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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.19513 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.19513
Rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 19513.

(1) The department may promulgate rules as are necessary or required to implement this part.

(2) For grant projects funded under section 19508(1)(a), the department shall not implement or enforce R 299.5051 to R 299.5061 related to any grant or loan authorized or approved on or after the effective date of the 2016 amendatory act that amended this section.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 2016, Act 472, Eff. Apr. 5, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.1503 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-389-of-1978 / Section 400.1503
Conducting business at public meeting; notice; availability of certain writings to public.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

The business which the board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.

A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the board in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1978, Act 389, Eff. Oct. 1, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 124.411 — MI Code / Chapter 124 / Act Act-204-of-1967 / Section 124.411
Governing boards; general manager; policies, annual audits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11.

The board shall:

Employ a general manager of the authority.

Establish broad policies covering all major operations of the authority.

Employ an independent certified public accounting firm to provide annual financial audits.

History: 1967, Act 204, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1967
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.231 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.231
Special assessments and property taxes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 131.

Special assessments and property taxes shall be assessed against the individual condominium units identified as units of the condominium subdivision plan and not on the total property of the project or any other part of the project, except for the year in which the condominium project was established subsequent to the tax day. Taxes and special assessments which become a lien against the property in that year subsequent to the establishment of the condominium project shall be expenses of administration of the project and paid by the co-owners as provided in section 69. The taxes and special assessments shall not be divided or apportioned on the tax roll any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Special assessments and property taxes in any year in which the property existed as an established condominium project on the tax day shall be assessed against the individual condominium unit, notwithstanding any subsequent vacation of the condominium project. Condominium units shall be described for such purposes by reference to the condominium unit number of the condominium subdivision plan and the caption of the plan together with the liber and page of the county records in which the approved master deed is recorded. Assessments for subsequent real property improvements to a specific condominium unit shall be assessed to that condominium unit description only. For property tax and special assessment purposes, each condominium unit shall be treated as a separate single unit of real property and shall not be combined with any other unit or units and no assessment of any fraction of any unit or combination of any unit with other units or fractions of any unit shall be made, nor shall any division or split of the assessment or taxes of any single condominium unit be made notwithstanding separate or common ownership of the unit.

A restricted unit as defined in section 104b shall be exempt from any increase in ad valorem taxes on real property attributable to an increase in the true cash value of the restricted unit that is due to the conversion condominium project in which the restricted unit is located. For purposes of applying this exemption, the total assessment of a restricted unit shall not exceed the total assessment for the tax year preceding the tax year in which the master deed for the property constituting the conversion condominium project was recorded, multiplied by the percentage of value of the restricted unit. The exemption provided in this subsection shall terminate for the tax year following the termination of tenancy in the restricted unit.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978; Am. 1980, Act 283, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.39 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.39
"Pedestrian" defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 39.

"Pedestrian" means any person afoot. Pedestrian includes an individual with a mobility disability who is using a power-driven mobility device.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949; Am. 2018, Act 391, Eff. Mar. 19, 2019
Mich. Comp. Laws § 565.41 — MI Code / Chapter 565 / Act R-S-of-1846 / Section 565.41
Discharge of mortgage; payment of filing fee by mortgagee; date of discharge.
Status: in_force

Sec. 41.

(1) Within the applicable time period in section 44(2) after a mortgage has been paid or otherwise satisfied, the mortgagee or the personal representative, successor, or assign of the mortgagee shall prepare a discharge of the mortgage, file the discharge with the register of deeds for the county where the mortgaged property is located, and pay the fee for recording the discharge.

(2) If a discharge of mortgage received by a register of deeds under subsection (1) is not recorded on the day it is received, the register of deeds shall place on or attach to the discharge, by means of a stamp, electronically, or otherwise, the date the discharge is received. The date placed on or attached to the discharge under this subsection is prima facie evidence of the date the discharge was filed with the register of deeds.

History: Add. 1964, Act 110, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 2004, Act 447, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2907a — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2907a
Violation of MCL 565.25; liability to owner of encumbered property; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2907a.

