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Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.21723 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.21723
Individual responsible for receiving complaints and conducting investigations; posting information in nursing home; communication procedure; information posted on internet website; nursing home receiving medicaid reimbursement.
Status: in_force

Sec. 21723.

A nursing home shall post in an area accessible to residents, employees, and visitors the name, title, location, and telephone number of the individual in the nursing home who is responsible for receiving complaints and conducting complaint investigations and a procedure for communicating with that individual.

An individual responsible for receiving complaints and conducting complaint investigations in a nursing home shall be on duty and on site not less than 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

The individual described in subsection (2) who receives a complaint, inquiry, or request from a nursing home resident or the resident's surrogate decision maker shall respond using the nursing home's established procedures pursuant to R 325.20113 of the Michigan administrative code.

To assist the individual described in subsection (2) in performing his or her duties, the department of consumer and industry services shall post on its internet website all of the following information:

Links to federal and state regulations and rules governing the nursing home industry.

The scheduling of any training or joint training sessions concerning nursing home or elderly care issues being put on by the department of consumer and industry services.

A list of long-term care contact phone numbers including, but not limited to, the consumer and industry services complaint hotline, the consumer and industry services nursing home licensing division, any commonly known nursing home provider groups, the state long-term care ombudsman, and any commonly known nursing home patient care advocacy groups.

When it becomes available, information on the availability of electronic mail access to file a complaint concerning nursing home violations directly with the department of consumer and industry services.

Any other information that the department of consumer and industry services believes is helpful in responding to complaints, requests, and inquiries of a nursing home resident or his or her surrogate decision maker.

A nursing home receiving reimbursement pursuant to the medicaid program shall designate 1 or more current employees to fulfill the duties and responsibilities outlined in this section. This section does not constitute a basis for increasing nursing home staffing levels. As used in this subsection, "medicaid" means the program for medical assistance created under title XIX of the social security act, chapter 53, 49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. 1396 to 1396f, 1396g-1 to 1396r-6, and 1396r-8 to 1396v.

History: Add. 2002, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.322 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-5-of-1917 / Section 397.322
Referendum; notice.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The question of issuing the bonds, provided for in section 1 of this act, shall be submitted to the legal voters of such township, or incorporated village, by the township board, the village council or board of trustees, within 30 days after the filing of the application mentioned in section 1, giving due notice thereof by causing the date, place of voting and object of said election to be stated in written or printed notices to be posted in 5 public places in such township, or incorporated village, at least 10 days before the time fixed by said board for such election, and by publishing the same in at least 1 newspaper published in said township, or incorporated village, or if none be published in said township, or incorporated village, then in some newspaper published in the same county, which is circulated in such township or incorporated village, at least 2 weeks before the time of such election. Such notice shall state the amount of money proposed to be raised by such bonding, and the purpose or purposes to which it shall be applied.

History: 1917, Act 5, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1917; CL 1929, 8089; CL 1948, 397.322
Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VII § 20 — MI Code / Chapter 1 / Act CONSTITUTION-OF-MICHIGAN-OF-1963 / Section Article VII § 20
Townships, dissolution; villages as cities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 20.

The legislature shall provide by law for the dissolution of township government whenever all the territory of an organized township is included within the boundaries of a village or villages notwithstanding that a village may include territory within another organized township and provide by law for the classification of such village or villages as cities.

History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 20, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 791.246 — MI Code / Chapter 791 / Act Act-232-of-1953 / Section 791.246
Decisions and recommendations of parole board; majority vote required.
Status: in_force

Sec. 46.

All decisions and recommendations of the parole board required by this act must be by a majority vote of the parole board or, except as otherwise prohibited by this act, a parole board panel created pursuant to section 6(2).

History: Add. 1982, Act 314, Imd. Eff. Oct. 15, 1982; Am. 2022, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 11, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.253 — MI Code / Chapter 400 / Act Act-22-of-1919-Ex-Sess- / Section 400.253
Employment of county juvenile officer or assistant county juvenile officer subject to section; salary, expenses, and fringe benefits; annual grant; salary adjustment; “population” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

(1) This section shall apply to a person who commences employment as a county juvenile officer or an assistant county juvenile officer after September 30, 1980, and to a county juvenile officer or an assistant county juvenile officer who elects the option prescribed in section 2(c).

(2) A county juvenile officer or an assistant county juvenile officer subject to this section shall be employed in the same manner as other juvenile court employees are employed in the county in which the officer serves and shall receive only the salary, expenses, and fringe benefits provided by the county in which the officer serves.

