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Mich. Comp. Laws § 484.2315 — MI Code / Chapter 484 / Act Act-179-of-1991 / Section 484.2315
Text telephone-telecommunications device for deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired; relay service; rates and charges; discounts; recovery of costs.
Status: in_force

Sec. 315.

(1) The commission shall require each provider of basic local exchange service to provide a text telephone-telecommunications device for the deaf at cost to each individual who is certified as deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired by a licensed physician, licensed audiologist, or qualified state agency, and to each public safety answering point as defined in section 102 of the emergency 9-1-1 service enabling act, 1986 PA 32, MCL 484.1102.

(2) The commission shall require each provider of basic local exchange service to provide a telecommunication relay service whereby individuals using a text telephone-telecommunications device for the deaf can communicate with individuals using a voice telephone through the use of third party intervention or automated translation. Each provider of basic local exchange service shall determine whether to provide a telecommunication relay service on its own, jointly with other basic local exchange providers, or by contract with other telecommunication providers. The commission shall determine the technical standards and essential features of text telephone and telecommunication relay service to ensure their compatibility and reliability.

(3) Rates and charges for calls placed through a telecommunication relay service shall not exceed the rates and charges for calls placed directly from the same originating location to the same terminating location. Unless ordered by the commission, a provider of a telecommunications relay service is not required to handle calls from public telephones except for calls charged collect or to cash, a credit card, or a third party number.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a provider may offer discounts on toll calls where a text telephone-telecommunications device for the deaf is used. The commission shall not prohibit such discounts on toll calls placed through a telecommunication relay service.

(5) The commission shall establish a rate for each subscriber line of a provider to allow the provider to recover costs incurred under this section and may waive the costs assessed under this section to individuals who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired. The rate established by the commission under this subsection may be assessed as a line item on an end-user's bill.

History: 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Am. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005; Am. 2011, Act 58, Imd. Eff. June 14, 2011; Am. 2016, Act 237, Eff. Sept. 22, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 24.241 — MI Code / Chapter 24 / Act Act-306-of-1969 / Section 24.241
Notice of public hearing before adoption of rule; opportunity to present data, views, questions, and arguments; time, contents, and transmittal of notice; advanced notice of proposed action; provisions governing public hearing; presence and participation of certain persons at public hearing required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

(1) Except as provided in section 44, before the adoption of a rule, an agency, or the office, shall give notice of a public hearing and offer a person an opportunity to present data, views, questions, and arguments. The notice must be given within the time prescribed by any applicable statute, or if none, in the manner prescribed in section 42(1).

(2) The notice described in subsection (1) must include all of the following:

(a) A reference to the statutory authority under which the action is proposed.

(b) The time and place of the public hearing and a statement of the manner in which data, views, questions, and arguments may be submitted by a person to the agency at other times.

(c) A statement of the terms or substance of the proposed rule, a description of the subjects and issues involved, and the proposed effective date of the rule.

(3) The agency, or the office acting on behalf of an agency, shall transmit copies of the notice described in subsection (1) to each person that requested the agency in writing or electronically for advance notice of proposed action that may affect the person. If requested, the notice must be by mail, in writing, or electronically to the last address specified by the person.

(4) The public hearing must comply with any applicable statute, but is not subject to the provisions governing a contested case.

(5) The head of the promulgating agency or 1 or more persons designated by the head of the agency who have knowledge of the subject matter of the proposed rule shall be present at the public hearing and participate in the discussion of the proposed rule.

History: 1969, Act 306, Eff. July 1, 1970; Am. 1977, Act 108, Eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 413, Eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Am. 1989, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989; Am. 1993, Act 141, Imd. Eff. Aug. 4, 1993; Am. 2004, Act 23, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 2004; Am. 2004, Act 491, Eff. Jan. 12, 2005; Am. 2018, Act 267, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2018; Am. 2024, Act 9, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.602 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.602
County comprising more than one congressional district; county committee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 602.

In a county comprising more than 1 representative or senatorial district, the members of the county committee of each political party residing in each such representative or senatorial district of such county shall constitute a committee of said political party for such representative or senatorial district, as the case may be, and such committee shall elect its chairman and other officers. The chairman shall have the right to vote on all questions arising in said committee.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.153 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act Act-187-of-1881 / Section 565.153
Estates; word of creation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

It shall not be necessary to use the words "heirs and assigns of the grantee" to create in the grantee an estate of inheritance; and if it be the intention of the grantor to convey any lesser estate, it shall be so expressed in the deed.

