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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32103 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32103
Compact; terms; conditions; provisions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32103.

In addition to other pertinent and necessary provisions which are in consonance with the expressed purposes of the compact as herein provided, such a compact shall contain the following terms, conditions and provisions: Said compact shall authorize the compacting parties to do all things reasonably necessary for carrying out the purposes of this part but such a compact shall be entered into solely for the purpose of empowering the duly appointed representatives of said states and the province of Ontario to meet, consult with and make recommendations to their respective governors, legislative bodies or governmental agencies and to the international joint commission established under the treaty of 1909 between the United States and Great Britain with respect to the management, control and supervision of the waters of the Great Lakes including the marine life therein. However, it is distinctly provided that any such recommendation and any decision or agreement arrived at among the compacting parties shall at no time have any force of law or be binding on any compacting party.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.490 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-390-of-1978 / Section 408.490
Repeal of MCL 408.501 to 408.506, 408.521 to 408.525a, and 408.561 to 408.563.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

Act No. 221 of the Public Acts of 1897, being sections 408.561 to 408.563 of the Compiled Laws of 1970; Act No. 62 of the Public Acts of 1925, being sections 408.521 to 408.525a of the Compiled Laws of 1970; and Act No. 224 of the Public Acts of 1935, as amended, being sections 408.501 to 408.506 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, are repealed.

History: 1978, Act 390, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 289.45 — MI Code / Chapter 289 / Act Act-211-of-1893 / Section 289.45
Warning notice; operators of unsanitary creameries, dairy products factories; failure to obey, penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

Whenever it is determined by the dairy and food commissioner, his deputy or inspectors, that unsanitary conditions exist or are permitted to exist in the operation of any skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, milk depot, or farm dairy, the proprietor or proprietors, or manager of said skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory or farm dairy, shall be first notified and warned by the commissioner, his deputy or inspectors to place such skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, milk depot or farm dairy in a sanitary condition, within a reasonable length of time; and any person or persons owning or operating such skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, milk depot, or farm dairy, failing to obey such notice and warning, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than 25, nor more than 300 dollars, and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail, not to exceed 90 days or until such fine and costs are paid, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: Add. 1905, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1905; CL 1915, 6374; CL 1929, 5417; CL 1948, 289.45
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.842 — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.842
Board of state canvassers; meeting; time and place, notice, adjournment; expedited canvass of returns.
Status: in_force

Sec. 842.

(1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2), the board of state canvassers, for the purpose of canvassing the returns and ascertaining and determining the result of an election, shall meet on or before the twentieth day after the election. The secretary of the board of state canvassers shall appoint the day of the meeting, which must be as soon as practicable after the receipt of the returns from the boards of county canvassers, and shall notify the other members of the board. Except as otherwise provided under subsections (2) and (3), the board shall complete the canvass and announce the board's determination not later than the twentieth day after the election. The board may at the time of its meeting canvass the returns for any office for which the returns have been received.

(2) If the unofficial election returns show that the election of electors of President and Vice President of the United States is determined by a vote differential between the first place and second place candidates for President and Vice President of the United States of less than 25,000 votes, the secretary of state shall direct the boards of county canvassers to canvass returns on an expedited schedule. The secretary of state may direct the boards of county canvassers to complete the canvass and certify the statements as required by law not later than the tenth day after the election.

(3) The secretary of the board of state canvassers may appoint the day for the board of state canvassers to conduct the expedited canvass of the returns as required under subsection (2) and determine the results of that election. The day appointed for the expedited canvass must be as soon as practicable after receipt of the returns from the boards of county canvassers, but the board of state canvassers shall complete the canvass and announce the board's determination no later than the thirteenth day after the election.

(4) If any statewide primary election has an unofficial vote differential of 1,500 votes or less, the secretary of state shall direct the board of state canvassers to canvass the returns of that statewide primary election on an expedited schedule and shall appoint the day for the board of state canvassers to conduct the expedited canvass.

(5) It is the ministerial, clerical, and nondiscretionary duty of the board of state canvassers, and each of the members of the board of state canvassers, to certify election results based solely on the certified statements of votes from counties.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955; Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004; Am. 2018, Act 382, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019; Am. 2023, Act 269, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024; Am. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.3011 — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-177-of-2019 / Section 330.3011
Applicability of act after December 31, 2024.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

This act does not apply beginning December 31, 2024.

