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Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.8 — MI Code / Chapter 8 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 8.8
“Law” defined; reference to “Michigan Compiled Laws”; reference to statute as including latest amendments; use of “as amended”; reference in title or enacting section to law adding or amending section subsequent to most recent published compilation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

As used in this section, "law" means any of the following:

A public act of the legislature.

An initiated law adopted by the people.

An executive order of the governor submitted to the legislature pursuant to section 2 of article 5 of the state constitution of 1963 and having the force of law.

A reference to "Michigan Compiled Laws" shall include all sections of law, as last amended, which are assigned a compilation number by the legislative service bureau and are not subsequently repealed.

Unless otherwise specifically provided, a reference to all or part of a statute, regardless of whether the words "as amended" are used in the reference, shall include the latest amendments to the statute or part.

With respect to a section of the Michigan Compiled Laws which is added to a statute or amended subsequent to the most recent published compilation of the laws of this state in force, as certified by the legislative council, a reference within the title or an enacting section of a statute to the law which added or amended the section is not required, but a statute may include within the title or enacting section, or both, of the statute, a reference to the law which added or most recently amended the section subsequent to the most recent published compilation.

History: Add. 1982, Act 183, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8713a — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8713a
Surface water quality monitoring program.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8713a.

(1) The director, in consultation with the council, may develop and establish priorities, procedures, and protocols for the implementation of a surface water quality monitoring program to do both of the following:

(a) Promote voluntary water quality monitoring by farms.

(b) Monitor and benchmark the effectiveness of conservation practices and MAEAP standards in cooperation with participating farmers.

(2) Water quality information collected under this section by the department in cooperation with farmers shall be aggregated and made available to the commission of agriculture and rural development. Specific locations or persons involved in water quality information collection are exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

History: Add. 2011, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 2011; Am. 2015, Act 118, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.498b — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.498b
Marine safety device; tampering with, taking, or removing prohibited; violation; penalty; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 498b.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person who, without lawful authority, tampers with, takes, or removes a marine safety device owned or maintained by this state or a political subdivision of this state knowing or having reason to know that the device is a marine safety device is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 93 days or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.

(2) A person who, without lawful authority, tampers with, takes, or removes a marine safety device owned or maintained by this state or a political subdivision of this state knowing or having reason to know that the device is a marine safety device, and thereby renders the device unavailable or unusable for rescue when needed is guilty of a crime as follows:

(a) If the violation is the proximate cause of serious impairment of a body function of another person, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than $5,000.00, or both imprisonment and a fine.

(b) If the violation is the proximate cause of the death of another person, the person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 15 years or a fine of not less than $2,500.00 or more than $10,000.00, or both imprisonment and a fine.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Marine safety device" means a device designed or intended to be used to rescue individuals in marine emergency situations, including, but not limited to, life preservers, safety harnesses, ladders, lines, and throw rings.

(b) "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.

History: Add. 2006, Act 233, Eff. July 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.531 — MI Code / Chapter 207 / Act Act-330-of-1993 / Section 207.531
Crediting tax proceeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The treasurer shall credit the proceeds of the tax collected by county treasurers under this act to the state treasury to the credit of the state school aid fund established in section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963.

History: 1993, Act 330, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.685 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.685
Head lamps; number; modulator; height; auxiliary, spot, or other lamp; exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 685.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a motor vehicle shall be equipped with at least 2 head lamps with at least 1 head lamp on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, in compliance with this chapter. An implement of husbandry manufactured on or after January 1, 2007 shall comply with section 684a.

(2) A motorcycle or moped shall be equipped with at least 1 and not more than 2 head lamps that comply with this chapter.

(3) A motorcycle or moped head lamp may be wired or equipped to allow either its upper beam or its lower beam, but not both, to modulate from a higher intensity to a lower intensity. A head lamp modulator installed on a motorcycle or moped with 2 head lamps shall be wired in a manner to prevent the head lamps from modulating at different rates or not in synchronization with each other. A head lamp modulator installed on a motorcycle or moped shall meet the standards prescribed in 49 CFR 571.108.

(4) Every head lamp upon a motor vehicle shall be located at a height measured from the center of the head lamp of not more than 54 inches nor less than 24 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands.

(5) When a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as required in this section is also equipped with auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front of the motor vehicle projecting a beam of an intensity greater than 300 candlepower, not more than a total of 4 of those lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at a time when upon a highway.

(6) A motor vehicle licensed as an historic vehicle is exempt from the requirements of this section if the vehicle as originally equipped failed to meet these requirements. An historic vehicle shall not be operated in violation of section 684.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1957, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1957; Am. 1976, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 1978, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1978; Am. 2006, Act 14, Imd. Eff. Feb. 9, 2006; Am. 2006, Act 453, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.539g — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.539g
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 539g.

Sections 539a to 539f do not prohibit any of the following:

Eavesdropping or surveillance not otherwise prohibited by law by a peace officer of this state or of the federal government, or the officer's agent, while in the performance of the officer's duties.