History: 1881, Act 187, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881; How. 5730; CL 1897, 9016; CL 1915, 11751; CL 1929, 13323; CL 1948, 565.153
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.671 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.671
Designation of through highways; designation of stop, yield, or merge intersections; stop, yield, or merge signs; violation as civil infraction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 671.

The state highway commission with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, the county road commission, and local authorities with reference to other highways under their jurisdiction, subject to the approval of the state highway commission if a state trunk line highway, may designate through highways and erect stop, yield, or merge signs at specified entrances thereto or may designate any intersection as a stop, yield, or merge intersection and erect like signs at 1 or more entrances to the intersections.

Every stop, yield, or merge sign shall be reflectorized or illuminated at night. Every stop, yield, or merge sign shall be located as near as practicable at the nearest line of the crosswalk thereat, or, if none, at the nearest line of the roadway.

A person who fails to obey a stop, yield, or merge sign erected pursuant to this section is responsible for a civil infraction.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 1976, Act 75, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1976; Am. 1978, Act 510, Eff. Aug. 1, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.18802 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.18802
Definitions; A to S.
Status: in_force

Sec. 18802.

"Abandoned by its owner" means any of the following:

Failure of an owner to return to regain custody of an animal left in the custody of a veterinarian by its owner for treatment, boarding, or other services at the scheduled time for the animal's return or at completion of the services.

Refusal of an owner to accept custody of an animal left in the custody of a veterinarian by its owner for treatment, boarding, or other services at the scheduled time for the animal's return or at completion of the services.

Failure of an owner to provide payment for treatment, boarding, or other services on an animal left in the custody of a veterinarian by its owner as agreed upon by the owner and the veterinarian.

"Animal" means an animal other than a human being and includes all fowl, birds, fish, and reptiles, wild or domestic, living or dead, which may be carriers of infectious diseases.

"Owner" means the actual owner of an animal, an agent of the owner of the animal, or a person with the apparent authority to act as the owner or as the agent of the owner of an animal.

"Supervision" includes that degree of close physical proximity necessary for the supervising veterinarian to observe and monitor the performance of a veterinary technician.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 353, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982; Am. 2000, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.551 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-1-of-1897 / Section 457.551
Foresters of America; incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That the grand and subordinate courts of the Foresters of America of the state of Michigan may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.

History: 1897, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1897; CL 1897, 8070; CL 1915, 10544; CL 1929, 10749; CL 1948, 457.551
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3311 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-135-of-1986 / Section 338.3311
Violation as misdemeanor; penalty; prosecution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 311.

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 307 and 309, any asbestos abatement contractor who engages in the trade or business of asbestos abatement without a license as provided for by this act or any person who violates this act or any rules promulgated under this act and who fails to correct the violation after notice is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, and upon conviction for a subsequent offense, not more than $1,000.00, or imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or both. A violation of this act may be prosecuted by either the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the judicial district in which the violation was committed.

History: 1986, Act 135, Eff. July 2, 1986
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2962 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2962
Malpractice action against certified public accountant.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2962.

(1) This section applies to an action for professional malpractice against a certified public accountant. A certified public accountant is liable for civil damages in connection with public accounting services performed by the certified public accountant only in 1 of the following situations:

(a) Subject to subsection (2), a negligent act, omission, decision, or other conduct of the certified public accountant if the claimant is the certified public accountant's client.

(b) An act, omission, decision, or conduct of the certified public accountant that constitutes fraud or an intentional misrepresentation.

(c) Subject to subsection (2), a negligent act, omission, decision, or other conduct of the certified public accountant if the certified public accountant was informed in writing directly by the client before commencement of the engagement that a primary intent of the client was for the professional public accounting services to benefit or influence the person bringing the action for civil damages. For the purposes of this subdivision, the certified public accountant shall also separately identify in writing directly to the client, before commencement of the engagement, each person, generic group, or class description that the certified public accountant intends to have rely on the services. The certified public accountant may be held liable only to each identified person, generic group, or class description. The certified public accountant's written identification shall include each person, generic group, or class description identified by the client as being benefited or influenced.