History: 2019, Act 177, Eff. Mar. 19, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 10.84 — MI Code / Chapter 10 / Act Act-191-of-1982 / Section 10.84
Powers of governor during energy emergency.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

During an energy emergency, the governor may do all of the following:

Order specific restrictions on the use and sale of energy resources. Restrictions imposed by the governor under this subdivision may include:

Restrictions on the interior temperature of public, commercial, industrial, and school buildings.

Restrictions on the hours and days during which public, commercial, industrial, and school buildings may be open.

Restrictions on the conditions under which energy resources may be sold to consumers.

Restrictions on lighting levels in public, commercial, industrial, and school buildings.

Restrictions on the use of display and decorative lighting.

Restrictions on the use of privately owned vehicles or a reduction in speed limits.

Restrictions on the use of public transportation including directions to close a public transportation facility.

Restrictions on the use of pupil transportation programs operated by public schools.

Direct an energy resource supplier to provide an energy resource to a health facility; school; public utility; public transit authority; fire or police station or vehicle; newspaper or television or radio station for the purpose of relaying emergency instructions or other emergency message; food producer, processor, retailer, or wholesaler; and to any other person or facility which provides essential services for the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state.

By executive order, suspend a statute or an order or rule of a state agency or a specific provision of a statute, rule, or order, if strict compliance with the statute, rule, or order or a specific provision of the statute, rule, or order will prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with the energy emergency. The governor may not suspend a criminal process or procedure or a statute or rule governing the operation of the legislature. At the time of the suspension of a statute, rule, or order or a specific provision of a statute, rule, or order, the governor shall state the extent of the energy shortage and shall specify the provisions of a statute, rule, or order which are suspended, the length of time for which the provisions are suspended, and the degree to which the provisions are suspended. A suspended statute, rule, or order shall be directly related to an energy emergency.

History: 1982, Act 191, Imd. Eff. June 23, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3319 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3319
Savings bank; meetings; voting.
Status: in_force

Sec. 319.

The annual meeting of the shareholders of every stock savings bank shall be held at a time and place designated by or in the manner provided in the bylaws. Special meetings of shareholders shall be called and held as provided in the bylaws of the savings bank. At any meeting, each shareholder entitled to vote shall be entitled to 1 vote for each share held by him or her. A shareholder may vote at any meeting of the savings bank by written proxy.

Persons holding shares of stock of a savings bank in a fiduciary capacity are entitled to vote the shares so held, unless the trust instrument contains a provision to the contrary. Persons whose shares are pledged are entitled to vote unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the savings bank he or she has expressly empowered the pledgee to vote the shares, in which case only the pledgee or his or her proxy may vote the shares.

A shareholder shall not vote his or her stock in any manner except in person or by proxy. This prohibition shall not be construed to apply to any voting trust agreement of shareholders with respect to the voting of stock, which agreement has been approved by the commissioner.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.15 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-232-of-1863 / Section 486.15
Watchman; appointment, duties, compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 15.

The board of directors are also authorized, in case they deem it expedient for the safety and well-being of the property under their control, to employ a competent watchman to watch during the night to see that the canal or its appurtenances receive no injury from breaks in embankments or other causes; and they may prescribe his duties and fix his compensation, and raise means to pay the same in the manner hereinbefore provided.

History: 1863, Act 232, Eff. June 22, 1863; Am. 1869, Act 51, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1869; Am. 1871, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1871; CL 1871, 2759; How. 3888; CL 1897, 6781; CL 1915, 8881; CL 1929, 11816; CL 1948, 486.15
Mich. Comp. Laws § 206.438 — MI Code / Chapter 206 / Act Act-281-of-1967 / Section 206.438
Designation of contribution to the military family relief fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 438.

(1) For tax years that begin after December 31, 2003, a taxpayer may designate on his or her annual return that a contribution of $1.00 or more of his or her refund be credited to the military family relief fund created in section 3 of the military family relief fund act, 2004 PA 363, MCL 35.1213. Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, for the tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2010, the contribution designation authorized under this section shall be offered and administered in accordance with section 435.

(2) If a taxpayer's refund is not sufficient to make a contribution under this section, the taxpayer may designate that the amount designated be added to the taxpayer's tax liability for the tax year.

