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Mich. Comp. Laws § 442.321 — MI Code / Chapter 442 / Act Act-121-of-1970 / Section 442.321
Art sales warranties; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

“Art merchant” means a person who deals in works of fine art or by his occupation holds himself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to works of fine art or to whom such knowledge or skill may be attributed by his employment of an agent or broker or other intermediary who by his occupation holds himself out as having such knowledge or skill. It includes an auctioneer who sells works of fine art at public auction as well as the auctioneer's consignor or principal.

“Author” or “authorship” refers to the creator of a work of fine art or to the period, culture, source or origin with which the creation of the work is identified in the description of the work.

“Counterfeit” means a work of fine art made or altered, with intent to deceive, in a manner that it appears to have an authorship which it does not in fact possess. It includes any work of fine art made, altered or copied in a manner that it appears to have an authorship which it does not in fact possess even though the work may not have been made with intent to deceive.

“Fine art” means a painting, sculpture, drawing or work of graphic art.

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association or other group however organized.

“Written instrument” means a written or printed agreement, bill of sale, or any other written or printed note or memorandum of the sale or exchange of a work of fine art by an art merchant and includes a written or printed catalog or other prospectus of a forthcoming sale as well as any written or printed corrections or amendments thereof.

History: 1970, Act 121, Eff. Jan. 1, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.40901 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.40901
Homing pigeons; prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 40901.

A person shall not at any time of the year or in any manner, hunt, take, pursue, capture, wound, kill, maim, or disfigure the homing pigeons of another person.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.625 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.625
Alternate procedures.
Status: in_force

Sec. 625.

Drainage boards and officials operating under chapters 20 and 21 may employ the procedures of this chapter as an alternate method instead of the procedures in chapters 20 and 21 for the apportionment of costs and the preparation and collection of a special assessment roll.

History: Add. 1976, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 10, 1976; Am. 1977, Act 35, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 74.23d — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 74.23d
Disincorporation commission; contract for consultants and advisors; funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23d.

The disincorporation commission may contract for such consultants and advisors as may be reasonably necessary in its discretion to carry out its responsibilities.

The village council shall appropriate for the disincorporation commission sufficient funds for the commission to reasonably carry out its responsibilities.

The disincorporation commission may accept any private or public funding.

History: Add. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.1301 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-220-of-1976 / Section 37.1301
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 301.

As used in this article:

"Place of public accommodation" means a business, educational institution, refreshment, entertainment, recreation, health, or transportation facility of any kind, whether licensed or not, whose goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations are extended, offered, sold, or otherwise made available to the public.

"Public service" means a public facility, department, agency, board, or commission owned, operated, or managed by or on behalf of this state or a subdivision of this state, a county, city, village, township, or independent or regional district in this state or a tax exempt private agency established to provide service to the public, except that public service does not include a state or county correctional facility with respect to actions or decisions regarding an individual serving a sentence of imprisonment.

History: 1976, Act 220, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 1980, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 20, 1981; Am. 1999, Act 201, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.165 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-178-of-1939 / Section 123.165
Priority of lien; applicability of act where lease provides lessor not liable for payment of bills; affidavit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The lien created by this act shall, after June 7, 1939, have priority over all other liens except taxes or special assessments whether or not the other liens accrued or were recorded before the accrual of the water or sewage system lien created by this act. However, this act shall not apply if a lease has been legally executed, containing a provision that the lessor shall not be liable for payment of water or sewage system bills accruing subsequent to the filing of the affidavit provided by this section. An affidavit with respect to the execution of a lease containing this provision shall be filed with the board, commission, or other official in charge of the water works system or sewage system, or both, and 20 days' notice shall be given by the lessor of any cancellation, change in, or termination of the lease. The affidavit shall contain a notation of the expiration date of the lease.

History: 1939, Act 178, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1939; CL 1948, 123.165; Am. 1981, Act 132, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.81 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-86-of-1929 / Section 286.81
Protection of cherry crops.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

In order to protect the cherry crops of the state from the ravages of the cherry fruit flies (Rhagoletis Cingulata Loew and R. Fausta Osten Sacken) established within the state and now seriously and destructively threatening and infesting cherry orchards within the state, and other cherry pests which are now or may hereafter be established in the state, the commissioner of agriculture shall adopt and carry out such control measures as are deemed advisable and may cooperate with other agencies in the control of these pests.

