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Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.80143 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.80143
Barge; lights; number; placement; position; barges moored together; limitation; order to move moored vessel; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; costs; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 80143.

(1) The owner of a barge shall place his or her name, address, and telephone number on a prominent place on the hull of the barge in letters that are light-reflective, in a contrasting color to the hull, and not less than 6 inches in height.

(2) In addition to the other lighting requirements of this chapter and subject to subsection (3), the operator of a barge shall ensure that the barge is properly lit with 4 or more white lights during the period from sunset to sunrise and as practicable during all periods of limited visibility if any of the following apply:

(a) The barge projects into a restricted channel or into a channel established by buoys.

(b) The barge is moored so that it reduces the available navigable width of a channel.

(c) The barge is not parallel to the bank or dock to which it is moored.

(d) The barge is moored as part of a group of 2 or more barges.

(3) The lights on a barge described in subsection (1) shall be placed as follows if either of the following applies:

(a) If the barge or group formation of barges is positioned so that vessels may navigate on 1 or more sides of the barge or group formation of barges, the lights shall be displayed on each outside corner of the barge or group formation of barges.

(b) If the barge projects from a group formation of barges, the lights shall be displayed on the corners of the projecting barge that are outboard of the group.

(4) Lights used under this section shall meet the requirements of R 281.1233 of the Michigan administrative code and shall be positioned in such a manner and be of sufficient intensity as to be visible from any direction for at least 1 nautical mile at night under clear conditions.

(5) A group of barges shall not be moored together if the total width of those barges would exceed 82 feet.

(6) The department or a local authority may order a vessel moored in violation of this section that poses a hazard to navigation to be immediately moved and, if the vessel is not moved as ordered, may move or cause the vessel to be moved, with the owner subject to the payment of costs under subsection (8).

(7) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both. For purposes of this subsection, each 24-hour period that a violation exists constitutes a separate violation.

(8) The court shall order a person convicted of violating this section to pay the actual and reasonable costs incurred by this state or a local unit of government in moving a vessel under subsection (6).

(9) As used in this section:

(a) "Barge" means a flat-bottomed displacement vessel that is used to carry cargo or as a work platform, whether or not it operates under its own power.

(b) "Operator" includes a person in command of a barge while it is moored.

History: Add. 2012, Act 59, Eff. Nov. 1, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 15.307 — MI Code / Chapter 15 / Act Act-318-of-1968 / Section 15.307
Legislative committee on conflict of interest; appointment, duties and powers; prohibitions; violations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 7.

There is created a special committee of the legislature on conflict of interest (herein referred to as the committee) to consist of 3 members of the senate and 3 members of the house of representatives, at least 1 of whom from each house shall be a member of the minority party, to be appointed in the same manner as standing committees of the senate and the house. The committee shall have the following duties and powers:

It shall establish, by majority vote, its rules and procedures;

Its members shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses while on the business of the committee;

It may, upon the request of any member of the legislature, render advisory opinions to legislators as to whether under the facts and circumstances of a particular case a legislator is interested directly or indirectly in a contract with the state or any political subdivision thereof which shall cause a substantial conflict of interest;

It may insure that the identity of persons involved in any request for advisory opinions shall not be disclosed in the request, advisory opinion or otherwise.

Any member of the legislature who is licensed as an attorney is prohibited from appearing in any nonadversary or nonministerial proceeding before any state department, office, board or commission of the executive branch of government.

Any member of the legislature willfully violating the provisions of this act shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action by the house of which he is a member.

History: 1968, Act 318, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968
Mich. Comp. Laws § 120.122 — MI Code / Chapter 120 / Act Act-639-of-1978 / Section 120.122
Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22.

An authority created under this act shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to the authority, which is used exclusively for a public purpose. However, the exemption shall not apply to property belonging to an authority while a private enterprise is a lessee of the property under a written lease. The bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, or their transfer, issued by an authority as authorized in this act, the interest thereon, the income derived, and the profit from a sale, shall be exempt from taxation, other than inheritance and estate taxes, within this state.

This section constitutes a covenant and agreement with the holders of bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued by an authority.

History: 1978, Act 639, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1979
Mich. Comp. Laws § 440.2606 — MI Code / Chapter 440 / Act Act-174-of-1962 / Section 440.2606
Acceptance of goods; occurrence.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2606.

