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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.9937 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.9937
Twenty-sixth, twenty-eighth, thirtieth, thirty-first, thirty-second-a, and sixty-second-b districts; commencement of district courts and abolition of municipal courts; municipal judge as district court judge; reduction of district judges by 1; election to district court; affidavit of candidacy; designation on ballot; election and terms of district judges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9937.

Effective January 1, 1979, the district court shall commence to function in the twenty-sixth, twenty-eighth, thirtieth, thirty-first, thirty-second-a, sixty-second-a and sixty-second-b districts and as of that date, all municipal courts within those districts shall be abolished.

Effective January 1, 1979, the elected incumbent attorney municipal judge of the city of Highland Park shall become a judge of the district court within the thirtieth district as provided in section 8121(15) and shall serve as a district judge until 12 noon of January 1 of the odd numbered year next following the date on which his term as municipal judge would normally have expired. The number of district judges to be elected under subsection (3) in 1978 in the thirtieth district shall accordingly be reduced by 1. In seeking election to the district court after January 1, 1979, the municipal judge becoming a judge of the district court pursuant to this subsection may file an affidavit of candidacy in like manner as other incumbent judges of the district court and shall be entitled to designation on the ballot as a judge of the district court.

In the twenty-sixth, twenty-eighth, thirtieth, thirty-first, thirty-second-a, sixty-second-a and sixty-second-b districts in which municipal courts are abolished pursuant to subsection (1), district judges shall be elected in 1978 as provided in chapter 21A of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being sections 168.467 to 168.467m of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the number of district judges to be elected in each district or election division shall be as provided in sections 8121 and 8130. If only 1 judge is to be elected in a district or election division at the 1978 general election, the judge shall serve a term of 6 years. If 2 judges are to be elected in a district or election division at the 1978 general election, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the general election to fill those offices shall serve a term of 6 years and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve a term of 4 years.

History: Add. 1977, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.424 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-427-of-1996 / Section 15.424
Unauthorized investments prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

This act does not authorize a local unit or this state to make investments not otherwise authorized by law.

History: 1996, Act 427, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8204 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8204
Conservation easements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8204.

The department may purchase or otherwise acquire conservation easements in accordance with subpart 11 of part 21. A conservation easement purchased or otherwise acquired under this section may contain provisions for the allowable or required use of the land subject to the conservation easement, implementation of conservation practices on the land, maintenance of the conservation practices, opportunities for inspection of the land, penalties for noncompliance with the terms of the conservation easement, termination of the easement, and other terms agreed to by the department.

If the department purchases or acquires a conservation easement under this section, the department shall record that conservation easement with the register of deeds for the county in which the land subject to the conservation easement is located. If that conservation easement is subsequently terminated, the department shall record a notice of that termination with the register of deeds for the county in which the land subject to the conservation easement is located.

The department may enter into contracts with 1 or more persons to monitor and enforce the terms of conservation easements purchased or acquired under subsection (1).

History: Add. 2001, Act 176, Imd. Eff. Dec. 11, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 317.206 — MI Code / Chapter 317 / Act Act-184-of-1929 / Section 317.206
Wild life sanctuaries; rules of conservation commission.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

The conservation commission is hereby given authority to issue and enforce such rules and regulations as may be needed in order to administer and accomplish the purposes of this act.

History: 1929, Act 184, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 6118; CL 1948, 317.206
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.549 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.549
Assessments against townships and villages.
Status: in_force

Sec. 549.

Unless otherwise provided by the drainage board or the appropriate drain commissioner, assessments against a township shall be against the township as a whole, including any incorporated village, but the drainage board or the appropriate drain commissioner may determine to assess separately or exclude a village, in which case the assessment against the township shall be exclusive of the village and the tax levies to be made by the township to pay the assessment shall not include property taxable in the village.