History: 1929, Act 86, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1929; CL 1929, 5112; CL 1948, 286.81
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20921a — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20921a
County population 10,000 or less and population density less than 7 people per square mile; ambulance availability.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20921a.

(1) A limited ambulance operation whose primary service area is in a county with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary service area has a population density of fewer than 7 people per square mile may have an ambulance available at less than the limited level of licensure if both of the following conditions are met:

(a) The medical control authority under which the ambulance operation operates authorizes the lesser availability.

(b) The ambulance operation has department-approved local medical control authority protocols in place.

(2) A basic ambulance operation whose primary service area is in a county with a population of 10,000 or less and whose primary service area has a population density of fewer than 7 people per square mile may operate at a limited ambulance operation level of licensure when staffed with an advanced EMT if all of the following conditions are met:

(a) The basic ambulance is equipped at the greater licensure level.

(b) The medical control authority under which the ambulance operation operates authorizes the conditional increased level of licensure.

(c) The basic ambulance operation has department-approved local medical control authority protocols in place.

History: Add. 2018, Act 398, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.406 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.406
Circuit and probate judges; Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties; adoption of plan of concurrent jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 406.

(1) Within the counties of Genesee, Ingham, Kent, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne, a majority of all of the circuit and probate judges, subject to approval by the supreme court and to the limitations contained in sections 410, 841, and 8304, shall adopt 1 or more plans of concurrent jurisdiction under this section unless a plan of concurrent jurisdiction has been adopted under section 407 or 408, or unless a majority of all of the circuit and probate judges in that county vote not to have a plan of concurrent jurisdiction. If a majority of all of the circuit and probate judges in that county vote not to have a plan of concurrent jurisdiction, the chief judge of the circuit court shall report the results of that vote to the state court administrator.

(2) A plan of concurrent jurisdiction under this section may provide for 1 or more of the following:

(a) The circuit court and 1 or more circuit judges may exercise the power and jurisdiction of the probate court.

(b) The probate court and 1 or more probate judges may exercise the power and jurisdiction of the circuit court.

(3) A plan of concurrent jurisdiction under this section shall provide for the transfer or assignment of cases between the trial courts affected by the plan and to individual judges of those courts as necessary to implement the plan and to fairly distribute the workload among those judges.

(4) A plan of concurrent jurisdiction under this section may include agreements as to other matters involving the operation of the trial courts participating in the plan, as approved by the supreme court.

(5) A plan of concurrent jurisdiction becomes effective upon the approval of the plan by the supreme court.

History: Add. 2002, Act 678, Eff. Apr. 1, 2003; Am. 2012, Act 338, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.556d — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-345-of-1937 / Section 38.556d
Postretirement adjustments increasing retirement benefits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6d.

A municipality, by ordinance or in another manner provided by law, may adopt from time to time benefit programs providing for postretirement adjustments increasing retirement benefits. Such benefit programs may provide for 1-time postretirement percentage increases in retirement benefits; annual or other periodic postretirement percentage increases in retirement benefits; lump sum postretirement distributions; or any other method considered appropriate by the municipality. The retirement benefit payable after making an adjustment pursuant to the benefit program adopted shall be the new retirement benefit payable until the next adjustment, if any, is made.

History: Add. 1987, Act 145, Imd. Eff. Oct. 26, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20969 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20969
Objection to treatment or transportation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20969.

This part and the rules promulgated under this part do not authorize medical treatment for or transportation to a hospital of an individual who objects to the treatment or transportation. However, if emergency medical services personnel, exercising professional judgment, determine that the individual's condition makes the individual incapable of competently objecting to treatment or transportation, emergency medical services may provide treatment or transportation despite the individual's objection unless the objection is expressly based on the individual's religious beliefs.

