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Mich. Comp. Laws § 64.5 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 64.5
Clerk; duties.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The clerk shall keep the corporate seal and all the documents, official bonds, papers, files, and records of the village, not by this act or the ordinances of the village entrusted to some other officer. The clerk is the clerk of the council and shall attend its meetings.

In case of the absence of the clerk, or if from any cause the clerk is unable to discharge, or is disqualified from performing, his or her duties, the council may appoint a council member, or some other person, to perform the duties of the clerk for the time being.

The clerk shall record all the proceedings and resolutions of the council, and shall record, or cause to be recorded, all the ordinances of the village.

The clerk shall countersign and register all licenses granted.

When required, the clerk shall make reproductions pursuant to the records media act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.403, of the papers and records filed and kept in his or her office and shall certify the reproductions under the seal of the village. The admissibility in evidence of such reproductions is governed by section 3 of 1964 PA 105, MCL 691.1103.

The clerk may administer oaths and affirmations.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2731; CL 1915, 2601; CL 1929, 1511; CL 1948, 64.5; Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2108 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-224-of-1985 / Section 125.2108
Qualifying local governmental units.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

The authority shall determine which local governmental units qualify to apply to have enterprise zones approved within their boundaries. For an enterprise zone approved after 1993, a qualifying local governmental unit shall be a local governmental unit that has been designated an empowerment zone, rural enterprise community, or enterprise community by the United States department of housing and urban development or the United States department of agriculture.

History: 1985, Act 224, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1986; Am. 1994, Act 311, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1994
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.497 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.497
Use or transfer of surplus construction funds; contract with public corporation; provisions of contract; return of surplus construction funds to state transportation department; application of MCL 280.499; definition.
Status: in_force

Sec. 497.

The 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 drainage board considers proper.

The drainage board shall contract with any public corporation if that public corporation has been assessed for all or part of the cost of the drain or if land in any 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 drainage board shall authorize the 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 is 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, township, city, or village. The contract shall also provide that upon receipt of the surplus funds the county, city, village, or township shall utilize the 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 and after all outstanding drain orders or bonds are paid on the 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.

A drainage board may apply section 499 to surplus construction funds in place of this section.

As used in this section and section 499, "public corporation" includes a city, village, township, or county, or the state.

History: Add. 1970, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970; Am. 1984, Act 165, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1984; Am. 1989, Act 149, Imd. Eff. July 14, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 285.31 — MI Code / Chapter 285 / Act Act-91-of-1915 / Section 285.31
Investigation of market conditions; director and employes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That the state board of agriculture is hereby authorized to undertake the investigation and improvement of market conditions for Michigan products and appoint a competent and experienced person as director of markets and such other competent and experienced persons as may be necessary to carry out the intent of this act. The state board of agriculture shall direct and control the purposes of this act and fix the compensation of directors and employes.

History: 1915, Act 91, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915; CL 1915, 7918; CL 1929, 5033; CL 1948, 285.31
Mich. Comp. Laws § 490.411 — MI Code / Chapter 490 / Act Act-215-of-2003 / Section 490.411
Savings promotion raffle; loan promotion raffle; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 411.

(1) If authorized by the credit union board, a domestic credit union may conduct a savings promotion raffle. All of the following apply to a savings promotion raffle conducted under this subsection:

(a) The domestic credit union shall conduct a savings promotion raffle so that each token or ticket representing an entry in the raffle has an equal chance of being drawn. A domestic credit union shall not conduct a savings promotion raffle in a manner that jeopardizes the domestic credit union's safety and soundness or misleads its members.

(b) Pursuant to his or her supervisory powers under article 2, the director may examine the conduct of a savings promotion raffle. The director may issue a cease and desist order for a violation of this subsection under article 2.

(c) A domestic credit union shall maintain records sufficient to facilitate an audit of a savings promotion raffle.

