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Mich. Comp. Laws § 339.306 — MI Code / Chapter 339 / Act Act-299-of-1980 / Section 339.306
Board; election of officers; vacancy; bylaws; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 306.

Annually a board shall elect a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and other officers the board determines necessary. A board may fill a vacancy in an office of the board for the balance of the 1-year term.

A board may adopt bylaws for the regulation of its internal affairs.

A board shall report its activities to the department annually and as often as the director orders.

History: 1980, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1335 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1335
Grounds for excusing person from jury service; postponing jury service of student.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1335.

(1) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned as a juror may excuse the person from serving when it appears that the interests of the public or of the individual juror will be materially injured by his or her attendance or the health of the juror or that of a member of his or her family requires his or her absence from court.

(2) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned as a juror shall postpone the person's term of service until the end of the school year if the person is a full-time student enrolled in and attending high school.

(3) The chief judge of the court to which a person is returned as a juror shall, upon request, postpone the person's term of service until the end of the academic year if the person is a full-time student enrolled in and attending a college, community college, university, graduate or professional school, vocational school, or any other accredited educational institution and the person provides satisfactory proof that the term of service will likely interfere with his or her class schedule.

History: Add. 1968, Act 326, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968; Am. 1972, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Mar. 3, 1972; Am. 2004, Act 12, Eff. June 1, 2004; Am. 2014, Act 10, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.561 — MI Code / Chapter 3 / Act Act-151-of-1978 / Section 3.561
Repeal of MCL 46.271 to 46.281.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

Act No. 270 of the Public Acts of 1968, being sections 46.271 to 46.281 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed.

History: 1978, Act 151, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.723a — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-295-of-1994 / Section 28.723a
Hearing to determine if individual exempt from registration.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3a.

(1) If an individual pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a listed offense or is adjudicated as a juvenile as being responsible for a listed offense but alleges that he or she is not required to register under this act because section 2(t)( v ) or ( vi ) applies or section 2(v)( iv ) applies, and the prosecuting attorney disputes that allegation, the court shall conduct a hearing on the matter before sentencing or disposition to determine whether the individual is required to register under this act.

(2) The individual has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence in a hearing under this section that his or her conduct falls within the exceptions described in subsection (1) and that he or she is therefore not required to register under this act.

(3) The rules of evidence, except for those pertaining to privileges and protections set forth in section 520j of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.520j, do not apply to a hearing under this section.

(4) The prosecuting attorney shall give the victim notice of the date, time, and place of the hearing.

(5) The victim of the offense has the following rights in a hearing under this section:

(a) To submit a written statement to the court.

(b) To attend the hearing and to make a written or oral statement to the court.

(c) To refuse to attend the hearing.

(d) To attend the hearing but refuse to testify or make a statement at the hearing.

(6) The court's decision excusing or requiring the individual to register is a final order of the court and may be appealed by the prosecuting attorney or the individual as a matter of right.

(7) This section applies to criminal and juvenile cases pending on July 1, 2011 and to criminal and juvenile cases brought on and after that date.

History: Add. 2011, Act 17, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 2011; Am. 2020, Act 295, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.669 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-51-of-1951 / Section 247.669
Roads, streets, and alleys taken over as county roads.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19.

The board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties shall, within 1 year from the effective date of this act, complete the taking over as county roads of all roads, streets and alleys heretofore required to be taken over as county roads by the provisions of Act No. 130 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being sections 247.1 to 247.13, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948. Said board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties shall take over as county roads all streets and alleys lying outside the limits of incorporated cities and villages and dedicated to the public in recorded plats approved by said board of county road commissioners, within 30 days after the recording of the plat or the effective date of this act, whichever may be the later. Such dedicated streets and alleys, when taken over by the county road commission, shall be county roads in all respects and for all purposes and shall be classified as county primary roads or county local roads pursuant to the provisions of this act.

History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
Mich. Comp. Laws § 458.310 — MI Code / Chapter 458 / Act Act-53-of-1901 / Section 458.310
Construction of inconsistent acts.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

In all cases, whether in law or in equity, that may arise in any of the courts of the state, regarding churches incorporated under this act, or those which by vote shall have put themselves under its provisions, all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith shall be interpreted and construed in such manner as to give full force and effect to the provisions of this act.

