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Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.171 — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-342-of-1939 / Section 46.171
Establishment of water, sewer, and sewage disposal improvements and services; establishment of garbage and rubbish collection and disposal facilities and services; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The county board of commissioners of a county may, by resolution adopted by a majority vote of its members-elect at any regular or special session of the board, authorize and direct that there be established a system or systems of water, sewer, or sewage disposal improvements and services and garbage or rubbish collection and disposal facilities and services within or between cities, villages, townships, charter townships, or any duly authorized and established combinations thereof, within or without the county, and mains, trunks, connecting lines, and disposal facilities therefor. For such purposes the agency of the county hereinafter designated shall locate, acquire, purchase, construct, own, maintain, or operate water mains, trunks, and connecting lines, water pumping and purification plants, sewers, sewage interceptors, sewage disposal plants, settling basins, screens and meters, and incinerators and disposal grounds and facilities, as shall be described in maps, plans, and specifications therefor and be approved by the county board of commissioners or contract with any unit of government, or any duly authorized and established combination thereof for the purchase of water and for the use of their sewers and sewage disposal plants and garbage or rubbish collection and disposal facilities and services. A county may establish, construct, administer, coordinate, and regulate systems for water, sewer, and sewage disposal improvements and services within or between, and garbage and rubbish collection and disposal facilities and services for, such units of government.

As used in this act:

"Sewers" means interceptor sewers for the transportation of sewage or storm water or both, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers and all instrumentalities, facilities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection of sewage or storm water.

"Garbage" and "rubbish collection and disposal facilities" mean incinerators, disposal grounds, and all instrumentalities, facilities, and properties used or useful in connection with the collection and disposal of garbage and rubbish.

"Unit of government" means a city, village, township, charter township, and any duly authorized and established combinations thereof, within or without the county establishing any of the improvements, facilities, or services authorized under this act.

"Improvements", "facilities", and "services" mean any of the improvements, facilities, and services authorized under the provisions of subsection (1).

History: 1939, Act 342, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; Am. 1941, Act 353, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 46.171; Am. 1952, Act 74, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952; Am. 1953, Act 186, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1953; Am. 1974, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.1675a — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-173-of-1987 / Section 445.1675a
Exemptions; filing affidavit; failure to meet qualifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25a.

Except for the requirements of section 23, the commissioner may exempt from the requirements of this act a person the commissioner believes merits the confidence of the community and demonstrates all of the following:

Is exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c) of the internal revenue code of 1986.

Administers a mortgage loan program funded or sponsored by 1 or more depository financial institutions, state or federal governmental entities, or charitable, religious, or other nonprofit organizations.

Its mortgage loan program is targeted exclusively to persons that would not otherwise have access to affordable mortgage loans from traditional mortgage lending sources.

Its housing development efforts have the support of the agency of its local governmental jurisdiction responsible for community development.

Its mortgage lending activity is limited to a defined geographic area in this state, not larger than a county in the case of a metropolitan statistical area.

Has the capacity to accomplish its business plan.

Does not directly or indirectly share with another person any portion of fees paid to the organization in connection with a mortgage loan.

That it will comply with state and federal law and with the spirit and intent of section 22a.

Does not service mortgage loans.

Notwithstanding subsection (1)(i), the commissioner may issue an exemption to a person that services mortgage loans if the person has complied with subsection (1)(a) through (h) and the commissioner determines the exemption is in the public interest.

Not later than February 1 of every second year following the commissioner's determination that an organization meets the qualifications under subsection (1) or (2), the organization shall file an affidavit that it continues to meet the qualifications.

An organization that has been determined to meet the qualifications of subsection (1) or (2) and subsequently fails to meet 1 or more of those qualifications shall within 90 days register or file an application for license under section 3(1) or discontinue activities that would require registration or licensure under this act.

History: Add. 1998, Act 371, Imd. Eff. Oct. 20, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.2125 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.2125
Granting easement over state owned land under jurisdiction of department to individual; interest in land required; “interest” defined; construction of words and phrases used to define interest.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2125.