(2) If authorized by the credit union board, a domestic credit union may conduct a loan promotion raffle. All of the following apply to a loan promotion raffle conducted under this subsection:

(a) The domestic credit union shall conduct a loan promotion raffle so that each token or ticket representing an entry in the raffle has an equal chance of being drawn. A domestic credit union shall not conduct a loan promotion raffle in a manner that jeopardizes the domestic credit union's safety and soundness or misleads its members.

(b) Pursuant to his or her supervisory powers under article 2, the director may examine the conduct of a loan promotion raffle. The director may issue a cease and desist order for a violation of this subsection under article 2.

(c) A domestic credit union shall maintain records sufficient to facilitate an audit of a savings promotion raffle.

(3) As used in this section:

(a) "Loan promotion raffle" means a raffle conducted by a domestic credit union where the sole consideration required for a chance of winning designated prizes is the closing on a loan with the domestic credit union of at least a specified amount.

(b) "Savings promotion raffle" means a raffle conducted by a domestic credit union where the sole consideration required for a chance of winning designated prizes is the deposit of at least a specified amount of money in a savings account or other savings program offered by the domestic credit union.

History: 2003, Act 215, Eff. June 1, 2004; Am. 2016, Act 157, Eff. Sept. 7, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.8174 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.8174
Amendment to laws.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8174.

A domestic society may amend its laws, as its laws provide, by action of its supreme governing body at any regular or special meeting or, if its laws so provide, by referendum. A referendum may be held in accordance with the provisions of the society's laws by the vote of the voting members of the society, by the vote of delegates or representatives of voting members, or by the vote of local lodges. A society may provide for voting by mail. An amendment submitted for adoption by referendum shall not be adopted unless, within 6 months from the date of submission of the amendment, a majority of the members voting shall have signified their consent to the amendment by 1 of the methods specified in this subsection.

An amendment to the laws of any domestic society shall not take effect unless approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve an amendment if the commissioner finds that the amendment has been duly adopted and is not inconsistent with any requirement of the laws of this state or with the character, objects, and purposes of the society. Unless the commissioner disapproves an amendment within 60 days after the filing of the amendment, the amendment shall be considered approved. The approval or disapproval of the commissioner shall be in writing and mailed to the secretary or corresponding officer of the society at its principal office. If the commissioner disapproves an amendment, the reasons for the disapproval shall be stated in the written notice.

Within 90 days from an amendment's approval by the commissioner, each amendment, or a synopsis of each amendment, shall be furnished to each society member either by mail or by publication in full in the society's official publication. The affidavit of a society officer or of anyone authorized by the society to mail an amendment or synopsis of an amendment stating facts that show the amendment or synopsis has been duly addressed and mailed, shall be prima facie evidence that the amendment or synopsis has been furnished the addressee.

Each foreign or alien society authorized to do business in this state shall file with the commissioner a duly certified copy of all amendments of, or additions to, its laws within 90 days after its enactment.

Printed copies of the amended laws, certified by the society's secretary or its corresponding officer, shall be prima facie evidence of their legal adoption.

History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.1004 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-323-of-1984 / Section 752.1004
Kickbacks, bribes, or rebates as felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A person who solicits, offers, pays, or receives a kickback or bribe in connection with the furnishing of goods or services for which payment is or may be made in whole or in part by a health care corporation or health care insurer, or who receives a rebate of a fee or charge for referring an individual to another person for the furnishing of health care benefits, is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years, or by a fine of not more than $50,000.00, or both.

History: 1984, Act 323, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 389.45 — MI Code / Chapter 389 / Act Act-331-of-1966 / Section 389.45
Annexation of school district to school district within community college district.
Status: in_force

Sec. 45.

Whenever a school district which is not within the area of a community college district was heretofore or is hereafter annexed to a school district which is within a community college district, the annexed school district shall be a part of the community college district and subject to taxes levied within the tax rate established in the community college district and to taxes for the payment of principal and interest of outstanding bonded indebtedness of the community college district.