(2) A certified public accountant is not liable for civil damages in any of the following situations:

(a) The claimant is not the certified public accountant's client, but asserts standing to sue based on an assignment of the claim from the client to the claimant. This subdivision does not apply to an action arising out of an annual report required by the cemetery regulation act, 1968 PA 251, MCL 456.521 to 456.543, or the prepaid funeral and cemetery sales act, 1986 PA 255, MCL 328.211 to 328.235.

(b) The claimant is not the certified public accountant's client, but asserts standing to sue based on a voluntary surrender of assets or acquisition of the claim by means of foreclosure or surrender under any type of security agreement between the claimant and the client.

(c) The claimant is not the certified public accountant's client, but asserts standing to sue based on a writing referred to in subsection (1)(c) that was not signed by the client himself or herself, if an individual, or that was not signed by an officer, manager, or member of the client, if an entity.

History: Add. 1995, Act 249, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996; Am. 2012, Act 268, Imd. Eff. July 3, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.691 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-349-of-1925 / Section 487.691
Adverse claim to bank deposit; notice; restraining order; exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

Notice to any bank or trust company doing business in this state of an adverse claim to a deposit standing on its books to the credit of any person shall not be effectual to cause said bank to recognize said adverse claimant unless said adverse claimant shall also either procure a restraining order, injunction or other appropriate process against said bank from a court of competent jurisdiction in a cause therein instituted by him wherein the person to whose credit the deposit stands is made a party and served with summons, or shall execute to said bank, in form and with sureties acceptable to it a bond, indemnifying said bank from any and all liability, loss, damage, costs and expenses for and on account of the payment of such adverse claim or the dishonor of the check or other order of the person to whose credit the deposit stands on the books of said bank: Provided, That this law shall not apply in any instance where the person to whose credit the deposit stands is a fiduciary for such adverse claimant, and the facts constituting such relationship, as also the facts showing reasonable cause of belief on the part of the said claimant that the said fiduciary is about to misappropriate said deposit, are made to appear by the affidavit of such claimant.

History: 1925, Act 349, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 12068; CL 1948, 487.691
Mich. Comp. Laws § 51.241 — MI Code / Chapter 51 / Act Act-180-of-1919 / Section 51.241
Undersheriffs and deputies in counties of 150,000 to 300,000; appointment; compensation, increase.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

In counties having a population of 150,000 and not more than 300,000, the sheriff shall appoint an under-sheriff, a chief deputy sheriff who shall be a competent accountant and shall keep the books of the office, and such number of deputy sheriffs as shall be fixed by resolution of the board of supervisors. The under-sheriff and the chief deputy sheriff in such counties shall each receive a salary of 2,000 dollars per year, payable monthly, in lieu of all fees or other compensation. The deputy sheriffs shall each receive a salary of 1,200 dollars per year, payable monthly, in lieu of all fees or other compensation. The board of supervisors in such counties may by resolution provide for increase in said salaries, when, in their judgment, deemed necessary.

History: 1919, Act 180, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919; CL 1929, 1338; CL 1948, 51.241
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.71603 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.71603
Allocations to local units of government; zones; purposes; matching requirements; sale, disposal, or conversion of facility.
Status: in_force

Sec. 71603.

(1) Subject to amounts appropriated to the department under section 19608(5), the total amount of grants made to local units of government under this part shall be allocated as follows:

(a) Local recreation projects within zone 1 3.6% (b) Local recreation projects within zone 2 14.4% (c) Local recreation projects within zone 3 72% (d) Local recreation projects at regional parks 10%

(a) Local recreation projects within zone 1

3.6%

(b) Local recreation projects within zone 2

14.4%

(c) Local recreation projects within zone 3

72%

(d) Local recreation projects at regional parks

10%

(2) For purposes of the distribution of grants for local recreation projects under this part, the state is divided into the following 3 zones:

(a) Zone 1-all of the counties of the Upper Peninsula.

(b) Zone 2-Emmet, Charleviox, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Leelanau, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Alcona, Manistee, Wexford, Missaukee, Roscommon, Ogemaw, Iosco, Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Gladwin, Arenac, Isabella, Midland, Bay, Huron, Saginaw, Tuscola, and Sanilac counties.

(c) Zone 3-Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta, Muskegon, Montcalm, Gratiot, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Shiawassee, Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair, Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Jackson, Washtenaw, Wayne, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, and Monroe counties.