Acceptance of goods occurs when the buyer

after a reasonable opportunity to inspect the goods signifies to the seller that the goods are conforming or that he will take or retain them in spite of their nonconformity; or

fails to make an effective rejection (subsection (1) of section 2602), but such acceptance does not occur until the buyer has had a reasonable opportunity to inspect them; or

does any act inconsistent with the seller's ownership; but if such act is wrongful as against the seller it is an acceptance only if ratified by him.

Acceptance of a part of any commercial unit is acceptance of that entire unit.

History: 1962, Act 174, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Mich. Comp. Laws § 429.112 — MI Code / Chapter 429 / Act Act-241-of-1959 / Section 429.112
Liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas container; transfer; written authorization required; marking on surface container; compliance with rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person shall not transfer liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas, or any other gas or compound, out of or into a stationary liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas container without the written authorization of the owner of the container.

(2) A person shall not sell, offer for sale, give, take, loan, deliver, or otherwise dispose of or traffic in a stationary liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas container or containers unless the surface of the container is marked in plainly legible characters with the name, initials, mark, or other device of the owner.

(3) A person, other than the owner of a stationary liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas container or a person authorized in writing by the owner, shall not deface, erase, obliterate, cover up, or otherwise remove or conceal any name, mark, initial, or device marked on the surface of the container.

(4) An individual transferring liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas, or any other gas or compound, out of or into a stationary liquefied petroleum or carbonic gas container shall comply with any rules promulgated by the department of environmental quality under section 3c(2) of the fire prevention code, 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.3c.

History: 1959, Act 241, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 2006, Act 504, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.4046 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.4046
Provisions prohibited; forfeiture of policy for failure to repay loan; limitation of actions; predating policy; settlement at maturity for less than full value.
Status: in_force

Sec. 4046.

No policy of life insurance other than industrial life insurance shall be issued or delivered in this state if it contain any of the following provisions:

A provision for the forfeiture of the policy for failure to repay any loan on the policy or to pay interest on such loan while the total indebtedness on the policy is less than the loan value thereof; or any provision for forfeiture for failure to repay any such loan or to pay interest thereon, unless such provision contains a stipulation that no such forfeiture shall occur until at least 1 month after notice shall have been mailed by the insurer to the last known address of the insured and of the assignee, if any; or a provision contemplating any proposed benefit not essentially a part of the insurance contract or any connection of the insured with the insurer other than that of policyholder;

A provision limiting the time within which any action at law or in equity may be commenced to less than 6 years after the cause of action shall accrue;

A provision by which the policy shall purport to be issued or to take effect as of a date more than 6 months before the application therefor was made, if thereby the premium on such policy or contract is reduced below the premium which would be payable thereon as determined by the nearest birthday of the insured at the time when such application was made. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall invalidate any contract made in violation of this subdivision. This subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit the exchange, alteration or conversion of policies of life insurance or annuity contracts as of the original date of such policies or contracts if the amount of insurance provided under the new policy does not exceed the amount of insurance under the original policy or the amount of insurance which the premium paid for the original policy or contract would have purchased if the new policy had been originally applied for, whichever is greater; nor to prohibit the exercise of any conversion privilege contained in any policy or contract;

A provision for any mode of settlement at maturity of less value than the amount insured by the policy plus dividend additions, if any, less any indebtedness to the insurer on the policy and less any premium that may by the terms of the policy be deducted, payments to be made in accordance with the terms of the policy. This prohibition shall not apply to substandard policies.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957
Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.283 — MI Code / Chapter 397 / Act Act-265-of-1988 / Section 397.283
Powers of board.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A board may do 1 or more of the following:

Acquire real or personal property for use for library purposes by purchase, land contract, installment purchase contract, lease with or without option to purchase, or title retaining contract.

Borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds or notes to finance the acquisition, construction, and furnishing of buildings or portions of buildings for use for library purposes, the acquisition of the necessary sites for library buildings, or the acquisition and installation of equipment necessary for the operation of the library buildings.

Submit to the electors of the district a question proposing the issuance of bonds for the purposes described in this act.

Borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds and notes for the purpose of refunding outstanding debt obligations of the district issued for the purposes described in this act.

History: 1988, Act 265, Imd. Eff. July 15, 1988
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.2924 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.2924
Underwriting standards employed in determining acceptable risk for basic property insurance; basis of underwriting program for home insurance.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2924.