A person who violates section 25 of chapter 65 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, being section 565.25 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, by encumbering property through the recording of a document without lawful cause with the intent to harass or intimidate any person is liable to the owner of the property encumbered for all of the following:

All of the costs incurred in bringing an action under section 25 of chapter 65 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, including actual attorney fees.

All damages the owner of the property may have sustained as a result of the filing of the encumbrance.

Exemplary damages.

A person who violates section 25 of chapter 65 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, by encumbering property through the recording of a document without lawful cause with the intent to harass or intimidate any person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 1996, Act 527, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.20727 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.20727
Promulgation of rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20727.

The department, in consultation with representatives of freestanding birth centers, the Michigan Affiliate of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, the Michigan Midwives Association, the Michigan board of nursing, the Michigan board of licensed midwifery, and the State of Birth Justice, shall promulgate rules to implement this part. The rules must include at least all of the following:

(a) Professionally recognized standards of practice based on standards issued by the American Association of Birth Centers, the American College of Nurse-Midwives, and the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives. If any of the standards described in this subdivision are revised after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the department shall take notice of the revision. The department, in consultation with the persons described in this section, may promulgate rules to incorporate any revision by reference.

(b) Limiting factors that, when present, would preclude a patient from delivering at the freestanding birth center because the patient is not considered to be a patient with a normal delivery. The rules must allow a freestanding birth center to develop policies that would include additional limiting factors to preclude delivery at the freestanding birth center.

History: Add. 2024, Act 252, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.452 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.452
House of ill-fame or for purpose of prostitution or lewdness; keeping, maintaining, or operating as felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 452.

A person who keeps, maintains, or operates, or aids and abets in keeping, maintaining, or operating, a house of ill-fame, bawdy house, or any house or place resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.452; Am. 2014, Act 331, Imd. Eff. Oct. 16, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 286.502 — MI Code / Chapter 286 / Act Act-187-of-1965 / Section 286.502
Cooperation by state departments, agencies and officers with insurance fund.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies and officers of this state may cooperate with the insurance fund established by the pest control compact.

History: 1965, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.461 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-105-of-1909 / Section 35.461
Person in military or naval uniform; discrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

It shall be unlawful for any common carrier, inn-keeper or proprietor or lessee of any place of public amusement or entertainment, or any agent, servant or representative of any such common carrier, inn-keeper, proprietor or lessee as aforesaid, to debar from the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges of any public conveyance on land or water, or any inn or of any place of public amusement or entertainment any person in the military or naval service of the United States or of this state, wearing the uniform prescribed for him at that time or place by law, regulation, or the service or custom, on account of his wearing such uniform, or of his being in such service.

History: 1909, Act 105, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909; CL 1915, 8418; CL 1929, 908; CL 1948, 35.461
Mich. Comp. Laws § 125.2002 — MI Code / Chapter 125 / Act Act-270-of-1984 / Section 125.2002
Purposes of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

It is hereby declared to be the purposes of this act and of the Michigan strategic fund created by this act to help diversify the economy of this state, to promote economic stability and growth, to develop and expand existing and alternative sources of energy and the conservation of energy, to assist business enterprise in obtaining additional sources of financing to aid this state in achieving the goal of long-term economic growth and full employment, to meet the growing competition for business enterprises, to preserve existing jobs, to create new jobs, to reduce the cost of business and production, to foster export activity, to alleviate and prevent unemployment through the retention, promotion, and development of agriculture and agricultural facilities, forestry and forestry facilities, commerce and commercial facilities, export markets and export activities, industry and industrial buildings and facilities, including the sites for these, and agricultural, forestry, commercial, and industrial machinery and equipment, water and air pollution control equipment, and solid waste disposal facilities with respect thereto or for use by individuals for private sector employment, to make loans to the Special Purpose FWC Settlement Entity, which will in turn use the loan proceeds only to pay the expenses, costs, and fees associated with the Special Purpose FWC Settlement Entity, to reimburse this state for its initial $5,000,000.00 payment to the FWC Qualified Settlement Fund, and to pay to the FWC Qualified Settlement Fund the settlement amount agreed to by this state in the settlement agreement and related preliminary approval orders, any amendments to those orders, or the subsequent final approval orders that will be entered by the court in the consolidated cases known as In re Flint Water Cases , No. 5:16-cv-10444-JEL-MKM (ED Mich), so as to assist in alleviating health issues of Michigan citizens and to ensure continued state fiscal stability and credit worthiness, and to otherwise assist in the achievement of the solution to the problems and objectives described in section 1.

