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Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1234a — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-615-of-2012 / Section 400.1234a
Eligibility guidelines; exception for providers.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4a.

(1) The department may establish guidelines for verifying eligibility of all applicants to ensure assistance funds are provided only to eligible low-income households. In establishing guidelines under this subsection, the department shall consider opportunities to incorporate categorical eligibility.

(2) An electric provider, natural gas provider, or other energy provider is not required to verify eligibility of program applicants.

History: Add. 2024, Act 170, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 55.267 — MI Code / Chapter 55 / Act Act-238-of-2003 / Section 55.267
Definitions; S to V.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

As used in this act:

(a) "Secretary" means the secretary of state or his or her designee.

(b) "Signature" means an individual's written or printed name, electronic signature, or mark, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed, adopted, or made by the individual with the intent to sign the record.

(c) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(d) "Suspension" means the temporary withdrawal of the notary public's commission to perform notarial acts during the period of the suspension.

(e) "Verification upon oath or affirmation" means a declaration, made by an individual on oath or affirmation before a notary public, that a statement in a record is true.

History: 2003, Act 238, Eff. Apr. 1, 2004; Am. 2018, Act 360, Eff. Mar. 12, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.951 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-31-of-1948-1st-Ex-Sess- / Section 123.951
Local building authorities; incorporation; purposes; "transit-oriented development" and "transit-oriented facility" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) A county, city, village, or township may incorporate, as provided in this act, 1 or more authorities for the purpose of acquiring, furnishing, equipping, owning, improving, enlarging, operating and maintaining a building or buildings, automobile parking lots or structures, transit-oriented developments, transit-oriented facilities, recreational facilities, stadiums, and the necessary site or sites therefore, together with appurtenant properties and facilities necessary or convenient for the effective use of the facilities, for use for any legitimate public purpose of the county, city, village, or township.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Transit-oriented development" means infrastructure improvements that are located within 1/2 mile of a transit station or transit-oriented facility that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use.

(b) "Transit-oriented facility" means a facility that houses a transit station in a manner that promotes transit ridership or passenger rail use.

History: 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 31, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948; CL 1948, 123.951; Am. 1954, Act 113, Imd. Eff. Apr. 15, 1954; Am. 1955, Act 25, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 1955; Am. 1964, Act 41, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1964; Am. 1968, Act 96, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1968; Am. 1970, Act 47, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1970; Am. 1992, Act 278, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1992; Am. 1993, Act 121, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1993; Am. 2010, Act 243, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 450.1562 — MI Code / Chapter 450 / Act Act-284-of-1972 / Section 450.1562
Additional provisions for indemnification of certain persons.
Status: in_force

Sec. 562.

A corporation has the power to indemnify a person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action or suit, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders. Indemnification shall not be made for a claim, issue, or matter in which the person has been found liable to the corporation except to the extent authorized in section 564c.

History: 1972, Act 284, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Am. 1987, Act 1, Eff. Mar. 1, 1987; Am. 1989, Act 121, Eff. Oct. 1, 1989
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.1033 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-16-of-2018 / Section 554.1033
Final report of receiver; contents; discharge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23.

(1) On completion of a receiver's duties, the receiver shall file a final report including all of the following:

(a) A description of the activities of the receiver in the conduct of the receivership.

(b) A list of receivership property at the commencement of the receivership and any receivership property received during the receivership.

(c) A list of disbursements, including payments to professionals engaged by the receiver.

(d) A list of dispositions of receivership property.

(e) A list of distributions made or proposed to be made from the receivership for creditor claims.

(f) If not filed separately, a request for approval of the payment of fees and expenses of the receiver.

(g) Any other information required by the court.

(2) If the court approves a final report filed under subsection (1) and the receiver distributes all receivership property, the receiver is discharged.

History: 2018, Act 16, Eff. May 7, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.316 — MI Code / Chapter 780 / Act Act-85-of-2017 / Section 780.316
Audio and video recording recorded by body-worn camera; retention by law enforcement agency; duration; presumption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), a law enforcement agency shall retain an evidentiary audio and video recording recorded by a body-worn camera for not less than 30 days from the date the recording is made.

(2) A law enforcement agency shall retain audio and video recordings that are the subject of an ongoing criminal or internal investigation, or an ongoing criminal prosecution or civil action, until the completion of the ongoing investigation or legal proceeding.

