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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.759b — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.759b
Emergency absent voters' ballot; application.
Status: in_force

Sec. 759b.

Any registered elector may apply for absent voter ballots at any time prior to 4 p.m. on election day if he shall have become physically disabled or shall be absent from the city or township because of sickness or death in the family which has occurred at a time which has made it impossible to apply for absent voter ballots by the statutory deadline. The application shall be called an emergency absent voter application.

Emergency absent voter applications may be made by letter or on a form provided by the clerk. The application shall set forth that the voter is qualified to vote in the election, stating the statutory reason for applying for an emergency absent voter ballot and that the reason for applying after the statutory deadline occurred at such a time to make it impossible to file an application for absent voter ballots by the statutory deadline.

Any person intentionally making a false statement in such application is guilty of a felony. Any person aiding or abetting any person to make a false statement on such application is guilty of a felony.

Upon receipt by the clerk of a valid application for an emergency absent voter ballot, the clerk may deliver the ballots to the applicant in person, through a deputy or an election assistant, or he may deliver them at his office to a person named by the applicant in the application. The voter may return the ballots to the clerk in the sealed envelope provided therefor in any manner he sees fit. To be valid, ballots must be returned to the clerk in time to be delivered to the polls prior to 8 p.m. on election day.

History: Add. 1965, Act 205, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1901 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-251-of-2000 / Section 550.1901
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "patient's right to independent review act".

History: 2000, Act 251, Eff. Oct. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2705 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-127-of-1999 / Section 125.2705
Application to rent property; lease agreement; provisions; conditions for deeding property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

A qualified buyer may apply to the administrator to rent certain property in that local governmental unit. The application shall be in a form and in a manner provided by the administrator. If the application is approved, the qualified buyer and administrator shall enter into a lease agreement for the premises. Except as provided in subsection (2), the administrator shall determine the terms and conditions of the lease agreement.

The lease agreement shall provide that if the applicant is convicted of a felony during the term of the lease agreement, then the lease agreement is automatically terminated 60 days after the conviction.

The administrator shall charge not more than 100% or less than 80% of the fair market rental value for the premises. The administrator has the authority to determine rent based on factors such as income, number of dependents, and condition of the property.

The qualified buyer who is renting the property is responsible for all utilities and costs of improvements to the premises.

If the qualified buyer is in substantial compliance with the terms of the lease for not less than 5 years and continues to meet the criteria in section 4(1)(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g), and the premises substantially comply with all building and housing codes, the administrator shall deed or cause to be deeded that property to the qualified buyer for $1.00.

As a condition of receiving ownership of the property under this section, the qualified buyer shall maintain and regularly fund an escrow account with the administrator for the payment of property taxes and insurance on the property.

History: 1999, Act 127, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1401 — MI Code / Chapter 691 / Act Act-170-of-1964 / Section 691.1401
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Governmental agency" means this state or a political subdivision.

(b) "Governmental function" means an activity that is expressly or impliedly mandated or authorized by constitution, statute, local charter or ordinance, or other law. Governmental function includes an activity performed on public or private property by a sworn law enforcement officer within the scope of the law enforcement officer's authority, as directed or assigned by his or her public employer for the purpose of public safety.

(c) "Highway" means a public highway, road, or street that is open for public travel. Highway includes a bridge, sidewalk, trailway, crosswalk, or culvert on the highway. Highway does not include an alley, tree, or utility pole.

(d) "Municipal corporation" means a city, village, or township or a combination of 2 or more of these when acting jointly.

(e) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, county, county road commission, school district, community college district, port district, metropolitan district, or transportation authority or a combination of 2 or more of these when acting jointly; a district or authority authorized by law or formed by 1 or more political subdivisions; or an agency, department, court, board, or council of a political subdivision.

(f) "Sidewalk", except as used in subdivision (c), means a paved public sidewalk intended for pedestrian use situated outside of and adjacent to the improved portion of a highway designed for vehicular travel.