(3) The state shall make an annual grant to each county for the employment of county juvenile officers and assistant county juvenile officers. The amount of the grant is established as follows:

Population of County Grant Less than 75,000 $ 17,200.00 75,001 to 150,000 $ 33,200.00 150,001 to 250,000 $ 49,300.00 250,001 to 500,000 $ 81,400.00 More than 500,000 $ 113,500.00

Population of County

Grant

Less than 75,000

$

17,200.00

75,001 to 150,000

$

33,200.00

150,001 to 250,000

$

49,300.00

250,001 to 500,000

$

81,400.00

More than 500,000

$

113,500.00

(4) The amount of the grant established in subsection (3) shall be reduced by $17,200.00 for each county juvenile officer and by $16,200.00 for each assistant county juvenile officer serving in the county who elects the option prescribed in section 2(a) or (b). Subject to approval by the senate and house appropriations committees, the amount of the grant designated in subsection (3) shall be adjusted annually by the same percentage as the annual salary adjustment made for state civil service employees excluded from representation under civil service rules.

(5) A grant made under this section shall be paid by the state treasurer pursuant to the accounting laws of the state and shall be subject to audit by the auditor general. A grant made under this section shall be used solely for the purpose stated in subsection (3).

(6) As used in this section, "population" means the most recent population projection for this state issued by the department of management and budget.

History: Add. 1971, Act 212, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972; Am. 1980, Act 248, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1980; Am. 1984, Act 374, Eff. Mar. 29, 1985
Mich. Comp. Laws § 250.1080 — MI Code / Chapter 250 / Act Act-142-of-2001 / Section 250.1080
"Fallen Soldiers of Iraqi Freedom Memorial Highway."
Status: in_force

Sec. 80.

The portion of US-24 beginning at the border of Michigan and Ohio in Monroe county and continuing north to the intersection of US-24 and M-125 in Monroe county shall be known as the "Fallen Soldiers of Iraqi Freedom Memorial Highway".

History: Add. 2005, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.2137 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-49-of-2025 / Section 445.2137
Civil action to restrain, enjoin, or prevent; restitution; civil fine.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) If the attorney general determines that a violation is imminent or a person is in the process of violating the event online ticket sales act, the attorney general may bring a civil action to restrain, enjoin, or prevent the person from violating or continuing to violate the event online ticket sales act.

(2) If the attorney general determines that a person has violated the event online ticket sales act, the attorney general may bring a civil action against the person for appropriate relief, including injunctive relief or to collect the civil fine as provided for under section 5. The attorney general may also recover restitution.

(3) A person that violates a court order or injunction issued to enforce the event online ticket sales act is subject to a civil fine of not more than $5,000.00.

History: 2025, Act 49, Eff. Mar. 24, 2026
Mich. Comp. Laws § 550.1204 — MI Code / Chapter 550 / Act Act-350-of-1980 / Section 550.1204
Filing of statements and documents; examination; investigation; additional information; conditions; duties of commissioner.
Status: in_force

Sec. 204.

Before entering into contracts or securing applications of subscribers, the persons incorporating a health care corporation shall file all of the following in the office of the commissioner:

Three copies of the articles of incorporation, with the certificate of the attorney general required under section 202(3) attached.

A statement showing in full detail the plan upon which the corporation proposes to transact business.

A copy of all certificates to be issued to subscribers.

A copy of the financial statements of the corporation.

Proposed advertising to be used in the solicitation of certificates for subscribers.

A copy of the bylaws.

A copy of all proposed contracts and reimbursement methods.

The commissioner shall examine the statements and documents filed under subsection (1), may conduct any investigation that he or she considers necessary, may request additional oral and written information from the incorporators, and may examine under oath any persons interested in or connected with the proposed health care corporation. The commissioner shall ascertain whether all of the following conditions are met:

The solicitation of certificates will not work a fraud upon the persons solicited by the corporation.

The rates to be charged and the benefits to be provided are adequate, equitable, and not excessive, as defined in section 609.

The amount of money actually available for working capital is sufficient to carry all acquisition costs and operating expenses for a reasonable period of time from the date of issuance of the certificate of authority, and is not less than $500,000.00 or a greater amount, if the commissioner considers it necessary.

The amounts contributed as the working capital of the corporation are payable only out of amounts in excess of minimum required reserves of the corporation.