The pool shall adopt, as part of its plan of operation, reasonable underwriting standards to be employed by it in determining whether or not a risk is acceptable for basic property insurance by the pool. The standards may include, but need not be limited to, protective devices, deductibles, coinsurance provisions, appropriate record keeping and limitations, not inconsistent with this chapter, on the amount of insurance that may be provided with respect to any 1 risk. The standards shall be relevant to the perils insured against and shall be consistent with the definition of qualified property, for basic property insurance, contained in section 2901.

The pool shall adopt, as part of its plan of operation, a reasonable underwriting program for home insurance under which all qualified applicants may obtain home insurance for qualified property for home insurance in a convenient manner. The underwriting program shall be based only upon the following:

The insured value under a replacement cost policy must be equal to at least 80% of the replacement cost of the property to be insured, as determined by inspection.

The minimum insured value requirement for a repair cost policy shall be equal to at least 100% of the market value of the property to be insured. Policies may be issued in amounts up to 120% of the market value of the property to be insured.

History: Add. 1968, Act 262, Eff. Aug. 1, 1968; Am. 1971, Act 74, Eff. Aug. 1, 1971; Am. 1979, Act 145, Eff. Mar. 1, 1980
Mich. Comp. Laws § 257.16 — MI Code / Chapter 257 / Act Act-300-of-1949 / Section 257.16
“Farm tractor” defined.
Status: in_force

Sec. 16.

"Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.

History: 1949, Act 300, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
Mich. Comp. Laws § 485.114 — MI Code / Chapter 485 / Act Act-149-of-1869 / Section 485.114
Tolls; forfeiture of right to collect.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

It shall be the duty of such company to complete the improvements contemplated by the plans approved as aforesaid within the time which shall be prescribed by the said board of control, at the time said plans shall be approved by said board of control, and in case of failure so to do said company shall forfeit all right to collect tolls of any person or persons whatever, who shall use for the purposes of navigation the improvements made by such company, unless the time for completing the same shall have been previously extended by said board of control, upon good cause shown and after publication of a notice of said application as required by section 5 of this act.

History: 1869, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1869; CL 1871, 2729; Am. 1879, Act 197, Eff. Aug. 30, 1879; How. 3858; CL 1897, 6734; CL 1915, 8835; CL 1929, 11770; CL 1948, 485.114
Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1435 — MI Code / Chapter 38 / Act Act-300-of-1980 / Section 38.1435
Tier 2; eligibility to receive distribution; effect of death of qualified participant; methods of distribution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 135.

(1) A qualified participant is eligible to receive distribution of his or her accumulated balance in Tier 2 upon becoming a former qualified participant.

(2) Upon the death of a qualified participant or former qualified participant, the accumulated balance of that deceased participant is considered to belong to the refund beneficiary, if any, of that deceased participant. If a valid nomination of refund beneficiary is not on file with the department, the department, in a lump sum distribution, shall distribute the accumulated balance in accordance with the plan document.

(3) A former qualified participant or refund beneficiary may elect 1 or a combination of several of the following methods of distribution of the accumulated balance:

(a) A lump sum distribution to the recipient.

(b) A lump sum direct rollover to another qualified plan, to the extent allowed by federal law.

(c) Periodic distributions, as authorized by the department.

(d) No current distribution, in which case the accumulated balance shall remain in Tier 2 until the former qualified participant or refund beneficiary elects a method or methods of distribution under subdivisions (a) to (c), to the extent allowed by federal law.

History: Add. 2010, Act 75, Imd. Eff. May 19, 2010
Mich. Comp. Laws § 290.751 — MI Code / Chapter 290 / Act Act-184-of-1994 / Section 290.751
Short title.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan ginseng act".

History: 1994, Act 184, Eff. Mar. 30, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 52.205a — MI Code / Chapter 52 / Act Act-181-of-1953 / Section 52.205a
Sudden death, cause unknown, of child under age of 2 years; report; request for autopsy; notice of results; costs; rules.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5a.