Hearing a communication transmitted by common carrier facilities by an employee of a communications common carrier when acting in the course of his or her employment.

The recording by a public utility of telephone communications to it requesting service or registering a complaint by a customer, if a record of the communications is required for legitimate business purposes and the agents, servants, and employees of the public utility are aware of the practice or surveillance by an employee safeguarding property owned by, or in custody of, his or her employer on his or her employer's property.

The routine monitoring, including recording, by employees of the department of corrections of telephone communications on telephones available for use by prisoners in state correctional facilities, if the monitoring is conducted in the manner prescribed by section 70 of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 791.270 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and rules promulgated under that section.

History: Add. 1966, Act 319, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967; Am. 1993, Act 227, Eff. Nov. 22, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 803.302a — MI Code / Chapter 803 / Act Act-150-of-1974 / Section 803.302a
County as county juvenile agency; powers; revocation of authorization.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2a.

On the date a county becomes a county juvenile agency under the county juvenile agency act, the county juvenile agency shall assume responsibility for all public wards for which the department had responsibility and for which the county had financial liability under section 5 immediately before the county became a county juvenile agency.

If the county revokes authorization for the county juvenile agency under the county juvenile agency act, the department shall assume responsibility for the public wards for which the county juvenile agency had responsibility on the effective date of revocation.

History: Add. 1998, Act 517, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1262 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1262
Person subject of record; consent to disclose content; revocation; form of authorization or revocation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 262.

(1) An individual who is the subject of a record maintained under section 261 may consent in writing to the disclosure of the content of the record to:

(a) Health professionals for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment of the individual.

(b) Governmental personnel for the purpose of obtaining benefits to which the individual is entitled.

(c) Any other person specifically authorized by the individual.

(2) The individual consenting under subsection (1) may revoke the authorization for the disclosure at any time, unless expressly prohibited by federal legislation on confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient records, by giving written notice to the program.

(3) The authorization or revocation shall be in a form specified by the department in accordance with regulations specifying the form of the written consent issued by the United States department of health, education, and welfare and the special action office for drug abuse prevention.

History: Add. 2012, Act 500, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.2451 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-162-of-1982 / Section 450.2451
Voting for directors.
Status: in_force

Sec. 451.

(1) The articles of incorporation of a corporation that is organized on a stock or membership basis may provide that a shareholder or member that is entitled to vote at an election for directors may vote, in person, by proxy, or by ballot as provided in section 408 or 409, for as many individuals as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder or member has a right to vote, or to cumulate votes by giving 1 candidate as many votes as the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes held by the shareholder or member, or by distributing the votes of the shareholder or member on the same principle among any number of the candidates.

(2) The articles of incorporation of a corporation that is organized on a directorship basis may provide that a person that is entitled to vote at an election for directors may vote, in person, by proxy, or by electronic transmission, for as many individuals as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the person has a right to vote, or to cumulate votes by giving 1 candidate as many votes and the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes held by the person, or by distributing the votes of the person on the same principle among any number of the candidates.

History: 1982, Act 162, Eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Am. 2008, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 29, 2008; Am. 2014, Act 557, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.13 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.13
Reciprocal agreements with other states; authorization, exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

The commission is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the attorney general, to enter into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state agencies of other states, regarding the interstate transportation of indigent persons, and to arrange with the proper officials in this state for the acceptance, transfer and support of persons receiving any form of public aid or relief in other states in accordance with the terms of such reciprocal agreement: Provided, That this state shall not, nor shall any county or any county department of social welfare, in this state, be committed to the support of persons whom the commission determines are not entitled to public support under the laws of this state. This section shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform laws of such states as enact similar legislation.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.13
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.254 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-196-of-1952 / Section 124.254
Water supply system; authority as body corporate; powers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

Such authority shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued in any court of this state. It shall possess all the powers necessary to carry out the purposes of its incorporation and those incident thereto. The enumeration of any powers in this act shall not be construed as a limitation upon such general powers.

History: 1952, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 1952
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1212 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1212
Action without notice or lapse of time periods; waiver; attorney-in-fact.
Status: in_force

Sec. 212.

When, under this act or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a health care corporation or by the terms of an agreement or instrument, a health care corporation or the board of directors of the health care corporation or any committee of the board may take action after notice to any person or after lapse of a prescribed period of time, the action may be taken without notice and without lapse of the period of time, if at any time before or after the action is completed the person entitled to notice or to participate in the action to be taken or, in case of a subscriber, by his or her attorney-in-fact, submits a signed waiver of those requirements. The attorney-in-fact may not be employed by, or receive substantial income from, the health care corporation.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2309 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2309
Time of performance; contract termination.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2309.

The time for shipment or delivery or any other action under a contract if not provided in this article or agreed upon shall be a reasonable time.

Where the contract provides for successive performances but is indefinite in duration it is valid for a reasonable time but unless otherwise agreed may be terminated at any time by either party.

Termination of a contract by one party except on the happening of an agreed event requires that reasonable notification be received by the other party and an agreement dispensing with notification is invalid if its operation would be unconscionable.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.236 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.236
Office of regulatory reform procedures and standards for rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36.

