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Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.4a — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-3-of-1939 / Section 460.4a
Effect of executive reorganization orders; funding; commission as autonomous entity; appointment of chairperson; transfers of authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under this act, the commission is subject to Executive Reorganization Order No. 2003-1, MCL 445.2011.

(2) Funding for the commission shall be as provided under 1972 PA 299, MCL 460.111 to 460.120, and as otherwise provided by law.

(3) The commission shall be an autonomous entity within the department of labor and economic growth. The statutory authority, powers, duties, and functions, including personnel, property, budgeting, records, procurement, and other management related functions, shall be retained by the commission. The department of labor and economic growth shall provide support and coordinated services as requested by the commission and shall be reimbursed for that service as provided under subsection (2).

(4) The chairperson of the commission shall be appointed as provided under section 2.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede the transfers of authority made under the following executive orders:

(a) Executive Reorganization Order No. 2001-1, MCL 18.41.

(b) Executive Reorganization Order No. 2002-13, MCL 18.321.

(c) Executive Reorganization Order No. 2005-1, MCL 445.2021.

(d) Executive Reorganization Order No. 2007-21, MCL 18.45.

(e) Executive Reorganization Order No. 2007-22, MCL 18.46.

(f) Executive Reorganization Order No. 2007-23, MCL 18.47.

History: Add. 2008, Act 286, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3179 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3179
Act applicable October 1, 1973.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3179.

This act applies to motor vehicle accidents occurring on or after October 1, 1973.

History: Add. 1972, Act 294, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.677 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-292-of-1989 / Section 124.677
Tax proposal; ballot; conduct of election.
Status: in_force

Sec. 27.

(1) A proposal for a tax authorized to be levied by a council under this act shall not be placed on the ballot unless the proposal is adopted by a resolution of the council and certified by the council not later than 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the election to the county clerk of each county in which all or part of a participating city, village, or township is located for inclusion on the ballot. The proposal shall state the amount and duration of the millage and shall be certified for inclusion on the ballot at the next general election, the state primary immediately preceding the general election, or a special election at a proposed date not within 45 days of a state primary or a general election, as specified by the council's resolution. A proposed special election date shall be scheduled in compliance with the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992.

(2) The county election commission shall provide ballots for an election for a tax proposal for each city, village, or township or part of a city, village, or township located within the county that is participating in a council under this act.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (4) and (5), an election for a tax shall be conducted by the city and township clerks and election officials of the cities and townships participating in a council under this act.

(4) If an election on a proposal for a tax is to be held in conjunction with a general election or state primary election and if a village participating in a council under this act is located within a nonparticipating township, the township clerk and election officials shall conduct the election. On the forty-fifth day preceding the election, the village clerk or other official maintaining a file of qualified and registered electors of the village shall provide to the township clerk a list containing the name, address, and birth date of each qualified and registered elector of the village. By the fifteenth day preceding the election, the village clerk or other official providing the list shall provide to the township clerk information updating the list as of the close of registration. Persons appearing on the list as updated are eligible to vote in the election by special ballot.

(5) If a tax is to be voted on at a special election not held in conjunction with a general election or state primary election and if a village participating in a council under this act is located within a nonparticipating township, the village clerk and election officials shall conduct the election.

History: 1989, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1990; Am. 1998, Act 373, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998; Am. 2003, Act 301, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Am. 2013, Act 257, Eff. Apr. 26, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.625 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-150-of-1967 / Section 32.625
Oath of person enlisting in national guard.
Status: in_force

Sec. 225.

A person enlisting in the national guard shall take an oath to defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state in such form as may be prescribed by regulations.

History: 1967, Act 150, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1497f — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-346-of-1966 / Section 125.1497f
“Surplus” construed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 97f.

As used in this chapter, the term "surplus" shall not be deemed to include any increase in assets of any mobile home park corporation organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, by reason of reduction of mortgage, by amortization or similar payments, or realized from the sale or disposition of any assets of a mobile home park corporation to the extent such surplus can be attributed to any increase in market value of any real property or tangible personal property accruing during the period the assets were owned and held by the mobile home park corporation.