(3) A law enforcement agency shall retain audio and video recorded by a body-worn camera for not less than 3 years after the date the recording is made if the recording is relevant to a formal complaint against a law enforcement officer or agency.

(4) If a complaint against a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency is made after the expiration of the retention period described in subsection (1), (2), or (3) or a law enforcement agency is unable to produce an audio and video recording related to the complaint in any criminal prosecution or civil action as a result of a technical failure or human error, this act does not create a presumption that the audio and video recording would corroborate either the prosecution's or the defendant's version of events in a criminal prosecution or the plaintiff's or the defendant's version in a civil action.

History: 2017, Act 85, Eff. Jan. 8, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 117.38 — MI Code / Chapter 117 / Act Act-279-of-1909 / Section 117.38
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 38.

It is intended by this act to re-enact sections 21, 22, 23 and 24, as above amended pursuant to the adoption of the amendment to section 21 of article 8 of the state constitution by vote of the electors on November 5, 1912, so that cities under existing charters heretofore granted by the legislature shall have the same right and power to amend such charters under the act hereby amended as cities that have adopted complete charter revisions.

History: Add. 1913, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 11, 1913; CL 1915, 3341; CL 1929, 2274; CL 1948, 117.38
Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7211 — MI Code / Chapter 700 / Act Act-386-of-1998 / Section 700.7211
Registration; qualification of foreign trustee.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7211.

A foreign corporate trustee is required to qualify as a foreign corporation doing business in this state if it maintains a trust's principal place of administration in this state. A foreign cotrustee is not required to qualify in this state solely because its cotrustee maintains the principal place of administration in this state. Unless otherwise doing business in this state, local qualification by a foreign trustee, corporate or individual, is not required for the trustee to receive distribution from a local estate, to hold, invest in, manage, or acquire property located in this state, or to maintain litigation. This section does not affect a determination of what other acts require qualification as doing business in this state.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.2601 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-234-of-1992 / Section 38.2601
False statement or violation as misdemeanor; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 601.

A person who, with intent to deceive, makes a false statement in a report or record required under this retirement system, or who, with intent to deceive, violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or a fine of not more than $500.00, or both.

History: 1992, Act 234, Eff. Mar. 31, 1993
Mich. Comp. Laws § 317.223 — MI Code / Chapter 317 / Act Act-80-of-1925 / Section 317.223
Pine Lake wild life sanctuary; unlawful to take fish.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with or destroy or take away in any manner any of the fish that are being reared in any of the ponds in said territory.

History: 1925, Act 80, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 6125; CL 1948, 317.223
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.53507 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.53507
Duties of board; power to call witnesses and receive evidence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 53507.

(1) The board shall do all of the following:

(a) Adopt bylaws.

(b) Comply with section 53515.

(c) Make available a list of registered foresters. The department shall post the list on its website.

(d) Make an annual report to the state forester on proceedings, applications, renewals, complaints, and hearings under this part.

(e) On a biennial basis, provide the department an evaluation of the registered forester program, including both of the following:

( i ) The number of registered foresters, economic data, and other relevant program data.

( ii ) The sufficiency of the fee under section 53509 to operate a fiscally sound program. The department may recommend to the legislature changes in the fee.

(2) The board may call witnesses and receive evidence in hearings under this part.

History: Add. 2018, Act 116, Eff. July 25, 2018
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712.1 — MI Code / Chapter 701 / Act Act-288-of-1939 / Section 712.1
Short title of chapter; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "safe delivery of newborns law".

(2) As used in this chapter:

(a) "Child placing agency" means that term as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722.111.

(b) "Court" means the family division of circuit court.

(c) "Department" means the department of human services.

(d) "DNA identification profile" and "DNA identification profiling" mean those terms as defined in section 1 of the paternity act, 1956 PA 205, MCL 722.711.

(e) "Domestic violence" means that term as defined in section 1 of 1978 PA 389, MCL 400.1501.

(f) "Emergency service provider" means a uniformed or otherwise identified employee or contractor of a fire department, hospital, or police station when that individual is inside the premises and on duty. Emergency service provider also includes a paramedic or an emergency medical technician when either of those individuals is responding to a 9-1-1 emergency call.

(g) "Fire department" means an organized fire department as that term is defined in section 1 of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1.

(h) "Gross negligence" means conduct so reckless as to demonstrate a substantial lack of concern for whether an injury results.

