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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5863 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5863
Duties of department of treasury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5863.

(1) The department of treasury shall do all of the following:

(a) Receive money granted to this state by the federal government under this part.

(b) Receive payments as provided in section 5841 and keep that money in the parent participation fund.

(c) Disburse money from the funds on certification by the department.

(2) The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the children with special needs fund. The state treasurer has the same authority to invest assets of the children with special needs fund as is granted to an investment fiduciary that is investing assets under the public employee retirement system investment act, 1965 PA 314, MCL 38.1132 to 38.1141. The state treasurer shall comply with the divestment from terror act, 2008 PA 234, MCL 129.291 to 129.301, in making investments under this subsection.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2015, Act 91, Imd. Eff. June 25, 2015; Am. 2016, Act 427, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.78n — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-206-of-1893 / Section 211.78n
Land reutilization fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 78n.

(1) The land reutilization fund is created within the department of treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund, including a transfer of funds from the delinquent property tax administration fund as provided in subsection (5). The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year must remain in the fund and must not lapse to the general fund.

(4) Subject to subsection (6), the department of treasury may expend money from the fund for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a) Contracts with title insurance companies under section 78i.

(b) Costs of determining addresses, service of notices, and recording fees incurred under section 78i.

(c) Defense of title actions as determined by the state treasurer.

(d) Other costs incurred in administering the foreclosure and disposition of property forfeited for delinquent taxes under this act.

(5) The state treasurer may transfer to the fund any balance remaining in the delinquent property tax administration fund of this state created in section 59.

(6) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 only, $9,150,000.00 of the money in the fund is transferred to and must be deposited into the general fund.

(7) As used in this section, "fund" means the land reutilization fund created in this section.

History: Add. 1999, Act 123, Eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Am. 2006, Act 626, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007; Am. 2020, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 489.858 — MI Code / Chapter 489 / Act Act-156-of-1964 / Section 489.858
Tax exemptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 458.

All mortgages or other securities held by associations, are exempt from all municipal or other taxes under the laws of this state and all personal property owned by associations is exempt from taxation.

Federal savings and loan associations and their members shall be subject to the same taxation and upon the same basis as state associations and their members.

History: 1964, Act 156, Eff. Jan. 1, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2330h — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-96-of-1987 / Section 125.2330h
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30h.

The commission in consultation with the secretary of state shall promulgate rules, which shall further define and distinguish between the term mobile home as used in this act and the term trailer coach as used in the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1987, Act 96, Imd. Eff. July 6, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.893 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-358-of-1994 / Section 287.893
Ferrets; breeding without license; criteria; review of veterinary care; compliance; violation as misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A hobby breeder may engage in the breeding of ferrets without a license or permit if all of the following criteria are met:

Ferrets are housed indoors, and the temperature is sufficiently regulated by heating or cooling to protect the ferrets from extremes of temperature, to provide for their health, and to prevent their discomfort. Fresh air is provided by means of windows, doors, vents, fans, or air conditioning and shall be ventilated so as to minimize drafts, odors, and moisture condensation. Lighting by natural or artificial means is ample and of sufficient intensity to permit routine inspection and cleaning.

Each ferret has a minimum of 2 square feet of floor space in a well-ventilated cage. Each cage is equipped with, at a minimum, a food hopper or bowl, a water bottle, a litter box, and bedding appropriate for the season. Breeding females are provided with a draft-proof nest box of not less than 1 cubic foot of space.

The food is wholesome and of sufficient quantity and nutritive value to maintain all ferrets in good health. Ferrets are fed at least once a day except as dictated by veterinary treatment. Food receptacles are located so as to be accessible and placed so as to minimize contamination. Food receptacles are kept clean and sanitary at all times.

Water is accessible at all times, except as dictated by veterinary treatment, for the health and comfort of the ferret. All water receptacles are kept clean and sanitary at all times.

Excretia is removed from a cage and a litter box is disinfected as often as necessary to maintain ferrets in a state of good health and minimize odors.

A ferret with any congenital or developmental defect is not used in a breeding program or offered for stud or hire.