When a child under the age of 2 years dies within this state under circumstances of sudden death, cause unknown, or found dead, cause unknown, that death shall be immediately reported to the county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner of the county where the body is located. The county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner shall inform the parents or legal guardians of the child that they may request an autopsy to be performed on the child. The state shall cover the costs of an autopsy requested under this section. The county medical examiner or the deputy county medical examiner shall arrange the autopsy requested under this section and shall promptly notify the parents or legal guardians of the results of that autopsy. The county medical examiner or the deputy county medical examiner shall report the costs of the autopsy performed under this section to the director of the department of community health. If the director determines the claim to be reasonable and proper, he or she shall reimburse the person for the costs incurred under this section out of funds appropriated for this purpose by the legislature. Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the duties and responsibilities of the county medical examiner or deputy county medical examiner as provided in this act.

The department of community health shall promulgate rules and regulations under this act to promote consistency and accuracy among county medical examiners and deputy county medical examiners in determining the cause of death under this section. The department may adopt, by reference in its rules, all or any part of the "State of Michigan Protocols to Determine Cause and Manner of Sudden and Unexplained Child Deaths" published by the Michigan child death review program.

History: Add. 1974, Act 350, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974; Am. 2004, Act 179, Imd. Eff. July 1, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.138 — MI Code / Chapter 750 / Act Act-328-of-1931 / Section 750.138
Children; legal custody; interference.
Status: in_force

Sec. 138.

A person who in any manner interferes or attempts to interfere with the custody of any child who has been adjudged to be dependent, neglected, or delinquent pursuant to chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.1 to 712A.32, after the making of an order of commitment to a state institution or otherwise, in accordance with that act and pending the actual admission and reception of the child as an inmate of the institution, school, or home to which commitment is made; and any person who entices the neglected, dependent, or delinquent child from and out of the custody of the person or persons entitled thereto under the order of the court or who shall in any way interfere or attempt to interfere with the custody; and a person who entices or procures the child committed as aforesaid to leave and depart from any hospital or other place where the child was placed pursuant to the order of the court for the purpose of receiving medical treatment pending admission into the state institution, school, home, or other institution or place to which commitment may have been made, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931; CL 1948, 750.138; Am. 2002, Act 672, Eff. Mar. 31, 2003
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.1151 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.1151
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1151.

As used in this chapter:

"Actuary" means a person who is a member in good standing of the American academy of actuaries, the society of actuaries, or the casualty actuarial society.

"Qualified United States Financial institution" means an institution that meets either subparagraph ( i ) or ( ii ):

Is organized, or in the case of a United States office of a foreign banking organization, is licensed, under federal or state law, is regulated, supervised, and examined by federal or state authorities having regulatory authority over banks and trust companies, and has been determined by the commissioner to meet such standards of financial condition and standing as are considered necessary and appropriate to regulate the quality of financial institutions whose letters of credit will be acceptable to the commissioner.

For those institutions that are eligible to act as a fiduciary of a trust, is organized, or in the case of a United States branch or agency office of a foreign banking organization, is licensed, under federal or state law, has been granted authority to operate with fiduciary powers, and is regulated, supervised, and examined by federal or state authorities having regulatory authority over banks and trust companies.

"Reinsurance intermediary" means a reinsurance intermediary-broker or a reinsurance intermediary-manager.

"Reinsurance intermediary-broker" means any person, other than an officer or employee of the ceding insurer, who solicits, negotiates, or places reinsurance cessions or retrocessions on behalf of a ceding insurer without the authority or power to bind reinsurance on behalf of that insurer.

"Reinsurance intermediary-manager" means any person who has authority to bind or manages all or part of the assumed reinsurance business of a reinsurer, including the management of a separate division, department, or underwriting office, and acts as an agent for the reinsurer whether known as a reinsurance intermediary-manager, manager, or other similar term. Notwithstanding the above, the following persons are not considered a reinsurance intermediary-manager, with respect to a reinsurer, for the purposes of this chapter:

An employee of the reinsurer.

A United States manager of the United States branch of an alien reinsurer.

An underwriting manager that, pursuant to contract, manages all the reinsurance operations of the reinsurer, is under common control with the reinsurer, subject to chapter 13, and whose compensation is not based on the volume of premiums written.

The manager of a group, association, pool, or organization of insurers that engage in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance and who are subject to examination by the commissioner of the state where the manager's principal office is located.

"Reinsurer" means any person duly authorized in this state pursuant to the applicable provisions of this act as an insurer with the authority to assume reinsurance.

History: Add. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994