History: Add. 1976, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Feb. 10, 1976
Mich. Comp. Laws § 479.20 — MI Code / Chapter 475 / Act Act-254-of-1933 / Section 479.20
Review of order or decree.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Any order or decree of the commission shall be subject to review in the manner provided for in section 26 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1909, being section 462.26 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1933, Act 254, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933; Am. 1939, Act 261, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; Am. 1943, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 1943; CL 1948, 479.20; Am. 1951, Act 150, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1982, Act 399, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982; Am. 1987, Act 9, Eff. Apr. 1, 1987
Mich. Comp. Laws § 32.1046 — MI Code / Chapter 32 / Act Act-523-of-1980 / Section 32.1046
Obtaining witnesses and other evidence; equal opportunity; powers of military judge or summary court officer; process issued in court-martial to run to any part of state.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

The trial counsel, the defense counsel, and the court-martial shall have equal opportunity to obtain witnesses and other evidence.

The military judge or a summary court officer may do any of the following:

Issue a warrant for the arrest of a person who disobeys a written order by the convening authority to appear before the court.

Issue subpoenas duces tecum and other subpoenas.

Enforce by attachment the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers.

Process issued in a court-martial to compel a witness to appear and testify and to compel the production of other evidence shall run to any part of the state.

History: 1980, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.21103 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.21103
Registration forms; suspected or confirmed release from system; notice; supplementary information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21103.

The registration required by section 21102(1) and (2) shall be provided either:

On a form provided by the department and in compliance with section 9002 of the solid waste disposal act, 42 U.S.C. 6991a.

On a form approved by the department and in compliance with section 9002 of the solid waste disposal act.

If there is a suspected or confirmed release from an underground storage tank system, the owner or operator of the underground storage tank system shall notify the department within 24 hours and if requested by the department shall file the following supplementary information if known:

The owner of the property where the underground storage tank system is located.

A history of the current and previous contents of the underground storage tank system, including the generic chemical name, chemical abstract service number, or trade name, whichever is most descriptive of the contents, and including the date or dates on which the contents were changed or removed.

A history of the monitoring procedures and leak detection tests and methods employed with respect to the underground storage tank system and the resulting findings.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 71.5 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 71.5
Private connections; manner; permit; repairs at owner's expense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The connecting or supplying pipes, leading from buildings or yards to the distributing pipes, shall be inserted and kept in repair at the expense of the owner or occupant of the building or yard, and shall not be connected with the main pipe until a permit is obtained from the village. Connecting or supply pipes shall be constructed and connected in the manner prescribed by ordinance.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2894; CL 1915, 2768; CL 1929, 1677; CL 1948, 71.5; Am. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.81 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-307-of-1917 / Section 45.81
County offices; departments or institutions; purchase of supplies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

In any county adopting this act, all supplies, merchandise and articles of every description and character necessary for the maintenance and operation of all county offices, departments or institutions shall hereafter be acquired and purchased, and paid and accounted for in the manner provided in this act.

History: 1917, Act 307, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917; CL 1929, 1429; CL 1948, 45.81
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3621 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-403-of-2004 / Section 338.3621
Appointment of individual with financial interest; prohibition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

An individual who has a material financial interest in a club, corporation, or other organization is not eligible for appointment to the commission if the primary purpose of that organization is to conduct unarmed combat contests or events.

History: 2004, Act 403, Eff. Feb. 20, 2005; Am. 2007, Act 196, Eff. Mar. 27, 2008; Am. 2015, Act 183, Eff. Feb. 10, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.283 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.283
Use or transfer of surplus construction funds; contract with public corporation; provisions of contract; return of surplus construction funds to state transportation department; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 283.

The drain commissioner or drainage board shall use any surplus construction funds remaining in the construction fund after completion of the project for the inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 or shall authorize the transfer of the funds to the bond and interest account, if bonds were issued, in the amounts the drain commissioner or drainage board considers proper.

The drainage board or drain commissioner shall contract with a public corporation if that public corporation has been assessed for all or part of the cost of the drain or if land in a city, village, township, or combination thereof has been assessed for all or any part of the cost of a drain. The contract shall provide that after all outstanding drain orders or bonds are paid on a drainage district project, the drain commissioner or drainage board shall authorize the respective county treasurers to pay over any portion of the surplus not needed for more than the cost of inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 to the county, township, city, or village in which the drain was located or in which assessments for benefits have been assessed and collected. The payments shall be on a pro rata basis in direct proportion to the amounts assessed and collected from each county, city, village, or township. The contract shall also provide that upon receipt of the surplus funds the county, city, village, or township shall utilize those surplus funds to alleviate drainage problems in their respective jurisdictions.