History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901; Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913; CL 1915, 11025; CL 1929, 10959; CL 1948, 458.310
Mich. Comp. Laws § 29.493 — MI Code / Chapter 29 / Act Act-56-of-2009 / Section 29.493
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Agent" means a stamping agent, as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422.

(b) "ASTM" means ASTM international, formerly the American society for testing and materials.

(c) "Cigarette" means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422.

(d) "Department" means the department of energy, labor, and economic growth.

(e) "Director" means the director of the department.

(f) "Manufacturer" means any of the following:

( i ) A manufacturer as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422.

( ii ) The first purchaser of gray market cigarettes, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422, if that purchaser intends to resell the cigarettes in the United States.

( iii ) A successor to a person described in subparagraph ( i ) or ( ii ).

(g) "New York fire safety standards for cigarettes" means the New York executive law, section 156-c, and the New York fire safety standards for cigarettes, New York compilation of codes, rules, and regulations, title 19, sections 429.1 to 429.10.

(h) "Quality control and quality assurance program" means laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing of cigarettes and ensure that testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in section 5(2)(g) for all test trials used to certify cigarettes under this act.

(i) "Repeatability" means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95% of the time.

(j) "Retail dealer" means a retailer, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422.

(k) "Sale" means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422.

( l ) "Secondary wholesaler" means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422.

(m) "Sell" means to sell or to offer or agree to sell.

(n) "Tobacco products tax act" means the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.421 to 205.436.

(o) "Unclassified acquirer" means that term as defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422.

(p) "Wholesale dealer" means a wholesaler, as that term is defined in section 2 of the tobacco products tax act, MCL 205.422.

History: 2009, Act 56, Eff. Jan. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 771.7 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 771.7
Revoking probation of juvenile for conviction of felony or misdemeanor; commitment of juvenile to department of corrections; violation of probation; order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

If the court finds that a juvenile placed on probation and committed under section 1(3) or (4) of chapter IX to an institution or agency described in the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to 803.309, violated probation by being convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year, the court shall revoke probation and order the juvenile committed to the department of corrections for a term of years that does not exceed the penalty that could have been imposed for the offense for which the juvenile was originally convicted and placed on probation. The court shall grant credit against the sentence for the period of time the juvenile served on probation.

If the court finds that a juvenile placed on probation and committed under section 1(3) or (4) of chapter IX to an institution or agency described in the youth rehabilitation services act, 1974 PA 150, MCL 803.301 to 803.309, violated probation other than as provided in subsection (1), the court may order the juvenile committed to the department of corrections or may order any of the following for the juvenile:

A change of placement.

Community service.

Substance abuse counseling.

Mental health counseling.

Participation in a vocational-technical education program.

Incarceration in a county jail for not more than 30 days. If a juvenile is under 17 years of age, the juvenile shall be placed in a room or ward out of sight and sound from adult prisoners.

Other participation or performance as the court considers necessary.

History: Add. 1988, Act 78, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988; Am. 1993, Act 343, Eff. May 1, 1994; Am. 1996, Act 247, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997; Am. 1998, Act 520, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1999
Mich. Comp. Laws § 18.1354 — MI Code / Chapter 18 / Act Act-431-of-1984 / Section 18.1354
Executive budget and appropriations bill; estimate of transfer into or out of fund; installments.
Status: in_force

Sec. 354.

(1) The executive budget for each fiscal year shall contain an estimate of the required transfer into the fund or the amount of funds recommended to be appropriated out of the fund required under section 352. The executive budget for each fiscal year shall not contain an estimate for a transfer out of the fund unless the annual growth rate is estimated to be less than 0% in that fiscal year.

(2) The legislature shall include the final amount of the transfer into the fund or the amount of funds appropriated out of the fund required under section 352 in the appropriations bill which contains the revenue estimate required by section 31 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963.

(3) A transfer into the fund shall be made in equal monthly installments throughout the fiscal year. A transfer out of the fund may be made as needed during the fiscal year.

History: 1984, Act 431, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 1988, Act 504, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 1988; Am. 1994, Act 107, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 1994, Act 108, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1994; Am. 1995, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Sept. 25, 1995; Am. 1995, Act 286, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1996; Am. 1999, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1999; Am. 2018, Act 613, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1361 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-86-of-2014 / Section 123.1361
Debt payment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21.

