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Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.921 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-316-of-2000 / Section 286.921
Rules; scope.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) By promulgation of rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, the director may adopt standards that meet or exceed the standards for organic products of the United States department of agriculture agricultural marketing service, or equivalent national organic program. The standards shall include a list of prohibited substances. In no case shall this act, the standards, or both, permit the use of synthetic chemicals, genetically modified organisms, sewage sludge, ionizing radiation, or any combination of those substances. The director shall consult with the organic advisory committee regarding the development of and changes to the Michigan organic standards. The director may adopt additional standards that he or she determines necessary, including, but not limited to, protecting the waters of this state, the state natural resources, or the integrity of organic agriculture.

(2) The standards contained in 7 CFR part 205, national organic program, are adopted by reference. The director may adopt any other standards he or she determines substantially equivalent upon 10 days' notification of such determination on the department internet website, or other form of notice considered appropriate by the director and designed to inform the industry and general public.

History: 2000, Act 316, Eff. Oct. 1, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 223, Imd. Eff. June 26, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 566.103 — MI Code / Chapter 566 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 566.103
Conveyance reserving powers of revocation or alteration; invalidity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Every conveyance or charge of, or upon, any estate or interest in lands, containing any provision for the revocation, determination or alteration of such estate or interest, or any part thereof, at the will of the grantor, shall be void, as against subsequent purchasers from such grantor for a valuable consideration, of any estate or interest so liable to be revoked or determined, although the same be not expressly revoked, determined or altered by such grantor, by virtue of the power reserved or expressed in such prior conveyance or charge.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 80; CL 1857, 3174; CL 1871, 4689; How. 6176; CL 1897, 9506; CL 1915, 11972; CL 1929, 13408; CL 1948, 566.103
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.62501 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.62501
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 62501.

As used in this part:

"Artificial brine" means mineralized water formed by dissolving rock salt or other readily soluble rocks or minerals.

"Brine well" means a well drilled or converted for the purpose of producing natural or artificial brine.

"Department" means the department of environmental quality.

"Disposal well" means a well drilled or converted for subsurface disposal of waste products or processed brine and its related surface facilities.

"Exploratory purposes" means test well drilling for the specific purpose of discovering or outlining an orebody or mineable mineral resource.

"Fund" means the mineral well regulatory fund created in section 62509b.

"Mineral well" means any well subject to this part.

"Natural brine" means naturally occurring mineralized water other than potable or fresh water.

"Operator" means the person, whether owner or not, supervising or responsible for the drilling, operating, repairing, abandoning, or plugging of wells subject to this part.

"Owner" means the person who has the right to drill, convert, or operate any well subject to this part.

"Pollution" means damage or injury from the loss, escape, or unapproved disposal of any substance at any well subject to this part.

"Storage well" means a well drilled into a subsurface formation to develop an underground storage cavity for subsequent use in storage operations. Storage well does not include a storage well drilled pursuant to part 615.

"Supervisor of mineral wells" means the state geologist.

"Surface waste" means damage to, injury to, or destruction of surface waters, soils, animal, fish, and aquatic life, or surface property from unnecessary seepage or loss incidental to or resulting from drilling, equipping, or operating a well or wells subject to this part.

"Test well" means a well, core hole, core test, observation well, or other well drilled from the surface to determine the presence of a mineral, mineral resource, ore, or rock unit, or to obtain geological or geophysical information or other subsurface data related to mineral exploration and extraction. Test well does not include holes drilled in the operation of a quarry, open pit, or underground mine, or any wells not related to mineral exploration or extraction.

"Underground storage cavity" means a cavity formed by dissolving rock salt or other readily soluble rock or mineral, by nuclear explosion, or by any other method for the purpose of storage or disposal.

"Underground waste" means damage or injury to potable water, mineralized water, or other subsurface resources.

"Waste product" means waste or by-product resulting from municipal or industrial operations or waste from any trade, manufacture, business, or private pursuit that could cause pollution and for which underground disposal may be feasible or practical.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 467, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.344 — MI Code / Chapter 551 / Act Act-155-of-1964 / Section 551.344
Submission to family counseling not required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

This act shall not be construed to require a person who objects to family counseling to submit to family counseling.

