, the powers and duties of which are hereby transferred to the state department of public assistance, insofar as the same applies to the powers and duties hereby transferred, shall be turned over to said state department of public assistance and shall be continued as a part of the records and files thereof.

History: 1937, Act 263, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1937; CL 1948, 393.3
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.2068 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-161-of-1988 / Section 487.2068
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

The commissioner shall promulgate rules that are necessary for the enforcement of this act in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1988, Act 161, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.764 — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-225-of-1976 / Section 211.764
Application for deferment; affidavit form; signature; contents; consent of mortgagee or land contract vendor; filing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

An owner may apply to the local assessing officer for deferment of the payment of special assessments on the owner's homestead. The application shall be made upon an affidavit form to be furnished and made available by the department at convenient locations throughout the state. The affidavit form shall contain the following statement in 10-point boldface type located immediately above the affiant's signature: "If this deferment is authorized the state will place a lien on your property." A person making a false affidavit for the purpose of obtaining deferment of special assessments under this act is guilty of perjury. If the homestead is owned jointly by husband and wife, each spouse shall sign and file the affidavit. If the homestead is encumbered by a mortgage or an unpaid balance on a land contract, a deferment of special assessments shall not be made without the written consent of the mortgagee or the land contract vendor, which shall be filed with the affidavit. The affidavit shall be filed with the local assessing officer at least 30 days after the due date of a special assessment or installment of a special assessment for which deferment is requested.

History: 1976, Act 225, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1976; Am. 1976, Act 437, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 403, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.145 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.145
Community college district; exemption from taxation; special assessments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 145.

The property of the community college district shall be exempt from all taxation and assessment, and no writ of attachment or writ of execution shall be levied upon the property thereof. The board of trustees may enter into an agreement with any city, village or township or with the board of county road commissioners whereby the community college district agrees to pay special assessments for local improvements levied against any community college district property irrespective of the use to which the property is put.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2404 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2404
Exempt property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2404.

(1) The decedent's surviving spouse is also entitled to household furniture, automobiles, furnishings, appliances, and personal effects from the estate up to a value not to exceed $10,000.00 more than the amount of any security interests to which the property is subject. If there is no surviving spouse, the decedent's children who are not excluded under subsection (4) are entitled jointly to the same value.

(2) If encumbered assets are selected and the value in excess of security interests, plus that of other exempt property, is less than $10,000.00, or if there is not $10,000.00 worth of exempt property in the estate, the spouse or children who are not excluded under subsection (4) are entitled to other assets of the estate, if any, to the extent necessary to make up the $10,000.00 value. Rights to exempt property and assets needed to make up a deficiency of exempt property have priority over all claims against the estate, except that the right to assets to make up a deficiency of exempt property abates as necessary to permit payment of all of the following in the following order:

(a) Administration costs and expenses.

(b) Reasonable funeral and burial expenses.

(c) Homestead allowance.

(d) Family allowance.

(3) The rights under this section are in addition to a benefit or share passing to the surviving spouse or children by the decedent's will, unless otherwise provided, by intestate succession, or by elective share. The $10,000.00 amount described in this section must be adjusted as provided in section 1210.

(4) The decedent may exclude 1 or more of the decedent's children from receiving exempt property or assets to make up a deficiency of exempt property under subsection (1) by either of the following means:

(a) The decedent by will expressly states either of the following:

( i ) The child takes nothing.

( ii ) The child takes an amount of $10.00 or less from the estate.

(b) The decedent by will expressly states that the child is not to receive exempt property under this section.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000; Am. 2000, Act 177, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2000; Am. 2018, Act 143, Eff. Aug. 8, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.77b — MI Code / Chapter 331 / Act Act-38-of-1969 / Section 331.77b
Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds or notes; determination and consideration of conditions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47b.

In addition to the other requirements of this act, before a state or local authority adopts a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes and as a condition precedent for the authority to issue the bonds or notes to finance project costs for nursing homes, the state or local authority shall attempt to determine and consider all of the following:

Whether the nursing home has a ban on admissions to that nursing home.

Whether the nursing home is medicaid certified.

