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Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.7137 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.7137
Food additives; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7137.

Food shall not contain unapproved food additives or additives that exceed amounts specified in 21 CFR parts 170 to 180 relating to food additives, generally recognized as safe or prior sanctioned substances that exceed amounts specified in 21 CFR parts 181 to 186, substances that exceed amounts established under applicable regulations of the United States department of agriculture food safety inspection service, or pesticide residues that exceed provisions specified in 40 CFR part 180.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000; Am. 2007, Act 114, Eff. Apr. 1, 2008; Am. 2012, Act 178, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2734 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-84-of-1999 / Section 125.2734
Late or delinquent rent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

A qualified buyer eligible for and participating in the urban homestead program shall be allowed the opportunity to make up any late or delinquent rent due. The administrator shall notify the individual of the arrearage and determine a payment schedule to make up past due rent.

History: 1999, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 447.205 — MI Code / Chapter 447 / Act Act-359-of-1990 / Section 447.205
Loan requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A loan which the director may recommend to the state treasurer to invest shall meet the following requirements:

The agricultural commodities or other products purchased through the loan were produced or processed, in whole or in part, within the state.

The terms of the loan would assist in making the sale competitive with the sale of agricultural commodities or other products of other states or foreign countries.

History: 1990, Act 359, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.863 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-230-of-1923 / Section 123.863
Existing bands; adoption of provisions of act, procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

Any such village, township or city, having previously adopted the provisions of this act, may at any time thereafter relinquish said authority or power by following the same procedure as provided in this act for adopting the provisions thereof: Provided, That such action may be taken by the legislative body aforesaid only after a petition signed by 10 per centum of the qualified voters residing in such village, township or city, as the case may be, duly filed with the legislative body thereof at least 60 days prior to the date of re-submission, asking that the question of relinquishment of said authority be re-submitted to the vote of the people.

History: 1923, Act 230, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923; CL 1929, 2735; CL 1948, 123.863
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.761b — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.761b
Clerk of city or township; office hours immediately before election for receiving absent voter ballots; public notice; additional locations by resolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 761b.

(1) Beginning January 1, 2019, the clerk of each city or township shall be available in his or her office to issue and receive absent voter ballots for any combination of at least 8 hours on the Saturday or Sunday immediately before election day.

(2) At least 30 days before the date of an election, the clerk of each city or township shall post and notify the secretary of state of the hours that the clerk's office will be open on the Saturday or Sunday, or both, immediately before the election to issue and receive absent voter ballots.

(3) Subject to the requirements for polling places in section 662, upon the approval by resolution of the governing body of a city or township, the clerk of that city or township may specify additional locations and hours that the clerk will be available to issue and receive absent voter ballots. These additional locations must allow challengers as described in section 730.

(4) At least 30 days before the date of an election, the clerk of each city or township shall post and notify the secretary of state, if applicable, concerning the additional locations and hours that the clerk will be available to issue and receive absent voter ballots as provided under subsection (3).

History: Add. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1146 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1146
Single-gender school, class, or program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1146.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2) and section 475, a separate school or department shall not be kept for a person on account of race, color, or gender. This section shall not be construed to prevent the grading of schools according to the intellectual progress of the pupil to be taught in separate places as may be considered expedient.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy may establish and maintain a school, class, or program within a school in which enrollment is limited to pupils of a single gender if the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy makes available to pupils a substantially equal coeducational school, class, or program and a substantially equal school, class, or program for pupils of the other gender.

(3) If the board of a school district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public school academy establishes a single-gender school, class, or program described in subsection (1), the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy shall not require participation by any of its pupils in the single-gender school, class, or program. The board or board of directors shall ensure that participation by pupils in a single-gender school, class, or program is wholly voluntary. For the purposes of this subsection, participation by a pupil in a single-gender school, class, or program is not considered to be voluntary unless the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy also makes available to the pupil a substantially equal coeducational school, class, or program.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2006, Act 303, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.839 — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-239-of-1992 / Section 287.839
Importation of swine; requirements; waiver.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

Breeding swine brought into this state shall remain at the destination stated on the official interstate health certificate or official interstate certificate of veterinary inspection until the herd owner obtains a negative official test for pseudorabies conducted not less than 30, or more than 60, days following the date of importation. The director may grant an exemption for infected herds under quarantine.