The department shall not grant an easement over state owned land under the jurisdiction of the department to an individual unless that individual has an interest, as that term is defined in this section, in the land to which the easement is to provide access.

As used in this section, "interest" means an estate in possession other than a chattel interest, which may be in severalty, joint tenancy, tenancy by the entireties, or tenancy in common.

The words and phrases used in subsection (2) to define interest shall be construed pursuant to chapter 62 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being sections 554.1 to 554.46 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; Act No. 126 of the Public Acts of 1925, being section 557.81 of the Michigan Compiled Laws; and Act No. 210 of the Public Acts of 1927, being sections 557.101 to 557.102 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.248g — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.248g
Salvage vehicle agent; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 248g.

A salvage vehicle agent shall comply with this act and shall do all of the following:

Purchase or acquire salvage vehicles only for the dealer indicated upon his or her agent's license. A salvage vehicle agent shall not be an agent for more than 1 licensed dealer at a given time.

Prominently display his or her agent's license on his or her person at all times when he or she is present at a place where salvage vehicles are purchased, sold, or offered for sale.

Upon demand, immediately display his or her agent's license to a peace officer or an authorized representative of the secretary of state.

Immediately contact the dealer if there is any factual or material change in the information stated in his or her agent's license or license application.

Upon the cancellation, cessation, or transfer of his or her employment, immediately surrender his or her license to the dealer who shall mail the license to the secretary of state for cancellation.

History: Add. 1993, Act 300, Eff. July 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3408 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3408
Unpurchased interests; partition alternatives; dismissal of action.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3408.

(1) If all the interests of all cotenants that requested partition by sale are not purchased by other cotenants under section 3407, or, if after conclusion of the buyout under section 3407, a cotenant remains that has requested partition in kind, the court shall order partition in kind unless the court, after consideration of the factors listed in section 3409, finds that partition in kind will result in great prejudice to the cotenants as a group. In considering whether to order partition in kind, the court shall approve a request by 2 or more parties to have the requesting parties' individual interests aggregated.

(2) If the court does not order partition in kind under subsection (1), the court shall order partition by sale under section 3410 or, if no cotenant requested partition by sale, the court shall dismiss the action.

(3) If the court orders partition in kind under subsection (1), the court may require that 1 or more cotenants pay 1 or more other cotenants so that the payments, taken together with the value of the in-kind distributions to the cotenants, will make the partition in kind just and proportionate in value to the fractional interests held.

(4) If the court orders partition in kind, the court shall allocate to the cotenants who are unknown, cannot be located, or are the subject of a default judgment, if the cotenant's interests were not represented under section 3407, a part of the property representing the combined interests of these cotenants as determined by the court, and this part of the property must remain undivided.

History: Add. 2024, Act 215, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.15 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-144-of-1937 / Section 780.15
Bail; type of cases; condition of bond.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is shown to be an offense punishable by death, by life imprisonment, or by imprisonment for 20 years or more under the laws of the state in which it was committed or is for escaping from custody or confinement, a judge or magistrate in this state may admit the person arrested to bail by bond, with sufficient sureties, and in an amount that, after reviewing the person's criminal history, the judge or magistrate considers proper, conditioned for the person's appearance before the court at a time specified in the bond, and for the person's surrender, to be arrested upon the warrant of the governor of this state.

History: 1937, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 780.15; Am. 2002, Act 584, Eff. Jan. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26507 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-424-of-2002 / Section 333.26507
Licensure requirements of adult foster care facility licensing act or article 17 of public health code not limited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Nothing in this act limits a facility's responsibilities or obligations to be licensed under the adult foster care facility licensing act, 1979 PA 218, MCL 400.701 to 400.737, or under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.

History: 2002, Act 424, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71103 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71103
Legislative finding; joint report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71103.

The legislature finds that 2.0% of all of the gasoline sold in this state for consumption in internal combustion engines is used to generate power for the operation or propulsion of vessels on the waterways of this state, of off-road vehicles, and of snowmobiles.

