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Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2141 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2141
Taking action without notice and without lapse of prescribed period of time; waiver.
Status: in_force

Sec. 141.

If, under this act or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a corporation or by the terms of an agreement or instrument, a corporation or the board or any committee of the board may take action after notice to any person or after lapse of a prescribed period of time, the action may be taken without notice and without lapse of the period of time, if at any time before or after the action is completed the person entitled to notice or to participate in the action to be taken or, in case of a shareholder or member, by his or her attorney-in-fact, submits a signed waiver or a waiver by electronic transmission of the requirements.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2008, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 2008; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1063 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1063
Disapproval by convening authority of findings and sentence; reasons; rehearing; dismissal of charges; sentence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63.

If the convening authority disapproves the findings and sentence of a court-martial, the convening authority, except where there is lack of sufficient evidence in the record to support the findings, may order a rehearing. The convening authority shall state the reasons for disapproval. If the convening authority disapproves the findings and sentence and does not order a rehearing, the convening authority shall dismiss the charges.

Each rehearing shall take place before a court-martial whose composition shall not include a member or military judge of the court-martial which first heard the case. Upon a rehearing the accused may not be tried for an offense of which the accused was found not guilty by the first court-martial. A sentence in excess of or more severe than the original sentence shall not be imposed, unless the sentence is based upon a finding of guilty of an offense not considered upon the merits in the original proceedings, or unless the sentence prescribed for the offense is mandatory.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.134 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-347-of-1966 / Section 252.134
Construction contracts; letting; approval; administrative board resolutions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The department of state highways shall not let for bid any contract for the construction or relocation of any interstate or trunk line highway project until the provisions of sections 1 and 2 have been met. The state administrative board shall not approve any construction contracts, except utility relocation construction contracts, for such highways until it adopts a resolution finding that the provisions of sections 1 and 2 have been met. No construction work shall proceed on any parcel of land until the provisions of section 3 have been met with respect to tenants on such parcel of land.

History: 1966, Act 347, Eff. July 1, 1967; Am. 1967, Act 275, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2073 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2073
Research center fund; payments into fund; transfer of money.
Status: in_force

Sec. 73.

The center for research and development shall be funded by the research center fund.

The fund shall pay into the research center fund any money appropriated or otherwise provided by this state for the purposes of the center for research and development; any money determined by the fund to be paid into the research center fund from the economic development fund; any money paid into the research center fund pursuant to the heritage trust act of 1982, Act No. 327 of the Public Acts of 1982, being sections 318.421 to 318.434 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; any money which the fund receives in return for investments made through the center for research and development; and any other money made available to the fund for the purposes of the center from any other source, public or private.

Money in the research center fund may be transferred into any other account or fund established or operated by the fund, unless the fund is otherwise obligated to retain the money in the research center fund or except if the money was appropriated by this state for the purposes of the center.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.272 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-119-of-1967 / Section 752.272
Inhalation or consumption of chemical agent prohibited; anesthesia inhalation excepted.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

No person shall, for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, stupefaction or dulling of the senses or nervous system, intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any chemical agent or intentionally drink, eat or otherwise introduce any chemical agent into his respiratory or circulatory system. This shall not prohibit the inhalation of any anesthesia for medical or dental purposes.

History: 1967, Act 119, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1969, Act 206, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1901 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1901
Civil action; commencement; filing of complaint.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1901.

A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.3 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.3
Family independence agency; director; appointment; salary; expenses; intent as to references.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The director of the family independence agency shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The director shall be the executive officer of the family independence agency and shall be responsible to the governor for performing his or her duties.

The director shall receive such salary as shall be appropriated by the legislature, and shall receive actual and necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her official duties, to be paid in the same manner as salaries and expenses of other state employees are paid.

Whenever reference is made in this act to the "bureau of social security", or the "state bureau", reference shall be deemed to be intended to be made to the family independence agency.

Whenever reference is made in this act to the "supervisor of the state bureau", reference shall be deemed to be made to the director of the family independence agency.

For counties having a population of 600,000 or less and for all cities regardless of population, whenever reference is made in this act to the "county bureau of social aid", reference shall be deemed to be made to the county or city family independence agency.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; Am. 1945, Act 217, Eff. May 18, 1945; CL 1948, 400.3; Am. 1957, Act 95, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1965, Act 401, Imd. Eff. Oct. 27, 1965; Am. 1996, Act 483, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.557a — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-198-of-1974 / Section 207.557a
Cost of facility exceeding certain amount of state equalized value.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

If, after reviewing the application described in section 7, the commission determines that the cost of the facility exceeds $150,000,000.00 of state equalized value, then all of the following apply:

The replacement, restoration, or construction of the facility shall be completed within 6 years of the effective date of the initial industrial facilities exemption certificate or a greater time as authorized by the commission for good cause.

