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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.8035 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.8035
Business court; jurisdiction; venue; assignment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8035.

(1) A business court has jurisdiction over business and commercial disputes in which equitable or declaratory relief is sought or in which the matter otherwise meets circuit court jurisdictional requirements.

(2) Venue of a suit in the business court is as provided in chapter 16.

(3) An action must be assigned to a business court if all or part of the action includes a business or commercial dispute. An action that involves a business or commercial dispute that is filed in a court with a business docket must be maintained in a business court although it also involves claims that are not business or commercial disputes, including excluded claims under section 8031(3).

(4) An action must be assigned to a business court judge by blind draw, unless the jurisdiction and venue of the case lies in a county described in section 8033(2).

(5) An action assigned to a business court judge may be reassigned by blind draw to another judge as prescribed by the plan submitted under section 8033(1) or (2), as applicable, if the action ceases to include a business or commercial dispute.

(6) An action that does not initially include a business or commercial dispute but that subsequently includes a business or commercial dispute as a result of a cross-claim, counterclaim, third-party complaint, amendment, or any other modification of the action must be reassigned by blind draw to a business court after the action is modified to include a business or commercial dispute as prescribed by the plan submitted under section 8033(1) or (2), as applicable.

(7) Upon motion of a party, the chief judge of the judicial circuit may review assignments under subsections (3), (5), and (6). The ruling of the chief judge under this subsection is not an order that may be appealed under section 308.

History: Add. 2012, Act 333, Eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Am. 2017, Act 101, Eff. Oct. 11, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2034 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2034
Unfair methods of competition or deception; service of notices, process and other papers, return.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2034.

Statements of charges, notices, orders, subpoenas and other processes of the commissioner under this uniform trade practices act may be served by anyone duly authorized by the commissioner, either in the manner provided by law for service of process in civil actions, or by registering and mailing a copy thereof to the person affected by such statement, notice, order, or other process at his or its residence or principal office or place of business. The verified return by the person so serving such statement, notice, order, or other process, setting forth the manner of such service, shall be proof of the same, and the return postcard receipt for such statement, notice, order, or other process, registered and mailed as aforesaid, shall be proof of the service of the same.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.1233a — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.1233a
Employment counseling and placement services; agreement to establish joint or cooperative service; assistance; MCL 338.2006 inapplicable.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1233a.

Counseling or guidance staff employed by a school district, which for purposes of this section may include noncertified, nonendorsed personnel, shall devote an appropriate portion of working time and effort to employment counseling and placement services for pupils 16 to 19 years of age who do not intend to enroll in an institution of higher education after graduating from high school or who require or desire employment in conjunction with their continued education.

A school district may enter into an agreement with 1 or more school districts, with the intermediate school district to which the school district is constituent, or with any other appropriate unit of local government to establish a joint or cooperative employment counseling or placement service. Upon the request of a school district, the Michigan employment security commission, the department of labor, or any other appropriate state agency shall provide assistance in establishing or conducting the service. A school district operating a placement service shall not be subject to section 6 of Act No. 301 of the Public Acts of 1974, being section 338.2006 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and shall not charge a fee or any other consideration.

History: Add. 1978, Act 536, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978
Mich. Comp. Laws § 433.62 — MI Code / Chapter 433 / Act Act-248-of-1879 / Section 433.62
City attorney; duty.
Status: in_force

Sec. 12.

In all criminal matters under this act, it shall be the duty of the city attorney to appear before the magistrate entering [entertaining] the complaint and act as counsel on behalf of the people of this state, and in case of his absence, neglect, or refusal to so act on request of the magistrate, any attorney at law, on request of such magistrate, may act as such counsel for the people.

History: Add. 1881, Act 196, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881; How. 3079; CL 1897, 5624; CL 1915, 7304; CL 1929, 9058; CL 1948, 433.62
Mich. Comp. Laws § 16.377 — MI Code / Chapter 16 / Act Act-380-of-1965 / Section 16.377
Department of corrections; transfer.
Status: in_force

Sec. 277.

The department of corrections created under section 1 of Act No. 232 of the Public Acts of 1953, being section 791.201 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is transferred by a type I transfer to the department of corrections.