Beginning on the effective date of this act, a ferret is not sold by a hobby breeder without a contract of sale that provides that if for any reason the buyer of the breeder's ferret or ferrets finds that the buyer can no longer keep the ferret or ferrets, the breeder will take the ferret or ferrets back without question or conditions placed on the return of the animal. The contract shall make it clear that the buyer shall not sell, surrender, give, or otherwise transfer the ferret or ferrets to anyone except the original breeder.

A ferret is not sold or offered for sale before the ferret is at least 10 weeks old.

The hobby breeder establishes a program of veterinary care with a veterinarian that includes regularly scheduled visits to monitor ferret health and husbandry.

The hobby breeder's veterinarian shall annually review the program of veterinary care required under subsection (1)(i).

A breeder may engage in the breeding of ferrets pursuant to title 9, C.F.R., subchapter A, part 1, section 1.1 and subpart F, sections 3.125 through 3.142.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1994, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.208 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.208
Files of board; physical dominion; public access.
Status: in_force

Sec. 208.

The department shall have physical dominion over the files of each board. The department shall ensure that applicable laws concerning public access to the files are met.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 418.891 — MI Code / Chapter 418 / Act Act-317-of-1969 / Section 418.891
Application of prior law; new benefit rates; saving clause; applicability of amendments to personal injuries and work-related diseases incurred on or after December 19, 2011.
Status: in_force

Sec. 891.

(1) To the extent that they are reenacted herein, all the provisions of former 1965 PA 44 apply only to personal injuries occurring on or after September 1, 1965, except as otherwise provided in that act and except for the amendment to part 2, section 4 of that act, concerning selection of physicians as provided in that act.

(2) In all cases where the date of injury is on or after September 1, 1965, and the employee or his dependents would be entitled to the new maximum weekly benefit rates, the employee or his dependents shall receive, without application to the workers' compensation agency, an adjustment to the increased maximum rate as it becomes effective September 1, 1966, or September 1, 1967, for any compensable weeks subsequent to the above dates.

(3) This act does not affect or impair any right accruing, accrued or acquired or any liability developing or imposed prior to the time this act takes effect, and all such rights and liabilities shall be governed by the provisions of former 1912 (1st Ex Sess) PA 10. The first adjustment to the maximum rates of weekly compensation provided previously in section 9(f) of part 2 of former 1912 (1st Ex Sess) PA 10, shall remain in effect to the extent provided in such section and the amount of change in the average weekly wage not incorporated in the first adjustment made January 1, 1969 shall be carried forward as provided in such section.

(4) Notwithstanding sections 301(14) and 401(10), the amendments to this act made by 2011 PA 266 apply to personal injuries and work-related diseases incurred on or after December 19, 2011.

History: 1969, Act 317, Eff. Dec. 31, 1969; Am. 2012, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80160 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80160
Buoys or beacons; uniform marking system.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80160.

The department shall establish a uniform waterway marking system for the marking of all buoys and beacons authorized by this part to be placed in the waters of this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.656 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-189-of-1966 / Section 780.656
Service of warrant; officer's authorization to use force.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The officer to whom a warrant is directed, or any person assisting him, may break any outer or inner door or window of a house or building, or anything therein, in order to execute the warrant, if, after notice of his authority and purpose, he is refused admittance, or when necessary to liberate himself or any person assisting him in execution of the warrant.

History: 1966, Act 189, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1483 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1483
Limited dividend housing corporation; articles of incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 83.

In addition to other requirements of law, the articles of incorporation of any limited dividend housing corporation shall provide all of the following:

That the limited dividend housing corporation has been organized exclusively to provide housing facilities for persons of low and moderate income, or for persons whose income does not exceed limits established in this act, and for social, recreational, commercial, and communal facilities as may be necessary to serve and improve a residential area in which authority-aided or federally-aided housing is located or is planned to be located, thereby enhancing the viability of the housing.

That every stockholder of the limited dividend housing corporation shall be deemed, by the subscription to or receipt of stock in the corporation, to have agreed that he or she at no time shall receive from the corporation in repayment of his or her investment any sums in excess of the face value of the investment plus cumulative dividends at a rate which the authority determines to be reasonable and proper, computed from the initial date on which money was paid or property delivered in consideration for the proprietary interest of the stockholder; and that upon the dissolution of the limited dividend housing corporation, any surplus in excess of those amounts shall be paid to the authority or to any other regulating governmental body as the authority directs.