History: 1984, Act 270, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985; Am. 2020, Act 358, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2020
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3555 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3555
Financial plan.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3555.

A health maintenance organization shall maintain a financial plan evaluating, at a minimum, cash flow needs and adequacy of working capital. The plan under this subsection must do all of the following:

(a) Demonstrate compliance with all health maintenance organization financial requirements provided for in this act.

(b) Provide for adequate working capital, which must not be negative at any time. The director may establish a minimum working capital requirement for a health maintenance organization to ensure the prompt payment of liabilities.

(c) Identify the means of achieving and maintaining a positive cash flow, including provisions for retirement of existing or proposed indebtedness.

History: Add. 2000, Act 252, Imd. Eff. June 29, 2000; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.3424 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.3424
Change of beneficiary; provision required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3424.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), an insurer shall include in a disability insurance policy, other than a health insurance policy, a provision as follows:

CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY: Unless the insured makes an irrevocable designation of beneficiary, the insured has the right to change the beneficiary under this policy. Consent of a beneficiary is not required to surrender this policy, for the assignment of the policy, to change a beneficiary, or to make any other changes in the policy.

(2) The first clause of the provision required under subsection (1), relating to the irrevocable designation of beneficiary, may be omitted at the insurer's option.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 2016, Act 276, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 252.155 — MI Code / Chapter 252 / Act Act-12-of-1967-Ex-Sess- / Section 252.155
Highway location arbitration board; submission of maps by municipality, time; content; copies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5.

Within 25 days of the date of the commission's request an affected municipality may submit maps of 1 or more proposed locations showing the approximate right of way limits and any other information to the commission. The commission shall provide each member of the board a copy of such maps and information, as well as maps and information relative to all locations proposed by the department.

History: 1967, Ex. Sess., Act 12, Imd. Eff. Jan. 16, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 330.1209b — MI Code / Chapter 330 / Act Act-258-of-1974 / Section 330.1209b
Placement of individual in supervised community living arrangement; prerelease and postrelease planning; plan for community placement and aftercare services; sending department aggregate data upon request; list of services not provided.
Status: in_force

Sec. 209b.

Before an individual is placed in a supervised community living arrangement, such as a foster home, group care home, nursing home, or other community-based setting, the prerelease or postrelease planning for the individual shall involve the individual, the individual's legal guardian if a guardian has been appointed; any family member, friend, advocate, and professional the recipient chooses; the parents of a minor individual; the state facility or licensed hospital; the residential care provider, if such a provider has been selected; and, with the consent of the individual, the appropriate local and intermediate school systems and the department of social services, if appropriate. In each case, the community mental health services program shall produce in writing a plan for community placement and aftercare services that is sufficient to meet the needs of the individual and shall document any lack of available community services necessary to implement the plan.

Each community mental health services program, as requested, shall send to the department aggregate data, which includes a list of services that were indicated on prerelease or postrelease plans, but which could not be provided.

History: Add. 1980, Act 409, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1981; Am. 1995, Act 290, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.6410 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.6410
Domestic cooperative plan insurers; qualifications for certificate of authority; issuance of policies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 6410.