History: Add. 1982, Act 534, Imd. Eff. Dec. 31, 1982; Am. 1983, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Nov. 16, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13401 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13401
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13401.

As used in this part:

(a) "Eye protection" or "protective eyewear" means protective eyewear that protects the eyes from ultraviolet radiation, allows adequate vision to maintain balance, and meets the requirements of 21 CFR 1040.20.

(b) "Tanning device" means equipment that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between 200 and 400 nanometers and is used for tanning of the skin. Tanning device includes, but is not limited to, a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed and accompanying equipment, including, but not limited to, protective eyewear, timers, and handrails.

(c) "Tanning facility" means a location that provides individuals with access to a tanning device. Tanning facility does not include a private residence with a tanning device if the tanning device is used only by an owner or occupant of the private residence.

History: Add. 2008, Act 368, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.265 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.265
Enforcement of act; injunctive proceedings; venue.
Status: in_force

Sec. 265.

Any municipality, board of county road commissioners or county plat board may bring an action in its own name to restrain or prevent any violation of this act or any continuance of any such violation. Such action shall be brought in the county where the land is located, the defendant resides or has his principal place of business.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3232 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3232
Deed of sale; endorsement; deposit with register; recording; entry upon redemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3232.

The officer or person making the sale shall forthwith execute, acknowledge, and deliver, to each purchaser a deed of the premises bid off by him; and if the lands are situated in several counties he shall make separate deeds of the lands in each county, and specify therein the precise amounts for which each parcel of land therein described was sold. And he shall endorse upon each deed the time when the same will become operative in case the premises are not redeemed according to law. Such deed or deeds shall, as soon as practicable, and within 20 days after such sale, be deposited with the register of deeds of the county in which the land therein described is situated, and the register shall endorse thereon the time the same was received, and for the better preservation thereof, shall record the same at length in a book to be provided in his office for that purpose; and shall index the same in the regular index of deeds, and the fee for recording the same shall be included among the other costs and expenses allowed by law. In case such premises shall be redeemed, the register of deeds shall, at the time of destroying such deed, as provided in section 3244 of this chapter, write on the face of such record the word "Redeemed", stating at what date such entry is made, and signing such entry with his official signature.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.145 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-89-of-1927 / Section 285.145
Games of skill; MCL 750.301 to 750.315 inapplicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Sections 301 to 315 of Act No. 328 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being sections 750.301 to 750.315 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall not apply to a person who conducts or participates in a game of skill pursuant to this act or the rules promulgated under section 4.

History: Add. 1973, Act 100, Imd. Eff. Aug. 8, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.833 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-23-of-2023 / Section 28.833
Volunteer employee criminal history system program; duties of department.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) The volunteer employee criminal history system program is created in the department for the purpose of authorizing a national and state criminal history record information of a qualified entity's covered individuals.

(2) The department shall do both of the following:

(a) Develop the application, approval, and compliance process and standards necessary to operate and manage the program.

(b) Develop the application form and any other forms required for a qualified entity's registration and participation in the program.

History: 2023, Act 23, Eff. May 1, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 567.254 — MI Code / Chapter 567 / Act Act-29-of-1995 / Section 567.254
Agreements with other states to exchange information; advisement and consultation; enforcement; action brought by attorney general in name of another state; action brought in another state in name of administrator.
Status: in_force

Sec. 34.

The administrator may enter into an agreement with another state to exchange information needed to enable this or another state to audit or otherwise determine unclaimed property that this state or another state may be entitled to subject to a claim of custody. The administrator by rule may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with agreements made pursuant to this section and prescribe the form.

To avoid conflicts between the administrator's procedures and the procedures of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the uniform unclaimed property act, the administrator, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this act, before adopting, amending, or repealing rules, shall advise and consult with administrators in other jurisdictions that enact substantially the uniform unclaimed property act and take into consideration the rules of administrators in other jurisdictions that enact the uniform unclaimed property act.