History: 1965, Act 380, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Mich. Comp. Laws § 256.703 — MI Code / Chapter 256 / Act Act-384-of-2006 / Section 256.703
Driver education provider and instructor fund; creation; expenditures; investment; accounting; administration of act.
Status: in_force

Sec. 83.

(1) The driver education provider and instructor fund is created as a separate fund in the department of treasury. The fund shall be expended only as provided in this section. The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall annually present to the secretary of state an accounting of the amount of money in the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not lapse or be transferred to the general fund.

(2) A nonrefundable application processing fee, a multiple vehicle driving facility review and approval fee, and an administrative fine collected under this act shall be transferred by the secretary of state to the state treasurer, who shall credit the money to the fund created under this section.

(3) The secretary of state shall expend money in the fund to administer this act. The secretary of state may deduct money from the fund to develop a driver education provider and instructor program. The secretary of state may deduct from the fund the actual administrative costs to administer this act, including any administrative costs to perform inspections, conduct investigations, or hold administrative hearings.

History: 2006, Act 384, Eff. Oct. 1, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.3323 — MI Code / Chapter 487 / Act Act-354-of-1996 / Section 487.3323
Oath.
Status: in_force

Sec. 323.

Each director prior to taking office shall take and subscribe an oath that he or she will diligently and honestly perform his or her duties and will not knowingly violate, or permit to be violated, any provisions of this act. The signed oath shall be transmitted to the commissioner.

History: 1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.50124 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.50124
Petitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 50124.

A district may be established by filing a petition, signed by 10 or more owners of forest land who control a total combined acreage of not less than 50,000 acres lying within the limits of the gross territorial boundary proposed to be organized into a district, with the department asking that a district be organized in the territory described in the petition. The petition shall state all of the following:

The proposed name of the district.

A legal description of the forest land proposed to be organized as the district, including the proposed gross territorial boundary of the district.

A tentative implementation schedule for the forest practices functions and services the district will perform.

An analysis that demonstrates the economic and administrative feasibility of a district within the defined boundaries.

A request that the boundaries for the district be established.

If more than 1 petition is filed covering parts of the same territory, the department shall determine which of the districts shall encompass that territory.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.61525 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.61525
Permit to drill well; application; bond; posting; fee; issuance; disposition of fees; availability of information pertaining to applications; information provided to city, village, or township.
Status: in_force

Sec. 61525.

A person shall not drill or begin the drilling of any well for oil or gas, for secondary recovery, or a well for the disposal of salt water, or brine produced in association with oil or gas operations or other oil field wastes, or wells for the development of reservoirs for the storage of liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, except as authorized by a permit to drill and operate the well issued by the supervisor of wells pursuant to part 13 and unless the person files with the supervisor a bond as provided in section 61506. The permittee shall post the permit in a conspicuous place at the location of the well as provided in the rules and requirements or orders issued or promulgated by the supervisor. An application for a permit shall be accompanied by a fee of $300.00. A permit to drill and operate shall not be issued to an owner or his or her authorized representative who does not comply with the rules and requirements or orders issued or promulgated by the supervisor. A permit shall not be issued to an owner or his or her authorized representative who has not complied with or is in violation of this part or any of the rules, requirements, or orders issued or promulgated by the supervisor or the department.

The supervisor shall forward all fees received under this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the fund.

The supervisor shall make available to any person, upon request, not less often than weekly, the following information pertaining to applications for permits to drill and operate:

Name and address of the applicant.

Location of proposed well.

Well name and number.

Proposed depth of the well.

Proposed formation.

Surface owner.

Whether hydrogen sulfide gas is expected.

The supervisor shall provide the information under subsection (3) to the county in which an oil or gas well is proposed to be located and to the city, village, or township in which the oil or gas well is proposed to be located if that city, village, or township has a population of 70,000 or more. A city, village, township, or county in which an oil or gas well is proposed to be located may provide written comments and recommendations to the supervisor pertaining to applications for permits to drill and operate. The supervisor shall consider all such comments and recommendations in reviewing the application.

History: Add. 1995, Act 57, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995; Am. 1998, Act 252, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1998; Am. 1998, Act 303, Imd. Eff. July 28, 1998; Am. 2004, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Sept. 10, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.258 — MI Code / Chapter 445 / Act Act-70-of-1981 / Section 445.258
Communications with person other than debtor for purpose of acquiring location information; required statements.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8.