(i) "Hospital" means a hospital that is licensed under article 17 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260.

(j) "Lawyer-guardian ad litem" means an attorney appointed under section 2 of this chapter. A lawyer-guardian ad litem represents the newborn, and has the powers and duties, as set forth in section 17d of chapter XIIA.

(k) "Newborn" means a child who a physician reasonably believes to be not more than 72 hours old.

( l ) "Police station" means that term as defined in section 43 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.43.

(m) "Preplacement assessment" means an assessment of a prospective adoptive parent as described in section 23f of chapter X.

(n) "Surrender" means to leave a newborn with an emergency service provider without expressing an intent to return for the newborn.

History: Add. 2000 Act 232, Eff. Jan. 1, 2001; Am. 2006, Act 488, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.813 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-227-of-1967 / Section 408.813
Certificates of competency, commissions and licenses; reissuance when lost or destroyed.
Status: in_force

Sec. 13.

A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license shall be reissued upon receipt of an application by the director and payment of the renewal fee without another examination, when it is proven to the director's satisfaction that the document is lost or destroyed.

History: 1967, Act 227, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 208.1439 — MI Code / Chapter 208 / Act Act-36-of-2007 / Section 208.1439
Qualified low-grade hematite consumed in industrial or manufacturing process; tax credit; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 439.

(1) A taxpayer may claim a credit against the tax imposed by this act equal to $1.00 per long ton of qualified low-grade hematite consumed in an industrial or manufacturing process that is the business activity of the taxpayer.

(2) If the credit allowed under this section for the tax year and any unused carryforward of the credit allowed under this section exceed the tax liability of the taxpayer for the tax year, the excess shall not be refunded, but may be carried forward as an offset to the tax liability in subsequent tax years for 5 tax years or until the excess credit is used up, whichever occurs first.

(3) The credit under this section shall be based on low-grade hematite consumed on and after January 1, 2000.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) "Consumed in an industrial or manufacturing process" means a process in which low-grade hematite is used as a raw material in the production of pig iron or steel.

(b) "Low-grade hematite" means any hematitic iron formation that is not of sufficient quality in its original mineral state to be mined and shipped for the production of pig iron or steel without first being drilled, blasted, crushed, and ground very fine to liberate the iron minerals and for which additional beneficiation and agglomeration are required to produce a product of sufficient quality to be used in the production of pig iron or steel.

(c) "Qualified low-grade hematite" means pellets produced from low-grade hematitic iron ore mined in the United States.

History: 2007, Act 36, Eff. Jan. 1, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.1060 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-193-of-1996 / Section 333.1060
Revocation of order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

(1) A declarant may revoke an order executed by himself or herself or executed on his or her behalf at any time and in any manner by which he or she is able to communicate his or her intent to revoke the order. If the declarant's revocation is not in writing, an individual who observes the declarant's revocation of the order shall describe the circumstances of the revocation in writing, sign the writing, and deliver the writing to the declarant's attending physician or his or her delegatee and, if the declarant is a patient or resident of a facility or a pupil of a school, to the administrator of the facility or school or the administrator's designee. A patient advocate, parent, or guardian may revoke an order on behalf of a declarant at any time by issuing the revocation in writing and provide actual notice of the revocation by delivering the written revocation to the declarant's attending physician or his or her delegatee and, if the declarant is a patient or resident of a facility or a pupil of a school, to the administrator of the facility or school or the administrator's designee. Upon revocation, the declarant, patient advocate, parent, guardian, or attending physician or his or her delegatee who has actual notice of a revocation of an order under this section shall do all of the following:

(a) Write "void" on all pages of the order.

(b) If applicable, remove the declarant's do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet.

(2) A physician or his or her delegatee who receives actual notice of a revocation of an order shall immediately make the revocation, including, if available, the written description of the circumstances of the revocation required by subsection (1), part of the declarant's permanent medical record. The administrator of a facility or his or her designee who receives actual notice of a revocation of an order of a declarant who is a patient or resident of the facility shall immediately make the revocation part of the patient's or resident's permanent medical record. The administrator of a school or his or her designee who receives actual notice of a revocation of an order of a declarant who is a pupil of the school shall immediately place the revocation in the file created under section 1180(1)(a) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1180.

(3) A revocation of an order under this section is binding upon another person at the time that other person receives actual notice of the revocation.