(3) The contribution designation authorized in this section shall be clearly and unambiguously printed on the first page of all state individual income tax return forms, if practicable. Effective January 1, 2010, the contribution designation authorized in this section is no longer required to be printed on the first page of the state individual income tax return but shall be incorporated into the contributions schedule created by the department pursuant to section 435 and shall remain on the schedule until the contribution designation expires or is otherwise no longer available.

(4) Notwithstanding the other allocations and disbursements required by this act, and each year that the contribution designation is in effect, an amount equal to the cumulative designations made under this section, less the amount appropriated to the department of treasury for the purpose of implementing this section, shall be appropriated from the general fund and distributed each fiscal year to the department of military and veterans affairs to be used as follows:

(a) Twenty percent to the post fund and posthumous fund of the Michigan soldiers' home to be used as provided in 1905 PA 313, MCL 36.61.

(b) Eighty percent to the military family relief fund created in the military family relief fund act, 2004 PA 363, MCL 35.1211 to 35.1216.

(5) Money appropriated pursuant to this section to the department of military and veterans affairs shall be in addition to any allocations and appropriations and is intended to enhance appropriations from the general fund and not to replace or supplant those appropriations.

History: Add. 2004, Act 364, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2004; Am. 2008, Act 151, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2008
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.151 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-342-of-1969 / Section 141.151
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

As used in this act:

"Public corporation" means any body corporate organized by or pursuant to the laws of this state to carry out a public governmental or propriety function, including, without limitation on the foregoing, the state or any school district, city, village, township, county, district, commission, authority, university, college, or any combination thereof, which is a corporate entity.

"Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness" means any instrument providing for the payment of money, executed by or on behalf of a public corporation or which a public corporation has assumed and agreed to pay, including, without limitation on the foregoing bonds, notes, contracts, leases and certificates, but shall not include bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to Act No. 346 of the Public Acts of 1966, as amended.

History: 1969, Act 342, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1969; Am. 1971, Act 40, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1971
Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.209 — MI Code / Chapter 486 / Act Act-283-of-1905 / Section 486.209
Corporate powers; liabilities and restrictions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

Every such corporation, organized as hereinbefore prescribed, shall have the following powers and be subject to the liabilities and restrictions following, that is to say:

First, To cause such examinations and surveys for all proposed improvements, to be made as may be necessary to prepare for the work to be done;

Second, To acquire and by grants and donations to receive, enter upon, take, hold and use all such lands and real estate and other property as may be necessary in the business of such company;

Third, To flood lands belonging to said company by constructing the necessary dams in any canal, or in creeks, streams or other water courses;

Fourth, To issue its construction bonds to an amount not exceeding 50 per cent of its capital stock, bearing a rate of interest not above 6 per cent, and payable at any such time or times as the board of directors may determine on approval of a majority in interest of the stockholders voting at any regular or called meeting of their body.

History: 1905, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905; CL 1915, 8928; CL 1929, 11863; CL 1948, 486.209
Mich. Comp. Laws § 752.883 — MI Code / Chapter 752 / Act Act-81-of-1954 / Section 752.883
Bow and arrow; injury to person, suspension of hunting privileges.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

In addition to the penalties provided in sections 1 and 2, the court may suspend the hunting privileges of any person convicted of violating this act for a period of not to exceed 3 years from the date of conviction.

History: Add. 1958, Act 14, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
Mich. Comp. Laws § 767.30 — MI Code / Chapter 760 / Act Act-175-of-1927 / Section 767.30
Warrant for arrest of indictee; issuance, persons.
Status: in_force

Sec. 30.

A warrant for the arrest of any person indicted may be issued by the court to which the indictment shall be presented, or by any justice of the supreme court, or judge of the court for the county in which such indictment shall be found, or judge of any recorder's court or any court of record having jurisdiction of criminal causes, either in vacation or during the sitting of any such court; but such warrant shall not be issued by any other officer.

History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 17244; CL 1948, 767.30
Mich. Comp. Laws § 280.25 — MI Code / Chapter 280 / Act Act-40-of-1956 / Section 280.25
Deputy drain commissioner; liability of commissioner and bondsmen; liability of drainage district; public liability or other insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 25.