A regulated person communicating with any person other than the debtor, for the purpose of acquiring location information about the debtor, shall state all of the following:

The name of the individual seeking the location information.

Whether the purpose of the communication is for confirmation or correction of location information about the debtor.

For purposes of this act, location information shall consist only of a debtor's place of abode and place of employment and the telephone number at each place.

History: 1981, Act 70, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1981
Mich. Comp. Laws § 37.2205 — MI Code / Chapter 37 / Act Act-453-of-1976 / Section 37.2205
Employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee; training programs; prohibited practices.
Status: in_force

Sec. 205.

An employer, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee controlling an apprenticeship, on the job, or other training or retraining program, shall not discriminate against an individual because of religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, height, weight, or marital status, in admission to, or employment or continuation in, a program established to provide apprenticeship on the job, or other training or retraining.

History: 1976, Act 453, Eff. Mar. 31, 1977; Am. 2023, Act 6, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
Mich. Comp. Laws § 436.2029 — MI Code / Chapter 436 / Act Act-58-of-1998 / Section 436.2029
Packaging of nonalcoholic carbonated beverages with spirits.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1029.

(1) The commission, by promulgation of a rule, issuance of an order, or execution of a memorandum of understanding with the department of treasury, or any combination thereof, may allow the conduct by a manufacturer or outstate seller of spirits of a preapproved program for marketing spirits by inclusion of nonalcoholic carbonated beverages to be packaged with spirits. The commission may, in conjunction with the department of treasury, adopt a program that disallows the redemption of returnable containers from the commission but otherwise allows redemption of Michigan-sold returnable containers at other venues, and shall allow for a system of appropriate allocation of funds under 1976 IL 1, MCL 445.571 to 445.576, by means of the issuance of an order or by adoption of a rule.

(2) The commission shall provide for a system of non-mail-in or instant coupon transactions that does not diminish the spirit product margins allocated to the state under this act by means of the issuance of an order or by adoption of a rule.

History: Add. 2010, Act 175, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.11526 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.11526
Inspection of managed materials transporting unit; determination; administration; inspections.
Status: in_force

Sec. 11526.

(1) The department, a local health officer, or a law enforcement officer of competent jurisdiction may inspect a managed materials transporting unit that is being used to transport managed materials along a public road to determine any of the following:

(a) If the managed materials transporting unit is designed, maintained, and operated in a manner to prevent littering.

(b) If the owner or operator of the managed materials transporting unit is performing in compliance with part 115.

(2) To protect the environment, natural resources, and the public health, safety, and welfare from items and substances being illegally disposed of in landfills in this state, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Ensure that each materials management facility is in full compliance with part 115.

(b) Provide for the inspection, for compliance with part 115, of each licensed disposal area at least 4 times annually and each materials utilization facility that is approved under a general permit or registered under part 115 at least once annually. Each inspection shall be conducted by the department or a health officer. The department or the health officer shall do both of the following:

( i ) Prepare a written inspection report.

( ii ) Submit a copy of the inspection report to the municipality in which the licensed disposal area is located if the municipality arranges with the department or the health officer to pay the cost of duplicating and mailing the reports.

(c) Ensure that all persons disposing of solid waste are doing so in compliance with part 115.

(3) The department and the department of state police may conduct random inspections of waste being transported to a materials management facility in this state. Inspections under this subsection may be conducted during transportation or at the materials management facility.

(4) An inspection described in this section may also be conducted upon receipt of a complaint or as the department determines to be necessary to ensure compliance with part 115.

History: 1994, Act 451, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995; Am. 2004, Act 43, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 2004; Am. 2022, Act 247, Eff. Mar. 29, 2023
Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.544 — MI Code / Chapter 554 / Act Act-433-of-1998 / Section 554.544
Resignation, ineligibility, death, or incapacitation of custodian; possession and control of property and records; petition for removal of custodian.
Status: in_force

Sec. 24.

A custodian may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the minor if the minor has attained the age of 14 years and to the successor custodian and by delivering the custodial property to the successor custodian.