The administrator may join with other states to seek enforcement of this act against a person who is or may be holding property reportable under this act.

At the request of another state, the attorney general of this state may bring an action in the name of the administrator of the other state in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the unclaimed property laws of the other state against a holder in this state of property subject to escheat or a claim of abandonment by the other state, if the other state has agreed to pay expenses incurred by the attorney general in bringing the action.

The administrator may request that the attorney general of another state or any other person bring an action in the name of the administrator in the other state. This state shall pay all expenses including attorney's fees in any action under this subsection. The administrator may agree to pay the person bringing the action attorney's fees based in whole or in part on a percentage of the value of any property recovered in the action. Expenses paid pursuant to this subsection shall not be deducted from the amount that is subject to the claim by the owner under this act.

History: 1995, Act 29, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.263 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-177-of-1943 / Section 141.263
Funds for public improvements or buildings; allocation of miscellaneous revenues; sale of lands.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The legislative or governing body of any political subdivision may allocate to said fund miscellaneous revenues received and credited to the general fund, including revenues received by said political subdivision under the provisions of Act No. 155 of the Public Acts of 1937, as amended, being sections 211.351 to 211.364, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948, and also revenues received from the sale of lands owned by the political subdivision and which are no longer needed for public purposes, if said revenues are not otherwise pledged or encumbered for other purposes.

History: 1943, Act 177, Imd. Eff. Apr. 17, 1943; Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 4, Imd. Eff. Feb. 16, 1944; CL 1948, 141.263; Am. 1956, Act 136, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.7004 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.7004
Employee welfare benefit plan as multiple employer welfare arrangement; certificate of authority required; applicability of chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7004.

A person shall not establish or maintain an employee welfare benefit plan which is a multiple employer welfare arrangement in this state unless the MEWA obtains and maintains a certificate of authority pursuant to this chapter. This chapter shall not apply to an employee welfare benefit plan or MEWA that is fully insured.

History: Add. 1986, Act 121, Eff. July 1, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.762 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.762
Discharge or discipline of victim or victim representative by employer or employer's agent as misdemeanor; penalty; “victim representative” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

An employer or the employer's agent, who threatens to discharge or discipline or who discharges, disciplines, or causes to be discharged from employment or to be disciplined a victim because that victim is subpoenaed or requested by the prosecuting attorney to attend court for the purpose of giving testimony, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both, and may be punished for contempt of court.

An employer or an employer's agent who disciplines or discharges a victim representative from employment, causes a victim representative to be disciplined or discharged from employment, or threatens to discipline or discharge a victim representative from employment because that victim representative attends or desires to attend court to be present during the testimony of the victim, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both, and may be punished for contempt of court.

As used in this section, "victim representative" means any of the following:

A guardian or custodian of a child of a deceased victim if the child is less than 18 years of age.

A parent, guardian, or custodian of a victim of an assaultive crime if the victim of the assaultive crime is less than 18 years of age.

A person who has been designated under section 2(2) to act in place of a victim of an assaultive crime during the duration of the victim's physical or emotional disability.

History: 1985, Act 87, Eff. Oct. 9, 1985; Am. 1993, Act 341, Eff. May 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § Schedule § 2 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Schedule § 2
Existing public and private rights, continuance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

All writs, actions, suits, proceedings, civil or criminal liabilities, prosecutions, judgments, sentences, orders, decrees, appeals, causes of action, contracts, claims, demands, titles and rights existing on the effective date of this constitution shall continue unaffected except as modified in accordance with the provisions of this constitution.

History: Const. 1963, Schedule, § 2, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.721a — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-295-of-1994 / Section 28.721a
Legislative declarations; determination; intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

The legislature declares that the sex offenders registration act was enacted pursuant to the legislature's exercise of the police power of the state with the intent to better assist law enforcement officers and the people of this state in preventing and protecting against the commission of future criminal sexual acts by convicted sex offenders. The legislature has determined that a person who has been convicted of committing an offense covered by this act poses a potential serious menace and danger to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the people, and particularly the children, of this state. The registration requirements of this act are intended to provide law enforcement and the people of this state with an appropriate, comprehensive, and effective means to monitor those persons who pose such a potential danger.