The department and the state transportation department shall prepare a joint report to the legislature by January 1, 1992, providing their estimate of actual gasoline and diesel fuel usage based on any data collected from March 30, 1988 to January 1, 1991 and their observation of the historical trends of gasoline and diesel fuel usage in this state for the following categories:

Off-road vehicles.

Watercraft.

Snowmobiles.

History: Add. 1995, Act 58, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1612 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-27-of-1994 / Section 691.1612
Cause of action; accrual; tolling of statute of limitations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a cause of action accrues under this act when a person who may recover has reason to know of the harm from use of an illegally marketed controlled substance that is the basis for the cause of action and has reason to know that the controlled substance use is the cause of the harm. For a plaintiff, the statute of limitations under this section is tolled while the individual potential plaintiff is incapacitated by the use of an illegally marketed controlled substance to the extent that the individual cannot reasonably be expected to seek recovery under this act or as otherwise provided by law.

History: 1994, Act 27, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.213 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-163-of-1974 / Section 28.213
Council; chairperson; election; meeting; compensation; quorum.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) The council, at its first meeting, shall elect from its membership a chairperson, who shall serve for 1 year. An election for chairperson shall be held annually. A chairperson, if reelected, may succeed himself or herself. The council shall meet quarterly during the months of January, April, July, and October or more frequently at the call of the chairperson.

(2) Council members shall serve without compensation, but are entitled to actual expenses incurred during attendance at a regular or special council meeting and in traveling to and from a meeting.

(3) A majority of council members constitute a quorum for conducting the business of the council.

History: 1974, Act 163, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975; Am. 2005, Act 309, Eff. Feb. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 308.143 — MI Code / Chapter 308 / Act Act-179-of-1935 / Section 308.143
Violation of act; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Any person violating the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than 250 dollars nor more than 2,000 dollars and cost of prosecution, or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

History: 1935, Act 179, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935; CL 1948, 308.143
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16194 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16194
Expiration of licenses and registrations for health professions; authority to issue part-term licenses and registrations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16194.

Licenses and registrations for health professions expire on dates prescribed by the department by rule, unless sooner terminated by death of the individual licensed or registered or otherwise terminated pursuant to this part.

Administrative authority to issue part-term licenses and registrations due to changing the terms from annual to a longer term in subsection (1) and to provide for initial issuances for terms longer or shorter than a normal term is granted in section 1222.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.271 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-133-of-1955 / Section 32.271
Members of military or naval forces; discrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

No person shall discriminate against any officer or enlisted man of the military or naval forces of the state or of the United States because of his membership therein.

History: 1955, Act 133, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 50.64 — MI Code / Chapter 50 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 50.64
County clerk; responsibility for deputies, duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 64.

That the county clerk and his sureties shall be responsible for the acts of his deputy or deputies, and in case of the death, resignation or removal of the clerk, or in any case of a vacancy by any other means in the said office of clerk, the deputy or deputies shall severally perform all the duties of such clerk until such vacancy shall be filled.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14; CL 1857, 405; Am. 1861, Act 146, Eff. June 15, 1861; CL 1871, 541; How. 574; CL 1897, 2573; CL 1915, 2434; CL 1929, 1315; CL 1948, 50.64
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.383 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-248-of-1987 / Section 207.383
Effective date of excise taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The excise taxes imposed under this act shall take effect on January 1, 1988.

History: 1987, Act 248, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 288.510 — MI Code / Chapter 288 / Act Act-266-of-2001 / Section 288.510
Purchasing milk for resale or manufacture into another product; payment; manner; dates; issuance of check; notation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40.

A person purchasing milk for resale or manufacture into another product shall pay the producer in a manner and on dates set by the United States department of agriculture milk market administrator or as mutually agreed upon by the producers, the milk plant, and the department. The department shall revoke or deny a license issued under this act for a violation of this subsection.