The commission shall provide not more than 3 separate industrial facilities exemption certificates for the facility. The initial industrial facilities exemption certificate shall be effective for not more than 14 years. The second industrial facilities exemption certificate shall be effective 2 years after the initial industrial facilities exemption certificate becomes effective and shall continue to be effective for not more than 14 years. The third industrial facilities exemption certificate shall be effective 4 years after the initial industrial facilities exemption certificate becomes effective and shall continue to be effective for not more than 14 years. The commission may modify each certificate during the replacement, restoration, or construction of the facility.

For each industrial facilities exemption certificate, the commission shall determine the portion of the facility to be completed. During the first 2 years of the industrial facilities exemption certificate period, the state equalized valuation of that portion of the facility shall be used to calculate the industrial facilities tax as provided in section 14. Upon the expiration of each industrial facilities exemption certificate or its revocation under section 15, that portion of the facility is subject to the general ad valorem property tax.

Notwithstanding subdivision (b), an industrial facilities exemption certificate for a facility described in this section shall expire not more than 12 years from the completion of the facility.

History: Add. 1996, Act 513, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.77301 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.77301
Old Mission Church; acquisition; description.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77301.

The Mackinac Island state park commission is authorized to acquire, in consideration of the payment of the sum of $1.00 and other considerations to be in hand paid, the so-called "Old Mission Church", being all that certain piece or parcel of land situate and being in the city of Mackinac Island, county of Mackinac and state of Michigan, and more particularly described as follows:

Lot 6 of Block 4 of C. R. Miller's Proposed Subdivision of the Mission House Lots in the Village of Mackinac and bounded and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the North line of East Water Street as prolonged in said subdivision 30 feet North 89° East from the Southeast corner of the North half of Lot 12 (known as the Wendell Homestead) for a place of beginning; thence North 6° East along the East line of Mission Street as platted in said subdivision to the South line of an alley 120 feet; thence along the South line of said alley North 89° 15" East 51 feet; thence Southerly about 118 feet to a point in the prolongation of the North line of said East Water Street in said proposed plat of said subdivision; thence Westerly on said North line of said East Water Street 52 feet to the place of beginning, said lot being intended to be the same land on which the Old Mission Church now stands, together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.75 — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.75
Conversion date to wage record system; effective date; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 75.

The conversion date to a wage record system prescribed by 1994 PA 162 is October 1, 2000. The unemployment agency shall provide the standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives that address labor issues a report on the wage record system conversion process once every 6 months after August 1, 1997 until the conversion is fully completed.

History: Add. 1994, Act 162, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1994; Am. 1995, Act 25, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 1997, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1997; Am. 2000, Act 186, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.5 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-101-of-1907 / Section 445.5
Violation of act; penalty; violation of contracts, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Any person or persons owning, carrying on or conducting or transacting business as aforesaid, who shall fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, and each day any person or persons shall violate any provisions of this act shall be deemed a separate offense: Provided, however, The fact that a penalty is provided herein for non-compliance with the provisions of this act shall not be construed to avoid contracts; but any person or persons failing to file the certificate required by section 1 or 1a shall be prohibited from bringing any suit, action or proceeding in any of the courts of this state, in relation to any contract or other matter made or done by such person or persons under an assumed or fictitious name, until after full compliance with the provisions of this act; but no person or persons doing business under a fictitious name or as the assignee or assignees thereof shall maintain or prosecute any action, nor shall any order, judgment, or decree be made in any action heretofore or hereafter commenced in any court of this state upon or on account of any contract or contracts made or transactions had under such fictitious name after August 14, 1919, if the conduct of such business under such fictitious name has ceased, or if it is still conducted under such fictitious name, then until after full compliance with the provisions of this act.

History: 1907, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 28, 1907; CL 1915, 6353; Am. 1919, Act 263, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 9829; Am. 1931, Act 274, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 445.5; Am. 1949, Act 151, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.764 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.764
Referral of proceedings; transfer of matter for hearing and decision; fees, costs, and expenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 64.

With the permission of the petitioner-appellant, the division or the chairperson may refer a proceeding to the tribunal for its decision.

A party or an intervening party may request a transfer of a matter to the tribunal for hearing and decision. If the request is granted the party requesting the transfer shall pay:

The fees and costs related to the transfer.

The reasonable expenses incurred by the other parties incidental to the transfer from the division.

Costs resulting from subsequent appeals if the other party prevails.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974; Am. 1976, Act 365, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 1976; Am. 1980, Act 437, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.605 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.605
Action in name of state; intervention and prosecution by attorney general; action by department; standing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 605.

(1) The department may bring any appropriate action, including mediation or other alternative dispute resolution, in the name of the people of this state to carry out this act and to enforce this act.

(2) If the attorney general considers it necessary, the attorney general shall intervene in and prosecute all cases arising under this act.

(3) This section does not prohibit the department from bringing any civil, criminal, or administrative action for the enforcement of section 601.

(4) The department has standing to bring an administrative action or to directly bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction regarding unlicensed practice of an occupation.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 2007, Act 155, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007; Am. 2007, Act 157, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.204 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-265-of-1909 / Section 458.204
Property rights of corporation; government.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The corporation shall succeed to all the property rights of the church out of which it is incorporated and, subject to the civil law, shall be governed by the form of government, discipline, rules, and usages of the Presbyterian Church (USA), as promulgated by the general assembly of said church and the presbytery within whose jurisdiction the corporation may be located.