The office of regulatory reform may prescribe procedures and standards not inconsistent with this act or other applicable statutes for the drafting of rules, publication of required notices, and distribution of rules. The office of regulatory reform may prescribe procedures and standards not inconsistent with this act or other applicable statutes for the processing of rules within the executive branch. The procedures and standards shall be included in a manual which the office of regulatory reform shall publish and distribute in reasonable quantities to the state departments and the committee.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1999, Act 262, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.134 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.134
Checks without sufficient funds; credit construed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 134.

Credit construed-The word "credit" as used herein, shall be construed to mean an arrangement or understanding with the bank or depository, for the payment of such check, draft or order, in full, upon the presentation thereof for payment.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; Am. 1939, Act 314, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939; CL 1948, 750.134
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43548 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43548
Persons authorized to issue limited fishing licenses without equipment; bond; remittance of money; limitation on fee; fees held in trust.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43548.

The department may require a person authorized to issue limited fishing licenses without the equipment described in section 43547 to file a bond with the department. The type and amount of the bond shall be determined by the department.

A person issuing a sportcard, license, or permit shall remit to the department money required to be charged for the sale of each license, duplicate license or sportcard, application, or permit by the method and at the frequency prescribed by the department.

A person shall not charge a fee for a sportcard or a license in an amount that is more than the license and transaction fee printed on the sportcard or license by the department.

All fees collected from the sale of sportcards, licenses, duplicate licenses or sportcards, applications, or permits, except for the fees and commissions provided in section 43541(1) and (2), are held in trust for the state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 585, Eff. Mar. 1, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.46509 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.46509
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; reimbursement to governmental entity; violation of 46502 civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46509.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who violates this part is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00, or both, and costs of prosecution.

(2) Upon conviction for the violation of this part, the court shall order the defendant to reimburse the governmental entity that removes or provides for the removal of the fishing shanty from the water or ice an amount equal to 3 times the cost of removal.

(3) An individual who violates section 46502 is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $150.00.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2022, Act 23, Eff. June 8, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.844 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-547-of-2014 / Section 286.844
Industrial hemp research and development fund; creation; deposit of money or other assets; investment; interest and earnings; money remaining in fund at close of fiscal year; department as administrator; expenditures; purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

(1) The industrial hemp research and development fund is created within the state treasury.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the research fund, including federal research grants. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the research fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the research fund interest and earnings from research fund investments.

(3) Money in the research fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the research fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.

(4) The department shall be the administrator of the research fund for auditing purposes.

(5) The department shall expend money from the research fund, upon appropriation, only for 1 or more of the following purposes:

(a) Research into growing or cultivating, or both, industrial hemp.

(b) Providing grants to colleges or universities in this state to conduct research into growing or cultivating, or both, industrial hemp.

History: 2014, Act 547, Imd. Eff. Jan. 15, 2015; Am. 2018, Act 641, Eff. Jan. 15, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 255.7 — MI Code / Chapter 255 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 255.7
County line waters; license.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Whenever the waters over which any ferry may be used, shall divide 2 counties, a license obtained in either of the counties, shall be sufficient to authorize the person obtaining the same, to transport persons, goods, wares, merchandise and effects, to and from either side of said waters.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 29; CL 1857, 1122; CL 1871, 1329; How. 1467; CL 1897, 4302; CL 1915, 4787; CL 1929, 4592; CL 1948, 255.7
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.3280 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.3280
Foreclosure by advertisement; deficiency; defenses.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3280.

When, in the foreclosure of a mortgage by advertisement, any sale of real property has been made after February 11, 1933, or shall be hereafter made by a mortgagee, trustee, or other person authorized to make the same pursuant to the power of sale contained therein, at which the mortgagee, payee or other holder of the obligation thereby secured has become or becomes the purchaser, or takes or has taken title thereto at such sale either directly or indirectly, and thereafter such mortgagee, payee or other holder of the secured obligation, as aforesaid, shall sue for and undertake to recover a deficiency judgment against the mortgagor, trustor or other maker of any such obligation, or any other person liable thereon, it shall be competent and lawful for the defendant against whom such deficiency judgment is sought to allege and show as matter of defense and set-off to the extent only of the amount of the plaintiff's claim, that the property sold was fairly worth the amount of the debt secured by it at the time and place of sale or that the amount bid was substantially less than its true value, and such showing shall constitute a defense to such action and shall defeat the deficiency judgment against him, either in whole or in part to such extent. This section shall not affect nor apply to the rights of other purchasers or of innocent third parties, nor shall it be held to affect or defeat the negotiability of any note, bond or other obligation secured by such mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument. Such proceedings, as aforesaid, shall in no way affect the title of the purchaser to the lands acquired by such purchase. This section shall not apply to foreclosure sales made pursuant to an order or decree of court nor to any judgment sought or rendered in any foreclosure suit nor to any chancery sale heretofore or hereafter made and confirmed.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963