History: 1996, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 1, 1996; Am. 2013, Act 155, Eff. Feb. 4, 2014; Am. 2020, Act 363, Eff. Apr. 4, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.5111 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-92-of-2000 / Section 289.5111
Jurisdiction of court; restraining order.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5111.

In addition to the remedies provided for in this act, the department may apply to the circuit court for, and the court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of this act or rules promulgated under this act irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law.

History: 2000, Act 92, Eff. Nov. 8, 2000
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.54 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-39-of-1883 / Section 486.54
Board of directors; members, election, qualification.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

The business and property of such company shall be managed and directed by a board of not less than 5 nor more than 7 directors, who shall be elected annually and at such time and place as said by-laws may direct. No person shall be a director unless he is a stockholder in the corporation.

History: 1883, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 1883; How. 3895d; CL 1897, 6792; CL 1915, 8892; CL 1929, 11827; CL 1948, 486.54
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.114 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 433.114
Sale of beasts; proceeds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

The proceeds of the sale, after paying all the said damages, costs and expenses, with the charges for advertising and selling the beasts, shall be deposited in the treasury of the township, for the use of the owner of the beasts, in case he shall substantiate his claim thereto, within 2 years from the time of sale.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 125; CL 1857, 5059; CL 1871, 6780; How. 8368; CL 1897, 10701; CL 1915, 14792; CL 1929, 9074; CL 1948, 433.114
Mich. Comp. Laws § 78.14 — MI Code / Chapter 78 / Act Act-278-of-1909 / Section 78.14
Village charter; revision.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

Any village desiring to revise its charter shall do so in the following manner, unless otherwise provided by charter: When its legislative body shall by a 2/3 vote of the members-elect, declare for a general revision of the charter, or when an initiatory petition signed by qualified electors equal to at least 20 per centum of the total vote cast for president at the last preceding election, and verified by the person or persons who obtained such signatures, shall be presented therefor, the question of having a general charter revision shall be submitted to the electors for adoption or rejection at the next municipal election or at a special election. In case the electors shall, by a majority vote, declare in favor of such revision, a charter commission shall be selected consisting of 5 electors who are freeholders, to be elected at large on a non-partisan ballot, having a residence of at least 2 years in the municipality. The 5 candidates having the greatest number of votes shall be elected.

History: 1909, Act 278, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; Am. 1915, Act 298, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1915; CL 1915, 2856; CL 1929, 1776; CL 1948, 78.14
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2159 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2159
Cause of action; construction of chapter.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2159.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to provide an insured or applicant for insurance with a cause of action that does not exist in the absence of this chapter.

History: Add. 2012, Act 205, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article V § 17 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article V § 17
Messages and recommendations to legislature.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17.

The governor shall communicate by message to the legislature at the beginning of each session and may at other times present to the legislature information as to the affairs of the state and recommend measures he considers necessary or desirable.

History: Const. 1963, Art. V, § 17, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.55 — MI Code / Chapter 61 / Act Act-3-of-1895 / Section 67.55
Interments; regulation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 55.

Any village may acquire, hold and own such cemetery or public burial place or places, either within or without the limits of the corporation as in the opinion of the council shall be necessary for the public welfare, and suitable for the convenience of the inhabitants, and may prohibit the further interment of the dead within the village, or may limit such interment therein to such cemetery or burial place as the council may prescribe. And the council may cause any bodies buried within the village, in violation of any rule or ordinance made in respect to such burials, to be taken up and buried elsewhere.

History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895; CL 1897, 2823; CL 1915, 2694; CL 1929, 1603; CL 1948, 67.55
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.1251 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-62-of-1963 / Section 125.1251
Legislative determination; short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It is determined that there exists in this state the continuing need for programs to alleviate and prevent conditions of unemployment, to assist and retain local industries, including employee-owned corporations, to meet growing competition for new industries, and to strengthen and revitalize the economy in general. It is further determined that in order to achieve these purposes, industries, including employee-owned corporations, need flexible forms of financing, including the ability to refund outstanding bonds in advance of redemption or maturity. It is further determined that the authority and powers conferred by this act constitute such a necessary program and serve a valid public purpose.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "industrial development revenue bond act of 1963".

History: 1963, Act 62, Imd. Eff. May 8, 1963; Am. 1966, Act 340, Imd. Eff. Sept. 21, 1966; Am. 1978, Act 229, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1978; Am. 1985, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Nov. 12, 1985