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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1947 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1947
Notice of pendency of action; publication.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1947.

The defendant may be notified of the pendency of the action and his obligation thereto by:

publishing a copy of the order in a newspaper at least once each week for 4 consecutive weeks or for such further time as the court may require, and

mailing on or before the date of the second publication a copy of the order to the defendant at his address which the plaintiff knows or should by diligent inquiry be expected to know. When the address of any defendant is not known and cannot be ascertained upon diligent inquiry, a copy of the order shall be mailed to the defendant at his last known address. If the plaintiff does not know, and cannot ascertain, upon diligent inquiry, the present or last known address of the defendant, mailing a copy of the order is not required.

Publication is not necessary if a copy of the order has been served upon the defendant in person or by registered mail at least 20 days before the time prescribed for the answer of such defendant, and in case of service by registered mail an official return receipt signed by the defendant is attached to the affidavit of service.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 333.22115 — MI Code / Chapter 333 / Act Act-368-of-1978 / Section 333.22115
Citations; informal dispute resolution process.
Status: in_force

Sec. 22115.

(1) A nursing home that is issued a citation may request an appeal of the citation through an informal dispute resolution process from a peer review organization approved by the department. The department shall adopt the recommendations of the peer review organization on whether to support, amend, or delete the citation.

(2) Each quarter, the department shall do both of the following:

(a) Conduct a quality assurance review of amended or deleted citations with the peer review organization described in this section for the purposes of identifying whether there is a need for additional training of nursing home surveyors or peer review organization staff.

(b) Use the findings from the informal dispute resolution process for identifying training topics for the joint provider and surveyor training sessions described in section 20155.

History: Add. 2022, Act 187, Imd. Eff. July 25, 2022
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.32911 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.32911
Great Lakes spill prevention research fund; creation; appropriations, gifts, and contributions; investments; disposition of interest and earnings; reversions; use of money; definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 32911.

The Great Lakes spill prevention research fund is created in the state treasury.

The research fund may receive money as appropriated by the legislature, from gifts and contributions to the fund, and as otherwise provided by law. The state treasurer shall direct the investment of the research fund. Interest and earnings of the research fund shall be credited to the research fund. Money in the research fund at the close of the fiscal year shall remain in the research fund and shall not revert to the general fund.

Money in the research fund shall be used only for the following purposes:

Research into the prevention of spills during the transportation of hazardous materials on the Great Lakes and major tributaries of the Great Lakes.

Research on selected pollution incidents to determine causal factors in spills of hazardous materials on the Great Lakes and major tributaries of the Great Lakes.

Research into a total systems approach to address Great Lakes pollution problems that include human factors and socio-technical considerations.

Research into the role of human factors in spills of hazardous materials on the Great Lakes and major tributaries of the Great Lakes, including human factors in pollution alarms, pollution monitoring systems, and instrumentation.

Research into the deployment of existing and new technology related to transportation of hazardous materials on the Great Lakes and major tributaries of the Great Lakes and the appropriate allocation of functions between individuals and machines.

Research to determine the relative contribution of spills of hazardous materials into the Great Lakes and major tributaries of the Great Lakes to the total pollution of the Great Lakes basin.

Research on and modeling of spills to determine their effect on water intakes.

As used in this section:

"Great Lakes" means the Great Lakes and their connecting waterways over which the state has jurisdiction.

"Hazardous material" means a chemical or other material which is or may become injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to the environment.

"Major tributary of the Great Lakes" means a river that flows into the Great Lakes that has a drainage area in excess of 700 square miles or has a drainage area that contains a population of 1,000,000 or more individuals.

"Research fund" means the Great Lakes spill prevention research fund created in subsection (1).

"Spill" means any leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing of a hazardous material in a quantity which is or may become injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare or to the environment.

History: Add. 1995, Act 59, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1316 — MI Code / Chapter 722 / Act Act-195-of-2001 / Section 722.1316
Expenses of prosecutor or attorney general and law enforcement officers; assessment against respondent.
Status: in_force

Sec. 316.

If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecutor or attorney general and law enforcement officers under section 314 or 315.

History: 2001, Act 195, Eff. Apr. 1, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 559.173 — MI Code / Chapter 559 / Act Act-59-of-1978 / Section 559.173
Recordation of master deed and amendment; certification by treasurer; filing copy of master deed with local supervisor or assessing officer; filing architectural plans and specifications or affidavit with local unit of government.
Status: in_force

Sec. 73.

A master deed and an amendment to the master deed shall be recorded.