(3) A grant made under this part to a local unit of government shall require a 25% match by the local unit of government. Not more than 50% of the local unit of government's contribution under this subsection may be in the form of goods and services directly rendered to the construction of the project, or federal funds, or both. A local unit of government shall establish to the satisfaction of the department the cost or fair market value, whichever is less as of the date of the notice of approval by the department, of any such goods and services with which the local unit of government seeks to meet the match requirement.

(4) A facility funded under this section shall not be sold, disposed of, or converted to a use not specified in the application for the grant without express approval of the department.

History: Add. 1998, Act 286, Eff. Dec. 1, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.36507 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.36507
Violation; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 36507.

A person who violates this part or who fails to procure any permit required under this part is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or less than $100.00, or both.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1996, Act 128, Imd. Eff. Mar. 13, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1606b — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1606b
Board of school district operating community college; establishment of department of public safety; grant of authority to public safety officers; public hearings; public safety advisory committee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1606b.

The board of a school district operating a community college under this part may establish a department of public safety for that community college for the protection of persons and property.

If the board of the school district establishes a department of public safety under subsection (1), the board may grant to the public safety officers the authority of peace or law enforcement officers.

Before granting the powers and authority provided under subsection (2), the board shall conduct not less than 2 public hearings.

The board shall not grant the powers and authority described in subsection (2) unless that board creates a public safety advisory committee. The public safety advisory committee shall be comprised of 2 members of the faculty and 2 members of the staff of the community college. The public safety advisory committee shall receive and address grievances by persons against the public safety officers or against the public safety department of that community college. The committee may recommend to the board or the administration of that community college that disciplinary measures be taken against a public safety officer or police officer who is found responsible for misconduct in office.

History: Add. 1998, Act 52, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.345 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-137-of-1935 / Section 286.345
Rules and regulations; enforcement by commissioner of agriculture.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

The commissioner of agriculture is charged with the enforcement of this act and is hereby empowered to promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary to carry into effect the intent and purpose of this act.

History: 1935, Act 137, Imd. Eff. June 4, 1935; CL 1948, 286.345
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article IX § 17 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article IX § 17
Payments from state treasury.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

No money shall be paid out of the state treasury except in pursuance of appropriations made by law.

History: Const. 1963, Art. IX, § 17, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.825 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-87-of-1985 / Section 780.825
Notice of sentencing; impact statement; physical presence of defendant; remote option; 2018 PA 153 may be cited as "Rebekah Bletsch law".
Status: in_force

Sec. 75.

(1) If no presentence report is prepared, the court shall notify the prosecuting attorney of the date and time of sentencing at least 10 days before the sentencing. The victim has the right to submit a written impact statement and has the right to appear and make an oral impact statement at the sentencing of the defendant. If the victim is physically or emotionally unable to make the oral impact statement, the victim may designate any other person 18 years of age or older who is neither the defendant nor incarcerated to make the statement on the victim's behalf. The other person need not be an attorney. The victim may elect to remotely provide the oral impact statement under this section. The court shall consider the victim's statement in imposing sentence on the defendant.

(2) Unless the court has determined, in its discretion, that the defendant is behaving in a disruptive manner or presents a threat to the safety of any individuals present in the courtroom, the defendant must be physically present in the courtroom at the time a victim makes an oral impact statement under subsection (1). In making its determination under this subsection, the court may consider any relevant statement provided by the victim regarding the defendant being physically present during that victim's oral impact statement. This subsection applies to cases in which the sentencing of the defendant occurs after May 22, 2018.

(3) 2018 PA 153, which amended this section and sections 15 and 43, may be cited as the "Rebekah Bletsch law".

History: Add. 1988, Act 21, Eff. June 1, 1988; Am. 2000, Act 503, Eff. June 1, 2001; Am. 2018, Act 153, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2018; Am. 2023, Act 178, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.90 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-280-of-1939 / Section 400.90
Political activity or use of position by officers and employes prohibited; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 90.

No member of the state commission or of any county social welfare board and no executive official or employe of the state or any county welfare department shall participate in any form of political activity other than may be appropriate to the exercise of the individual's rights, duties and privileges or use his official position for any political purpose. Any employe of any department violating this provision shall be subject to discharge or such other disciplinary action as may be provided by the rules and regulations of the state department.

History: 1939, Act 280, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1939; CL 1948, 400.90