History: 1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.925 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-12-of-1947 / Section 35.925
Application for payment by veteran or beneficiary; requirements, evidence of service.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Each veteran or his beneficiary entitled to payment shall make application to the adjutant general upon such form as may be prescribed by him: Provided, That if the veteran be incompetent or his beneficiary be incompetent or a minor application shall be made by his guardian. Each application shall be accompanied by a certified copy of honorable discharge as defined in section 2, or by such evidence of honest and faithful service during the period of service as shall be prescribed by said adjutant general. Each application shall be subscribed and sworn to by the applicant before witnesses in such manner as shall be prescribed by the adjutant general: Provided, That the adjutant general shall provide by regulation for an endorsement on the evidence of service required in section 2d that application for payment has been made.

History: 1947, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1947; CL 1948, 35.925
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1304 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1304
Convertible shares and bonds; conditions to issuance; disposition of convertible bonds or shares.
Status: in_force

Sec. 304.

Bonds or shares convertible into shares of a corporation shall not be issued unless 1 of the following conditions is satisfied:

A sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of the appropriate class or series are reserved by the board to be issued only in satisfaction of the conversion privileges of the convertible bonds or shares when issued.

The aggregate conversion privileges of the convertible bonds or shares when issued do not exceed the aggregate of any shares reserved under subdivision (a) and any additional shares which may be authorized by the board under subsection (3) of section 303.

Bonds which have been converted shall be canceled. Shares which have been converted shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2912 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.2912
Effect on existing property interests.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2912.

An interest in property that exists on the effective date of this act as to which, if a present interest, the time for delivering a disclaimer under this part has not expired or, if a future interest, the interest has not become indefeasibly vested or the taker finally ascertained, may be disclaimed after the effective date of this act and before any event described in section 2910.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.41a — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.41a
“Police book” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41a.

"Police book" means a hardcover, bound volume or a record in a form prescribed by the secretary of state that provides a bought and sold record for each vehicle handled by a dealer, contains the information required by section 251, and includes any other information required by law or the secretary of state.

History: Add. 1988, Act 255, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Am. 1992, Act 304, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1992; Am. 1993, Act 300, Eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Am. 1998, Act 384, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1347 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-86-of-2014 / Section 123.1347
Local community stabilization authority; establishment; public body corporate and special authority; property of authority as public property; exemption from taxes and special assessments; presumption of validity; jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) The local community stabilization authority is established as a metropolitan government for the metropolitan areas of this state under section 27 of article VII of the state constitution of 1963. The authority is a public body corporate and a special authority. The authority is not an agency or instrumentality of state government.

(2) The property of the authority is public property devoted to an essential public and governmental purpose. Any income of the authority is for a public and governmental purpose.

(3) Property of the authority and its income, activities, and operations are exempt from all taxes and special assessments of this state or a political subdivision of this state. Property of the authority is exempt from any ad valorem property taxes levied under the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.1 to 211.155, or other law of this state authorizing the taxation of real or personal property. The authority is an entity of government for purposes of section 4a(1)(a) of the general sales tax act, 1933 PA 167, MCL 205.54a, and section 4(1)(h) of the use tax act, 1937 PA 94, MCL 205.94.

(4) The validity of the creation of the authority is presumed unless held invalid by the court of appeals in an original action filed in the court of appeals not later than 60 days after the establishment of the authority under this section. The court of appeals has original jurisdiction to hear an action under this subsection. The court shall hear the action in an expedited manner.

History: 2014, Act 86, Eff. Aug. 22, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1178 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1178
Administration of medication or epinephrine auto-injector to pupil or individual; liability; school employee as licensed registered professional nurse.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1178.

(1) Both of the following apply:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) and subject to subsection (2), a school administrator, teacher, or other school employee designated by the school administrator, who in good faith administers medication to a pupil in the presence of another adult or in an emergency that threatens the life or health of the pupil, pursuant to written permission of the pupil's parent or guardian, and in compliance with the instructions of a physician, physician's assistant, or certified nurse practitioner is not liable in a criminal action or for civil damages as a result of an act or omission in the administration of the medication, except for an act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.