A master deed shall not be recorded without a certification by the treasurer collecting the property taxes and special assessments that all property taxes and current installments of special assessments which became a lien on the property involved in the project are paid in full.

When recorded, a copy of the master deed and a copy of any subsequently amended master deed or amendment shall be filed with the local supervisor or assessing officer.

Detailed architectural plans and specifications for the condominium project, if that condominium project contains any units that require architectural plans and specifications to construct, shall be filed with the local unit of government in which the project is located. However, in the case of a conversion condominium where detailed architectural plans and specifications are not available, the developer shall file with the local unit of government an affidavit stating the fact that detailed architectural plans and specifications are not available.

History: 1978, Act 59, Eff. July 1, 1978; Am. 1982, Act 538, Imd. Eff. Jan. 17, 1983; Am. 2000, Act 379, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 2001
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.502 — MI Code / Chapter 460 / Act Act-69-of-1929 / Section 460.502
Certificate of convenience; necessity for gas or electric utilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

No public utility shall hereafter begin the construction or operation of any public utility plant or system thereof nor shall it render any service for the purpose of transacting or carrying on a local business either directly, or indirectly, by serving any other utility or agency so engaged in such local business, in any municipality in this state where any other utility or agency is then engaged in such local business and rendering the same sort of service, or where such municipality is receiving service of the same sort, until such public utility shall first obtain from the commission a certificate that public convenience and necessity requires or will require such construction, operation, service, or extension.

History: 1929, Act 69, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1929; CL 1929, 11088; CL 1948, 460.502
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.502 — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.502
First judicial circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 502.

The first judicial circuit consists of the county of Hillsdale and has 1 judge.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963
Mich. Comp. Laws § 21.110 — MI Code / Chapter 21 / Act Act-258-of-1941 / Section 21.110
State treasurer's common cash fund; assets and liabilities.
Status: in_force

Sec. 10.

The assets of the state treasurer's common cash fund shall consist of:

Such remaining cash of the several state funds as may have been deposited by the state treasurer in 1 or more common bank depositories commingled with the cash of any other fund or funds in such depositories or held by the state treasurer for eventual deposit in such depositories.

The cash overdrafts due from such state funds for which expenditures from such commingled depositories had exceeded the cash deposited or placed to their respective credit in such depositories.

The liabilities of the state treasurer's common cash fund shall comprise the equities of such state funds for which the aggregate of the cash deposited or placed to their respective credit in the state treasurer's common cash fund has exceeded the cash expended for their account therefrom.

History: 1941, Act 258, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1941; CL 1948, 21.110
Mich. Comp. Laws § 35.882 — MI Code / Chapter 35 / Act Act-230-of-1911 / Section 35.882
Military museum and battle flags; control and management.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2.

The board of state auditors shall have full control and management of the museum and battle flags, and a committee of 3 veterans of the civil or Spanish-American war shall be appointed by the department commander, grand army of the republic, to act jointly with the board of state auditors, in soliciting relics, placing them in position and such other assistance as the board may require of them.

History: 1911, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1911; CL 1915, 1071; CL 1929, 952; CL 1948, 35.882
Mich. Comp. Laws § 49.41 — MI Code / Chapter 49 / Act Act-41-of-1911 / Section 49.41
Assistant prosecuting attorneys; appointment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The prosecuting attorney of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint an assistant prosecuting attorney. The appointment shall be in writing and filed with the clerk of his or her county.

History: 1911, Act 41, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911; CL 1915, 2419; CL 1929, 1303; CL 1948, 49.41; Am. 2012, Act 73, Imd. Eff. Apr. 6, 2012
Mich. Comp. Laws § 14.131 — MI Code / Chapter 14 / Act Act-375-of-1927 / Section 14.131
Collection department; creation, control by attorney general.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

There is hereby created a collection department under the supervision and control of the attorney general for the purpose of collecting all past due moneys and accounts which are owing to the state of Michigan or any department, commission or institution thereof.

History: 1927, Act 375, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1927; CL 1929, 191; CL 1948, 14.131
Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3373 — MI Code / Chapter 338 / Act Act-59-of-2024 / Section 338.3373
Definitions.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

As used in this act:

(a) "Asbestos" means a group of naturally occurring minerals that separate into fibers, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite.

(b) "Asbestos abatement contractor" means a business entity that is licensed under the asbestos abatement contractors licensing act, 1986 PA 135, MCL 338.3101 to 338.3319, and that carries on the business of asbestos abatement on the premises of another business entity and not on the asbestos abatement contractor's premises. Asbestos abatement contractor includes an individual or person with an ownership interest in a business entity described in this subdivision.