Swine imported into this state shall bear official identification.

The importation of swine vaccinated for pseudorabies is prohibited.

A person shall not bring swine into this state from a livestock auction market or other collection facility where slaughter swine are handled except when importing swine for slaughter purposes only.

The director may waive specific requirements if it is determined that livestock imported from a certain area or state are not a threat to the health of native livestock.

History: 1992, Act 239, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.223 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.223
Mobile home condominium project; leasing agreements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 123.

A developer or an affiliate of a developer shall not develop a mobile home condominium project which involves, as a condition of sale, leasing agreements covering the recreational facilities, amenities, other common elements, or mobile home condominium sites.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17764 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17764
Conduct constituting misdemeanor; violation; penalty; other violations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17764.

A person shall not sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, or manufacture for sale a drug or device bearing or accompanied by a label that is misleading as to the contents, uses, or purposes of the drug or device. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor. In determining whether a label is misleading, consideration shall be given to the representations made or suggested by the statement, word, design, device, sound, or any combination thereof, and the extent to which the label fails to reveal facts material in view of the representations made or material as to consequences that may result from use of the drug or device to which the label relates under conditions of use prescribed in the label or under customary or usual conditions of use.

A person shall not knowingly or recklessly do either of the following:

Adulterate, misbrand, remove, or substitute a drug or device knowing or intending that the drug or device shall be used.

Sell, offer for sale, possess for sale, cause to be sold, or manufacture for sale an adulterated or misbranded drug.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who violates subsection (2) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

A person who violates subsection (2), which violation results in personal injury, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $4,000.00, or both.

A person who violates subsection (2), which violation results in serious impairment of a body function, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both. As used in this subsection, "serious impairment of a body function" means that term as defined in section 58c of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.58c.

A person who violates subsection (2), which violation results in death, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not more than $20,000.00, or both.

A person who violates subsection (2) with the intent to kill or to cause serious impairment of a body function of 2 or more individuals, which violation results in death, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole or life without the possibility of parole and a fine of not more than $40,000.00. It is not a defense to a charge under this subsection that the person did not intend to kill a specific individual, or did not intend to cause serious impairment of a body function of 2 or more specific individuals.

This section does not prohibit an individual from being charged with, convicted of, or punished for any other violation of law that is committed by that individual while violating this section.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 2004, Act 214, Eff. Oct. 12, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.860 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-296-of-1969 / Section 247.860
Transfers not subject to act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The provisions of this act shall not apply to the transfer of jurisdiction over county roads in unincorporated areas which become incorporated through annexation, incorporation or consolidation after the effective date of this act and which are transferred to the city or village jurisdiction within 1 year after the date of the annexation, incorporation or consolidation.

History: 1969, Act 296, Eff. Mar. 20, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.509p — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.509p
Qualified voter file; components.
Status: in_force

Sec. 509p.

The qualified voter file must consist of all of the following components:

(a) A computer file that has the capacity to maintain a number of records equal to or greater than the voting age population of this state.

(b) An electronic network that allows participating designated executive departments, state agencies, and county, city, and township clerks to electronically add, change, or delete records contained in the qualified voter file.

(c) An interactive electronic communication system that allows access to records in the file of qualified electors residing in a county, city, or township for the purpose of receiving copies of the county, city, or township file, transmitting data to the county, city, or township file, or reviewing and printing the county, city, or township file. The interactive electronic communication system must be designed to permit counties, cities, or townships that are capable of accessing the interactive electronic communication system to add, change, or delete records regarding qualified electors in the qualified voter file.