History: Add. 2002, Act 542, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.807a — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-286-of-1964 / Section 247.807a
Definitions; partial payments to contractor; retaining portion of total amount earned; specifications; escrow account; escrow agent; escrow agreement; terms.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

As used in this section:

"Completion" means the date when the construction, improvement, or maintenance of a bridge, highway, or other transportation facility is accepted in accordance with the contract documents, so that the bridge, highway, or other transportation facility may be used for its intended purpose.

"Construction contract" means an agreement between a contractor and the department for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of a bridge, highway, or other transportation facility.

"Contractor" means an individual; sole proprietorship; partnership; corporation; joint venture; or other legal entity, other than the state, or an agency or department of the state, who is a party to a construction contract.

"Project" means the specific section of the highway construction to be performed under the construction contract.

A construction contract may provide for partial payments to be made periodically to a contractor. The department may establish specifications regarding the retention of a portion of the total amount earned under the construction contract.

At the request of the contractor and upon the approval of the department, the portion retained pursuant to the specifications established under subsection (2) shall be placed in an escrow account pursuant to this section.

An escrow agent may be selected by the contractor. For purposes of this section, an escrow agent shall be a state or national bank, a state or federally chartered savings and loan association, or a state or federally chartered credit union whose principal place of business is located in this state.

An escrow agreement shall be entered into between the contracting parties and the escrow agent. The escrow agreement shall contain all of the following terms:

That the escrow agent shall promptly invest all of the escrowed funds.

That the escrow agent shall hold the escrowed funds until receipt of notice from the department. Upon receipt of a notice of release from the department, the escrow agent shall promptly remit the designated portion of escrowed funds to the contractor involved in the contract. Upon receipt of a notice of overpayment or default of the contract, the escrow agent shall promptly remit the designated portion of escrowed funds to the department.

That the escrow agent is responsible for all investments and money as a result of the deposit of the amount until released from responsibility pursuant to the escrow agreement.

That the contractor shall pay all expenses regarding the deposit, investment, and administration of the retained amount and all other charges made by the escrow agent.

Any other provision agreed to by the contracting parties and the escrow agent necessary or proper for purposes of this section.

History: Add. 1980, Act 447, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981; Am. 1981, Act 122, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.921 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Act-295-of-1969 / Section 390.921
Higher education facilities authority act; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "higher education facilities authority act".

History: 1969, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Aug. 11, 1969
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.123 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.123
Board of trustees; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 123.

The board of trustees may:

(a) Have the care and custody of the community college property and provide suitable facilities, sanitary conditions, and medical inspection for the community college of the district.

(b) Establish and collect tuition and fees for resident and nonresident students. A waiver of tuition shall not be granted by the board, except:

( i ) The board of trustees may waive tuition for a student participating in a reciprocal agreement for exchange of educational services, if the agreement is approved by the state board of education.

( ii ) The board of trustees may waive tuition for a student who meets the admission requirements of the board and is 60 years of age or older.

(c) Establish and maintain or continue a library or museum, which may be separately operated if desired, for the community college, if the board of trustees considers it advisable to establish and maintain or continue a library or museum and to provide for its care and management.

(d) Select and employ administrative officers, teachers, and other employees it finds necessary to operate the community college district and establish the terms and conditions of their service or employment. If the board of trustees provides medical, optical, or dental benefits to employees and their dependents, the board shall provide those benefits in accordance with the public employees health benefit act and shall comply with that act.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966; Am. 1970, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970; Am. 1972, Act 252, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1972; Am. 1975, Act 219, Imd. Eff. Aug. 26, 1975; Am. 1980, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 11, 1980; Am. 2007, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2007