Adequate and unimpaired surplus is provided, as determined under section 204a.

If the commissioner finds that the conditions prescribed in subsection (2) are met, the commissioner shall do all of the following:

Return to the incorporators 1 copy of the articles of incorporation, certified for filing with the director of the department of consumer and industry services or of any other agency or department authorized by law to administer the business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1101 to 450.2098, or his or her designated representative, and 1 copy of the articles of incorporation certified for the records of the corporation itself.

Retain 1 copy of the articles of incorporation for the commissioner's office files.

Deliver to the corporation a certificate of authority to commence business and to issue certificates that have been approved by the commissioner, or that are exempted from prior approval pursuant to section 607(2) or (8), entitling subscribers to certain health care benefits.

History: 1980, Act 350, Eff. Apr. 3, 1981; Am. 2003, Act 59, Eff. July 23, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.2712 — MI Code / Chapter 552 / Act Act-255-of-2015 / Section 552.2712
Use of personal information.
Status: in_force

Sec. 712.

Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.

History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Mich. Comp. Laws § 54.207 — MI Code / Chapter 54 / Act Act-74-of-1970 / Section 54.207
Monumenting corner and each accessory to corner; physical condition; witness monument; reference monuments; report.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

(1) If a land corner recordation certificate is required to be filed under this act, the surveyor shall monument the corner, record and identify each accessory to the corner, and leave the monument in such a physical condition that it remains as permanent a monument as is reasonably possible.

(2) If a witness monument is set, the surveyor may monument the corner and shall set the witness monument as follows:

(a) In a secure location.

(b) On a line of survey or protracted line of survey as shown on the general land office plats that intersects the corner.

(c) As close to the corner as practicable.

(3) A surveyor who sets a witness monument under subsection (2) shall report on the land corner recordation certificate the relation between the witness monument and the true corner and the direct connecting course and distance from the corner to the witness monument.

(4) If a surveyor sets reference monuments, the surveyor shall install at least 4 reference monuments interrelated and visible with the corner and each other by angular and linear measurements. If a surveyor sets reference monuments, the surveyor is not required to set the corner.

(5) A surveyor who sets reference monuments under subsection (4) shall report all of the following on the land corner recordation certificate:

(a) The relation between the reference monuments and the corner.

(b) The direct connecting courses and distances between the reference monuments and the corner.

(c) The distances between each reference monument and the 2 reference monuments that are closest to the reference monument.

History: 1970, Act 74, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1970; Am. 2000, Act 34, Imd. Eff. Mar. 15, 2000; Am. 2014, Act 420, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014
Mich. Comp. Laws § 430.51 — MI Code / Chapter 430 / Act Act-269-of-1929 / Section 430.51
Protection of corporate name; priority; "historically black college or university" designation requirements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

(1) A person, society, association, or corporation shall not assume, adopt, or use the name of a benevolent, humane, fraternal, or charitable organization, including an educational corporation, incorporated under the laws of this or any other state, or of the United States, or a name so nearly resembling the name of the incorporated organization as to be a colorable imitation of the incorporated organization's name, or calculated to deceive persons not members, with respect to the incorporated organization. If 2 or more societies, associations, or corporations claim the right to the same name, or to names that are substantially similar, the organization that was first organized and used the name, and first became incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state of the United States, is entitled in this state to the prior and exclusive use of the name, and the rights of the societies, associations, or corporations, and of their individual members, shall be fixed and determined accordingly.

(2) A person, society, association, or corporation shall not assume, adopt, or use the designation "historically black college or university" unless the person, society, association, or corporation is a part B institution as that term is defined under 20 USC 1061, or an educational corporation that was reopened under section 171 of 1931 PA 327, MCL 450.171.

History: 1929, Act 269, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929; CL 1929, 8985; CL 1948, 430.51; Am. 2021, Act 151, Eff. Mar. 30, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1622s — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-94-of-1979 / Section 388.1622s
General pupil support reserve fund; programs under MCL 388.1699h.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22s.

(1) The general pupil support reserve fund is created as a separate account within the state school aid fund to fund programs described in section 99h. It is the intent of the legislature that money in the general pupil support reserve fund will be used to support the above program for 2025-2026, 2026-2027, and 2027-2028.

(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the general pupil support reserve fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the general pupil support reserve fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the general pupil support reserve fund interest and earnings from general pupil support reserve fund investments.

