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Mich. Comp. Laws § 773.2 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 773.2
Inquest; jury; selection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Upon determining that an inquest shall be held, a jury of 6 persons shall be selected. The jury shall be selected in the same manner as a jury is selected for the trial of a minor offense in the same court.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17404; CL 1948, 773.2; Am. 1980, Act 506, Imd. Eff. Jan. 22, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.527a — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.527a
Urban high school academy; compliance with public employees health benefit act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 527a.

If the board of directors of an urban high school academy provides medical, optical, or dental benefits to employees and their dependents, the board of directors shall provide those benefits in accordance with the public employees health benefit act and shall comply with that act.

History: Add. 2007, Act 107, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 801.264 — MI Code / Chapter 801 / Act Act-7-of-1981 / Section 801.264
Alcoholic liquor or controlled substance necessary for health of prisoner or jail employee; certificate of licensed physician; contents and specifications; wine used for communion and clergy purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

An alcoholic liquor or controlled substance may be brought into a jail or a building appurtenant to a jail, or onto the grounds used for jail purposes; furnished to a prisoner or employee of the jail; and possessed by the prisoner or employee, if a licensed physician certifies in writing that the alcoholic liquor or controlled substance is necessary for the health of the prisoner or employee. The certificate shall contain and specify the quantity of the alcoholic liquor or controlled substance that is to be furnished the prisoner or employee; the name of the prisoner or employee; the time when the alcoholic liquor or controlled substance is to be furnished; and the reason needed. The licensed physician or his or her agent shall deliver the certificate to the chief administrator for his or her approval before furnishing a prisoner or employee of the jail any alcoholic liquor or controlled substance.

Not more than 2 ounces of wine for the use of the clergy, and in addition, 1 ounce of wine for each person receiving communion may be brought into a jail or a building appurtenant to a jail or onto the grounds used for jail purposes by a person of the clergy of any religious denomination for clergy purposes.

History: 1981, Act 7, Eff. June 1, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.881 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-383-of-1980 / Section 141.881
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "convention and tourism marketing act".

History: 1980, Act 383, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 399.85 — MI Code / Chapter 399 / Act Act-409-of-1998 / Section 399.85
Report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The commission shall annually report to the governor and both houses of the legislature on the activities of the commission in the prior calendar year.

History: 1998, Act 409, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.47357 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.47357
Duncan Bay.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47357.

A person shall not use any kind of a net, set hook line, or other device for the purpose of taking or catching fish in the waters of Duncan Bay, Lake Huron, which as used in this part mean all those waters of Duncan Bay, Lake Huron, lying south of a line drawn west from Cheboygan Point lighthouse on Lighthouse Point to a point where the easterly boundary line of Beaugrand township meets the westerly boundary line of the corporate limits of the city of Cheboygan extended due north would intersect the waters of Lake Huron. However, a person may take or catch fish in these closed waters with hook and line or spears in accordance with the laws of this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.688 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-33-of-1978 / Section 722.688
Exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18.

Section 17 does not apply to the dissemination of an ultra-violent explicit video game to a minor by any of the following:

(a) A parent or guardian who disseminates an ultra-violent explicit video game to his or her child or ward.

(b) An immediate family member of the minor who disseminates an ultra-violent explicit video game to the minor in the immediate family member's residence or the minor's residence.

(c) An individual who disseminates an ultra-violent video game to a minor who is a guest in the individual's residence.

(d) An individual who disseminates an ultra-violent explicit video game for a legitimate medical, scientific, governmental, or judicial purpose.

History: Add. 2005, Act 108, Eff. Dec. 1, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-129-of-1883 / Section 484.1
Incorporators; signing, filing, form, and contents of articles of incorporation; provisions governing corporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

One or more persons may be the incorporators of a corporation under this act by signing in ink and filing articles of incorporation for the corporation which shall be in the form prescribed by section 202 of Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 450.1202 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The articles shall specify that the purpose is to form a telephone corporation for profit and to engage in the telephone business.