The commissioner and his bondsmen shall be liable for all the acts and defaults of the deputy or deputies when appointed as herein provided. After entry of the order designating drainage districts as provided in section 54 and section 105 of this act, the drainage district as designated shall be responsible for and liable for all acts and defaults of such commissioner and his deputy or deputies, except for acts of malfeasance or misfeasance.

The board of supervisors may adopt resolutions providing that public liability or other insurance may be purchased at the expense of the county to cover such potential liabilities of the various drainage districts under the supervision of the county drain commissioner.

History: 1956, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956; Am. 1962, Act 152, Imd. Eff. May 9, 1962
Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.772 — MI Code / Chapter 205 / Act Act-186-of-1973 / Section 205.772
Transfer of books, records, documents, files, transcripts, funds, deposits, and securities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 72.

When a matter is decided by a forum described in section 41, and when, after the effective date of this act, the decision is appealed, the forum shall transfer to the tribunal within 30 days after the date of the filing of the notice of appeal, all relevant books, records, documents, files, transcripts, funds, deposits, and securities.

History: 1973, Act 186, Eff. July 1, 1974
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1069 — MI Code / Chapter 408 / Act Act-154-of-1974 / Section 408.1069
Rules; declaratory rulings; effect of standards adopted by reference or continued in effect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 69.

(1) The director may promulgate, amend, and rescind rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, with respect to matters necessary for the administration of this act.

(2) Declaratory rulings that concern the application of occupational safety and health standards promulgated pursuant to this act to specific facts shall be made solely by the director or his or her authorized representative with respect to occupational safety standards or occupational health standards, pursuant to section 63 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.263.

(3) Any occupational safety or health standard adopted by reference pursuant to section 14, promulgated pursuant to this act, or continued in effect pursuant to sections 21(1) and 24(1) is considered to supersede any occupational safety or health standard or rule promulgated pursuant to any other law of this state. However, if another state agency has authority to promulgate standards or rules applicable to the public safety or health, the rules and standards promulgated pursuant to this act do not supersede those other agency rules or standards but have concurrent applicability with those rules and standards.

History: 1974, Act 154, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Am. 2012, Act 416, Eff. Dec. 27, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.8301 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.8301
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8301.

For the purposes of this part, the words and phrases defined in sections 8302 to 8306 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.541a — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-387-of-2012 / Section 124.541a
Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

The intent of this legislation is to create a regional transit system by establishing a regional transit authority.

History: 2012, Act 387, Imd. Eff. Dec. 19, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 46.23a — MI Code / Chapter 46 / Act Act-156-of-1851 / Section 46.23a
Reconstruction, renovation, or replacement of certain bridges; approval exception.
Status: in_force

Sec. 23a.

Notwithstanding sections 21 and 23, if a county board of commissioners previously approved the construction of a bridge across a navigable stream in the county in compliance with section 23, then any reconstruction, renovation, or replacement of that bridge that continues to provide for the passage of vessels or boats in compliance with the original approval does not require any further approval by the county board of commissioners of that county.

History: Add. 2020, Act 354, Eff. Mar. 24, 2021
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2421f — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2421f
Recovery of same costs under law or court rule prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2421f.

If a prevailing party recovers costs and fees under sections 2421a to 2421f in a civil action, that prevailing party is not entitled to recover those same costs for that civil action under any law or court rule.

History: Add. 1984, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1984
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.17241 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.17241
Nursing education program; application to conduct; evidence required; evaluation; inspection; report; approval; continuation of existing programs; accreditation by national board or organization; education program for psychiatric attendant nurses or trained attendants prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 17241.

An institution seeking to conduct a nursing education program to prepare individuals for licensing shall apply to the board and submit evidence that it is prepared:

To carry out the minimum curriculum prescribed by the board in rules for the preparation of individuals for licensing.

To meet other educational and training standards established by the board under this article and the rules promulgated under this article.

The board shall evaluate and may inspect the institution and its nursing education program and prepare a written report of its findings. The board, upon determining that requirements for a nursing education program are met, shall approve the program. A nursing education program approved by the board and in operation on the effective date of this part may continue as approved pending further action by the board. The board may accept accreditation by a national board or organization as a basis for approval under this section.

After September 30, 1978, the board shall not approve an educational program for psychiatric attendant nurses or trained attendants.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978; Am. 1986, Act 174, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986