(c) "Asbestos abatement project" means any activity involving persons working directly with the demolition, renovation, or encapsulation of friable asbestos materials.

(d) "Public entity" means this state or an agency or authority of this state, school district, community college district, intermediate school district, city, village, township, county, land bank, public authority, or public airport authority.

History: 2024, Act 59, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.434 — MI Code / Chapter 28 / Act Act-372-of-1927 / Section 28.434
Unlawful possession; weapon forfeited to state; disposal; immunity.
Status: in_force

Sec. 14.

(1) Subject to sections 5g and 14a, all pistols, weapons, or devices carried or possessed contrary to this act are declared forfeited to this state, and must be turned over to the director of the department of state police or the director's designated representative, for disposal under this section.

(2) The director of the department of state police shall dispose of firearms under this section by destroying them. The director shall ensure that all parts of a firearm disposed of under this section are destroyed.

(3) Before disposing of a firearm under this section, the director of the department of state police shall do both of the following:

(a) Determine through the law enforcement information network whether the firearm has been reported lost or stolen. If the firearm has been reported lost or stolen and the name and address of the owner can be determined, the director of the department of state police shall provide 30 days' written notice of the director's intent to dispose of the firearm under this section to the owner, and allow the owner to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if the owner is authorized to possess the firearm.

(b) Provide 30 days' notice to the public on the department of state police website of the director's intent to dispose of the firearm under this section. The notice must include a description of the firearm and state the firearm's serial number, if the serial number can be determined. The department of state police shall allow the owner of the firearm to claim the firearm within that 30-day period if the owner is authorized to possess the firearm. The 30-day period required under this subdivision is in addition to the 30-day period required under subdivision (a).

(4) The department of state police is immune from civil liability for disposing of a firearm in compliance with this section.

History: 1927, Act 372, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927; CL 1929, 16763; Am. 1943, Act 113, Eff. July 30, 1943; CL 1948, 28.434; Am. 2000, Act 381, Eff. July 1, 2001; Am. 2010, Act 295, Imd. Eff. Dec. 16, 2010; Am. 2024, Act 266, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
Mich. Comp. Laws § 380.612 — MI Code / Chapter 380 / Act Act-451-of-1976 / Section 380.612
Board; eligibility for membership; participation in proceedings to detach or attach territory.
Status: in_force

Sec. 612.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a school elector of a constituent district is eligible to election or appointment to membership on the intermediate school board.

(2) Until the 2005 intermediate school board election, a member of a board of a constituent district is eligible to election or appointment to membership on the intermediate school board. Beginning with the 2005 intermediate school board election, not more than 3 members of the intermediate school board may also be serving at the same time as a member of the board of a constituent district or board of directors of a public school academy. However, if an intermediate school board has more than 3 members serving as of September 1, 2004 who are also serving at the same time as members of the board of a constituent district, this limitation does not apply to that intermediate school board until the expiration of the current terms of those intermediate school board members.

(3) A member of an intermediate school board who is a member of a constituent district board shall not participate in proceedings conducted pursuant to part 11 to detach territory from or attach territory to the constituent district of which he or she is a board member.

History: 1976, Act 451, Imd. Eff. Jan. 13, 1977; Am. 2004, Act 419, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 2004
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.63409 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.63409
Conformance bond; amount; duration; violation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 63409.

(1) For each mine, an operator shall maintain a conformance bond in the amount of $50,000.00 during mining activities and until the department determines that all reclamation has been completed in compliance with the mining permit.

(2) If an operator violates subsection (1), the department may order immediate suspension of mining activities, including the removal of native copper from the site.

History: Add. 2017, Act 40, Eff. Aug. 21, 2017
Mich. Comp. Laws § 141.451 — MI Code / Chapter 141 / Act Act-205-of-1964 / Section 141.451
Fire trucks, fire fighting apparatus and equipment; purchase by municipalities; title retaining contract; chattel mortgage.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

The legislative body of any county, city, village, township, or other local unit of government may purchase on executory title retaining contracts, or finance purchases by chattel mortgages as security for the purchase price, any fire trucks and fire fighting apparatus and equipment and pay for it out of the general fund of the municipality. However, contracts or chattel mortgages shall not provide for payments for longer than the estimated period of usefulness of the property being purchased and in no event for longer than 6 years. Contracts and chattel mortgages, and the purchase of property under this section, are not subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, but are subject to 1933 PA 99, MCL 123.721 to 123.723.