History: Add. 1994, Act 428, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.158 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.158
Acquisition of title by foreclosure of first mortgage; liability for assessments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 58.

If the mortgagee of a first mortgage of record or other purchaser of a condominium unit obtains title to the condominium unit as a result of foreclosure of the first mortgage, that mortgagee or purchaser and his or her successors and assigns are not liable for the assessments by the administering body chargeable to the unit that became due prior to the acquisition of title to the unit by that mortgagee or purchaser and his or her successors and assigns.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978; Am. 2000, Act 379, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2001; Am. 2002, Act 283, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.582 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.582
Provisions applicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 582.

In operating under the terms of this chapter, the several boards and officials shall not be limited by the provisions contained in other chapters of this act and the procedures required under the terms of such other chapters shall not be deemed to be applicable.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4411 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.4411
Mandamus; violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4411.

Whenever mandamus is directed to any public officer, body or board, corporation or corporate officer, commanding them to perform any duty, specially enjoined upon them by any provisions of law, in addition to ordering the performance of such duty, if it appears to the court that such officer, or any member of such body or board, has, without just excuse, refused or neglected to perform the duty so enjoined, the court may impose a fine not exceeding $250.00 upon every such officer or member of such board or body.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.10 — MI Code / Chapter 81 / Act Act-215-of-1895 / Section 111.10
Certification of taxes by city clerk to ward supervisors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

On or before the first day of October, or on or before the first Monday of June in each year where the council have decided to have the taxes levied and collected in 2 installments, the city clerk shall certify to the supervisors of each ward for the assessment therein, all amounts which the council require to be assessed or re-assessed in any street district, main or special sewer district, or other special assessment district, or upon any parcel of land, or against any particular person as a special assessment or otherwise within his district, together with a designation of the district, or description of the land or person upon whom or within which the several sums are to be assessed or re-assessed, with such further descriptions and directions as will enable such supervisor to assess the several amounts upon the property and person chargeable therewith.

History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895; Am. 1897, Act 239, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1897; CL 1897, 3327; CL 1915, 3251; CL 1929, 2173; CL 1948, 111.10
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2476 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2476
Assigned risks; rate modifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2476.

Agreements may be made among insurers with respect to the equitable apportionment among them of insurance which may be afforded applicants who are in good faith entitled to but who are unable to procure such insurance through ordinary methods and such insurers may agree among themselves on the use of reasonable rate modifications for such insurance, such agreements and rate modifications to be subject to the approval of the commissioner.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.233 — MI Code / Chapter 54 / Act Act-9-of-1964 / Section 54.233
Use of coordinates.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The coordinates for a point on or near the earth's surface that are used to express the geographic position of that point in the appropriate zone of this system shall consist of 2 distances. Each distance shall be expressed in United States survey feet (1 foot = 12/39.37 meters) and decimals of a survey foot if using the Michigan coordinate system of 1927, or shall be expressed in meters and decimals of a meter or in international feet (1 foot = 0.3048 meter) and decimals of an international foot if using the Michigan coordinate system of 1983. One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate", shall give the position in an east and west direction; the other distance, to be known as the "y-coordinate", shall give the position in a north and south direction. The coordinates shall depend upon and conform to values published by the NOAA/NGS for the monumented points of the North American horizontal geodetic control network, the coordinates of which monumented points were computed on the systems designated in this act.

History: 1964, Act 9, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1988, Act 154, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article I § 15 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article I § 15
Double jeopardy; bailable offenses; commencement of trial if bail denied; bail hearing; effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

No person shall be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy. All persons shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, except that bail may be denied for the following persons when the proof is evident or the presumption great:

A person who, within the 15 years immediately preceding a motion for bail pending the disposition of an indictment for a violent felony or of an arraignment on a warrant charging a violent felony, has been convicted of 2 or more violent felonies under the laws of this state or under substantially similar laws of the United States or another state, or a combination thereof, only if the prior felony convictions arose out of at least 2 separate incidents, events, or transactions.

A person who is indicted for, or arraigned on a warrant charging, murder or treason.