(1) If a municipality does not adjust its debt millage rate to reflect reimbursement for the small taxpayer exemption loss under section 17(1)(a), the reimbursement under section 17(1)(a) shall be reduced by the excess debt taxes levied.

(2) A municipality shall use the amount received under section 17(4) for debt millage to pay debt. If a payment under section 17(4) for debt millage is not used to pay debt, the amount not used to pay debt shall be deducted from a subsequent payment under section 17(4), unless all debts have been repaid, in which case the amount received under section 17(4) for debt millage may be used by the municipality in any manner and shall not be deducted from a subsequent payment under section 17(4).

History: 2014, Act 86, Eff. Aug. 22, 2014; Am. 2016, Act 124, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2016; Am. 2018, Act 247, Imd. Eff. June 28, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.777 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-185-of-1957 / Section 123.777
Court commissioners; meetings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; adjournment; subpoenas; oaths; viewing premises; hearing proofs and allegations; availability of report and other writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 47.

The court commissioners shall meet at the time and place ordered by the court and shall be sworn to faithfully discharge their duties. The business which the commissioners may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the commissioners held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976. 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. If all commissioners do not then appear, a smaller number may adjourn to a time certain, but an adjournment shall not be made to a day later than the time allowed by the court. An adjournment shall be publicly announced. The court or the clerk of the court may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses before the court or before the court commissioners. A court commissioner may administer oaths to witnesses. The court commissioners shall view the premises described in the petition and shall hear the proofs and allegations of the parties. The report and any other writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the commissioners in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.

History: 1957, Act 185, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1957; Am. 1977, Act 176, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IV § 25 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IV § 25
Revision and amendment of laws; title references, publication of entire sections.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

No law shall be revised, altered or amended by reference to its title only. The section or sections of the act altered or amended shall be re-enacted and published at length.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IV, § 25, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.44506 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.44506
Rules for licensing pilots of charter boats.
Status: in_force

Sec. 44506.

The department shall promulgate rules for the licensing of pilots of charter boats on inland waters. Rules promulgated under this section shall be designed to ensure that pilots of charter boats have the training and skills necessary to ensure the safety and well-being of charter boat passengers, crew members, and members of the general public.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.341 — MI Code / Chapter 247 / Act Act-140-of-1972 / Section 247.341
Signs marking township limits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

A township may manufacture and place signs marking the township limits along any state highway which passes through the township. The department of state highways shall provide specifications for the manufacture of the signs, and may supervise their construction. If a township shall erect such signs along any state highway, it shall thereafter maintain the same at the township's expense.

History: 1972, Act 140, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.839 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-448-of-1976 / Section 460.839
General manager as chief executive and operating officer of joint agency; powers and duties generally.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

The general manager shall be the chief executive and operating officer of the joint agency. The general manager shall exercise the management of the properties and business of the joint agency and its employees. The general manager shall direct the enforcement of all resolutions, rules, and regulations of the board of commissioners, and shall enter into contracts as necessary under the general control and direction of the board of commissioners. The general manager shall serve at the pleasure of the board of commissioners.

Subject to the approval of the board of commissioners, the general manager may appoint the officers, employees, and agents necessary to carry out the general purposes of the joint agency. If the joint agency operates a project described in section 5(1), the general manager shall classify all the offices, positions, and grades of regular employment required in the project.

History: 1976, Act 448, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977
Mich. Comp. Laws § 421.13e — MI Code / Chapter 421 / Act Act-1-of-1936-Ex-Sess- / Section 421.13e
Group account for sharing cost of benefits; joint application; approval; notice; duration; termination; adding employer to or removing employer from group account; liability for benefit charges; effective date and application of amendatory provision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13e.

Two or more employers who become liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to sections 13a to 13c, or after December 31, 1977, 2 or more employers who become liable for reimbursement payments in lieu of contributions pursuant to section 13i, may file a joint application with the commission for the establishment of a group account for the purpose of sharing the cost of benefits paid that are attributable to service in the employ of those employers. The joint application shall identify and authorize a representative to act for the group for the purposes of this act. Upon approval of the application, the commission shall establish a group account for the employers which shall be effective as of the beginning of the calendar quarter in which the application is received or the first day of the following calendar quarter if requested by the group's representative. The commission shall notify the group's representative of the effective date of the account. The account shall remain in effect for not less than 2 calendar years and thereafter until terminated at the discretion of the commission or upon application by the group.