(d) A statewide street address index in an electronic medium that will accurately identify the city or township of each record and accurately identify the precinct of each record in the qualified voter file.

History: Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995; Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.289 — MI Code / Chapter 41 / Act Act-246-of-1931 / Section 41.289
Lighting of roads, highways, and bridges generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The township board of a township may authorize the expenditure of funds to provide for the lighting by artificial means of roads, highways, and bridges in the township that are located outside of the limits of incorporated villages. The expense of the lighting shall be paid out of the funds of the township. If a road, highway, or bridge is situated in or between 2 or more townships, a provision shall be made by a majority vote of the township boards of the townships in or between which the road, highway, or bridge is situated, at a joint meeting of the boards, held for that purpose, and the proportion of the expense to be paid by each of the townships shall be determined at the joint meeting. This section and sections 19a to 19d for reasons of public safety authorize the lighting of a state trunk line highway, county road, or platted road or street outside the limits of incorporated villages, whether the road or street has been dedicated to the public use or not.

History: Add. 1989, Act 80, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1287 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1287
Professional services; limitation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 287.

(1) A professional corporation shall not engage in any business other than providing the professional service or services for which it was specifically incorporated.

(2) This chapter does not prohibit a professional corporation from doing any of the following:

(a) Investing its money in real estate, mortgages, stocks, bonds, or any other type of investments.

(b) Owning real or personal property necessary to provide a professional service or services.

(c) Becoming a partner in a partnership formed under the uniform partnership act, 1917 PA 72, MCL 449.1 to 449.48, if the partnership provides 1 or more of the same professional services as the professional corporation.

(d) Becoming a member or manager of a professional limited liability company organized under or subject to chapter 9 of the Michigan limited liability company act, 1993 PA 23, MCL 450.4901 to 450.4910, if the professional limited liability company provides 1 or more of the same professional services as the professional corporation.

(e) Becoming a shareholder in a professional corporation governed by this chapter, if both professional corporations provide 1 or more of the same professional services.

History: Add. 2012, Act 569, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2013; Am. 2018, Act 85, Eff. June 24, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 211.205l — MI Code / Chapter 211 / Act Act-62-of-1933 / Section 211.205l
Separate tax limitations; prior voted millage increases; additional millage increases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5l.

The establishment and alteration of separate tax limitations shall not affect prior voted millage increases or the power of a local unit to vote additional millage increases, pursuant to section 3 or other law.

History: Add. 1964, Act 278, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.5673 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.5673
Definitions; E to I.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5673.

(1) "Emergency medical protocol" means a protocol as that term is defined in section 20908.

(2) "Emergency medical services personnel" means that term as defined in section 20904, but does not include an emergency medical services instructor-coordinator.

(3) "Guardian" means a person with the powers and duties to make medical treatment decisions on behalf of a patient to the extent granted by court order under section 5314 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5314.

(4) "Health facility" means a health facility or agency licensed under article 17. Health facility does not include a hospital unless specifically provided.

(5) "Health professional" means an individual licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of a health profession under article 15.

(6) "Hospital" means that term as defined in section 20106.

(7) "Information form" means the information form described in section 5676.

History: Add. 2017, Act 154, Eff. Feb. 6, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.16c — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.16c
Notice of date for election and question to be submitted; arrangement for election; form of ballot; election expenses; canvass; return of results; approval of consolidation by resolution; effective date; election of township board; termination of proceedings.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16c.

(1) The county clerk shall notify the clerk of each township affected by a consolidation petitioned for under section 16b of the date for the election and the question to be submitted. The date for the election on the issue of consolidation shall be set on or before May 1 in the year of a general November election. Each township clerk shall arrange for an election on the question of the proposed consolidation.

(2) The ballot to be used in an election for consolidation shall be substantially in the following form:

"For consolidation of the townships of __________ and __________ (naming each township) as the (charter) township of __________" (insert one of the following) (for a charter township) "that will be a municipal corporation subject to Act No. 359 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 42.1 to 42.34 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, which act will constitute the charter of the municipal corporation, and that will have an authorized millage rate of _______.