That the operations of the limited dividend housing corporation may be supervised by the authority or by any other governmental body as the authority directs, and that the limited dividend housing corporation shall enter into agreements with the authority or with the governmental body as the authority from time to time requires. These agreements shall provide for regulation by the authority or the governmental body of the planning, development, and management of any housing project undertaken by the limited housing corporation and the disposition of the property and franchises of the corporation.

History: Add. 1970, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 29, 1970; Am. 1976, Act 410, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1977; Am. 1979, Act 49, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1979; Am. 1984, Act 215, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1778 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1778
Investigation; initiation; recording; standard of proof; written status report; written investigative report; new evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 778.

The office shall initiate investigation of apparent or suspected rights violations in a timely and efficient manner. Subject to delays involving pending action by external agencies as described in subsection (5), the office shall complete the investigation not later than 90 days after it receives the rights complaint. Investigation shall be initiated immediately in cases involving alleged abuse, neglect, serious injury, or death of a recipient involving an apparent or suspected rights violation.

Investigation activities for each rights complaint shall be accurately recorded by the office.

The office shall determine whether a right was violated by using the preponderance of the evidence as its standard of proof.

The office shall issue a written status report every 30 calendar days during the course of the investigation. The report shall be submitted to the complainant, the respondent, and the responsible mental health agency. A status report shall include all of the following:

Statement of the allegations.

Statement of the issues involved.

Citations to relevant provisions of this act, rules, policies, and guidelines.

Investigative progress to date.

Expected date for completion of the investigation.

Upon completion of the investigation, the office shall submit a written investigative report to the respondent and to the responsible mental health agency. Issuance of the written investigative report may be delayed pending completion of investigations that involve external agencies, including law enforcement agencies and the department of social services. The report shall include all of the following:

Statement of the allegations.

Statement of the issues involved.

Citations to relevant provisions of this act, rules, policies, and guidelines.

Investigative findings.

Conclusions.

Recommendations, if any.

A rights investigation may be reopened or reinvestigated by the office if there is new evidence that was not presented at the time of the investigation.

History: Add. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1914a — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1914a
Powdered alcohol; use, possession, sale, or offer for sale prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; exception; "powdered alcohol" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 914a.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a person shall not use or offer for use, possess, sell, or offer for sale powdered alcohol. A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 909.

(2) This section does not apply to a hospital that operates primarily for the purpose of conducting scientific research, a state institution conducting bona fide research, a private college or university conducting bona fide research, or a pharmaceutical company or biotechnology company conducting bona fide research.

(3) As used in this section, "powdered alcohol" means alcohol that is sold in powder form for either direct use or reconstitution.

History: Add. 2015, Act 165, Eff. Jan. 26, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2158 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2158
Crime; interest or relationship of witness, effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2158.

No person shall be excluded from giving evidence on any matter, civil or criminal, by reason of crime or for any interest of such person in the matter, suit, or proceeding in question, or in the event of such matter, suit or proceeding, in which such testimony may be offered, or by reason of marital or other relationship to any party thereto; but such interest, relationship, or conviction of crime, may be shown for the purpose of drawing in question the credibility of such witness, except as is hereinafter provided.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.801 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-227-of-1967 / Section 408.801
Elevators; applicability of definitions in American standard safety code.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The definitions in section 3 of the standard are applicable to this act, except where they conflict with definitions in this act.

History: 1967, Act 227, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20193 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20193
Compliance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20193.

A health facility or agency shall comply with part 138.

History: Add. 1990, Act 21, Eff. June 4, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.958e — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-203-of-1994 / Section 722.958e
Annual report on foster children in the education system.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8e.

(1) Beginning September 30, 2024, and annually each September 30 after that, the department, in collaboration with the department of education and the center for educational performance and information, must provide a report to the house and senate appropriation committees for the department budget, the house and senate standing committees on human services, and the house and senate fiscal agencies that must include all of the following:

(a) The total number of children in foster care identified by grade of instruction.