Upon written notice to the commission, an employer shall be added to a group account effective the first day of the calendar quarter in which the notice is received or the first day of the following calendar quarter if requested by the employer. Upon written notice received by the commission, not later than 30 days before the start of a calendar year, an employer shall be removed from a group account. However, an employer shall remain a member of the group for not less than 2 calendar years.

In the case of a group composed of nonprofit organizations, the group shall be liable for all benefit charges, which are based on service with an employer while it was a member of that group. Membership in a group shall not relieve a member of liability for charges attributable to service in its employ.

In the case of a group composed of governmental entities, the group shall be liable for all benefit charges, which are based on services with an employer while it was a member of that group. Membership in a group account shall not relieve a member of liability for charges attributable to service in its employ.

The provision of that section as amended by this 1977 amendatory act shall be effective January 1, 1978, and shall apply to all group accounts in existence, or established, on or after that date.

History: Add. 1971, Act 231, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 1972; Am. 1977, Act 277, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.615 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-72-of-1977 / Section 400.615
Burden of proof; preponderance of evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

A person bringing a civil action under this act is required to prove all essential elements of the cause of action, including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.

History: Add. 2008, Act 421, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.30926 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.30926
Advertising for bids; letting of contracts; work relief project.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30926.

Except as provided in subsection (2), the chairperson of the lake board shall advertise for bids. A contract shall be let to the lowest bidder giving adequate security for the performance of the contract, but the lake board shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids.

The lake board may let a contract with a local, incorporated, nonprofit homeowner association, the membership of which is open on a nondiscriminatory basis to all residents within the geographic area to be assessed or serviced, without advertising for public bids. The homeowner association shall give adequate security for the performance of the contract.

The local governing body may improve a lake as a work relief project pursuant to applicable provisions of law.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.658 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-225-of-1966 / Section 408.658
Fees.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

(1) The department shall charge the following fees for permits to operate, annual inspections, reinspections, and special inspector commissions:

(a) Permit to operate $ 10.00 (b) Annual inspection: ( i ) Kiddie rides 40.00 ( ii ) Fixed coaster 90.00 ( iii ) Aerial lifts 115.00 ( iv ) Miscellaneous rides 50.00 (c) Reinspection: ( i ) Kiddie rides 20.00 ( ii ) Fixed coaster 75.00 ( iii ) Aerial lifts 75.00 ( iv ) Miscellaneous rides 20.00 (d) Special inspector commission 5.00

(a)

Permit to operate

$

10.00

(b)

Annual inspection:

( i )

Kiddie rides

40.00

( ii )

Fixed coaster

90.00

( iii )

Aerial lifts

115.00

( iv )

Miscellaneous rides

50.00

(c)

Reinspection:

( i )

Kiddie rides

20.00

( ii )

Fixed coaster

75.00

( iii )

Aerial lifts

75.00

( iv )

Miscellaneous rides

20.00

(d)

Special inspector commission

5.00

(2) If the fee prescribed by subsection (1) is not received by the department within 30 calendar days after notice of the amount due is given, the fee automatically shall be doubled.

(3) The department shall review the fees prescribed by subsection (1), shall report to the legislature before October 1, 1983 concerning the appropriateness of those fees, and shall make recommendations, if necessary, to reflect actual costs.

History: 1966, Act 225, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966; Am. 1982, Act 35, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 52.111 — MI Code / Chapter 52 / Act Act-345-of-1919 / Section 52.111
Coroners in counties over 250,000; qualifications.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

No person shall hereafter be eligible to serve as coroner or deputy coroner in and for counties having a population of 250,000 inhabitants and upwards who shall not be at the time of his election or appointment a physician or surgeon registered under the laws of the state of Michigan, and a graduate of a regularly incorporated medical college, and who shall not have practiced the profession of physician or surgeon for at least 5 years.

History: 1919, Act 345, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 1364; Am. 1941, Act 158, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942; CL 1948, 52.111