No insurer shall commence business under this chapter until it shall have procured bona fide applications for insurance therein together with the first premium in cash from at least 300 eligible persons for each class of risk as defined in section 6406 which the insurer undertakes to write; nor until the secretary and treasurer shall have given good and sufficient bonds to the insurer to be held by the president of the insurer, for the faithful performance of their duties, which bonds shall each be in amount at least twice the amount of money liable to come into the hands of such officer at any 1 time, said bonds to be approved by the commissioner; nor until the commissioner, after receipt of satisfactory proof as to compliance with these and such other requirements as he shall deem essential, shall have issued a certificate of authority to such insurer, then, and not before, the insurer may issue its policies of insurance.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.64109 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.64109
Expenditures; purposes.
Status: in_force

Sec. 64109.

The department shall expend the money in the fund and the interest and earnings on the money in the fund for the following purposes:

To administer a peat resource conservation, development, and regulatory program consistent with this part.

To perform the inventory of state lands described in section 64103, to fund further study of the state owned lands classified as not leasable under section 64103, and to provide for the reclassification of parcels consistent with the provisions of section 64103 based on the development of information unavailable during the classification required by section 64103(2).

To fund research necessary for the further development of appropriate techniques for environmental monitoring of peat extraction sites, for development and protection of the state's peat resources, and for reclamation of lands following the extraction of peat.

To pay for the costs to the state of personnel services, printing, postage, advertising, contractual services, and the rental of facilities associated with the offering of state owned lands for the purpose of taking peat.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.1527 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.1527
Special license for nonprofit charitable organization; issuance; nontransferable; fee; auction.
Status: in_force

Sec. 527.

The commission may issue a special license to a nonprofit charitable organization that is exempt from the payment of taxes under the internal revenue code for the purpose of allowing the organization to sell, at auction, wine donated to the organization.

A special license issued pursuant to subsection (1) is not transferable. The organization applying for the special license shall pay the fee required under section 525(1)(r).

An auction permitted under subsection (1) may occur upon premises which are otherwise licensed under this act to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption on the licensed premises.

History: 1998, Act 58, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63417 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63417
Failing or neglecting to perform reclamation in conformance with part or rules; notice of determination; service; reclamation to be conducted by department; liability for expenses of department; claim; order to immediately suspend mining activities; findings; duration; extension; action by attorney general.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63417.

(1) If the department determines that an operator has failed or neglected to perform reclamation in conformance with this part or rules promulgated under this part, the department shall give notice of this determination, in writing, to the operator and to the surety executing the conformance bond under section 63409. The notice of determination shall be served upon the operator and surety in person or by registered mail. If the operator or surety fails or neglects to properly commence the required reclamation within 90 days after the date of personal service or mailing of the notice or fails to proceed with reclamation at a rate that will conclude the reclamation within the period specified in the mining and reclamation plan, the department may enter into and upon any private or public property on which the mining area is located and upon and across any private or public property necessary to reach the mining area and conduct necessary reclamation, and the operator and surety are jointly and severally liable for all expenses incurred by the department. The department shall certify to the operator and surety the claim of this state in writing, listing the items of expense incurred in reclamation. The claim shall be paid by the operator or surety within 30 days. If the claim is not paid within that time, the department may bring suit against the operator or surety, jointly or severally, for the collection of the claim in any court of competent jurisdiction in Ingham County.

(2) The department may order immediate suspension of any mining activities if the department finds that there exists an emergency endangering the public health and safety or an imminent threat to the natural resources of this state.

(3) An order suspending mining activities under subsection (2) shall be in effect until the endangerment to the public health and safety or the threat to the natural resources has been eliminated, but not more than 10 days. To extend the suspension beyond 10 days, the department shall issue an emergency order to continue the suspension of mining activities and shall schedule a hearing as provided by the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. The total duration of the suspension of activities shall not be more than 30 days.

(4) At the request of the department, the attorney general may institute an action in a circuit court of the county in which the mining area is located for a restraining order or injunction or other appropriate remedy to prevent or preclude a violation of this part or a rule promulgated under this part.

History: Add. 2017, Act 40, Eff. Aug. 21, 2017