History: Add. 1990, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.83 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-118-of-1984 / Section 801.83
Reimbursement for expenses; form.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The county may seek reimbursement for any expenses incurred by the county in relation to a charge for which a person was sentenced to a county jail as follows:

From each person who is or was a prisoner, not more than $60.00 per day for the expenses of maintaining that prisoner or the actual per diem cost of maintaining that prisoner, whichever is less, for the entire period of time the person was confined in the county jail, including any period of pretrial detention.

To investigate the financial status of the person.

Any other expenses incurred by the county to collect payments under this act.

Reimbursement under this act may be ordered as a probation condition entered pursuant to section 3 of chapter XI of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 771.3.

Before seeking any reimbursement under this act, the county shall develop a form to be used for determining the financial status of prisoners. The form shall provide for obtaining the age and marital status of a prisoner, number and ages of children of a prisoner, number and ages of other dependents, type and value of real estate, type and value of personal property, cash and bank accounts, type and value of investments, pensions and annuities, and any other personalty of significant cash value. The county shall use the form when investigating the financial status of prisoners.

History: 1984, Act 118, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1984; Am. 1994, Act 212, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 544, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997; Am. 1998, Act 450, Eff. Aug. 1, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.123 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-491-of-2006 / Section 408.123
Local workforce development board; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A local workforce development board shall do all of the following in cooperation with the chief elected officials in the Michigan works area:

(a) Develop and submit to the governor a plan for coordinating local workforce development services for employers and job seekers in the area. The plan shall provide for access to designated core services with no fees or charges and shall provide services beyond the core services based on eligibility criteria.

(b) Award competitive grants or contracts to eligible providers.

(c) Develop a budget.

(d) Employ staff necessary to carry out the duties of the board.

(e) Solicit and accept grants and donations.

(f) Oversee the operation of the one-stop delivery of services through the Michigan works one-stop service center system.

(g) Establish local performance standards through negotiation with the department for evaluating and improving the Michigan works one-stop service center system.

(h) Coordinate workforce development activities with other economic development activities and strategies in the Michigan works area.

(i) Promote private sector employer participation in the Michigan works one-stop service center system.

(j) Make available connecting, brokering, and coaching activities through intermediaries to help meet employer hiring needs.

(k) Appoint an education advisory group and its chair.

( l ) Conduct business at public meetings held in compliance with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, and make information available to the public concerning performance of its duties or other information requested under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(m) Any other duties, functions, or responsibilities required of the board to implement the workforce investment act or state or federal law.

History: 2006, Act 491, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.608 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.608
Uniform system of traffic control devices; manual.
Status: in_force

Sec. 608.

The state transportation department and department of state police shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic control devices consistent with the provisions of this chapter for use upon highways within this state. The manual shall correlate with and so far as possible conform to the federal manual then current as approved by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, and may be revised whenever necessary to carry out the provisions of this act. It is the policy of this state to achieve, insofar as is practicable, uniformity in the design, shape, and color scheme of traffic signs, signals, and guide posts erected and maintained upon the streets and highways within this state with other states. Definitions and meanings found in the manual adopted under this section are supplemental to the definitions in chapter I. However, if a definition or meaning found in the manual adopted under this section conflicts with a definition in chapter I, the definition in chapter I prevails.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 2016, Act 448, Eff. Jan. 5, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.502 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-415-of-1982 / Section 791.502
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

"Central training academy" means the central training academy established pursuant to section 15.

"Correctional facility" means a facility or institution which houses an inmate population under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.

"Council" means the correctional officers' training council created under section 3.

"Department" means the state department of corrections.

"Executive secretary" means the executive secretary of the council.

"State correctional officer" means any person employed by the department in a correctional facility as a correctional officer or a corrections medical aide, or that person's immediate supervisor.

History: 1982, Act 415, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983; Am. 2003, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 455.309 — MI Code / Chapter 455 / Act Act-161-of-1911 / Section 455.309
Municipal corporation; aid.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

It shall be lawful for any such municipal corporation to appropriate, by a vote of its common council, or other governing body, to any such corporation, moneys for the uses and purposes of such corporation.

History: 1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 10138; CL 1929, 10396; CL 1948, 455.309
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.277 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.277
Official notice of facts; evaluation of evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 77.