(g) "State" means this state and its agencies, departments, commissions, courts, boards, councils, and statutorily created task forces. State includes a public university or college of this state, whether established as a constitutional corporation or otherwise.

(h) "Township" means a general law township or a charter township.

(i) "Volunteer" means an individual who is specifically designated as a volunteer and who is acting solely on behalf of a governmental agency.

History: 1964, Act 170, Eff. July 1, 1965; Am. 1986, Act 175, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986; Am. 1999, Act 205, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1999; Am. 2001, Act 131, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 2001; Am. 2012, Act 50, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.303 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-322-of-2000 / Section 285.303
“Department” and “fund” defined; Michigan clean air fund; creation; administration; grants and loans; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) As used in this section:

(a) "Department" means the department of environmental quality.

(b) "Fund" means the Michigan clean air fund created in this section.

(2) The Michigan clean air fund is created within the department of treasury to be administered by the department. Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund the money from any source provided by law.

(3) Money in the fund shall be used by the department to provide grants and loans to individuals, private or public corporations, and local units of government for programs or projects established to reduce oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds and for the administration of the grant and loan program.

(4) The director of the department shall have final approval of grants and loans made under this section. Grants and loans made under this section are contingent upon the availability of money in the fund.

(5) The director of the department may impose fiduciary obligations upon a recipient of a grant, including performance bonding, and may impose conditions upon the receipt and expenditure of the grant money.

(6) An application for a grant or loan from the fund shall be made on a form or in a format prescribed by the department. The department may require the applicant to provide any information reasonably necessary to allow the department to make a determination required under this section.

(7) The department shall promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement this section.

History: 2000, Act 322, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 2000; Am. 2013, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8811 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8811
Civil infraction; citation; necessity of sworn complaint.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8811.

If a law enforcement officer issues a citation under section 8807, the court may accept an admission with explanation or an admission or denial of responsibility upon the citation without the necessity of a sworn complaint. If the defendant denies responsibility for the state civil infraction, further proceedings shall not be had until a sworn complaint relating to the state civil infraction is filed with the court.

History: Add. 1995, Act 54, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.41 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-321-of-1909 / Section 129.41
Public funds of incorporated village; deposit; secured deposits; limitation on acceptable assets; warrants and orders; profits; liability for loss; ordinance or resolution; conduct and inspection of proceedings; accrual of profits to village general fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The legislative body of an incorporated village of this state may provide for the depositing and safeguarding of public funds in the manner prescribed in section 3 and this section. The treasurer of an incorporated village within the state, upon giving bond as required by the council, may deposit all public funds of which the treasurer has charge in a financial institution located within the county which the treasurer considers best for the protection of the funds.

Assets acceptable for pledging to secure deposits of village funds are limited to any of the following:

Assets considered acceptable to the state treasurer under section 3 of 1855 PA 105, MCL 21.143, to secure deposits of state surplus funds.

Any of the following:

Securities issued by the federal home loan mortgage corporation.

Securities issued by the federal national mortgage association.

Securities issued by the government national mortgage association.

Other securities considered acceptable to the village and the financial institution.

The deposit shall be subject at all times to the warrants and orders of the treasurer required by law to be drawn, and all profits arising from the deposit shall inure to the benefit of the funds.

These deposits shall not release the treasurer from liability for a loss which may occur by the deposit.

The legislative body may provide by ordinance or resolution for the deposit of all public funds belonging to the village coming into the possession of the treasurer in a designated financial institution located within the county and may determine in the ordinance or resolution all details for carrying into effect the authority granted by this section.

All proceedings in connection with the deposit of funds shall be conducted in a manner which insures full publicity and shall be open at all times to the inspection of any citizen. Neither the treasurer nor the treasurer's sureties shall be liable for a loss incurred from deposits made under authority of an ordinance or resolution of the council.

Profits arising from the deposit shall accrue to the benefit of the general fund of the village.