A corporation organized under this act shall be governed by Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, being sections 450.1101 to 450.2099 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1883, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1883; How. 3718a; CL 1897, 6688; CL 1915, 8788; CL 1929, 11690; CL 1948, 484.1; Am. 1959, Act 194, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1978, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 45.561 — MI Code / Chapter 45 / Act Act-139-of-1973 / Section 45.561
County executive; veto of ordinance or resolution; certification; overriding veto; certain resolutions or motions not to be approved or disapproved; effective date of ordinance or resolution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Except as provided in this section, the county executive may veto an ordinance or resolution adopted by the board, including items of an ordinance appropriating funds. The veto shall be certified by the county executive to the board of county commissioners within 10 days after date of adoption of the ordinance or resolution and the board may override the veto by a 2/3 vote of all members elected and serving. The county board of commissioners shall override a veto by the second meeting following deliverance to the county board of commissioners of the message of veto. The county executive may not approve or disapprove resolutions or motions pertaining to any of the following:

The organizational structure of the county board of commissioners.

Appointments by the county board of commissioners.

Resolutions concerning the county board of commissioners' policy positions as to pending legislation.

The abolishment of the optional unified form of county government under section 23.

Under the unified form of county government containing alternate B, an ordinance or resolution shall become effective on approval of the county executive, on expiration of 10 days, measured in hours and minutes from the time presented to the county executive, without approval or veto, or on the overriding of a veto in the manner above described.

History: 1973, Act 139, Eff. Mar. 29, 1974; Am. 1980, Act 100, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.457 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-246-of-1965 / Section 38.457
Civil service commission; regular meetings; rules of procedure; record of proceedings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The commission shall hold a regular meeting at least quarterly. The commission shall hold a special meeting at the request of a commissioner. The commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure and shall keep a record of its proceedings.

The business that the commission performs shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commission held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.

Except for the records listed in section 8(i), a writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commission in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1965, Act 246, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966; Am. 1977, Act 212, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977; Am. 1995, Act 64, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.2 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-144-of-1937 / Section 780.2
Fugitives from justice; duty of governor.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Fugitives from justice; duty of governor. Subject to the provisions of this act, the provisions of the constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the governor of this state to have arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state of the United States any person charged in that state with treason, felony, or other crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this state.

History: 1937, Act 144, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937; CL 1948, 780.2
Mich. Comp. Laws § 287.127a — MI Code / Chapter 287 / Act Act-284-of-1937 / Section 287.127a
Transportation or movement of nonambulatory livestock; prohibited conduct by licensee; methods of euthanasia; disposal of dead animals.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7a.

(1) A licensee shall not transport nonambulatory livestock to a livestock auction, collection point, or buying station. Livestock that become nonambulatory in transport, or while present at a livestock auction, collection point, or buying station shall be humanely euthanized, and the dead animal disposed of as required in subsection (4) or be humanely moved or physically separated from other livestock.

(2) A licensee shall ensure that nonambulatory livestock are not dragged, pulled, pushed, rolled, or otherwise moved except as passive passengers on or in slings, mats, floats, carts, pallets, or containers, or as directly necessary to facilitate the use of these devices. When moved by these devices, the motive force shall be attached to the device, not the livestock. Nonambulatory animals that are not immediately euthanized shall be managed as provided in this section and shall receive appropriate veterinary care.

(3) The director may require a licensee to adhere to specific methods of euthanasia to ensure the welfare of the animal during the euthanasia process.

(4) A licensee shall dispose of any dead animals as defined in 1982 PA 239, MCL 287.651 to 287.683, in the manner required in that act.

History: Add. 2012, Act 317, Imd. Eff. Oct. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.217g — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.217g
Pickup camper; manufacturer's identification number.
Status: in_force

Sec. 217g.

A pickup camper manufactured for sale in this state after January 1, 1991 shall have a manufacturer's identification number permanently affixed to its door.

History: Add. 1990, Act 98, Eff. Jan. 1, 1991
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.607 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-283-of-1964 / Section 290.607
Custody and records of standards and equipment; enforcement of act; general supervision; annual report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

The director shall:

Have the custody of and keep accurate records of the state primary standards of weights and measures and the other standards and equipment provided for by this act.

Enforce this act.

Have general supervision over the weights and measures offered for sale, sold or used in this state.

After the close of the fiscal year, report to the governor on all of his or her official activities.