If state highway funds are involved in a project, the drain commissioner or drainage board, upon completion of a construction project, shall return, on a pro rata basis, surplus construction funds in excess of the amount necessary to pay for inspection, repair, and maintenance of the drain as provided in section 196 to the state transportation department for the construction, maintenance, and administration of state highways.

As used in this section, "public corporation" includes a city, village, township, or county, or the state.

History: Add. 1970, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970; Am. 1989, Act 149, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12751 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12751
Definitions used in MCL 333.12752 to 333.12758.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12751.

As used in sections 12752 to 12758:

"Acceptable alternative greywater system" means a system for the treatment and disposal of waste water which normally does not receive human body wastes or industrial waste and is approved for use by a local health department.

"Acceptable innovative or alternative waste treatment system" means a decentralized or individual waste system which has been approved for use by a local health department and which is properly operated and maintained so as not to cause a health hazard or nuisance. An acceptable innovative or alternative waste treatment system may include, but is not limited to, an organic waste treatment system or compost toilet which operates on the principle of decomposition of heterogeneous organic materials by aerobic and facultatively anaerobic organisms and utilizes an effectively aerobic composting process which produces a stabilized humus. Acceptable innovative or alternative waste treatment system does not include a septic tankdrain field system or any other system which is determined by the department to pose a similar threat to the public health, safety and welfare, and the quality of surface and subsurface waters of this state.

"Available public sanitary sewer system" means a public sanitary sewer system located in a right of way, easement, highway, street, or public way which crosses, adjoins, or abuts upon the property and passing not more than 200 feet at the nearest point from a structure in which sanitary sewage originates.

"Person" means a person as defined in section 1106 or a governmental entity.

"Public sanitary sewer system" means a sanitary sewer or a combined sanitary and storm sewer used or intended for use by the public for the collection and transportation of sanitary sewage for treatment or disposal.

"Structure in which sanitary sewage originates" or "structure" means a building in which toilet, kitchen, laundry, bathing, or other facilities which generate water-carried sanitary sewage are used or are available for use for household, commercial, industrial, or other purposes.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 421, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 390.760 — MI Code / Chapter 390 / Act Territorial-Laws-of-1833,-Vol-III / Section 390.760
Board of trustees; power and authority.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The trustees shall have the power and authority to:

(a) Make and amend rules, regulations, and bylaws which they consider necessary and proper for conducting the affairs of the board, for conducting the affairs and business of the corporation, and for securing the objects of the corporation.

(b) Transact all business necessary for carrying out the purposes of the corporation, or which is incidental to these purposes, as fully and effectually as any natural person or body politic or corporate has the power to manage the concerns belonging to that person or body.

(c) Delegate authority and act through officers, an executive committee, and other committees or agents which the trustees may designate. However, any of the provisions of this charter which directly relate to the relationship between Kalamazoo college and the American Baptist Churches, U.S.A. shall not be amended except with the consent of 2/3 of the members of the board of trustees.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1291 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1291
Classification of travel insurance; inland marine line of insurance; eligibility and underwriting standards.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1291.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, travel insurance is classified and must be filed for purposes of rates and forms under an inland marine line of insurance. However, travel insurance that provides coverage for sickness, accident, disability, or death occurring during travel, either exclusively or in conjunction with related coverages of emergency evacuation or repatriation of remains, or incidental limited property and casualty benefits such as baggage or trip cancellation, may be filed by an authorized insurer under either an accident and health line of insurance or an inland marine line of insurance.

(2) Travel insurance may be in the form of an individual, group, or blanket policy.

(3) Eligibility and underwriting standards for travel insurance may be developed and provided based on travel protection plans designed for individual or identified marketing or distribution channels, if those standards also meet this state's underwriting standards for inland marine.

History: Add. 2020, Act 266, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.72103a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.72103a
Researching and providing historical, cultural, or natural resource information; recommendations; means.
Status: in_force

Sec. 72103a.