History: 1909, Act 321, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 2609; CL 1929, 1792; CL 1948, 129.41; Am. 1956, Act 27, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956; Am. 1979, Act 77, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1997, Act 45, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.275 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-220-of-1982 / Section 285.275
Notes and bonds of authority as securities; investment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

The notes and bonds of the authority are securities in which all public officers and bodies of the state and all local units of government, all insurance companies and associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them.

History: 1982, Act 220, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2102 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-453-of-1976 / Section 37.2102
Recognition and declaration of civil right; action arising out of discrimination based on sex or familial status.
Status: in_force

Sec. 102.

(1) The opportunity to obtain employment, housing and other real estate, and the full and equal utilization of public accommodations, public service, and educational facilities without discrimination because of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, height, weight, familial status, or marital status as prohibited by this act, is recognized and declared to be a civil right.

(2) This section does not prevent an individual from bringing or continuing an action arising out of sex discrimination before July 18, 1980 for a claim based on conduct similar to or identical to harassment.

(3) This section does not prevent an individual from bringing or continuing an action arising out of discrimination based on familial status before June 29, 1992 for a claim based on conduct similar to or identical to discrimination because of the age of anyone residing with the individual bringing or continuing the action.

History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1979, Act 91, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1979; Am. 1980, Act 202, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1980; Am. 1982, Act 45, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 1992, Act 124, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1992; Am. 2023, Act 6, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.589b — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-180-of-1981 / Section 400.589b
Senior care respite fund; distribution of money; administrative costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9b.

The office shall annually distribute the money in the senior care respite fund to the area agencies on aging. Each area agency on aging shall receive a minimum of $25,000.00, or a proportionate part of that amount if sufficient money is not available, with all remaining money, if any, distributed according to a formula developed by the office pursuant to rules promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, or according to the terms and conditions of the donor.

Up to 1% of the fund may be used for administrative costs of the office for administering the senior care respite fund.

History: Add. 1990, Act 171, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.489 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.489
False statement of public finances and transfer of same.
Status: in_force

Sec. 489.

False statement of public finances and transfer of same-Any officer, agent, servant or employe of the state of Michigan, or of any county, township, city, village or school district of this state, and any member, agent or employe of any board or commission of the state of Michigan or of any of the municipalities above named, who shall knowingly deliver, publish or give out for publication any false statement relating to the finances, funds, moneys or balances in any fund of said state, county, township, city, village or school district, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any officer, agent, servant or employe of the state of Michigan, or of any county, township, city, village or school district of this state, and any member, agent or employe of any board or commission of the state of Michigan or of any of the municipalities above named, who shall transfer or juggle the funds of the state or other municipal division thereof, or issue false checks, drafts, warrants, vouchers or other evidences of credit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.489
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.113 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.113
Contested election; commissioners, appointment, packaging of ballots.
Status: in_force

Sec. 113.

Upon issuing a permanent restraining order as herein provided, the supreme court shall name 3 commissioners, who shall proceed to the offices of the several county clerks as soon as may be, open said ballot boxes, remove the ballots therefrom and place them in packages securely wrapped and sealed and so marked as to show in what voting districts such ballots were cast.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.13521 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.13521
Rules generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13521.

(1) The department shall promulgate rules providing for general licenses or specific licenses or registration, or exemption from licensing or registration, for radioactive materials and other sources of ionizing radiation. The rules must provide for the amendment, suspension, or revocation of licenses. In connection with those rules, subject to section 13527, the department may promulgate rules to establish requirements for record keeping, permissible levels of exposure, notification and reports of accidents, protective measures, technical qualifications of personnel, handling, transportation, storage, waste disposal, posting and labeling of hazardous sources and areas, surveys, and monitoring.

(2) The rules must not limit the intentional exposure of patients to radiation for the purpose of lawful therapy or research conducted by licensed health professionals.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1989, Act 56, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1989; Am. 2018, Act 544, Eff. Mar. 28, 2019; Am. 2025, Act 63, Eff. Mar. 24, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.430a — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.430a
Human cloning; prohibition; exception; violation; penalty; “human cloning” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 430a.