(b) Subject to subsection (2), a school employee who in good faith administers an epinephrine auto-injector to an individual consistent with the policies under section 1179a is not liable in a criminal action or for civil damages as a result of an act or omission in the administration of the epinephrine auto-injector, except for an act or omission amounting to willful or wanton misconduct.

(2) If a school employee is a licensed registered professional nurse, subsection (1) applies to that school employee regardless of whether the medication or epinephrine auto-injector is administered in the presence of another adult.

(3) A school district, nonpublic school, member of a school board, or director or officer of a nonpublic school is not liable in a criminal action or for damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from a person acting under this section.

(4) This section does not eliminate, limit, or reduce any other immunity or defense that a person described under this section may have under other state law.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1978, Act 431, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1978; Am. 1995, Act 289, Eff. July 1, 1996; Am. 2000, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 7, 2000; Am. 2006, Act 48, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2006; Am. 2013, Act 187, Eff. Mar. 14, 2014; Am. 2016, Act 385, Eff. Mar. 29, 2017; Am. 2019, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 24, 2019; Am. 2020, Act 320, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.1812 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.1812
Owning or conducting cemetery or burial ground and owning or maintaining funeral establishment prohibited; exception; owning or conducting funeral establishment on property owned or leased by cemetery prohibited; owner of private burial ground owning or maintaining funeral establishment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1812.

An individual, partnership, association, municipal corporation, body politic, or corporation which owns or conducts, either directly or indirectly, a cemetery or burial ground in this state shall not own, manage, supervise, operate, or maintain, either directly or indirectly, a funeral establishment, or permit an officer, agent, or employee to own or maintain a funeral establishment. This subsection shall not apply to an elected official of a city, village, township, or county who serves as an ex officio member of a local cemetery board as a result of holding that office.

An individual, partnership, association, municipal corporation, body politic, or corporation which owns or conducts a cemetery in this state shall not allow a funeral establishment to be owned or conducted on property owned or leased by the cemetery and used for cemetery purposes or designated as a cemetery.

This section shall not prohibit the owner of a private burial ground used for the interment of the owner's family or the owner's descendents to own or maintain a funeral establishment under this article.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.157r — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.157r
Forgery, alteration, simulation, or counterfeiting of financial transaction device.
Status: in_force

Sec. 157r.

A person who, with intent to defraud, forges, materially alters, simulates, or counterfeits a financial transaction device is guilty of a felony.

History: Add. 1967, Act 255, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967; Am. 1987, Act 276, Eff. Mar. 30, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1507 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1507
Insurance commissioner; regulatory powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1507.

The commissioner may make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary in making effective the provisions of this chapter, but such rules and regulations shall not be contrary to nor inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.80 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and subject to Act No. 197 of the Public Acts of 1952, as amended, being sections 24.101 to 24.110 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: Add. 1968, Act 352, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1072 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1072
“Oscar G. Johnson Memorial Highway.”
Status: in_force

Sec. 72.

The portion of highway M-69 beginning at the intersection of highway M-69 and US-2 in Delta county and continuing northwest through Menominee county to the intersection of M-69 and M-95 in Dickinson county shall be known as the "Oscar G. Johnson Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2002, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 23, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2301 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2301
License to provide or resell basic local exchange service; temporary license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 301.

(1) A telecommunication provider shall not provide or resell basic local exchange service in this state, without a license issued from the commission under this act.

(2) Pending the determination of an application for a license, the commission without notice and hearing may issue a temporary license for a period not to exceed 1 year.

History: 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Am. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995; Am. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.408 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-511-of-1988 / Section 791.408
Comprehensive corrections plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) A county, city, city-county, or regional advisory board, on behalf of the city, county, or counties it represents, may apply for funding and other assistance under this act by submitting to the office a comprehensive corrections plan that meets the requirements of this section, and the criteria, standards, rules, and policies developed by the state board under section 4.