A person purchasing milk for resale or manufacture into another product shall not issue a check for payment to the producer unless the name of the person issuing the check is noted on the check.

History: 2001, Act 266, Eff. Feb. 8, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.93 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-148-of-2008 / Section 554.93
Interests in personal property held in trust; application of rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) Except as provided in section 2, an interest in, or power of appointment over, personal property held in trust is not invalidated by a rule against any of the following:

(a) Perpetuities.

(b) Suspension of absolute ownership.

(c) Suspension of the power of alienation.

(d) Accumulations of income.

(2) Except as provided in section 2, all of the following may be indefinitely suspended, postponed, or allowed to go on with respect to personal property held in trust:

(a) The vesting of a future interest.

(b) The satisfaction of a condition precedent to the exercise of a general power of appointment.

(c) The exercise of a nongeneral or testamentary power of appointment.

(d) Absolute ownership.

(e) The power of alienation.

(f) Accumulations of income.

History: 2008, Act 148, Imd. Eff. May 28, 2008; Am. 2012, Act 484, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012; Am. 2022, Act 154, Imd. Eff. July 19, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30917 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30917
Delinquent assessments; reassessment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30917.

If the treasurer reports as delinquent any assessment or part of an assessment, the lake board shall certify the delinquency to the assessing official of each local unit of government, who shall reassess, on the annual tax roll of the local unit of government of that year, in a column headed "special assessments", the delinquent sum, with interest and penalties to September 1 of that year, and an additional penalty of 6% of the total amount. Thereafter, the statutes relating to taxes shall be applicable to the reassessments in each local unit of government.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 230.8 — MI Code / Chapter 220 / Act Act-283-of-1909 / Section 230.8
Trees felled in highway; removal, failure, forfeiture.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

If any trees shall fall or be fallen by any person from any occupied land into any highway, any person may give notice to the occupant of the land from which such trees shall have fallen to remove the same in 2 days, and if such trees shall not be removed within that time, but shall continue in such highway, such occupant shall forfeit the sum of 50 cents for every day thereafter until such tree shall be removed.

History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 4465; CL 1929, 4084; CL 1948, 230.8
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.355 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-55-of-1963 / Section 124.355
Authority as body corporate; property; condemnation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The authority may acquire property for a mass transportation system by purchase, construction, lease, gift or devise, either within or without the area served by such mass transportation system and may hold, manage, control, sell, exchange or lease such property. The authority may utilize any appropriate statute for the purpose of condemnation. Such condemnation proceedings shall only be applicable to property located within the corporate boundaries of the political subdivision or subdivisions by which the authority is incorporated within the corporate boundaries of the authority.

History: 1963, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.6005 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-407-of-2016 / Section 339.6005
State construction code commission; designation as board; building officials advisory board; purpose; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1005.

(1) The state construction code commission created in section 3a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1503a, is designated as the board for purposes of this article.

(2) The building officials advisory board created in section 3 of former 1986 PA 54 shall continue in existence and shall continue to assist the commission in establishing standards and criteria for the training and qualifications of building officials. The building officials advisory board shall consist of 9 members, appointed by the commission as follows:

(a) Subject to subsection (3), a building official who enforces the building officials and code administrators basic building code.

(b) Subject to subsection (3), a building official who enforces the uniform building code.

(c) Subject to subsection (3), a building official who enforces the Michigan building code.

(d) Two members of the general public, 1 of whom is an individual with 1 or more disabilities.

(e) A registered architect or engineer.

(f) A building contractor.

(g) A building trades journey worker from a recognized apprentice course.

(h) A representative of small business.

(3) Of the 3 building officials appointed under subsection (2)(a), (b), and (c), 1 shall represent a county, 1 shall represent a city, and 1 shall represent a township or village.

(4) A member of the building officials advisory board shall serve a term of 3 years. A member serving on the building officials advisory board on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this act under former 1986 PA 54 shall continue to serve until the expiration of his or her term under former 1986 PA 54.

History: 2016, Act 407, Eff. Apr. 4, 2017