(3) Money in the general pupil support reserve fund at the close of the fiscal year remains in the general pupil support reserve fund and does not lapse to the state school aid fund.

(4) The department of treasury is the administrator of the general pupil support reserve fund for auditing purposes.

(5) Money available in the general pupil support reserve fund must not be expended without a specific appropriation.

(6) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 only, $1,800,000.00 from the general fund is deposited into the general pupil support reserve fund.

History: Add. 2025, Act 15, Imd. Eff. Oct. 7, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.367 — MI Code / Chapter 123 / Act Act-266-of-1951 / Section 123.367
Use of money received from sale of bonds.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

All money received from the sale of any bonds issued under this act shall, after the payment of any appropriation made under section 6, be used solely for the purchase, acquisition, construction, improvement, installation, extension, enlargement, adjustment, or repair of the garbage disposal improvement for which the bonds were issued, including any engineering, legal, and other expenses incident to the garbage disposal improvement, and, if determined in the authorizing ordinance, the payment of the interest on the bonds during a period not to exceed the first 3 years following the date of the bonds and the amount required for operation and maintenance prior to the receipt of the first revenues.

History: 1951, Act 266, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951; Am. 1983, Act 28, Imd. Eff. May 6, 1983; Am. 2002, Act 240, Imd. Eff. Apr. 29, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.12754 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.12754
Failure to connect structure to public sanitary sewer; notice; action to compel connection.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12754.

When the structure in which sanitary sewage originates is not connected to an available public sanitary sewer system within the time specified in section 12753, the governmental unit in which the structure lies shall require the connection to be made immediately after notice, which may be by first class or certified mail to the owner of the property or by posting on the property.

The notice shall give the approximate location of the public sanitary sewer system which is available for connection of the structure involved and shall advise the owner of the requirements and enforcement provisions of sections 12752 to 12758 and any applicable ordinance or regulation.

Where a structure in which sanitary sewage originates is not connected to an available public sanitary sewer system within 90 days after the date of mailing or posting of the written notice, the governmental unit which operates the available sanitary sewer system may bring an action for a mandatory injunction or order in the district, municipal, or circuit court in the county in which the structure is situated to compel the owner to connect to the available sanitary sewer system immediately. The governmental unit may join any number of owners of structures situated within the governmental unit in the action to compel each owner to connect to an available sanitary sewer system immediately.

History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.932a — MI Code / Chapter 168 / Act Act-116-of-1954 / Section 168.932a
Violations as felony; penalty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 932a.

A person who does any of the following is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both:

A person shall not, at an election, falsely impersonate another person, or vote or attempt to vote under the name of another person, or induce or attempt to induce a person to impersonate another person or to vote or attempt to vote under the name of another person.

A person shall not assume a false or fictitious name to vote or to offer to vote by that name, enter or cause to be entered upon the registration book in a voting precinct a false or fictitious name, or induce or attempt to induce another person to assume a false or fictitious name in order to vote, by that name, vote, or offer to or enter or cause to be entered upon the registration book of a voting precinct, a false or fictitious name.

A person who is not a qualified and registered elector shall not willfully offer to vote or attempt to vote at an election held in this state. A person shall not aid or counsel a person who is not a qualified and registered elector to vote or offer to vote at the place where the vote is given during an election.

A qualified and registered elector shall not offer to vote or attempt to vote in a voting precinct in which the elector does not reside, except as otherwise provided in this act. A person shall not procure, aid, or counsel another person to go or come into a township, ward, or voting precinct for the purpose of voting at an election, knowing that the person is not qualified or registered to vote in that township, ward, or voting precinct.

A person shall not offer to vote or attempt to vote more than once at the same election either in the same or in another voting precinct. A person shall not give 2 or more votes folded together.

History: Add. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.132 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-4-of-1937-Ex-Sess- / Section 38.132
Tenure commission; members, appointment, terms, vacancies.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

Within 30 days after the effective date of this act, the governor shall appoint the members of the tenure commission for the following terms: One for a term of 3 years, 1 for a term of 2 years and 1 for a term of 1 year. Each term shall begin on the first day of September. Immediately preceding the expiration of their respective terms the governor shall appoint succeeding members of the tenure commission for terms of 5 years. In the event of a vacancy on the tenure commission the governor shall immediately appoint a successor to complete the unexpired term.

History: 1937, Ex. Sess., Act 4, Eff. Sept. 1, 1937; CL 1948, 38.132