History: 1966, Act 331, Eff. Oct. 1, 1966
Mich. Comp. Laws § 558.30 — MI Code / Chapter 558 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 558.30
Wife's dower right; abolishment and enforcement; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

(1) Notwithstanding sections 1 to 29, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a wife's dower right is abolished and unenforceable either through statute or at common law.

(2) This section does not apply to either of the following:

(a) A widow's dower elected by a woman whose husband died before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.

(b) If a widow's husband died before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the widow's right to elect dower under section 2202 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.2202.

History: Add. 2016, Act 489, Eff. Apr. 6, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.268 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.268
Payment of filing fees or costs by prisoner; court order to make monthly payments; removal of amount from prisoner institutional account.
Status: in_force

Sec. 68.

If a prisoner is ordered by a court to make monthly payments for the purpose of paying the balance of filing fees or costs under section 2963 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.2963 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the department shall remove those amounts from the institutional account of the prisoner subject to the order and, when an amount equal to the balance of the filing fees or costs due is removed, remit that amount as directed in the order.

History: Add. 1996, Act 556, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.43511 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.43511
Deer or elk season; transporting or possessing shotgun or rifle; license required; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 43511.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), and except as provided in section 43513, during the open season for the taking of deer or elk with a firearm, a person shall not transport or possess a shotgun with buckshot, slug load, ball load, or cut shell or a rifle other than a .22 caliber rim fire, unless the person has in his or her possession a license to hunt deer or elk with a firearm.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply during muzzle-loading deer season.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2006, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.157 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-12-of-1967-Ex-Sess- / Section 252.157
Approval of board; consent to designation of route; acquisition of property.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

Approval by the board is deemed to be consent to designating the route as an interstate highway and, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any law, the department may forthwith proceed to acquire property, by condemnation or otherwise, deemed by the department to be necessary to provide for the completion and successful operation of the interstate highway and appurtenant facilities.

History: 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 12, Imd. Eff. Jan. 16, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.111 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-299-of-1972 / Section 460.111
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

(a) "Commission" means the public service commission.

(b) "Department" means the department of commerce.

(c) "Public utility" means a steam, heat, electric, power, gas, water, wastewater, telecommunications, telegraph, communications, pipeline, or gas producing company regulated by the commission, whether private, corporate, or cooperative, except a municipally owned utility.

History: 1972, Act 299, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 1972; Am. 1992, Act 36, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 1992; Am. 2005, Act 189, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.2131 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.2131
Definition and standard of identity; rules fixing and establishing.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2131.

When the department determines such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the department shall promulgate rules fixing and establishing for any food or class of food a reasonable definition, standard of identity, and reasonable standard of quality and fill of container.

In prescribing a definition and standard of identity for any food or class of food in which optional ingredients are permitted, the department shall designate the optional ingredients that are required to be named on the label.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.474 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-390-of-1978 / Section 408.474
Withholding payment of compensation due as fringe benefit to be paid at termination date.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

An employer shall not withhold a payment of compensation due an employee as a fringe benefit to be paid at a termination date unless the withholding is agreed upon by written contract or a signed statement obtained with the full and free consent of the employee without intimidation or fear of discharge for refusing to agree to the withholding of the benefit.

History: 1978, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1978; Am. 1978, Act 602, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.16511 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.16511
Use of words, titles, or letters; license required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16511.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this part, beginning on the effective date of rules promulgated under section 16525 regarding licensure, an individual shall not use the words, titles, or letters "acupuncturist", "certified acupuncturist", "registered acupuncturist", "licensed acupuncturist", "L.Ac.", or a similar word or initial that indicates that the individual is an acupuncturist, unless he or she is authorized under this part to use the terms and in a way prescribed in this part. However, for a period not to exceed 36 months from the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 16525 regarding licensure, a registered acupuncturist may, without a license under this part, continue to use the titles "acupuncturist", "registered acupuncturist", or "certified acupuncturist" and engage in the practice of acupuncture.