An individual shall not intentionally engage in or attempt to engage in human cloning.

Subsection (1) does not prohibit scientific research or cell-based therapies not specifically prohibited by that subsection.

An individual who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years or a fine of not more than $10,000,000.00, or both.

As used in this section, "human cloning" means that term as defined in section 16274 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.16274.

History: Add. 1998, Act 110, Eff. Mar. 23, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.504 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.504
Investigation; status report; time extension; closing and reopening complaint; preparation of appropriate action; informal conference.
Status: in_force

Sec. 504.

The investigative unit of the department, within 30 days after the department receives the complaint, shall report to the director on the status of the investigation. If, for good cause shown, an investigation cannot be completed within 30 days, the director may extend the time in which a report may be filed. The total number of extensions permitted under this section shall be included in the report required by section 212.

If the report of the investigative unit of the department does not disclose a violation of this act or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act, the complaint shall be closed by the department. The reasons for closing the complaint shall be forwarded to the respondent and complainant, who then may provide additional information to reopen the complaint.

If the report of the investigative unit made pursuant to subsection (1) discloses evidence of a violation of this act or a rule promulgated or an order issued under this act, the department or the department of attorney general shall prepare the appropriate action against the respondent which may be any of the following:

A formal complaint.

A cease and desist order.

A notice of summary suspension.

A citation.

At any time during its investigation or after the issuance of a formal complaint, the department may bring together the complainant and the respondent for an informal conference. At the informal conference, the department shall attempt to resolve issues raised in the complaint and may attempt to aid the parties in reaching a formal settlement or stipulation.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980; Am. 1989, Act 261, Eff. Jan. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17706 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17706
Definitions; M, O.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17706.

(1) "Manufacturer" means a person that prepares, produces, derives, propagates, compounds, processes, packages, or repackages a drug or device salable on prescription only, or otherwise changes the container or the labeling of a drug or device salable on prescription only, and that supplies, distributes, sells, offers for sale, barters, or otherwise disposes of that drug or device and any other drug or device salable on prescription only, to another person for resale, compounding, or dispensing. Manufacturer does not include a pharmacy unless the pharmacy meets the requirements described in section 17748f.

(2) "Official compendium" means the United States Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary, or the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, as applicable. If an official compendium is revised after September 30, 2014, the department shall officially take notice of the revision. Within 30 days after taking notice of the revision, the department, in consultation with the board, shall decide whether the revision continues to protect the public health as it relates to the manner that the official compendium is used in this act. If the department, in consultation with the board, decides that the revision continues to protect the public health, the department may issue an order to incorporate the revision by reference. If the department issues an order under this subsection to incorporate the revision by reference, the department shall not make any changes to the revision.

(3) "Outsourcing facility" means that term as defined in 21 USC 353b.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1986, Act 304, Eff. Mar. 31, 1987; Am. 2014, Act 280, Eff. Sept. 30, 2014; Am. 2020, Act 142, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 462.371 — MI Code / Chapter 462 / Act Act-354-of-1993 / Section 462.371
Railroad police officer; application fee; identification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 371.

An application for the appointment of a railroad police officer shall be accompanied by a fee of $100.00 and by 2 photographs of and other identification information concerning the person named in the application, including fingerprints of the person, which fingerprints shall be classified by the bureau of identification of the department of state police and shall remain with that bureau as a permanent record.

History: 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.101 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-41-of-1895 / Section 123.101
Cities and villages furnishing light to inhabitants.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That it shall be lawful for any city or incorporated village in this state not having more than 10,000 inhabitants, which now own and operate works for the purpose of supplying such city or village with electric light and lighting their streets and other public places with electric light, to furnish and supply electric light to the inhabitants of such cities or villages upon such terms and under such conditions as the common council may deem expedient.

History: 1895, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1895; CL 1897, 3440; CL 1915, 3430; CL 1929, 2420; CL 1948, 123.101
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.801 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-56-of-1980 / Section 125.801
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "neighborhood assistance and participation act".

History: 1980, Act 56, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1980