(2) A county, city, city-county, or regional advisory board shall develop a plan that includes all of the following for the county, city, or counties represented by the advisory board:

(a) A system for the development, implementation, and operation of community corrections programs and an explanation of how the state prison commitment rate for the city, county, or counties will be reduced, and how the public safety will be enhanced, as a result of implementation of the comprehensive corrections plan. Continued funding in subsequent years is contingent upon substantial compliance with this subdivision.

(b) A data analysis of the local criminal justice system that indicates the specification of offender targeting and the services needed for the target population.

(c) Program descriptions that detail the use of an objective, standardized assessment tool or tools to determine applicable programming through the use of targeted interventions that address the risk and needs of the target population.

(d) The identity of any designated subgrant recipient.

(e) For a regional or city-county plan, provisions for the appointment of 1 fiscal agent to coordinate the financial activities pertaining to the grant award.

(3) The county board or boards of commissioners of the county or counties represented by a county, city-county, or regional advisory board, or the city council of the city represented by a city or city-county advisory board, shall approve the proposed comprehensive corrections plan prepared by their advisory board.

(4) A community corrections program must do all of the following:

(a) Provide appropriate sanctions and services as sentencing options for imposition at the discretion of the court, including community supervision and programming services for eligible offenders.

(b) Provide improved local services for individuals involved in the criminal justice system with the goal of reducing the occurrence of repeat criminal offenses that result in a term of incarceration or detention in jail or prison.

(c) Ensure the use of evidence-based practices to protect public safety and rehabilitate the offender.

(d) Promote local control and management of community corrections programs.

(e) Enhance, increase, and support the state and county partnership in the management of offenders.

History: 1988, Act 511, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 2014, Act 466, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1072 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1072
Monitoring, testing, and assessments to be provided to participants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1072.

A drug treatment court shall provide a drug court participant with all of the following:

Consistent, continual, and close monitoring of the participant and interaction among the court, treatment providers, probation, and the participant.

Mandatory periodic and random testing for the presence of any controlled substance or alcohol in a participant's blood, urine, or breath, using to the extent practicable the best available, accepted, and scientifically valid methods.

Periodic evaluation assessments of the participant's circumstances and progress in the program.

A regimen or strategy of appropriate and graduated but immediate rewards for compliance and sanctions for noncompliance, including, but not limited to, the possibility of incarceration or confinement.

Substance abuse treatment services, relapse prevention services, education, and vocational opportunities as appropriate and practicable.

Any statement or other information obtained as a result of participating in assessment, treatment, or testing while in a drug treatment court is confidential and is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, and shall not be used in a criminal prosecution, unless it reveals criminal acts other than, or inconsistent with, personal drug use.

History: Add. 2004, Act 224, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5207 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.5207
Review of guardianship of minor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5207.

The court may review a guardianship for a minor as it considers necessary and shall review a guardianship annually if the minor is under 6 years of age. In conducting the review, the court shall consider all of the following factors:

The parent's and guardian's compliance with either of the following, as applicable:

A limited guardianship placement plan.

A court-structured plan under subsection (3)(b)( ii )(B) or section 5209(2)(b)( ii ).

Whether the guardian has adequately provided for the minor's welfare.

The necessity of continuing the guardianship.

The guardian's willingness and ability to continue to provide for the minor's welfare.

The effect upon the minor's welfare if the guardianship is continued.

Any other factor that the court considers relevant to the minor's welfare.

The court may order the family independence agency or a court employee or agent to conduct an investigation and file a written report of the investigation regarding the factors listed in subsection (1).

Upon completion of a guardianship review, the court may do either of the following:

Continue the guardianship.

Schedule and conduct a hearing on the guardianship's status and do any of the following:

If the guardianship is a limited guardianship, do either of the following:

Continue the limited guardianship.

Order the parties to modify the limited guardianship placement plan as a condition to continuing the limited guardianship.

If the guardianship was established under section 5204, do either of the following:

Continue the guardianship.

Order the parties to follow a court-structured plan designed to resolve the conditions identified at the review hearing.

Take an action described in section 5209(2).

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1555 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-427-of-1984 / Section 38.1555
Repeal of MCL 38.601 to 38.669.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

Act No. 135 of the Public Acts of 1945, being sections 38.601 to 38.669 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is repealed.

History: 1984, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1985