If a custodian is ineligible, dies, or becomes incapacitated without having effectively designated a successor and the minor is not less than 14 years of age, the minor may designate as successor custodian, in the manner prescribed in section 23(3), an adult member of the minor's family, a conservator of the minor, or a trust company. If the minor is less than 14 years of age or fails to act within 60 days after the ineligibility, death, or incapacity, the conservator of the minor becomes successor custodian. If the minor has no conservator or the conservator declines to act, the transferor, the legal representative of the transferor or of the custodian, an adult member of the minor's family, or another interested person may petition the court to designate a successor custodian.

A custodian who declines to serve or resigns, or the legal representative of a deceased or incapacitated custodian, as soon as practicable, shall put the custodial property and records in the possession and control of the successor custodian. The successor custodian may bring an action to enforce the obligation to deliver custodial property and records and becomes responsible for each item as received.

A transferor, the legal representative of a transferor, an adult member of the minor's family, the conservator of the minor, or the minor if the minor is not less than 14 years of age may petition the court to remove the custodian for cause and designate a successor custodian other than a transferor under section 8, or to require the custodian to give appropriate bond.

History: 1998, Act 433, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1998
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.8307 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.8307
Operation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 8307.

A pharmaceutical-grade cannabis licensed facility may operate on any calendar days of the week, but shall do all of the following:

(a) Prohibit smoking or consumption of marihuana on its premises.

(b) Maintain all records required under this article on its premises.

(c) Make the licensed premises available for inspection and search by the department, by law enforcement officers, and by any other state, federal, or local governmental agency authorized by law or department rule to inspect the premises of the licensed facility under this act, during regular business hours and when the licensed premises are occupied by the licensee or a clerk, servant, agent, or employee of the licensee. Evidence of a violation of this act or rules promulgated under this act discovered under this subsection may be seized and used in an administrative or court proceeding.

History: Add. 2013, Act 268, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2013
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.422 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-2-of-1968 / Section 141.422
Meanings of words and phrases.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

For the purposes of this act, the words and phrases defined in sections 2a to 2d have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

History: 1968, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1968; Am. 1978, Act 621, Eff. Apr. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 388.1004 — MI Code / Chapter 388 / Act Act-287-of-1964 / Section 388.1004
State board of education; quorum; transacting and conducting business; notice of meeting; service of process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4.

A quorum of the state board of education shall consist of a majority of the board's members. An affirmative vote by the majority of the members serving on the board shall be required to transact business. The business which the board may perform shall be conducted 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. Process against the board shall be served on the chairperson or secretary.

History: 1964, Act 287, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 1977, Act 244, Imd. Eff. Dec. 6, 1977; Am. 1979, Act 70, Imd. Eff. July 25, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2959 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2959
Failure of goods or tender or delivery to conform to lease contract; rights of lessee; effectiveness of rejection of goods.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2A509.

Subject to the provisions of section 2A510 on default in installment lease contracts, if the goods or the tender or delivery fail in any respect to conform to the lease contract, the lessee may reject or accept the goods or accept any commercial unit or units and reject the rest of the goods.

Rejection of goods is ineffective unless it is within a reasonable time after tender or delivery of the goods and the lessee seasonably notifies the lessor.

History: Add. 1992, Act 101, Eff. Sept. 30, 1992
Mich. Comp. Laws § 800.281a — MI Code / Chapter 800 / Act Act-17-of-1909 / Section 800.281a
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1a.

As used in this act:

"Alcoholic liquor" means any spirituous, vinous, malt, or fermented liquor, liquid, or compound whether or not medicated, containing 1/2 of 1% or more of alcohol by volume and which is or readily can be made suitable for beverage purposes.

"Chief administrator" means the warden, superintendent, or other employee approved or designated by the department of corrections as the chief administrative officer of a correctional facility.

"Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in schedules 1 to 5 of part 72 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.7201 to 333.7231.

"Department" means the department of corrections.

"Correctional facility" means any of the following:

A state prison, reformatory, work camp, or community corrections center.

A youth correctional facility operated by the department or a private vendor under section 20g of 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.232.

A privately operated community corrections center or resident home which houses prisoners committed to the jurisdiction of the department.

The land on which a facility described in subparagraph ( i ), ( ii ), or ( iii ) is located.

"Prescription drug" means prescription drug as defined in section 17708 of 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.17708.

"Prisoner" means a person committed to the jurisdiction of the department who has not been released on parole or discharged.

History: Add. 1982, Act 343, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1982; Am. 1998, Act 514, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1999