History: 1909, Act 265, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 11090; CL 1929, 10927; CL 1948, 458.204; Am. 1960, Act 70, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960; Am. 1984, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.34 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 710.34
Ex parte petition evidencing intent to release or consent; notice of intent to release or consent; form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

In order to provide due notice at the earliest possible time to a putative father who may have an interest in the custody of an expected child or in the mother's intended release of an expected child for adoption or consent to adoption of the expected child, and in order to facilitate early placement of a child for adoption, a woman pregnant out of wedlock may file with the court an ex parte petition which evidences her intent to release her expected child for adoption or to consent to the child's adoption, which indicates the approximate date and location of conception and the expected date of her confinement, which alleges that a particular person is the putative father of her expected child, and which requests the court to notify the putative father about his rights to file a notice of intent to claim paternity pursuant to section 33. The petition may allege more than 1 putative father where circumstances warrant. The petition shall be verified. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall issue a notice of intent to release or consent, which notice shall be served upon the putative father by any officer or person authorized to serve process of the court. Proof of service shall be filed with the court.

A notice of intent to release or consent shall:

Indicate the approximate date and location of conception of the child and the expected date of confinement of the mother.

Inform the putative father of his right under section 33(1) to file a notice of intent to claim paternity before the birth of the child.

Inform the putative father of the rights to which his filing of a notice of intent to claim paternity will entitle him under section 33(3).

Inform the putative father that his failure to file a notice of intent to claim paternity before the expected date of confinement or before the birth of the child, whichever is later, shall constitute a waiver of his right to receive the notice to which he would otherwise be entitled under section 33(3) and shall constitute a denial of his interest in custody of the child, which denial shall result in the court's termination of his rights to the child.

The form of the notice of intent to release or consent shall be approved by the supreme court administrator and shall be consistent with this section.

History: Add. 1974, Act 296, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Am. 1996, Act 409, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 485.11 — MI Code / Chapter 485 / Act Act-233-of-1875 / Section 485.11
Tolls and charges; establishment, lien, evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Any such company shall be authorized to charge, demand, and receive such rates of toll for the use of said canal or harbor, or for the use of any river or stream of this state, improved by said company, or for any dock, wharf, or other improvements, as may be established by 3 commissioners, who shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county where the tolls are collected, or in which the greater part of such improvements shall be constructed. Said commissioners, after making a personal examination of such canal or improvement, shall fix and establish the rate of tolls and charges for each boat, vessel, raft, or craft of any description using such canal, or passing through said improved river, or any of the works of said company, and upon the goods, merchandise, or other cargo, on said boat or vessel, which said tolls or charges shall be a lien upon the boat or vessel using any of the improvements of said company, or having such goods or merchandise on board, and may be collected under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to repeal chapter 122 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, and the amendments thereto, and provide for the collection of demands against water-craft," approved February 5, in the year of our Lord 1864, and shall be collected in the distribution of funds, as provided by section 33 of said act, under the fourth specification of said section; and it shall be the duty of the master or clerk of any such boat or vessel, on demand of the collector, or any other person authorized by said company to receive or collect such tolls or charges, to give such collector, or other person so authorized, a true and correct statement of all goods, merchandise, or other cargo, on said boat or vessel, and subject to pay any toll, or charges, which statement shall be verified by the oath of the master, or clerk of such vessel or boat. Said board of commissioners shall deliver a certified copy of such rates of tolls or charges to said company, a printed copy of which shall always be posted up at such place where toll is demanded, and the board shall file another copy with the secretary of state, which shall be duly recorded in his office. A certified copy of such record may be read in evidence in any court of this state, and shall be sufficient proof of the rates of tolls and charges due on any boat or vessel, or any goods, merchandise, or other cargo: Provided, however, That no charge whatever shall be made for the use of any river where such improvement has been made, for any boat, vessel, raft, or craft of any description, which might or could have used said river before said improvements had been made: Provided further, That the said board shall, in determining the rates of toll or charges, declare what boats, or vessels, or rafts are entitled to use said river free of charge.

History: 1875, Act 233, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1875; How. 3830; CL 1897, 6706; CL 1915, 8807; CL 1929, 11742; CL 1948, 485.11
Mich. Comp. Laws § 449.1403 — MI Code / Chapter 449 / Act Act-213-of-1982 / Section 449.1403
General partner; rights and powers; restrictions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 403.

Except as provided in this act or in the partnership agreement, a general partner of a limited partnership has the rights and powers and is subject to the restrictions of a partner in a partnership without limited partners.

Except as provided in this act, a general partner of a limited partnership has the liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners to persons other than the partnership and the other partners. Except as provided in this act or in the partnership agreement, a general partner of a limited partnership has the liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners to the partnership and to the other partners.

History: 1982, Act 213, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1986, Act 100, Eff. July 1, 1986