A person who is indicted for, or arraigned on a warrant charging, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, armed robbery, or kidnapping with intent to extort money or other valuable thing thereby, unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is not likely to flee or present a danger to any other person.

A person who is indicted for, or arraigned on a warrant charging, a violent felony which is alleged to have been committed while the person was on bail, pending the disposition of a prior violent felony charge or while the person was on probation or parole as a result of a prior conviction for a violent felony.

If a person is denied admission to bail under this section, the trial of the person shall be commenced not more than 90 days after the date on which admission to bail is denied. If the trial is not commenced within 90 days after the date on which admission to bail is denied and the delay is not attributable to the defense, the court shall immediately schedule a bail hearing and shall set the amount of bail for the person.

As used in this section, "violent felony" means a felony, an element of which involves a violent act or threat of a violent act against any other person.

This section, as amended, shall not take effect until May 1, 1979.

History: Const. 1963, Art. I, § 15, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. H.J.R. Q, approved Nov. 7, 1978, Eff. May 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1833 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1833
Prohibitions regarding property and casualty guaranty association or similar association; risks covered by property and casualty guaranty association; participating member in Michigan automobile insurance placement facility; submission of information by risk retention group; apportioning proportionate share of losses and expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1833.

A risk retention group chartered or doing business in this state shall not join or contribute financially to the property and casualty guaranty association created under chapter 79 or other similar association or mechanism in this state. A risk retention group, its insureds, or claimants against its insureds, shall not receive any benefit from the property and casualty guaranty association or other similar association or mechanism for claims arising under the insurance policies issued by the risk retention group.

A purchasing group obtaining insurance covering its members' risks from an insurer not authorized in this state or a risk retention group shall not be covered by the property and casualty guaranty association or similar association or mechanism in this state.

If a purchasing group obtains insurance covering its members' risks from an insurer authorized in this state, only risks resident or located in this state shall be covered by the property and casualty guaranty association under chapter 79.

A risk retention group chartered or doing business in this state which offers coverage for the security required under chapter 31 shall be a participating member in the Michigan automobile insurance placement facility established under chapter 33 for the purpose of sharing in the equitable apportionment among insurers of liability insurance losses and expenses incurred on policies written through that facility. The risk retention group shall submit sufficient information to the commissioner, or to whomever the commissioner may designate, to enable the apportionment on a nondiscriminatory basis of the risk retention group's proportionate share of the losses and expenses.

History: Add. 1989, Act 214, Eff. Jan. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.223 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-232-of-1901 / Section 390.223
Agriculture and related sciences; institutes, reading courses and lectures; establishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The state board of agriculture is hereby authorized to hold institutes and to establish and maintain courses of reading and lectures for instruction in the various branches of agriculture, mechanic arts, domestic economy, and the related sciences, which courses of reading, instruction and lectures shall be conducted, governed and controlled by Act No. 137 of the Public Acts of 1899 providing for the same: Provided, That the number of one-day institutes shall be determined by said state board of agriculture.

History: 1901, Act 232, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901; CL 1915, 1259; CL 1929, 7886; Am. 1933, Act 19, Imd. Eff. Feb. 28, 1933; CL 1948, 390.223
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.2139 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-49-of-2025 / Section 445.2139
Costs and attorney fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The court may allow the attorney general to recover reasonable costs and attorney fees incurred in an action resulting in the imposition of a civil fine under this act.

History: 2025, Act 49, Eff. Mar. 24, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1667 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-182-of-1986 / Section 38.1667
Investment options under Tier 2 plan; limitations do not apply.
Status: in_force

Sec. 67.

Each qualified participant, former qualified participant, and refund beneficiary shall direct the investment of the individual's accumulated employer and employee contributions and earnings to 1 or more investment choices within available categories of investment provided by the department. The limitations on the percentage of total assets for investments provided in the public employee retirement system investment act, 1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1132 to 38.1141, do not apply to Tier 2.

History: Add. 2018, Act 674, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1203 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-32-of-1986 / Section 484.1203
Primary emergency 9-1-1 number; secondary backup number; number for nonemergency contacts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 203.