History: 1964, Act 205, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964; Am. 2002, Act 288, Imd. Eff. May 9, 2002
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2925d — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.2925d
Effect of release, covenant not to sue, or covenant not to enforce judgment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 2925d.

If a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to 1 of 2 or more persons for the same injury or the same wrongful death, both of the following apply:

The release or covenant does not discharge 1 or more of the other persons from liability for the injury or wrongful death unless its terms so provide.

The release or covenant discharges the person to whom it is given from all liability for contribution to any other person for the injury or wrongful death.

History: Add. 1974, Act 318, Imd. Eff. Dec. 15, 1974; Am. 1995, Act 161, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
Mich. Comp. Laws § 129.269 — MI Code / Chapter 129 / Act Act-226-of-2005 / Section 129.269
Obligations.
Status: in_force

Sec. 9.

The issuance of bonds and the execution of any ancillary facility under the provisions of this act shall not directly, or indirectly, or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision of this state to pay any amounts to the authority or owner of bonds or benefited parties or levy or pledge any form of taxation whatsoever for the bonds or ancillary facilities. The bonds and any ancillary facility are not a debt or liability of this state or any agency or instrumentality of this state, other than the authority as set forth in this act, either legal, moral, or otherwise, and nothing contained in this act shall be construed to authorize the authority to incur any indebtedness on behalf of or in any way to obligate this state or any political subdivision of this state, and the bonds and any ancillary facility shall contain on the face of the bond and ancillary facility or other prominent place on the bond or ancillary facility in bold typeface a statement to that effect.

History: 2005, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Nov. 21, 2005
Mich. Comp. Laws § 324.1802 — MI Code / Chapter 324 / Act Act-451-of-1994 / Section 324.1802
Action or other proceeding for injury caused by pollution.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1802.

An action or other proceeding for injury or threatened injury to property or person in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating, or that may originate, in this state may be brought in this state.

History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.33 — MI Code / Chapter 457 / Act Act-53-of-1875 / Section 457.33
Filing copy of articles with department of commerce; associates and successors as body politic and corporate; powers; evidence of existence and incorporation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 3.

A copy of said articles of association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law capable of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal, and the same may change and alter at pleasure, and a certified copy of the record of such articles of association, under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce where said record is kept, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation.

History: 1875, Act 53, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875; How. 4515; CL 1897, 7820; CL 1915, 10256; CL 1929, 10546; CL 1948, 457.33; Am. 1982, Act 76, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Mich. Comp. Laws § 500.5248 — MI Code / Chapter 500 / Act Act-218-of-1956 / Section 500.5248
Directors, officers, and employees of domestic insurer; compensation.
Status: in_force

Sec. 5248.

(1) No domestic insurer shall pay any salary, compensation, or emolument to any officer or director of the domestic insurer unless the payment is first authorized by a vote of the board of directors of the insurer.

(2) A director, officer, or employee of a domestic insurer shall not be compensated unreasonably. The compensation of any director or officer of a domestic insurer shall not be calculated, directly or indirectly, as a percentage of premiums collected or insurance written by the insurer, without the approval of the commissioner.

History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957; Am. 1957, Act 91, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957; Am. 1959, Act 30, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960; Am. 1963, Act 69, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963; Am. 1965, Act 243, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1965; Am. 2006, Act 289, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006
Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.1162e — MI Code / Chapter 600 / Act Act-236-of-1961 / Section 600.1162e
Salary; forty-seventh circuit.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1162e.

In the forty-seventh circuit, the stenographer shall be paid an annual salary of $12,000.00.

History: Add. 1974, Act 145, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1974; Am. 1975, Act 129, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1975
Mich. Comp. Laws § 453.201 — MI Code / Chapter 453 / Act Act-12-of-1867 / Section 453.201
County agricultural societies; tax apportionment.
Status: in_force

Sec. 1.

That in any county in this state where the inhabitants thereof have organized and established more than 1 society for the encouragement and advancement of agriculture, manufactures, and the mechanic arts, in accordance with the provisions of section 1687 of the Compiled Laws, the board of supervisors of said county may apportion the amount raised by tax in said county, by the provisions of section 1687, 1688, and 1689 of the Compiled Laws, among each of said societies, as they may deem equitable and just.

History: 1867, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 1867; CL 1871, 2180; How. 2313; CL 1897, 5951; CL 1915, 7829; CL 1929, 10216; CL 1948, 453.201