(b) The number of children in foster care transferred to a different school district during the academic school year.

(c) The number of children in foster care who were suspended or expelled from school during the academic school year.

(d) The number of children in foster care who are identified by chronic absenteeism, truancy, or as drop-outs.

(e) The following broken down by public schools, public school academies, private schools, and schools at child caring institutions:

( i ) Percentage of children in foster care who meet academic standards on state standardized assessments.

( ii ) Percentage of children in foster care who are enrolled in an alternative education school receiving special education services.

( iii ) Percentage of children in foster care who are assigned to advanced placement, early middle college, or dual enrollment.

( iv ) Percentage of children in foster care who are assigned to career and technical education.

( v ) Percentage of children in foster care, or who engaged in foster care in the last 5 years, who graduated or obtained a high school equivalency diploma.

(2) As used in this section, "child caring institution" means that term as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.

History: Add. 2024, Act 10, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 2.102d — MI Code / Chapter 2 / Act Act-106-of-1945 / Section 2.102d
Annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2d.

Beginning 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the travel bureau shall submit to the travel commission, the governor, and the legislature an annual report containing all of the following:

A statement identifying and analyzing expenditures authorized by the travel bureau during the preceding 12 months, and a summary of the results of those expenditures.

A tourism marketing plan for the next fiscal year.

History: Add. 1993, Act 109, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 393.508b — MI Code / Chapter 393 / Act Act-204-of-1982 / Section 393.508b
Qualified interpreter; misrepresentation as misdemeanor; violation of MCL 393.503a; fine; effective date of subsection (3).
Status: in_force

Sec. 8b.

(1) A person who knows that he or she does not meet the definition of qualified interpreter under this act and misrepresents himself or herself as a qualified interpreter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not less than $500.00 or more than $1,000.00, or both.

(2) An individual who applies to become certified as a qualified interpreter through the state by the division or a qualified interpreter certified through the state by the division who violates this act is subject to 1 or more of the following actions by the division:

(a) Rejection of his or her application for certification as a qualified interpreter under this act.

(b) Revocation, suspension, or limitation of his or her certification as a qualified interpreter under this act.

(3) An appointing authority that willfully violates section 3a is subject to a civil fine of not less than $1,000.00 and not more than $10,000.00.

(4) Subsection (3) becomes effective on the effective date of the rules promulgated under this pursuant to section 8a.

History: Add. 2007, Act 23, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.264 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.264
Sale of land; noncompliance with act; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 264.

Any person who sells or agrees to sell any lot, piece, or parcel of land without first having recorded a plat thereof when required by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not to exceed 180 days, or both. For each offense under this subsection after a first offense under this subsection, the person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not to exceed 1 year, or both. Agreement to sell under this section does not include an option to buy extended from the seller for a money consideration to the prospective buyer.

Any person who violates section 108, 109, 109b, or the exempt split provision of section 103(1) and sells a resulting parcel of land is responsible for the payment of a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00 for each parcel sold. A default in the payment of a civil fine or costs ordered under this subsection or an installment of the fine or costs may be remedied by any means authorized under the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.101 to 600.9948.

Any person who violates any provision of this act other than section 108, 109, 109b, or the exempt split provision of section 103(1) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968; Am. 1997, Act 87, Eff. Oct. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.93 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-29-of-1901 / Section 458.93
Extension of corporate existence; adoption and filing of resolution; term; property and contract rights; corporate identity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation, may extend its corporate existence from time to time for a term not exceeding 30 years, by causing to be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, a copy of a resolution expressing a desire to so extend its corporate existence, which resolution shall be adopted by such corporation at a meeting called for the purpose by the pastor of the church or the district elder of the district within which said corporation is located. When such resolution is filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the corporate existence of such body shall be extended in accordance with the terms of such resolution for a term not exceeding 30 years from the date of the expiration of its former term, and all rights of property and of contract shall remain unimpaired and the corporate identity of such body shall remain unchanged.

History: 1901, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901; CL 1915, 11015; CL 1929, 10900; CL 1948, 458.93; Am. 1982, Act 445, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983