The digits 9-1-1 shall be the primary emergency 9-1-1 number within every 9-1-1 system established pursuant to this act. A public safety agency whose services are available through a 9-1-1 system implemented under this act may maintain a separate secondary backup number for emergencies, and shall maintain a separate number for nonemergency contacts.

History: 1986, Act 32, Imd. Eff. Mar. 17, 1986; Am. 2007, Act 164, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2501a — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2501a
Board of directors; minimum age; requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 501a.

A corporation organized for purposes described in section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 may include 1 or more directors on its board who are 16 or 17 years of age as long as that number does not exceed 1/2 the total number of directors required for a quorum for the transaction of business.

If a corporation described in subsection (1) may have more than 1 director who is 16 or 17 years of age, the corporation shall state in its articles of incorporation the number of directors who may be 16 or 17 years of age.

History: Add. 1998, Act 444, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VI § 19 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VI § 19
Courts of record; seal, qualifications of judges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The supreme court, the court of appeals, the circuit court, the probate court and other courts designated as such by the legislature shall be courts of record and each shall have a common seal. Justices and judges of courts of record must be persons who are licensed to practice law in this state.

To be qualified to serve as a judge of a trial court, a judge of the court of appeals, or a justice of the supreme court, a person shall have been admitted to the practice of law for at least 5 years. This subsection shall not apply to any judge or justice appointed or elected to judicial office prior to the date on which this subsection becomes part of the constitution.

No person shall be elected or appointed to a judicial office after reaching the age of 70 years.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VI, § 19, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964; Am. 1996, S.J.R. D, approved Nov. 5, 1996, Eff. Dec. 21, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.97 — MI Code / Chapter 54 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 54.97
County surveyor; certificates as evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 97.

The certificate of the surveyor or his deputy, of any survey made by him of any lands in the county, shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein contained, unless such surveyor or deputy shall be interested therein.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14; CL 1857, 445; CL 1871, 587; How. 616; CL 1897, 2619; CL 1915, 2481; CL 1929, 1393; CL 1948, 54.97
Mich. Comp. Laws § 409.111 — MI Code / Chapter 409 / Act Act-90-of-1978 / Section 409.111
Minor 16 years or older; days and hours of employment; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person shall not employ a minor 16 years of age or older in an occupation subject to this act for more than any of the following periods:

(a) Six days in 1 week.

(b) An average of 8 hours per day in 1 week.

(c) Ten hours in 1 day.

(d) Subject to subdivision (e), 48 hours in 1 week.

(e) If the minor is a student in school and school is in session, 24 hours in 1 week.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person shall not employ a minor 16 years of age or older between 10:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. However, except as provided in subsection (3), a person may employ a minor 16 years of age or older who is a student in school until 11:30 p.m. on any of the following days:

(a) On Fridays and Saturdays.

(b) During school vacation periods.

(c) During periods when the minor is not regularly enrolled in school.

(3) A person may employ a minor 16 years of age or older in farming operations involved in the production of seed or in agricultural processing for a period greater than the periods described in subsections (1) and (2) if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) If the minor is a student in school, the period greater than the periods described in subsections (1) and (2) occurs when school is not in session.

(b) The minor is employed for not more than 11 hours in 1 day.

(c) The minor is employed for not more than 62 hours in any week. However, the employer shall not require the minor to work more than 48 hours during any week without the consent of the minor.

(d) The minor is not employed between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.

(e) The agricultural processing employer maintains on file a written acknowledgment of the minor's parent or guardian consenting to the period of employment authorized under this subsection.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Agricultural processing" means the cleaning, sorting, or packaging of fruits or vegetables.

(b) "Farming operations involved in the production of seed" means farming activities and research involved in the production of seed, including plant detasseling, hand-pollination, roguing, or hoeing, and any other similar farming activity required for commercial seed production.

History: 1978, Act 90, Eff. June 1, 1978; Am. 1995, Act 251, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 1996, Act 499, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1997; Am. 2000, Act 418, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2001; Am. 2011, Act 197, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 2011
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1531 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-230-of-1972 / Section 125.1531
Effective date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 31.

This act shall take effect January 1, 1973.

History: 1972, Act 230, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973