History: 1964, Act 283, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1978, Act 117, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10s — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-3-of-1939 / Section 460.10s
Low-income and energy assistance programs; availability of federal funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10s.

The commission shall monitor the extent to which federal funds are available for low-income and energy assistance programs. If there is a reduction in the amount of the federal funds available to residents in this state, the commission shall conduct a hearing to determine the amount of funds available and the need, if any, for supplemental funding. Upon completion of the hearing, the commission shall prepare a report and submit it to the governor and the legislature.

History: Add. 2000, Act 141, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6027 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.6027
Homestead valued at more than $3,500; procedure.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6027.

If the homestead of any debtor is appraised at a value of more than $3,500.00, and cannot be divided, the debtor shall not for that reason lose the benefit of the exemption; but in such cases the officer shall deliver a notice, attached to a copy of the appraisal, to the debtor or to some of his family of suitable age to understand the nature thereof, that unless the debtor pay the officer the surplus over and above the $3,500.00, or the amount due on the execution within 60 days thereafter, the premises will be sold.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963; Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 40, Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.422 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-302-of-1982 / Section 18.422
Michigan justice training fund; creation; limitation; deposit of investment earnings; use of fund; undistributed funds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) The Michigan justice training fund is created in the state treasury.

(2) The Michigan justice training fund shall only be used as provided in this act.

(3) Investment earnings derived from Michigan justice training fund assets shall be deposited into the Michigan justice training fund.

(4) The commission shall use the Michigan justice training fund for the following purposes:

(a) Making law enforcement distributions as provided in this act.

(b) Paying the reasonable expenses of providing staff services to the commission for administering and enforcing the statutory requirements of this act, and administering and enforcing the statutory requirements of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615.

(c) Awarding grants as provided in this act.

(5) Funds in the Michigan justice training fund that are not distributed in a fiscal year and that were to be distributed as law enforcement distributions shall remain in the Michigan justice training fund and may be used in future years for purposes of law enforcement distributions.

(6) Funds in the Michigan justice training fund that are not distributed in a fiscal year and that were to be used for the reasonable expenses of providing staff services to the commission for administering and enforcing the statutory requirements of this act and administering and enforcing the statutory requirements of the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.601 to 28.615, shall remain in the Michigan justice training fund and may be used in future fiscal years for those purposes.

(7) Funds in the Michigan justice training fund that are not distributed in a fiscal year and that were to be distributed to fund current or future grant awards shall remain in the Michigan justice training fund and may be used in future fiscal years for that purpose.

History: 1982, Act 302, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1982; Am. 1989, Act 158, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1989; Am. 2016, Act 290, Eff. Jan. 2, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 115.26 — MI Code / Chapter 115 / Act Act-391-of-1913 / Section 115.26
Petition; no filing fee; validity; prosecutor, services without expense.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

For any proceeding taken under this act, the person filing the petition therein shall not be required to pay any fee to the county clerk, and no costs shall be taxed in such case. No petition shall be deemed invalid for want of technical preparation, and the supervisor presenting the same shall be entitled to the services of the prosecuting attorney of the county, without expense.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.466 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-246-of-1965 / Section 38.466
Civil service commission; subpoena; noncompliance, penalty; enforcement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

Any person who is served with a subpoena to appear and testify, or to produce books and papers issued by the commission in the course of the investigation conducted under the provisions of this act, and who refuses or neglects to appear or to testify as commanded in the subpoena, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same as the fees of witnesses in the circuit court for the county in which the township is situated, and shall be paid from the appropriation for the expenses of the commission. The judge of the circuit court, either in term or vacation, upon application of the commission, shall compel the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers and giving of testimony before the commission by attachment for contempt or otherwise in the same manner as the production of evidence may be compelled before the court. Every person who, having taken an oath or made affirmation in a proceeding, swears or affirms wilfully, corruptly or falsely is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1965, Act 246, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2251 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-296-of-2003 / Section 125.2251
Annual financial audit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

The fund manager shall file an annual report with the Michigan early stage venture investment corporation that includes an annual financial audit conducted by an independent auditor and any other financial information and documentation required by the Michigan early stage venture investment corporation to ensure the proper administration and investment of the fund.