(2) Until the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 16525 regarding licensure, an individual shall not use the words, titles, or letters "acupuncturist", "certified acupuncturist", or "registered acupuncturist", or a combination of the words, titles, or letters, with or without qualifying words or phrases, unless he or she is registered under this part.

(3) Until the effective date of the rules promulgated under section 16525 regarding licensure, neither of the following is subject to this part:

(a) A physician who is licensed under part 170 or part 175.

(b) An individual who is certified by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association.

History: Add. 2006, Act 30, Eff. July 1, 2006; Am. 2006, Act 397, Imd. Eff. Sept. 27, 2006; Am. 2019, Act 140, Eff. Mar. 4, 2020; Am. 2020, Act 136, Imd. Eff. July 8, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.26203 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-204-of-1987 / Section 333.26203
Low-level radioactive waste authority; creation; autonomous entity; commissioner as head of authority; appointment, qualifications, and term of commissioner; vacancy; salary; exemption from civil service; employment of personnel.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

An authority is created to be known as the low-level radioactive waste authority. The authority is an autonomous entity within the department of commerce. The authority shall exercise its powers and duties independently of the department of commerce, including the budgeting, procurement, contracting for, and actual purchase of all equipment, supplies, and services of whatever kind necessary to implement this act.

The head of the authority is the commissioner who shall be qualified by training and experience to direct the work of the authority. The commissioner shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall serve a 2-year term at the pleasure of the governor. A vacancy occurring in the office of the commissioner shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The commissioner shall receive a salary as provided by annual appropriation by the legislature from the low-level radioactive waste management fund.

The commissioner is exempt from civil service. The commissioner is responsible directly to the governor to ensure the accountability and integrity of the authority and accordingly should be a position within the department of commerce that is exempt from the classified state civil service. The department of commerce shall request that the civil service commission establish the commissioner's position as a position that is exempt from the classified state civil service.

The commissioner shall employ personnel as necessary to implement this act.

History: 1987, Act 204, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1987; Am. 1994, Act 434, Imd. Eff. Jan. 6, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.106 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-202-of-1887 / Section 486.106
Board of directors; majority control.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

A majority of the directors shall be a board for the transaction of business, and the acts of a majority of the board shall bind the corporation.

History: 1887, Act 202, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1887; How. 3895w; CL 1897, 6811; CL 1915, 8909; CL 1929, 11844; CL 1948, 486.106
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.3303 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-110-of-2006 / Section 125.3303
Planning expert; compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 303.

(1) With the approval of the legislative body, the zoning commission may engage the services of a planning expert. Compensation for the planning expert shall be paid by the legislative body.

(2) The zoning commission shall consider any information and recommendations furnished by appropriate public officials, departments, or agencies.

History: 2006, Act 110, Eff. July 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.1275 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-197-of-2024 / Section 35.1275
Poster of services available to veterans; employer posting requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

(1) An employer shall display a poster at the employer's place of business, in a conspicuous place accessible to the employer's employees, that includes, but is not limited to, information related to all of the following services that are available to veterans:

(a) The telephone number and website for the department of military and veterans affairs.

(b) Mental health and substance abuse services.

(c) Education, workforce, or job training resources.

(d) Tax benefits.

(e) Obtaining a veteran designation on a driver license issued under section 310 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.310, or on an official state personal identification card issued under section 2 of 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.292.

(f) Eligibility for unemployment benefits under the Michigan employment security act, 1936 (Ex Sess) PA 1, MCL 421.1 to 421.75, or federal law.

(g) Legal services.

(h) The telephone number and website for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

(i) The telephone number for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' veterans crisis line.

(2) The department of labor and economic opportunity shall work with the department of military and veterans affairs to create and make available free of charge to employers the poster that contains the information required under subsection (1) for the employers' use in complying with this section. In addition, the department of labor and economic opportunity and the department of military and veterans affairs shall make the poster described in this section available in a downloadable format on the website of each department.

History: 2024, Act 197, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025