[ ] Yes

[ ] No"

or

(For a general law township with extra voted millage) "with extra voted millage of _______ mills for _______ years.

[ ] Yes

[ ] No"

(3) A township proposed for consolidation shall bear its own election expenses. The county board of canvassers shall canvass an election held under this section and shall return the results to the county board of commissioners.

(4) If a majority of the electors voting on the question in each township counted separately approve the consolidation, the county board of commissioners shall approve the consolidation by resolution. An approved consolidation is effective at 12 p.m. on November 20 following the election.

(5) In the resolution approving the consolidation, the county board of commissioners shall call an election of the township board for the consolidated township at the next August primary and November general elections, which elections replace the elections of the boards of the townships that are consolidated. The consolidated township board is composed of a supervisor, clerk, treasurer, and 2 or 4 trustees, as provided by law.

(6) If the consolidation is not approved by the electors in each township, the proceedings on the consolidation petition terminate.

History: Add. 1988, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.938 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-151-of-1955 / Section 388.938
State loans to school districts; qualification fee; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Any school district applying for qualification of bonds, such bonds having been issued on or after May 4, 1955, shall pay a fee for such qualification, which fee shall be used toward defraying the administrative expenses in connection with this act. The fee shall be paid to the superintendent of public instruction within 30 days after the moneys obtained through the sale of bonds so qualified have been received by the treasurer of the board of education of the school district. The amount of the fee to be paid by the school district shall be based upon the total amount of the bond issue included in the application for qualification, and shall be determined by the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent of public instruction shall prescribe necessary rules and regulations, in accordance with Act No. 88 of the Public Acts of 1943, as amended, being sections 24.71 to 24.82, inclusive, 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, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948. The amount of the fee to be charged to the school district may vary according to the amount of the bond issue, except that in no case shall this amount be less than $100.00, and the total amount to be charged to all school districts in any one fiscal year shall be approximately equal to the estimated administrative expenses in connection with this act for the same fiscal year. Upon failure of any school district to pay such qualification fee within the time specified, the superintendent of public instruction is hereby authorized to withhold the amount of such fee from the payment of state school aid money next due the district: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any issue of school district bonds qualified by the superintendent of public instruction prior to July 1, 1956.

History: Add. 1956, Act 96, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1956
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.661c — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.661c
Construction or preservation projects to be performed by contract awarded by competitive bidding; other method; findings; report; "local road agency" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11c.

(1) All construction projects of the department concerning highways, streets, roads, and bridges, whose cost exceeds $100,000.00 for construction or preservation as defined in section 10c, shall be performed by contract awarded by competitive bidding unless the department affirmatively finds that under the circumstances relating to those projects, some other method is in the public interest. The director of the department shall report his or her findings to the state transportation commission 90 days before work is commenced and promptly in writing to the appropriations committees of the senate and house of representatives. However, in a case in which the department determines emergency action is required, the reports need not be filed before a contract is awarded but shall be promptly filed.

(2) All construction projects of a local road agency whose costs exceed $100,000.00 for construction or preservation, excluding maintenance, shall be performed by contract awarded by competitive bidding unless the local road agency affirmatively finds that under the circumstances relating to those projects, some other method is in the public interest. Installation or upgrading of advanced traffic management and signals is exempt from this subsection. A county road commission shall report its findings before work is commenced in writing to the county board of commissioners of that county. A city or village shall report its findings before work is commenced in writing to the governing elected body of that city or village. As used in this subsection, "local road agency" means that term as defined in section 9a.

History: Add. 1982, Act 438, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 1993, Act 294, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1993; Am. 1997, Act 79, Eff. July 28, 1997; Am. 2002, Act 498, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2002; Am. 2015, Act 182, Eff. Nov. 10, 2015