History: 2003, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2004; Am. 2015, Act 192, Imd. Eff. Nov. 16, 2015
Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.1902 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-218-of-2010 / Section 484.1902
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) "Active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, an act of congress, or an order of the governor.

(b) "Armed forces" means that term as defined in section 2 of the veteran right to employment services act, 1994 PA 39, MCL 35.1092.

(c) "Michigan national guard" means that term as defined in section 105 of the Michigan military act, 1967 PA 150, MCL 32.505.

(d) "Service member" means a member of the armed forces, a reserve branch of the armed forces, or the Michigan national guard.

History: 2010, Act 218, Imd. Eff. Dec. 9, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1911 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1911
Issuing evidence of placement of insurance with eligible unauthorized insurer; conditions; identification of entities directly assuming risk of loss; specifying obligation as joint or several; specifying proportion of obligation assumed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1911.

Only a licensee shall issue evidence of placement of insurance with an eligible unauthorized insurer. A licensee shall not issue that evidence, cause or purport to cause any risk to be insured by an eligible unauthorized insurer, or advise any insured or applicant for insurance or the representative of the insured or applicant that insurance has been or will be obtained from an eligible unauthorized insurer unless at least 1 of the following conditions is met:

The licensee has prior written authority from the eligible unauthorized insurer to cause the risk to be insured.

The licensee has received a written or oral communication in the ordinary course of business that the coverage has been obtained.

A policy of insurance covering the insured for the risk has actually been issued by the eligible unauthorized insurer and has been delivered to the insured or the insured's representative.

A prior written authority, a communication showing that insurance has been obtained, or a policy of insurance prescribed in subsection (1) shall identify entities directly assuming any risk of loss. If there is more than 1 insurer, any document issued or certified by the licensee pursuant to section 1912 shall specify whether the obligation is joint or several, and if the obligation is several, the proportion of the obligation assumed by those insurers, if known.

History: Add. 1980, Act 341, Eff. June 23, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1264 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1264
Debarring vendor from participation in bid process and from contract award; notice; finding.
Status: in_force

Sec. 264.

The department may debar a vendor from participation in the bid process and from contract award upon notice and a finding that the vendor is not able to perform responsibly, or that the vendor, or an officer or an owner of a 25% or greater share of the vendor, has demonstrated a lack of integrity that could jeopardize the state's interest if the state were to contract with the vendor.

History: Add. 1988, Act 504, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.18 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-173-of-1891 / Section 457.18
Grand lodge; incorporation, purpose.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

Any 10 or more members of the body known as the Grand Lodge of the state of Michigan of the Order Sons of St. George, which number shall include the executive board of said grand lodge, may, under the provisions of this act, make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, to be acknowledged before some officer of this state having authority to take acknowledgment of deeds, which articles shall set forth the same facts provided for in section 2 of this act, except that the location may be set forth as in the state of Michigan merely, and the corporate name shall be the "Grand Lodge of the State of Michigan of the Order Sons of St. George," and the object and purpose of the association shall be, and shall be set forth as, to exercise such jurisdiction, power and authority over subordinate lodges of said order in this state as are now, or may be given it by virtue of the articles and regulations of such grand lodge as they now, or as they may from time to time exist, not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this state and of the United States.

History: Add. 1895, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Apr. 4, 1895; CL 1897, 7802; CL 1915, 10238; CL 1929, 10535; CL 1948, 457.18
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.2015 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.2015
Awarding unopened alcoholic liquor pursuant to lawful fund raising activity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1015.

A nonlicensee, or a person who holds either a special license or a club license under this act, may offer and award unopened alcoholic liquor having a value of less than $200.00 to a person 21 years of age or older in a drawing or raffle or as a door prize, pursuant to a lawful fund raising activity. The alcoholic liquor awarded shall not be consumed on the premises at which it is awarded.

A person who holds either a special license or a club license under this act and who has purchased alcoholic liquors to be awarded as provided for in subsection (1) shall be exempt from sections 1021(2) and 1025 for those purchases.

A person who holds either a special license or a club license under this act shall not sell or award alcoholic liquor to a person who is in an intoxicated condition.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998