An agency in a contested case may take official notice of judicially cognizable facts, and may take notice of general, technical or scientific facts within the agency's specialized knowledge. The agency shall notify parties at the earliest practicable time of any noticed fact which pertains to a material disputed issue which is being adjudicated, and on timely request the parties shall be given an opportunity before final decision to dispute the fact or its materiality. An agency may use its experience, technical competence and specialized knowledge in the evaluation of evidence presented to it.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1970, Act 40, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1970
Mich. Comp. Laws § 560.146 — MI Code / Chapter 560 / Act Act-288-of-1967 / Section 560.146
County drain commissioner's certificate.
Status: in_force

Sec. 146.

A certificate shall be signed and dated by the drain commissioner or where there is no drain commissioner, the body having jurisdiction, signifying that the provisions of section 192 have been met and that the plat meets his approval.

History: 1967, Act 288, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.24d — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.24d
Board of county canvassers; vacancy.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24d.

(1) If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board of county canvassers, the county clerk shall immediately give notice of the vacancy to the chairperson of the county committee of the political party entitled to fill the vacancy.

(2) The county committee of the political party entitled to fill a vacancy on the board of county canvassers, within 10 days after receiving information concerning the vacancy, shall nominate 3 interested persons for the position and submit the list of nominees to the county clerk.

(3) The county clerk, within 10 days from receipt of the list of nominees, shall appoint 1 of the nominees to the board of county canvassers. Before appointing a nominee to the board of county canvassers under this subsection, the county clerk may request that a nominee provide any of the following in order to determine whether the nominee is qualified for and interested in the position on the board of county canvassers:

(a) A letter signed by the nominee indicating an interest in serving on the board of county canvassers and indicating an intent to discharge the duties of the position on the board of county canvassers to the best of his or her ability.

(b) Prior election experience including canvassing elections.

(c) Information on whether the nominee has been convicted of a felony or election crime.

(4) A person appointed to fill a vacancy on the board of county canvassers shall serve for the balance of the unexpired term.

History: Add. 1963, Act 237, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 2006, Act 463, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8184 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8184
Investments generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8184.

A society shall invest its funds only in those investments authorized by the laws of this state for the investment of assets of life insurers and subject to the limitations of those laws. Any foreign or alien society permitted or seeking to do business in this state which invests its funds in accordance with the laws of the state, district, territory, country, or province in which it is incorporated, shall be held to meet the requirements of this section for the investment of funds.

History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1369g — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1369g
Former employees of reporting unit as public school employees; conditions; remittances required for granting of service credit; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 69g.

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a member whose reporting unit service consists of library or museum service and whose employment with that reporting unit is terminated because that reporting unit becomes a participating municipality to a district library agreement, or a former employee of a reporting unit that becomes a participating municipality to a district library agreement who was a member as the result of former employment with that reporting unit, is a public school employee for purposes of this act if both of the following conditions are met:

The person subsequently is employed by the district library established pursuant to that district library agreement.

The district library board of that district library adopts a resolution that provides that the district library will remit to the retirement system the amount, percentages, and contributions described in subsection (2) for that person.

The retirement board shall grant service credit to a member described in subsection (1) only if the district library remits to the retirement system the amount required by section 42, the percentage of aggregate annual compensation determined for current service as required by section 41, and the percentage determined for unfunded accrued service as required by section 41.

The remittances described in subsection (2) are the exclusive obligation of the district library and shall not be a separate obligation by specific reimbursement or otherwise of the state.

As used in this section:

"District library" means a library established pursuant to section 3 of the district library establishment act, Act No. 24 of the Public Acts of 1989, being section 397.173 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

"District library agreement" means that term as used in the district library establishment act, Act No. 24 of the Public Acts of 1989, being sections 397.171 to 397.196 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

"District library board" means that term as used in the district library establishment act, Act No. 24 of the Public Acts of 1989.

"Participating municipalities" means that term as used in the district library establishment act, Act No. 24 of the Public Acts of 1989.

History: Add. 1989, Act 194, Imd. Eff. Aug. 25, 1989