The department may develop recommendations for local trail managers on researching and providing historical, cultural, or natural resource information related to the area that a trail traverses using interpretive signage, online material, or other appropriate means.

History: Add. 2018, Act 69, Eff. June 17, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 395.90 — MI Code / Chapter 395 / Act Act-232-of-1964 / Section 395.90
Repeal.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

Act No. 211 of the Public Acts of 1921, being sections 395.51 to 395.65 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is repealed.

History: 1964, Act 232, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.511 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-213-of-1966 / Section 408.511
Business suspended by action of creditors or placed in custody of receiver or trustee; debts owing to or for benefit of employees as preferred claims; preferred creditors; contest; processing claim or reducing claim to judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

When the business of a person or entity is suspended by the action of creditors, or is placed in the custody of a receiver or trustee, debts owing to or for the benefit of employees of the business, other than officers or directors of the business, which have accrued by reason of their employment, including amounts payable to third persons on account of health, welfare, pension, or profit sharing plans for the benefit of employees, are preferred claims. Such employees or trustees on their behalf are preferred creditors and shall be first paid in full before other unsecured creditors are paid. An interested person may contest any such claim by filing exceptions to it, supported by affidavit, with the officer having the custody of such property. The claim shall be processed or reduced to judgment in accordance with law.

History: 1966, Act 213, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1983, Act 98, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1983
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2185 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2185
Presentation of unsworn declaration; medium.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2185.

If a law of this state requires that a sworn declaration be presented in a particular medium, an unsworn declaration must be presented in that medium.

History: Add. 2012, Act 361, Eff. Apr. 1, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.5 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.5
Covenants; implication in conveyance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

No covenant shall be implied in any conveyance of real estate, except oil and gas leases, whether such conveyance contain special covenants or not.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 65; CL 1857, 2724; CL 1871, 4207; How. 5655; CL 1897, 8959; CL 1915, 11691; Am. 1929, Act 168, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 13281; CL 1948, 565.5
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.3135 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.3135
Certification of local health department; application; qualifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3135.

(1) The department shall make available to any local health department an application form to be completed as a request for certification. The application shall provide information needed to substantiate the request to become a certified health department.

(2) A local health department seeking certification shall have sufficient trained administrative, evaluation, and support personnel and sufficient equipment to enforce applicable laws and rules consistent with current state standards in all licensed establishments within its jurisdictional boundaries.

(3) A certified health department shall demonstrate to the department the ability to conduct evaluations and related activities in accordance with the department's electronic evaluation system within prescribed time limitations utilized by the department. Evaluation, investigation, and legal actions and related activities shall be reported to the department on forms furnished by the department.

(4) A certified health department must be capable of conducting necessary sampling and product surveillance equal to state standards.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000; Am. 2007, Act 113, Eff. Apr. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1076 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1076
"Graham Barlow Jr., WWII Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 76.

The portion of highway M-71 that is within the village limits of the village of Vernon shall be known as the "Graham Barlow Jr., WWII Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2013, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.174 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-368-of-1925 / Section 247.174
Trespass action; brought by commissioner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Such action shall be brought by the commissioner or commissioners in his or their name of office, claiming nominal damages only in the sum of 6 cents, before any justice of the peace of the township, or of any adjoining township in the same county. The summons in such action may be in the same form, and shall be issued and served, and a jury shall be impaneled when demanded, and all proceedings had as near as may be, as in cases of personal actions of trespass, and full costs shall be taxed by the justice and paid by the losing party, except that if the commissioner or commissioners demand a jury he or they shall not be required to advance the jury fee.

History: 1925, Act 368, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 4044; CL 1948, 247.174
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.742 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.742
Voting; time for voting ballot.
Status: in_force

Sec. 742.

The board of inspectors of election may make such regulations as they deem proper, reasonably limiting the time in which an elector may remain in the room or booth while preparing and voting his ballot.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.3259 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-224-of-2020 / Section 484.3259
Notice of grant award recipients.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

At the time a grant is awarded to an applicant, the department shall immediately provide notice on its website of each application receiving a grant, including the name of the entity, the amount of money being received, the broadband speed, and the unserved area for which the applicant is receiving the grant.

History: 2020, Act 224, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2020